Chapter 109: Preparation for the Secret Room
After probing the chamber, Ryan opened the spatial door that led to the world of Plants vs. Zombies and slipped inside.
With the help of robots, the city is built quickly, and the fortress that was only planned on the drawings last time I came here is almost finished. This is where Ryan finds Kenway, who has just returned from a vacation in the open sea.
"Good afternoon, Kenway. You're doing well right now. I'm looking for Dave right now, can you tell me where he is?"
"I heard that the spider you sent last time gave Dave a lot of inspiration, and he spends his days in the lab and doesn't know what he's messing with. But he already told me that when you came to ask him for something, I would take you there. ”
After saying that, Kenway put down the coffee cup in his hand and led Ryan to the warehouse, saying to Ryan as he walked, "I think you are wearing this assassin uniform quite well, at least you look better than the black robe last time." ”
As they spoke, the two men came to the entrance of the underground warehouse. After showing the metal badge of their personal identification, the warehouse guard opened the heavy door for them.
After stepping into the warehouse, Kenway opened the door to the innermost warehouse. Ryan saw the shelves piled up with the things he wanted.
"Looks like you're dealing with a big guy right now. I'll just give you one piece of advice, and that is that the big guy is often very strong in life, so don't approach it until it's confirmed dead. With that, Kenway waved his hand and turned to leave, and at the same time closed the warehouse door.
It was a good piece of advice, and Ryan made a note of it and began to count the weapons that had been prepared.
There are two types of weapons, both of which are operated by clockwork-powered pocket mechanical differentials. This was something that Ryan strongly requested, as he feared that the use of electricity might not work within Hogwarts.
One weapon is ten weapon stations, each with three whaling rifles in parallel. These whaling rifles are single-handed, using gunpowder to fire whaling darts with explosive heads.
Thankfully, thermal weapons are available inside Hogwarts. Because Ryan found out in the school history that Peeves once used a cannon to fire in the castle in the 19th century.
The other weapon is a cleverly designed steel repeater that fires five javelins with explosive heads in a row. It's just that this kind of thing is more difficult to make, so there are only five seats.
All weapons are controlled by a Difference Machine, and Ryan sets these weapons to rain fire in a predetermined direction.
Finally, there are thin copper plates, engraved with patterns, and the grooves of the patterns are inlaid with thin silver wires, and the copper plates are numbered for easy positioning. These copper plates and silver wires were originally smelted with a large amount of sunlight crystals, a new discovery in the world of Plants vs. Zombies, when workers discovered that adding sunlight crystals to the smelting process of metal raw materials could effectively shorten the smelting time.
The last time Ryan fought the Eight-Eyed Spider, he noticed positive energy reflections in some of the patches on the Gatling gun, and only learned of the metal's existence after questioning. So he specified that the things he needed must be made of this freshly smelted metal.
That's why it took a few months for just these few things, as it's common in the world of Plants vs. Zombies to recycle old metal and make it simple. If you want this new metal, you need to customize it individually, and naturally it is not much faster to make it.
After counting the supplies, Ryan opened the door to the chamber and used a cart to push the items into the chamber before setting it up.
He first took out the copper plate, placed the copper plate on each node position according to the predetermined position, and finally formed a magic circle. After that, he took out a bottle of potion from the space bag and put a few drops on each copper plate.
The potion was made from the blood of the eight-eyed spider, and in order to balance the yin and yang, Ryan melted several unicorn tail hairs into it. The resulting finished elixir is a good conductor of magic.
As the potion dripped, the copper plate absorbed the potion as if it had come to life. After the potion was completely absorbed by the copper plate, the silver wire inlaid on the copper plate emitted a faint light.
Finally, Ryan used a brush dipped in potion to draw a circle on the ground, connecting all the copper plates together to form a whole.
When the final stroke was finished, the circle suddenly erupted with a strong white light, and then all the metal plates turned into liquid and flowed on the ground following the pattern drawn earlier. Finally, a large circle was formed in front of the statue.
After the light dimmed, Ryan walked to the center of the circle, and found that the metal plates that had just melted had been turned into wires embedded in the floor of the secret room, forming the circle that now emitted a glowing white light.
He slashed his Hidden Blade and slashed his fingers, dripping blood onto the eye of the array so that he could control the demon binding array that had been arranged.
This circle comes from the content of the Maoshan Taoist Sutra, which used to be one of the several magic circles used by the Maoshan faction to capture large demon beasts before the end of the law era. Compared with other methods, the biggest advantage of this method is that it only needs one person to operate, and the requirements for the operator's cultivation are not high. However, this circle has been used very few times in history.
On the one hand, this magic circle cannot be moved after it is deployed, and it is not as flexible as several people after forming a formation. On the other hand, copper and silver in ancient times were money, and the things consumed to arrange the magic circle were enough to invite the strong to make a move. At that time, not many people wanted to do such a thing.
It's just that for Ryan, the magic circle that can be used alone and does not require much cultivation from the user is his favorite. The silver and copper consumed were not so precious to him. And the exit of the basilisk is just that, and the magic circle is used to block the door, so it is not a problem to be unable to move.
After Ryan was able to completely control this circle, the circle converged all the light and aura. Make this floor look like it's no different from before.
After the most important circle was completed, Ryan arranged the 15 weapon stations according to the optimal plan calculated by everyone in the previous Plants vs. Zombies world. Then, embed the armor-piercing spell that you had drawn on the spider's carapace into the empty slot left on the arrow when you made it.
And these spells are the reason why Ryan didn't choose firearms, because he was not sure that he could condense so many runes into a small bullet, not to mention that the environment in which the bullet was used was far worse than that of the arrowhead, and it was likely that the high temperature and high speed would destroy the magic on the bullet.
Finally, Ryan launches the hook cord from his left arm to the side of a pillar where the cage containing the rooster is also placed. This way, after opening the basilisk to enter and exit the hole, he can get away from danger as quickly as possible, and at the same time use the rooster to weaken the basilisk as soon as possible.