Chapter 98 Black and White Trap
After waiting for a few minutes, there was no sound of rolling stones. Xu Xin and the four stone statues emerged from the small hole.
Changyin patted the wall again, and the originally concave hole gradually became shallower, and finally returned to its original smoothness.
"Obsessive-compulsive disorder, I can't stand leaving a hole in the wall." Changyin spread his hands and explained.
Xu Xin pointed to the back, which was blocked by several huge rolling stones: "It seems we can only move forward."
"What, you still want to go back?" Chang Yin glanced at the rolling stone behind him and said nonchalantly, "If you really want to go back, I can take you back. How can a stone block my way?"
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Xu Xin understood. Changyin's ability seems to be to control rocks. Although it may not be able to stop the rolling rocks, there is no problem in breaking the stationary rolling rocks into eight pieces.
"Are there any agencies ahead?" Xu Xin asked.
"No more," Xuelan held the small hand of the little boy's stone statue, "Last time, there was only this kind of mechanism until the first door, and the rolling stone only appeared three times."
Continuing to move forward, they didn't go long before they caught up with the mutated cheetah lying on the ground waiting for them to catch up.
Xu Xin passed by the cheetah and subconsciously wanted to touch the big cat's head, but it easily dodged it and followed him silently at a distance of two meters behind him.
There was no other way, Xu Xin could only touch the little head of Keke who was sleeping on his shoulder very itchyly. Coco twisted slightly, made a "嘤" sound like talking in her sleep, and continued to sleep beautifully.
The tunnel became wider and wider.
Xu Xin could already see a gate not far away.
It was a door similar to the entrance to the dungeon, but it was a few times larger, as big as the door of a castle.
Several people quickly came to the door. Chang Yin first tried it by himself, but no matter how hard he tried, the metal door remained motionless.
Xu Xin looked up and found a hole opening downwards directly above, similar in size to a rolling stone. It was probably where the rolling stone came out.
At this time, the previously signed bat comes in handy. Xu Xin turned the ring with her thumb, and the mutated bat appeared in front of Xu Xin.
"Huh? You have contracted a bat." Changyin looked at the big bat in surprise.
"Go to the cave above to see if there is anything you can bring down." Xu Xin first directed the bat to fly into the cave above, and then answered Chang Yin, "It will be much more convenient to have a flying bat."
"Hmm... Indeed, but the strength of this bat alone is very average. You need a lot of them to have some combat power."
After Xu Xin inquired, he learned that these bats were actually just the failed products of Changyin's experiment.
The current [Mutated Beast Potion] is the final version debugged by Changyin and Xuelan through various experiments. The initial effect was very weak, and the bats in the staircase passage were the original test subjects.
After taking the initial experimental medicine, the bat group did mutate and possess certain special abilities. However, the ability of each bat was too weak, and a group of bats must work together to improve their abilities. appear.
Xu Xin had suffered losses from a group of hundreds of bats. Recalling the feeling at that time, his head even felt a dull pain again.
"The ability of bat swarms is ultrasonic waves that can affect people's minds." Xuelan also knew the test subjects very well and explained to Xu Xin, "But a single bat is of no use. It is just a bit larger than ordinary bats and has a longer lifespan. That’s all.”
Before Xu Xin could say anything else, the bat that flew into the cave above flapped its wings and flew down, holding a red stone the size of a walnut in its claws.
"Look, doesn't this still have some effect?" Xu Xin reached out to catch the small round red stone, and with a focused gaze, he discovered that the stone was actually emitting blue light.
It's actually a blue grade stone.
[Contaminated Radiation Stone (Blue): Emits special radiation with a radius of ten meters. Mutated beasts affected by it for a long time will become stronger! Don't worry, this radiation is harmless to normal humans and normal beasts. 】
When Xu Xin saw the word "radiation", he almost threw the stone away. Only after seeing the introduction later did he feel relieved.
After understanding the function of this stone, Xu Xin couldn't help but smile. It’s actually a prop that can make mutated beasts stronger! This is simply getting what you want.
The mutated cheetah is now just on the edge between low-level and intermediate-level. As long as it becomes stronger, it can be directly upgraded to an intermediate-level beast! And stronger bats can also play a greater role.
I didn’t expect to find unexpected surprises here.
"Why, is this stone useful?" Changyin asked, looking at the stone in Xu Xin's hand.
"Nothing, a stone that can be used to make weapons." Xu Xin put the stone into his backpack.
"Weapons, that's boring. My body is a weapon. Okay, just push the door open." Changyin pointed to the door in front of him.
Xu Xin walked to the door and reached out to touch the door.
"Huh?" A familiar feeling rose from the bottom of my heart. This feeling was...a tree house?
It's like pulling on the fibrous roots of the tree house, the feeling that it seems to be integrated with itself. Could it be that the roots of the tree house are affecting the door here?
With a gentle push, the huge double doors slowly opened towards the inside. Xu Xin hurriedly hid aside, fearing that something would come out of the door.
Behind the door, there is still a tunnel-like spacious corridor. Different from the previous section, the ground in front is paved with black stone bricks and white stone bricks alternately. Each stone brick is about one meter in length. Square, the whole road presents a scene of black and white grids.
"Trap?" Xu Xin expressed his guess.
"That's right." Changyin pointed to the two-color grids on the ground, "Each grid may be a trap, but it may also be safe."
Xuelan also spoke: "There are many types of traps, and it's basically impossible to predict what kind they will be, so even being prepared is basically useless. The collaborator twenty-four years ago just didn't listen to our dissuasion and thought he had it. All the traps, he had to move forward recklessly, but it took him a long way to pass, but in the end he fell into a trap similar to a meat grinder, and the result..."
Xue Lan didn't say anything, but Xu Xin could imagine the scene at that time and couldn't help but feel a chill.
"How is this trap triggered? Is it weight?" Xu Xin asked.
"It would be easier if it were weight, but it doesn't seem to be the case. I can't trigger the trap with a stone that's about the same weight as a human being. Maybe the condition is that it must have vitality." Changyin said.
"Then...are you planning to use the mutated beast to navigate the mines?" Xu Xin guessed what Chang Yin was thinking.
"That's right." Changyin waved his hand and released a trembling mutant blood-striped wolf.
"Aren't you going to release a few more?"
"Put out more and let the trap kill several at once?" Changyin said angrily, "I only brought a dozen, but it's enough. Most of the grids are safe, and only a small part will trigger them. Trap, only seven died last time.”
You really have to work hard to build this trap road.
Xu Xin turned his head, and the cheetah was lying two meters away from him.
"You're not allowed to run around for a while. You can only step on the squares we stepped on. Do you hear me?" Since there was no way to put it into the ring, Xu Xin could only warn it.
The cheetah glanced at him and licked its fur, wondering if he understood.
"Okay, let's go. With its speed, even if it steps on a trap, it might be able to avoid it." Changyin directed the mutated blood-striped wolf, letting it walk forward on a path of stone bricks until it headed towards After walking seven or eight meters, Changyin stepped onto the black and white stone bricks.
Xu Xin just wanted to step forward, but was blocked by the stone statue of the maid.
"We can block the mechanism for you in front. There will be some mechanisms with crossbows exploding and spitting fire. The range is very large. You will be in danger if you walk in front." The middle-aged maid stone statue suddenly spoke. She didn't say much during the whole journey. He has been looking after the stone statue of the little boy.
"Oh, okay, thank you." Xu Xin let the maid Xuelan and the little boy pass first.
The blood-striped wolf at the front seemed to be controlled by the long seal. It did not run around, but walked straight forward.
"Be careful. Don't accidentally step on the stone bricks nearby. We don't care if you trigger traps such as explosive crossbows. Be careful and hurt yourself." Xue Lan reminded Xu Xin.
The stone statue of a little boy who originally liked to run around was walking very obediently along the road that had been stepped on by wolves. Hearing Xuelan's words, he nodded sharply: "Yes, yes, yes, uncle, please don't run around. It's very dangerous." Terrible!”
Probably the person from before left a shadow on him.
"Okay, thank you." Xu Xin thanked them, followed the stone statues in front, and stepped on the stone bricks.
The moment he stepped on it, Xu Xin found that the stone brick had been stepped down by about half a centimeter, making a slight friction sound. His body suddenly tensed: "What's going on? Why did you step down?"
"It's all like this." The maid stepped on a brick in front of her, and that brick was also stepped on. "These mechanisms are both quick-acting and delayed. Spike traps and meat grinders are quick-acting. , you will step on the air and fall directly. The delay type is like this. Step on the stone brick and lift your foot, and the mechanism will be triggered.”
As she spoke, she moved a stone brick forward, and the stone brick bounced up and returned to its original appearance.
This is to allow ordinary bricks to have mechanisms like trap bricks to paralyze the vigilance of passers-by. Xu Xin couldn't help but sigh, this trap road is indeed difficult to walk, much more difficult than the trap Li Wenxi said.
In the tunnel, the sound of stone statues stepping on the ground and the sound of floor tiles rising and falling echoed. Xu Xin glanced behind her and found that the cheetah was walking very standard cat steps behind her, following the path Xu Xin had walked.
Looking at this situation, instead of worrying about the cheetah, it is better to worry about whether I will fall flat to the side.
Suddenly, the mechanical sound of a mechanism being triggered and the miserable howl of a wolf came from the front.
The mechanism is triggered!
Xu Xin looked sideways and saw that the blood-striped wolf had disappeared. There was no brick where the blood-striped wolf had been. Changyin, who was seven or eight meters away from the blood-striped wolf, quickly moved forward and came to the trap brick. , stretched his head and looked into the trap.
"How is it? What kind of trap is it?" Xu Xin asked from behind.
"Spiked trap, the wolf is dead."
Changyin waved his hand again, and a blood-striped cat appeared. He took a few steps back, letting the cat bypass the triggered trap and continue forward. (End of chapter)