The sound of the waves rolling over the sea is constantly heard, the sea breeze blows, the waves stir up, roll over the edge of the beach, and then slowly retreat.

Jiang Ling was excited, ran over quickly, and picked up the reflective object on the beach.

Jiang Ling stared at this thing and said suspiciously, "Pot lid? … Well, a shield. ”

This is a blue-gray round shield, the shape is indeed a bit like a pot lid, but it is the size of a car wheel, and the shield surface is very smooth, probably because it has been polished by seawater, but you can still vaguely see some lines carved on the shield surface. Inside the shield there are two handles, one side is more curved and can pass through the arm, and the other side is smaller enough to grip.

And after Jiang Ling picked up this shield, a piece of information was very abrupt and harmoniously displayed in his consciousness.

[Item Name: Iron Round Shield]

[Grade: Normal]

[Type: Armor]

[Equipment Condition: None]

[Attribute: Medium and low defense]

[Note: If you pick it up, it's yours.] 】

"Sure enough, if you don't even have equipment, it's still a game." Jiang Ling put this shield on his left arm, covering his left forearm, although it is just an ordinary quality, probably a white suit, but it is better than nothing, and since it is a tryout and an informal match, I think there will be no good things for players in the map.

"The idea of exploring the map is correct, and it's estimated that each player will have one or two pieces of equipment near their spawn point. It's a pity that it's just a shield, not a weapon. Jiang Ling stretched out his hand and knocked on the shield, feeling quite strong, he didn't continue to stay, looked left and right at the coast on both sides, there was nothing worth noting, and turned to leave.

No weapons were found, but at least it was determined that there was something to pick up in the map, and that the player was not left to fight with their bare hands. Jiang Ling also understands that his physical strength and physical strength are only at the level of ordinary people, and his fighting ability is average, so he must rely on equipment and strategy to be sure to defeat other players.

"If you die out of ten, you can pass the tryouts, that is, although it is a personal battle, it does not mean that you can fight alone, and if you find a few people to form an alliance and kill others, it is also through the method... No, it should be said that it is the most ideal way to clear the customs. However, how to gain trust is another question. Jiang Ling thought in his heart.

The ten players who entered the battlefield were all strangers, and in such a life-and-death battlefield, although it was a very wise strategy to find someone to fight in an alliance, it was by no means an easy task.

Therefore, the most basic thing is to look at your own strength.

"But what exactly is this game world? Is it just the age of cold weapons? That's too monotonous. "Jiang Ling is still speculating about the world system of this world.

Every successful game has to have its own unique backstory, which can also be called a world view.

If this is a world with magic or other fantasy means, if other players pick up a staff that can release ice and fire, but Jiang Ling rushes up stupidly with a shield, he will naturally be looking for death.

"The prompt message when the battlefield is loaded indicates that there are no NPCs involved in this battlefield, but the word 'unknown' is used in whether it involves the world plot, no matter how you look at it, it means that it may be involved."

If you can find some props or equipment related to the world story, I think it will help the future game progress, of course, the first problem at the moment is how to pass this tryout, if you can't even pass the tryout, everything will not be discussed.

Jiang Ling thought as he walked back to the spawn point, but instead of walking into the woods in front of him, he walked along the woods to the east.

After all, the environment of the forest still gives people a sense of danger, and the physical consumption of walking through it will also increase.

At this time, 7 minutes had passed since Jiang Ling entered the battlefield.

After walking about a hundred meters away, Jiang Ling finally saw something unusual.

Less than a hundred meters ahead, there was a small mountain made of many boulders, but that was not the target of Jiang Ling's attention, what he paid attention to was the stone statue not far in front of him, it was a stone statue that couldn't see what it was, it was not large in size, and it looked like a small beast lying on the ground.

Jiang Ling vigilantly took two steps closer and squatted in front of the stone statue, and then he found that the outline of the stone statue was indeed a small beast, which looked like a small calf. And from the details of the stone statues, some of them don't look like they were carved by man, but more like they were formed by natural weathering.

Is nature a miracle? Jiang Ling didn't know, he just wanted to know if this thing would be useful to him.

Seeing that there seemed to be no danger, he approached again and reached out to touch the little stone beast.

Unexpectedly, a system prompt rang out.

[Get Side Quest: Secrets Under the Stone Statue]

[Difficulty: Normal]

[Content: Solve the puzzle under the stone statue]

[Reward: Some special item]

[Remarks: Time, Starry Night, Mountains, Land.] 】

"Huh?" Jiang Ling couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the task prompt, and then naturally looked excited: "There is actually a task." ”

Jiang Ling was very satisfied with the fact that a task was triggered so quickly, but there were too few hints about the content of the task, and it was a little unclear for a while.

"Under the stone statue? Do you want to remove the stone statue? Thinking about it, Jiang Ling stretched out his hand and grabbed both sides of the stone statue, trying to shift the position of the stone statue.

But the next moment, Jiang Ling found that it was moving with his own strength.

"The Principle of Leverage!"

Jiang Ling took off the shield and wanted to lift the stone statue, so he wanted to insert the shield between the stone statue and the ground, and then Jiang Ling noticed that the stone statue was not simply flat on the ground, and there seemed to be a part of it buried underground.

Jiang Ling did not hesitate, used the shield as a shovel, and began to dig the soil, the ground was slightly hard, and there were many small stones mixed in the soil, Jiang Ling dug very hard for a while, and was shocked to find that there seemed to be a large part under the stone statue.

It's just that he dug half a meter deep, and Jiang Ling didn't plan to dig it, because the puzzle had already come out.

Underneath the stone statue is a cube, similar to a diamond-shaped stone pillar or a stone tablet, and on this stone tablet, there is a magic array.

The reason why it is said to be a magic array and not an ordinary graffiti is because there is a faint red halo on this circular pattern, which is unusual at first glance.

"Isn't it the era of simple cold weapons?" Jiang Ling first confirmed his previous conjecture about the power system of this world, and then he carefully looked at this palm-sized pattern.

In this circle, there is a drawing of something like a phoenix, although the lines are simple, but with the red halo that seems to be nothing, the bird comes to life, as if it is ready to fly out at any moment.

"Why do you want to draw a bird under the cow?" Jiang Ling muttered casually, in fact, he was already thinking about what this magic circle meant and how to crack it.

Jiang Ling tried it and found that this circular circle could be rotated, like a disc embedded in a stone statue, but it could not be buckled, it could only be rotated clockwise or counterclockwise.

"If the bird's head were an arrow on the spot, pointing to a specific location?" Jiang Ling guessed.

But Jiang Ling did not rush to turn, but continued to dig at a different angle, and dug out the other sides of the stele, and sure enough, the other three sides were also engraved with patterns.

"It wasn't a phoenix." After observing all the four magic circles, Jiang Ling had already determined what these four patterns represented: "Green Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Xuanwu." ”

Underneath the stone ox, there is a square stone tablet with a four-elephant pattern on all four sides, each of which can be rotated.

"All four turn to the correct position to open, huh?" It stands to reason that you can try little by little. Jiang Ling shook his head, directly rejected this simple idea, and said to himself: "Not to mention that there is not even a scale around the circle, there will be infinite permutations and combinations." If you don't follow the prompts to twist blindly, there may be some bad consequences. ”

After thinking like this, Jiang Ling began to think about the hint in the remarks [time, starry night, mountains, land].

"It's also four words, and it's very likely that each word corresponds to a magic circle, but this hint is too vague." Jiang Ling looked at the array, then at the little stone cow, thought for about 3 minutes, and had a little clue.

"If you want to connect with 'time' to get a precise point, it can only be... When it's ugly? ”

"According to this line of thought, does Starry Night refer to the ox-related, Taurus?" Jiang Ling glanced up at the sky, it was daytime, and he just recalled the location of Taurus.

"Mountains? What is the relationship between cows and mountains? Jiang Ling's train of thought was forced to stop again, and after a while, Jiang Ling gave up the clueless 'mountain' and began to think about the word 'land'.

"The stone statue is connected to the earth... Could it be the five elements of earth? Jiang Ling hesitated for a moment and began to turn a few magic circles.

"In the order of the green dragon and white tiger, and the Vermilion Bird Xuanwu." Jiang Ling twisted the green dragon and aimed its head at the upper right third of the circle, which represents the ugly time.

He then turned the white tiger again, turning its outstretched paws in the position of Taurus.

As for the third, Jiang Ling alluded to the idea of the five elements of 'soil' through the land, and guessed that the 'mountain' should be an allusion to the 'kan' representing the mountain in the bagua, and Jiang Ling stayed in the position of the kan position on the gossip.

Then it was the final alignment of the Xuanwu at the corresponding position of the Five Elements Earth.

Jiang Ling took a half step back, waiting for the change with hope.

But the result is....nothing has changed.

"Still isn't it right?" Jiang Ling scratched his head a little.

At this moment, a system prompt sounded as if from the sky, and it seemed to sound in his head. In an instant, Jiang Ling thought that it would be the hint that he had solved the puzzle. But, no.

[One player has died, leaving nine players on the field.] 】

"Have you already started to die?" Hearing that the player was out, Jiang Ling couldn't help but look a little solemn.

Although he was glad that he hadn't met other players yet, more than ten minutes had passed, and Jiang Ling was still a little anxious.

"Just a normal task? It's a painful puzzle. Jiang Ling looked at the stone statue and felt the urge to scratch his ears and cheeks.

Originally, I was still a little happy in my heart, and the so many Chinese-style games I played made me remember the direction of things such as the Five Elements Bagua and could be applied to puzzles, but it was still not the right answer.

At this moment, a bright light flashed in Jiang Ling's mind.

"No, if it's Chinese style, zodiac, five elements, and gossip, then Taurus will be in discord." Jiang Ling turned to the white tiger and thought for a while: "The stars related to the cow... Bullfighting? ”

It's not a Spanish bullfight, it's a bullfight of an angry bullfight, the name of a nakshatra.

Jiang Ling stretched out his hand and turned the white tiger pattern again.

Click.

A crisp sound made Jiang Ling's eyes light up.

The stone statue turned.

"That's right!" Jiang Ling suddenly clenched his fists and looked at the stone statue expectantly.

After the stone statue turned a certain position, the mouth of the cow opened without any sense of disobedience.

【Mission Accomplished】

Jiang Ling didn't have time to care how the originally integrated stone statue could open his mouth, and looked nervously at the items inside the stone statue.

It was a piece of jade, a round and emerald jade.

Jiang Ling casually put the shield on the ground against the stone statue, stretched out his hand and took out the ancient jade, knowing that this thing was the reward of the task.

Jiang Ling didn't wait to look at the attributes of this ancient jade, but the afterglow fell on the shield, his pupils contracted instantly, his heart suddenly tightened as if he was being held by a hand, and the cold hairs on his body stood up.

The shield was polished by the sand, and although the surface of the shield was curved, it was as smooth as a mirror.

Through the shield, Jiang Ling saw that on the stone hill behind him, there was a person holding a bow aimed at him.