It's hard to guess who the Boot NPC of this quest is, but what is known for sure is that these murals are equivalent to the Bootstrap NPCs.

As Xie Yinxue said, the mural tells them how to climb to the top of the temple: they need to go to the large square pool in the center of the temple, use the rope grabbing hook device fixed by the pool, salvage the large stones from the pool, and then use chisels and hammers to cut and chisel the large stones into rectangular stones of equal height and width, each of them knocks seven pieces, and the next morning, all the human and beast-headed people will come to the underground temple and help them pile up the stones into a new stone ladder.

After reading it, Jamon asked a very thought-provoking question: "What if any of us didn't finish the task of chiseling out seven cuboids?" ”

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Xiao Siyu said: "The mural doesn't say it, but I don't think it will end well, so I advise you not to try." ”

"I'm definitely not going to try, I'm just asking." Zhan Meng scratched his head and decided to start doing things according to the instructions on the mural, but after walking to the Dafang pool in the center of the temple with his legs raised, he looked down, and the whole person was stunned, "How are these stones floating?" ”

As we all know, stones generally do not float in water.

Therefore, when everyone followed Zhan Meng to exclaim and saw the few spherical stones in the square pool, their expressions were a little surprised.

Li Chanyi frowned at the soft moon-edged eyebrows and asked, "These stones are Jiang Mo stones?" ”

Jiangmo stone is also known as pumice stone, as the name suggests, it is a kind of stone that can float up in the water, formed by the condensation of magma after volcanic eruption, there are many pores in it, the texture is soft, brittle and light, put into the water, floating but not sinking, so it is named "pumice stone". ①

"It's not Jiang Moshi." Sissi shook her head and said, "It has no holes in it, it looks solid, it can be processed into rectangular stones, and it can't be hollow." ”

Moreover, these stones are not floating on the water, they are completely submerged in the water, but they do not sink to the bottom, or rather...... It is bottomless and can be sunk.

For they could not see where the bottom of this pool was.

It is like a blue hole in the sea, so black that it makes people feel frightened, as if if you can fall into the abyss of hell as soon as you fall into it.

The yellowish stones float in the water, and those near the shore are lighter in color; Far from the shore, the color will be slightly darker.

Jamon liked this kind of thing that didn't require too much brainwork, so he took the lead and stood in front of a rope grabbing hook device and said, "What can you see through the water?" If you want to know what kind of stone it is, just pull a piece up and study it? ”

However, after fiddling with the grappling hook device for a while and figuring out how to use it, Zhan Meng suddenly stopped his movements and said to everyone with a complicated expression: "This device, these round stones, reminds me of an old and classic little game, you should have all played it." ”

Zhan Meng didn't think it was too strong, and he reported the name of the game: "Gold Miner"? ”

"Yes." Jamon showed them how to operate the rope grabbing hook device, "You see, this grappling hook device can adjust the direction of the grappling hook, and after adjusting the reverse, you have to pull off this bullet key before the grappling hook will be launched in the direction you choose, isn't this exactly the same way the gold mining method in the game "Gold Miner" is located?" ”

When the others heard this, they immediately walked in front of the other rope grabbing hook devices, and after getting familiar with the test themselves, they were stunned and said, "That's really the case." ”

"It turns out that we are not here to be big nobles, but to be miners." Lu Shuo said in frustration, "We are stone miners. ”

Yao Xiaoguo flicked the circle earrings on the side of his ears and the long waist chain around his waist and other jewelry that affect his body flexibility and said, "But what pit digger can dress as luxuriously as us?" It's like hoeing the ground in an evening dress, it doesn't match at all. ”

The real gold is already heavy, and it must be inlaid with amethyst, lapis lazuli, carnelian, and jasper...... and other gemstones, the jewelry made of these things will not only increase the weight on the body, but also hinder their movement, and it is nothing but good-looking.

If this copy is just for them to mine, then there is no need to send them these jewelry.

Chen Yun whispered thoughtfully, "So these jewels must have other functions." ”

"Let's not discuss these things for now, let's quickly pull the stones and chisel the stones, and talk while chiseling after pulling them up." Xin Yuechun said that he had already grasped the handle of the pull rope grappling hook device, "I want to chisel seven, I don't know when I have to chisel." ”

Zhan Meng was also annoyed: "Yes, these stones are old and heavy. ”

Among all the participants present, the person who seemed to have the greatest strength was Zhan Meng, and if even he felt that the stone was heavy and it was quite difficult to pull it up, then the act of "digging stones" would not be easy for others, especially the female participants, whose physical strength was already inferior to that of men.

Therefore, after everyone began to "work", no one had the energy to chat anymore - after all, this round stone weighed at least five adults!

If it weren't for the fact that the stones were round and rolled, they wouldn't even be able to get them ashore!

The air in the underground temple was still stuffy and hot, and Tu Wencai just pulled the stone out of the water, and before he used a chisel and hammer to cut and chisel it, he was already sweating profusely as if he had taken another bath, gritting his teeth and panting: "I remember that the highest world record in weightlifting is more than 260 kilograms, right?" These handfuls of rocks are no heavier than the world record, so I'm going to swallow them raw! ”

According to the length, width, and height of the rectangle given in the mural, they finally hewn the weight of the rectangular stones into this round stone, which is estimated to be about 300 kilograms each.

After the repair, there are still 300 kilograms of cuboid stones!

No wonder the mural shows that those people with human bodies and beasts need to help with the construction of stone ladders, otherwise how would they, ordinary people who have no other tools, pile up these 300 kilograms of stones?!

"This work is really not done by people...... Lu Shuo was tired and stupid after chiseling a stone, and he leaned on the rope grabbing hook device and asked the two friends, "How did the ancient Egyptians build the pyramids?" ”

Xiao Siyu wiped the sweat on his face and said, "...... Probably like us. ”

These words are really heartfelt.

When he reached the third stone, Yao Xiaoguo felt that his throat was oozing with a smell of blood between his breaths: "I can't chisel anymore, really, if I chisel any more, I can immediately cut off my breath." ”

Li Chanyi, who had long hair fluttering and looked at the weak willow supporting the wind, couldn't even raise her hand, and her breath was dying: "...... Me too. ”

Chen Yun immersed himself in hard work and comforted them: "It is impossible for the copy to issue us unfinishable tasks, everyone insists on it, and we will definitely be able to complete it." ”

"Is there any other way to chisel these seven stones?" Xin Yuechun threw the hammer and chisel, rested cross-legged, and thought with his hand on his forehead, "It's just that we haven't found it yet?" ”

Yao Xiaoguo said: "But the content on the mural shows that we just have to do it ourselves. ”

Ming Sheng replied to her without raising his head: "There has always been another way - to find the ferryman NPC." ”

Xin Yuechun pursed her lips and said speechlessly: "Except for this." ”

Mingsheng spread his hands and looked helpless: "That's gone." ”

But Xin Yuechun frowned and pondered for a moment, then asked, "Hey, I'm a little curious, do you think you can find ferryman NPCs to trade at this level?" ”

Lu Shuo looked up at her and kindly admonished Xin Yuechun: "You really want to find the ferryman NPC?" It's a good idea to find him, and if you find the wrong one, you'll die miserably. ”

"No, no, no, I'm just thinking, if thank you Yin Xue is true before, then there will be three endings we will face after this level-"

Xin Yuechun stretched out three fingers: "One, death." ”

"Second, clear the customs and completely untie it from the lock Changsheng."

"Three, enter the next stage to obtain 'immortality'."

"If we find the right ferryman, the NPC will definitely not enter the first ending, so will we enter the second ending, or the third ending?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this.

Even Bian Yuchen stopped the work of digging stones and turned his head to stare at Xin Yuechun.

"I think it's going to be the second finale." Xin Yuechun generously looked at them casually, and raised his eyebrows and said his thoughts, "How many people who have made deals with ferryman NPCs can get a good death?" None of us have ever traded with the Ferryman NPCs, right? I don't have it anyway. ”

Sissi groaned: "I don't have either, but it's really hard to say which ending I'll enter." ”

"It's so brain-burning, I don't know, I haven't traded with ferryman NPCs, and the participants I've seen who have traded with ferryman NPCs are dead," Jamon said. ”

"Do you think it is not a good end to completely untie with Suo Changsheng and return to the real world?" Chen Yun's entry point is a little different from others, she said, "I feel that obtaining 'immortality' is not necessarily the best ending. ”

Chen Yun suddenly raised the topic to a new level - yes, trading with the ferryman NPC in exchange for a momentary survival is equivalent to digging up meat to mend sores, drinking water to quench thirst, treating the symptoms but not the root cause, and increasing the difficulty of the next dungeon, so that the final outcome is often not as good as dying at the beginning.

So, among the two and three endings, which ending must be bad, and which ending the participants will enter after making a deal with the ferryman NPC in this level.

The question is which of the two endings do you think is worse?

Xu is Bian Yuchen entered the copy this time and there was no reason for the "thirteen", he was extremely silent, but every time he spoke, it was almost related to Xie Yinxue. This time, he also spoke out to ask Xie Yinxue: "Mr. Xie, what do you think?" ”

The young man sat on the ground with one leg bent, his arm on his knee, and the hammer in his fingertips, and when he heard this, his long eyelashes lifted and glanced at him gently, and he opened his lips and said, "I think it will enter the third ending." ”

Bian Yuchen let out a long "ah", and continued to ask with a smile: "Then do you want to enter the second ending, or do you want to enter the third ending?" ”

- Those who want to enter the second ending want to get out of the lock and live a normal life in the real world.

And those who want to enter the third ending want to stay and get the "immortality" that only one person can get.

It's just that how many of the twelve participants in this quest want to make it to Ending 2, and how many want to get to Ending 3?

After all, immortality can only be obtained by one person, and those who want to enter the third ending will inevitably be enemies of each other.

Xie Yinxue listened to Bian Yuchen's question, the indifferent expression on her face faded, her lips hooked and she smiled, her eyes were tired, and she said slowly: "You and I are going back to the roots, and we should be the same disciples." Since they are the same door, how can there be two kinds of minds? Naturally, it's which ending you want to get into, and so do I. ”

Bian Yuchen nodded again and again, as if Xie Yinxue's words had won his heart: "Indeed, I am not alone. ”

"If you two don't want to answer positively, don't put this tai chi on hold and talk about serious things." Tu Wencai wanted to roll his eyes when he heard this, "Does anyone remember the time?" How long have we been here? How long is it until the next morning? ”

Lu Shuo told him: "I, I counted the time, we have been here for almost seven hours, and the current time is about six o'clock in the afternoon. ”

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The crowd entered the underground temple with sufficient physical strength, and then it took them a full seven hours without eating or drinking to repair and chisel out three cuboid stones, four pieces of stone that were still four pieces away from completing the mission.

But now that their physical strength has been almost exhausted, even if it takes the same amount of time in the future, they may not be able to chisel three stones, not to mention that they have more than three to chisel.

Yao Xiaoguo wore a mask of pain and shouted for help: "I'm hungry, tired and thirsty now, and I don't have the strength to work anymore...... Doesn't this copy even care? ”

Some of the spare food they brought with them was in their suitcases, but they were all swallowed by quicksand when they first entered the dungeon, and their clothes, daggers, knives, high-energy candies, and stamina supplements were also confiscated by the human beasthead, so if this dungeon really didn't have food, then they had no food to eat.

So Xin Yuechun stretched out three more fingers and said to everyone: "There are still three possibilities: first, this copy is in charge of food, and we will go back now to find those human beast heads and people to eat; Second, this copy will take care of the food, but we have to chisel the stones before we can eat; Three, this copy doesn't have any food, we don't have anything to eat after digging the stones, and we have to pay a certain price if we want to get food. So does anyone want to go back and test the first possibility? ”

"A lot of time will be wasted back and forth, and the road is sunburned, and the consumption of physical strength and water is not necessarily less than chiseling a stone, so I went back to verify that the first one may not be cost-effective." Sissi analyzed rationally, "The best option is to go back after chiseling the stones, so that the third possibility can be verified by the way." ”

"That's right." The corners of Tu Wencai's mouth twitched downward, and he snorted and said, "What's more, I don't think anyone here is so hungry that they have to eat, right?" ”

Yao Xiaoguo raised his hand and interrupted Tu Wencai and said, "You can skip the meal first, but I'm dying of thirst now, aren't you all thirsty?" ”

It would be embarrassing to go on, after all, in the past seven hours, none of the participants had gotten up to urinate - Yao Xiaoguo felt that this was because their bodies had consumed too much water, so their bodies could not spare excess water to make urine.

She said through her smoking throat, "I need to drink some water, and if I don't rehydrate it, I feel like I'm going to get dehydrated." ”

Xin Yuechun Nunu lowered her chin, pointed to the square pond in front of her and said, "There is water here, if you really want to drink it, you can drink this water - as long as you dare." ”

To be honest, Yao Xiaoguo didn't dare.

At this time, Lu Shuo spoke: "I think this water is drinkable." ”

Yao Xiaoguo bent down slightly, and made an inviting gesture with both hands: "Then you invite first?" ”

Lu Shuo knew that she wanted to see if something would happen to her drinking water, so she nodded arrogantly: "Okay, I'll show you the drink." ”

After speaking, Lu Shuo closed his palms in the shape of a bowl, leaned over and picked up a handful of water to send it to his mouth, after all, he was also thirsty - in this high-temperature, high-heat, and high-physical consumption environment, he didn't get a drop of water for seven hours, and he kept sweating during the period, and everyone would have a dry mouth and want to drink water, which was the body's instinctive reaction to sustain life.

Xiao Siyu was so frightened that he rushed over and grabbed his arm: "Damn!" Don't be so reckless! Can this water be drunk? ”

"Is that okay?" Lu Shuo said, "I drank a little water when we first entered the dungeon to take a shower, and there was nothing wrong with the water except that it was a little salty. ”

"You drink bathwater?" Xiao Siyu's expression was complicated, "Is the bath water still salty?" ”

Lu Shuo hurriedly explained: "The water is not salty for me!" It's salty, and I'm not a salt block, so I can wash out the saltiness of such a large pool of water! ”

Li Chanyi retched: "I'm sorry, don't say that your bath water is salty or not, okay?" I'm a little nauseous, maybe I'm sick to my stomach. ”

Lu Shuo was also very helpless: "The main reason is that I usually rinse my mouth with water when I take a bath, and I have developed a habit, so I didn't react at that time." But as soon as I got into my mouth, I threw up, I didn't drink much, and I only tasted a little bit. ”