at the same time.
Somewhere in the western border area of the Soma Alliance, in a huge underground space.
The long-haired woman and her group were standing in front of a huge stone wall, their brows furrowed, and their expressions looked a little strange.
After a few seconds, the long-haired woman's dark brown eyes narrowed, and she gritted her teeth and said solemnly: "I don't believe it anymore. Try it again, this time on the left side."
"It's... Captain."
The 1.8-meter-tall strong man nodded in agreement and walked towards the stone wall.
It can be seen that the surface of the stone wall is carved with dense magic patterns. These magic patterns eventually meet at two locations in the middle of the bottom. There is a small hole in each of the two positions, like a hole for inserting a key.
The strong man walked to the small hole on the left, reached out and took out a blue seal, and inserted it carefully.
"Click!"
There was a soft sound, and something seemed to be touched in the small hole, and immediately most of the magic patterns on the stone wall lit up.
"Buzz buzz!"
The stone wall shook slightly, a lot of stone chips fell down, and a vague crack appeared in the middle, as if it was about to open with a door.
But there seemed to be something blocking the inside of the "door". Even though more and more stone chips fell down, and even though the magic patterns became brighter and brighter, it remained the same and did not allow the gap in the door to expand even one point.
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
Time passed, and slowly, the vibrations of the stone wall became weaker, and the magic lines became dimmed little by little, and it was about to fail.
The long-haired woman frowned, her eyes widened, and she opened her mouth and said, "I still don't believe it!"
After finishing her words, the long-haired woman raised her right hand, put it into her mouth, and bit it hard, causing red blood to flow from the tip of her index finger.
The long-haired woman pointed her bleeding finger at the stone wall. The blood was attracted and escaped from the fingertips, flying towards the stone wall, falling on the surface and quickly seeping into it.
One drop, two drops, three drops...
The blood flowing out of the long-haired woman was very thick and very slow, only a dozen drops in half a day. The long-haired woman seemed to have consumed a lot of blood, and her face turned pale visibly to the naked eye.
More than a dozen drops of blood seeped into the stone wall, and the stone wall finally responded. It buzzed and vibrated violently again, and the magic lines became brighter than before.
But... no matter how violently the stone wall vibrates and how bright the magic lines are, the gap in the middle of the stone wall still remains its original shape and refuses to expand even a little bit.
Slowly, slowly, the blood that penetrated into the stone wall ran out of energy, the vibration of the stone wall slowed down again, and the brightness of the magic pattern decreased again.
Failure to open is inevitable.
The long-haired woman looked at it, her slender eyebrows raised, her eyes widened and she said, "This shouldn't be, this is impossible! I won't allow it!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the long-haired woman stepped forward, her long hair straightened behind her head like a spear, and her whole body flew towards the stone wall as fast as lightning. Rich purple energy condensed on her palms, and she patted down heavily.
"Open it for me!"
The long-haired woman shouted.
Almost instantly, Shibi responded.
"brush!"
The darkened magic patterns on the stone wall all lit up, and golden arcs as thin as a finger appeared on the surface, wrapping around the long-haired woman's body like a poisonous snake.
"ah!"
The long-haired woman let out a short cry and was knocked away by the energy. She roared and flew back like a meteorite, making a dent in the ground.
"team leader!"
In an instant, everyone shouted, especially the 1.8-meter-strong man, whose eyes were red, and he stepped forward to save the long-haired woman.
"Ahem!"
At this time, in the pit, the long-haired woman coughed twice, raised her hand, and shouted: "I'm fine, there's no need to come over." Stopping everyone from coming forward.
Under the worried gazes of everyone, the long-haired woman stood up little by little, her hair spread behind her shoulders, and walked back to the stone wall in a messy manner.
At this time, the stone wall had returned to calm, and the blue seal inserted into the small hole automatically slipped out and fell to the ground.
The long-haired woman waved, and the blue seal flew up from the ground and landed in her hand. She held the blue seal, turned it a few times, stared at the stone wall in front of her, muttered to herself, and sighed: "Sure enough, it's not as simple as I thought."
"Captain, how about we use magic to blast this broken stone wall into pieces!"
The strong man stood beside him and made suggestions. He was very worried about the long-haired woman being counterattacked by the magic pattern on the stone wall, and he really wanted to speak out for the long-haired woman.
At this time, the white-haired old man wearing a black iron mask beside him made a faint voice and said to the strong man: "If you really want to bury us all here and completely destroy this ancient relic, just do this. "
"What do you mean?" The strong man frowned and looked at the white-haired old man.
"The meaning is very simple. Don't take the obstacles set by the predecessors too simply." A faint explanation came from under the black iron mask, "If I guessed correctly, this stone wall must be connected to this underground space. It's a piece, just like the metal door in the tomb before - as long as we dare to forcefully destroy it, the entire underground space will collapse.
I even suspect that this stone wall may be connected to a certain energy hub in the ancient ruins. Once we forcibly destroy it, it will trigger a chain reaction in the ruins and blow everyone up into the sky. Even if it doesn't explode to the sky, the entire ruins will be destroyed. "
"Then how about we change the entrance to enter the ruins?" The lame woman with thick lips suddenly spoke up at this time, proposing a new idea, "We can directly open an entrance somewhere on the ground, dig vertically to the center of the ruins, and get the things Just leave, it’s convenient and hassle-free.”
"Yes!" After hearing this, the strong man's eyes lit up and he agreed, "This is a good idea! Why didn't we think of it earlier?!"
"Actually, that predecessor had thought of it a long time ago." The white-haired old man said in a cold tone, "That person did this when he first explored the ruins, but the consequences were extremely bad. According to him, the ruins It is extremely complicated inside. Entering through this entrance is the safest, and at least you can proceed step by step. But when entering from other entrances, you have no idea where you will end up in the ruins. If there is an accident, you will never be able to get out."
"Then..." The strong man was anxious and couldn't help but ask, "Then what should we do? We can't prepare for so long and end up standing in front of the stone wall and admit defeat, right?"
After hearing this, the white-haired old man shook his head and did not give an answer, but looked to the side.
The strong man followed the old man's gaze and saw the long-haired woman walking next to him at some point.
Strong man: "Captain, you..."
The long-haired woman did not speak immediately, but looked around at everyone including the strong man, took a deep breath, and made a decision: "Okay, let's stop discussing it and send a signal to that person. Let's talk to him." Cooperate with him to explore this ruins together."
"team leader!"
"No!"
"We can think of another way."
"Yeah, why do you want to cooperate with that person of unknown origin?"
As soon as the long-haired woman finished speaking, many people immediately raised objections.
The long-haired woman did not waver after hearing this, and said seriously: "This exploration of the ruins is a beginning and a spark. We cannot afford to fail, and we cannot afford to wait. We must succeed. After all, many people are still waiting for us to go back.
In addition, we cannot stay in the Soma Alliance for too long. After all, it is not safe for us. If something unexpected happens, everything will fail.
In this way, if the other party really holds the indispensable bloody seal, it will be okay for us to cooperate with him. As long as we ensure that we get the most important things in the ruins, and give him some of the rest, it's no big deal. After all, I'm not a stingy person.
Someone has taught me that sometimes you have to know how to share benefits with others, so as to bring greater success. "
"But..." Some people still hesitated to speak.
The long-haired woman looked sharply: "No but, this is an order!"
"yes!"
Everyone's expressions became solemn, they stopped talking, and responded in unison.
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