The sudden explosive news left me at a loss as to how to react. The impact of this news was much greater than when Pandora told me that the broken metal plate was an "Ethereal Beacon", so I couldn't help but have some doubts. Does the author even know what he is writing about... Mouth! slip of the tongue...
I looked around and found that there was no light source in this underground space, but it was as bright as day, and we could clearly see everything in the hall.
The entire hall is about the size of a football field, and it is entirely composed of huge stones. The ashlar bricks on the ground are full of strange patterns and patterns, and there are reliefs of unknown meaning on the wall next to us. It seems to be some kind of sacrificial scene. In the hall, there is a thick square stone pillar supporting the roof at an average interval of about 20 meters. These stone pillars are also covered with traces that look like hieroglyphs.
In addition to the entrance we came in, there is an entrance and exit of about the same size on the wall in each direction of the hall, plus there are four passages connected to this hall on our side.
As an ancient relic, the architectural standard of this hall can already be said to be very high, but it has nothing in common with the future Xiling buildings I have seen.
"Pandora, are you sure this is the cemetery of Xiling warriors? This place doesn't even have a single piece of advanced equipment."
"This place is indeed full of the atmosphere of ancient carbon-based civilization, but this architectural pattern is exactly the same as the resting place of Xiling warriors. Although the reliefs and texts here are arbitrarily modified by carbon-based life according to their understanding, they can still be seen. Get a trace of the prototype of Xiling text... More importantly, there is also a working Xiling device here... "
"What?!" I was startled, and was about to ask in detail, but I heard Xue Lin shout in surprise: "Close your eyes, everyone!"
Although we didn't know what Lin Xue meant, we still didn't doubt him and closed our eyes together.
"ah-"
"How is this going… "
"How can it be… "
"Can still see..."
"... don't make up the word count... um..."
All kinds of exclamations came and went.
We were surprised to find that even with our eyes closed, the scene in the hall still appeared clearly in front of our eyes.
Almost at the same time, we all raised our hands to touch our faces to confirm whether our eyelids were still there.
"The mind imaging system can directly cut the image into the thinking circuit of the creature within the range of action, and the degree of restoration can reach more than 99.99%. We usually combine this technology with virtual reality technology to deal with Soldiers conduct special operations drills…”
"That is to say, everything here is an illusion?!" My heart swelled, and I wanted to remind everyone.
"No... The mental imaging system installed here seems to be just to allow people who enter to see the scene in the hall smoothly, and the transmitted image is exactly the same as the real situation in the hall."
At this time, Lin Xue also discovered this through her own ability, waved her hands to calm down the restless companions, and said: "Don't worry, everyone, this is not an illusion, it seems that some kind of device in this ruin allows us to avoid going through routine The means can see the scene in the hall."
"...Is this place really an ancient ruin?" Lin Feng expressed the feelings of most people present.
The weirdness of the ruins made everyone more cautious. Lin Xue maximized her perception ability, and Zheng Yiming walked to the front of the team to deal with possible dangers at any time. Lin Feng's right hand was surrounded by a faint blue wind blade, Carlo carefully held his package full of pirated discs in his arms...
... Uncle, are you really not an undercover agent sent by hostile forces to make trouble? Or is your real purpose here to expand the user base of your pirated discs to the ancient tomb zombies
"Wait a minute..." Qianqian, who didn't say much from the beginning but followed everyone carefully, suddenly reminded us. We turned around and saw the hexagonal metal plate that Qianqian was holding all the way was slightly moving. It trembled, and one of its sides glowed a dim red.
"Suddenly it became like this..."
We looked at each other, and then I suggested: "Turn this thing around and try."
Qianqian turned the metal plate according to the words, and we saw that the edge emitting red light also changed accordingly, just like a compass.
"Follow the direction indicated by the red light."
Lin Xue glanced at me quite unexpectedly, and said, "I didn't expect that in addition to your destructive power, you are also quite smart."
… You could easily suggest this too if you had an "Ethereal Beacon" living instruction booklet with you like little Pandora.
Following Lin Xue, we came near the exit on one side of the hall, and a dark corridor appeared in front of us.
I complained to Pandora through the spiritual connection: "This is the place established by the stingy Xiling apostle. If you install a few more 'spiritual imaging systems', you will die. If you really can't do it, you can install a light bulb..."
"If my brother is dissatisfied with this, we will find a way to find out the builder of this catacomb and punish him accordingly."
"Uh... can't you hear I'm joking?"
"Wait a minute!" Just as we turned on the cold light tubes we carried with us and were about to enter the dark corridor, Lin Xue shouted suddenly.
"What's the matter, old lady? Something will go wrong!" Lin Feng said dissatisfiedly, almost being frightened.
Lin Xue looked at the dark corridor in front of her with an uneasy expression, and said in a low voice: "Suddenly, I feel quite uneasy..."
I was startled, and immediately raised my vigilance - I have no doubts about Lin Xue's words, it is a powerful skill that even Pandora calls it!
"Be careful everyone!" Zheng Yiming shouted, and then a translucent protective layer quickly protected everyone. The cracks in the bricks are moving towards us.
"Quick, everyone retreat to the passage! I can't block all the attacks!" Zheng Yiming shouted hurriedly when he saw that his defensive layer was a little crumbling after blocking the first few beams of light.
"No... I can't get in!" Qianqian tried to hide in the tunnel behind her, but found herself blocked by an invisible barrier, and couldn't help exclaiming.
"Pandora," I immediately asked with a mental connection, "what's going on?!"
"Analyzing—confirming the identity of the attacker—EL-305 automatic defense counterattack system, requesting connection—request rejected—submitting a high authority mark—the other party refuses to accept authority identification...Brother, this is a common blocking method used by the Xiling Empire The type of defense and counterattack system seems to have malfunctioned due to a long time, and I cannot perform termination operations on it through normal means."
"Is there any way?" Seeing that Zheng Yiming's defensive barrier had obvious cracks, I became a little anxious.
"It is impossible to accurately locate the host of this defensive counterattack system. There are two countermeasures: the defender tanks of the Sikaro Legion can completely defend against this energy attack, and my reformed photon floating cannon array can completely destroy this relic. To terminate the attack, both of the above two schemes will produce huge energy fluctuations and obvious observable phenomena, and the probability of being observed by carbon-based life on this planet is 99.915%."
"... Is there a more concealed plan?"
Although the situation is already very critical, Pandora's voice is still calm: "There is a set of alternatives, but it may have unpredictable consequences - use the ethereal beacon I carry to teleport everyone out of this place, but I am not sure if there is room here interfere with the system, so the teleportation may not be able to complete."
"Try first, and use your super weapons if the teleportation fails."
Pandora nodded, then closed her eyes to hide her pupils that were about to change color.
At this moment, I saw that the ethereal beacon in Qianqian's hand that was basically scrapped and obtained from Gu Zhengfeng suddenly emitted a dazzling red light!