Episode 483 Countdown
The fall continued for a while, and the longer it passed, the greater the pressure from the darkness. Tang Ke and the other five strong men could still endure it, but the wreckage of the Shield and the crew on the ship couldn't. The wreckage was reduced to smaller fragments under pressure, and even some metal objects were not spared, showing severe distortions. The crew were even more unlucky, all of them were crushed by the invisible pressure and bled and died.
Tang Ke and the others fell faster, gradually throwing a large amount of wreckage and the corpses of the crew on top of their heads.
If you have to pass through this dark space every time you enter the Fountain of Death, it means that most of the people and things that break into the Fountain of Death have been destroyed here. Only people of strength like Donk and others can resist the pervasive pressure in the dark.
The speed of the fall changed from slow to fast, and a wave of thrust came from the heads of Tang Ke and the others, pushing them down sharply. Several people gritted their teeth and persevered, resisting the pressure around them.
I don't know how long it took, but the darkness finally came to an end, and a small white dot appeared underneath. The white dot changes from small to large, like an exit.
No one wants to be in this environment, and everyone wants to be able to get out of here and reach the deeper reaches of the Fountain of Death.
Tang Ke had the heart to go down, but he didn't want to be a bird, so while falling, he rushed at the alchemy spearhead not far away. Five shouted, "Fly down and see if that's an exit." ”
Five, who is simple-minded, in a trance, takes this as an order that must be completed. It saluted at Donk, shook its arms, and spewed a ball of flame from the bottom of the jar it was carrying behind it, accelerating downward.
Donk whistled, feeling a little more fond of this dumb iron bump.
The Sea Dragon Knight who traveled with Number Five. Ada was very dissatisfied with Donk's domineering attitude, but he didn't say much, because he also hoped that Five would go down to explore the way. It's better for the fifth to go down first than for him to go down first.
After the white light is magnified to a radius of about five meters, it is no longer magnified. The number five leads the way. The first one rushed out and disappeared.
Tang Ke and the others all slowed down their falling speed and waited for the message from No. 5 to send a message, but after waiting for about half a minute, there was no response in the white light.
"Five, how are you? What's out there? Donk asked in a loud voice.
There was still no response, and it was as if the falling Five had been teleported to another dimension.
Alert, Donk used an investigative technique on the white light, but he didn't get any results. Investigation is not omnipotent, and it cannot investigate the information of everything in the world. For example, things like wind, frost, rain and dew can't be investigated at all.
The remaining four wanted to slow down and observe Bai Guang for a while, but the pressure above their heads didn't give them this opportunity at all, and continued to push them down mercilessly.
With no way out, the four of them could only rush out of the white light.
Donk flew down first this time, and the moment he touched the white light, his eyes turned white, everything disappeared, and his body was light. It's as if it's turned into a fluttering feather. The anomalous sensations came and went, the white light faded in the blink of an eye, and his weight returned to normal.
The darkness is gone, and the stress is gone. Underneath the white light is another bizarre space.
The first thing that caught Tonk's eye was a verdant green, and there was something green everywhere he looked, green on the top of his head and green under his feet. It's all green all around.
This green color is brought about by a special substance, which is a viscous liquid that takes on a green color. Under the influence of an unknown mysterious force, it has formed some irregular huge lumps on its own. From a distance, these green blocks look like a bunch of green blocks that have been magnified countless times, and then randomly put together.
These blocks, made of green liquid, are connected together to form a complex and irregular three-dimensional labyrinth, with a number of passages of different shapes for people to pass through, and there are quite a few passages that lead in all directions, and it is not known where they all lead.
From a local point of view, this green three-dimensional maze should be very large, probably only people with super memory can fly out, otherwise they have to get lost in it.
Donk was stunned by the strange scene in front of him, it was the first time he had seen such a strange scene after being in this world for so long. He watched for a few moments before he came back to his senses, turned his attention to the others, and glanced around.
Including the first to come down the five, everyone was there, and there were no fewer of them.
Since there was no place to stay, everyone was still suspended in mid-air.
Looking overhead again, the white light was gone, cutting off everyone's retreat. The only way to get out of here is to walk through the labyrinth and get to the Fountain of Death, and then you can be teleported out.
"It's not good, the scene in front of us is completely different from the records I have seen, which means that we can't rely on the records of the historical books to break through here, and then we can only rely on ourselves to slowly explore." Emily said in a deep voice, her face full of melancholy.
"Those messy records are unreliable, and the only thing that can really be relied on is the weapons in our hands." Donk said and patted the Dementor knife hanging from his waist.
"I can be relied on!" Five chimed in and raised his two metal arms, crunching with every move.
"That's right, and you." Donk nodded in agreement, he felt that he could continue to let Five be in charge of exploring the path, this iron pimple was indeed reliable.
While a few people were talking, a new vision was born in this strange space. Not far above the heads of several people, a translucent clock appeared on it, with only one hand on it, and it is not known whether this is the hour hand or the minute hand, in short, it is not the second hand, because the hand moves very slowly.
Tang Ke and the others were startled, and each of them retreated sharply for a distance, but the clock above their heads seemed to be glued to them, and they couldn't shake it off. Donk also had the courage to swing two swords at the clock, but it had no effect, the clock was like air, and it didn't seem to react at all. As for the investigation, it can't be effective on this thing, and after the investigation, a reminder will pop up: "Ding! The system is severely disrupted. Failed to cast the skill, unable to obtain the information of this object! ”
It's not the first time that Donk has encountered a similar hint, and this has happened every time he has dealt with some mysterious person or artifact before.
The Fountain of Death is something created by the Goddess of Life, and even if there is divine power in this space, it is not surprising.
"Looks like my investigative skills are going to be hard to come in handy here." Donk thought to himself and began to look at the clock with his naked eye.
The clock is round, with a hand and many indexes, and the whole is translucent. Other than that, there's nothing special about it.
Donk stared at the clock for a moment, and noticed that the hands moved, proving that the clock was ticking.
"What do you think this clock is?" Emily asked, pointing to the clock above her head.
"I think this thing is a reminder that it's time to go back to lunch." Donk shrugged and replied casually.
"Or maybe it's a reminder that when the time comes, we're all going to have to play." Soru whistled and said grimly.
As soon as these words came out, the air immediately tensed a little.
Emily was silent for a moment. Nodding his head, he said, "I think Solu may be right, let's hurry up and find a way out from here." Don't wait here any longer. ”
"The way out is in sight, so why bother looking for it." Donk shook his right hand. The Shadow Evil Sword worn on his wrist created ten sword qis, and with another wave of his hand, all the sword qi flew out, all of which shot at the green wall ten meters away on the opposite side. If you can use sword qi to kill a path. There is no need to follow the passage of the maze, you can directly run straight to the exit, which is undoubtedly much more convenient.
Surprisingly. After the sword qi shot into the green wall, it did not provoke any reaction, and directly drilled into it until it disappeared. Looking at the green wall again, the surface was unexpectedly intact, and it was not affected by the sword qi in the slightest!
The scene in front of him reminded Tang Ke of the word "Rou Ke Gang Strong", if it is a solid wall, as long as it is bombarded with sword qi, it can always blast out a gap. But if it was a wall formed by this liquid in front of him, no matter how fierce the sword qi was, it wouldn't work!
Tang Ke didn't give up, and with a flick of his hand, he summoned hundreds of sharper sword qi, using these sword qi to concentrate on attacking a point of the green wall. But these sword qi were still the same as last time, like a stone sinking into the sea, disappearing in the blink of an eye, and not even a single ripple was set off on the green wall.
"It seems that the sword qi can't destroy this labyrinth." Tang Ke withdrew his hand depressedly, encountering something that the sword qi could not destroy, which made him very angry.
"If the sword qi is useless, presumably the wind will not be useful." Emily deflated.
"It's a good thing if we can get through it, so we can fly straight through." Soru stretched out his hands and made a gesture of a cherub flapping his wings.
"Good idea." Donk nodded, looked at Five, and said, "I'll leave this task to you." Try it through the green wall on the other side, and if you succeed, you'll be a great service to the Dragon's Tooth Nation, and the King will reward you when you return home. ”
"Yes! I'm going to rush over it! Five immediately agreed, without even hesitation.
Ada, who belonged to the same Dragon Tooth Country as No. 5, couldn't stand it anymore, and frowned: "Tang Ke, you are too unkind, why do you always deceive it to take risks." Those green things are weird at first glance, what if Five comes over and gets in danger? ”
"There are bound to be dangers, but I think with No. 5's ability, he should be able to deal with all kinds of dangers easily. Taking a step back, even if it is in danger and damaged in some way, it can be repaired again in the future, just like the broken stove in my house. Donk didn't care.
"It seems that you are not only unkind, but also shameless." Ada said angrily.
"If you're kind, why don't you lean over and check the mysterious substance on the other side? No matter how high-sounding you accuse me of accusing me like this, it seems to me that you are just saying cool things. Donk snorted coldly.
"I'll go, I'll go." Ada agreed, then looked at Five, "You stay where you are, I'll go over and try what the hell is going on with that green liquid." ”
"Okay, Number Five is waiting for your good news here!" Five said yes loudly.
Ada rode the sea dragon under his crotch and slowly approached the green liquid. The sea dragon under his crotch was ten meters long, with a slender body and four wings, all covered in smooth dark blue scales. There is no seawater around, so the sea dragon can only dispatch the water elemental to create a cloud of seawater. Wrapped itself in it, lifting it up to fly.
When he got within ten meters, Ada cautiously stopped, took out a bottle of holy water from his body, and threw it into the green liquid. He brought a lot of this holy water, and it didn't matter if he lost one.
After entering the green liquid, the holy water glided forward for some distance, and then quickly melted until it disappeared under the gaze of everyone.
The crowd changed color slightly. Only then did it become clear that the green liquid had terrible corrosive properties, and could quickly corrode away objects that entered it. What I don't know now is how corrosive this green liquid is, and whether it can corrode the sword qi or magic elements on everyone's body.
The mystery hung in everyone's minds, but no one wanted to test it for themselves.
"This green liquid is unpredictable, I think everyone should walk the maze honestly, don't expect to pass through the green liquid directly." Emily gasped and suggested.
"It seems that this is the only way to go." Soru shrugged.
"I knew I was going to go through the labyrinth, so I brought in a soothsayer. Then let him help us figure out which direction the exit is. Tang Ke looked around, the flat maze has several directions to go, south, south, west, and north, and the three-dimensional maze has countless directions to go. And in this bizarre space, there is no way to tell the direction. Everything can only be judged by memory and feeling.
"Look at the clock above you." Soru reminded.
Donk looked up and saw that the hands of the clock had clearly traveled a short distance.
No one knows what will happen when the hands of a clock come to an end, but there is certainly nothing good to do, and existence must be reasonable. This timepiece must have a special purpose.
The translucent clock was like a sword hanging over everyone's heads, bringing a real sense of oppression to everyone, forcing everyone to hurry up and take action.
After some deliberation. Everyone lined up in a row, with the dumb Five, taking the lead, Ada following closely behind, Donk and Soru in third or fourth, and Emily holding down the back. A group of five cautiously flew in one direction, approaching a wide circular entrance.
Everyone was afraid that the green liquid would have any abnormalities, so the speed slowed down very slowly, but until it flew closer, the green liquid still did not move, and still maintained its original form.
Five's iron guts were bolder than the ambitious leopard, and the first one flew into the entrance, but nothing happened, and it seemed that the form maintained by the green liquid was still very strong, as long as you didn't touch it. The few people who followed behind were a little relieved, and urged the speed to follow behind.
The passage was about thirty meters long and branched off at the end, one to the left and one to the right.
No. 5 stopped in the middle of the fork, in a dilemma, not knowing how to choose.
Feeling that this choice was all a matter of luck and that there was no technical content to speak of, Donk asked, "We have to have someone in charge, and one person decides which way to go." Which of you has the best luck and memory? Those who are lucky can be responsible for exploring the road in the early stage, and those who have a good memory are responsible for writing down the road they have traveled, so as not to repeat it. ”
"I have a good memory and can remember the road I have traveled." Emily volunteered.
"Very well, it's up to you to remember the way." Donk said.
In terms of luck, no one boasted that their luck was particularly good.
Seeing that no one was silent, Tang Ke took the initiative to take this responsibility, and said with a smile: "I feel that my luck is not bad, I once used a skeleton gold coin to draw a sapling of the Tree of Life in the Pirate City as a prize, and it is up to me to choose which path to take in the early stage, do you have any opinions?" ”
"Have you ever been given a sapling of the Tree of Life?" Soru was surprised, "That thing is priceless, it can sell for a lot of money." ”
"Yes, I won one in the lottery, but it's already been given to someone else, so don't be surprised, let alone think about hitting me. I just want to tell you that I'm in luck. ”
"It's not bad, it's shit luck."
"In that case, it's up to me, the shit luck, to decide which way to go." Tang Ke took the big bag, looked at the number five in front of him, and ordered, "Iron pimple, take the road on the left, I have a hunch that it will lead to the exit." ”
"Okay!" Five shook off his annoyance, gladly agreed, shook the flames behind him, and flew towards the passage to the left.
Everyone followed, but before they could reach the fork, the fifth, which had just flown over, flew back.
Tang Ke didn't know why, and asked, "Five, why did you fly back again?" ”
"I had to fly back because the passage on the left was a dead end and there was no way out." No. 5 booth road.
Everyone turned their eyes to Tang Ke and asked in unison, "Is this your shit luck?" ”
Tang Ke secretly scolded damn it, and said stiffly: "My Tree of Life was also drawn several times, and a loss is nothing at all, continue to listen to me, turn right this time." ”
"Okay!" Once again, Five gladly agreed, this time flying to the right. But it didn't work out, not long after it flew over, it turned around and flew back again, shouting as it flew, "No! The right side is also a dead end! ”
Tang Ke chose two dead ends in a row, and he couldn't hold his face, and said angrily: "Fuck, what a broken labyrinth, it's a dead end on both sides." ”
"Alright, alright, I don't see your luck, I'd better lead the way. Whether it's leading the way or memorizing the way, it's up to me to do it alone. Emily has a big bag. (To be continued......)