Chapter 215: Setting the Key (Ai)
"This is it!" Alfie led Rebecca and Zambit to a nondescript spherical chamber deep in the lab. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"What is this place?" Zambit asked, looking at the chamber.
There was nothing in the chamber except for a gigantic metal turntable with a diameter of five meters and a dazzling glitter covered in delicate patterns. The turntable is divided into twelve squares, each marked with a floral number, and a large pointer stuck to the side of the turntable directly opposite the doorway.
"This is the Cipher Room, and I guess Dobby must not have imagined that this inconspicuous secret room is actually the center of the entire laboratory. Alfie said proudly.
Rebecca and Zambit rolled their eyes in unison, and they were no longer surprised by it, and sometimes they even suspected that Alfie and Kenobi had a shady relationship.
"Alright, now I'm going to turn the dial, and when one of the squares in the dial turns to the pointer position and starts to glow, you quickly stand up to the pointer and set the key you think is the safest for the pointer. It could be a codeword, it could be something, or even some imprint on your own body like fingerprints, voices, or blood. Alfie explained in detail.
"Is your method reliable? How do you know so much detail?" Zambit couldn't help it, giving him the feeling that it was clearly like Alfie's own laboratory, where did this guy know these secrets that even Dobby, who claimed to be the owner of the laboratory, didn't know.
"Do you know the instructions? it's very clearly written!" said Alfie, pointing to the wonderful pattern engraved on the turntable.
"You mean the patterns used for the decoration are actually the instructions for this turntable?" exclaimed Zambit, who had never imagined that these delicate patterns were some kind of text.
"Don't ask me how I know these words, you just need to know that I know them. Time is pressing, let's hurry!" Alfie said impatiently.
When Koko was wandering in the laboratory, he accidentally found this place, and the little fishman recognized the words written in the "fish-man language" at a glance, and by reading the words on the turntable, Alfie, who shared his vision with Koko, discovered that this was the center of the entire laboratory.
Kenobi, the former owner of the laboratory, had already thought of a foolproof plan, and even thought of a countermeasure in case the key was stolen, as long as he followed the method on the turntable, the laboratory could be completely sealed. According to the text on the turntable, the completely enclosed laboratory could not even be opened.
From this point of view, the former owner of the laboratory, Kenobi, can be called a high-IQ figure who has no last resort, and it is no wonder that the only memory that the violent woman Rebecca has recovered is also the infinite love for him.
After Alfie finished urging, seeing the suspicious looks on Rebecca and Zambit's faces, she shook her head helplessly, and read out a "Fishman Language" spell according to the words on the turntable, and something magical happened, and a round hole was split in the center of the turntable, from which a three-dimensional image was projected.
Several figures were seen moving forward, and Zambit recognized at a glance where they were, not far from Ingneil, and they only had to turn around the foot of the mountain to see the laboratory hidden in the col.
"Skal!" Rebecca was impressed by the "Calus Viper" who had personally led the capture of Alfie from the Gibbins brothers' secluded cottage.
"See, the people from Camp Calus will be here soon. We've got to seal the lab off before they get there!" Alfie urged.
"So what are you waiting for? Let's get started. Rebecca said as she walked over to the pointer. She knew that Skar was not a good person, and if there was anyone in the Silver Wolf Mercenary Group who made a good impression on her that she hated, Skar would definitely be at the top.
"Then I'll start spinning the dial now, remembering that we only have about five seconds to set the key at a time. Alfie reminded when she saw that Rebecca and Zambit were ready.
"Hurry up. Zambit urged behind Rebecca.
"Let's set one up for each of the three of us, so that only by getting the keys of the three of us at the same time can we reopen this laboratory, otherwise even the powerhouses of the Holy Realm will not be able to enter here again. Do you understand?" Alfie told the two of them the detailed steps they had gotten from the turntable.
Alfie pushes the dial to turn the dial marked with a nag to the pointer position: "Then the first ......"
"Why isn't the turntable as shiny as you say?" Zambit asked, looking at the unresponsive turntable, "Is it your wrong approach?"
"Don't worry. Alfie had a vague guess in her mind. In other words, he doesn't write down all the steps in such detail, there are always parts that the puzzle solver has to guess for himself.
One, two, three, and finally lit up when the fourth square of the dial turns under the hands.
"Rebecca!" Alfie reminded loudly, fearing that Rebecca would miss out on the five seconds of precious time due to her lack of preparation.
Rebecca had been prepared, and almost as soon as the turntable lit up, a crystal tear fell onto the hands. There was a creaking sound outside the secret room, and the turntable went dark. Rebecca noticed that the projection in the middle of the turntable showed a large light shield appearing within the walls around the lab, apparently a magical defensive shield.
"That's it?" Zambit asked, surprised.
"Of course not, the more keys you set, the more tightly protected the whole lab will be. Alfie continued to spin the turntable, and to Zambit's surprise, this time the wheel only turned one square before it began to light up.
"Zambit, quick!" Zambit was obviously not ready, the turntable had lit up for almost three seconds, and he hadn't thought about what to use as a key, and Rebecca next to him couldn't help but urge.
"Okay, okay. Zambit didn't have time to think about it, so he casually put the spear in his hand on the pointer.
This time, the sound coming from outside the secret room seemed to be more distant, and the range of movement seemed to have expanded a lot. Projections show that the perimeter outside the lab suddenly rises much higher, and begins to extend towards the middle of the lab, like a semicircular sphere slowly closing.
"Let's go on!" Alfie began to turn the turntable again, this time the turntable was spinning for a long time, Rebecca and Zambit saw from the projection in the middle of the turntable that Skar and the others had already turned the bottom of the mountain, and seemed to have noticed something strange in the laboratory, and were speeding towards here.
"Is it only possible to set up two layers of protection, physical and magical?" Zambit asked, and the turntable turned twelve squares and returned to the one position, and it still didn't shine again. The projection shows that the entire laboratory appears to be fully secured, and from the outside the laboratory is shrouded in a steel hemisphere, while inside the sphere is a layer of colorful light masks.
"No, the protection wasn't perfect, so—" Alfie felt that with Kenobi's intelligence, it didn't seem like the protection he had set out should be so simple and crude.