Chapter 25: The Possibility of Escape

Tianyi and Count Boge quickly caught up with the retinue in front of them, and they were wary of this strange passage, so they walked quite slowly.

After all, human beings have an instinctive fear of the mysterious, and when they experience strange and surprising adventures, excitement and awe always coexist. Even a well-informed and open-minded figure like the Earl still has a grudge every time he faces Tianyi.

Tianyi thought that these people were walking too slowly, so he simply came to the front of the team by himself and led everyone to speed up their pace.

Time is forgotten in the dark passage and oppressive atmosphere, except for Tianyi, everyone's mind has all kinds of strange thoughts, stepping into the unknown has made the brains of this group of people sensitive, uneasy, and cranky.

No one knows how long it has been, no one is thinking about the actual problem, and when the emotions of fear and doubt are about to rise to a critical point, Tianyi's footsteps happen to stop at this time.

"The entrance has arrived. His tone is calm and confident, giving people a sense of reliability, which makes people feel calm and settled.

The Earl was beside Tianyi, and at this moment he fully realized one thing, that is, as long as a reliable person issued a word at a critical moment, he could immediately stabilize the morale of the army.

Tianyi's words are as if the chef announces the serving, the artist says that it is finished, the priest begins mass, and the robber prepares to divide the spoils. His tone was like that of an expert in a certain field saying a trivial matter, and there was no need to question it, just continue to listen to his instructions.

Looking at the slope in front of him, the whole was a huge piece of black metal, and the Count didn't see any signs of a door from this thing, but since Tianyi said that this was the entrance, this must be the entrance.

The Earl asked, "Master, how do you open this?"

Tianyi replied: "When the tunnel was finished, I had already slid down and opened the entrance, and the black wall in front of you was just an illusory image. As he spoke, he took the torch from the Count's hand and threw it down the slope.

I saw the torch pass through the wall and fall directly, and after a few seconds, there was a sound of landing.

The Earl looked surprised and said, "Is the temple down here as full of magic as your bookstore?"

Tianyi: "No, the difference is quite big, my bookstore is like a vast treasure trove of knowledge, and here...... It can only be regarded as a small bookshelf stuffed with a few books. ”

After he said this, he watched the expression on the count's face change, guessed what the other party was thinking, and added: "Your way of thinking has to change, many times, volume, does not mean anything." ”

The Earl seemed to understand something, but overall, he was still a little confused, Tianyi thought about it or forgot it, there was nothing to explain, he turned around and said, "Is the rope ready?"

"Yes, as you commanded yesterday, there are many torches and ropes. The Count replied as he waved his hand to his attendants.

"Your Excellency. The attendant took out the rope he had prepared in advance and walked to the entrance: "Do you want to take out the nails and hooks for fixing?"

Tianyi continued: "Of course, it must be fixed firmly, go down to four people first, and then tie the box well, and the people on it will slowly hang the box down." When all three chests have gone down, all the people on it will go down to the ruins. ”

The Count seemed to notice something, and asked, "Don't you need to leave one or two people in the passage?"

Tianyi showed an imperceptible weird smile and asked rhetorically, "Do you think this is necessary?"

"Hmm...... If the tool holding the rope comes loose and the whole person goes down, you will be trapped underneath. The Count replied.

"Makes sense. Tianyi actually agreed with the earl's statement, turned to him and said, "Then it's better to leave two people here." He turned to his entourage and said, "Since the plan is to keep the two of them here, I must explain to you some of the principles of this temple below. Otherwise, the people who stay up there for a while may suspect that the rest of us will all disappear when we go down. ”

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"There are no traps in this giant chamber because of the hexagonal platform. The advisor was lying on his back on top of the hexagonal platform: "This must be a room with some kind of special function, and its function must be related to these seven patterns. The advisor said leisurely with his hands behind his head.

"You think you can understand it by sleeping with your back against the pattern, don't you?" Venisha stood beside the platform with her hands crossed over her chest, looking at the advisor with an unhappy expression.

"Anyway, even if I don't cover it, you won't be able to read it. The consultant said: "I think these textures that emit cyan light should also have a weak temperature, and it may be a little warmer to lie in such a dense place." ”

"Are you cold?" asked Vanessa, "Didn't you say you don't feel cold here?"

"Based on the rate at which the temperature has decreased, and the uninterrupted countdown I have while I am conscious, the temperature is now between one and three degrees Celsius. He tilted his head and looked at Venisha: "Your posture at the moment is a manifestation of the coldness of the body, and people will try to gather their bodies as much as possible in the bitter cold...... First, fold your hands over your chest, then crouch down, tighten your neck, and finally curl up in a ball. ”

Vanessa replied, "It's scary, but can you really be warmer than me standing here when you're lying there?"

"I don't know, there's no uncomfortable feeling of freezing, I can't compare. The advisor said, and sighed in front of him, and his breath quickly turned into a burst of white mist: "The breath that comes out is already visible to the naked eye. He sat up, "According to the normal plan, we should have found the treasure by now and are ready to escape from the ruins." ”

"So, what are you doing lying there, why don't you hurry up and find the handprint?" Venisha's tone was visibly anxious.

"What are you anxious about, it stands to reason that you should have one more warm clothes than me. The advisor replied weakly.

"I don't know why, I can't even bring up my interest in coming over and beating you. Vanessa glared at him.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the consultant suddenly slapped himself in the mouth.

"What are you doing?" asked Vanessa, smirking.

"Sober yourself up. At the moment my mind is slowing down, my eyelids are heavy, and although I don't feel tired, my body is very honest. The advisor said: "We wear summer clothes and stay in a winter environment, even if we are capable, it is difficult to last long." He stepped down from the platform, "But we should keep waiting where we are, waiting for the Darkwaters to come to our rescue." He actually did warm-up exercises, and said as he did it: "After arriving at the room at the core of the ruins, they will be able to grasp our whereabouts, and after collecting the treasure, they will definitely come to us." And now, it's highly likely that they'll be halfway out of the core to find us, and if we find a random handprint and teleport away, they'll lose our whereabouts.

Next, we'll have to move around this ruin that only the dark waters can find its regularity, and they'll have no time to return to the core to confirm our changing position. At that point, Darkwater will make the right decision to abandon the two of us and leave here with the other two and the treasure.

And we, either die from the trap or die from the cold. ”

When Vanessa heard this, she became more and more uneasy, even though the sense of crisis that this relic could make people basically lose, she still began to be afraid: "So we have nothing else to do but wait now?"

The advisor continued to do the warm-up exercises: "If it goes well, they will find us before the temperature drops below minus 5 degrees, and then the five of us will speed up and try to escape." ”

"What if it doesn't go well?" asked Vanessa.

"In another fifteen to twenty minutes or so, if they haven't shown up, then we have only two scenarios for the future.

First, after the dark water reaches the core of the ruins, it confirms our location and, after calculation, decides to abandon us. Of course, your flag bearer, Sueside, will be adamantly opposed, and perhaps our gunsmiths will be against it. An argument may ensue, or it may ...... In order to prevent the occurrence of disputes, Darkwater does not express his opinion at all, and he will quietly rush to kill Sueside, stun the gunsmith, save the time of the dispute, and escape from the ruins with the gunsmith to minimize the loss.

The second is even worse, and that is that they came to us twenty-eight minutes or more. At that point, the temperature had cooled to the point where there was no chance of survival, and all four of us humans would die here, with only Darkwater having a chance to escape, provided that he could complete all the teleportations before the temperature completely froze his body's movements. If he's lucky, when he escapes the ruins, the four of us ice sculptures will also be teleported to the room guarded by the mechanical giant bees at the entrance to the ruins. But I think that's a very slim possibility, and don't forget that there are traps along the way, and there's no way Darkwater can protect our popsicle corpses anymore. ”

"Don't say it!" Vanessa's face flushed, "From the moment you entered this ruin, you tried your best to scare me. ”

The advisor smiled, "From the way you look now, you're really scared." He spread his hands helplessly: "It's a pity, I really didn't mean to scare you, I just said the most reasonable development after reasoning." ”

Vanessa snorted, ignored him, just turned away, sat on the ground with her knees folded, and said nothing.

"I'm sorry. At the same time, another voice in his head was muttering to himself, "Why should I apologize......?" It must have been a delirium caused by low temperatures. ”

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