Chapter 301: The Valley and the Beast Tide
Whether others believe it or not, Ari himself believes it anyway.
He sincerely admired himself, no one should have ever associated bungee jumping with time, space, and change, and Ari felt that his generation had an idea, and perhaps it could play a crucial role in the history of human magic, and its merits were comparable to Watt in the age of steam, and Benjamin in the age of electricity.
Kim also nodded approvingly, what happened just now was somehow the same as the concept of time. The ubiquitous fog is like time, and you never know if the path ahead is right until you pass it.
The feeling of falling from the bridgeAs Ari said, time cannot exist alone, and the existence of time can only be experienced from the changes in space.
Listening to Ari's explanation, Kim felt that he had begun to understand the concept of time for the first time......
Soon after, Lian regained some strength, but she didn't fight with Ari again. Although she still doesn't have a good face, being able to live in peace can already show that she recognizes Ari's words in her heart.
Moreover, there is a quote that makes sense in Ari's statement - wasn't the first person to be left behind, Kim.
Except that the first person is more dangerous, there is essentially no difference between the second and the third.
"What should I do next?" Lian asked lightly, glancing at Ari.
"That's the right question," Ari replied perfunctorily, looking around.
It was a huge valley, and the towering ravines obscured his vision from seeing it all, but a road full of footprints in front of them could already show that it wasn't just the three of them.
The footprints were similar to those of humans, but they were smaller, and the hair remaining on the road proved that they were not signs of human activity.
Ari turned his head to look at Jin, "I heard that His Excellency the Prince still practices swordsmanship?"
Jin was stunned for a moment, and after seeing the footprints on the ground, he instantly understood what Ari meant, and immediately shook his head directly and denied it: "That's all a small fight, or don't take it out and be embarrassed, but the strength that the little brother just showed is eye-catching?"
"The little skill of carving insects is not worth mentioning. Ari waved his hand modestly and sighed with some disappointment: "It's a pity that I can't see the outstanding demeanor of the Prince of Chaman Empire. ”
Jin smiled, but he didn't answer his words, talking about demeanor and cultivation also have to be timed, only a fool will stand up at this time.
When the two of them were humble to each other, Lian glanced at the two of them with disdain, and sneered, "You guys are quite self-aware. ”
After saying that, she ignored the two of them, and walked into the valley with her steps.
It didn't take long for an exclamation to come from inside the valley, and when Ari frowned and was about to go in to the rescue, Lian rushed out of the valley like a gust of wind.
Ari stepped forward, but before he could speak. saw that behind her was a group of monkeys roaring out of the mountains, and her face changed in an instant.
"Run!" "Run!" Ari turned around and ran without hesitation, without ignoring a group of second- and third-level demonic beasts because of his own strength.
Jin Ye's face changed drastically, and he immediately followed Ari's footsteps, and he also recognized the origin of this group of monkeys.
Golden Thread Monkeys, a kind of social monster on the continent, because of their irascible and extremely vindictive relationships, often chase and kill enemies at any cost, and it is precisely because of this that they are now endangered on the mainland, and they have only been seen in books.
However, don't look at it as just a group of monkeys, ordinary people would rather encounter a few neutral monsters than encounter them.
The golden-threaded monkeys all over the mountains, as long as one is killed, all the monkeys will fight with him endlessly.
It wasn't until the three of them ran out of the valley that the golden-threaded monkeys stopped chasing and grinned at the three of them on the big trees.
"They can't seem to come out. Kim turned around and watched the monkeys stagnate when they reached the edge of the valley, and suddenly guessed thoughtfully.
When Ari heard this, he immediately encouraged, "Do you want to go over and give it a try?"
"Forget it, there's no need to mess with them, they don't have to be our enemies. Kim was a little moved, but in the end he dismissed the idea.
Ari shook his head and said. "Not necessarily, we have to go into the valley before it gets dark, and the valley is their territory, and it's not easy to get in. ”
"Why go into the valley, I think it's pretty good outside. Lian also said with some palpitations, losing her magic, even if she is better than ordinary people, it is extremely limited, and it is simply unthinkable for her to go to hand-to-hand combat with a group of monkeys.
Ari shook his head helplessly, since he became familiar with Lian, his evaluation of Lian's IQ has plummeted, this is a child who has not grown up, and he is not as capable as Lilia in dealing with people.
Jin on the side was not idle, and after squatting on the side of the road and observing carefully for a while, he nodded cautiously: "Little brother is right, it's better for us to go into the valley at night." ”
"Why?"
"Dry bones. Jin said with an ugly face: "All the corpses are dry bones, and, have you noticed that most of the dry bones are still intact?" ”
"What's so strange about that?"
Jin shook his head and said, "If there is no flesh and blood, it means that we must not be too close to the time of their death, and the integrity of the dry bones means that they died in an instant without even going through too fierce resistance before they died." ”
"Can you make it clear all at once, Ari, you say. Lian didn't understand after listening to it for a long time, and suddenly became a little impatient.
"Good. Ariel laughed and said, "Most of what Lao Jin said is not wrong, but there is one thing I don't agree with, I don't agree with Lao Jin that they have been dead for a long time." ”
"Oh?"
"Judging from the dryness of the bones, basically all corpses die at about the same time, but have you ever thought that it is not that time passes too long, but that time passes too quickly!"
Jin thought for a moment, and his face was incredulous: "You mean?"
"That's right. Ari nodded, letting his guess come true.
Lian listened with a confused face, why did she also participate in the whole process, she couldn't understand a word. As a result, her attitude was instantly unfriendly.
"Can you speak human words!"
Ari reluctantly explained, "This group of corpses may even have been produced last night, and you can only see such a neat scene if you fast-forward the process extremely quickly, because ...... The dry bones of the night before were already weathered. ”
"Well, we can't afford to delay, no one knows how the day and night change here. "Ari didn't bother with them anymore at this time, and walked towards the valley alone.
The golden-threaded monkeys in the valley had long since retreated, and Ari cautiously advanced for a while, and in a few moments, a small grove appeared in front of him, and a group of monkeys were climbing up and down the forest, playing and laughing.
Ari tried to get around the woods, but found that the forest was so big that there were monkeys on the cliffs, and it was almost impossible to get past quietly.
"It seems that this little level is not that easy. "Ari has a slight headache, although he can rush in with brute force, but now the situation in the forest is unknown, exposing himself to the light is not a good thing, and he can't really ignore Lian.
After a few probing, once Ari was almost spotted by a reactive monkey, but fortunately he retreated in time, otherwise there would have been another earth-shattering chase.
"How's it going, did you find anything?" Kim asked with a smile as he watched Eri's figure reappear, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Ari shook his head and said, "It's not good, it looks like we're going to spend the night at the edge of the valley, let's talk about it after we find out the situation." ”
"That's all there is to it. Kim nodded in agreement, although Eri's age was a bit excessive, but judging from his performance during this time, Kim had already treated him as a peer.
Lian also nodded, anyway, she didn't understand what these two people said, just nodded, just like a husky mixed into a wolf pack, as long as she didn't speak, no one knew that she wasn't a wolf......
Before entering the valley, Eri thought about it, and finally took out a demonic beast corpse from the spatial ring and threw it outside, only then followed behind the two.
The valley was huge, except for a road that had been trampled out in the middle, and there were dense bushes on both sides, and the three of them carefully carved out a barely accommodating space in it, and Ari was relieved to cover up the surroundings a little more to make sure they wouldn't see it from the outside.
The three of them sat down, and Jin frowned and asked, "The test of the third layer can be seen as a test of perseverance, understanding, and courage, so what is this layer for?"
"Who knows, I haven't touched the core of the assessment yet," Ari glanced at them and said casually, "What news can you say to share, I don't believe you really don't know anything about this place." ”
"There is some understanding. Jin nodded and said: "The Tower of Time and Space is divided into ten floors, and there are only one floor, two floors and ten floors that can be opened at present, and these floors are all functional areas, not the core of the tower, so it is relatively easy to open." ”
King paused, glanced at the lotus next to him, and then continued: "Legend has it that the old dean of the academy once came in to fight for the inheritance like us, but soon after he entered the third layer, he directly entered the tenth layer......
"Such a, skip the level to open the map. Ari's face was amazed, the old man in the courtyard was even more bullish than he had imagined.
Jin nodded, and said bluntly: "The old dean has always been a legend on the mainland, and your Barak Kingdom can occupy this important position in the north, and he has played a great deterrent. ”
"And what's next. Ari couldn't help but urge.
Next, just when everyone thought that the inheritance of the Tower of Time and Space had been taken away by the old dean, the old dean himself denied it, only saying that he had obtained the temporary management of the Tower of Time and space, and the real inheritance had not yet begun.
As for the fourth floor we're on now, I've never heard of anyone who has reached it before. I didn't have much hope before I came, I just had the attitude of giving it a try, but I didn't expect that there would be progress now. ”
After hearing this, Ai Rui nodded and turned his gaze to Lian, "Does Teacher Lian know something?"
Lian shook her head and said, "I don't know, I've only been to the first and second floors, and even the tenth floor won't let me in." ”
"I don't know at all?" Ari was a little disappointed, and cleared the level with a girl who couldn't even shout 666, and the difficulty of the game increased a lot.
Lian also seemed a little embarrassed, thought about it, and still said something.
Through her narrative, Ari has at least learned something about the Tower of Time
In the Tower of Time and Space, the first, second, and tenth floors that have been opened are the functional floors, and the academy uses these three floors every year.
The third, fourth, fifth, and sixth layers are the core layers, and their main role is to complete the assessment of the Tower of Time and select suitable inheritors.
The functions of the seventh, eighth, and ninth floors are unknown, and it is said that they are the storage place of the wealth of the previous owner of the Tower of Time and Space, but no one knows the authenticity, and the old dean may know, but no one can ask him this question.
"So, after this level, there are still two levels?" concluded Ari.
"It should be like this, yes," Jin nodded, and said: "The empire has owned the Tower of Time for a thousand years, and only the first and second layers have been discovered, and even the origin of the owner of the tower has not been figured out, if it weren't for the old dean who opened the third and fourth layers, maybe we wouldn't have had a chance to enter here now." ”
Hearing this, Ai Rui smiled and said: "Don't worry, professional adventurers are here, there is no level that can't be broken, even if you bring a salted fish that can't even shout 666, you can clear the customs to see." ”
"Who do you say are idle fish?" Lian's face was a little ugly.
"I'm talking about a salted fish that won't shout 666, I didn't say you, by the way, will you shout 666?"
"What? No. ”
"Oh, then I'm fine......"
Kim: "......"
After a long time, Lian finally reacted, and just as he was about to become angry, Ari's face suddenly changed, and he made a silent gesture at her.
After a while, Lian and Jin also sensed a tremor coming from the earth. Ari cautiously moved to the edge of the bushes, where he lay down and looked outside.
"Are these monsters crazy?" said Jin with a shocked voice.
Through the gap, he saw countless demonic beasts pouring in from outside the valley like a tide, and the faces of all the demonic beasts were full of panic, but they were silent and silent, looking extremely strange.
Ari looked behind them, but the tide seemed endless, running forward as if something was driving them behind them.
Ari turned his gaze to the forest, only to find that the golden-threaded monkey in the forest had disappeared without a trace.
(End of chapter)