Qian Jing swept away all thirty elemental batters, dragged them all the way, and moved them to the bottom of the well. It would have been easy if the two-headed ogre had helped, but he didn't lend a hand. Because Qian Jing's efforts were not to keep the weapon for his own use, but to prepare to send it to every cellmate who came down from the well. Every time someone came down, Qian Jing handed one over, and said tirelessly: "Take it, take it, fight for freedom!" You have to find a way to go back to the fortress star, don't get caught again, and don't be trapped in this damn half-plane." ”

About half of them stayed after getting their weapons and decided to act with Qian Jing and Hu Ga. On the one hand, the act of giving away weapons has added a lot of goodwill to Qian Jing, on the other hand, many people themselves have no plans, and if they can take the first step, there may be hope for success. Of course, after Hu Ga reverted back to his prototype, his huge size, strong flesh, and the lightning that kept jumping at his fingertips were also the reasons why some people were willing to join.

However, Khuga thinks this is a waste of time and energy, and he firmly believes that "the more heads, the easier it is to mess up". Qian Jing smiled after hearing this, and didn't refute it, but he continued to do what he had to do. He knew very well that the people who stayed behind could not immediately become a united collective, that they could not build a firm trust so quickly, and that he himself could not become the real leader of this group of people, but there was no harm in laying out what he could do first, even if a few more people and a few ideas could solve the problem more quickly? Now a good word, a point, and a weapon may come in handy in the future. Besides, these elemental baton sticks are all picked up for nothing anyway, and they are not given away for nothing.

"Okay, we can't take care of it if we haven't come down yet. Let's go! Some of my friends are already exploring the way. Qian Jing looked at the more than a dozen people with various looks around him, raised his shoulders and carried the sack, carried an elemental baton in his hand, and hung another one around his waist, and took the lead in setting off. This Stronghold's signature weapon is similar in shape to Earth's long baton, with an all-black black body with a threaded handle on one end and a metal tip on the other.

At the request of Qian Jing, Hu Ga demonstrated to them the use of this thing on the way. In addition to knocking people directly, if you slam with the metal hard tip in front of you, you will release the elemental power in the batter. Stronghold's main planet is based on earth elemental power, so the Elemental Strike Stick here releases an expansive shock wave that can knock creatures weighing less than 300 kilograms and stun them at the same time - assuming the impact didn't kill it. Even if he was hit head-on, Huga said, he would be blown off and then lying on the ground and incapacitated – this was a first-hand experience.

Ordinary armor and shields can't protect against shock waves, and the effect of crust and scales is minimal, so the soft fat can still play a certain protective role. With this thing, even a small man can defeat Hercules in hand-to-hand combat. It's just that the Elemental Strike Stick needs to be recharged and regenerated after each impact, and it can't attack continuously, which is the only drawback.

"This thing must be brought back to Earth, it is definitely easy to defend yourself!" Qian Jing led a team of people all the way forward, carefully looking at the walls on both sides every time he turned a corner. The red stick did leave marks around the corners, and the particularly neat strips of striking marks were very easy to identify. Qian Jing and Hu Ga followed the marker, turned left and right, and moved quickly in this half-plane castle.

Most of the castle is empty, and although it can hold many people, it seems that there is no one to take care of the ground, walls, and surrounding furnishings. There was a thin layer of dust on the ground, and the footprints and marks of dragging objects were very visible. Many of the passages had broken magical lighting fixtures, and the cracks in the walls weren't recent, and there were no signs of repair. Qian Jing recalled at this time that after he entered the cell, there was indeed a lot of dust on his shoes and pants, but the cell was not actually dirty, so it must have been contaminated on this road.

As they walked forward, they saw many doors that were clearly opened with three-dimensional recessed doorknobs—intact, half-hidden, and open with a push. There was not a single guard on the way, and everyone speculated about the whereabouts of the staff here, worried about whether they were hiding and preparing for an ambush. Only Qian Jing, who was walking in front, was very relaxed, because he knew that Liu Ming and the others had already passed from here. On the one hand, he was glad that there were no enemies, and on the other hand, he actually wanted to test the power of the weapon in his hand. However, until he entered Liu Ming's spiritual communication range and re-established contact with everyone, Qian Jing had no chance to make a move.

"The magicians had apparently evacuated the area, and by the way, had dismantled the portals in and out. After everyone met, Liu Ming was first shocked by the size of the team, but quickly adjusted his mood and said to everyone: "Originally, the portal should be able to take people in and out of this half-plane, but when we arrived, the portal had already become a shell and parts scattered all over the place. It seems that there is no other option but to seize control of the entire castle and fly back to Stronghold Star. ”

"Wait, I'm going to take a look. A gray man with eight tentacles under his mouth and a head that resembles an octopus said: "I, Yu Tuan, a support member of the Spirit Rhino Star Magic Competition Team, am good at space teleportation device maintenance, and have worked in the sixth department of the Ring Alliance, that is, the teleportation standardization department. I mean, if there are enough parts, I can afford to put a makeshift portal. ”

The person who can come to participate in the magic competition, even if it can't escape capture, is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Rather than snatching control of the entire Flying Castle, it would obviously be a better choice to assemble a portal and escape from here. So, everyone unanimously asked Liu Ming to turn back and take everyone to the portal room to check.

Any little hope is precious at this time, and the child of hope will certainly be more valued. Everyone suddenly formed a circular formation, protecting the "octopus head" in the middle, and as a result, the "former son of hope" Qian Jing was squeezed outside. Hu Ga was very unhappy when he saw this, and he waved his fist vigorously, pushing everyone away and coming to Qian Jing's side to protect him.

"Thank you. Qian Jing struggled to raise his hand and patted the two-headed ogre on the shoulder.

Hu Ga avoided Qian Jing's gaze, and looked up at the ceiling with his two heads together: "Hmph! We have good vision and good luck, and knowing you is the key." You don't have to thank us. ”

From leading everyone to following after being coerced, Qian Jing stumbled to the teleportation hall. The portal hall was by far the cleanest place outside of the cell, at least there was no dust on the floor. Under the dome roof is a large room without columns, with only a platform in the center slightly higher than the surrounding area. Originally, there was supposed to be a portal on the platform, but now there is only a door frame shell that has been disassembled into four sections. The groove on the ground of the platform used to depict the magic array was also removed, and the device that should have operated the platform was on the side, and only the shell of the keys and some broken parts remained.

"Look, everything here has been demolished, and not a single one of them has been left for us. Liu Ming sighed and said: "This side of the area is to provide support for the portal, and now there is no one, obviously those guys have abandoned this area and gone to another location to establish a defensive line." ”

Octopus Head Domain Turbulence narrowed his ever-changing eyes and looked around, then waved his hand, "Come, follow me, gather all the parts, and I'll start assembling it!"

Just look at it and start assembling, is this too confident or is there another reason? Qian Jing did not step forward to help, but continued to observe the octopus head. He had a gut feeling......

Hu Ga suddenly touched the money mirror with his elbow and pushed him to his feet. Qian Jing stood still and looked at him, and saw that the ogre furrowed the four bushes of eyebrows above his four eyes, looking worried: "It's so strange here......" Hu Ga muttered to himself, and carefully rummaged through the scattered shells. "You didn't take anything from inside, did you?

"Yes, what's the matter?" replied the people from Earth, who had a great memory, in the affirmative.

"It's not a destructive demolition, it's not a transfer demolition, it's a very meticulous removal of the materials from the magic device. Look at this little container, the liquid inside is pumped out, which is a very tedious step to do. Obviously, the group of magicians were in no hurry when they did these things. Hu Ga threw down the fragments of the shell and began to examine the remains of the magic circle on the ground again. "Even though you have a lot of time, but you still have so many things left, it is obvious that you think you will never need it in the future. I was absolutely right, all the valuable ingredients in it had been carefully removed, not for transfer or reconstruction, but for use in some other functional device. Even if they dismantle something as important as a portal, what they want to build must be even more important!"

"Other important devices?" Qian Jing had a flash of inspiration, and immediately thought of the inexplicable green toothpaste that he had withheld, maybe it had something to do with that thing. "Huga, can you be sure that you are building a non-portal device? Why can't this portal be faulty, and the parts are removed and used on another portal? By the way, will there be a portal here?"

Without Hu Ga's mouth, Liu Ming replied directly: "Judging from the curvature of the ground, this half-plane is too small to accommodate the second portal, and it is not possible to spare it." There is a minimum safe distance between portals, as they interfere with each other and even cause teleportation to generate split applause - no one wants to pass half of their body to both gates. At the same time, there is a second door nearby, which is also a hazard to teleport away, so no one will do that. ”

Qian Jing then asked, "In that case, what are they most likely to assemble with the parts inside?"

"Uh...... Let's think about it...... "Hu Ka ran around, relying on his height and strength, and squeezed into the crowd, looking at the parts they had gathered together, and reaching out to pull and pull. Naturally, some people were dissatisfied with this and hummed and chirped, and the red stick knocked the iron rod in his hand to the ground at this time, and the whole room felt trembling.

So the ogre easily pushed everyone away and walked back, and said in a low voice: "This teleportation system should be an improved design of the standard type three, and the price of the Ring Alliance is two hundred fate gold coins, which is super expensive, and these people are really willing to dismantle it." I was right, the mage was definitely going to build other types of devices. I saw that all the polycrystalline wall puncture stabilizers were left with only the shell left, and the penetrating medium inside was gone. ”

Qian Jing asked, the standard type 3 penetrating medium is a light cyan viscous substance. When a portal opens two planes, it needs to first establish a standard energy channel that crosses the rules of both worlds. Boundary crossing media is a general term for a class of substances capable of creating and maintaining such energy channels. Some of the media are very stable and safe, such as those used in the various standard portals of the Ring Alliance......

"Is there a green, particularly viscous, crystalline medium?" Ethan is dead, so Qian Jing tells the story of the "green toothpaste" he seized from Ethan.

"That could be a boundary-breaking medium, used to blow up the barrier of the world, dangerous and controlled products. There is no green color in the cross-border medium I am referring to. Wait, wait...... It can't be like that, right?"

Hu Ga's four eyes looked at each other for a moment, and the two heads spoke in a super-high-speed language that only they could understand. Then, the two heads each controlled one hand, high-fived their chests, and said: "Oh, we thought of it! The standard type 3 boundary crossing medium has been modified and can be used with a large number of boundary breaking medium! Aha, this group of people has thought of it together, yes, yes, this is the only possibility!"

"What the hell have you figured out, don't sell it and just say it. Qian Jing looked at Hu Ga's expression, and immediately added: "Double the smart mind is not ordinary, nothing can bother you, come and inspire us!"

Hu Ga smiled: "To put it simply, this group of magicians is building something that can penetrate a powerful magical enchantment, so they need a lot of boundary-breaking medium. There is only one place in the entire fortress that is worth the effort! Think about it, they have been arresting people who participate in the magic competition, and when they interrogate them, they will show their disgust with us outsiders, and obviously they don't want us to get the prize of the ultimate magic competition. But the safest way is not to imprison everyone, but to get it yourself, once and for all. ”

"The grand prize is at the end of the tournament venue, protected by the Stronghold Magic Tower. It was the place with the highest level of magic protection on the entire planet, and you couldn't enter it without the corresponding qualifications. However, if you can break through the defensive barrier and then force it into it with specialized equipment, such as this Half-Plane Flying Fortress, it can still be successful. Hu Ga clenched his fists hard, gritted his teeth and said earnestly: "If we want to have them so rich, we must rush directly into the venue, smash the prize cabinet, and run away after taking it, who can catch up with us?"

"At the moment, there are no logical errors. The pen said: "Through my own observations, coupled with the explosion incident that I heard from the three ears later, and the current information on the medium of crossing and breaking the boundary, Hu Ga's inference is likely to be correct." The ultimate goal of the magicians here is the magic competition, not us yet, so after catching us, they didn't kill us. ”

"A blessing in misfortune. Qian Jing said, "What are we going to do next?"

The ogre squinted at the octopus head in the crowd, and then said to Qian Jing, "If you believe me, we have to go and grab control of the castle." ”

"Then let's go. Qian Jing said: "I believe you in this matter." ”