Chapter 523: The King's Corpse
The palace covers an area of less than 400 square meters, and may only be copied at a 1:100 scale, but in any case Cangye quickly left the palace and came to the junction of the three forks bordering it.
Crunch! Crunch!
The sound of slow footsteps was loud in the quiet darkness, and the night put down the greatsword and picked up the black sword, waiting for the guardian of the mausoleum to come to the door.
There are also guardians in the mausoleum, and unlike the outside world, the guardians in the mausoleum are well protected, so they can still operate perfectly even after thousands of years.
In the darkness, the night saw the true face of the Guardian.
It was a skeleton in golden armor, with a human-like upper body, a scorpion body with four pairs of chelicera, and a tail with an elongated hooked tail that was always fully armed.
Each scorpion is about 3 meters tall, which is undoubtedly extremely lethal for an ordinary creature, and in addition to the hands holding weapons, the hook-tailed attack is even more deadly.
Normal Scorpion Warrior (Creature Level 12~17)
Mausoleum Guardian (Undead, Level 9~15)
Despite their attachment to the soul and their indifference to the physical body, the Scorpion civilization still has a set of knowledge about preserving the corpse intact, so as to cling to the warriors who guard the king's tomb.
In the narrow passage, the night was greeted by the sniping of dozens of Guardians.
The black knife wielded a deep arc of light, and almost in the blink of an eye, all the Guardians were cut off their heads, instantly incapacitating for mobility.
For most undead, the head is still a lethal point of attack.
After eliminating the attackers, Nightnight walked out quickly, stepping into the middle of the three-way passage.
The mausoleum is full of dangers, and in addition to the Guardians, there are various triggers and hidden traps that change the path to the Jedi.
Perhaps because of its similar body shape to a scorpion, the scorpion man is very good at using poison, and among the traps, the venom trap has the largest proportion.
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Leaving one palace, the night entered another.
The same proportions, the same size, and even the placement and quantity of the treasures are astonishingly consistent.
The night sniffed out the unusual meaning, and according to the topographic map of the mausoleum loaded in his mind, he came to the junction of another three-way entrance, this time the same one in the middle.
After hours of running around and dealing with hundreds of Guardians, Cangye had figured out 80% of the structure of the entire mausoleum.
Or rather, it is surprising that such a military and tyrannical civilization could produce such excellent craftsmanship.
A total of eighteen palaces are preserved in the mausoleum, which are interspersed with an arc axis by three routes.
Attached to this axis ring are countless traps and enclosed spaces full of poisonous gases, and if the intruder cannot find a way out, then he will always run back and forth on these three arcs, enduring the pursuit of countless guardians, or run into a certain secret passage in a panic, enter the space full of poisonous gas, and corrode to death.
And not only that, in order to increase the sense of despair, the three arcs swayed back and forth under the control of the central axis mechanism, and they were always in a state of motion, but the people who ran in the arc to kill the light did not feel it at all, and the palace with the same shape also created a sense of confusion, and it was completely imperceptible to the abnormality.
Nightshade can determine the location of movement based on the subtle tremor emitted by the mechanism.
There is no perpetual motion machine in this world, so the source of power is the most important breakthrough.
Each of the three arcs runs in different directions, and every 5 minutes three palaces appear on the same arc at the same time.
In the countless crossings and switches, there will be a chance that only two palaces will border, and the remaining blank space will be connected to another mysterious space, and the power to keep the mechanism running is also fed in.
This opportunity will only occur once in 3 hourglass hours.
Nights were very patient, and he was waiting for this opportunity to arise.
The appearance of the unknown door was only five minutes, and the arc was constantly moving, even if he came to the unknown where the door was located and stood still, he would be transferred to another location in the next second.
Through the constant calculations of the superbrain, the night accurately calculates when and where the door will appear, and he must make sure that he is in the closest position to the door.
Chase from the Guardian can be easily defused, and traps can be easily avoided.
However, within five minutes of the opening of the door to that location, the path to the portal will be filled with dangers, all traps will be automatically triggered, and more powerful guardians will emerge from the closed room.
This is a defense mechanism reserved by the original designers.
However, for Cangye, as long as he uses less than 7% of his strength, he can easily solve all the crises and calmly come to the door of the unknown.
This portal also connects to a palace, in the same design, but with an astonishing 1:1 ratio.
The entrance to the portal is unknown, where two statues of lion-headed people with four arms, each holding a thick-backed, heavy-bladed scimitar, the stone gives a blunted edge and a staggering weight.
In the same way, these two stone statues also have the same 'Blessing of Activation' and still function today.
The arrival of the night caused the two statues to be activated in an instant, and the swift approach of the dancing stone knives seemed to smash the unknown intruder completely.
The night did not dodge, and drew the sword of Beowulf to face the attack of the lion statue.
With just a simple horizontal slash, the giant sword directly slashed the two statues into two pieces, and another blow swept down, smashing on the ground with a dull loud sound, and then, the core of the statue was completely destroyed.
Stepping past the ruined Guardian, Nightfall entered the vast mausoleum palace.
This palace is very different from other miniature palaces.
It's not just the size, it's the atmosphere.
Inside the palace, countless scorpions stood in place, dressed as guards or attendants, holding swords in their hands or holding cups, as if they were still alive.
These are the burial offerings of kings, deprived of their souls while still alive, their shells are salted with special medicines, and mercury is poured inside, so as to keep them incorruptible for a long time, and try to preserve that superficial vitality.
The atmosphere here is deliberately reserved for the appearance of when the king is still alive, as if time stands still forever in that moment.
Following the location of the specimen, Cangye came all the way to the main hall.
As with all rulers, the highest steps are molded in the largest room, where a chair symbolizing the highest power, the highest majesty, is placed.
The scorpion's special body structure allows them to use a chair in the shape of a small stone platform.
And in the middle of the night, on the chair made of precious stones, agate, and gold, a huge corpse froze in place.