Chapter 2: The Cave of Corpses
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The dashing who was trotting all the way suddenly tripped over, "Tianxi, something slippery is entangled in my left foot, you look back." β
"No, you turn around yourself. Tianxi's face turned blue with fright.
Dashing looked back, "Ahhh β
In the cracks in the stone of the tunnel, several octopus-like things stuck out.
A small magic array flashed in dashing's right hand, and dashing summoned a long knife to cut off the octopus hand on his foot. After the octopus hand was cut, several other octopus hands immediately rushed towards Chic, but they were all cut off by Chick in three or two.
"Let's go!" he said, "I don't know what the hell there will be." β
Suddenly, an octopus hand reached out from a crack in the ground and grabbed Tianxi's hand.
"Help!" Tianxi was quickly pulled towards the stone crack, and Xiao Sa immediately pounced, just grabbing Tianxi's two feet, but Xiao Xi's strength was not as good as the octopus hand, and both Tianxi and Xiao were slowly pulled towards the stone crack.
The blue fire around the chic also floated towards the stone crack, and with the light of the blue fire, Tianxi could see clearly that the stone crack was full of human bones!
"Help me, chic. Tianxi was so frightened that he had a handful of snot and tears.
Chic, he carefully let go of one hand, summoned a dagger, and threw it at the octopus hand wrapped in Tianxi's hand, and the taut octopus hand immediately split in two.
"Chic, run. Ignoring the stones on the ground, Tianxi quickly ran away barefoot, and Chi followed as well.
During the run, Tianxi felt that she stepped on a lot of "white branches".
"A person can only seal one or two weapons on his body," Tianxi said, "I didn't expect your weapon to be an ordinary long sword and an ordinary dagger, I thought your weapon would be more powerful." β
Chick just smiled and didn't say anything.
Soon after.
Xiao Dashing suddenly grabbed Tianxi, "Quiet, do you hear it." β
"Is it the sound of a barrel?"
"Go over and see. β
Xiao Xiao didn't take a few steps, and suddenly extinguished the blue fire, startling Tianxi.
"Hide. Chic whispered.
An oil lamp appeared out of thin air in the darkness, illuminating the wooden barrel in front of the oil lamp, and a purple smoke appeared next to the barrel, and the smoke gradually turned into a man in black.
The man in black held a piece of white paper with a magic circle in his hand and placed it on top of the barrel.
Xiao Xiao suddenly covered Tianxi's mouth.
The white paper slowly turned red, and there was a heart-rending scream from the barrel, and the blood of the girl in the barrel was being drained by the white paper little by little.
Tianxi struggled desperately, but to no avail.
Shortly after the screaming stopped, the man in black left with the red paper.
"Why don't you save her?" Tianxi was a little angry.
"Even if I could defeat the Man in Black, I'd have to spend a huge amount of magic, do you think there's only one Man in Black? I'm not a helpful philanthropist. Chic's eyes were a little indifferent, "I'm here to play, not to sacrifice myself to save others." β
"Maybe we could have lured the Men in Black then. Tianxi whispered.
"You're the one who turned into a dry corpse. β
"Thank you then, Chic. β
"I'll talk about it when you get out alive. β
In a damp cave where you can't see your fingers.
"Report to my lord, 46 sacrifices have been recovered, and the other 3 barrels have been opened, and the blood is enough, what should we do with the remaining sacrifices?"
"Let them fend for themselves. β
"Yes. β
......
"Tianxi, don't you feel more and more tired?" asked Chic.
"That's because this cave is absorbing your magic, and the longer it takes, the more magic is absorbed, and my magic is sucked out of the first five seconds I came here anyway. β
"I thought you were just an ordinary person, but that little magic alone can't be called a demon seed. β
"There's a guy in front. Chic said.
"Then let's hide it. Tianxi said.
"No," dashing shook his head, "he's a man who's been drained of magic like you." β
A bespectacled blonde teenager, as if he saw a life-saving grass, rushed towards Chic, "Help, I'm a good person, don't kill me." β
"You look so weak, how could you come here alone. Tianxi asked.
"I was supposed to go to see the bustling solo adventurers in Blue Village, and I told people that I was a scout mage, and then I was forcibly caught here, but within a few seconds of my arrival, the magic was sucked out, and they gave up on me and wouldn't let me follow them. β
"I was also sucked up as soon as I came to the magic, my name is Tianxi, his name is Chic, what about you?"
"My name is Wu Sheng, although I seem to be weak, I know a lot of knowledge and thoughts that you don't know, maybe I can help you and let me join you?"
Tianxi looked chic.
"At a critical moment, I may leave you behind," Xiao sighed, "don't treat me as a good person." β
So the three of them walked together.
"When I first came here, I used some reconnaissance magic," Wu Sheng said, "I found that there were magic mines everywhere here. If we can use these magic ores, maybe we can blow up an exit. β
"If these magic ores were really useful, they should have been removed a long time ago. Chic said.
Dashing paused, staring at a skeletonized corpse lying on the edge of the tunnel, and he walked over and picked up a tattered parchment roll.
"Is it a map here?" Wu Sheng was curious, "How could there be such a thing?"
"This man doesn't seem to have suffered any serious injuries, he probably starved to death, maybe he was a very powerful man when he died. Tianxi squatted down, fumbled around the skeleton, and found a ring inlaid with rubies in the bosom of the skeleton, "Just a ring, what kind of artifact is this?"
"You have a lot of disrespect for the dead. Wu Sheng said.
"This gem should sell for a lot of money, hahaha......" Tianxi laughed, "Of course, I don't mind if someone else takes it from me after I hang up." β
"You guy!" Wu Sheng said angrily.
Xiao Xiao had been studying the map, ignoring the two people next to him.
"If this map was true, this guy wouldn't be hanging up here. Wu Sheng said.
"This person doesn't look at a map. "This map is very complicated, and I really admire the people who designed this map and the corpse cave." β
"Let me see. Wu Sheng took the map, "Wow! Why are they all small dots! Although there is a tunnel route, what do these small dots represent?" β
"The dots are divided into shapes, sizes, and shades. "Dashing carefully looked at the map.
"There may also be a color to see if there are any signs of fading. Tianxi said.
"Like, there really is color. β
"Then it's time for me to come in. Wu Sheng sat down, took out his laptop, and began to quickly type the code on the compiler.
"There are seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. He said as he looked at the map.
"Then let's use 1234567. Wu Sheng tapped the code.
"There are five types of shapes: circle, vertical ellipse, transverse ellipse, left and right ellipses at 45 degrees......
......
The map is very complicated, using a variety of multiple encryption methods, if it weren't for the fact that Wu Sheng, Xiao Sa and Tianxi all have some research on cryptography, they would have GG directly.
However, it took a lot of time to simulate the information from the map to the computer.
"Did you have a computer a thousand years ago?" Tianxi asked suddenly.
"Nope. Wu Sheng said.
"How powerful that designer must have been a thousand years ago!" Tianxi sighed, "There shouldn't have been any textbooks on cryptography a thousand years ago!"
With each piece of information they deciphered, the trio admired the designer even more.
Hours passed, and the stomachs of the three men were rumbling with hunger.
"The computer is running out of power, we only have color information at the moment, let's take a few photos, I think, it seems that ignoring the color, this map is complete. Wu Sheng yawned.
"You two look sleepy, do you want to get some sleep?" asked Dashing.
Tianxi looked at the dark tunnels around him, "I still don't sleep, I'm afraid I won't be able to get up again if I sleep." β
"Let's get out early while we're not starving to death. Wu Sheng packed up the things on the ground.
"Tianxi, you can sleep on my back. β
"Really, you're such a nice person, you're the best and best person in the world. Tianxi happily jumped on the dashing back.
Wu Sheng looked at the map, "We are in this place now, first walk thirty centimeters to the left, and then jump three meters upward, wow, this is going to be chic......"
The three of them seemed to have been walking in circles for half the day, but in fact they had already come a long way. And those who seem to have come a long way have actually been going around in circles.
Because the space of the corpse cave is very special, the meaning of returning to the starting point around a circle with a diameter of ten meters is completely different from returning to the starting point around a circle with a diameter of one meter. If the direction and distance of the walk are in line with the designer's setting, then the end point will be closer to the unit of one distance, and once one step does not meet the designer's setting, then it will go directly back to the original point.
So, those who don't know, keep going in circles!
The dashing three met the big beauty, the old man, and the young man in the suit again.
The three looked haggard and should have lost their way.
"You have a map, get it. The young man in the suit said.
"You can't grab it," Wu Sheng pushed his glasses, "You are far away from us, don't be confused by your sight and hearing......"
The young man rushed towards Wu Sheng, but passed through Wu Sheng's body.
"You found the exit?" asked the white-clothed girl.
"Well," nodded casually, "though, the exit and the Earth God's position are not in the same direction. β
"Whatever you want, as long as you take me to the god of the earth, I will try my best to satisfy you. The girl said.
"You can't give it to me," Dashing shook his head, and suddenly, Dashing smiled, "Otherwise, you will be my girlfriend!"
The young man in the suit was angry, "Our young lady is one of the seven kings of AD, how can you be worthy of her like this!"
"One of the Seven Kings?" Tianxi's eyes widened, "It's incredible to be so young. β
"Okay. The girl said calmly.
"And these two people," Xiao Shi pointed to Tianxi and Wu Sheng, "they also have a part in cracking the map." β
"Don't get an inch!" the young man in the suit clenched his fist.
"What do you want?" the girl asked Wu Sheng and Tianxi.
One of the Seven Kings, there must be a lot of good things!But......
"You can't give it to me," Tianxi said disappointedly, "we're too far apart." β
"I'm in a bit of a hurry now, or you'll come back to me in the future, my name is ruler. The girl said.
Chi sent the message they cracked to the girl and left.
Along the way, the dashing trio saw many monsters and other adventurers, but the three ignored them because they were too far from the starting point of the corpse cave.