"A special commorative aning, huh..."
Hoenhem mused, his gaze sweeping across the crowd in the hall, "There are six people in the mural, two warriors, two mages, one priest, and one archer.
Could it be that this is an allegorical painting, rather than a morial painting?"
"An allegory?"
David squinted his eyes slightly, speaking slowly, "You an the six people in the mural correspond to us, the six players at this mont?
The archer corresponds to Miss Liu, the two warriors refer to
and Miss Amber, while the two mages and one priest correspond to the other three of you?"
Li Ang casually said, "Hoenhem is undoubtedly a mage in the traditional sense, and I do know a bit about necromancy-related skills..."
"You know necromancy?"
David's tone was quite surprised. After the last door contest ended, major organizations ford think tanks to repeatedly watch match footage, carefully studying each player, analyzing their equipnt, power systems, combat styles, and techniques.
Li Rising in his Dragon Head White Lab Coat successfully advanced to the final round. Although he didn't stay until the end, his scene of slaying the demon general still shocked those large organizations, raising their evaluation and attention of him once again.
They even turned around, seeking out Li Rising's previous script task experiences.
In the evaluation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Supernatural Accident Place, Li Rising was identified as a lee-specialized player, with considerable prowess in ranged attacks, in addition to having quite decent logistical abilities.
The spiritual energy that just connected everyone's minds, plus necromancy...
How many kinds of skills does this person know?
"I know a thing or two."
Of course, Li Ang wouldn't explain in detail that he possessed skills like [Summoning Technique: Fearful Warhorse], [Necromancy Technique (Interdiate)], and the ability to manipulate corpses using the Origin of Life. He smiled casually and said, "Don't look at
like this now. Actually, a long ti ago, I wanted to be a detective who solves cases and upholds human justice,
so I specifically went to Hawaii to study detective skills.
During this process, I encountered quite a few embarrassing incidents, such as when I faced a Blizzard Manor-style locked-room murder case in Hawaii. After carefully observing the scene,
and examining the clothing on the three deceased bodies, I accurately identified the three deceased as Nike, Li Ning, and Adidas.
However, even when I loudly asked them 'Where exactly did you die?', they refused to reveal their original place of death.
That's why I began earnestly learning necromancy, hoping that one day I could make corpses speak,
no longer needing to curse at them for 'rotting away' since they wouldn't divulge the case details,
and threatening to hang them up in a boxing gym to be used as punching bags."
"..."
David's eye muscles twitched, montarily at a loss for words, "Alright, you're a necromancer..."
"Uh... so I'm the priest?"
Having already read Li Rising's related materials, Ding Zhensi had a much smaller reaction—according to Xing Hechou's description, this was normal behavior for Li Rising,
He scratched his head with the Kui Ox cha, smiling wryly, "My ch's chanical arm is equipped with a dical module, capable of performing so not-too-complex dical surgeries when necessary.
I also know so of the most basic dical skills myself.
However, considering the ch as a priest seems a bit..."
"A bit far-fetched, right."
David nodded casually and said, "After all, it's just a hypothesis, it doesn't matter if it doesn't correspond correctly.
The mural on the wall has serious fading, and the crack marks on it contain a considerable amount of dust, indicating that this mural is very old,
not to ntion these beast claw marks..."
He turned around, looked at the wall, leaped lightly into the air, and hooked his fingers onto the deep fissures created by chaotic beast claws on the wall, supporting his body weight. He took a closer look,
then jumped down again, saying blandly, "The depth of the cracks on the wall ranges from half a ter to two ters, considering the similar angle and depth of the openings,
they were probably made by the sa creature, or the sa type of creature, using its claws.
The material of the wall bricks is the sa as in the corridor tunnels, all made of special stone materials,
so the creature's strength must be very formidable..."
Ding Zhensi clicked his tongue, "Could it be the magical beast the village chief ntioned that stole the stones?"
"I'm not certain yet."
David sighed, "Let's prepare for battle as best as we can..."
Since the door contest ended last ti, both contestants and outside spectators have beco wary of those script tasks with special geographical and terrain restrictions,
starting to carry with them equipnt and tools that can guard against any environntal factors.
Such as parachutes, radiation protection suits, high-temperature protection suits, low-temperature protection suits, hazmat suits, oxygen masks, diving bells, and so on.
The higher the player level, the greater the threat of the scripts they face. Hence, the quality requirent for these equipnt and tools is also higher—newbies might just be suddenly transported into a scorching desert, while high-level players might be directly transported to a volcano mouth.
David carries drilling machines capable of boring through thick rocks, and a mobile protective tool like the hamster ball in the new Jurassic Park movie, even if buried under heavy rock layers,
he could escape as long as he's given enough ti.
But here, the rocks are made from special materials, if truly buried... perhaps it's better to consider a one-ti escape token.
After exploring the hall, they found the floor made of bricks and the steps leading to the corridors are covered in thick dust, indicating long absence of visitors,
Ding Zhensi activated Kui Ox cha's recording feature, capturing the mural and the beast claw marks, printing them into a photograph, and handing out a copy to everyone in the group—this way, when they obtain the Holy Mountain Gate Stone, they can return to ask the village chief about the murals.
Moreover, providing each person with a photo aligns with task consideration—even in the event of casualties, others could continue the exploration.
Subsequently, they proceeded to a thick wooden door at the deeper part of the hall and began to scrutinize it.
Compared to the walls painted with brilliant murals, this wooden door appears overly simple and plain. David poked the wooden door lightly with the Judgent Spear, and the spear's tip emitted a crisp tallic humming sound,
then he withdrew the spear, steadied his feet, and pushed vigorously with his left palm.
David's soles screeched against the dusty floor, making a "shaa—" sound,
dust cascaded from the door in a stream, yet the door itself remained utterly motionless.
"Hmm?"
Slightly startled, David straigtened himself up, clearly aware of his formidable Strength Attribute, capable of easily pushing a fully loaded armored vehicle with one hand.
"Let
try."
Li Ang rubbed his palms together, signaling David to step back. He himself stepped forward, pressing both palms against the wooden door, applying hardly any pressure to push, but instead released a tiny amount of Swamp God Power, attempting to let the power flow along the door.
In theory, Swamp God Power has an extrely high affinity with any form of plant existence,
After unleashing the Divine Power, Li Ang instantly noticed that all the energy was like mud oxen entering the sea, with less than one-tenth of the Divine Power able to penetrate the wooden door.
The wood that made up this door had long since died and had turned into a sort of fossil, rendering the transmission effect of the Divine Power extrely poor.
"Tsk."
Li Ang withdrew his hand, and with the mindset of taking things away like a bird of prey, he directly took out the Tyrant Halberd and began fiercely chopping at the wooden door until he was satisfied with the wood chips he had shaved off. Only then did he withdraw his hand and turn to the others to say, "This door is blocked from the inside."
"Blocked?"
David looked up and down at the wooden door. There was no lock or similar structure depicted either in reality or in the murals, suggesting it should be a push-to-open style. The village chief also ntioned that heroes from all over the world would treat the dungeon as the first trial station.
In theory, the situation where the gate is blocked should not occur,
Otherwise, even teams with low strength wouldn't be able to pass the first stage.
"Yes."
Li Ang nodded and said casually, "There are quite a lot of rocks piled up behind the door, blocking it tightly, it might be due to a collapse."
Ding Zhensi asked softly, "So what do we do now?"
"I have a tool that can pry open the door,"
Liu Wu Dai calmly said, "But it's a personally bound item, others can't use it.
The door needs to be less tightly closed."
Hoenhem contemplated for a mont. Personal bound equipnt ant that all the special effects consumption had to be born by the owner, and Liu Wu Dai's Strength Attribute might not be enough to open the door.
"I have a way."
Hoenhem nodded, a swirl of air at his feet lifted him up entirely.
He flew in a circle around the wooden door, landed on the ground, "The craftsmanship of the wooden door is quite peculiar, the gap between the two doors can barely fit a razor blade.
"However, the door bolt adopts a steel structure; I happen to have a spell..."
Hoenhem slowly flipped the pages of the Book of Sand, stopping at one page.
[Handy Lady's Household Technique·Rust-removal Technique], the effect is to create a resin-like solvent, dissolving tal rust marks, lubricating fasteners, facilitating the disassembly of tal parts, or removing rust marks from the surface of ships, vehicles, household silverware, making them shine again.
The page of the Book of Sand slowly turned to dust, while four faint golden resin-like liquids also floated up in Hoenhem's hand, flying to the four corners of the wooden door, infiltrating the door bolt.
Sizzle——
Visible steam surged out from the door bolt.
"Let
try."
Liu Wu Dai said indifferently,
She stepped forward, took out a crowbar-shaped tool from the void, red in the middle, gray at both ends, and lightly chiseled the sharp end of the crowbar into the narrow door gap, then pushed hard.
[Na: Staff of Physics (Pseudo)]
[Type: Tool]
[Quality: Perfect]
[Special Effect: Nail lifting. Lift any theoretically prying tools can lift (such as nails, wooden boxes, door seams, steel plates), the lifting power depends on the user's strength. The prying process only consus theoretically one-fifth of stamina value.]
[Consumption: At least 10 stamina points. The greater the lifting power, the higher the stamina consumption.]
[Cooldown: None]
[Use Conditions: Possession of a Ph.D. in physics, philosophy, or mathematics]
[Note: This crowbar was once used by the slender and unimpressive Dr. Gordon Freeman. Although it was just a temporary tool, and not the deity that accompanied him to charge and break through in alien civilizations and deford monster encirclents, it still carries so special properties...]
[Note: Give
a pivot point, I can move the Earth]
"It's actually the Sacred Sword of Physics."
Li Ang's eyes shined. Last ti, in the high-dinsional hacking script task, he saw Dr. Gordon Freeman existing as a video ga character, but unfortunately, it was too rushed, and he didn't have ti to exchange conversations with him more.
Squeak ——
With Liu Wu Dai's forceful push, the wooden door issued a sharp and teeth-grating sound, finally opening a gap.
With a gap, the following actions beco much easier.
Ding Zhensi took out a High-Frequency Cutting Blade, David picked up the Judgent Spear, Amber held the Tidal ssenger, and Li Ang also wielded the Tyrant Halberd.
The four exerted strength together, further pried open the wooden door and opened the gate.
Crash——
After the gate opened, so smaller rubble rolled down,
As Li Ang said, the back of the door was tightly blocked with stones of varied sizes, almost forming a stone wall.
However, as long as there are gaps between the stones, nothing is a problem.
The close combat players each used their ans to clear the debris, spending less than twenty minutes to clean up the top of the rock pile, opening a narrow passage for traveling.
A few more minutes were spent, allowing the Kui Ox cha to squeeze through along the ceiling.
At this ti, the original fuel in the candlestick holder on the hall's beams and columns was almost consud. Li Ang took out so fuel from the sodium ring, refilled it, maintaining the hall's brightness.
Then he followed the others, climbing through the top gap of the stone pile, into the underground palace.
A part of the rocks above the stone pile collapsed; to prevent further collapse, Li Ang took the alloy stored in the sodium ring and used Alchemy to cast it into column shapes to support the rock strata.
The main path of the underground palace is an exceptionally spacious straight tunnel, darker than the downward staircases before. Fortunately, candlestick holders are on both sides of the wall, and Hoenhem swept across them with two Fireball Techniquess.
The candlesticks on both sides of the tunnel were ignited, illuminating the road ahead.
Only then did everyone see that the tunnel stretched forward over two hundred ters, then split into three identical paths at a crossroad.
The players continued advancing along the tunnel; like the hall, there were chaotic beast claw marks on the walls,
Unlike the hall, the types of marks on the tunnel walls were more varied and disorderly, with so long-dried foul bloodstains—so were even green or blue blood.
"Hmm? What's this sll?"
Before reaching the crossroad, Li Ang suddenly flared his nostrils, instinctively taking out a respirator from the sodium ring to wear.
"Soured, stagnant rotten sll."
Hoenhem furrowed his brows, casting a protective anti-poison spell over the team, then donned a gas mask to guard against spell failure, "To be precise, it's the scent of a large number of corpses..."
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