Chapter 280: The Gem of Doubt
"What a beautiful lake!" exclaimed Rose.
I looked at the buildings in the middle of the lake and said, "I'm more concerned about how to get up!"
Rose pointed in one direction. "There's an entrance there. ”
"I saw it, but I guess it's unlikely that the lake doesn't have any monsters. And we haven't seen the so-called babaru that the goblins are talking about! It's entirely possible that they're aquatic monsters, or simply amphibians!" Speaking of which, I thought of the blackwater lake outside the Lost City, although this one was obviously much clearer, but who knows if the monster likes clear water!
"What's that?" Rose suddenly noticed something white on the shore of the lake not far away.
The two of us ran over and realized that it was a skeleton, and it was the skeleton of some kind of large creature, and it looked like this guy was not much smaller than an elephant when he was alive. What scared us the most was that there were signs of fracture in many places on this skeleton, and there was a hole in the third part of the skull that was clearly caused later. I summoned Luck and let him compare. The size of the monster that attacked this creature should not be as big as the lucky system error!-0x000000008,112619180, but not much smaller. Given the size of this lake, it's not surprising that there are such a big monster.
"I think I've seen the murderer!" I said, gesturing to a monster emerging from the woods not far away. Saying that it is a monster is actually a thing that everyone is quite familiar with, but in reality it is extinct.
Rose looked in the direction I was pointing. "Oh my God, dinosaurs, why are they so disgusting!"
The creature in the distance is obviously a Tyrannosaurus rex, but the size is a little terrifying, the dinosaurs living on the earth do not have this size! And the body of this big guy is quite disgusting, it is actually a flower, the gray-brown skin is covered with yellow and red spots, and what is even worse is that there are traces of decay in many places, it looks like a giant toad!
"This is probably because of the mutated type evolved from the giant poisonous miasma in the forest, but it seems that it is also poisonous, otherwise it would not grow so vivid. "When we found out about the guy who looked a lot like a T-Rex, it quickly noticed us as well. "Oh no, it found us!"
"Wait!" Rose pulled me from moving.
"What are you doing?"
"I've heard that the Tyrannosaurus rex's eyes have poor vision of immobile objects, and we stand still, and it can't see us. I didn't listen to her, picked her up and jumped on Nightshade's back and ran. "Why don't you listen to me?"
"My sweet little fool, have you watched too many American movies? According to the research of Dragon Yuan, reptiles have good eyesight except snakes, and the larger the reptiles, the better the eyesight. Based on deep genetic analysis, we have proven that the Tyrannosaurus rex is much stronger than the eagle, and its pupils can calculate the target distance, as well as speed and direction of movement, once the target location is confirmed, within a thousandth of a second. ”
"Aren't dinosaurs stupid?"
"Stupid doesn't mean slow response, the electrical system behind the infrared automatic faucet in the toilet is not as intelligent as an ant, and that thing can determine whether it needs to be drained in a millionth of a second. Dinosaurs don't have a lot of intelligence, but that doesn't mean they are slow! Common sense can sometimes kill people!"
"You're smart!" said Rose, slapping me on the head, "it doesn't seem to have caught up." ”
"It doesn't matter if he's catching up or not, I'm not running away. ”
"And what are you doing?"
"I wanted to run around the lake and see the entire building's perimeter so I could decide where to start. ”
"I thought you were scared away by a dinosaur!"
"I'm afraid of it? Lucky you're good-looking? Dragons are much more dangerous than dinosaurs. ”
"Look over there. Suddenly the rose pointed to the lake.
I saw a long dorsal fin in the lake in the distance slowly rising from the water, and then slowly sinking into the water. Judging by the size of the dorsal fin, the body of the monster under the dorsal fin will not be smaller than lucky, this place is really dangerous enough.
"I said the lake wasn't safe!"
"You're right. Rose pointed to the temple and said, "Do you see that place?" ”
"I saw it, it looked like a sculpture, and it had been standing there for a long time. ”
"It's a creature. Rose raised the star pupil in her hand. "With this, you can see a slight shaking of its body as it breathes. ”
"It looks like it's not safe inside the temple either!"
"Then let's run around quickly and make sure the entrance!"
Thanks to the speed of Night Shadow, otherwise a hike around such a large lake would have been a matter of next month. After a quick circle, the mutated dinosaur was no longer there. Turned such a system error!-0x000000008, 112619180 The biggest gain of the circle is to confirm that the only entrance to the temple is the front gate. But that strange door was actually standing in the water, was it the entrance to a harbor, and it was necessary to use a boat to enter?
"What are we going to do? Seeing that mysterious aquatic creature with a huge dorsal fin, who would want to swim in this lake?
"But we didn't have a boat with us, or we flew over?"
"It's a good idea, but you have to make sure it's safe first!" Rose was very cautious.
"Then I'll let the steel silver bee go over and get down. ”
With a wave of his hand, a steel silver bee flew over, but as soon as it flew to the surface of the lake, a red light suddenly flashed on the top of the temple opposite, and a beam of light shot over, hitting the steel silver bee accurately, breaking it into a ball of mercury and flying back into the fire diamond. Rose and I were both scared, this thing's defenses are too perverted!
Rose found a stone from the ground next to it and threw it at it, and as soon as the stone entered the water, it was attacked and smashed into countless pieces. According to this interception ability, no matter how many things go together, they will still be shot down one by one, and besides, you can't be sure which target it will attack first, so the crowd tactic will definitely not work.
Summoning Jingjingshi's attack power, Jingjing's holy shield and magic defense can reach the strongest defense among the demon pets around me. However, the first attack of the red light blew Jingjing backwards, and the second attack was only 1 second apart, and Jingjing's defense was broken. The third attack was another second apart, and I directly asked Half Moon to block it and called Jingjing back. This thing's attack power is too strong, and if you want to charge hard, unless each of my magic pets has the defense power of Jingjing, don't even think about it. Do you have to go underwater?
"Why don't we fly a little lower on the water?"
I immediately sent a steel wasp flying against the water, and this time it was not attacked. The test results showed that objects more than a meter above the surface of the water would be targeted! That is, only small boats or simply passing under the water would not be attacked.
"If only I had known to use your space door to bring a double speedboat here!" Rose sighed as she looked at the temple.
"If only I knew what speedboat I was carrying, just bring the magic light cannon and blast out that damn launcher, or bring two space pumps and drain the lake!"
"Pumps?"
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"You haven't seen that thing, I brought a few of them with me when the Temple of Light attacked the Lost City last time, and it drained the Blackwater Lake in ten minutes. ”
"The area of this lake is more than ten times that of Blackwater Lake, doesn't it take more than an hour to pump?"
"So what's the matter? More than an hour is safer than going into the water, isn't it?"
"But now we don't have anything!"
"Then take local materials and make a raft out of trees. ”
"I'm afraid the raft won't be able to withstand the attack of the monster in the water, I think the red beam weapon doesn't attack the target below 1 meter because the monster in the water just happens to attack this area!"
"So what do we do?"
Rose thought for a moment and said, "Can your pet freeze the lake?"
"Frozen?" I looked up at the lake. "Such a large area...... I'm afraid no, the force needed to freeze such a large area of the lake is too strong, and if my Ice Queen is as much as a dragoon, it can be considered. ”
Rose said: "You don't need to freeze the entire lake, just freeze out a layer of ice that is big enough not to be overturned by monsters or broken." ”
"It's easy to say, it's not like building a ship, it's good if the ice can freeze out, you have to be strong, and you have to be big, how easy is it! Besides, if the ice is thin, it is not strong enough, and if it is too thick, it will produce too much buoyancy to make the top exceed a safe height, so it is impossible to use ice. ”
"Otherwise, let's build an ice bridge over the water, just run faster and don't give the monsters time to attack us. ”
"That's not going to work, as long as that monster is a little smarter, it will come to the front and wait for us in advance, and besides, there doesn't have to be only one water monster in the water. With the size of this lake, there are not many monsters of that size, thirty or fifty. ”
"Then I can't help it!"
"Phantom?"
"In. ”
"How many times does it take to teleport to that temple with your teleportation?"
"Five or six times, almost. ”
I said to Rose, "This is the safest way to think about it, but I can't teleport with you!"
"Then you'll go in alone, and I'll wait here. ”
"No, you're not a main fighter like Shura Ziyi and Zhenhong, how can I rest assured that I put you as an auxiliary mage here, if that's the case, it's better to take you to the bottom of the water safely!"
"Wait!" Rose interrupted me suddenly. "What did you just say?"
"I said I didn't leave you behind and walked over the bottom of the lake. ”
"Yes, we'll walk to the bottom of the lake. ”
"Isn't it?" I looked at the roses. "There are a lot of monsters in the water, so if you go down, you won't necessarily come up!"
"I'm not talking about walking through the water at the bottom of the lake. "Rose walking system error!-0x000000008, 112619180 came over and took my hand and said, "Do you want to think about what is under the water?"
"Silt!"
"And down there?"
"Down there, that's the lakebed!" I snapped to my senses. "You mean to make a hole under the bed of the lake?"
"That's what I meant. ”
I looked at the temple over there, then at the lake, and finally crouched down and pinched some dirt to feel the texture. "The soil is very strong, and if it is supported by rocks, it is not a problem to penetrate the bottom of the lake, but there is no guarantee that it will not leak!"
"If it leaks, it leaks, anyway, as long as it doesn't collapse, it's okay, and we're not afraid of water. Even if the water leaks, I believe that the little slit monster will not be able to get by, we are mainly to prevent being attacked by monsters, and we are not afraid of water!"
"That's a good idea, I'll start working right away. ”
Quickly summon Steel Claw, Pioneer, and Rose Vine. The task of burrowing in front was left to the Trailblazer, and the Steel Claw followed behind to clear the debris and straighten out the rocks. Finally, there is the rose vine, whose task is to keep growing, to support the passage with lignified branches to prevent it from collapsing, and those roots are also good bindings, they can hold the soil firmly in place, and prevent water from seeping too quickly to wash away the passage. It's a blessing to have a whole tunnel force.
Three hours later, a passage leading into the center of the lake was pierced, and the cross-section of the passage was a circular structure with a diameter of more than three meters. The branches of the rose vine covered all the walls in the passage, not to mention collapsing, not even a drop of water leaked, I really admired the ability of the three demon pets to make holes.
"Let's go. ”
The 3-meter-high passage is already very high for people, and we walked in it without getting in the way at all. After a short walk, we reached the end of the passage, and according to the calculation system, the error !-0x000000008, 112619180 should be under the temple. But the problem now is that the temple seems to be floating on the water, it doesn't really touch the lake bed, and if we make a hole in the water, it will inevitably penetrate the lake bed and cause a leak.
"What should we do? The bottom of the temple is still about 300 meters away from us, and we need to urgently ascend 300 meters after entering the water, I can't guarantee that there are no monsters nearby!"
"That's just as fast as you can. ”
I motioned for the steel paws to prepare, and asked Rose. "Are you ready? You have to go up quickly after a while, and if you don't keep up I don't know if you'll be able to deal with this monster in the water." ”
"Ready. "Rose put down her mask and stood with me on the edge of the wall, and when we opened the passage, there would be a huge influx of water, and we didn't want to be swept away.
After confirming that everything was correct, he inserted the weapon into the wall to secure the two of us, signaling to Steelclaw that he could start. Steelclaw received my instructions and immediately stood up on his two hind legs, claws on the roof of the cave, and after several successive attacks, a crack began to appear in the roof of the cave. After attacking a few more times, the whole body jumped up, and then I saw the roof of the cave continue to drop dirt and slag, and after a few minutes, black muddy water suddenly appeared, and then the water flow became stronger and stronger. Suddenly, there was a bang, and a large amount of water gushed out of the hole. Luckily we fixed ourselves to the wall, the powerful impact of the lake brought some strange fish down, the water blocked by the wall was bounced back and hit us like a gun, my armor was clanged by all kinds of messy things in the water, I can't imagine that soft water can be so destructive!
When the water filled the passage, the high-pressure water column disappeared, and I pulled the rose and quickly rushed out of the hole. Steel Claw was already waiting for us at the entrance of the hole, and I grabbed the protrusion on the back of Steel Claw with Rose. The steel claw quickly swam upwards with force, and I really didn't expect the underwater speed of the steel claw to be so exaggerated. Fortunately, "Zero" does not have a setting about diving sickness, otherwise it is estimated that we would have hung up because of blood boiling!
We had just ascended more than 100 meters, and a huge black shadow suddenly appeared behind us, and the water monster really caught up! Look up at the temple above, it will take more than 100 meters to get there! Summoning the little dragon girl and Ayana to help speed up, both of them are water creatures, and the speed is also very fast. We quickly approached the temple, and seeing that it was only about fifty meters, I used the Avengers to aim at the bottom of the temple and hit the dragon tendon rope up. As soon as the dragon tendon rope hung on the temple, it immediately began to tighten, and with this traction, we didn't need the help of the demon pet. Put away the demon pet and soon rise to the bottom of the temple, loosen the rope head and quickly go around to the direction of the main entrance, and the monsters behind don't seem to dare to approach here, and they all run away.
Pulling the rose to swim to the gate, this close observation only found that the gate is more than 8 meters high, and it is made of pure gold, how much does such a big door cost?
"Purple sun, look. "Rose beckoned me over. I hurried over, but there was more than a meter of water at this gate, and it was very difficult for me to walk. Seeing me approaching, Rose pointed to the text by the door and said, "See?"
"I saw it, but I couldn't understand it!"
"Stupid!" Rose removed my helmet and tilted my face with both hands on my cheeks.
"Equation?"
The text on the door turned out to be an arithmetic problem, and each number and symbol was rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise. The long string of numbers looks abstract, and some of the words seem to be uneven. At the very end of this string of numbers there is an equals sign, except that it is also oblique, looking like two vertical bars. Rose followed the arithmetic problem all the way from the left to the right of the door, and finally found a circular groove on the side of the door on the right.
"Husband, give me the original gold plate. ”
I took out the gold disc and gave it to her. "This can't be the key, is it?"
"Looks like it!" Rose took the original plate and compared it for a long time before loading it up, but the door did not respond. "Strange, why don't you move?"
Seeing the frustration of roses, I also began to study those arithmetic problems. Counting a penny from left to right, the number is 9.23. What does that number mean? "Didn't you say that this gold plate looks like a dial? This groove next to the equal sign is the indication of the count, but the count must be indicated by the time on the dial. ”
"But this thing doesn't have a pointer!"
I looked up at the door and noticed that the pattern on the top of the door was strange. There is a pattern in the middle of the door that is a clock, and the shape of that watch is exactly the same as our gold plate, except that it has a walking needle. "That's probably what we need. ”
"Golden bell dial?"
I flew up and grabbed the dial, and with a slight pull, the dial was really pulled down, and it looked like it was indeed the key. Fall back to the ground and put the clock dial into the groove to replace my gold plate, then set the time to 9:23. When the dial is set to the correct time, the door suddenly clicks, and then the two doors retreat into the wall in two directions.
As soon as the door opened, the water poured into the temple, and the current carried us backwards into the hall, but fortunately the hall was only lower in the middle, and all around it was high above the water. When I climbed to the heights, I found that this hall was not like a temple but a villa vestibule.
"Why do I feel that something is wrong with the decoration here?"
"I don't know, maybe it's the designer's bad taste!"
Just as we were speaking between the two system error!-0x000000008, 112619180, the door behind us suddenly began to slowly close again. As the door closed, the room was dark, but when the last glimmer of light faded, the torches on the walls of the room suddenly lit up one after another, and the hall was lit again.
A small hole appeared in the ground in the middle of the hall, and all the water was sucked in, and when the water drained, the hole closed again, and the room was dry again.
"Welcome, my guest. "A loud voice suddenly startled us.
"Who are you?"
The voice didn't answer my question, but said to himself, "You've been the only guests to enter here for thousands of years, so let's play a game!"
I was about to ask when my voice began to continue. "I'll give you 48 hours, start the clock now. Suddenly a small lattice opened in the wall, and a clock came out. The top second hand began to move. "These clocks are available in every room, and they are controlled by a central center. Find the center within 48 hours to close all clocks, and if it works, we'll talk about the following. ”
"What if we can't finish or refuse to play this boring game?" asked Rose.
The voice actually answered Rose's question. "Then stay here forever!hahahaha......" The arrogant voice faded away.