Chapter 1056: Not a Big Problem
Ice Storm cursed in a low voice.
“You don’t know how to crack this chanism?”
ng Chao said, “I thought that as one of the four trump cards of the Blood Skull Arena, Casanova must have brought you to the Blood Skull temple, so you’ve probably seen all kinds of chanisms.”
“I did co here a few tis, but Casanova made wear a special mask each ti. After wearing it, not only were my five senses cut off, even the concept of ti was blurred. By the ti I took off the mask, I was already at the core of the temple.”
Ice Storm explained, “Since I didn’t receive Casanova’s blood and I’m not an official mber of the Blood Hoof Clan, I’m not qualified to know the secrets of the temple.”
After thinking for a while, she spread out her fingers, and blue palm lines appeared on her palm, which looked like a small whirlpool. It absorbed a lot of water from the air and condensed into a few frost flowers on her palm.
She curled her fingers and flicked them lightly. The Frost Flowers flew toward the corridor ford by two rows of statues at different speeds.
When the first frost flower touched the arm of one of the statues.
With a few light cracking sounds, crisscrossing and shining patterns appeared on all the statues.
It was as if the nerves and blood vessels that had been blocked for thousands of years had been reopened, and all the statues had been “Resurrected”!
Whoosh!
The statue of the Minotaur warrior waved its huge sword and swept across the entire corridor, slashing out dazzling sword rays.
Boom!
The statue of the wild boar warrior smashed its heavy war hamr down, causing ng Chao and Ice Storm, who were outside the corridor, to feel their legs go numb.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The statue of the Centaur warrior controlled the genuine longbow and shot out three arrows in a row like a cannonball. The arrows were continuously nailed into the gaps between the sword rays. There were only a few places where they landed.
The largest statue of the barbarian elephant warrior pounced forward and almost blocked the entire passage.
Guided by the chanism, the hundreds of statues hacked crazily for more than half a minute before returning to their original state. The shining patterns on their bodies gradually dimd.
At first glance, nothing had happened.
However, there were traces of sabers, swords, axes, and hamrs on the ground.
Furthermore, ng Chao narrowed his eyes and observed the ground. He discovered that there were actually thousands of densely packed traces on the ground.
However, other than the hundreds of traces created by Ice Storm’s frost flower, most of the traces had been left over from thousands of years ago. After repeated friction and erosion, they were as thin as hair strands. In the beginning, they did not notice it.
The two looked at each other and saw the shock and solemnity in each other’s eyes.
“These statues seem to be made of very special tals and rock materials. Maybe they even used a lot of materials to cast their totem armor, which contained violent totem power.”
Ice Storm frowned deeply and said, “The gallery is so long. Once the chanism is triggered, even if we can force our way through, we will have to pay a huge price.”
ng Chao fell into deep thought.
He realized that when the statues were hacking crazily, the chanism that was operating and controlling the statues seed to make a strange sound.
“Use the thod you just used and try again,” he said to Ice Storm.
Seeing his serious expression, Ice Storm did not say anything else. He spread out his hands, condensed dozens of frost flowers, and shot them out at the sa ti.
When the hundreds of statues began to work again, ng Chao closed his eyes.
However, he focused all his spirit energy and attention on his ears, stimulating his eardrums, cochlea, and auditory nerves to the point that they were extrely sensitive. It was as if they could pierce through the earth and sketch out what was underneath the statues through the feedback of the sound waves, the details of the traps.
This ti, when the statues cald down again, he had a good idea.
“The chanisms in these statues are a little awkward and slow to operate.”
ng Chao opened his bright eyes and said to Ice Storm, “It should be because after thousands of years of erosion, the gears, bearings, and engines inside have more or less been damaged. In short, if I’m not wrong, the sensitivity of these chanisms must have been greatly reduced. As long as our movents are gentle enough, it’s possible to walk straight over without triggering any of the statues.”
“Engine…”
Ice Storm was used to hearing strange words from ng Chao’s mouth.
Nevertheless, she still understood the aning of the second half of the sentence.
“Are you sure you want to walk straight over there?” Ice Storm asked suspiciously.
“Basically, yes,” ng Chao answered.
He had seen similar chanisms in Ruins No. 1 at the center of Dragon City and Ruins No. 2 in the Hidden Mist Domain.
In Ruins No. 1, he had stayed as a “tester” for half a year. He had figured out a large number of ancient era chanisms and unlocked the riddles within.
At the sa ti, he had also learned a lot of knowledge about chanisms, mazes, and riddles from the predecessors of the ancient ruins research center.
He knew that most of the chanisms left behind by the ancient civilization were almost flawless when they were first deployed.
At the very least, it was impossible for the Earthlings to crack them with their current technological level.
But ti was still the most powerful force in the universe.
Even the Ancients or mother could not resist ti.
No matter how precise, perfect, or terrifying the traps were when they were deployed, they would inevitably be eroded, worn, weathered, and deford after being activated and used countless tis over tens of millions of years.
The energy source used to drive the chanism might also be annihilated, or the change of the planet’s magnetic field would cause the output of spirit energy to be unstable, eventually damaging the power core.
That was especially so when Dragon City crossed over to the Other World.
It had triggered a large-scale phenonon of spirit magnetic interference inside and outside Monster Mountain Range.
It was like throwing a ten-thousand-ton boulder into a calm lake.
The waves it created were enough to tear apart the duckweed that was originally floating on the surface of the lake.
Therefore, when the Earthlings explored the ancient ruins, they discovered that many dense structures, profound principles, and powerful chanisms had all been destroyed from the inside.
It was easy for the Earthlings to obtain the power of the Ancients that was contained within. With it as a foundation, they developed the unique spirit martial arts, genetic technology, and runic technology of the Dragon City’s civilization.
Picturesque Orchid Lake was so close to Monster Mountain Range.
It was impossible for it to not be affected by the sa thing.
ng Chao had just used the acute hearing that Lu Siya had imparted to him, which made him resemble a Spirit Sensor. He could hear the strange sounds coming from within the chanism in front of him. It was similar to the strange sounds coming from Ruins No. 1 in Dragon City, where many heavily worn chanisms were emitting strange sounds.
Hence, he judged that this chanism was not as terrifying as it appeared to be.
As long as he found a suitable thod, he should be able to walk past it effortlessly.
“Of course we can’t just walk past it.”
ng Chao thought for a mont and said to Ice Storm, “However, the reason why the ice-cold statue can sense intruders is because it can detect our breathing, heartbeat, body temperature, and footsteps.
“Since the chanisms inside the statue have been seriously worn out, its perception and reaction speed have slowed down a lot.
“Therefore, as long as we can lower our breathing and heartbeat to the maximum, and our body temperature to the sa level as the surrounding temperature, we should be able to walk through it without making any noise.”
Ice Storm frowned.
She looked at the serious ng Chao, at the sculptures that were full of killing intent, and all the way to the corridor that led to the depths of the darkness.
She had an expression that said, “Are you f*cking lying to ?”
“Trust .”
ng Chao continued. “With your strength, controlling your breathing and heartbeat shouldn’t be too much of a problem. As for you, who has the bloodline of a panther, walking around stealthily is simply a racial talent. As for your body temperature, it’s even less of a problem. After all, you’re already as cold as an ice mountain, and your entire body is cold. There’s no need to continue cooling down. Instead, you should slightly raise your temperature, and it’ll be fine as long as it’s the sa as the air.
“Also, don’t be nervous when you walk over. Try to empty your mind and relax. Don’t worry about how strong and fierce the statues are. Just take it as if you are strolling on the grass.
“Otherwise, the disturbance of the brainwaves and the spirit magnetic field may trigger the statues.
“Basically, it’s all routine operations. It shouldn’t be a big problem for you, right?”
Ice Storm continued to glare at ng Chao.
Her face was filled with an expression that said, “Not a problem? Give it a try then!”
However, ng Chao did not notice her expression.
That was because he had already walked towards the corridor that was made up of hundreds of statues.
Before Ice Storm let out a cry of surprise, ng Chao had already steadied himself and quietly stepped into the corridor.
No, the word “step” was not precise enough.
In fact, ng Chao had “slipped” into the gallery.
With each step, when the soles of his feet were about to touch the ground, as the muscles around his body surged like waves, the tip of his feet made a slight movent forward.
When they connected, it was as if he did not move his legs at all. Instead, he stepped on the invisible banana skin and slid forward.
At the sa ti, Ice Storm was surprised to find that she could not find ng Chao.
A living person would have breathing sounds, heartbeat sounds, blood flow sounds, body temperature, and body odor even if they were stuck on the ground.
An expert like Ice Storm did not even need to open her eyes to firmly lock onto her target with these extrely minute information.
Now, Ice Storm could clearly see ng Chao there.
Yet, she could not sense any information coming from ng Chao’s body.
It was as if a re shadow or an illusion was gliding through the corridor!
And the chanism that could be triggered by a little frost flower that had almost no weight was indeed not triggered by ng Chao.
Seeing that ng Chao had already glided through half of the corridor, all the terrifying statues holding knives, spears, swords, halberds, battle axes, and battle hamrs remained motionless and ignored him.
In a mont, ng Chao had really passed through the entire corridor without any effort, just as he had said!
Ice Storm was dumbfounded and in disbelief.
“Look, I was right. The chanisms here are indeed seriously worn out.”
ng Chao waved at Ice Storm from the other side of the corridor. “Hold your breath and heartbeat. Control your body temperature and voice, then walk over casually!”
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