Chapter 8: Metal Beauty
The two of them held torches and searched for a way out in the main hall. There are no frescoes on the walls of this hall. There is a chair in the depths of the hall, which is very luxurious. There is a staircase on each side of the main hall that leads to the upper floor. The top of the hall on the first floor is level with the top of the second floor. Standing in the main hall, you can see the cloister on the second floor.
There is a door at the back of the main hall, which is open. There's not a lot of space inside, and there's a mountain behind it. This is supposed to be the original back garden.
There was no road behind, so Wen Bufan and Orion had to go down the stairs to the second floor. The two of them walked around the corridor, the doors of the houses on the inside of the corridor were not locked, and the houses were generally not large, some had two beds, and some had five or six beds. A slightly larger room is a large bunk. Wen Bufan guessed that this should be the residence of the subordinates.
Another floor is up, this floor of the house is larger, and there are tables, chairs and benches in it, which are relatively complete. It should be the owner's office. The upper two floors are the bedrooms. The ground floor is the bedroom for the owner's parents and boys. The top floor is the girl's bedroom.
The palace seems to be very well preserved except for the back garden. The entire palace is made of metal, including tables, chairs, benches, walls. Even the beds are made of metal. But Wen Bufan did not find the same products of advanced civilization as in the previous laboratory. It seems that there is no one in the hall outside. Similarly, Wen Bufan did not find a way out.
Wen Bufan looked at Orion and said with a wry smile: "It seems that I have to sleep again." The implication is that the two of them are going to sleep here, just like the Orion before.
Orion was still optimistic, looking around: "Why don't we go to the first floor again?" ”
"That's fine, that's not right!" Wen Bufan's mind flashed, there were obviously two stairs going up on the first floor, but after the second floor, there was only one staircase going up, where did that staircase lead?
Thinking of this, Wen Bufan said to Orion: "Go." ”
The two of them returned to the first floor, turned to the other side of the staircase, and looked up, the staircase was not long, and there was a closed door on it. "There's a door!" Wen Bufan said
"Doors? Where? Orion asked.
"You didn't see that?" Wen Bufan is a little strange.
"Where is the door, it's obviously a half-broken staircase!" Orion replied in the affirmative.
Wen Bufan glanced at Orion, there were a lot of strange things encountered today. Did you read it wrong? Wen Bufan walked up the stairs,
The door appeared clearly in front of him, but there was Orion's eager voice in his ears: "Where have you been?" ”
Wen Bufan looked back, and Orion was standing on the edge of the half-staircase and shouted in his direction: "Why can't I see you?" Where have you been! Wen Bufan blinked vigorously, the door did not change, and Orion was still standing on the edge of the staircase and shouting. Looking at the foot, a complete staircase leads to the first floor, where Orion is standing in the middle of the staircase. But when I looked up, it was the half-cut staircase I saw before. Wen Bufan took a breath and said to Orion: "You wait for me here first, just wait here, don't go anywhere!" Orion heard it, agreed, and went back to the first floor.
Wen Bufan turned to the door, stretched out his hand and tried it, but he couldn't open it. There was a keyhole on the door, Wen Bufan remembered his previous experience in the snowfield, took out the hosta from his arms, tried to insert it into the keyhole, and when he turned it, the door opened.
Opening the door, Wen Bufan walked in.
After entering the door, Wen Bufan was even more surprised! It's the same as you see in the snowfield, but it's a lot smaller. The same beautiful starry sky, the same circular hall. It's just that there don't seem to be those seven patterns of different shapes.
Wen Bufan pinched his thigh fiercely, confirming that this was not a dream.
"You're finally here!" A voice rang out.
'The voice is a little hoarse, is it an old woman?' But it's pretty good. Wen Bufan thought to himself.
Immediately after, a figure appeared, "Welcome to the Little Ladder!" ”
The light inside is not very sufficient. Wen Bufan didn't see the person's face, and the person didn't mean to walk in, so he stopped far away.
"After so many years, someone is finally here!" The man looked at Wen Bufan from afar.
The two looked at each other at opposite ends of the hall.
"You don't have to ask, I'll tell you slowly!" The man spoke, "I've been to your world, and I built the tunnel you came to!" It's a pity that after I came back, all the energy stones of the ladder were gone, and I couldn't use them again. And our world is long gone. Good thing the castle is still there. ”
"But what does this have to do with me?"
"You don't want to go back? Don't want to go back to your original world? ”
"Yes!"
"That's good, my little ladder can send you back."
"Oh?" Wen Bufan looked at the man and asked, "How do you go back?" ”
"Have you seen some red crystals in your world?" The man asked.
"See!"
"Those crystals contain a huge amount of energy, and they have entered your body!" The man's voice was a little excited: "As long as you really have these energies, you can open this small ladder, and then you can go where you want to go." ”
"How do you know?" Wen Bufan looked at his body, he jumped taller and his eyesight better. Other than that, I really didn't find any other abilities.
The man didn't directly answer Wen Bufan's question, but continued: "This energy stone is here with us, and it can only be used as an energy source, and we can't absorb it at all. But when I got to you, I found that some of you have bodies that can absorb the energy in the energy stones! As for why I know you've absorbed the energy, it's because you've come here. With your own ability, you will not see this door at all, and you will not be able to come here. So you must have inadvertently absorbed that energy and made it here through the teleportation tunnel! ”
"And how can you be sure I can open this door?" Wen Bufan asked.
"Huh?" The man was a little surprised: "This door can be opened with a key." ”
Wen Bufan's face is black, it turns out that this is the case!
"And how do I use this energy?"
"There are many ways, such as fighting! Fighting can inspire power! If you get some secret techniques, that's fine. Although he couldn't see the other party clearly, Wen Bufan could feel that the other party was looking at him, and the man continued, "I guess you still have a lot of questions, it's okay, let me tell you slowly." When I returned, our world was frozen in total. Later, I learned through the information left by my clan that when I opened the ladder, three space-time tunnels appeared at the same time. Due to the limited power of the ladder, we only sent one person from each tunnel. Except that I came to your world. There are two more. One of them attracted a group of creatures from other dimensions - bloodthirsty aliens. They are brutal! Fierce! We are no rivals, and we are about to be wiped out. At this point, the people from another tunnel returned. The world he explores is not as good as ours. But habitable. So, all the rest of the people fled. Soon after, I returned, but not from a heavenly ladder. I didn't have enough energy to open the ladder at all. Of course, I didn't find the ladder either. Luckily, the castle is still there. I used the rest of my energy to build this little ladder. Hope to find my people. ”
"Why did you come back so late?" Wen Bufan asked.
"I don't want to, but I've only been in your world for three days."
"Three days? It's not long. Your people are leaving too quickly! Wen Bufan said.
"It's not a long time, but three hundred years have passed here!" The man's voice was melancholy.
"Three hundred years? One day on earth, a hundred years here? "The ancients did not deceive me! Wen Bufan suddenly thought about it, and then asked, "What did you say?" You've been with us for three days, and it's been three hundred years here? In other words, I have been here for less than a month, and we have only been there...... I'll do the math......" After counting for a long time, Wen Bufan shouted: "It's only been a few seconds since we were there." I only need to go back in a hundred years, and we'll only have a day there? Wen Bufan was really excited. But suddenly another question came to mind, didn't I become older than my parents? The excitement immediately disappeared.
The man seemed to see Wen Bufan's worry, and said quietly: "It's been hundreds of thousands of years since I came back. ”
"How can you live so long? Are you a god? After a while, Wen Bufan suddenly remembered something, "You mean?" Hundreds of thousands of years, our world is about a decade or so. You? ”
"That's right, since I came to your world, the speed of my body's metabolism has become the speed of your world. I wanted to find my people, but I didn't know how the world of my people was and how time and place had changed. I was a little disheartened, but since you're here, help me open this little ladder and see if I can find my people, and you can return to your own world. ”
"Are you sure your people are all gone?" Wen Bufan suddenly thought of the voice in the ladder.
"When I returned, I didn't find a single clansman, and maybe someone didn't have time to leave, and they were also frozen over. I just want to find my people and be with them now. You can't imagine these hundreds of thousands of years of loneliness! The man said wistfully.
"He's also frozen, isn't he your clansman?" Wen Bufan looked at the Orion under the stairs outside the door and asked.
"It's not! Hundreds of thousands of years have passed, and the civilizations outside have changed several times. He doesn't know what civilization he left behind, but he definitely wasn't from my people. The man affirmed.
"Why?" Wen Bufan is puzzled. But soon he had no more doubts. Because the man slowly approached, a metallic light appeared in front of Wen Bufan's eyes. It wasn't armor, it was skin, the metallic glow on the body, you could explain that it was wearing a close-fitting metal suit, but the face was so real, so textured, such an angelic face! But definitely metallic skin!
The legendary Golden Family? Wen Bufan thought in his heart.
"My name is Nayi." With that, the man slowly stepped back, eventually disappearing into the darkness, "Remember, open the little ladder." Good for you, good for me! "The voice is infinitely charming.
The last sentence can't help but make Wen Bufan think of the classic advertising slogan in the original world - he is good, and I am good!
Well, Wen Bufan thought that he was indeed evil. But immediately console yourself, seeing such an angelic face, a devilish figure, and such a charming voice, who can not be evil? It's not that I'm, it's too tempting!