Did someone tamper with the stone statue
"Do you know how those creatures turned into stone statues?" Chang Yin asked them with a smile.
"... Isn't that your ability?" Wen Guixin speculated, "Well... if you touch them, they will turn into stone?"
"... How can there be such a convenient ability that can petrify anyone who touches it?" Chang Yin shook his head helplessly.
The people around looked at each other and then laughed out loud.
"Brother, you really have such a convenient ability." Wang Lei pointed at Wen Guixin, "Her ability is so convenient. Those furry monsters in the prison died because they encountered her."
"… What?" Chang Yin showed a puzzled expression, "What do you mean?"
“Oh, my ability is indeed very convenient, but it’s a little... too convenient.” Wen Guixin rubbed his temples, slightly distressed.
"What are your abilities?" Chang Yin looked at the people around him with a somewhat stunned expression, "You don't have any special abilities, do you?"
At this time, Ji Chaoyang, who had been silent before, spoke up: "Okay, let's talk about our abilities and what you are doing down there later. Let him finish talking first. So, how did you petrify those creatures?"
Xu Xin has also been looking at Chang Yin.
In fact, he had already deduced some information in his mind, but he was not sure.
"Why do you feel more mysterious than me?" Chang Yin shook his head and said, "Actually, it's very simple. I just researched a potion that will petrify living things when it comes into contact with their bodies."
"It's just that... I added some left-handed ingredients to some of the potions."
"And this material can make these petrified creatures under my control. Although I can't completely control them, I can still slightly influence their actions."
"There is such a left-wing material?" Wang Lei asked curiously, "What is the left-wing material?"
"This is the secret." Chang Yin smiled slightly and didn't say it out loud.
"Actually, it's pretty easy to guess, right?" Wen Guixin spoke up at this time. She raised her eyebrows, looked up and down at the body made of long-seal stone, and said, "The thing that can make other people connect with you... isn't it the stone powder scraped off your body or something?"
Hearing this, several people looked at Chang Yin.
This is really possible!
Xu Xin also thought of what happened when he smashed those stone creatures before.
As long as their weak points are not attacked and they are not chopped directly into pieces, even if their heads are pierced, they will not be affected and will continue to repair themselves.
It is a very terrifying war machine.
As the creator of these stone statues, Chang Yin should have the same ability.
It should be harmless to get some powder off your body or even cut off an arm.
It can be recovered anyway.
Chang Yin showed a somewhat subtle expression: "Well... you guessed part of it right, but this is related to the ability of the potion to petrify, not to control them. As for the matter of control, I think Xu Xin should be able to guess it, right?"
As he spoke, he looked at Xu Xin, and then at Lou Feier who was standing beside him.
"Me? Oh..." Xu Xin also raised his eyebrows slightly.
When Lou Feier saw Chang Yin looking at her, she blinked in confusion.
But thinking about what he just said, he suddenly understood and said, "Ah! I remember the contract that Xu Xin signed with me! That contract was made by you!"
Xu Xin also understood.
The Mutant Beast Contract has the ability to contract and control other mutant creatures.
He also thought of the upgraded version of the Mutant Beast Contract in his backpack, which he had obtained from the treasure chest monster's stomach and could be used to directly contract with intermediate mutant creatures.
This guy Changyin should have been studying this thing all this time, right
This petrification potion has some abilities of mutant beast contracts, so that the petrified creatures can be controlled by him...
This kind of thing should be easy to do with Chang Yin's means.
Ji Chaoyang also had a thoughtful expression.
"What? What could Brother Xin know?" Wang Lei was a little confused.
Chang Yin did not continue the topic, but continued: "In addition, I also implanted some small things in the eyes of several special stone statues."
Got something implanted in your eye
"These little things can transmit what they see back to underground." Chang Yin continued to explain.
"... So, you can see through their eyes... what the statues see?" Xu Xin asked immediately.
"That's right." Chang Yin nodded in agreement. "This way, even if the statues are not by my side, I can still see their situation through the vision and influence their actions."
Actually... is that so!
Xu Xin's frown relaxed.
No wonder!
No wonder the pterosaur stone statue's gaze was always on them when they were at the huge pit of the teleportation array.
After Xiaohong was released by him, the pterosaur statue's attention was all on Xiaohong again.
"Ah, I understand!" Lou Feier clapped her hands and suddenly said, "That pterosaur, you are the one who controls it! The pterosaur that besieged my tree house was also controlled by you! No wonder it had no hostility towards Xu Xin and kept wanting to take Xiao Hong away, it turned out to be you!"
Xu Xin nodded slightly.
Indeed, that would make sense.
"... No, that wasn't me." Hearing Lou Fei'er say this, Chang Yindi's expression darkened slightly, "I only observed you through the eyes of the pterosaur statue when you were besieging the stone statues and connecting to the teleportation formation."
"Ah?" Lou Feier was stunned. "Weren't you the one controlling the pterosaur that took Xiao Hong away?"
Changyin's stone eyes seemed to be even darker. "No. If I were in control, I would never let the pterosaur statue bring Xiaohong back. Xiaohong is much better off with you than being brought back!"
"Wait, what are you talking about?" Wen Guixin suddenly interrupted, with a puzzled expression on her face, "What do you mean by a pterosaur statue taking Xiaohong away? Why don't I understand? I've only seen a pterosaur statue next to the teleportation formation?"
"Yeah! What are you talking about?"
Wang Lei and Zhao Xiaochuan also looked confused.
Xu Xin gave them a brief introduction, and then they understood the matter.
"Did such a thing actually happen..." Ji Chaoyang said in surprise.
"Anyway," Chang Yin continued, "I wasn't the one who took Xiao Hong away, but I know about this because... whether Xiao Hong was missing or Xiao Hong was brought back... they informed me."
Is Xiaohong missing
At that time, Xu Xin found him in the belly of the treasure chest monster, and always felt that there was a story behind it.
"'Your son is back in our hands now, so just focus on your research.' This is what they said to me after they found Xiaohong." Changyin's voice was low, with a hint of gnashing of teeth.
"… I was unable to protect him." Xu Xin was silent for a moment, then spoke.
"No, I don't blame you." Chang Yin shook his head. "That pterosaur is very powerful. Even if I were to fight it, I could only passively defend myself. Not to mention that after it was petrified, it has the ability to regenerate infinitely. You guys are simply not capable of dealing with it now."
"That monster... was created by me." Chang Yin said with a hint of regret.
At this time, Ji Chaoyang spoke again: "So, when can you control the pterosaur statue?"
"As I said just now, we can only slightly control the two pterosaur stone statues after sunset." Chang Yin said, "Before sunset, they are completely controlled by the Blood Mark Clan. That day, the pterosaur stone statue that took Xiao Hong away was also under the order of the Blood Mark Clan. I just barely obtained some... information from the pterosaur stone statue's eyes and knew about this matter in advance."
"But..." Lou Feier said doubtfully, "At that time, the pterosaur stone statue didn't seem to want to hurt us."
"Well, it has its own consciousness. Maybe it was influenced by me in some subtle way, so it didn't attack you." Chang Yin explained.
"Or maybe... the Blood Mark Clan doesn't want to hurt you, the strongest survivor, right? Are you still of great use to them? I'm not sure about this."
Several people present nodded in understanding.
"So..." Chang Yin spoke again, "You should have a general understanding of your current situation, right? Then what I'm going to talk about next is your event."
Several people looked serious.
After all, it's their lives at stake.
"Ji Chaoyang has already told me the general content of your activities. I also have some information that you don't know."
"More than ten hours ago, I suddenly received a message from that mysterious voice." Chang Yin's words shocked everyone present again.
"Did you also hear that mysterious voice?" Wang Lei exclaimed.
"That's right, but the difference between you and me is that you are participants in this event, while I am one of the organizers of this event."
organizer
Xu Xin's heart skipped a beat.
He suddenly thought of those inexplicably active furry monsters and mutant creatures in previous activities.
"In fact, it wasn't just me. All the hairy monkeys around me heard that mysterious voice at that time." Chang Yin frowned as he recalled what happened at that time.
"What it asks us to do is very simple. The first step is to lock up all the survivors who come to this underground warehouse into cells. The second step is to communicate with the survivors and ask them to help attract the underground creatures outside and fill up the entire cell."
"Fill the entire prison?" Wen Guixin interrupted him in surprise, "Our original mission was to fill the entire prison with underground creatures?"
Xu Xin nodded slightly.
He had actually thought about this, but he didn't expect that such a thing would actually happen.
"Well, the third step is to give the keys to the underground warehouse to the survivors who have completed the mission. This is what I and the monkeys are going to do." Chang Yin explained.
Xu Xin pondered for a moment.
The event organizers...
They were actually following orders from that mysterious voice just like the survivors?!
In other words, those violent mutants and predators in the previous activities...
They all acted after receiving orders from a mysterious voice? !
That should be correct!
He and Ji Chaoyang looked at each other and saw the solemnity in each other's eyes.
Unexpectedly, the two hostile parties in the activities they had experienced before...
Are they all under control
"... If you fail to complete your mission, will you be punished?" Ji Chaoyang asked, "For example... leaving this beautiful world?"
What Ji Chaoyang asked was exactly what Xu Xin wanted to ask.
"No." Chang Yin shook his head. "I know the punishment for you survivors, but I really didn't do it. I was just asked to do these things."
"However, I cannot guarantee that those hairy monkeys did not have any, because they seemed very nervous and frightened when they received the news at the same time as I did."
"So much so that I, who don't get along with them, was directly excluded by them." Chang Yin spread his hands helplessly, "In order to prevent me from affecting them, those monkeys actually wanted to exclude me from their plan and told me not to enter the prison today."
"So, you agreed?" Lou Feier raised her eyebrows slightly and asked, "Aren't you the warden of this prison? Why were you kicked out just like that?"
"What can I do if I don't agree?" Chang Yin shrugged. "Although those monkeys are definitely not my opponents, they represent the Blood Mark Clan. And I have no interest in participating in organizing this event, so I'll just let them do what they want."
"But..." He glanced at the six people present and said, "Later, I thought about it and felt that there was a high chance that the people who participated in this event would be you guys. But when I wanted to return to this prison, I found that I was trapped in my room."
"Trapped in your room?"
Chang Yin nodded: "It's called my room, but it's actually just a place for me to live. I need to go back every day, otherwise, they will think I've escaped and do something to Xue Lan and Xiao Hong..."
At this point, he paused and his tone became noticeably worse.
"… I was trapped in the room like that until…"
He looked at Ji Chaoyang: "It was not until Brother Ji Chaoyang opened my room from the outside and let me out that I returned to the outside of the underground prison with him."
"When we got there, the prison had already been completely sealed off." He glanced at Xu Xin and the others, "You guys must have angered that big guy down there, right? I can't even enter the prison in the normal way. I can only reluctantly give you some hints."
He looked at Lou Feier and said, "Voice transmission is a function of this prison. It facilitates communication between managers. However, it is only effective against mutant creatures. Your mutation is very special. I have already transmitted the limit with just one sentence. As for the key, I controlled a little bug to bring it to you."
"Fortunately, you didn't touch the operating table, but followed the clues I gave you and really found the way out." Chang Yin smiled, "More than half of the buttons on those operating tables are very dangerous, and in order to prevent others from using them, they even have backlash devices set up. Fortunately, you didn't touch them, otherwise you might even be petrified directly."
So that’s how it is…
Several people seemed to be thinking about something.
"Thank you so much, brother." Wang Lei said carelessly, "If it weren't for you, we would have no choice but to touch the operating table."
Isn’t it true? The managers and organizers of the event are all dead, and only Chang Yin is left. If he hadn’t come, they would have been really desperate.
Xu Xin looked at Ji Chaoyang, who had said very little so far.
"So, what exactly did you go through? How did you meet Chang Yin?" Xu Xin was also very curious, so he asked.
“My experience is actually very simple.”
Ji Chaoyang was digesting the information brought by Chang Yin at this time, his brows were furrowed. When he heard Xu Xin ask him this, he shook his head and said
"I simply followed the prophecy and found his location and released him."
"A new prophecy?... The prophecy you told us last time has come true? That doesn't mean..." Xu Xin was slightly stunned.
Didn’t Ji Chaoyang predict that he would run wildly in a spiral downward staircase and then see Xue Lan imprisoned
Xue Lan has been caught
But Changyin did not mention...
"No." Ji Chaoyang shook his head. "That prophecy did not come true, but since we triggered the mechanism up there, a new prophecy has definitely emerged in my mind, even though the previous prophecy did not come true."
His words made the others slightly stunned.
"Have your abilities increased?" Wen Guixin asked in surprise.
Ji Chaoyang nodded: "It is indeed enhanced, and it is a sudden enhancement after coming to this underground world. So..."
He looked at the others, somewhat puzzled: "In fact, since I came down here, I have been thinking, since my abilities have been enhanced, what about your abilities? Haven't you enhanced them?"
Enhanced capabilities
Xu Xin was slightly startled.
"Ah! Right! That's right!" Wang Lei slapped his thigh and said suddenly, "I said, after I came down, I felt that the power seemed to be greater than before! It turns out that it was not my illusion!"
"Your strength has increased again?" Wen Guixin looked at him in surprise.
"If you say so..." Zhao Xiaochuan also slowly opened his eyes wide, "My ability seems to have also increased!"
"My ability would become ineffective if touched before, but on my way here, I accidentally encountered several giant bugs crawling by quickly, and those bugs completely ignored me!"
"I thought it was just the bugs that weren't interested in me, but now it seems that maybe..."
Um
Xu Xin felt a little confused.
After coming to the underground world, your abilities have been enhanced