Chapter 476: Sarcophagus Array
"Ding~~~"
In the slightly crisp sound of the rope bridge, Yuan Tiejiang collapsed and was dragged to the platform by two mercenaries with strong physical fitness. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Whew~~~"
Seeing that Fang Xinran opened the lock, grabbed the rope chain and swung it softly, and flew onto the platform, Zheng Fan walked smoothly and turned over cautiously.
As far as the eye can see, there are many sarcophagi erected on the vast platform, and the rocks below are extremely flat, and there are even circles of mysterious anomalies, flashing with faint spiritual light formations.
"Prepare for battle."
Even though Yuan Tiejiang struggled to catch his breath, he still motioned to the two foreign mercenaries to install rockets.
"If nothing goes wrong, you might as well wait."
When he turned around and saw that there were too many people hanging on the three rope bridges, Zheng Fan's left hand was pressed and he whispered to remind Yuan Tiejiang to stabilize himself.
"It's important to take a break because in such an environment, unexpected crises can arise at any time." Compared with the sarcophagus that seemed to be erected regularly in front of him, Fang Xinran was more concerned about the occasional restless fire bats at the top of the rock formations in the underground world.
"Huh?"
Zheng Fan counted the sarcophagi erected on the vast platform but found that once he concentrated his attention and counted the later circumstances, the position of the sarcophagus seemed to have subtle changes that were difficult to recognize.
"Is it an illusion, or is it because of the unpredictable mystery of the formation, so that the position of the sarcophagus is really changing?" Zheng Fan secretly tightened in his heart.
"Xinran, can you count how many erected sarcophagi there are? Every time I counted, my sense of space and cognition seemed to be affected, and I couldn't make a final determination. Zheng Fan sat down on the side of the platform, and the other party happily reminded her to give it a try.
If it is a simple glance, Zheng Fan can have a general sense, the sarcophagus is about a hundred, but in his opinion, with his own observation ability, under normal circumstances, he can definitely do exactly it.
Taking advantage of the fact that most of the mercenaries had not yet been on the platform, Zheng Fan didn't know where to take out a simple drawing board, and kept using a pencil on the paper to outline the three-dimensional formation on the platform, as well as the position of an erected sarcophagus on the formation.
"I don't know how to count, I always feel that the more I count, the more confused I become, and after counting, it seems that there is a mistake or omission!" After a while, Fang Xinran was slightly surprised and said to Zheng Fan.
"Yes, this kind of perceptual confusion makes people even reluctant to think about it, as if they know the mobile phone number, but every time they either press one more key or one less, they always enter the wrong one, and gradually fall into a vicious circle, becoming more and more anxious." Zheng Fan said with a smile while sketching on the drawing board.
"If there are too many of them, the sarcophagus on this vast platform will only look like a hundred, if it is not strange, it is almost difficult to count wrong." Fang Xinran turned his head slightly, as if he didn't want to be affected by the number of sarcophagi in front of him.
"If you count them side by side, it's almost impossible to count them wrong, but the formation patterns on this platform are round, and the sarcophagus is also placed in a chaotic way, so if you want to count them thoroughly, you must at least have a certain sense of space." Zheng Fan couldn't continue sketching on the drawing board, so he actually got up around the platform, constantly changing angles from the formation pattern and the sarcophagus to fill in the remaining parts of the drawing board.
"Some of these sarcophagi are broken, and some of the sarcophagi still have traces of being attacked, and it seems that the material of these sarcophagi is not indestructible, but what is the effect of erecting it here?" Through observation, Zheng Fan had already discovered the foundation of the broken sarcophagus on the rocky ground of the formation.
In Zheng Fan's opinion, the erected sarcophagi in front of him should not be as simple as storing corpses.
"What the hell are these?"
A foreign mercenary finally endured the scorching heat of crossing the chain bridge, and his body was almost dehydrated, but when he arrived at the platform, he still couldn't help but feel gloomy when he saw the sarcophagus in front of him.
"All seize the time to rest and check the weapons and equipment."
Yuan Tiejiang didn't dare to be careless, and reminded the follow-up people.
"Looking at the situation of this sarcophagus formation, even if it can't get through, with the current firepower reserves of the mercenary team, there should be a chance of destruction, but for the sake of safety, we still have to wait for that old guy to come up and ask clearly."
"Knock~~~"
Although some of the mercenaries in front of the rope bridge have already landed on the platform one after another, the people behind them are still groggy and falling into the magma.
"At least there is still a way to go, and if there is no road, I am afraid it will be more difficult." The reason why Zheng Fan cares about magma is that he is afraid that if he advances further, there will be a situation beyond the reach of manpower.
After all, in the face of nature's terrifying power, whether it is a well-equipped mercenary group or an Inhuman group, it is too small.
"Although I don't understand the mystery of this formation, the number of erected sarcophagi is clearly counted, counting the broken sarcophagus, there should be as many as 108 bodies, expanding in the formation, it is really quite majestic, fortunately, this platform is big enough, and the erected sarcophagus array has not spread to the edge of the platform, otherwise you will have to face an unfavorable situation as soon as you come up." Zheng Fan walked around the edge of the platform, constantly sketching on the drawing board to get a rough idea in mind.
If someone is by Zheng Fan's side at this time, they can see that the position of the sarcophagus he sketched on the drawing board, as well as the pattern of the formation, have been filled, and there are even some subtle changes in it.
"Hurry up and drag the old man up."
Seeing that Professor Chen, who was still holding on to his limbs with cold ice and his facial expression distorted in pain, also reached the edge of the platform, Zheng Fan commanded the two mercenaries with a calm face.
In Zheng Fan's view, there is an erected sarcophagus formation in front, and there are fire bats that may swarm at any time above the rock formation, even if some people are on the platform, they must not be careless, but must be more vigilant, otherwise in a dilemma, the slightest carelessness will wipe out the whole army.
"What's going on with these sarcophagi?"
Zheng Fan didn't give Professor Chen a chance to rest at all, grabbed his messy long hair, and forcibly dragged him in front of people like a dead dog.
"Some sarcophagi are empty, some may have zombies, as for the formation is slightly like the Nine Palaces Diagram, with the middle palace in the middle, corresponding to the direction of the four corners and eight palaces, but the movement of the stars contained in the sky is not like the ancient Nine Palaces Diagram, but there is another mystery." Professor Chan responded weakly.
"In other words, this formation similar to the Nine Palace Diagram doesn't correspond to the movement of the sky-gazing stars in this world?" Zheng Fan's tentative inquiry made the old man couldn't help but look at him in surprise.
"If you want to walk through this erected sarcophagus formation, can't you go straight to the middle palace, and see those broken sarcophagus? That is the way out of the predecessors, and it can also be regarded as the existing flaw in this formation. Professor Chen didn't mean to delay, it seemed that he wanted to use the power of the mercenary group to pass through the platform as soon as possible.
"Are there any more stinky oil grass capsules? Everyone, apply a little more to prevent the fire bats from moving. Zheng Fan shouted to Yuan Tiejiang and asked him to arrange it.
From the situation of the mercenary group passing through the three iron cables, Zheng Fan had already noticed that the reason why those fire bats did not rush down when the smell of the stinky oil grass was evaporated by the hot breath of the magma below was because the people who followed the rope bridge formed a difference in the degree of evaporation of the stinky oil grass.
"At this rate, those who can't get to the platform, once they don't have the cover of the smell of stinky oil and grass in the follow-up, I'm afraid they will cause fire bats to attack." Professor Chen's admiration for Zheng Fan's decision was revealed.
"Old Yuan, bring a few good minds over here."
Zheng Fan looked at Yuan Tiejiang, who had arranged to smear the stinky oil grass, and hurried to summon him.
"You and I take a look around the periphery of the sarcophagus formation, compare this map, and see if we can connect the paths of those broken sarcophagi together and pass through this platform." Zheng Fan handed the sketchpad in his hand to Yuan Tiejiang, and took him and a few mercenaries to walk around the periphery of the platform, constantly investigating the situation of the sarcophagus array.
"Although the position of the outer layer of the sarcophagus array can connect a winding path, but this formation has a subtle change that makes people perceive confusion, if you walk for a while and find that the situation is not right, you will immediately use firepower to open the way, you must go in the outer layer, you can't go deep into the formation, try to find the broken foundation of the sarcophagus, connect the broken foundation, and you should be able to get out of this sarcophagus array." Zheng Fan's slightly heavy statement made Yuan Tiejiang realize that even according to the current relatively good method, he may have to face unpredictable dangers, and it is even more difficult to avoid deaths and injuries.
According to the sarcophagus formation, Zheng Fan studied with Yuan Tiejiang while walking, constantly pointing at the sarcophagus formation, not only did not avoid the few mercenaries who followed, but instead raised them, found the broken sarcophagus foundations, and connected them into a line on the formation of the drawing board.
"Boss, do you think his words are credible?"
Somewhat grasping the situation of the sarcophagus array, Yuan Tiejiang couldn't help but glance at Professor Chen, who was paralyzed on the ground in the distance.
"Now that the situation is in crisis, how can you take care of so much."
Zheng Fan motioned for Yuan Tiejiang to follow him and came to Professor Chen's side again.
"You said that some sarcophagi may be empty and some are zombies, what's the difference?" Although Zheng Fan is a layman for the formation, he attaches great importance to details.
"Once the formation is touched, the empty sarcophagus will be opened, and it will produce a strong suction, pulling the living into it, and sealing it alive, and the sarcophagus with zombies is opened, you should be able to think of what the consequences will be, I can tell you, zombies are still strong and weak, if you are unlucky, release a terrible guy, not only these mercenaries, even you may not be able to resist." Professor Chen's statement made Zheng Fan's heart sink a little.
"Can I think that this sarcophagus array was originally unmanned, and the zombies sealed inside were all tomb robbers who broke in later?" Zheng Fan took a slight breath and asked Professor Chen.
"Perhaps, after all, the sarcophagus array has not been completely destroyed and opened, and no one knows if the existence of this formation has left a surprising door to death." Professor Chen's bruised and purple swollen face, covered with blood, showed a slightly playful smile.
"You four take a good look at him, and kill him immediately if there is the slightest abnormal movement." While Zheng Fan beckoned the four mercenaries, he motioned to Yuan Tiejiang to take a few mercenaries with good brains and take the drawing board again.
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