(Foreword)

The road ahead was thorny and bumpy, but there was no turning back.

(Text)

June 2, 2022 at 10:58 a.m

"Just let me, the captain, do your part, or am I no longer the leader of the research team in your mind?" Xia Cheng's words made me powerless to refute, and I knew very well that in my heart, even if Xia Cheng quit the research group, he was still our captain. I won't forget what he's done for the research team so far, and I put my shield in front of him and whispered in his ear, "Be careful. ”

Xia Cheng took the tempered shield, patted me on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I'll be back." ”

"Xia Cheng, you must come back......" Lin Yun looked at Xia Cheng worriedly, Xia Cheng didn't answer, just nodded, and walked out of the stairs with the tempered glass in front of him. He stared at the automatic rifle, calculating the time of the rifle's swing as carefully as I did, and suddenly Xia Cheng rushed in the direction of the box......

He soon came to the front of the second chest. He leaned sideways to block the shield in front of him, opened the box with his right hand, and took out an iron rod from the box.

In the same way, Xia Cheng didn't stay for too long, and immediately reflexively returned to our side.

"Xia Cheng, are you okay? Are there any injuries? Lin Yun stepped forward and asked with concern.

"It's okay, I'm fine." Xia Cheng specially turned around in front of Lin Yun to tell her that he really had nothing to do.

"This ...... What is it? An ordinary iron rod? Cui Li's face once again showed a look of disappointment, obviously the things taken out of the second box were still useless.

"What are you kidding? Is there anything else useful? First a book, and now an iron rod, it's clearly playing tricks on us. Zhao Yuyu said angrily.

The automatic rifle was still firing in front of us, giving us no chance to escape.

"I don't think there's anything I can do this time, do you want us to use this iron rod to shoot the bullets back?" Cui Li said jokingly.

"There must be a way, isn't there a box that hasn't been opened?" Lin Yun's gaze fell on the last box outside the stairs.

"Okay, I'll go again." Xia Cheng, who had just put down the tempered shield, picked it up again.

But at this time, the frequency of the automatic rifle's strafing was noticeably worse.

"Look, isn't that automatic rifle firing much faster than it was just now?" Zhao Yuyu looked at the automatic rifle suspiciously.

It seems that over time, that automatic rifle has changed accordingly. If we don't hurry, maybe the situation around us will become even more unfavorable.

"That bullet is a lot faster than just now, isn't it dangerous to go out now?" Lin Yun looked at Xia Cheng worriedly.

"It's okay, trust me." Xia Cheng couldn't help but say, and quickly rushed out of the staircase again. As he struggled towards the last crate, the strafing bullet hit the lower right corner of the tempered shield. Fortunately, the bullet did not hit Xia Cheng but flew past his feet, but this scene made Lin Yun break out in a cold sweat, and she closed her eyes and didn't dare to look at Xia Cheng in danger.

Xia Cheng didn't care too much about the tempered shield being hit by the bullet, but quickly ran to the last box and kicked it open.

The moment the box was opened, Xia Cheng's expression changed significantly. I saw him take out a scooter from the inside of the box.

The automatic rifle suddenly increased its speed again.

Judging from this situation, even if Xia Cheng ran at the fastest speed, he couldn't keep up with the speed of the rifle fire. But he didn't have much time to think about it, just at this moment, Xia Cheng put the scooter on the ground, raised the shield in his hand and stepped on the scooter, and rushed towards the staircase with his right foot.

Thanks to the use of a scooter, Xia Cheng was able to barely keep up with the speed of the rifle fire, and rushed into the stairs at the last minute. Due to the high speed, Xia Cheng didn't have time to slow down, and fell to the ground with the scooter.

Lin Yun and I hurriedly helped Xia Cheng up, but fortunately there was a tempered shield as a buffer, so his fall was not serious.

"Xia Cheng, are you alright?" I asked softly.

"It's okay, it's just some skin trauma, just take a rest." Xia Cheng sat down on the steps of the stairs with the help of Lin Yun and me, and thanks to Xia Cheng's heroic performance at the last moment, we finally took all the contents of the box.

The first box: Don Quixote

The second chest: the iron rod

The third box: the scooter

And the chest that Xia Cheng had just opened: the Tempered Shield

The four things were neatly laid out in front of us, and looking at the few things in front of us, we couldn't connect them at all. Is it true that some things are useless, as they have speculated?

I picked up the scooter and checked it out closely, and there was nothing special about it except that it was a little shabby.

"You see, there is no pattern to these four things, and the rest of them are almost useless except for the tempered shield." Cui Li looked at these four things and said.

I looked at these four things carefully again - Cervantes's Don Quixote, a world famous book, carrying Don Quixote's yearning for knights, and the scooter and iron rod seemed so out of place compared to this book. If you want to use these four things against that automatic rifle, the hope of success is slim.

"It's over, it's over, it's really over this time. Now it's not okay to move forward, and it's not okay to go backward. Zhao Yuyu looked at the four things helplessly.

"Calm down, everyone has experienced every floor before, almost nine deaths, the higher we go, the bigger it will become, so it is impossible to let us break through this floor easily, I believe that these four things must have some important connection."

I picked up the tempered shield again, and in addition to the obvious dent from before, there was another bullet in the lower right side. I looked at the two places where the bullets were shot, and it was obvious that the first bullet was less powerful and did not be able to penetrate this tempered shield, while the subsequent shot was completely different, the penetration of the bullet was particularly strong, and it directly pierced this tempered shield. It can be seen that this automatic rifle not only has become faster in frequency and speed, but also has increased a lot of power in firing bullets compared to before, so it seems that this tempered shield no longer has the ability to block automatic rifles.

"Xia Cheng, what should we do now?" Lin Yun asked Xia Cheng, who was sitting on the steps beside him.

Xia Cheng didn't speak, but was quietly pondering something alone.

Time passes slowly......

June 2, 2022 at 11:15 a.m

We've been standing in the building for a long time, but we can't think of a solution.

Cui Li angrily picked up the iron rod and slammed it on the wall hard, "What's the use of this?" What's the use? ”

"Cui Li, calm down, isn't Xia Cheng trying to figure out a way? You're going to affect him like that. Lin Yun stopped Cui Li and said.

"Figured out? What can you do? I've thought of everything I can think of, but does it work? Useless! Cui Li angrily threw the iron rod in his hand on the ground.

At this moment, Zhao Yuyu picked up Xia Cheng's hiking pole and threw it at Cui Li and said, "Aren't you very capable?" Knock on it, really have the ability to take this stick and smash that rifle. ”

"Zhao Haoyu, I've had enough of you, is it over? Why do you have to raise a bar with me for everything? ”

At this time, everyone's emotions have reached their limit, and any small thing can ignite each other's anger.

"Enough is enough, Cui Li, Zhao Miyu, don't make trouble, okay? When is it, what I have to do now is to figure out a way instead of infighting. "I stood between Cui Li and Zhao Yuyu to stop them from continuing to argue.

Cui Li nodded and put the trekking pole in my hand. I looked at the trekking poles in my hand and suddenly realized something. I immediately picked up the iron rod that was thrown away by Cui Li and looked at it carefully, and sure enough, as I thought, there was an extremely hidden button on the iron rod, and if I didn't look carefully, I wouldn't be able to see it at all. I gently pressed the button, and the rod suddenly stretched.

Everyone was shocked when they saw this scene, it was just an ordinary iron rod before, but now it has become a ......

"It's ...... Pike? Lin Yun said in shock.

The so-called spear is not a type of firearm, but a weapon used by knights in the Middle Ages to fight each other. It is usually made of wood, but there are also those made of iron. The two knights in the duel, usually dressed in armor and riding fast horses, charge at each other with spears in hand, and knock the opponent to the ground is victorious.

I looked at the iron spear in my hand, and suddenly I had a flash of inspiration, and hurriedly asked Lin Yun, "Lin Yun, what did you say about this Don Quixote before?" ”

"What happened to what Cervantes wrote about medieval knights?" Lin Yun asked curiously.

"Knight...... I looked back at the four things—Don Quixote's, the iron knight's spear, the tempered glass shield, and the scooter. I finally found the connection between these four things, and that is that they are all related to knights.

"Cheng Yin, did you find something? Say it quickly! Cui Li asked anxiously.

"You see, this Don Quixote is about knights in the Middle Ages, and this iron rod is actually a knight's spear, and in the same way this tempered glass shield is a knight's shield......" I didn't finish Zhao Yuyu interrupted me.

"Even if you're right, how do you explain this scooter? Could it be that medieval knights were popular skateboarding? ”

"Of course, knights in the Middle Ages didn't know how to skateboard, but in fact, these four things have been slightly improved, take this shield and spear, tempered glass did not exist in the Middle Ages, and this spear may not have such a craft after then, right? Looking at it this way, this scooter is the fast horse of the rider. ”

"I see." Cui Li clenched his left hand into a fist, and gently tapped it with his right hand, "Then it seems that these four things are not as unrelated as we think." ”

"But even if I know the connection between this thing, what's the use? It's not that it can't stop that automatic rifle yet? Zhao Yuyu asked rhetorically.

Indeed, I only know the connection between these things at the moment, but I still don't know what they do, let alone stop the automatic rifle.

Suddenly, everyone was silent again, and there was nothing anyone could do to stop the automatic rifle.

I stopped at the sound of strafing from the hall, as if it wasn't going to stop.

"Wait a minute, Cheng Yin, if you're right, then we can stop that automatic rifle like the actual duel in the Middle Ages." Lin Yun's idea is very novel.

"yes, we can grab a shield and a spear and ride the scooter towards the automatic rifle, and then we might have a chance to destroy the automatic rifle." Cui Li's idea is not bad, but if it was the previous situation, maybe there were still some opportunities, but now it is completely impossible.

"No, if you do it now, you won't win." I vetoed.

"Why? It's not what you said, these are all knights' equipment, maybe we imitate it, and it will be successful. Zhao Yuyu asked puzzled.

"Look here." I pointed to the tempered shield that had been pierced by the bullet just now and continued: "Now the bullets fired by the automatic rifle can directly penetrate the shield of this tempered glass, so imitating the knight duel will definitely not work, and we have already been hit by the bullet before we have time to slide in front of the automatic rifle." I said.

There was a look of disappointment on everyone's faces, and it was clear that what I said had completely destroyed their last hope.

"In that case, there is no hope again......

"I see, we can't get out."

"But, what about Li Ruina?"

Everyone, you and I will say it word by word......

I looked at the scene in front of me, and my heart was very upset, Li Ruina's situation is still unclear, and we are trapped here.

Zhang Han didn't speak on the side, but he didn't wear those cool headphones at this time, I know that he must have a headache now, and his current situation is very difficult.

But at this time, Xia Cheng, who was sitting on the side, suddenly stood up, he looked at the knights' equipment and said, "Maybe we haven't thought of any good ways now, but it doesn't mean that there are no good ways. We have to do our best to seek, to discover, sometimes

Success is all around us. It's just that we didn't pay attention. ”

Xia Cheng's words inspired me, I can't just give up just yet, I said that if I want to change the world, I must do it!!

(End of chapter)