Chapter 14: The Scales
The dark entrance to the cave suddenly opened up, and what appeared in front of the Linyuan team was a strange scene.
The crimson magma, suspended in the zenith, seemed to have lost its power against them at this moment, and the third and fourth layers were separated not by solid stone slabs, but by this devouring magma. In the same way, the fourth layer and the fifth layer are still separated by magma.
Walking through the platform, everyone's eyes were attracted by the huge metal artifact standing in the magma in front of them, to be precise, this huge metal artifact occupied almost all the space of the entire fourth floor, so everyone's eyes would not linger elsewhere, but could only be attracted by it.
The metal object is made of pure gold, which will not melt even if it stands in the magma, and its shape resembles a balance, and at each end of the scale, two pure gold coffins of the same size fall, and the axis of the balance is carved with the shape of a huge human eye, which is extremely penetrating.
"Oh my God, there's treasure at last! It's all gold!"
Zhu Junjie said with a saliva in his mouth.
"Stupid, I don't know if I can get out!
Yan Fei tapped his head.
"Uh, I'm not talking about fun......"
"This balance should be the key to opening the fifth-layer passage, Tianlu's predecessors have been trapped here, it must be very difficult. ”
"That's right, I didn't have any hints, I didn't know what the level was, I didn't see the passage to the next level, I was completely confused. ”
Xiao Meng lifted his jaw and analyzed.
"Damn, the old man Tianlu ...... before he could tell us the information of the fourth level"
"The predecessors have gone, and now it's useless to say this, we should leave here with our own strength, besides, Shenai's condition is very bad, and there is not much time left for us, let's observe more, you and Xiao Meng want to think of a way, can you check the condition of the two golden coffins clearly." ”
Yun Yuan patted Yan Fei on the shoulder, Snake Nai overdrew his ability, and was already lying unconscious on Zhu Junjie's back at this moment.
The rest of the people immediately understood, the phantom of the Burning Sun Eagle behind Yan Fei reappeared, and Xiao Meng also disappeared into the darkness in an instant, and in an instant, the two jumped onto the golden coffins that fell at both ends of the scale.
The change happened suddenly, due to Yan Fei's heavier weight, the balance really fell towards his side! Seeing that he was about to fall into the magma, Yan Fei and Xiao Meng had to return to the platform where Yun Yuan was located, and the balance returned to the level with the crunch of metal friction.
"Describe what you see. ”
"The coffin I saw had a carved Pixiu with a cloak and a twig on its back, and a staff in its hand. ”
Yan Fei said.
"What I see is also a Pixiu, but it's not the same as what you see, I'm wearing a crown and a hundred birds flying around me. ”
Xiao Meng said.
"What does that mean? Why are the two not the same? ”
Zhu Junjie asked.
"This may be the key, do you remember the murals that our predecessors told us? Queen Pixiu was born with a strange fragrance, drinking water can attract all things to see, and the wizard who paid tribute to the secret method of King Pixiu was dressed strangely and held a staff. ”
"If that's the case, the coffin on the left represents the wizard, and the coffin on the right represents the queen!"
Xiao Meng immediately understood.
"What are you talking about? I don't understand at all. ”
Zhu Junjie, who was carrying the snake on his back, muttered, but everyone ignored him, and Yan Fei continued to analyze.
"Could it be that the fourth level is for us to make a choice, is it a wizard or a queen?"
"That's right, this choice is probably also the choice of the Pixiu King back then. ”
"Then I know! The mural depicts that in the end, King Pixiu chose to protect himself and inject the secret method into the queen's body for the sake of his race, so his choice was a wizard instead of a queen. ”
Yan Fei's eyes lit up.
"Then hurry up, sink the queen into the magma, and you can reach the fifth level!"
Zhu Junjie, who was carrying the snake on his back, happily shouted.
"You wait first, first of all, we don't know if we choose a wizard, whether we should let the coffin carved with the queen sink into the magma, or let the coffin carved with the wizard sink into the magma, there is only one chance, if we get it wrong, then we will all sink into the magma and end up with the same fate as Tianlu's predecessors!"
Yun Yuan calmly analyzed, and Yan Fei knew that he was hot-headed just now, and Zhu Junjie also wilted.
"Secondly, the frescoes only record that the queen was planted in the secret method, and the fresco that finally records the ending was destroyed, although the probability of the queen's final death is extremely high, but we are not entirely sure. ”
"And the choice of the fourth level does not necessarily represent the ending of the two in reality, don't forget that this is a mausoleum built by King Pixiu, and the choice of this level may also be the choice of King Pixiu's own heart, so if God gives it another chance, it is also possible for it to choose the queen. ”
Xiao Meng added carefully.
"Well, that's right, Tianlu's predecessors were able to break through the third level that was so difficult before, but they were trapped in the fourth level by Ben, which shows that it is not as simple as we imagined. ”
Yun Yuan was willing to take the head, and the formation picture inside the mausoleum appeared in his mind again, and the hexagrams that formed the fourth level were mostly composed of hexagrams such as Shangqian and Xiakun, Shangzhen and Xiadu, Shangli and Xiakan, Shanggen and Xiaxun, such a combination has a characteristic, that is, the two must be diametrically opposed to get through, that is, if the two ends of the balance are compared to the two poles of a hexagram, then all the weight must be pressed on one end to pass. The fourth level seems to be just a simple multiple-choice question, but no matter how desperately you put the weight on that section, the balance will sink into the magma, and it will not be spared at all, it looks like an impossible level, so no matter who you choose, there is only a dead end, and Tianlu's predecessors should also be stuck here, so they will not be able to make a choice.
"Damn, who should I choose!"
Yan Fei said angrily, and everyone also fell silent, the magma flowed under the platform, the scales shook and creaked, and suddenly there was a trance, and the conversation appeared in everyone's ears again.
The female voice chuckled, "Giggles." ”
The male voice asked, "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to a far place. ”
"Why are you leaving?"
"Because, I'm hungry. ”
......
"If it were me, I would choose the queen, I think that the king of Pixiu is deeply in love with the queen in the end. ”
It was Xiao Meng who broke the silence, this innocent and romantic girl reversed her usual calm and rigorous reasoning, and chose love at the moment of life and death.
"I, I'm in favor of cuteness. ”
A pig followed the ticket without any suspense.
"I also choose the queen, don't ask me why, man's intuition. ”
Yan Fei is also rare to follow the ticket.
“...... You guys?"
Yun Yuan looked at this crowd with some surprise, he felt that this was a bit sloppy, Xiao Meng looked at him with a smile.
"Actually, we can't make the right choice, can we? Maybe we made the right choice, but the Pixiu King made the wrong choice, maybe we made the wrong choice, and the Pixiu King did the right thing, we are not the Pixiu King, we don't know the setting of the mechanism, we don't know the ending on the mural, but we always have to make a choice, just like the Pixiu King chose to inject the secret method into the queen's body even though he was in pain. ”
Yun Yuan was stunned, he somewhat understood why the old man Tianlu was trapped in the fourth level, maybe he already had the answer in his heart, but he didn't dare to make this final decision, the fourth level tested maybe nothing else, but the courage to face the choice, Yun Yuan somehow remembered what the girl Tsubaki said when he entered the dream of the Mo Clan, "Sometimes people know that they are in a dream, but they don't want to wake up." "I think back to myself all the way, I have climbed up in a desperate situation without choice, but when I really encounter a choice, I have to rely on others......
It is indeed not easy when there is no choice, but it is also difficult to make a choice, Yun Yuan decided to make this choice.
"Since you have all chosen a queen...... Well, I'll have to fight with you and see how we end?"
"Haha, it's a choice of two anyway, rest assured that my luck won't be bad with me!"
Zhu Junjie laughed loudly, and when the word "luck" came into Yun Yuan's ears, Yun Yuan's eyes flashed, as if something had exploded in his brain......
The huge scales were pouring down completely towards the queen's end at this moment, heading straight for the magma, and the five people standing on the coffin were worried in their hearts, and they gave everything to fate.
Yun Yuan looked down, the crimson magma getting closer and closer to him, and he could clearly feel its terrifying temperature, which was the temperature that could melt steel. The red light hit his face, and in an instant, the bottom of the golden coffin carved with the queen had been attached to the magma, and the change still did not happen.
Is this the end of it? Yun Yuan turned his head to look at his companions, the others had already closed their eyes, only Xiao Meng, the only girl who was still open, looked at him, and also looked directly at his own end.
Rumble!
Just when the golden coffin was about to completely submerge into the magma, and everyone's feet would also be plunged into the magma, the long-awaited change finally happened, the crimson vortex bloomed from the center of the golden coffin, and the magma below was miraculously discharged outward, and an arc-shaped hole enough for the golden pavilion to pass appeared in an arc hole, and the golden pavilion was instantly swallowed by it, and at this time, Yun Yuan still had the heart to look to the other side, and the magma on the other side was in a symmetrical position with this side,
The same cavity appeared!