Chapter 7: The Tower of Flame (Part II)
The wooden floors and stairs were made of wood, but they didn't burn, and the temperature around them was so uncomfortable that it made people go crazy, but it didn't make people feel suffocated or killed.
"It seems that we have touched some ......" Tang Xin muttered in a low voice, now they should have encountered a decryption level, to find clues and solve the puzzle.
In Sims, puzzles are also rewarded with experience and items, and in many cases, the task can only be continued by solving puzzles, as in the case of the current one.
Tang Xin used the priest's staff in his hand to poke here and there on the round platform, and observed everywhere, all the designs of "Analog World" are logical, if there is such a jet of flame, then there must be a trigger mechanism somewhere.
"When we went up to the tower before, the higher we got, the higher the temperature, the rise is very abnormal, I don't know if you have noticed, when we stepped on the disc, the wet clothes were almost dry, and when we walked through the disc, the clothes on our bodies were just completely dry." Second Prince Wen said calmly, he glanced at the disc and began to observe.
Second Prince Wen's memory was astonishingly accurate and fast, and he was able to accurately trigger the flame trap the moment their clothes were soaked in seawater after they dried.
"This is the trigger for the trigger, but I can't think of any mechanism that can do this, and it has to do with the humidity of the air, the dryness of the items, and the temperature of the atmosphere...... and a series of other factors.
In this game set in the West, only high-level magic devices can be tested, but this is just a lighthouse in a novice village, and it is logically impossible to have such a high-level device. β
After hearing this, Tang Xin began to recall the various mechanisms she had encountered in her experience, and felt that unless it was a magic mechanism, and it was a high-level combined magic trap of water and fire, it was impossible to be so accurate.
Could it be that she hit the big luck and set off a high-level hidden mission chain in the Novice Village? No, she was tasked with finding the Donji brothers, and although the lighthouse was mentioned in the search for directions, there was no requirement for her to climb the tower.
That's the luck of this Wen Er? Could it be that he is the legendary little crispy hand of red oil, and the errand task of connecting a visit to the tower keeper is so advanced.
"If that's the case, then the water of this mission is very deep, it's not something that our level can do, but now it's in a dilemma, and we can only die and drop one level." Tang Xin looked at the second son of the little red hand Wen with a depressed face, and said helplessly, he wanted to rush directly into the sea of fire to commit suicide.
Wen Er Gongzi hurriedly grabbed her, and received the jealous and murderous little eyes of Tang Xin looking at him, guessing that she must have misunderstood, he looked at Tang Xin in surprise, he really had never seen such an impatient person, and he rushed to commit suicide directly when he said that he would commit suicide.
He crooked his eyes and chuckled, "Hehe, maybe you're thinking too complicated, but in fact, this trap is very simple!" β
Tang Xin looked in the direction of Wen Ergongzi's eyes and saw an ordinary carpet spread on the wooden floor.
The entire circular platform forms a concentric circle, with a scarlet carpet in the center of the middle circle and the place connecting the staircase, while the outer ring rests against the railing, revealing the original wooden floor.
Tang Xin frowned, and carefully observed it back and forth around the carpet, but he still didn't know why, and was about to lift the floor.
"Brother Jiu, let's lift the carpet and take a look." Second Prince Wen called Jing Jiu to help start the action, Jing Jiu listened to the order, and with a strong hand, he lifted the entire carpet aside.
Beneath the carpet was unexpectedly wooden flooring, but a closer look reveals two thicker gaps in the floor, sandwiched between the two gaps, just across the landing, connecting the stairs down to the stairs upstairs.
"This is a trigger trap, when we step on the disc, we have already fallen into the trap, and when we go through the disc to climb the tower, we just complete the whole triggering process, but we can calculate the time so accurately, this kind of calculation, it is really admirable." Wen Er Gongzi explained, and also praised the ingenious design in his heart, being able to use such a simple trap to calculate people's hearts just right, and it doesn't need to be a complicated design, it is already thrilling enough.
"Wait...... That is to say, this trap is what we stepped on, and it was triggered after stepping all the way, and it has nothing to do with what clothes are dry or not, who just said that it is related to wet clothes......" Tang Xin finally reacted that she had been tricked, she looked at Wen Ergongzi, who was smiling very happily, with a murderous face, picked up the priest's staff and began to knock, shouting while knocking, "Tell you to play me, hack you to death......"
"Hey, hey, misunderstanding!" Wen Er Gongzi hurriedly wanted to dodge, but how could he dodge Tang Xin, who was experienced in slashing people, and who was equally experienced in chasing and counter-chasing.
Although the novice priest's staff hit his body, he only forcibly deducted a little blood every time, and there was PK protection before level 10, and a little blood was instantly full, but in the past 20 years of life experience of Wen Ergongzi, he had obviously never experienced such a simple and rude thing as being chased and beaten, and for a while, no matter how high his IQ was, he couldn't react.
Tang Xin chased for a long time, and found that he didn't lose much blood, and the opponent kept running and didn't resist, so he suddenly felt bored and slowly stopped, and looked at the little broken staff in his hand with a depressed face.
Thinking about the painful fact that I am now a pastor, I suddenly feel that my future is bleak.
She wants her Rainstorm Pear Blossom Crossbow, she wants her Night Eternal, Shadow Raid, and Holy Guardian, and she doesn't want this little broken staff!
"The trap is triggered by a spring mechanism that leads to the floor, and this circular platform is hollow up and down, so you can see through the bottom and top of the tower at a glance, and the stairs are all wooden, and the mechanism cannot be hidden, so the switch to control the mechanism must be on this round platform." Second Prince Wen smoothed the corners of his clothes and continued elegantly and gently, looking at Tang Xin, who was still upright after beating people, and now he didn't know what he was depressed, Second Prince Wen felt that he was really innocent.
Don thought for a moment, took out his notebook from his backpack, and silently flipped through each page, finally stopping at the nursery rhyme about the Rainbow Tower.
"The flame burns a warm and warm red, leading you to the place of the flag." This is the phrase in the poem that describes the red tower in the Rainbow Tower.
Compared with the current situation, the three of them stepped on the flame staircase, and the temperature around them gradually rose, and finally reached the disc, which basically met the situation of this sentence, then this disc is the place of the so-called flag.
So what does the flag mean?
"The flag, also called the flag, can be understood as the cloth we usually see, hanging on a pole with a unique color, pattern and logo, or it can be understood as a model in a certain field, or refers to spirituality, ism, and faith...... These are spiritual forces that people are willing to believe in. Second Prince Wen replied on the side, it turned out that Tang Xin asked unconsciously, and Second Prince Wen pointed to her notebook with great interest and asked, "Can you lend me your notebook?" Maybe there will be some clues. β
Tang Xin was also very generous, and handed him the notebook directly.
Although there are many information strings and some quest clues that Tang Xin found in the notebook, Tang Xin has always only regarded quests as a means to level up and get equipment, and he doesn't attach much importance to them.
"The flag, in this case, perhaps refers to ...... This one. Second Prince Wen pointed to one of the pillars that formed the railing on the outer ring of the platform and said.
The circle of pillars around the circular platform is all carved with identical lions, and there are 72 of them in total. The lion is a very common symbol in the Human Empire, as the largest empire in the Human Alliance is the Lionheart Empire, and Rainbow Village is also under the jurisdiction of the Lionheart Empire.
"I've seen these lions, they can't turn, they can't pull, they can't press, and it's useless to knock." Tang Xin shook her head, how could she not see such an obvious sign, she had already touched the head of each lion, and there was no reaction.
"That's why I said, it's a very clever mechanism." Second Prince Wen said briskly.
"You already know how to unlock the mechanism?" Tang Xin raised her eyebrows and was shocked, she stared at the lion's head carefully, knocking and beating unbelievingly, but there was still no response, she turned her head and clasped her arms with her hands, and looked at Wen Er Gongzi, "I warn you, the consequences of playing me are very strict, you should have experienced it just now." β
"Hehe, did you still have more ice buckets when you fished before?" The second son of Wen said gently, and was not affected by Tang Xin's intimidation.
"Well, there are 8 more." Tang Xin didn't ask what to do, he directly took out the ice bucket and put it on the ground, and the ice in the bucket had melted after a while, which made Tang Xin, who was made hot by the hot temperature, feel very refreshed.
"Brother Jiu, help pour water on every lion's head." Wen Ergongzi said softly, he also carried an ice bucket, and Tang Xin also nununed his mouth, and followed Wen Ergongzi to carry a bucket.
The three of them worked together to get the head of every lion.
At this moment, only the sound of "bang bang" was heard, and the ground had been stepped into the floor, and the spring mechanism that triggered the trap bounced up one by one, returning to its original state.
And as the spring mechanisms were restored one by one, the flames that had been overwhelming from the stairs and walls gradually went out, and the entire lighthouse was restored to its original gloomy and quiet appearance, only the hot air in the air still did not dissipate, and it also reminded passers-by of the thrill just now.
ββThe system prompts, congratulations to the player Sugar Heart, Wen Ergongzi, and Jing Jiu for solving the puzzle level "Tower of Fire", with a completion rate of 100%, a reward of 5,000 points of experience, a reward item "Fragment of the Diary of the Mechanic Kalu", three Flame Heart Badges, and a box of mechanism parts.
A few flashes of white light flashed, and the three of them each rose to a level.
ββThe system prompts that the player Tangxin, Wen Ergongzi, and Jing Jiu are the first to solve the puzzle level perfectly, and will be rewarded with the title of "Puzzle Solver", 50 points of world prestige, and 10,000 points of experience.
A few more flashes of white light flashed, and the three of them rose to another level.
ββThe system prompts you to achieve the announcement achievement, do you want to hide your name? Note that revealing your name will reward you with an additional 100 World Fame.
Select Not to Hide.
Then the announcement of the whole server sounded: "Congratulations to the player Sugar Heart, Wen Ergongzi and xxx, the first to solve the puzzle level perfectly, and reward the title of "Puzzle Solver".
"Wow, Brother Jiu, why are you hiding, the announcement has 100 points of world prestige, that is very important!" Tang Xin immediately shouted at Jing Jiu, this person is really, ordinary people are not rushing to disclose their names, if you want to keep a low profile, don't get along with the world's prestige.
"Thanks, I don't need it." Jing Jiu's deep voice sounded, and said to Tang Xin, although he was still expressionless, he seemed to be in a good mood, saying that this was the first time Tang Xin heard him speak.
"You are really ......" Tang Xin didn't speak again in the end, everyone has a different way to play, if he didn't know the importance of world prestige, then Tang Xin naturally wanted to remind him, but he knew but didn't need to, that was his own choice, Tang Xin was not qualified to say anything more.
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