"You said that you were a pawn that Haotian arranged for our Samsara team? That's impossible. You..." Meng Xiang wanted to continue, but Fang Ru interrupted him. His expression was relaxed, as if he had no worries. "First, I joined the Nameless Team after you learned about Haotian from the Celestial God Team. Second, I can just make up for the lack of wise men in the Nameless Team. Third, my subconscious has the experience of "The Mummy 2", and it happens that the branch story set by Haotian is in "The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor". Fourth, I am actually in the real world... Ahem, let's not talk about this."
"Why not mention it? You also know that intelligence is the most important thing. If you don't tell me what you know, it might be the biggest reason for the annihilation of the Nameless Team in the next horror movie." Meng Xiang knew what Fang Ru would say, because he was very rational and... very afraid of death.
Fang Ru sighed deeply and murmured, "It doesn't matter what I said. I was confused for most of my life in the real world. It was only a year before my death that I suddenly became enlightened and possessed wisdom slightly higher than that of ordinary people. It was also because of this change that I... let me... Anyway, my death is my own fault. From your point of view, you can understand that I deliberately sought death in the real world."
"Can wisdom suddenly come to you? That's ridiculous, you..." Meng Xiang suddenly remembered his time apart from the demons, and Fang Ru's previous transformation into a dual personality, "Could it be that another soul has entered your body and merged with yours?"
Fang Ru looked miserable, nodded helplessly, and said, "I think so too, but what is certain is that my main personality is still myself."
"Haotian's power is surprisingly great. Wait, if what you said is correct, then this other soul could it be the wise man from the Wuming team who once lost to Einstein from the Beizhou team? Yes, if that's true, it can explain why you felt that you had a team battle with the Beizhou team and said words like 'lost again'." Meng Xiang himself felt that this was a coincidence and ridiculous, but it was the only explanation he had thought of so far.
Fang Ru remained silent, then suddenly his face relaxed, he smiled faintly and said, "But it doesn't matter, anyway, my main personality is still myself, as can be confirmed by the fact that I am very afraid of death. Unfortunately, even in my deep memory, I can't find any clues about how we lost to the Beizhou team last time, which makes me very unhappy. Since Haotian arranged me to join the Nameless Team, his purpose is naturally to help the Nameless Team become stronger. If my guess is correct, this pyramid must be hiding some clues to open the branch plot of "Dragon Emperor's Tomb", and he will also conclude that I will enter "Inception"."
"Why do you say that?"
"It's very simple. Diving into the deep dream is the only way to find the truth. If this happened to you, I believe you would also dive into the dream to explore it, right?"
Meng Xiang nodded in agreement.
"In addition, because Haotian only wants the people or teams he chooses to start the branch plot of "Tomb of the Dragon Emperor", this branch plot was set by him during his lifetime. I believe that many reincarnation teams have experienced this horror movie. In order to only let us open it, he must leave some clues. Maybe in the reincarnation world, he still has some power left, monitoring each reincarnation team. Once the team is selected by him, that power will select the right person to pass on this clue." Fang Ru paused, grinned and said self-deprecatingly: "But this is all wishful thinking, because there are still many mysteries that have not been solved, but let's believe this for the time being. This branch plot is like it was specially designed for Meng Xiang. If Meng Xiang doesn't care about us, it won't be difficult to deal with the Scorpion King. This is obviously premeditated so that Meng Xiang can uncover the mystery. If someone else enters my dream to trigger the branch plot, even if they get rid of the Scorpion King, they may not be able to get the clue. Let's go and deal with the Scorpion King first, and then we will know everything."
Fang Ru spoke out his inferences endlessly, and even Meng Xiang felt a little confused. Faintly, Fang Ru's intelligence seemed to be constantly rising. No, to be more precise, his synchronization rate with the other soul seemed to be constantly increasing.
Fang Ru seemed to see through Meng Xiang's thoughts. He nodded and said, "Yes, my thoughts are becoming clearer and clearer, as if the sludge blocking my mind has been cleared away. I am surprised myself, I even..." His body muscles suddenly swelled and his eyes were blank. This change scared Meng Xiang and Mu Fei'er.
"My mental power has doubled. This is the sign that the potential lock has been unlocked at level 3. I am sure that the other soul has almost reached 100 and merged with me."
“You… have unlocked the third level of potential lock? Damn, I worked so hard to unlock it, but you… have reached the same level as me just by sleeping?” Meng Xiang was speechless for a moment, but this was understandable. Although the third level of potential lock is not difficult to achieve, the reincarnation must have a certain potential and keep taking risks to have a chance to break through. However, Fang Ru easily reached it with the power of fusion with another soul. How could Meng Xiang be willing to accept this
Fang Ru said coldly: "Meng Xiang, don't be jealous. Opening the potential lock level 3 does not mean that I have the combat power of a potential lock level 3 strongman. It just makes my mind clearer and calmer, which is of great benefit to my analysis and layout."
Meng Xiang blushed slightly. Fang Ru was like a worm in his heart, seeing through his thoughts at a glance. He coughed lightly to cover up his embarrassment, looked at his broken left hand, and said, "I also destroyed one of the scorpion king's pincers. It's not difficult to deal with it. Since you have also unlocked your potential lock, your physique should have improved, so Fei'er will be handed over to you."
"No problem." Fang Ru put on Meng Xiang's storage ring and put away the weapons on the ground. Then he followed Meng Xiang and walked carefully to the other side of the gate.
Although Fang Ru said that his soul was close to 100% fused, Meng Xiang still felt that he was faintly panicked, perhaps fear of death was the nature of his main personality, and even if the souls were fused, it would not be possible to eliminate this nature.
Meng Xiang walked ahead carefully with the diamond axe in hand, not daring to relax at all. Entering the gate, there was a small corridor, which was crisscrossed and twisted, and after walking for a while, there were three forks. It was obvious that this was the maze that Fang Ru mentioned.
"Fang Ru, this is indeed a maze, what should we do?" Meng Xiang hoped that Fang Ru could remember the fragmentary memories of the maze, so that he could easily get through the maze. Unexpectedly, Fang Ru shook his head and said, "I only remember that this is a maze, at least I can't remember clearly how to get through the maze. But I said before that this branch plot is like it was specially designed for you, and it does not take into account the power that Meng Xiang has cultivated or the weapons obtained from the plot world. So, you just need to use the diamond axe to break the wall, and we will never get lost."
"Let me try." Meng Xiang tried to swing the diamond axe and hit the wall in the middle. The wall was as hard as ordinary metal, but it was only 10 centimeters thick. How could it withstand the force of the diamond axe? The wall broke with a loud explosion around it, and a big hole was blasted out of the wall.
"Meng Xiang, try not to waste too much strength, because there are still many walls ahead waiting for you to cut through." Fang Ru's words made Meng Xiang laugh and cry.
Although it was tiring, Meng Xiang and his team had one hour and military ration pills to replenish their strength. They blasted through more than 50 walls and finally found an exit.
The exit was indeed as Fang Ru said, a staircase leading to the upper level.
This maze is not big, but it is full of twists and turns. If Meng Xiang did not have the Diamond Axe he got from the plot world, and his physical attributes and strength were not cultivated by himself, so he could blast through the walls, I believe it would be absolutely impossible to solve this maze within 1 hour.
Obviously, Fang Ru's guess was confirmed. This side plot was definitely designed specifically for Meng Xiang. In other words, when Meng Xiang heard Haotian's last words from "The Chronicles of Narnia", an unknown force was monitoring the Nameless Team, and gradually led Meng Xiang and the Nameless Team into the side plot of "Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" preset by Haotian.
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