I saw that now, the scene in the cave at the end of the tunnel was completely different from what Xu Ping'an had seen a few hours ago.

It's not that the environment has changed, the cave is still the same cave, and there is still the huge white disc-shaped stone in the middle, and there are still some ore and flesh on the stone as a "sacrifice".

The difference is "people".

What Xu Ping'an saw before was a kobold leader pacing around the altar, and talking to the kobold sacrifice from time to time, but now, the kobold leader was kneeling in front of the altar, the kobold head was looking up to the sky, and kept moaning meaningless in pain.

The old kobold priest, who was obviously old, stood further behind the kobold leader, facing the altar, holding a wooden staff, chanting a word, but he couldn't hear the exact content.

The point is not here, but the stone that used as a white altar is wafting out a trace of black gas visible to the naked eye, wisps of which are burrowing into the body of the kneeling kobold leader.

Another point is that the six candles lit around the white stone seem to be much shorter, at least half of them have burned off.

By the way, Xu Ping'an can also be sure that the kobold leader is more burly and strong than when he saw it before, this is definitely not his illusion, the kobold leader has iron pieces and leather sewn armor, and now it looks obviously too small and ill-fitting.

What kind of evil enhancement ritual is this going on?

Xu Ping'an quickly made a judgment in his heart.

However, Xu Ping'an is not clear at all about what kind of ritual the specific effect is, even if he uses the "kobold knowledge scroll", he only has mastered the words and language of the kobold, as for the kobold's magic rituals, altar power or anything, it is completely uninvolved.

And compared to the ongoing ritual, what is even more strange for Xu Ping'an is this small different world, or the existence mode of this small copy.

A few days ago, he and Li Sansheng and Tie Chenyu entered this mine, and all the kobolds basically stayed in one position to dig the mine, although the actions and details will change, but the general activity area is fixed, and I have not seen the candles above their heads burn out, in short, although from the perception of it, this is a completely real "other world", but in terms of existence mode, it is more like a "copy of the game" , as long as you don't touch the monsters, they'll stay there the whole time, or follow a fixed path in a loop.

But right now, the kobold leader and the kobold's sacrificial actions have obviously broken the established routine of "a copy of the game", Xu Ping'an guessed that the ritual being carried out now should be held after he came to investigate, if he comes back tomorrow, will he find that the six strange candles of the cave ** have been burned, and the two bosses have also completed the corresponding rituals?

But what doesn't make sense is why this ceremony was not held early or late, and it was only started after I had investigated, was it a pure coincidence, or did I say... Is there also a case of quantum mechanics' "double-slit interference experiment" in this other world?

It's a pity that there seems to be little progress in the study of the nature of "portals" and "other worlds" in this world, whether it is textbooks, the Internet or any channels, there is no truly convincing hypothesis, so Xu Ping'an's judgment on the nature of this world and these other worlds is also impossible to deduce.

···

"Hey, what's going on up ahead?"

Huang Mao Yewen pushed Xu Ping'an violently, interrupting his thinking.

Xu Ping'an glanced back at this guy and whispered: "They are holding a dark magic ceremony, now is the best time to rush in and attack, interrupting the ceremony will definitely have a big impact." ”

"What kind of dark ritual, and what danger is there in entering it?"

Huang Maoye asked.

"I don't know, it's impossible to teach these things in high school, and even in college, I don't think I know much about it. ”

Xu Ping'an spread his hands and said that he didn't know.

He really didn't know.

"Sao Fox, you come on. ”

Huang Mao Ye asked as cautious as ever, and asked Luo Hui for evidence.

"I don't know... I really haven't studied..."

Luo Hui was a little afraid of the ritual and kobold in the distance, and carefully retreated half a step, shook his head and said.

Huang Maoye asked at Luo Hui and Xu Ping'an's expressions, not as if they were fake, and then looked at the two kobolds who were holding a dark ceremony in the distance, groaned slightly, and pushed Xu Ping'an again: "You go up first, rush ahead, we will follow you." ”

Xu Ping'an had long thought that the worst situation was that these scumbags would use him as cannon fodder, but when this scene really came, he still couldn't suppress his anger, and said coldly: "I don't even have a weapon!"

"Yes, we won't give you weapons, you still have a way to live, if you don't go, you will die now!"

Huang Mao Yewen showed a sinister expression on his fierce face, and directly put the watermelon knife in his hand on Xu Ping'an's neck.

Xu Ping'an's face was like frost, and he was silent for a moment before he spoke: "Then give me the explosion-proof shield, at least give me a little security, otherwise you will kill me now, and then you will go up to the thunder yourself!"

Huang Mao Yewen and Xu Ping'an looked at each other for a few seconds, and finally stepped back slightly, and said to the thug brother on the side: "Give him the shield." ”

···

Xu Ping'an, who took the shield, adjusted his posture in the dark, half-raised the shield in front of him, took two deep breaths, and under the urging of the knife behind his back, he moved violently, and rushed to the ceremony being held thirty meters away.

After all, it's common sense not to get too close to the cannon fodder of the mines.

This small distance, under Xu Ping'an's full sprint, was rapidly shortening, and he could even hear clearly what the old kobold sacrifice was talking about...

“··· Accept our submission, O all-devouring darkness, and grant us..."

The old kobold priest was chanting with all his heart and holding a wooden staff, when he suddenly heard noisy footsteps outside the cave, turned his head and saw a group of humans rushing towards the altar in "strange costumes", and couldn't help but interrupt the chanting, and shouted: "-There are intruders!"

At the same time, the old kobold turned the wooden staff in his hand for the first time and aimed at Xu Ping'an, who was rushing to the front.

Even if it was still more than ten or twenty meters away, Xu Ping'an could see the front end of the old kobold's wooden staff, and there were dots of sparks that were rapidly converging and expanding.

A sense of danger suddenly rose from the bottom of Xu Ping'an's heart.

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