Chapter 14: Darkness Comes
"Height, twenty-four and five, two percent difference, humidity fourteen, temperature forty-five degrees, well, three hundred and forty-seven orr, bearing sixty-three, curvature seven ......" Once the calculation began, it was as if Saph had changed into a different person, and there was no one else in his eyes, only a column of numbers.
The mouth is chattering, but the pen in the hand never stops, everyone present knows how to count, but the increasing numbers and formulas on the paper, everyone can't understand it.
"Spatial stability, ninety-five, fluctuation frequency thirty-six, barrier strength one four-ogal. "Every time a number is pronounced, the formula on the paper will be lengthened, and not to mention the calculation process, the formula alone is already densely packed into three sheets of paper.
"Seventy-six, the answer is seventy-six. The tip of the pen slammed on the paper, and Saph looked up suddenly, "It's done, it's true, ......"
The female swordsman finally found everyone around her, and let out a desperate scream from her mouth, and immediately hid behind Shu'er's back and shivered.
"Don't be afraid, you are a successful person at this time, and you must hold your chest high and accept the admiring eyes of others. Shul took Saf's hand, and despite the slight struggle of the female swordsman, he pulled her to stand side by side with him, "Don't be timid, you deserve it." ”
The temperature from the palm of the hand gradually calmed down Saf's chaotic heart, some people held their hands, some people faced it with themselves, and for a while, those terrifying eyes didn't seem so terrifying. Saph took a deep breath and tried to raise her head to meet the thoughtful gazes of the eight people around her.
Woo, still so scary, Saf quickly lowered her head, and the first attempt of the female swordsman ended in failure. But even she didn't notice it, although she lowered her head, she didn't try to hide behind Shu'er this time, but stood shyly under the focus of her gaze, well, with Xiu'er.
"Knot, it turns out that there is indeed an otherworldly projection nearby. ”
"Nearby?" Mia asked, frowning, "How far is it from here?"
"There are some spatial concepts that cannot be measured by distance and proximity, but can only be said to be nearby. ”
"I don't understand at all. "Mia is a magician and a shadowseeker unknown to outsiders, and even she can't understand what Saph says, let alone anyone else.
"Let's explain it this way, the space formed by the otherworldly projection is very close to the world where our Parvadiga is located, and it basically coincides, so it can't be represented by distance. However, although they coincided, the door to projection was not opened, and the two worlds were not connected. ”
"Understood. Mia nodded expressionlessly, "Is it possible to open it?"
"Now it seems that under normal circumstances, the two worlds will pass by, but they will never be able to communicate with each other, but if there are large-scale energy fluctuations, it may not be. ”
"How big is a large-scale energy fluctuation, how does the passage occur?If you fight the spiders inside, will the aftermath induce the passage to open?"
"Judging from the calculation results, in terms of the strength of the nearby spatial barriers, it is necessary for at least the fluctuations generated by the seventh-level energy burst to affect the spatial stability and thus open the connection. "No one can give a definite answer as to how the entrance is generated, but theoretically it should be an instantaneous expansion of the dotted surface, a rapid contraction after reaching the limit, and finally stabilizing at a different size." ”
"Rank seven?" Mia rolled her eyes in her heart, the energy burst of level seven was equivalent to a medium-sized volcanic eruption, stronger than the full force of a demigod mage, and it was enough to destroy a large city. Even if the ten Legendary-level mutant spiders are together, I am afraid that they will not be able to cause such a large burst of energy intensity, and it seems that there is no need to worry about the battle with the enemy will turn on the otherworldly projection, and then be swallowed by the otherworldly projection unprepared.
"I've never entered the otherworldly projection, nor have I seen a seventh-level energy explosion, and the conclusion just now is just a theory, and it doesn't rule out the appearance of special cases. "Also, the time given to me is too short, and I'm worried about whether the results will go wrong, of course, I don't think so." ”
"Then it doesn't matter. After hesitating for a while, Mia decided to believe in Saf, after all, the judgment of a projection energy meter is quite important, "Shure, what other questions do you have?"
"Not for the time being. No one was dissatisfied with Shuer's fuss, but approved of his actions. Although it seems that a lot of time has been wasted, the calculation turns out that he is right, the only mistake is that he miscalculated the strength of the energy burst, so that he was nervous for a while, but this is better than preparing for it at the end of the day, so the straight orc even secretly gave Shul a thumbs up, thanking him for his judgment.
"Very well, Miriday, your situation. ”
"It's not good, the spiders haven't woken up yet, but they're getting bigger. "I guess it's on the verge of waking up, and the slightest irritation could trigger war." ”
"It's okay, it must not know, we are here to induce war. Mia waved her hand, not a little timid, "Come in." ”
Duck was in front, Shuer was behind, and the other eight people were divided into three groups in the middle, which was the most secure formation for exploring dangerous environments, and it was also the highest evaluation of Shuer's combat ability. Rest assured that letting him break off as the only healer represents everyone's affirmation of his strength, otherwise, it will not only put the healer in danger, but also irresponsible to the entire team.
As soon as they entered the magic tower, everyone saw a few broken bones on the ground, which were inconspicuously placed along the corners of the wall, extending towards the depths of the magic tower. In the face of everyone's inquiring gaze, Militi just shook her long hair arrogantly and didn't say a word, but there is no doubt that this is the mark that Shuer requested, and if you follow the broken bones, you can directly find the target of the energy-type mutation.
Walking cautiously inside the magic tower, it can be seen that this is a very traditional magic tower, the standard magic tower layout common in the pioneer era. Inside the thick exterior wall is a circular corridor, which is next to the outer wall, and standing on the corridor, you can see the scene outside the tower through the small windows of the outer wall.
Inside the corridor, the circular space is divided into several fan-shaped rooms, and the door opens in the corridor, and you can reach each room on this floor by walking around the corridor.
Unlike today's magic towers, which are built like labyrinths, this is the most simple and efficient layout, after all, for pioneers, time is always precious, every minute is not enough, of course, choose the most efficient mode. It is conceivable that thousands of years ago, when the Magic Tower was first built, several mages in the pioneer team were running around the corridors every day, still holding half-used beakers and test tubes in their hands, and they had to spend all their time in magic operations in order to meet the needs of the city.
But unfortunately, the scene of the magic tower can no longer be seen in the past, only the empty corridor is left, and there is still a large amount of loess piled up on the floor of the corridor, although after cleaning, the loess blocking the way has been removed, but some of it is still very obstructive.
This does not affect the pace of the mercenaries, and the obstacles are just small problems that can be solved with a wave of their hands, and the real big problem is the target entrenched in the energy pool.
As a magic tower that draws energy from the leylines and uses it, the energy pool must of course be built at the very bottom, that is, the part that goes deep underground. No one will build an energy pool in the sky, that is simply disgusted that they are not dying fast enough, sending the enemy the most conspicuous target, only the ground, is the best shield.
In the eyes of the pioneers, any bit of energy is extremely precious, so the magic tower is not equipped with teleportation equipment at all, and the magic tower that is more than fifty meters above and below the ground is physically connected by stairs, presumably even the most honorable magic tower owner can only rely on two legs to go up and down.
The mercenaries are no exception.
Cautiously descending slowly down the stone steps, the group lined up in a line and walked right in the middle of the staircase. The seventh rule of the ruins adventure rule, never stick to the wall, there is the most beloved place of the trap, every hour there are explorers who die in the trap because they lose the dodge distance by clinging to the wall, cherish life, stay away from the wall.
Seasoned mercenaries don't make this mistake, and walking in the middle is the safest option. As we went deeper and deeper into the ground, the light from the small window had disappeared, and the magic tower was getting darker and darker.
However, there is no need to light the lamp, and the light of energy that flickers on and off penetrates upwards from the deepest part of the ground, allowing the mercenaries to see everything clearly. It's just that I don't know if it's from the residual energy of the magic pool or the light from the mutant spider's body, the color is cold and white, and everything around is filled with an eerie and terrifying aura.
When the light flickered, the switch between black and white made it even more eerie, and whenever darkness fell, some people were worried that the next time the light came on, what strange and terrifying monsters would appear in front of them.
Light, dark, light, dark, Mia, who led the team, checked back and forth from time to time, lest when the surroundings were lit up again, she suddenly found that there were one or two people missing from the team.
Well, or one more.
Fortunately, the bridge section from the shoddy horror story does not appear, the staircase is close to the bottom, and even the last circular corridor can be seen.
As we got closer, a foul smell wafted into everyone's noses. It wasn't a stench, it wasn't fishy, it was a kind of indescribable, slightly fishy foul smell, not strong, but always lingering.
The appearance of turbidity makes everyone's muscles tense, and veterans who are familiar with adventures can distinguish that this smell is a unique breath of reptiles that have lived underground for a long time, and the more the number or the larger the volume, the more obvious the breath.
Remaining silent, Mia gestured a few times, and several of the people she pointed at responded with thumbs up, swapped places, and followed behind Duck to step on the last corridor, behind them, the bow was full, the magic guide was full of energy, the magic guide had been silently recited, and the whole team was ready to go.
At this moment, light and darkness alternated, and darkness fell again, but this time, the light did not come on.