No.10 Their encounter in the shadow of candlelight
The silver-haired boy ran quickly in the faint candlelight, not paying a single eye to the ancient frescoes and texts on the walls. Although collecting information about the ruins was originally the primary goal, it is now more important to save people.
According to the old plan, the first mechanism was in ......
After running through the long tunnel after the entrance, turning left and advancing less than 100 meters, Xiaotian stopped at the location marked on the map.
I thought that the child who strayed into the ruins should be near this area - although the metal arrows sent by the crossbow machine would not kill with a single blow, they were not something that ordinary people could dodge, and generally speaking, if they were injured in such a dangerous place, they would not rush forward again.
However, the stone pavement in front of him was empty, and there was no blood on the ground. At the base of the wall, a metal arrow with rust marks had fallen.
Xiao Tian stepped forward to pick up the arrow and carefully looked at the rusty but still sharp arrow.
There was no bloodstain.
Could it be ...... The silver-haired boy continued on his way, and as expected, he found another dropped arrow in the next place where the mechanism had been set up.
Xiao Tian looked at the two arrows that were not stained with blood at all, and thought thoughtfully. If both of these traps were triggered by the night that strayed in...... No, there is also the possibility of being triggered by the wild Pokémon here. Xiao Tian put down the arrow in his hand and continued to move forward as fast as he could.
As a result, scattered arrows and rubble are often seen along the way, and sometimes mosquito-eyed ultrasound bats are lying on the ground.
"......" Xiao Tian squatted down and poked the large-character corpse of the supersonic bat. There were no obvious external injuries, and it seemed that he was only unconscious from the impact.
After being tossed by Xiaotian, the supersonic bat also woke up. As soon as he opened his eyes, he met Xiao Tian's expressionless cold face, and the supersonic bat was frightened, fluttering its wings and trying to fly away. Helplessly, Xiaotian pinched his neck. Can only be shaken in place.
"What happened. Xiao Tian said with a frown.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!!" "Ahh
Xiao Tian raised an eyebrow.
The pitifully oppressed supersonic bat stammered as it had happened—and there was nothing to say. It was nothing more than that it was rare to see a human being who felt the novelty and wanted to rush up and try a fight - and then, without even seeing the face of the person who came, he was hit the back of the neck, and he lay unconscious on the ground before the arrival of Xiao Tian.
Feeling the hand holding his neck loosen, the supersonic bat hurriedly flapped its wings and flew to the top of the cave, watching the back of the silver-haired boy with palpitations.
Oh my God, humans are really scary, QAQ. The supersonic bat is secretly determined not to provoke humans again.
Hey, speaking of which, that human just now understood what I said?
...... It's really scary!
Xiao Tian let go of the troublesome bat, stood silently in place for three seconds, and suddenly sighed.
I always feel that the guy in front of me doesn't need to be saved......
Of course, thinking about it, Xiaotian still hurried at the original pace. After all, not all of the levels in this ruin can be solved by force.
Not surprisingly, he stopped in front of a stone wall blocking his way. There are three levels of this type called "Broken Path" in the ruins. Two stone walls trap the entrant in a slit between the two walls, and the stone wall will only rise if the slate text on the wall of the previous wall is moved in the correct order and arranged and combined.
According to the description of the supersonic bat, it shouldn't take much effort for the kid named Xiao Ye to get here, and an hour is enough. And it has been more than three hours since Xiao Ye entered the ruins, and sure enough, he was trapped in this level.
After all, cracking this level requires a cognitive understanding of ancient characters, and there are very few people who have mastered this skill in modern times, let alone a nine-year-old child.
Its words should break the stone wall, but it might hurt the people inside. Holding the red and white ball on his waist, Xiao Tian did not act rashly, and stepped forward to knock on the stone wall to determine its thickness.
Just as Xiao Tian raised his right hand, the stone wall in front of him suddenly trembled violently. Xiao Tian retreated one by one to avoid the falling dirt and dust.
The heavy stone walls slowly rose with a rumbling sound. Not only this one, but at the forefront, the barricade wall engraved with ancient characters also began to rise.
It's finally over. The illiterate Sayo feels that this kind of boring roadblock cracking game is more tiring than fighting. In case there is another 5x5 text puzzle next, Xiao Ye can be ready to dig out the tunnel with his bare hands.
In the midst of the deafening roar, Xiao Ye suddenly caught the heartbeat and breathing of the living form coming from behind her.
Wild Pokémon again?
Xiao Ye turned around, but what he saw was not a large supersonic bat as he imagined.
Between the two stone walls, there was no light for nearly two hours, and when I suddenly saw the light, the light of the candle behind me was as bright as the sun.
The young man with a cold face stood quietly against the light. The ice-blue pupils were clear and calm, and the silver hair was scattered, dyed a little warm in the candlelight.
A young man wearing a long light-colored trench coat and bathed in a bright golden light walked step by step. After adjusting to the sudden light, Xiao Ye finally saw the faces of the people who came.
...... Uh, girl, and so pretty.
Saya blinked. Isn't the entrance to the ruins blocked?Why did a strange girl suddenly pop up?
In the future, Xiaoye is quite glad that Xiaotian can't read minds, otherwise he would probably have formed a feud just after meeting.
At the same time, Xiao Tian was also looking at this guy who had been trapped in the dark crypt for three hours. Purple hair and purple eyes, white hooded sportswear, ordinary appearance, and height seems to be a little shorter than himself. Although he was trapped in the narrow gap without light for a long time, there was no trace of panic or fear in his calm expression.
It seems that this teenager is also a person with considerable skills and experience. Xiao Tian made such a definition in his heart.
As a result, the atmosphere of the whole scene became inexplicably weird when the two misidentified each other's genders.
"Hello. Xiao Ye habitually smiled and greeted the visitors. Xiao Ye can feel that this girl who appears in a somewhat suspicious way is not malicious, and there are indeed not so many malicious people in this peaceful world.
"Dr. Oki asked me to come to you. Xiao Tian explained his intention succinctly.
So, it was Shigeru who asked Dr. Ohki for help, and sure enough, it took too much time here.
But is it really nice to let a girl who looks like you're the same age in? The rescue team should at least be a trainer. But it doesn't matter - with Xiao Ye here, naturally this mysterious girl will not be in danger.
"That's right. Thank you. Xiao Ye smiled and nodded, "The door to the entrance is open?"
"It can only be opened once. Xiao Tian said expressionlessly that he couldn't let it open again, "Go on, there is an exit ahead." ”
Xiao Ye nodded calmly. Xiao Tian's affirmative tone showed that he probably had some understanding of this ruin. Fortunately, the other exit I casually said was real, otherwise Xiaoye really didn't know how to get out.
"I'm Xiaoye, please advise. The pseudo-teenager who was identified as a teenager smiled and introduced himself to the real teenager who was identified as a girl.
"Little God. Please advise. The silver-haired young man's cold voice.
I see, Xiao Tian who often travels outside the mouth of Xiao Zhi is this person. Xiao Ye nodded, listening to their description, he thought Xiao Tian was a boy, and it seemed that he was wrong.
Approaching, sensing that he had stepped on an unknown object under his feet, Xiaotian lowered his head and suddenly stiffened.
With Xiao Ye as the center, the ground nearby was littered with rusty metal arrows and broken stone projectiles, and there was almost no place to put your feet on a few square meters of ground.
“......”
Rao is always calm Xiaotian couldn't help but be speechless. Coming up with the right answer in this way is really unprecedented.
Only at this moment, the little genius felt that he had made the right decision to come in. Otherwise, it would have been dark after Xiao Ye solved all three levels in this way.
"So, move on?" Saya smiled as usual.
"Hmm. ”
The "purple-haired boy" and the "silver-haired girl" walked side by side in the warm candlelight towards the depths of the ruins.
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Small Theatre:
Xiao Ye turned around, but what he saw was not a large supersonic bat as he imagined.
Xiao Ye (staring): [...... Uh, girl, and so pretty. 】
Xiaotian (eyelids jump): [It seems that someone is saying bad things about me?...... Delusion. 】
The dusty-faced supersonic bat (holding his head): Woo woo woo I recruit who provokes who QAQ!