Chapter 128: The Labyrinth of Winding Paths
() Miao Haoshang's method failed.
"It seems that opportunism is not going to work. Lu Hailong shook his head and smiled.
But Miao Haoshang was still unwilling, he tried a few more times, using various methods, whether it was curling up to weaken the wind, or running and jumping in the hope of increasing the distance, or using the heavy sword Heyin to use the ground as a pole, the outcome was the same. Finally, after being slapped into the bunker by the high wind for the fourth time, he reluctantly gave up and followed the mark honestly.
Jiang Huangu's clothes were torn, and the scorching sun made him sweat. After using up the last piece of cloth, he exhaled and said to Miao Haoshang, "It's your turn." ”
Miao Haoshang looked back and found that everyone had been detouring, but in fact they had not gone far into the desert. The long red bridge is still visible, dotted with sand on the sand, and there are sandbags left by Jiang Huan Valley everywhere. "It's ......dizzy to look at the markers," he sighed, shaking his head.
In front, Bei Yuanshu fell into the sand pit, Huang Fuyu in the back turned to the right, Miao Haoshang lifted the hem of his clothes, and was about to tear off the cloth strip to mark it, and suddenly, Huang Fuyu also fell into the sand pit. It seems that the right direction is to the left, Helian Xin just took a step, and actually fell into the sand pit.
"Huh?" several people were stunned. Ahead is a bunker, to the right is a bunker, to the left is a bunker, this is actually a dead end!
Lu Hailong was shocked: "Labyrinth! The palace is a desert, and the Jingmen is a labyrinth hidden under the sand!"
"Labyrinth ......" everyone was stunned in their hearts. The maze is troublesome enough, and I can't see it yet!
"It looks like we're going wrong somewhere ahead of us. Lu Hailong said.
Liu Yinyin looked back at the dense sandbags, and only felt that her scalp was numb: "There are so many bends in the place, how do you find it......?"
Lu Hailong folded his arms and lowered his head in deep thought. To find the right way, you must first find which bend you are taking wrong, and there are three directions to choose from at each corner, so it is undoubtedly a needle in a haystack. "It shouldn't be like that......" he muttered to himself, taking a few steps forward and sinking into the sand.
Liu Yinyin, Miao Haoshang and Jiang Huangu looked at each other, so they had to go back first, and before there was no better way, they could only grope a little bit.
After Lu Hailong returned to the bridge, he did not walk into the desert, but walked towards the two big characters "Jingmen" on the sand. Ever since Miao Haoshang and Jiang Huangu fell into a sand pit next to the handwriting, no one had ever approached here. Lu Hailong suspected that there was a mystery hidden in the handwriting, and when he walked to the place where Miao Haoshang had fallen into the sand pit before, he stopped and observed carefully. The word "Jingmen" is neat and beautiful, and the strokes are vigorous and powerful. Just looking at the handwriting, it doesn't seem to be anything unusual. After a long time, he shook his head and denied the idea.
Lu Hailong turned around, and the others were still constantly trying the right path. He walked towards the bridge with his head down, trying to calm down and think about it. When the stele engraved with the word "leaving the palace" came into view, his heart suddenly beat wildly, and he accidentally found that on the back of the stele, there seemed to be something unusual engraved.
The stele is about half a man tall and is cyan throughout, facing the bridge in front and the desert in the back. Just on the back, Lu Hailong caught a glimpse of what seemed to be a few faint red lines. He hurried to the stone tablet and crouched down, and a few inconspicuous small words engraved on the top of the back made his heart rise to his throat: "Labyrinth Diagram". Since the three small characters are not colored, they can't be seen at all if they don't get close.
Under the small characters, there is a large red dot engraved densely, and the "red lines" that Lu Hailong vaguely saw just now are composed of these dots, but when you look closer, the red dots are more and denser, covering the entire stone tablet.
"Old Lu, this is ...... Labyrinth map?" Miao Haoshang, who appeared at the bridgehead, exclaimed.
"That's right, we were just trying to find the way, but we didn't notice that there was a map on the back of the stele. Lu Hailong said, "But this red dot is really hard to see, if I didn't happen to go in this direction, I'm afraid I wouldn't have found it." ”
Miao Haoshang also squatted down and carefully looked at those red dots. Each dot is as small as a pinprick that can make your eyes glaze off after a long look. "What is this......" he closed his eyes and shook his head.
Lu Hailong couldn't answer, he just carefully observed the arrangement of the red dots, and looked back at the desert from time to time.
Soon, everyone gathered around the stone monument, but no one could see why.
"No, it's a little bit broken, and I feel uncomfortable. Let me fight or something, it's better for you to do this kind of thing. Miao Haoshang complained, and simply found a vacant place to lie down.
"If I knew there was a map, I wouldn't tear my clothes......" Jiang Huangu also retreated from the crowd, the stone monument was so big, so many people were crowded together, he felt even hotter.
"The red dots seem to be quite regular. It stands to reason that the map should be north at the top and east on the right. Although this is inside the formation, fortunately, there is the sun that can discern the direction. You see, if the first few changes of direction are not wrong, shouldn't they correspond to these lines?" Lu Hailong said, drawing a few lines on the surface of the stele with his fingers.
Everyone looked back at the desert and compared it, and it was true.
"So these lines next to it are dead ends?" said Huangfu Yu.
Lu Hailong nodded lightly: "It should be." The red dot is dense and refers to a road, and the slightly sparse area is the sand pit. Since there is only one correct route, the other lines should be dead ends. ”
Bei Yuan took a long breath and shook his head again and again: "What's the use of knowing? The right way, the wrong way, are all lines made of red dots, who can know which line is correct before trying every way?"
Everyone was silent, and Bei Yuanshu was right. He stepped aside to rest, and after a while, Huangfu Yu and Helian Xin also left. Only Lu Hailong remained
And Liu Yinyin was still carefully observing.
Lu Hailong was not discouraged, and it was better to find out that it was better than stumbling around like a headless fly. "There must be a difference...... he whispered, rubbing his somewhat astringent eyes. When he opened his eyes, he found that Liu Yinyin was looking for something with great interest, and from time to time she knocked her fingernails. "Yin Yin, what did you find?"
"Brother Lu, look, aren't these red dots different from the others?" Liu Yinyin lightly tapped a few places with her fingertips.
Lu Hailong looked at it, it was indeed a little different, the few points that Liu Yinyin was referring to were slightly larger than the others, and the color was slightly darker, but it was not obvious. But finally made a new discovery, Lu Hailong stared with bated breath and looked at the stele from top to bottom.
This particular red dot appears at intervals and is evenly distributed among the many red dots. Lu Hailong found that if you look at the correct route that has been determined before, most of these red dots appear around corners. "Could it be that this red dot indicates the right direction?" he thought excitedly. But when I looked again, I found that this was not the case, because there were also such red dots on the wrong route, which is why they were so evenly distributed. He was immediately deflated again.
"If you want me to say, it's better to use my method of tearing clothes. No matter how slow it is, haven't we already found a long way to go? Jiang Huan Gu said.
Miao Haoshang said sarcastically: "Come on, I have long felt that there is something wrong with your method." The road out is very long, but it is all a detour. Your clothes are torn and you only walk out that little distance, which is half the effort. It's not too late to wait for Lao Lu to come out of the door. ”
"If you two can't come up with an idea, don't disturb Brother Lu thinking. Liu Yinyin stood up, stepped aside and began to meditate and rest.
Lu Hailong didn't care about these at all, and only two words in the conversation between Jiang Huangu and Miao Haoshang penetrated into his ears. Yes, the special red dot appears every other distance, is there a mystery in the distance?
Lu Hailong first looked at the side along the correct route that had been determined, whether the special red dot appeared in a corner or in a straight line, the distance between the two adjacent points on the route was roughly the same, and even the special red dot on the wrong route was about the same.
"Could it be ......" Lu Hailong's heart became excited again, he had a hunch that this time the idea would definitely not be wrong.
He first selected two adjacent special red dots on the wrong route, and began to count the number of ordinary red dots in between: "One, two, three...... Twenty-four. Then, he chose two special red dots on the correct route, and counted the same number of ordinary red dots in between: "One, two, three...... Twenty-four, twenty-five!" Lu Hailong was afraid that he would be dazzled and counted wrongly, so he re-selected a wrong paragraph and a correct line, and counted it again with his fingernails.
"I see, haha!" Lu Hailong laughed loudly, and everyone immediately gathered around in surprise.
"Yin Yin, the special red dots you found are distance markers, there are twenty-four red dots on each section of the wrong route, and twenty-five red dots on each section of the correct route! As long as we follow the route of twenty-five red dots, we will definitely be able to get out of the Jingmen maze!"
Miao Haoshang was skeptical: "Twenty-four points and twenty-five points?" Old Lu, how did you find out about just one point? Are you sure it's this law? Maybe it's a coincidence that the sword immortal who carved the map carved casually?"
Jiang Huangu said: "Just count and see." If correct, one of the three directions at each fork along the correct route must be twenty-five points, and the other two are twenty-four points. ”
Everyone chose a few lines and counted, and it was true!
"This map is really torturous...... Then hurry up and count and find the right route out of this desert. It's really roasting people to death. Miao Haoshang looked at those dense red dots, and his heart was irritable.
Now that you know how to read a map, the rest is simple. Liu Yinyin, Huangfuyu and Helianxin were careful and responsible for counting the points in three directions, Lu Hailong tore off the hem of the entire dress, cut his fingers, and recorded the correct road map on it with blood. As soon as a small half of the drawing was drawn, the piece of cloth was not enough, so Lu Hailong tore off the back hem of his clothes and continued to draw below.
After a few hours, a map of the maze was finally drawn. Lu Hailong sighed: "If there is no such picture, I am afraid we will not be able to go out in a few years just by relying on the previous method of pathfinding." ”
Bei Yuanguan happily praised: "It's really right to choose to go through the level with you, I'm more and more glad that the choice in the Qiangong is so wise, haha!"
"That's right......" Liu Yinyin suddenly remembered something, and drew out the fairy sword and scratched it on the ground.
"What are you doing?" asked Helianxin.
Liu Yinyin smiled faintly: "Leave a hint for the other two groups." lest they be trapped here. ”
Helian Xin held down her fairy sword: "You are doing this to increase the opponent's ...... when snatching the fairy sword."
Liu Yinyin shook her head slightly: "No, I just hope that everyone can get out of the Shuzang Palace alive." ”
Hearing this, Helian Xin suddenly felt a shock in her heart and let go of her hand.
After Liu Yinyin finished writing the prompt, she walked into the desert with everyone.
"Exactly, seven hundred and fifty steps, three steps and one zhang, a total of two hundred and fifty zhang distance, it seems that a red dot on the map represents exactly ten zhang. Lu Hailong thought about it very carefully, there was no reference in the desert, even if he knew the direction of the bend, he had to estimate the distance.
The desert labyrinth was huge, and after walking for several hours in a row, everyone had just walked half the distance.
Miao Haoshang looked up at the scorching sun and complained, "It's been a few hours, why is it still noon? ”
"We're still in the palace, how can we have a cool time?" Jiang Huan Gu said.
"This damn desert ......," Miao Haoshang muttered.
Lu Hailong changed the second map: "Bear with me a little longer, it's already halfway through." ”
After a few more hours, finally, the position of the group was close to the bottom of the second map. The maze diagram on the stele has been carved to the root by now, and it should be almost the end. Lu Hailong looked far away, but he still didn't see the edge of the desert.
"Isn't the map finished yet?" Lu Hailong couldn't help but be a little worried. He thought about it carefully, and after drawing the maze diagram, he had looked at the other sides of the stele, and there were no red dots. "Forget it, let's follow the map to the end. ”
After another while, Lu Hailong suddenly stopped, sighed, and said to his companions, "This is the end of the map. ”
"What?" exclaimed in unison.
Looking around, there is still a vast desert, as far as the eye can see.
"What's going on? The maze diagram leads us into the desert, and we don't care?" said Miao Hao.
Liu Yinyin thought for a moment and asked, "Brother Lu, where is the exact location of the end point on the map?"
"Two feet ahead. ”
Liu Yinyin took six steps forward, stood still, stomped her foot lightly, and said happily: "The ground here is different!"
Everyone walked over, and sure enough, the ground was very hard, Lu Hailong squatted down and brushed his sleeves, it turned out that only a thin layer of yellow sand on the surface was yellow sand, and below was a paving stone slab!
When Helian Xin stepped on the stone slab for the last time, the ground suddenly shook, and there was a heavy roar, and at a distance of more than ten zhang in front of everyone, four pillars suddenly emerged from the sand!
In the astonishment of the crowd, the pillars rose higher and higher, and when they reached about two zhang, a wide platform emerged from the sand and continued to rise with the four stone pillars. The table surface is flat, the four stone pillars are located at the four corners of the platform, and there are fences between the stone pillars to connect, and the stone pillars and fences are carved with various animals and flowers, which are neat and beautiful. Below the platform are four slopes, the slopes on both sides are steeper, the side facing the crowd is gentle, there is a row of stairs on both sides of the slope, and three large characters are engraved side by side on the slope "Tianyingtai".
What everyone didn't know was that this shock also woke up a figure in the dark, and the eyes that opened were flashing with a terrible red light, and the figure flashed, shuttling like electricity.
Seeing the three words "Tianyingtai", Lu Hailong smiled slightly: "That's right, the star corresponding to the palace view gate is Tianyingxing." This Tianying Platform must be the end of the labyrinth. But ......."
Jiang Huangu asked puzzledly, "But what?"
Lu Hailong's face suddenly turned pale, and he pointed to a sandy place on the left and shouted: "Xiao Miao, six zhang in the northwest!"
As soon as the words fell, Miao Haoshang had already jumped high in the air, and smashed his sword in the direction pointed by Lu Hailong, with a "bang", the yellow sand splashed everywhere, and a huge wolf suddenly jumped out of the sand next to him!
And Miao Haoshang missed a sword, fell into a sand pit, and disappeared.
"What?" Lu Hailong was shocked, he had reached the end of the line, and there was still a sand pit! Miao Haoshang had returned to the entrance of the palace again?
The giant wolf in front of him is about three feet long, the mane is a strange dark red, the four claws and the wolf's tail are snow-white, and its eyes can still be seen glowing red under the strong sunlight.
"Sunset Flame Wolf!" Jiang Huangu, who had seen this kind of demon wolf once in Huoye Mountain, exclaimed. It's just that this sunset wolf is several laps bigger than the original one. When it was hiding under the sand and moving just now, Lu Hailong was already aware of it. Just like the last time he dealt with the Sunset Flame Wolf, he listened to the sound and identified the position, and Miao Haoshang attacked.
"The current situation is too unfavorable......" Lu Hailong anxiously considered countermeasures in his heart. The sand pit still exists, which is equivalent to limiting the horizontal range of activities of everyone for only a few feet, and once you fall into the sand pit, you have to return to the entrance of the palace, and you will not be able to come back for a while, which is equivalent to losing a combat effectiveness, but the demon wolf does not seem to be affected by the sand pit, standing on the sand with bared teeth, looking at everyone coldly.
"It's okay, you don't have to go through it all over again......" Miao Haoshang's voice suddenly sounded. Everyone turned their heads to see that he was patting the sand on his body and walking down from the Tianying platform. I see, after falling into a sand pit here, he will be teleported to Tianyingtai, so Lu Hailong is also relieved, and now he only needs to think about how to deal with the Sunset Flame Wolf.
The sunset wolf's abdomen shrank suddenly, his chest bulged violently, and he opened his mouth and roared, and a wave of red fire erupted from his mouth, fanning out and attacking everyone.
Everyone jumped up and dodged, and after Helian Xin landed, he took out the wood spirit bead from his arms and threw it at Jiang Huangu: "Next!" and then jumped onto Tianyingtai. The snake venom in her palace still hasn't dissipated, and she still can't use her spiritual power, so it's better to give the spirit bead to Jiang Huangu to save her life first.
Jiang Huangu gratefully caught the spirit bead and put it away, his spirits were uplifted, and he shouted: "Demon wolf, suffer death!" and then rushed forward with the Butterfly Shadow Trace.
The demon wolf flicked his front paws and fled to the ground, Jiang Huangu fell directly into the sand pit and appeared next to Helian Xin. Seeing Helian Xin turn his head to look at him, he touched his head embarrassedly and smiled.
"It's just a matter of borrowing your spirit beads, you don't want to waste it!" Helian Xin said with a smile.
"Don't worry!" Jiang Huangu nodded solemnly.
"Four feet in the southeast!" Lu Hailong pointed out the location of the demon wolf again, and the demon wolf actually went around behind everyone underground.
Miao Haoshang still jumped and attacked, and just as he raised his sword to fall, the sunset flame wolf suddenly jumped out of the sand, raised his head, and snorted at him in the air.
"Oops!" The last time Miao Haoshang encountered the Sunset Flame Wolf, he had severely injured the demon wolf by vigorously throwing the Heyin Sword, how could he forget it this time, and instead jumped with the sword himself? But it was too late to regret it, his eyes were so wide that he almost burst into flames, and he could only watch the fire dragon wave attack him at a rapid pace.