Volume 4, Demon Crow Demon Palace_Chapter 40, Four Demon Statues
The walls of the castle, the ground, are all movable, and connections and teleportation points are made in unseen places. After the whole formation is activated, the walls and the ground will rotate according to the pre-set trajectory, that is, the entire castle will change according to the intention of the person who set it up.
"You've seen similar formations change in the past?" The golden fox asked curiously.
I nodded and said, "Yes, from the book." The Jiuyang Cave in Longhu Mountain is a similar structure, and the Tianbing Mountain in Xuanfeng Gate also has a similar formation. This is a protective measure, but those who can make this kind of formation are the main sects. These people are also all sects of the rivers and lakes, Yaling Fort...... That's a lot of money......"
A cult that can control so many villages and towns, not to mention, has built such a large castle and existed for hundreds of years. Nowadays, even the structure and layout of the castle are so generous, which makes me even more afraid of the Bone Cult.
"Can you find this pattern?" Golden Fox asked.
I shook my head and said, "This kind of transformation law is done in advance by the people who set up the formation, and if you want to find the internal change law of the castle by yourself, it will take a long time to observe and calculate. But we don't have that time......"
In my opinion, maybe the old man didn't know that Raven Ridge Fort actually had the means to hide such a change. So the map he drew did not show this, and he himself did not know it.
It's a problem, I don't know when the castle changes, I don't know the rules of the change. However, for the time being, it can be determined that this change is planar, which means that the change in the second basement level will not be connected to the third basement or the first basement level. We are now on the basement level, which should be safe for the time being, also to prevent a change from being sent to the core area after the series. But we may never find our way to the second basement level, and the drainage channel behind us that allows us to escape is long gone, and our back road is cut off.
"The back road is cut off, there is no way to the next level, and all the bad things are catching up. Hey...... "I don't have much choice now, so I can only explore it on my own."
I put the map away, looked back at the golden fox and said, "You can't go back, you can only follow me, but the ugly words are ahead, don't make trouble for me." ”
She looked a little displeased, but she also knew that I was capable and could only rely on me now, so she finally lowered her head without saying a word.
Walking in the opposite direction along the road, what was supposed to lead to the exit of the next floor has now become a wall. After walking in the opposite direction for about five or six minutes, four strange flames lit up in the darkness ahead, faint blue, but not bright or huge, frozen in the darkness and swaying slightly.
"What's that? Ghosts? The golden fox was a little startled, after all, there were too many strange things in Yaling Fort, and the whole person was nervous.
"Be careful." I said a word of advice and walked forward, and when I came to the four points of dark blue flames, I saw that these four points of dark blue flames were actually four lights flickering on a sculpture, and this sculpture shocked me!
"Four Demon Statues!" I whispered, frowning.
The sculpture in front of me is about four meters high above the ground, in the shape of a column, facing outward on all sides, each facing in one direction, and each side is also a different monster. This similar statue is known as the Four Demon Statues.
In the post-Tang Dynasty, there was once a warlock who traveled all over the world wrote an article called "The Strange Statues of the World", which listed all kinds of strange sculptures he had seen during his travels, including the statues of the four demons. In the article, he mentions that the first time he saw the statue of the Four Demons was in a foreign country, a group of Persians selling a huge sculpture on the street, saying that it was a gift from the gods. The sculpture was made entirely of brass, heavy but shimmering, with four different monsters on all four sides, two of which the warlock knew but the Persians called gods. Each side of the four demon statues contains the demonic power of the monsters they carve, but it is not strong, but these demonic powers can shape the statues into gods, full of mysteries. Each statue poses in a different way, some with teeth and claws, and some with peace and tranquility. At that time, the Persians offered a very high price, and it was finally bought by a wealthy merchant.
The four demon statues in front of me are definitely not the one in the article, there are many differences, the first four demon statues in front of them have the same movements of each monster, all of them are stretching out a hand and placing a lamp in the palm of their hand. In the direction of the palm is a hollow black passage. Secondly, the material of this four demon statues is not brass, but stone. I can't tell what kind of stone it is, but I can see from the slightest demonic energy that comes out that the demonic power contained in this four demon statues is not weak. However, it is not aggressive, but it is used as a source of motivation to keep the lights in your hands on.
Four lights, four directions, four different passages. The appearance of this four demon statues seems to indicate something, as if it is a choice, and what I am most afraid of is encountering this kind of multiple-choice question in the labyrinth. If I choose the right one, it's best, but seven or eight times out of ten times I must choose the wrong one, and all kinds of dangerous traps and terrible traps will await me.
"What to do? Do you know which way to go? The golden fox asked in a low voice.
I shook my head and said, "I'm not an unknown prophet, how can I know?" ”
"Then let's choose any one, and I'll see what's so special about this statue first?" The golden fox actually stretched out his hand to touch the four demon statues while speaking, and I said that this girl is a burden, this thing is likely to have a mechanism, and touching it casually will kill people! But I was still a step too late to stop her, and her hand was already pressed on the four demon statues.
At this time, the base part of the four demon statues suddenly made a "click" sound, and then slowly rotated, and at the same time, the four sides of the four demon statues made a strange sound at the same time, like chanting. The lamp in his hand was also on and off, revealing a little weirdness.
"What's going on?" She asked in hindsight, and I said angrily, "Can you be messed with?" ”
The golden fox didn't speak, I listened to the voice of the four demon statues reading, it seemed to be the doctrine of the Bone Sect, I had heard those clerks read it in the office of 507 before, so it was somewhat familiar. This rotation lasted for a minute, and the four demon statues gradually stopped rotating, and at this time, three of the surrounding passages suddenly fell huge stones and were sealed, and only one of them could still walk.
"Okay, you don't have to choose now, you can only go this way!" I said angrily.
"Maybe I touched the trap, closed the wrong path, and left the right one?" The golden fox hurriedly said, and I sneered: "It may also be that you closed the correct third path after touching the mechanism, leaving the only mistake behind." But since we don't know which one is right, we can only go one way to the dark, let's go on the road. ”
I walked around the Four Statues and walked in through the only door that didn't close. As soon as the two of them passed through the door, there was a sudden sound behind them, only to hear a "boom", and our back road was actually sealed by a big stone!
"Hehe......" Seeing this scene, I was even more sure of what kind of trap or mechanism this road led to, and sneered, "It looks like we can't go back, thank you for that lucky touch!" ”
The road was still illuminated with eerie light blue gunpowder, and the road was long and narrow, and we walked one after the other, careful not to touch the mechanism. Be careful to sail the ship for 10,000 years, not if you have great skills, you will not capsize, and no matter how good the helmsman is, there will be times when you get lost.
"There's a light ahead...... Golden Fox pointed to the front and said, I nodded, naturally I saw it. At the end of the road, a red glow flickered, and strange red smoke wafted out. I turned around and said, "Cover your mouth and nose, these smoke can be poisonous, and if you have a situation, try to protect yourself for a while." ”
With that, I took a towel out of my pocket, tied it to my face, and walked towards the red glow. The closer you get to the red light, the more red smoke comes out, and the sound of water can be heard as you get closer, and the temperature around you starts to get high, and you can vaguely hear strange muttering.