The two of them continued walking forward for half an hour, but it was still a passage without any forks, as if it were endless. Chen Xing finally lost his temper.
"How big is this place!"
"We didn't hear gunshots," Aqiaomu said. What she meant was that it was very quiet here and the sound of gunfire could travel far, but after entering, they heard no movement from other teams. In other words, the space here is so large that they have no intersection with the other four teams.
"Maybe this is an independent space." Chen Xing said.
"You mean, each fog door leads to a different place?" A Qiaomu asked.
"Absolutely." Chen Xing sat down in the middle of the passage, then called A Qiaomu over, "Let's analyze it and see if there is anything unusual."
"Have you noticed that we haven't encountered any more moving stone statues in the past hour?" Aqiaomu sat down next to him and said.
"Well..." Chen Xing muttered, lost in his thoughts. Indeed, he also noticed this, but he just couldn't understand why the stone statues no longer attacked them.
If a puzzle can't be solved, it's time to look for answers in more fundamental places.
For example, among a row of stone statues, why can only a few move?
To solve this problem, we need to clarify the motivation and then work backwards from the motivation. Motive is the cause of all events and can be considered from several aspects: first, conditions, second, interests, and third, emotion.
In criminal psychology, we must first check whether the suspect has the ability and conditions to commit crimes. If not, the case fails. But if there is, it depends on the interests, that is, whether the suspect has any benefits in this matter. If there are no benefits, it depends on the emotional impact, such as revenge, love killing, even dissatisfaction, psychological abnormality, etc.
From the perspective of conditions, wizards have mature technology and can create a large number of demons, so there is no problem with the conditions.
From a profit perspective, moving stone statues are definitely more expensive than immovable stone statues. Therefore, in order to save costs, wizards use deceptive tactics to make it difficult for attackers to defend themselves.
At this point, the motivation and process become clear, and there is no need to consider the emotional aspects.
So why did the moving stone statues among them no longer attack them?
There can be many reasons, but the most intuitive one is that the stone statue cannot cause effective damage to them.
How do wizards think about facing an opponent that cannot be solved by force?
If you want to find the answer, you must enter the other person's thinking. If he were a wizard, how would he solve it?
He looked around, his eyes sweeping over the stone statues. They have the same face and the same figure, as if they were printed from the same mold. The only difference is that the weapons in their hands are different, but there are actually only four types: swords and shields, spears, bows and arrows, and two-handed axes.
Suddenly, a mathematical model appeared in his mind.
That is the "match model" commonly seen in primary school textbooks or in Olympic mathematics problems. It is to move one or several matches to make the formula or graph true.
In his eyes, the tall stone statues turned into matches. Just move a few of them to change the direction of the maze.
The puzzle was solved. Faced with an opponent that could not be solved by force, the wizards set up a second level of defense, using the alternating movement of the stone statues to trap the enemy in the maze and delay time.
"Smart man, have you thought of the answer?" A Qiaomu asked as if he could see Ni Duan from Chen Xing's expression.
"You should feel lucky." Chen Xing put his arm on A Qiaomu's shoulder and said, "You are standing by my side, not against me."
Arqiao Mu showed a rare smile, "I have always been honored to be able to partner with you."
Next, Chen Xing told A Qiaomu his conjecture. As she listened, Aqiaomu's eyes became brighter and brighter, and she couldn't help but praise: "Man, you are so smart!" Her eyes were blurred, like a little girl who met her idol, with a face filled with admiration. color.
"So, man, what should we do next?" Aqiaomu asked with interest.
Chen Xing did not answer, but took out "Night Owl".
"Come here," he ordered.
A Qiaomu looked puzzled.
"Lie down," he ordered again. The voice was calm and indifferent, but full of irresistible power. Aqiaomu's expression gradually solidified and became a little scared.
"I need a gun mount." He gestured with his sniper rifle and said.
Aqiaomu had no choice but to lie down.
"Lie on your back." Chen Xing requested again.
A Qiaomu hesitated for a while, turned over stiffly, and lay on his back, subconsciously protecting his chest with his hands. There was a helpless light in those brown eyes.
"Hands off!" Chen Xing raised his voice, and when she didn't move, he kicked her butt again. Although the strength is not strong, the toe of the shoe feels amazingly elastic, like being kicked on a ball.
"Hurry up!" Chen Xing frowned and urged.
Finally, Aqiaomu closed his eyes and moved his hands away as if resigned to his fate.
Seeing her bare chest and abdomen, Chen Xing curled up his lips and revealed an evil smile. Lying down on her, resting his chin on her abdomen, the barrel of the gun passed through the midline of her chest and rested on her sternum.
This position is very comfortable for the person on top, but it is undoubtedly a huge torture for the flesh pads below. In addition to bearing the weight of the person above, it also has to bear the reaction force from the firearm. However, considering her quasi-guardian level of physical fitness, it was all a minor problem, at most only a little painful.
Chen Xing moved the muzzle of the gun, aiming at the waist of a stone statue twenty or thirty meters away, gradually compressing the spiritual energy, and then inputting it into the bullet.
"do not move."
The rise and fall of the chest moved the barrel of the gun, and the muzzle floated up and down. Aqiaomu had no choice but to hold his breath cooperatively and let his body become a qualified gun rack.
More than a minute later, the energy storage was finally completed, and Chen Xing pulled the trigger.
"Bang!"
The barrel of the gun was set back, and blue tongues of fire spurted out. The stone statue in front immediately broke at the waist, and the huge body collapsed backward, making a dull rumble.
The moment the bullet came out of the chamber, Aqiaomu screamed in fright, and his chest heaved violently.
Chen Xing made a "click" sound, pulled the bolt of the gun, ejected the smoking cartridge case, reinserted a steel core armor-piercing bullet, aimed at the one next to the collapsed stone statue, compressed the psychic energy again, poured into the warhead, and fired!
After knocking down the two stone statues, the two entered another passage through the gap. Chen Xing once again asked A Qiaomu to lie down and be his human gun holder.
Chen Xing's plan is simple, destroy the stone statues blocking the road and move in a straight line.
According to the information he had read before, man-made space would be repelled by the main space, just like opening a vacuum point in the water and having to face the pressure of the water all the time. In order to maintain the existence of the vacuum point, a continuous force is needed to counteract the water pressure.
Space is different from water. Water is matter, and space is a combination of time and energy. There is an energy offset between the main space and the artificial space, thereby creating a balance.
Newton's law of conservation of energy applies to the entire multiverse. The larger the artificial space, the more energy it needs to support. Therefore, wizards cannot create too much space, otherwise it will consume a lot of energy just to maintain its existence.
No matter how great the energy is, it will be exhausted one day. In addition, when opening up artificial space, a very large amount of energy is required, and this energy determines the size of the space. If the wizards here had the ability to create a large space, they would not be destroyed.
Due to posture problems, Chen Xing couldn't help but want to execute Arqiao Mu on the spot several times. But he prefers cleanliness and has no habit of "fighting in the field". He always feels that this place is too dirty, and the evil fire is extinguished as soon as it starts.
The only time he was in the wild was on the way to Dragonstone with Bona, who wanted to assassinate him. But he also took a shower that time, and there was a thick blanket in the tent, which was clean and comfortable.
As for being in the crypt with Su Na, on the one hand the entrance was in his room and he went there after taking a bath. On the other hand, Su Na had made a big white cocoon, which was very clean inside, like thick silk. , there is no unclean problem.
He hadn't taken a shower for more than half a month, and his whole body was sticky. He really wasn't in the mood to do that, otherwise Aqiaomu would have been killed by him long ago.
Two hours later, Chen Xing knocked down more than 40 stone statues and entered a new passage.
He didn't realize it at first, but when the bullet penetrated the target and scattered patina all over the ground, he realized that the stone statue had turned into a bronze statue.
Taking a closer look, these bronze giants are of different heights and shapes, and have varying degrees of damage on their surfaces. They look more like the warehouses, showrooms, or cemeteries of bronze demons.
Chen Xing did not dare to get close and kept a distance to observe. He gradually discovered that these demon spirits could be roughly divided into four types.
Like bamboo pole men, they are slender and flexible, like orangutans, honest and strong, and there are also fat people with round bellies, and eight pointed legs, somewhere between a spider and an octopus, with a one-eyed monster in the middle.
Chen Xing couldn't help but think of the two mechanical puppets of the principality elder Leander Ralph, "Angamaso" and "Ogamaso". Angamaso is very similar to the first one, and Ogamaso is very similar to the second one. There are two types, but they are larger in size.
"Masuo" means "puppet" in ancient language, and it is the same category as these bronze demon spirits.
In terms of classification, demons generally refer to "puppets driven by chaotic magic energy", while puppets specifically refer to "robots driven by unconventional energy sources". To put it simply, a puppet is a type of robot, and a demon is a type of puppet.
"Rest for an hour." After observing for a while, Chen Xing retreated to the back, took out the psychic potion and poured it into his mouth.
The shooting just now consumed half of his spiritual energy, and he needs to replenish it before exploring.
But not long after he sat down, a red light flashed not far away, and a one-eyed demon moved.
"Click la la..."
As the joints twist, patina falls like raindrops.
"Be careful!" As soon as Chen Xing finished speaking, the one-eyed demon spirit turned its body and "looked" this way.
The next moment, the one eye glowed with orange-red light, and with a "Zila" sound, a laser as thick as a thumb was shot out. Ah Qiaomu quickly fell down, but Chen Xing didn't feel the danger, so he stood still. The laser swept over his head, and a burning smell immediately came from behind. Turning around to look, a row of stone statues were cut into two pieces and all collapsed.
