"Let's go over there and have a look first." Chen Xing said, looking at the stone altar in the distance.
As soon as he finished speaking, he thought of the issue of retreat and subconsciously turned around. The expected door did not exist, only a shimmering stone wall. Seeing that there was no way out, he frowned.
As if he could see his worries, Shen Guangming raised the corner of his mouth and said comfortingly, "This is a one-way portal, and the exit should be somewhere else."
At this point, Chen Xing had no choice but to continue moving forward. After a while, everyone came to the front of the altar. Miyamoto Momo was not in a hurry to lead the team away and followed them.
The style of the altar is very simple, or primitive, with two supporting stone piers below and a stone slab more than ten or twenty centimeters thick above. In addition, there are neither carved patterns nor exquisite patterns. It is not even carefully polished, and the surface is very rough.
The stone surface was stained with dark red stains, like dried blood. If you look carefully, you can see that there are white marks on the market, as if they were scratched by a sharp weapon.
"Anatomy table." Shen Guangming's fingertips stroked the traces on the table and judged.
"Look over there, there are patterns." "There are several of them." Someone with sharp eyes noticed some simple murals on the wall behind the altar.
Looking closer, the first mural is a scene of sacrifice. A robed wizard stood in front of the altar, raising his hands, holding a bloody sharp knife in one hand and a bloody heart in the other. There was a woman lying on the stage, her chest and abdomen cut open from the middle, with a painful expression on her face, as if she was not dead yet.
There are a large number of believers kneeling under the altar, with different clothes and various expressions, all the way to the outside of the picture frame.
Chen Xing found that when he saw this painting, A Qiaomu's expression was a little stiff, and one hand subconsciously grabbed the clothes around his heart, seeming a little uncomfortable. It is hard to imagine that this cruel woman is also afraid of blood.
The second one is a scene of making a giant puppet. The huge mechanical puppet lay on its back with a fixed hemp rope pulled around its body. One of its legs was half assembled, exposing the parts and pipelines inside. The chest was open, and a crane-like frame hoisted a large object into the heart.
The third picture is a scene of wizards surrounding the prepared puppets, chanting spells and casting spells.
Next there are many secondary murals, which are about the daily activities of wizards and do not contain particularly valuable information. Miyamoto Momo watched for a while, then left with the Jiro group.
"Commander Shen, they are all going up, we can't fall behind." Hong Lei, who was more impatient, urged.
"What are you urging us to do? Military Master Shen's brain is better than ours. Just follow his arrangements." Huozui lectured. The two are brothers from the same village, so they can say whatever they want without too many scruples.
After hearing what the two said, Shen Guangming, who was looking at the mural, turned around, nodded towards Honglei and said, "Brother Honglei is right, it's time to go up."
"Haha, look, look, the military advisor said I was right." Hong Lei laughed and patted Huo Zui's shoulder hard.
"Look at how arrogant you are..." Huozui pushed Honglei. The latter frowned and pushed back.
At this time, Aqiaomu gently pulled Chen Xing's sleeve and whispered in his ear, "We won't go with them..." While speaking, she glanced at Huozui who was competing with Honglei. "I can't get along with that big boss."
"Just follow me." Chen Xing replied, neither agreeing nor denying.
In fact, he didn't plan to act with the Thunder Fire Group, because there was a being in the team that he couldn't control - Shen Guangming.
He couldn't stand being restricted in his movements, so after the Thunder Fire Group chose the stairs to go up, he proposed to Huo Zui to split up.
Huo Zui looked a little surprised and advised, "Brothers, let's go together and take care of each other."
"Captain Chen is the leader of the group and has his own plans. We should respect his decision." Shen Guangming said, seemingly unwilling to let Chen Xing stay in the team.
"I'm sorry, I accept brother's kindness." Chen Xing followed suit and agreed.
Now that the military advisors had spoken, Huo Zui didn't try to persuade him any more and followed the team to the side stairs. When he was about to go upstairs, he looked back at Chen Xing before leaving.
"How to go?" Watching the people from the Thunder Fire Group leave, Ah Qiaomu crossed his fingers, turned them outwards, stretched and asked.
Chen Xing looked around and his eyes fell on the stairs farthest from the team.
"Aren't you going over there?" Aqiaomu suggested as he glanced at the position where the black skull left. Her intention is very clear, that is to follow the opponent and wait for the opportunity to snatch the fruits of victory. There may be mechanisms in this kind of place, and there are uncertain dangers in exploring by yourself. Moreover, the Black Skeletons don't seem to be strong, so they can afford to eat and live.
Chen Xing shook his head and said, "They are not stupid. They will definitely set up traps that we can't guard against."
"Okay, I'll listen to you." A Qiaomu didn't insist anymore and followed Chen Xing to the other end.
Entering the archway, the stairs wind upward, but not very long, and you can vaguely see the mist-shrouded doorway above.
"It's an artificial domain again." Chen Xing stopped in front of the fog door and said to himself, then stepped aside and motioned for Ah Qiaomu to go first. He is a shooter, not a human shield, so naturally he should be at the back.
A Qiaomu glanced at him, said nothing, turned around and walked into the fog. Looking at the trembling buttocks, Chen Xing rubbed his face vigorously and followed in.
The next second, rows of tall stone statues appeared in front of them. There is no end in sight, which is very oppressive.
This is a long passage, with stone guards standing five or six meters high on both sides, holding swords, shields, or spears and bows.
The head of the stone statue is pressed against the ceiling, replacing the role of the wall. Through the gap between the stone statues, you can see another passage, also full of stone guards.
The fog door behind him did not disappear. Chen Xing tried it and could return to the stairwell on the first floor. There is still a way out, which makes people feel at ease. Then, he took out his assault rifle and followed Aqiaomu, gradually exploring.
The stone guard's eyes were blank and his expression was dull and dull, but also indescribably weird.
"Can this thing move?" Chen Xing asked.
"I haven't seen it." A Qiaomu replied. She also took out the assault rifle and held it in her hand.
The light in the passage is darker than below, and the visibility is about fifty meters. While walking, the sound of footsteps spread far away, a bit permeable.
"Click!"
After walking for a while, there was a sudden strange sound from the side, like the sound of cracking stones. Turning around, he saw a stone statue stepping forward and slashing at Arqiao Mu with a stone sword in his hand.
The latter quickly stepped away, and the stone sword hit the ground with a "bang". Smoke and dust rose up, and half of the sword shattered into stones.
Chen Xing picked up the gun, concentrated his energy, and poured in spiritual energy.
The stone guard missed with one hit, picked up the stone shield and threw it at him. The target was still Aqiaomu.
"Da da da!"
A Qiaomu was flexible, dodging while shooting. The bullet hit the stone statue's face, causing a lot of sparks.
At this time, the two stone statues behind Arqiao Mu also moved, one on the left and one on the right surrounding them. Although the movement was slow, the place was narrow and all of A Qiaomu's paths were blocked.
All this happened in only seven or eight seconds, and Chen Xing's energy storage had not yet been completed. Just as he was hesitating whether to shoot in advance, he heard A Qiaomu shouting to him: "Don't worry about me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a stone sword was chopped down. Ah Qiaomu rolled to avoid it, then jumped up, jumped on the arm of the stone statue, and then used the strength to jump up to the shoulder.
"Bang!"
She turned around and kicked the stone statue on the head. Her feet were extremely strong, and gravel flew everywhere where she kicked, leaving a big hole.
The other two stone statues were grabbed at the same time. Chen Xing also completed the energy storage, aimed at the back of one of the stone statues, and pulled the trigger.
"Da da da!"
Three blue bullets were fired one after another, and the stone statue's head shattered in response. The headless stone statue did not lose its mobility and continued to grab at Arqiao Mu.
"Hit the feet!"
Chen Xing shouted, accumulating energy again.
Facing the giant hand that grabbed him, Aqiaomu twisted his waist and burrowed down from the back of the stone statue like a loach. The two stone statues flew into the air at the same time, collided with each other, and the gravel fell down in a splatter.
"Bah!"
After landing, Aqiaomu's whole body glowed with blue light, and he kicked the stone statue's calf. There was only a "snap" sound, and the stone statue's calf shattered into pieces. The body tilted and fell onto the stone statue next to it.
The stone statue seemed different from them. It was lifeless. Under the huge impact, it collapsed directly and broke into several sections on the ground.
Chen Xing finished accumulating energy and shot again, blowing out the calf of a stone statue. The stone statue was already clumsy. Without its lower legs, it could only crawl on the ground. One has no head, two has no legs, they hinder each other, they are in chaos, and they have lost their combat effectiveness.
Chen Xing poured spiritual energy calmly and shot through the chest of a stone statue. As if the core had been penetrated, the stone statue's head hung down and lost its movement.
It seemed that the weak point was in the chest. Chen Xing shot the second one through the chest according to the position just now, but it was still moving. After shooting his head off, he finally stopped. It seems that the core is not necessarily in the chest, it may be the head, or somewhere else.
The core of the third stone statue, the one whose head was shot off at the beginning, was actually on the right thigh. Although the intensity is limited, if the number increases, it will be very troublesome.
Aqiaomu jumped up and down on the stone statue's body and found a metal object belonging to a football star.
Wrapped in twisted bronze bars, there is a shimmering core inside. After careful identification, it is the crystal nucleus of a mutated creature. If you guessed it correctly, this thing is the power source of the Colossus.
A Qiaomu banged the ground a few times, broke open the bronze wrapping, and put away the crystal core. Judging from the size of the crystal core, it is about twenty gold coins.
"Are you going to take it all for yourself?" Chen Xing asked.
"I'll give it to you if you want it." Ah Qiaomu took it out again.
"You keep it first and then divide it when you go back." Chen Xing said. Although this thing is valuable, it is actually not much. He mainly wants to remind the other party of the basic rules of cooperation.
"Oh." Aqiaomu put away the crystal cores expressionlessly, continued to search, and found two more bronze cores. Break it open, take out the crystal core, and put it into the money bag.
"Which way?" A Qiaomu asked.
After the stone statue collapsed, a new passage was revealed.
