Chapter 511 The owner here is... (5500 words)
"I just... stayed for three minutes?" Xu Xin hesitated and asked.
"What do you mean it's just!" Zeng Tao couldn't help but said, "It's been scary for three minutes, okay! You just stood there and didn't react no matter how you moved. We were all scared to death!"
"Hey..." The hairy dumpling in his arms moved. Xu Xin looked down and saw that Keke was still sleeping in her arms.
This little guy slept peacefully.
"So, you guys didn't feel anything at all after you came up?" Xu Xin looked at the people around him and asked again.
The women looked at each other, then shook their heads.
"No, it feels the same as down there." Lou Feier said.
"Me too." Jin Yue nodded.
"So, did you...see something?" Shi Wanyun's eyes moved, he 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...
Judging by the time, he should have been there for a full two hours.
But here, it was just him who just stood there for three minutes.
This really made him a little strange.
Could it be that the flow of time in the two worlds is different?
That’s not right either…
If calculated based on the ratio of this time flow rate, three minutes to two hours, the ratio is one to forty.
At this rate of time flow, if he has spent such a long time in this world, then several years should have passed on the earth!
Yingying is probably about to graduate from college!
The fact is that, based on the length of time he has been in this world, the time flow rate on both sides should be almost 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 hasn't been long.
There is an obvious contradiction between the two.
What's going on?
Xu Xin frowned.
"What are you thinking about?" Zeng Tao waved her little hand in front of his eyes again, interrupting his thoughts, "Let's go quickly. You were unconscious just now. We are really neither advancing nor retreating."< br>
"Ah, okay." Xu Xin came to her senses and nodded.
He doesn't plan to tell a few people about his situation just yet. It's not a stable situation now, at least he won't talk about it until he gets back.
Moreover, he did not trust Shi Wanyun behind him very much for the time being.
He then began to observe the surroundings on 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 vague murals hanging on the walls, cabinets that looked extremely gorgeous at first glance, and several large floor-to-ceiling windows open, and outside, there was an open-air platform.
There are tables and chairs on the platform, and on the table... are those teacups and wine glasses?
However, these objects are all made of crystals that exude bright white light.
"...There should be no danger on this level." Xu Xin said hesitantly based on his own feeling.
"There's 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 level, she no longer dared to act on her own.
There's no way to avoid that thing!
I'm afraid even the resurrection is useless, it will just turn into ashes!
"Well, this is just my own feeling. However, to be on the safe side, you should follow me."
With that said, Xu Xin walked forward directly.
The 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 information source, Xu Xin just...could he have seen their original world?
Did he see it?
They said that if he could see their original world, the earth, in this palace, they would kill him.
But...
If he could really see the earth, would it be possible to take them all back with him?
Still... let's observe it for a while first.
Follow the previous plan.
Let's lurk next to him first.
Even if those things were blamed, she could still say that she was lurking around him, waiting for an opportunity to strike but she hadn't found the opportunity yet.
No delay on either side.
……
Xu Xin calmed down and walked in the palace.
The conversation he had just had with his sister made him feel good and relaxed now. In addition, he felt that there was no danger in this place, so he always had a faint smile on his face.
"Why are you laughing?" Seeing his expression, Lou Fei'er asked a little strangely, "You didn't really see anything good in the three minutes just now, did you?"
"...It's quite complicated. I'll explain it to you when I get back." Xu Xin said with a smile.
Behind him, Shi Wanyun's eyes moved.
It should be exactly what she guessed just now. she thought to herself.
"What?" Zeng Tao came up, "What are you talking about?"
She saw that Xu Xin was walking casually now, and she gradually lost her fear: "What good-looking things? Are you talking about the things around you? Let's take all those things away, I think they should all be good things!"
"Those things?" Xu Xin walked towards the stairs on the third floor. At the same time, she glanced at the crystal paintings, closets, tables, chairs, and chandeliers around her, and shook her head: "You can't take them with you."
"Ah? Why?" Zeng Tao asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Those things are all fixed on it," Xu Xin said, "They are all integrated with this castle."
That's how he felt, and he believed in his feelings.
It’s déjà vu again.
He always felt like he had been here before.
Everything here felt familiar to him.
Very familiar.
"In one piece? Impossible, right?" Zeng Tao didn't believe it and wanted to run over to have a look, but she didn't dare, so she grabbed Xu Xin's arm, "Don't run directly to the third floor, let's go have a look. Maybe you feel wrong!”
"Let me go and take a look." Jin Yue kicked her feet and jumped over with a slight jump.
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 was not afraid of death. If she died... then just die.
Fortunately, although she jumped almost half of the second floor, she did not trigger any traps, which made the people who were shocked when they saw her move slightly relieved.
"How's it going? Can you pick it up?" Lou Feier shouted to the other side.
"No." Jin Yue shook her head, "These things all grow on it and are indeed integrated with the castle."
"Ah? Tables and chairs too?"
"Yes."
The situation was as expected by Xu Xin. He smiled and said: "I just said it, so let's give up. Our current ability cannot be destroyed even by such a thin crystal chair leg."
"Okay..." Zeng Tao reluctantly gave up and said a little frustrated, "What, this Crystal Palace is so gorgeous, why is there nothing! Isn't this someone's underground mausoleum? Why is there no treasure at all!"
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"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 frowned and asked.
"Ah...ah?" Zeng Tao was a little confused when she saw several people turning to look at her, "I just... casually said, ah, this hypothesis was proposed by Jin Yue, and I didn't know what to say about the Mausoleum of the First Emperor. If you don’t understand, ask her.”
Tomb of the First Emperor?
Xu Xin felt like he had caught something in his head, but he didn't catch it at all.
"That's what I said." Jin Yue had already returned to a few people and nodded, "We have not seen any traces of use of this city along the way, and the layout is like restoring a prosperous capital city. Generally, it is somewhat similar to the Tomb of the First Emperor.”
This hypothesis is somewhat interesting.
And...
"Hey..." Lou Fei'er nudged Xu Xin with her elbow and whispered, "Do you still remember the statue at the entrance? If this is a mausoleum, it won't be your mausoleum, right?"
As she said that, she couldn't help but laugh: "You haven't died yet, and someone has built a mausoleum for you."
Xu Xin couldn't laugh.
Lou Fei'er said it as a joke. After all, this kind of thing is too incredible to be believed.
After all, how could anyone build such a large mausoleum for an alien survivor in this world?
But Xu Xin doesn't think so.
There is definitely a very close connection with him here.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be a statue of him on it.
Nor would he have a sense of déjà vu that was almost as strong as a memory after he entered the palace, knowing the location of all the traps.
Nor would it be that when he stepped into this level, he would suddenly be the only one returning to his original world in a special state.
Thinking of the previous situations.
The giant crocodile at the bottom of the creek, which he had not seen for a long time, showed his kindness and help.
The giant anaconda in the middle of the lake was obviously hostile to him, but didn't take any action against him.
The giant black beetle that helped him after entering the underground world.
A giant python that gave him a treehouse core and awakened his ability to read minds.
There is also the giant beast that is trapped under the prison, but somehow seems to know him.
And...
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 always a mysterious force in this world that knew him and was helping him.
He had never thought about this matter much before. After all, from his point of view, it was impossible for him to have any strange relationship with this world.
Was he just an ordinary earthling before?
But...after experiencing this incident, he was really shaken.
Everything here seems to make it clear to him that he is inextricably linked to this world.
Especially after returning to Earth and learning about the situation there, he felt something was wrong.
...Is there something wrong with his memory 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 is nothing to see on the second floor. Let's go to the third floor quickly." Xu Xin quickened his pace.
"Okay!" Zeng Tao immediately became excited and followed Xu Xin, "There must be something good on the third floor!"
Just as Xu Xin said, there was no danger at all on the second floor. A few people reached the stairs on the second floor very easily.
"There's really no danger." Lou Fei'er couldn't help but glance at Xu Xin, "What you said is so accurate, it's not really possible here..."
"Then go up quickly!" Zeng Tao said and was about to run up.
"Stop!" Xu Xin grabbed her directly.
Although he couldn't pull it away at all with his strength, Zeng Tao still stopped his movements, turned around and asked with some confusion: "What's wrong? What happened?"
"...There's something wrong with this staircase, isn't it?" Behind him, Shi Wanyun spoke up and asked softly.
"That's right." Xu Xin nodded, and then gave Zeng Tao a shock, "If I hadn't held you back, you would have been dead by now. You were cautious behind me for so long, and it turned out to be dangerous. It’s time to give me a problem, right?”
"Well..." Zeng Tao covered her forehead, then hid behind Xu Xin, muttering, "I didn't know there would be problems with the stairs...it's clear that there is no problem on the first floor."
"Really? There's something wrong with the stairs?" Lou Feier said in surprise, "It's the opposite of the first floor!"
"...I'm afraid it's just taking advantage of people's psychology." Jin Yue said.
Xu Xin nodded.
The person who designed this palace trap did have an idea.
It is basically impossible for one person to pass through such a large palace trap alone. Once one steps on the trap, it will be completely destroyed.
Of course, there will also be some who are stronger and try out traps, or they can take advantage of the large number of people in the team to explore and send people to the second level.
But on the second level, there are no traps.
Of course the people who came to the second floor didn't believe it. They must have been very cautious all the way towards the stairs leading to the third floor. They looked at the entrance of the stairs and gradually became excited as they got closer.
And what will they do when they arrive at the entrance of the stairs with great fear and caution?
Of course, I want to leave the second floor that I finally passed and head to the third floor!
Then you'll get hit.
The stairs from the first floor to the second floor are fine, but the stairs from the second floor to the third floor are indeed a big trap!
"Can't we step on it?" Shi Wanyun asked, "Then how are we going to get up? Or... go back the way we came?"
For her, having already determined some things, she still wanted Xu Xin to go back quickly and not take any more risks.
"How is it possible to go back the way we came? We're already here!" Zeng Tao poked her head from behind Xu Xin and looked up at the entrance to the third floor. "Xu Xin must know the way up. We can just follow him."
"...Follow me."
Xu Xin did not go up the stairs, but walked around the stairs and came to the side of the stairs.
The steps are solid steps, and the lower part is blocked directly. From the side, it looks like half a wall.
Xu Xin reached out and touched it, then pressed hard.
"Click..."
He slowly pressed a piece of wall about the size of his palm in. Then, a door-shaped gap appeared on half of the wall on the side, and a small door that could allow one person to pass slowly opened inward.
"This...there is actually a mechanism here?" Several people behind him were very surprised.
"Who would have thought of this..." Zeng Tao muttered, "You don't want people to enter this place at all, right?"
"...Isn't this really a mausoleum? Only mausoleums can refuse outsiders entry..." Lou Fei'er also said to herself.
Xu Xin immediately stepped into it.
Under the stairs is another staircase leading upwards.
Because the crystal material itself emits light, the stairs are not dark.
Looking up the stairs, you can see a crystal door.
"It turns out that this is the real staircase!"
"Okay, let's go."
Several people immediately walked up the stairs and came to the door.
Xu Xin pushed immediately.
The door was pushed open very easily.
The scene on the third floor appeared in front of a few people.
The area of the third floor is smaller than the lower two floors. After all, it is an ancient palace-style building.
But the height 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 domed door stood directly in the center of the entire third floor.
The top of the door directly reaches the ceiling of this floor, which is also ten meters high. The entire door is very large.
But what surprised a few people was that this 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.
As for the entire third floor, except for this door, there is nothing else.
"There can't be a passage at the back..." Lou Fei'er wanted to go around and see what was behind the door, because several people were facing the door now, and the back was completely blocked.
She glanced at Xu Xin.
"...There is no danger on this floor." Xu Xin said, then stepped forward while observing the door.
There is a slightly concave plate-sized circle in the middle of the door. Different from other places, this circle is made of metal, which makes it very special at first glance.
There is a vertical gap in the circle.
Could it be the keyhole that opens the door?
Wait...
Big keyhole?
At this time, Lou Fei'er went around behind the door, observing the situation behind the door, and said doubtfully: "There is nothing behind it, this is just a standing door...Huh?! There is someone behind the door!!"
Her whole body tensed up instantly, her hands touched her waist, and she pulled out two daggers at the speed of light!
Anyone? !
The other people immediately became alert and took out their weapons and went around to take a look behind the door.
A person is sitting on the ground with his back against the door and his head down. His face cannot be seen. His legs are stretched forward and his hands are hanging on the ground. It seems like...
Comatose, 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 confused.
Jin Yue was also startled.
Shi Wanyun was a little confused. She didn't know who Qin Fu was.
Xu Xin had 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, there were no injuries on his body, and even his clothes didn't have any damage or scratches.
He seemed to come up... easily?
But why the coma?
"That's good...wait a minute!" Zeng Tao pointed at Qin Fu and said in surprise, "Why can this guy come up alive? I thought he died in the trap outside..."
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"We'll find out when he wakes up."
But...
Xu Xin narrowed his eyes slightly and looked up at the door.
Huge door.
Big keyhole, needs a big key.
And he, by coincidence, happened to have a huge key that he didn't know was used to open somewhere.
This key was brought back to him by the unconscious Qin Fu in front of him, for which he almost killed a blood-striped troll.
Ancient bronze sword!
Moreover, the ancient bronze sword was brought back from the altar in the hilly resource area!
He had also seen the location here before.
It's right below the hilly resource area!
The map appeared in his mind, and then he suddenly realized that this place was no longer just below the hilly resource area, but...
Right below the altar!
Can’t be wrong!
The key obtained from the altar is probably used to open this place!
Wait...
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 head immediately became a mess.
...The altar was not originally used to worship him, right? ! (End of chapter)