"I just... stayed for three minutes?" Xu Xin asked after a moment's hesitation.
"What do you mean by just?" Zeng Tao couldn't help but say, "Three minutes is scary, okay? You just stepped up and stood there without any reaction. We were scared to death!"
“Hmm…” The furry ball in his arms moved. Xu Xin looked down and saw that Coco was still sleeping in his arms.
The little guy slept soundly.
"So, after you guys came up, you didn't feel anything at all?" Xu Xin looked at the people around him and asked again.
The women looked at each other and shook their heads.
"No, it feels the same as down there." Lou Feier said.
"Me too." Jin Yue nodded.
"So, you... did you see something?" Shi Wanyun's eyes moved, and she understood what Xu Xin meant, and asked, "Are you hallucinating?"
"Hallucination..." Xu Xin muttered to himself.
What he just experienced couldn't be an illusion.
but…
According to the time, he should have been there for about two hours.
But here, he just stood there for three minutes.
This really made him feel a little strange.
Could it be that the speed of time flowing in the two worlds is different
That's not right either...
If calculated based on the ratio of time flow rate, three minutes to two hours, a ratio of one to forty.
With this rate of time flow, if he had spent so much time in this world, then several years should have passed on Earth!
Yingying is probably about to graduate from college!
But the fact is, based on the length of time he has been in this world, the speed of time flowing on both sides should be about the same.
Huh
He just forgot to ask Yingying how long it had been since he disappeared.
However, it should be about the same. It’s not yet time for him to start school, and it won’t be long before that.
There is an obvious contradiction between the two.
What is going on
Xu Xin frowned.
"What are you thinking about?" Zeng Tao waved her hand in front of his eyes again, interrupting his thoughts, "Let's go quickly. You were unconscious just now, so we really can't go forward or backward."
"Oh, okay." Xu Xin came back to his senses and nodded.
He didn't plan to tell them about his situation for the time being. The situation was not stable at the moment, so he had to wait until he returned.
Moreover, he didn't really trust Shi Wanyun behind him for the time being.
Only then did he begin to observe the surroundings of the second floor of the Crystal Palace.
The Crystal Palace on the second floor has many more things than the first floor.
The palace obviously has a lot more decorations.
There were some imitation murals hanging on the wall, and next to the wall was a cabinet that looked extremely gorgeous at first glance. There were also several large floor-to-ceiling windows that were open, and outside was an open-air platform.
There are tables and chairs on the platform, and on the table, there are... are those teacups and wine glasses
However, these objects are all made of crystals that emit a bright white light.
"… There shouldn't be any danger on this floor." Xu Xin said hesitantly, relying on his own feelings.
"No danger? Really?" Lou Feier looked around.
"Well... I'd better follow you." Zeng Tao was a little timid.
After experiencing the powerful trap on the first floor, she no longer dared to act on her own.
There's no way to avoid that thing!
I'm afraid resurrection is useless, it will just turn into ashes!
"Well, this is just my feeling. But, to be on the safe side, you should just follow me."
Having said that, Xu Xin walked straight forward.
Several women immediately followed him and walked away.
Behind him, Shi Wanyun also breathed a sigh of relief.
She looked at Xu Xin and her eyes moved.
…According to her source of information, Xu Xin just… Could it be that he saw their original world
Did he see it
They said that if he could see their original world, Earth, in this palace, she would definitely kill him.
but…
If he could really see the Earth, would it be possible for him to bring all of them back with him
Or... just observe for a while.
Follow the previous plan.
Lurk beside him first.
Even if those things were blamed on her, she could still say that she was lurking beside him, waiting for an opportunity to strike but hadn't found one yet.
No delay on either side.
…
Xu Xin calmed down and walked in the palace.
The conversation with his sister just now made him feel good and relaxed. In addition, he felt that there was no danger in this place, so he had a faint smile on his face.
"What are you laughing at?" Seeing his expression, Lou Fei'er asked in surprise, "Did you really see anything interesting in those three minutes?"
“… It’s quite complicated. I’ll explain it to you after we get back.” Xu Xin said with a smile.
Behind him, Shi Wanyun's eyes moved.
It should be what she just guessed, she thought.
"What?" Zeng Tao came closer, "What are you talking about?"
Seeing that Xu Xin was walking casually, she gradually stopped being afraid: "What good-looking things? Are you talking about those things around us? Let's take them all away. They should all be good things!"
"Those things?" Xu Xin walked towards the stairs to the third floor. At the same time, he looked at the crystal paintings, closets, tables, chairs, and chandeliers around him and shook his head: "You can't take them away."
"Ah? Why?" Zeng Tao asked puzzledly.
"Those things are all fixed on it," Xu Xin said, "They are all integrated with this castle."
That's how he felt, and he trusted his feelings very much.
It's déjà vu again.
He always felt like he had been here before.
Everything here felt familiar to him.
Very familiar.
"One body? Impossible?" Zeng Tao didn't believe it. She wanted to run over to take a look, but she didn't dare. So she grabbed Xu Xin's arm and said, "Don't run directly to the third floor. Let's go and take a look. Maybe you are wrong!"
"Let me go and take a look." Jin Yue pushed her feet and leaped over lightly.
She still believed what Xu Xin said.
Xu Xin said there is no danger here, so for her, there is no danger here.
Moreover, after what she had experienced, she herself was not afraid of death. If she died... then she would die.
Fortunately, although her leap almost spanned half of the second floor, she did not trigger any traps, which made the people who were shocked by her actions breathe a sigh of relief.
"How is it? Can you pick it up?" Lou Feier shouted over there.
"No." Jin Yue shook her head. "These things all grow on it. They are indeed one with the castle."
"Huh? Tables and chairs too?"
"right."
The situation was just as Xu Xin expected. He smiled and said, "I told you so, so just give up. With our current abilities, even a crystal chair leg that thin cannot be destroyed."
"Okay..." Zeng Tao gave up helplessly and said in frustration, "What? This Crystal Palace is so magnificent, why is there nothing here? Isn't this someone's underground mausoleum? Why is there no treasure here?"
"Underground mausoleum?" Xu Xin, Lou Fei'er and Shi Wanyun all turned to look at her.
"You said this is an underground mausoleum?" Lou Feier asked with a frown.
"Ah...ah?" Zeng Tao was a little confused when she saw everyone turning to look at her. "I just... said it casually. Ah, this hypothesis was proposed by Jin Yue. She said something about the tomb of the First Emperor. I don't really understand it either. You can ask her."
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
Xu Xin had a feeling that his brain seemed to have grasped something, but at the same time, it seemed to have not grasped it at all.
"That's what I said." Jin Yue had returned to the others and nodded. "We didn't see any signs of this city being used during our journey. Moreover, the layout is like the restoration of a prosperous capital city. It is somewhat similar to the Mausoleum of the First Emperor."
This hypothesis is quite interesting.
and…
"Hey, hey..." Lou Feier nudged Xu Xin with her elbow and whispered, "Do you remember the statue at the entrance? If this is a mausoleum, it can't be your mausoleum, right?"
As she said this, she couldn't help laughing: "You haven't died yet, and someone has built a mausoleum for you."
But Xu Xin couldn't laugh.
Lou Feier said it as a joke. After all, this kind of thing was too unbelievable to be believed.
After all, in this world, how could anyone build such a large mausoleum for an alien survivor who was not yet dead
But Xu Xin doesn't think so.
This place is definitely closely connected with him.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be his image on it.
Nor would he have had a sense of déjà vu after entering the palace that was almost as strong as a memory, knowing the locations of all the traps.
It would not be the case that when he stepped into this level, he would suddenly be the only one to return to his original world in a special state.
When thinking about the previous situations.
The friendly attitude and help of the giant crocodile at the bottom of the stream that he had not seen for a long time.
The giant anaconda in the center of the lake was clearly hostile to him, but it didn't attack him at all.
After entering the underground world, there was the giant black beetle that helped him.
The giant python that gave him a tree house core and awakened his mind-reading ability.
There was also a giant beast that was imprisoned but somehow seemed to know him.
besides…
He glanced at Coco who was still sleeping in his arms.
This little guy is just as mysterious.
In short, he felt that there was a mysterious force in this world that knew him and was helping him.
He had never thought much about this matter before. After all, from his point of view, it was impossible for him to have any strange relationship with this world.
He was just an ordinary earthling before
But... after this incident, he was really shaken.
Everything here seemed to indicate to him that he was inextricably linked with this world.
Especially after returning to Earth and learning about the situation there, he felt that something was wrong.
…Is there something wrong with his memory, just like the people on Earth
He...did he really lose a memory
Xu Xin shook his head slightly.
"Let's not talk about this for now. There's nothing to see on the second floor. Let's go to the third floor quickly." Xu Xin quickened his pace.
"Great!" Zeng Tao immediately became excited and followed behind Xu Xin, "There must be good stuff on the third floor!"
The second floor was just as Xu Xin said, there was no danger at all, and they reached the stairs to the second floor very easily.
"It's really not dangerous." Lou Feier couldn't help but glance at Xu Xin, "You're so right, this place can't really be..."
"Then let's go up quickly!" Zeng Tao said as he was about to run up.
"Stop right there!" Xu Xin grabbed her directly.
Although he couldn't pull it at all with his strength, Zeng Tao still stopped and turned back to ask in confusion: "What's wrong? What happened?"
"… There's something wrong with this staircase, isn't there?" Shi Wanyun asked softly from behind.
"That's right." Xu Xin nodded, then gave Zeng Tao a slap on the head, "If I hadn't held you back, you would have been dead by now. You followed me carefully for so long, but now you cause trouble for me when the danger comes."
"Hmm..." Zeng Tao covered her forehead, then hid behind Xu Xin, mumbling, "How would I know there would be a problem with the stairs... Obviously, there is no problem with the first floor."
"Is it true? Is there something wrong with the stairs?" Lou Feier asked in surprise, "It's the opposite of the first floor!"
"... I'm afraid they're just taking advantage of people's psychology." Jin Yue said.
Xu Xin nodded.
Whoever designed this palace trap really had an idea.
It is basically impossible for one person to pass through this kind of large palace trap alone. Once you step into the trap, you will be instantly reduced to ashes.
Of course, there will be some people who are stronger and can find out the traps, or use the advantage of the large number of people in the team to risk their lives to explore and send people to the second level.
But there are no traps on the second floor.
Those who came to the second floor certainly didn't believe it. They must have moved forward very carefully towards the stairs leading to the third floor, looking at the entrance of the stairs, and gradually becoming excited as they got closer.
And what will they do when they reach the entrance of the stairs with trepidation and caution
Of course, I want to quickly leave the second floor that I finally passed and head to the third floor!
And then you will be caught.
There is no problem with the stairs leading from the first floor to the second floor, but the stairs leading from the second floor to the third floor is indeed a big trap!
"Can't we step on it?" Shi Wanyun asked, "Then how do we get up? Or... return the same way?"
For her, having already confirmed some things, she still wanted Xu Xin to go back quickly and not take any more risks.
"How can we go back the same way? We've already come this far!" Zeng Tao poked her head out from behind Xu Xin and looked up at the entrance to the third floor. "Xu Xin must know how to get up there. We just need to follow him."
“… Follow me.”
Xu Xin did not walk up the stairs, but went around them and came to the side of them.
The stairs are solid steps that are directly blocked from below, and from the side, they look like half a wall.
Xu Xin reached out and touched it, then pressed hard.
"Card… "
He slowly pressed a palm-sized piece of wall into his chest, and then a door-shaped gap appeared on the side half of the wall. A small door that could allow one person to pass through slowly opened inward.
"This... there is actually a mechanism here?" The people behind him were very surprised.
"Who would have thought of this..." Zeng Taodu muttered, "This place doesn't want people to enter at all, right?"
“… This can’t really be a mausoleum, right? Only a mausoleum would refuse entry to outsiders…” Lou Feier also said to herself.
Xu Xin immediately stepped in.
Below the stairs is another staircase leading upwards.
Because the crystal material itself emits light, it is not dark inside the stairs.
Looking up the stairs, you can see a crystal door.
"So this is the real staircase!"
"Okay, let's go."
Several people immediately walked up the stairs and came to the door.
Xu Xin pushed it immediately.
The door was opened very easily.
The scene on the third floor appeared in front of them.
The area of the third floor is smaller than the two floors below. After all, it is an ancient palace-style building.
But the ceiling is higher than the previous two floors, about ten meters high, which is very high, equivalent to the height of three floors on Earth.
And this third floor is finally no longer as empty as the first two floors.
"Ah, what a big door!" Zeng Tao exclaimed.
A huge dome door stood directly in the center of the entire third floor.
The top of the door directly hits the ceiling of this floor, which is also ten meters high. The entire door is very large.
But what surprised several people was that it was just a door.
That's right, there are no walls on the left and right sides of the door, it's just a lonely door.
And on the entire third floor, there was nothing else except this door.
"Could there be a passage at the back..." Lou Feier wanted to go around and see what was behind the door, because they were now facing the door and the back was completely blocked.
She glanced at Xu Xin.
"… There's no danger on this floor." Xu Xin said, then stepped forward and observed the gate.
There is a slightly concave circle the size of a plate in the middle of the door. Unlike other places, this circle is made of metal and looks very special at first glance.
And there is a vertical gap in the circle.
Could it be the keyhole to open this door
etc…
Big keyhole
At this time, Lou Feier went around to the back of the door and observed the situation behind it, wondering: "There is nothing behind it. It's just a standing door... Huh?! There is someone behind the door!
”
Her whole body tensed up instantly, she put her hands on her waist, and pulled out two daggers at the speed of light!
Anyone?!
The others immediately became alert, took out their weapons and went around the gate to look.
A person was sitting on the ground with his back against the door and his head down. His face could not be seen, his legs stretched forward, and his hands hanging on the ground. It seemed that...
In coma, or dead
Wait, this isn't...
"Ah!" Zeng Tao suddenly exclaimed, "Isn't this... isn't this Qin Fu!
This guy actually came in earlier than us!"
"Ah? Qin Fu?" Lou Feier was stunned.
Jin Yue was also stunned.
Shi Wanyun was a little confused, she didn't know who Qin Fu was.
Xu Xin quickly approached and checked his condition.
Several women also gathered around.
"Is he dead?" Shi Wanyun asked softly.
"No, he's not dead. He's even in good condition. He's probably just in a coma." Xu Xin breathed a sigh of relief.
His vital signs were normal, and he had no injuries on his body. Even his clothes had no tears or scratches.
He seemed to have come up... very easily
But why did he fall into a coma
"That's good... Wait a minute!" Zeng Tao pointed at Qin Fu and said in surprise, "Why did this guy come up alive? I thought he died in the trap outside..."
"You'll know when he wakes up."
but…
Xu Xin narrowed his eyes slightly and looked up at the door.
Huge door.
A large keyhole requires a large key.
And he, by coincidence, happened to have a huge key that he didn't know what it was used to open.
This key was brought back to him by the unconscious Qin Fu, and he almost killed a blood-veined troll for it.
Ancient bronze sword!
Moreover, the ancient bronze sword was brought back from the altar in the hilly resource area!
He had seen this location before.
It’s right below the hilly resource area!
The map appeared in his mind, and he suddenly realized that this place was no longer just below the hilly resource area, but...
Right below the altar!
It can’t be wrong!
The key obtained from the altar is probably used to open this place!
etc…
That altar should be used to worship gods, right
…
Used to... worship the owner of this palace
And the owner here always feels like...
His mind was immediately in a mess.
… That altar, wasn’t it originally used to worship him?!