"This is my eye, it's my eye!" Pusev exclaimed, stepping forward to pick up the eyeball and trying to "install" it back again.
However, as soon as he stretched out his hand, the eyeball quickly dried up, exuding a thick, foul-smelling liquid that was mixed with yellow and white.
A few seconds later, mechanical bodies that looked like cockroaches crawled out and fled around.
The eyeball eventually became dry, like a plant in a dry and water-deficient area. Under the slight influence of external force, it instantly turned into a puddle of powder. It floated into the air with the weak airflow and completely dissipated in an instant.
"Pucev, cheer up." George hurriedly stepped forward and comforted:
"This is the "necessary sacrifice" mentioned in the literature to open the "forbidden door". As a "soldier", I think this little pain and this little price are nothing to you compared to the "paradise" that will be launched soon. "
"That's... natural." Pusev gritted his teeth and endured the severe pain that was like cutting into his soul. He pressed his hands tightly on the "hole" where blood was constantly flowing after the missing eyeball. On the one hand, he stopped the bleeding, and on the other hand, he Reduce some pain with compression.
Seeing that half of Pusef's face had turned to flesh and blood, and his hands were stained with his own blood, George looked around and quickly rushed towards a fallen man who had just been scratched by Laite's dagger. The [Warrior] with a throat opened his backpack and took out a piece of gauze and some alcohol from the simple medical kit.
Then, he stepped forward and wrapped the gauze around his palm to form a gauze block, filling the area where Pusef's eyeball was missing. Then he used the remaining gauze to wrap around his head several times, and finally Pour some alcohol on the wound.
George's knowledge of temporary first aid was not that detailed. After all, he had not been on the battlefield for more than ten years. In the previous battles at the edge of the Lost Swamp and the "Central Lake", he was either a combat commander or went to deal with some things after the war. It had been a long time since he had done the work of an ordinary soldier or a low-level officer.
After struggling painfully for a while, Pusev felt that the pain had eased a little, and then he gasped for air, wiped the sweat on his face carelessly, stood up, grabbed Laite's neck, and used the remaining One eye stared at him and said viciously:
"Laite, don't think that I don't know what you are thinking. This time I paid the price, and next time I will see you pay the "price" with my own eyes. Don't tell me that the corresponding sequence group requires the corresponding profession to be pressed later. This kind of thing will never happen again. You know, the sequence group of your and my professional representatives has already appeared. General George is not an upper-level professional at all. In any case, no matter what the inscription on the next stone tablet is, you have to press it! "
Seeing Pusev's expression at the critical point of anger, Laite absolutely did not dare to provoke this big man, the leader of the "Lone Wolf Society" again.
Swallowing, he nodded with difficulty in agreement.
"Very good..." Pusev showed a terrifying smile like a beast, let go, and violently pressed Laite's chest, pushing him to the ground.
Immediately, without looking at the two people in front of him, he walked straight to the fourth stone, which was the last uninterpreted stone tablet facing the back of the statue of Winguts.
Laite, who was pulled up by George's hand, followed Pusev's footsteps and quickly walked to the stone monument. Looking at the last stone tablet, which was larger than the previous three and had a more unique shape, Laite became nervous for no reason. .
After all, the first three stone tablets do not have too much carvings or any decorations on them. They are just made of marble, with some traces of history and time, and are simply used as a medium for recording text.
But there is actually a huge gear engraved on the top of this stone tablet. It seems to be made of two identical but mirror-symmetrical halves. It seems... the same as when he first woke up in this world. The pattern on the gift box that Ward asked him to bring to General George was exactly the same.
Surprised and puzzled, Laite also noticed that the base of the stone tablet seemed to be engraved with a coiled, sleeping dragon. Looking at it as a whole, it looked like a dragon was holding a heavy stone tablet on its back, and there was another stone on top of it. Mechanical gears with unknown meaning.
Seeing Laite meditating on the spot and making no further moves, Pusev urged impatiently:
"What's wrong, Laite, are you afraid of paying the "price"? It's useless, as long as all the secrets of the stone tablet are not revealed, the "forbidden door" cannot be opened, and the "Daughter of Tool Yuan" cannot be seen, we will all be trapped here waiting to die. When we first came in, George and I looked at everything. The palace was completely closed and there was no exit at all. So come on, once that moment comes, I will shoot you through the head with my own hands, and then shoot myself in the chest. Now I do what I say! "
"I was thinking..." Laite looked up at the stone monument, then turned to George and said:
"The ceremony of Socra... is the ceremony to open the "Paradise". If I remember correctly, it should require the power of the dragon clan. "
"Well, that's right. We have already ordered Merlinal, the collaborator of the Church of Hope, to bring the young dragon Thayer that he and Dylan hatched together to the edge of Silent Highlands. We control several barracks and several The outpost is near. As long as the power and mechanical core of "Daughter of Tool Element" are obtained, Sugra's airship will take us and the dragon back together, and the "Blood Night Ceremony" will be held as usual on the originally scheduled date. "George nodded.
"I want to know something," Laite said, pointing to the "dragon" at the bottom of the stone tablet:
"Principle... What is the principle of dragon power? In other words, why is the power of dragon needed to be used? After all, the energy contained in the core of a god may be beyond our reach and difficult to understand. With the addition of dragon, Is that necessary?"
"George, it seems that this guy doesn't want to cooperate with us anymore. He's stalling for time!" Pusev roughly interrupted Laite's guess, grabbed Laite's neck from behind, and used his other hand from his waist. He took out the "Lone Wolf Series" pistol, put it on the back of Laite's head and pulled the trigger.
"Enough!" George shouted angrily: "If you want people to help you solve your problem, you have to provide them with enough information. I know you are angry because you lost your eyeballs, but your anger will only destroy the basis of cooperation. . "The anger of the former, the sorrow of the latter, let's not delve into the past." I see that you have not read the Bishop's classic "Holy Words" at all. Your behavior is both rough and brainless. No wonder you keep wandering back. Outside the Imperial Army sequence. "
After scolding him angrily, George reached out and snatched the gun from Pusef's hand, threw it on the ground, and asked Laite:
"By the way, why do you think that the power of the Dragon Clan is not as powerful as the gods? They were almost invincible rulers in the First Era. Let's put it this way, at least according to the literature currently circulating, the gods in the forefront are likely to be the same as the gods. The birth of the Dragon Clan is approaching. Moreover, the Dragon Clan has the most powerful physique. They are the leaders chosen by nature. As long as they appear in this world, they will be blessed by nature."
"Do you know how the Fire Empire of the Third Age declined? It was because of a dragon."
"A dragon? It's really bizarre." Laite cursed.
Being deeply influenced by materialism, he would naturally not believe in a dragon. It was incredible that a dragon clan that had been defeated by humans could directly influence a country and lead it to split.
If this thing is true, it must be the result of the combination of a fatuous emperor, a hidden crisis situation, uncontrollable desires, insidious ministers, cowardly soldiers, and countless careerists.
"Let's not discuss the Fire Empire for now. It doesn't have any substantial guiding significance for what we want to do. But I can answer the question you just asked." George cleared his throat and said:
"You ask, the energy from the core of the gods is enough. Why is it necessary to add the dragon's power, right? What I want to tell you is that we don't really want to use the power of the dragon. After all, the power of the dragon and the machinery we are pursuing now , and the magic source power recognized by the Lost is several completely different systems. No one has summarized the specific content, but that is the fact. What we want to use is just "dragon blood", the kind that is hot and full of The blood filled with power is not only an excellent fuel, but also serves as a catalyst for the power of the gods. "
"At that time, the core of the god will exist as the energy source to run all machines, including the machines that run the "Blood Night Ritual" and maintain the operation of "Paradise". Divine power cannot be used directly;
It is too strong and can easily damage machinery, but "dragon blood" is milder than the power of gods, and stronger than the energy we use. It is somewhere in between, and it can also become a medium to communicate the two powers, achieving several things. To ensure the smooth operation of the system. If everything goes well, "traditional energy", "dragon blood" and "god power" will flow everywhere smoothly and harmoniously, each contributing to the common goal. Just like "Paradise" itself, as long as they are willing, whether they are Socrates, Zine Empire people, Crusted people, or Ptoyan people, regardless of their beliefs, identities, and races, they can abandon their bodies and enter Among them, eternal life is obtained. "
George's explanation did not move the other two people present, but moved himself first. When he came to the last sentence about the inclusiveness of "Paradise", he actually had tears in his eyes, almost burst into tears, and looked up at the non-existent place. The position of the starry sky, imagining the great and vast universe in my mind.
Faced with George's behavior, Laite has become accustomed to it since he first entered the palace called "Underground Laputa".
Simply, after roughly understanding the answer he wanted to know, Laite looked at the stone tablet again, surging as much of the remaining red magic power in his body as possible. After a red halo appeared, he put his hands on On top of the stone tablet, it happens to be to the left and right of the mechanical gear.
This time, the magic source power no longer pours out like water, nor does it spread like ripples. Instead, it burns like a flame from the bottom of the stone monument, as if someone has poured alcohol, gasoline and other combustion-supporting liquids on it. It rushed upwards and covered the entire stone tablet in one second.
Immediately afterwards, golden brilliance also emerged, and the hieroglyphics were clearly displayed in front of Laite's eyes again.
After tentatively reaching out to touch it and discovering that the flames produced by the red magic source power were not harmful, Laite simply leaned against the flames and got closer to the text and looked at it carefully.
The Chinese characters on the last stone tablet do not represent "ancient style of writing" or "mottos" like Persian poetry, but two simple words "adventure".
"Adventure" should refer to "No. 5: Adventure" in the sequence card. Its corresponding upper-level profession... Moros seemed to have told me about it. If I remember correctly, it should be [Explorer] 】.
But...did you tell me the answer so straightforwardly...so directly? Not even a little bit of polish? Logically speaking, the last stone tablet should contain some intelligence tests or comprehension tests. Is there any conspiracy behind being so direct?
Thinking of this, Laite desperately surged up the remaining red magic power and groped randomly on the stone tablet.
However, it is a pity that apart from making the two Chinese characters "adventure" flash a little brighter, there is really no remaining information on the stone tablet.
After the flames gradually receded and the stone tablet returned to silence, Laite pursed his lips and said with some uncertainty:
"You have also seen that there are only two hieroglyphics on the stone tablet. The meaning is very simple and easy to understand, which is "adventure". If I guessed correctly, if I didn't ignore the hidden message, if the stone tablet didn't deceive me, then it meant "adventure". But what’s strange to me is that the amount of information on this stone tablet is very small, it’s very simple and direct, and I’m afraid I may have overlooked something deeper. Moreover, it stands to reason that the difficulty of interpreting the stone tablets should continue to increase, and finally reach a peak, so that we cannot get the answer without much effort. This stone tablet...the answer is so easy to obtain, I'm afraid there is some conspiracy. "
"Conspiracy? I don't think so. This style of behavior is actually very similar to that of the Crusaders. Their nation advocates simplicity and force, and disdains complicated and intrigues. It can be seen from their fighting style. , no matter the opponent is strong or weak, they will pick up their weapons and go forward to fight. They will never be like the group of "Confucian scholars" in the Fire Empire, who have to reason with you before fighting, and even ask you "I am convinced" after knocking you down. Not convinced", "Have you learned anything from this duel?" Therefore, I am very willing to believe that the people who built these stone tablets that hide the password to open the "Restricted Door" are the Crusaders, and the "Daughter of Tool Yuan" is also their man-made god. However, due to various reasons, this one is listed as The empire fell before the god's great weapon of death was put into use. ” George expressed his understanding.
"I understand, this is their unique... kind of "straightforward romance", right? In this way, the last password is "No. 5: Adventure". As long as you press the number corresponding to the stone slab, the door that truly guards the "Daughter of Tools" divine domain will be opened immediately, right? "
Laite said, mustering up his courage, he turned around, walked quickly to the front of the stone slab, and stretched out his right palm...
