Facts have proved that Nan Tieshan's expectations have been disappointed.
The gorilla, which was already in a violent state, seemed to still retain some basic judgment ability, so it just rushed over and swept twice, sweeping away the pile of rocks covering the passage. Although the pile of stones had been piled there for a long time, and even the traces of snow mixed with soil had accumulated on it, but in front of the wild and huge force, it was unknown when, where, and why the pile was piled up. The stones here were scattered almost without resistance.
However, I think even a mindless beast would have discovered the secret behind this pile of stones if it had rushed over and started beating them.
When the strong man in black armor passed through the gap, it still took a lot of effort, because with his muscular body, it was still a little difficult to pass through the narrow passage without any hindrance. However, in a hurry, Nan Tieshan, who was dragging his injured body, did not take into account these details. Within a few seconds after he threw himself into the dark passage behind the gap, the mess behind him The stone was already falling down with loud noises.
But he still escaped this disaster - although his eyesight was limited, he could still judge by feeling that this hidden passage was actually just a slit between cliffs. This may be because this section of road had not been opened for a long time. People walk through it, and there is no natural impact. The snow in the crevices of the cliff is relatively deep, and people can’t even see their knees when walking up. It is almost impossible to pass by here immediately, but Nantieshan can If you don’t believe it, the big stupid guy in the back is so strong that he can break the cliff apart.
"Come here if you can, hahaha!"
Covering the wound on his side, Nan Tieshan laughed loudly at the entrance of the slit, and then was grabbed by the back by the woman behind him, and dragged into the darkness of the passage under the roar of the giant ape.
"I didn't expect you to be able to fight back under such circumstances." Duan Qing's voice came from the darkness: "That's really good, boss."
"Of course, who is your boss..." As if he noticed something was wrong, Nan Tieshan stopped what he was saying and thought for a while with some confusion, then touched the rock wall and asked: "You Are you okay?"
"It's okay, thank you for your concern, boss."
"Uh, um, um... forget it." The big man in black armor struggled for a while, and he really couldn't tell where the strange place was: "Where does this road lead next?"
"If I remember correctly..." the woman in front of him replied: "We will enter a cave."
"Cave? Are there any caves on this mountain?"
"Falling Star Mountain is very big." The woman said without looking back, "It's much bigger than you think."
Nan Tieshan lowered his head, and then took out two small torches from his bag: "I have torches here. You two can share them. It doesn't matter if you keep walking in the dark like this... "
Buzz.
Before he finished speaking, the road ahead suddenly lit up - the hand covered by the black cloak was stretching forward, holding a small stone on it, which was emitting a milky white light.
"No, we'll use this." Then, he heard the woman's reply.
The piercing roar was getting farther and farther away from them, and the road ahead was getting narrower and narrower. Nan Tieshan raised his head and looked above his head. The two cliffs were getting closer and closer in his sight. The ray of light also became smaller and smaller, until it changed from the appearance of a sliver of sky to completely invisible.
When the darkness was completely shrouded, the light emitted by the unknown stone in front of Nantieshan became particularly clear. He squinted his eyes to observe the strange stone, and at the same time observed the hand holding the stone tightly, and... the appearance of some armor exposed under the hand, and nodded inexplicably.
"Watch the top of your head."
Then, a woman's warning voice came from close to the front. Nan Tieshan stretched out his hand and touched the cliffs that were close to his head. He slowly lowered his body and moved about in the cave in distress with his strong body.
Ten minutes later, they finally escaped from the tunnel-like cave.
"Hoo, ho, I'm so uncomfortable." He gasped, the last one crawled out, and then lay on the ground holding his ribs: "Wait a minute, let me rest, by the way... .bandage it.”
"Okay." After a period of silence, the milky white light source began to move forward slowly, gradually moving away from Nantie Mountain.
"The situation seems a little different..." Her voice came from the distance.
Since it is a cave, the temperature here is still a little higher than outside, which is very useful to Nan Tieshan who has calmed down from the strenuous exercise. However, even so, the cold that should be resisted still needs to be resisted, and the injuries that need to be treated still need to be treated. processed. So he moved his body with difficulty until he used stones to prop up his upper body before stopping with a gasp.
"Damn, when did you become so useless..." He cursed bitterly, and began to treat the wounds while observing the basic conditions of the area where he was.
He immediately noticed something unusual.
"These stones..." He fumbled and picked up a piece of gravel next to him, holding it in front of his eyes in the darkness and inspecting it: "They seem to be artificial..."
"Can't you shine a light first?"
The stone emitting milky white light moved back, and the corresponding voice was Duan Qing's voice: "Brother, you can see it in this dark..."
"Hey, look, look, this place... this place is not natural!" Nan Tieshan held the stone and shouted: "Look at the appearance of this stone, it is obviously processed, right?"
"Take a good look around you."
Nan Tieshan suddenly raised his head.
The irregular rock wall extended forward as far as he could see, but some parts of it already had some broken carving traces. In the distance illuminated by the milky white light, scattered gravels were scattered in large or small sizes. On the uneven ground, even looking at it from such a distance, Nan Tieshan could see that the initial appearance of the gravel was not left by any natural stones. But what was more obvious were the broken stone pillars located near him on both sides of the passage. Some of the stone pillars had been broken into several sections, and some of them had almost only a piece of root left.
His back was now leaning on the base of a certain stone pillar.
"Where...where is this?" Nan Tieshan's voice was trembling: "Are we still on the mountain?"
"I asked, where is your stone?" Duan Qing did not answer his question, but squatted in front of him: "It's the one you received at the foot of the mountain before."
"Ah? Oh, here it is, here it is." The man in black armor came back to his senses and took out the stone in his arms: "Fortunately I didn't throw it away before..."
"It seems that this is it." After checking the stone, Duan Qing looked around the silent cave: "It's surprising that the people in the pile of rocks didn't lie to you."
"Is this place the ruins they passed down?"
"Probably, but..." Duan Qing looked at the stone in his hand, and then looked at the front of the cave with serious man-made traces.
"If it's true, then the problem...is even bigger."
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According to Xueling Huanbing, the stone in her hand is called "Yubaishi" and is a material needed for some kind of production. However, until now, she has not figured out what this stone can be used to make. However, after After such a long time, she has also discovered many other uses from the characteristics of this stone, and lighting is only one of the more practical ones.
However, after only a short period of time, this only function lost its effect.
As they explored deeper, bright lights began to appear in the cave. These soft light green lights are not produced by some artificial creation, but are emitted by some stones placed and scattered in the cave. Most of the light green stones have been broken into small pieces, and only some of the slightly larger green stones are still telling the story of what happened here with their sharp and angular appearance. Duan Qing and Xueling Huanbing briefly studied these luminous stones during this period, and the conclusions they came to were extremely unprofessional.
"Do you see anything?"
"How is that possible? What do you think I am, an encyclopedia?" Duan Qing tilted his head: "But there is one thing I can be sure of..."
"These things are not jade."
"Emerald? Oh..." The woman in the black cloak rubbed her head: "You mean the ones in the Emerald Forest..."
"That place has now become a scenic spot." Duan Qing said half-jokingly: "But with the current level of players, if you want to develop the use of those stones... I guess it will take a hundred and eighty years. Ten years, maybe.”
"If we bring out the mage's diary..." the woman said to herself, then shook her head, freeing herself from unnecessary thoughts: "When I came here before, this place not like this."
"Oh? Be specific, what are the differences?"
"It's not clear, but..." The woman pointed to the surroundings: "Originally there was no light."
Duan Qing nodded solemnly, then turned around and asked, "Brother, when you bought that stone before, did the person who sold it to you say anything else?"
"Ah? Ah..." Nan Tieshan was obviously stunned for a moment, and then thought about it for a while: "...No, the person who gave it to me only said that this thing is a clue to the existence of a certain ruins on the mountain. , there’s nothing useful left...Oh, that’s right!”
He slapped his head: "He said that he also received this stone from someone else, and then he said that he thought I was a man, so he gave it to me..."
So people like you are easy to deceive... Duan Qing speculated maliciously, and then put on a smile again: "No matter what, I still didn't lie to you, that stone should It comes from here..."
"What the hell!" Nan Tieshan angrily picked up a random piece of gravel from the ground: "This stuff is all over the floor, right? Just pick up a few pieces and sell them. We might all get rich, ha!"
He threw the stone down the passage, but after a long time, the sound of the stone falling was not heard.
"Huh?"
Duan Qing in front stopped: "Why did it take so long..."
"What's wrong?"
"The sound of that stone." Duan Qing stopped and then identified the direction: "The stone was thrown in this direction just now, right?"
"Huh? Uh... I guess so."
"Let's go over and take a look."
With the help of the light green light, Duan Qing and the others easily touched that place - it was a dark place with significantly less green light. When they reached the edge, they understood why there was no light in this place. .
If Duan Qing at the front hadn't been careful enough, he would have almost fallen into the pit.
"What is this for?"
Taking out the Yubai Stone again and looking at his feet, Xue Ling Huan Bing looked at the square, bottomless pit in confusion, and asked the two people next to him: "This pit is not natural, right? "
"If such a regular pit can be formed naturally, then I will be defeated." Duan Qing squatted down and touched the edge of the huge pit, and then looked down through the white light: "It's so deep..."
"If you fall, you will probably die."
"Nonsense! The stone I threw just now has proven it." Nan Tieshan crossed his arms and said proudly: "Look, the stones thrown casually by labor and management are so useful..."
"I mean, we don't have a chance to go and explore." Duan Qing looked helplessly at the big man next to him, and explained: "This square pit obviously has some purpose, or it leads to somewhere. , or used to put something."
He circled around the pit: "It can't be used to trap people, or maybe it was dug out by some kind of huge monster?"
"Hey, hey, don't scare people..."
"All possibilities must be taken into consideration." Duan Qing squatted down on the other side again, without any consciousness of being next to the abyss: "It's not like we haven't seen such a big monster before... Hey ?”
He seemed to have discovered something. He touched a place beside the pit and suddenly thought of something: "No way..."
He looked up suddenly.
The other two people followed Duan Qing's gaze and looked upward. Sure enough, they saw an identical large square hole where the milky white light could shine.
"These two holes... can be facing each other, right?"
"Yeah, then this thing..."
"Maybe it's some kind of transportation, something like an elevator."
"Is there an elevator this high? Does it go all the way to the bottom of the mountain?"
"More than that, looking at the look above, maybe..." Duan Qing turned around and said, "It can also lead to the top of the mountain."
The top of Falling Star Mountain - a place that countless players have longed for for a long time. When he was "brought" here by Nan Tieshan, Duan Qing never thought that he could explore a place that no other player had ever reached. However, due to some kind of coincidence and this mysterious man-made ruins, the previously cloudy purpose seemed to be so close before our eyes.
The three people present were a little silent, as if they couldn't believe that the goal could be achieved so easily - countless players who wanted to climb to the top of the mountain either fell on the steep mountain road surrounded by monsters, or fell in the harsh weather environment. , if the passage in front of them is really what Duan Qing thought, then they can almost avoid all the difficulties that the players encountered before.
The only thing that needs to be done is to climb up along this passage.
"Then, let's discuss it." Duan Qing clapped his hands: "How to go up from this place..."
There was a slight sound of breaking through the air.
Nan Tieshan on the side suddenly stepped forward and knocked away a cold arrow aimed at Xueling Huanbing with his fist. In the darkness on the other side, an icy cold light pressed against the rock wall and silently struck Duan Qing who was talking. go.
"Die!"
