Xiaobai looked at the thing and pulled the spiral-shaped thing on the barrel with his hand. He was not happy: "Are you kidding me? Could this be a crossbow?"
Wang: "Of course, this kind of crossbow string can't move..."
"Then how do you fire an arrow? And the bowstring is wrapped around the outside of the tube. Do you need to put the crossbow arrows inside the tube? Then the bowstring and the arrow can't touch each other at all?"
Wang: "Hey, I'll show you how to do it once."
As he spoke, he took out the crossbow arrows that were also placed in the cabinet, stuffed them into the crossbow tube, picked them up, and aimed at the skull that fell on the ground not far away.
However, no matter how he fiddled with it, the crossbow arrows were not fired.
Xiaobai: "Hahahaha, I heard that someone claimed that he knew the ancient human empire of the Second Age very well?"
Wang: "Don't laugh too quickly! I think this thing has no energy. After all, it is not like the thing that reads the chip. Considering that it can still operate after a natural disaster destroys the world. This kind of weapon can be used at that time." It meets the design requirements if used.”
As he spoke, Wang fiddled with it again and opened the cover on the crossbow, revealing a piece of whitish crystal.
Wang read the text next to the crystal and said, "I found it. This should be the core of the weapon."
As he spoke, he activated the electric shock technique in the trick, creating an electric spark that hit the crystal.
The next moment, the crossbow made a "whoosh" sound, and the crossbow arrow was shot out and nailed to the ground next to the skeleton.
Wang: "Look!"
Xiaobai: "What the hell, you have to use a trick to launch this thing?"
Wang: "There must be electricity. It seems that humans in the Second Age may have entered the electrical age. This discovery can be written into academic journals."
As he spoke, he put all the ancient "crossbows" in the cabinet into his dimensional bag.
Xiaobai: "Why did you collect this thing?"
Wang: "In case we can find a battery, or a battery replacement, this device can be used. Oh, by the way, don't forget to bring the arrows made by the ancients."
Xiaobai: "What is a battery?"
Wang: "Just think of it as a device that stores the power of thunder and lightning."
"Is there such a magical device?"
Wang nodded: "Yes, it only takes two or three hundred years for the technology of this plane to develop... It's not necessarily the case. There is magic and alchemy in this plane, which may interfere with normal technological development.
"The dwarves have already met their needs due to the existence of incandescent glue and smoke powder created by alchemy, so they have not invented normal gunpowder. If electricity is not good, it will also be affected."
Xiaobai: "I'm pretending that I understand. Do you think I'm pretending?"
Wang: "Stop pretending, let's go to the barrier entrance."
The two quickly arrived at the entrance of the cave. At that moment, a text without eyes tried to fly into the entrance, but turned into dust in a flash of light.
Xiaobai: "Strange, if this thing keeps turning everything it accidentally enters into powder, shouldn't its energy be used up long ago?"
"After all, this is something from the same era as the ancient Cyclops Empire. Think about how powerful the things in the Cyclops Empire are still today. Think about the Fetal Movement Palace powered by Cyclops Nuclear Power, and the Monrovi Ya’s ancient puzzle, the energy retained by that puzzle can even drive the floating island to fly." Wang said, picking up the jammer and pressing the start button.
It looks like nothing is happening.
Wang: "Xiaobai, find a stone and throw it over and try it."
Xiaobai did as he was told, and the small stone fell into the passage behind the barrier.
Xiaobai: "Fuck!"
Wang Yima took the lead and walked towards the passage.
Xiaobai grabbed his clothes: "Don't, if anything happens to you, you will die. When I get back, I have to find a way to comfort two big human girls who are crying into tears. I'll do it!"
After saying that, she transformed into a bear and got into the passage.
Still nothing happened.
Wang: "It seems that humans in the Second Age have indeed mastered the method of interfering with ancient devices. The question is, can this technology be replicated? Furthermore, can it be effective on the remains of the Cyclops Empire?"
Xiaobai changed back to his human form in the passage: "Stop talking nonsense, come quickly, lest the interference will fail in a while."
Wang Mao ducked into the passage.
The two people walked along the unforked passage one after another, and finally entered a circular room.
There was a spherical object floating on the pedestal in the center of the room, with something like an iron ring slowly rotating around it.
Wang snapped his fingers: "This is it, he should be the one we are looking for!"
Xiaobai: "This thing... looks like it's still running. Could it be that this giant statue can still move?"
King: "It probably won't work. In the first era, Nelenis' conspiracy was shattered, and all the colossi should have been destroyed."
Xiaobai: "The thing in front of us doesn't look like it was destroyed. And since the humans of the Second Age had jamming devices, they must have come in and looked at them. Why didn't they take them down?"
Wang, who was about to reach out and touch the sphere, suddenly stopped and said, "What you said makes sense. Xiaobai, turn into a bear and touch it."
"Do you want me to come again!" Although Xiaobai complained, he still turned into a bear and touched the sphere with his paw...
The next moment, a strong flash of light took away Wang's sight. Although he immediately raised his hand to block it, the entire field of vision still became pure white.
He only heard the sound of Xiaobai falling to the ground, accompanied by the roar of the bear.
When the vision finally recovered, the whole world turned into dark green, which was obviously the bright spot left by the flash just now.
Wang: "Xiaobai!"
Xiaobai: "I'm fine, go ahead, I was knocked back from the bear form to the human form all at once, and...my hand!"
Wang's vision further recovered and he saw Xiaobai falling to the ground, his hands obviously carbonized over a large area.
He took out the healing scroll, tore it up, and put his hand shrouded in soft light on Xiao Bai's arm.
The carbonized arm quickly returned to its original appearance.
Xiaobai, who had recovered his spell-casting ability, threw himself a rejuvenation spell.
Wang: "This feeling is stronger than the one at the entrance. And the jamming device should have been on the whole time."
Xiaobai: "Now we know why humans in the Second Age didn't use this thing."
"Ah, we get it."
After Wang confirmed that Xiaobai was fine, he stood up and started circling around the thing.
Xiaobai looked at him and asked tentatively: "You...don't you still want to take this thing away? Do you regard this as an ancient puzzle now?"
Wang asked back: "Isn't it?"
Xiaobai sighed and went to the ground: "Then you go and solve the puzzle. I was hurt by the electric shock just now. I want to have a good rest."
Play under the stars tomorrow, take a day off (honestly), see you on September 2nd
(End of chapter)
