Chapter 123: Elevators
"This is it. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info. Alice and her entourage were led by Yang Hongtang, and followed the rows of shelves in the warehouse to a somewhat hidden corner.
It's not a big difference from the rest of the warehouse, but if there's one thing that's special about it, it's a little more cluttered than the rest of the warehouse, with a lot of stuffed and worn sacks.
"Is there anything strange here?" Seeing Yang Hongtang in front of him stop, Alice could probably guess that they had reached their destination now.
She frowned, looked around a little strangely, and then turned her head to look at Yang Hongtang, who was leading the way, hoping that he would explain. And Li Lingxi and the others were also curious, maybe except for Yang Hongtang himself, no one really knew what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd.
However, at this time, Yang Hongtang did not speak, and after tightening the long stick on his back again, he paced back and forth in the corner of this warehouse, groping around on the nearby shelves as if he was looking for something, and did not immediately go straight to the point to explain to everyone.
Looking at Yang Hongtang's appearance of touching the east and west, Alice, who was a little confused, couldn't stand being left aside, and just when she wanted to say something, Ying's voice suddenly sounded in her ears.
"Lord Alice, I noticed that the wall in front of us seemed to be hiding something, and it was hollow inside. โ
Ying's voice is still that kind of heart-warming softness, which is very comfortable to listen to, but after all, Alice and Ying can be regarded as getting along day and night, although they don't get along for a long time, but they can be regarded as a partner in the trenches, so even Alice, who doesn't often talk to girls, won't be unable to find North because of Ying's soft girl's voice, and after understanding Ying's meaning, her heart is shocked.
"You say the back of this wall is hollow?"
"Hmm. The lilac earrings flashed a glimmer of emerald green, and as a pocket-sized dryad, Ying once again revealed her form, floating to one of the walls in front of her in Alice's somewhat surprised gaze.
The wall didn't stop the disembodied Ying, and the little guy stopped by the wall for a moment, then crashed headfirst into the wall.
Looking at Ying's movements, Alice, who understood the particularity of Ying's race, didn't worry too much, anyway, the dryad spirit has no entity, even if she doesn't find what she wants, it's a big deal to fly back again, and there will be no danger.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Ying to emerge from the wall again, return to Alice's ear, and sit down on her shoulder.
"How's it going, did you find anything?" Alice asked softly as she stretched out her finger and gently poked Ying, rubbing the other's little head.
"Well, I figured it out just now. Ying may have been a little tickled by Alice's movements, chuckled a few times, and then became a little rare serious.
Ying grabbed Alice's fingers and didn't let her move around at will.
"It's that place, behind that wall, there's a little room hidden. โ
"A small room, is it similar to a secret room?" Alice was stunned, and suddenly remembered the kind of secret room in the movie.
"That's kind of the feeling, but the space used is much smaller than a normal room, like a larger toilet room, and the layout inside is very strange. Ying listened to Alice's words, first nodded, then shook her head, and she stretched out her hands to measure them in front of Alice, although because of her size, there was no reference at all.
"By the way, I just showed what it looked like inside, so that I could see it directly?" Suddenly, Ying seemed to think of some good idea, her eyes lit up, and her palm slapped violently, and the green light screen in front of Alice's eyes, which originally only displayed five layers of terrain, suddenly popped up a pop-up window.
A very small room appeared in the window, very dark, but due to Ying's post-processing, the entire small compartment in the screen was covered with a layer of green light, so it was quite clear.
The room was about the same size as a typical elevator cubicle, but it was very rudimentary, with a movable sliding door made of metal bars in front of it, some rust, and the rest of it made of wood.
On the right side of the compartment is also painted with six symbols of different shapes, and a metal rod with a wooden handle sticks out from the bottom of each symbol, which is very abrupt.
"These symbols ... Is it a number?" staring at the slightly mottled handwriting on the small screen with some confusion, Alice rubbed it gently, and she could see the meaning of the symbols.
In fact, it is not difficult to understand that those symbols are not very profound words, just some ordinary Roman numerals.
Among the six symbols, from one to five, the order is from top to bottom, but in addition to these five numbers, there is another somewhat strange symbol that is placed at the bottom, and it is not known what it represents.
"Although there are still some things that I don't understand, I can probably know what this thing is for. Let Ying remove the small screen, Alice sighed softly in her heart, and she also had a vague idea of her own.
It wasn't hard to think that it was actually an old-fashioned elevator-like thing, and that strange construction, with the symbols engraved on the metal poles and the number of floors of the entire building, was not difficult to come up with.
And at this moment, Yang Hongtang, who had already walked to the end of the shelf and was touching around, suddenly stopped what he was doing, and a trace of joy flashed in his eyes.
He pressed down on a porcelain vase the size of a human head on the shelf, gently pressed it back and forth, tried the feel, and then suddenly exerted force, causing the entire porcelain vase to fall backwards.
And looking at Yang Hongtang's sudden move, Li Lingxi and the others were also shocked, and instinctively wanted to rush up to hold the porcelain vase, but after all, that thing was placed at the tail of the entire shelf, and a few people didn't move during this time, so naturally it was very far away, not to mention that it was so far away with human mobility, maybe even the things at hand could be missed, so there was no need to count on it at all.
In addition, Alice, the only one who has the ability to advance quickly, is still chatting with Ying, and she is not paying attention to Yang Hongtang, so the scene of the porcelain vase shattering to the ground can almost be said to be a certainty.
However, instead of the imaginary cracking sound, there was a small "click" sound from the surrounding walls, and then a part of the originally thick stone wall slowly opened like a gate.
And the location of this stone door happens to be what Ying just said, hiding the hollow position of the small room.
"This is... What is it?" Alice had already learned about the situation of the "elevator" through Ying's power, so she was not too surprised, but Zero Side didn't know it, and they were also shocked when they saw this kind of small room.
"I don't know, but I just bumped into a bottle by chance, and the stone door opened. Yang Hongtang shook his head, although he was the discoverer of this small room, he didn't know much about it, he just knew that there was such a place.
Then he sighed helplessly, and stretched out his hand to point in the direction of the bottle.
"As for the way to return the stone wall to its place, just push the porcelain vase back into place, which is what I did just now. โ
"It's probably an old-fashioned elevator. Alice took her hands away from Li Xia's wheelchair, pushed Yang Hongtang away, pushed the elevator door aside, and pointed to the six metal poles located to the right of the cubicle.
"I once watched a documentary, and it seemed to say something similar, many years ago there was something similar to an elevator, but it wasn't electricity, it was more like a mechanism. โ
"Are you saying this thing is like an elevator that can move around the entire floor of the building?" Zero was stunned at first, then looked at Alice with some excitement. If he can use the elevator in front of him to act, he can naturally avoid all kinds of dangers along the way, and in this way, Li Lingxi's safety will also be guaranteed, which naturally makes Zero Face very happy, and even his expression when he looks at Yang Hongtang has a little more gratitude.
"It's thanks to you that you can find a place like this. โ
"I also found it by accident, and I was lucky to be able to help everyone. Yang Hongtang shook his head slightly, which was a response, but after that, he didn't say anything more, and stood aside with his long stick.
"Saying that this thing is similar to an elevator is actually just our guess, and we need to try it out for ourselves. โ
After taking a closer look at the internal structure of the "elevator", Alice also confirmed her conjecture just now, but the conjecture is just a conjecture after all, and it still needs to be verified by real facts, and after thinking about it for a while, she has a plan in her heart, and turns around and enters the "elevator".
"Well, let me try out what this thing is for, you wait for my news. โ
"No, it's too dangerous to be alone, it's not an ordinary strange here, even you can't be so careless, no matter what, someone has to take care of it. Hearing his senior sister's thoughts, Zero Mian quickly shook his head.
In his mind, it was undoubtedly a very dangerous activity to explore on his own in an uncertain state, because he had no idea what he would encounter, and if he had a companion, it would naturally be much easier to take care of each other, but just as he thought like this, Zero Face's expression darkened as if something suddenly came to mind.
"Could it be that in terms of senior sister's strength, I am also a burden?"
"I didn't mean that ... Alice sighed and shook her head helplessly.
"This time it's just to try the role of this thing, so naturally the fewer people the better, besides, there can't be a shortage of people to protect here, in case anything happens, it's easy to solve, you can't just because of this little thing, let's go down together." โ
"That's true, but ... Remembering the "calm before the storm" at the beginning of the fourth floor, Zero couldn't help but feel a little frightened, and what he wanted to say was stuck in his mouth, and a feeling of "knowing that the other party was wrong but unable to refute it" made him very uncomfortable.
"Xiao Ai, you still let Zhang Cheng accompany you, you don't have to worry about our side. Just when Zero Face was speechless and was about to surrender, Li Xia on the side suddenly opened his mouth, and at the same time felt a small chip from the back of the wheelchair, pushed the wheelchair, and handed the chip to Alice.
"And, take this. โ
"What is this?" Alice took the chip in her hand, and she fiddled with the shiny little thing in her hand, tilting her head a little confusedly.
"This, it's similar to the communicator, it's something that comes with my armor, and although it can't deliver detailed information, it's still okay to simply ventilate the message. Li Xia didn't look directly at Alice, she slowly lowered her head, and her hands were a little nervously clasped together.
"Whenever there is anything special on my side, I will notify you immediately through that thing, and besides, my armor is not a toy, it is a strong future equipment. โ
"That's right. Alice looked at the slightly twisted Li Xia in front of her, touched her long silky hair, and chuckled.
"You're here to keep me from having no worries, and thanks to your bothering, I'll go with him. โ
Originally, Alice was worried about Li Lingxi's safety because Ying's detection range covered at most one floor, so she was ready to explore the virtual reality by herself, and let Zero Side stay on the fifth floor.
But now, Li Xia has taken out this long-range communication equipment, and she doesn't have this kind of worry, because she knows her own strength, once she receives the signal from Li Xia, even if this "elevator" is boring, she has the confidence to destroy the entire device and return here immediately.
"Well, I don't want Xiao Ai to act alone, but I do have some inconveniences in moving, and the armor can't last for a long time. Hearing Alice say this, Lixia's head lowered deeper and her face redder, but then, the little guy raised his head sharply and turned his gaze to Zero.
"I know Xiao Ai is very strong... It's very strong, but you must do your job well, although you are very unwilling, but this kind of thing can only be left to you. โ
"Uh... Well. Zero Face was taken aback by Li Xia's somewhat unusual request, and a trace of surprise flashed on the face covered by the mask, and then laughed again.
"Don't worry, I'll do my best. โ
"What, this attitude ... โ
Looking at the zero side that also got into the "elevator", Li Xia puffed out her mouth a little angrily, in her mind, although that guy is Xiao Ai's nominal brother, he should be a little more "panicked" when he receives her commission.
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