The gate of ten thousand doors.
Ge Sheng chewed on this unfamiliar term and slowly got up from the ground. Christie stood opposite him with a smile on his face and took out a small piece of white packaging from his pocket.
"What flavor of candy do you like?"
Christie asked gently and delicately.
Ge Sheng didn't know what was going on, he watched everything around him.
They were now in a brightly lit room, and the bright white magic light was jumping in the space as far as they could see, making it impossible to judge the time and location.
Under the feet is a device similar to the teleportation array of the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce. It is also a black and white combination of obsidian and hao stone, but the one under the feet is larger and the structure is more sophisticated.
Also, there are more teleporters here.
Ge Sheng looked around and counted a total of seven such teleportation arrays in this hall with a radius of ten feet.
Christie touched her nose and repeated her question.
"What flavor of candy do you like?"
Ge Sheng was immediately attracted by the environment and structure here, so much so that he forgot to answer Christie. Only then did he think about it and replied: "I don't have any particular favorite taste."
"That's it." Christie nodded, took out the second small item from her pocket, and unpacked the two small items in front of Ge Sheng, but they found two square white candy cubes. When the two pieces of candy were pressed together, it looked like they were just applying gentle pressure from two fingers, but in Ge Sheng's eyes, it seemed like the two pieces of candy were slowly merging with each other in her hand.
"Here." Christie simply pressed the two pieces of candy together, then held the candy wrapper between her two fingers and handed it to Ge Sheng: "Blueberry vanilla flavor. I recommend first-timers to try this."
Ge Sheng took it and asked, "Do you have to eat it?"
"Of course it's not guaranteed." Christie smiled and said, "It's just a recommendation."
Ge Sheng nodded. Sugar wrapper is a kind of pure white paper with a very fine texture. The surface is smooth and dry. However, it looks like both the sugar and the wrapped sugar wrapper are homemade and crude products, not those sold in grocery stores or chambers of commerce. A kind of mass-produced and beautifully packaged goods.
The moment he put it in his mouth, Ge Sheng's eyes widened and he looked at Christie in disbelief.
"What is this!"
"Sugar." Christie said with a smile.
"But to be precise." Christie followed up and said: "This is the Croft family's exclusive teleportation treatment. The creatures that receive space teleportation for the first time have no natural protection against space teleportation, so most of them will It will produce a mild or severe rejection reaction, which may be closer to the feeling of seasickness, but both the degree and the consequences are much more serious, and this therapeutic agent is made for it."
"That's not what I meant!" Ge Sheng looked at Christie who was explaining calmly and understood that she was deliberately pretending to be stupid.
"I mean, how can you make such delicious candy?"
Yes, how can there be such delicious candy.
Put aside the healing agent first. When Ge Sheng put the piece of candy into his mouth, the feeling at that moment was not like eating some hard candy. On the contrary, it felt closer to being wrapped in a layer of sugar. Thin hard-shelled blueberries.
The candy bursts open in the mouth like blueberries. It is cold, refreshing, very pure and luscious sweetness. The aftertaste of vanilla and the refreshingness of blueberry fill all the taste buds at that moment, and then slide into the throat, leaving behind The refreshing and aftertaste along the way.
Secondly, it was very delicious. The so-called teleportation healing agent was put aside for the time being. Ge Sheng could not imagine the craft of making candy.
It is essentially a hard candy. Whether Christie presses the two pieces together or the touch of Ge Sheng holds them in his hand, it means that this is a solid, hard, and squeezed piece of candy. It can't be the kind of candy that actually tastes like a candy filled with cold syrup.
"Why not?" Christie asked gently.
"The initial teleportation treatment agent does taste very bad. Most people who have tried it would describe it as animal liver grinding. However, in fact, as long as the ratio of active ingredients is maintained and a little effort is spent on auxiliary materials, it can be made delicious. Something." Christie went on to explain.
Only then did Ge Sheng understand what Christie had done.
"You mean - alchemical potion."
Ge Sheng looked at Christie in disbelief: "Are you using alchemy potion making methods to make this thing you call a teleportation healing potion?"
"In a sense, this understanding is not wrong." Christie nodded approvingly: "But if I were to say it, I would rather explain it as drawing on knowledge from more fields to create something that can effectively improve happiness. s things."
"It's expensive, right?" Ge Sheng asked silently.
Otherwise, I really want to bring some to Xiao Jiu. That guy likes snacks so much. He will definitely explode when he sees this.
Then Ge Sheng realized that the girl in front of him was the richest being in the world.
"In terms of materials, it's not expensive." Christie smiled and said, "It's not expensive in every sense. It's just that many processes cannot be popularized on a large scale for the time being, so they can only be produced by my alchemy workshop. , there are inherent limitations in terms of production, but if you like, you can also bring some to your princess sister."
"These are the teleportation healing agents that I carry with me. Although there are no side effects when taken in moderation, from all angles, they are not something that can be used as gifts. I will send a batch of them when I go back. How about the same candy coming to your Blue Gensokyo?"
Ge Sheng silently covered his mouth.
This guy can read minds!
And she doesn't shy away from suspicion at all. She would be very embarrassed if such inner activities were read out.
"Where is this place?" Ge Sheng finally decided to change the subject abruptly.
"I said it." Christie said with a smile: "The Gate of Ten Thousand Doors."
"I've heard it." Ge Sheng looked at the girl who sometimes pretended to be stupid and was a bit sinister. "Where is the Gate of Ten Thousand Gates?"
"The Gate of Ten Thousand Doors, the long corridor that travels through the world, the only treasure that the Croft family relies on to suppress their luck."
"If you want to use a metaphor, it is one of the highest hubs of all space channels on this planet, but at the same time it is the only practical space hub. In theory, all teleportation arrays need to be transited here between the starting point and the end point. .”
"With this Gate of Ten Thousand Doors, the construction of the space teleportation array can avoid throwing bone dice with the gods and ensure absolute stability and safety."
"That's what I said." Christie smiled and said, "Can you understand me?"
The gate of ten thousand doors.
Ge Sheng already understood its meaning, but Christie never answered his question.
Where is this.
"Here." Christie finally held back her smile and explained to Ge Sheng: "The highest palace of the Croft family, the place where the family lives and lives, and the place where I grew up."
"We are used to simply calling it the Underground Palace. Those strong people who know its existence will also call it the Palace of Black and White."
"Then formally answer your question."
"We are 3,700 feet underground east of Cuenca in the Commercial Federation. The only door connected to the outside world is this Gate of Ten Thousand Doors."
Thirty-seven hundred feet underground.
Ge Sheng only heard this attributive word.
The Ye Pagoda is so tall, it is only 333 feet, and it is already the tallest building known to mankind.
Ge Sheng didn't know where the highest mountain in the world was, but the highest known mountain was Cangming Mountain, located in the north of Wanghai Prefecture. It was located in the hot south and was covered with snow all year round. It was estimated to be three thousand feet high.
However, at this time, Ge Sheng himself was 3,700 feet underground, but he did not feel any strange discomfort.
Who can build such a huge palace buried deep underground? And why so many people were mobilized to build it.
Ge Sheng looked back at the seven black and white teleportation arrays, thinking about the names Christie had just called them, thinking deeply.
The gate of ten thousand doors.
"You guessed it right." Christie smiled slightly and said: "The remains of the golden humans, those ancient humans who have become gods at this time, such teleportation arrays spread across the entire continent when they were at their peak, but they are also using this The Gate of Ten Thousand Doors.”
"These ancient humans worked underground, using teleportation arrays to transport excavated earth and import building materials that had been made on the ground. This palace needs to withstand high temperatures, tearing and extrusion during earthquakes, eliminate the intrusion of groundwater, and ensure good health Ventilation, which seems almost miraculous today, was for them at that time just a task that required careful attention, not to mention a difficult task.”
"When the golden humans swam to the other side, in principle they destroyed most of the traces of their civilization on this continent. Palaces were torn down, temples were razed, writing was erased, and technology was cut off, leaving only what was left abandoned in the darkness. Ordinary humans in the world are struggling to regain their glory."
"It's just that at that time, they may have thought that such a palace buried 3,700 feet underground did not need to be destroyed, or that even in their eyes, this black and white palace still had some irreplaceable value and would still be in the future. There is a possibility of coming back.”
"However, tens of thousands of years have passed, the sea has changed, the clouds have changed, the Yin tribe has risen in troubled times, and the gods have intervened in the world. Nowadays, most people do not even know what the Yin tribe is, and the golden humans can exist as ancient myths. Misty legend.”
Christie looked at Ge Sheng and explained calmly: "During this period, Xia guided the family's ancestors to unearth this palace and passed it down from generation to generation as the private property of the Croft family. The Croft family is also Relying on this palace of black and white, controlling the gates of thousands of gates, he gradually became the shadow emperor behind the commercial federation."
"Is this what you want me to see?" Ge Sheng said thoughtfully.
"No." Christie smiled: "This is just an appetizer."
"Are you interested in me taking you to visit this underground palace left by the golden humans?"
Ge Sheng couldn't help but nod.
No human being with a little bit of curiosity and thirst for knowledge would give up on such an opportunity.
As Christie said, the Gate of Ten Thousand Doors is just the entrance to the Palace of Black and White. Under the leadership of this girl, three heavy metal doors that were almost completely physically isolated were opened along the way, and Ge Sheng finally entered the Palace of Black and White.
Unexpectedly, after walking through the last door, Ge Sheng saw the dazzling sunlight.
This is an open courtyard with green grass, exotic flowers, fountains, streams and stone bridges. If Christie had not explained it to Ge Sheng in advance, Ge Sheng would never have believed that this place was filled with thousands of feet of rocks and rocks. The ground beneath the soil.
Christie looked at Ge Sheng's surprised expression with satisfaction, then stretched out his hand to slightly block the dazzling fireball above, and smiled and said: "In ancient technology, there are almost no means of replication. Those guys tens of thousands of years ago had no idea about life. The harsh environment is a bit ridiculous, but this is also the result of our maintenance. According to family records, when we first excavated this place, it was a dark and dead place, and their artificial sun extinguished thousands of people. Years ago, if we had not relied on Xia’s guidance and relied solely on the technology of the Croft family at that time, it would have been almost impossible to repair this sun.”
The technology of the Croft family at the time.
Ge Sheng couldn't help but trembled when he heard this.
"Could there be writings left by the golden humans in this palace?"
It is naturally a fool's errand to deduce the principles and structures of techniques based solely on existing entities. Just like a magic that appears to be the same, its core components may be completely different. Without specific drawings and descriptions, even the most talented person can No way to start.
But if there are systematic civilizational relics, it is another matter. According to Christie, there are almost intact golden human relics here that have not experienced destruction, so directly obtaining the golden human relics is something worth looking forward to.
No one knows how glorious and powerful the peak of the golden human race was back then. They can only imagine it out of thin air. However, humans cannot imagine things they have never seen before. All they can do is make associations.
No one can guarantee the authenticity of what is obtained by association, so anyone with a little common sense about archeology has a clear understanding of how important first-hand historical texts are to this almost completely blank history.
Ge Sheng once again truly realized the heritage of the so-called Croft family.
"Yes, and no." Christie smiled and shook his head: "It is impossible to decipher their words, and there is no similar book that can be read directly. For tens of thousands of years, ordinary carriers cannot withstand the erosion of time. On the contrary, stones and metals were more reliable, but as the research deepened, the Croft family finally found some valuable remnants, and based on this, they slowly carried out the reverse deduction of their civilization. In the process, Just a few minor discoveries had a profound impact on the Croft family."
Ge Sheng looked at Christie.
She never uses the word we.
She is the current head of the Croft family, both the owner of the mountain and herself are sure of it, but judging from every detail about her, she has completely separated herself from the so-called Croft family. just like.
Them and me.
For such a young female head of the family, Ge Sheng, who has been somewhat astonished by her talent and knowledge through getting along bit by bit, can't imagine how she can rise to the top.
"That's the question!" Christie looked at Ge Sheng with an intriguing expression: "You will still know."
She stretched out her hand and gestured to the huge fireball and the white clouds that were still moving slowly above her head.
"It's almost noon. You invited me to breakfast. Are you interested in coming to my house for a casual meal?"
