Chapter 18: The Center of the Labyrinth
Although the three-minute interval is long, and the pursuit of high-speed moving targets sometimes does not seem very effective, it is obviously more than enough to deal with these obviously imbecile monsters.
Those dwarf monsters, which were originally only in single digits, were killed in this move.
"Ha......" Qin Feng leaned his back against the wall of the maze and rubbed his temples. The fierce fight was not comfortable for him, especially since he had just finished a battle more than forty minutes ago, and the two consecutive physical exertions completely made Qin Feng's entire physical strength collapse.
Now he almost had Venus in front of his eyes. Although the blood of the ancient demon has raised his physique to a higher level, and his body looks a lot stronger, the sequelae of his physique F are still there, and it may take two days to completely eliminate and adapt to the new body.
Compared with Qin Feng, Su Qiqiao was even more uncomfortable: after all, she was just a girl, and she even served as the main output in the second battle, and now she is almost sitting on the ground. And seeing that her pretty face was pale, she was frightened, and her chest was throbbing violently, looking even worse than Qin Feng's condition.
"Are you alright?" Qin Feng took out the stamina recovery potion from his bag, drank a bottle, and then asked her.
He held out a hand to her.
"It's okay," Su Qiqiao shook her head, and was pulled up by him along Qin Feng's outstretched hand, and then she continued, "I've suffered a slight injury, it's not serious, I drink a bottle of life recovery potion, and then drink a bottle of physical strength recovery potion, it shouldn't be a big problem." ”
"Well, let's go then," Qin Feng looked at her, then silently walked in front of Su Qiqiao, took out the pistol, and then shouted, "William! You kid keep up with me! We're going to be at the center of this labyrinth! ”
When William heard this, he looked strange and reluctantly followed.
According to the instructions of the [Labyrinth Map], two more turns ahead will be the strange "anomalous area". The cold and sticky aura that Qin Feng felt before was getting stronger and stronger, although it was still too far from Melgades' breath, it still made people feel uncomfortable.
Thankfully, his mental value didn't drop at all.
At this time, Su Qiqiao came from the rear and exclaimed: "...... I'm out of energy! ”
"Dropped? How much did it drop? "Qin Feng is particularly sensitive to spiritual values.
"1 o'clock ......" Su Qiqiao opened his mouth after a while, a little embarrassed.
"Hmm...... This should be a warning. Qin Feng pinched his chin, still walking ahead, "The aura is starting to become stronger, and the spiritual value will drop at an extremely slow rate, for now, there is no need to be afraid......
"Is it really okay......" Su Qiqiao looked scared, revealing a pitiful expression.
"It's okay, come on, I'll teach you, if you find that your spirit is crazy, don't think about anything, immediately hold your head and kneel down and bury your face, cover your ears and close your eyes, and then sing the March of the Volunteers." Qin Feng smiled awe-inspiringly.
"That's what you did with that super polluter!" Su Qiqiao immediately complained.
"No, I was going to sing a nursery rhyme." Qin Feng smiled proudly again.
"I don't think you have anything to be proud of......"
"Ahem, I'm really not kidding." Qin Feng said with some seriousness, "When facing the pollution source, you need to block all sensory contact with the pollution source, if the heart-rending yelling can avoid auditory contact, then it is better to roar with two voices." Anyway, let me know when your Aura drops the second point, and then I can deduce how quickly your Aura is falling, and then how long we should evacuate after being surrounded by these breaths. ”
Su Qiqiao nodded, and then followed Qin Feng while still paying attention to his spiritual value.
The atmosphere became more and more tense as they got closer and closer to that "central point". If this were a horror game, BGM would have risen to its climax by this time, with all sorts of creepy stringed instruments and dull piano sounds.
Even those who were as bold as Qin Feng couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva. The atmosphere here always reminded him of the last world dungeon when he faced the source of contamination where the seal had been unlocked.
After another right turn, there was a gate standing in front of them. The bronze door, four meters high and five meters wide, fills the end of the corridor, and the moss-like patina clings to it, as if it has gone through countless vicissitudes of time.
There was a faint smell of those strange breaths.
Qin Feng's spiritual value still hadn't dropped, but Su Qiqiao's spiritual value had dropped a little bit thirteen minutes ago, and according to the progress of dropping a little spiritual value in thirteen minutes, they could stay here for a long time.
"Let's open the door." Qin Feng said silently.
He and Su Qiqiao stepped forward to push the door, the door was heavy, and they barely pushed out a gap that they could only pass by turning sideways. After Qin Feng and Su Qiqiao walked through the crack, William had a beer belly, and looked bitter at the gap that he couldn't squeeze into: "How can I get over......?"
"You can try squeezing in," Qin Feng smiled slightly, "pop it out again." ”
"Your sister!"
"Don't dare to be, I don't have a sister, I can't afford to pay for orthopedics in Germany."
In the end, William still doubled the gap, and then squeezed in with his chest and abdomen and buttocks.
……
"Oh my God......"
Su Qiqiao marveled at this empty area, looking at it with a look that bordered on fear.
There should be one or two square kilometers here. Once in the center of the labyrinth, the original ruin-shaped floor was gone, replaced by a bronze floor, still old and covered in patina.
At a certain corner of the bronze square, there is a corridor about two meters high. That should be the "straight passage" that Qin Feng found on the map, and the abnormality was displayed.
Qin Feng looked at it slightly: This should be a square. There are no monsters here, but the ground is full of strange-looking "sarcoma pipes", which seem to be the blood vessels of living beings. The veins were a very dark flesh color, but they were translucent, and it was disgusting to see them gurgling with purple liquid one after another.
The fleshy blood vessels were not arranged randomly, but in a "line" pattern. The starting point of the pipes is from the four walls of the bronze square, or directly connected to the ground, and many pipes are descended from the sky, as if they were the roots of a banyan tree.
At first glance, these wicked, twisted fleshy pipes seem to merge with the entire bronze square.
Fleshy veins were constantly transporting viscous liquids that shimmered with a strange purple glow from all sides of this square ancient bronze square to one place.
The fleshy pipes all converge in one place, the real center of the labyrinth. In that place, there is the base of a bronze "large basin". As soon as Qin Feng saw the bronze basin, he felt that it was the center where those strange auras gathered, and thinking about it, all the weird auras here emanated from that huge bronze basin.
The large bronze basin has a radius of more than ten meters, and what is tumbling in the basin is countless purple luminous liquids, like a large number of fireflies, or fluorescent liquid. Mixed with the glowing fluid are countless disgusting swollen lumps of flesh, twisted tentacles of unknown shape, large accumulations of cuticles or enamel, inexplicable fibrous patches, and organs of strange shape and unknown function...... From time to time, something indescribable with a disgusting liquid would appear, something indescribable, like a worm or a demon, twisting and rolling in a desperate way......
Like a medieval witch stewed potion, the strange things tumbled in the bronze basin with the glowing purple liquid.
"Hmm......" Su Qiqiao's face was disgusted, "I'm a little dizzy...... One glance at the bronze basin dropped 17 points of spirit. ”
"Is it still declining?" Qin Feng asked with some eagerness.
Su Qiqiao shook his head: "No, it's just a matter of seeing that bronze basin for a moment, and the mental trauma caused by that bronze basin seems to be a one-off." ”
"One-time trauma...... That's fine. ”
Qin Feng muttered to himself.
"Wait...... ...... your reaction" Su Qiqiao's expression became incredulous when he saw Qin Feng like this, and he asked Qin Feng in general for evidence, "You shouldn't have lost any spirit value, right?" ”
Qin Feng nodded, indicating that his spiritual value was as steady as a rock.
"You're such a terrible man......" Su Qiqiao sighed, "Demon." ”
"Mental resistance is gradually solidified in the process of 'witnessing the source of pollution' countless times." Qin Feng explained a little helplessly, "For example, the first time you see that bronze pot for boiling meat, you will drop 17 points, maybe the next time you see it, you will only drop 4 points, and the third time you see it, you will simply not lose your spirit points." Because that bronze basin is just a rather low-level spiritual value pollution source after all. ”
"Uh-huh, I understand," Su Qiqiao nodded, "but you're still a terrible man." ”
Qin Feng: "......"
They began to probe the place, and in the course of the exploration, William uttered a total of thirteen words to Mother, twenty-seven words to God, and countless "Ah——! ”。 Even Su Qiqiao would be taken aback by those meaty pipes.
Only Qin Feng was calm and relaxed, his face was expressionless, and he was even eager to try it in his heart.
At this time, this guy was still thinking about writing this shocking scene into the script another day. Qin Feng's dedication to screenwriting is no longer saved......
"By the way, try not to touch these things!" Qin Feng suddenly thought of something and shouted loudly.
"Even if you don't say I'm dead, I won't touch these things, okay?" William was too frightened, so he shouted at this time in reply.
Qin Feng and the others observed here for a long, long time, and finally, they set their eyes on the large bronze basin with a radius of more than ten meters.
This is the most ominous thing that seems to be here, and clues related to the main quest may be given in this place.
Qin Feng and Su Qiqiao's main quest is to [explore the truth behind the maze and escape from the maze], and until now, Su Qiqiao is confused about this main quest and has no clue at all.
"Qin Feng, do you know what the situation is?"
Su Qiqiao looked at the strange environment around her, trembling slightly, a creepy feeling swept through her body, and after being startled, she dropped 1 point of spiritual value.
Then she decisively gave up using her brains in this environment and turned directly to Qin Feng for help.
Su Qiqiao's brain circuit is already that instead of choosing to use his brain and not being able to get the right answer, it is better to ask Qin Feng directly at the beginning...... Such an idea.
"It's hard to say......" Qin Feng pinched his chin and took out something from his bag, "I'll show you something first." Do you still recognize this? ”