Chapter 209: Retreat from the Rapids
Xianyu was the first to take the lead and walked into the thieves' cave. At this critical moment, even though he was lying flat, he finally began to take the initiative.
Everyone filed in. Fortunately, although it was a robbery cave, it was not narrow.
Everyone went down to the bottom of the Robber's Cave, and there was a cave-like space below. Stalactites hung upside down above their heads. Not far ahead, there was a thick stone wall facing them. It was obviously the ancient tomb.
Everyone looked around vigilantly, but did not find any zombies. Only the cave above their heads was filled with huge bats. Fortunately, they were all neutral monsters and did not take the initiative to attack.
Xiao Jie used beast identification to check it.
[Cave Bat (Beast), Level 5, HP 80.
Taming difficulty: Hard.
Skills: location identification by listening to sounds, flying, biting. 】
Not much of a threat - Hey, can you identify your location by listening to the sound? This skill is pretty good, it would be great if I could learn it.
It's a pity that I'm already as big as a bear... By the way, should I let the big bear go and learn skills from a bat?
I'm a bit confused. After all, Xiong Da is a reliable human shield and can provide effective combat support. This bat's combat power is too weak. Once it is replaced, there will be no baby that can resist it.
How about learning it directly? Although he takes the beast as his teacher, he doesn't say that he has to be his own baby to ask for advice. He just needs to increase his favorability.
It is easier to gain favor with the baby, and loyalty can be used instead of favorability. It would be more troublesome to gain favor directly.
I'll look for a chance to get a bat condom later. What do bats eat?
While they were talking, everyone arrived at the gate of the ancient tomb. In front of the gate was a stone tablet with ten large characters written on it.
There are dense records below.
Everyone came forward to look at it carefully and saw what was written on it.
[The Tomb of Zhongwuhou Wangchang of Zulong Empire:
My name is Wang Chang, and I am from Beiming Prefecture. I have been in the army for decades and have been in battle for many years. However, due to excessive killings, my heirs are not prosperous. In the last years of humanity, I finally have a son.
Chang is worried about the danger of the continuation of the incense, and works hard to make good plans.
A fellow Taoist named Yin Lingzi, who was good at Feng Shui, specially sought out this Feng Shui treasure land to bury him when he passed away, so that my descendants could prosper.
The only objects buried in this tomb are the armor, weapons, and military books of a certain person during his lifetime. There are no valuable treasures, and there are dangers from the mechanism and the danger of war. If any gentleman of Liangxia sees this monument, he must not disturb his sleep below. Damage my feng shui, otherwise I will be harmed. Don't say it was unpredicted. 】
Xiao Jie thought to himself that this Wang Chang was quite interesting. He buried a grave and put up a warning sign for fear of being stolen.
But armor, weapons, and military books, aren’t these all treasures?
Everything used by the Marquis must be of the highest quality.
The Ancestral Dragon Empire was probably the empire established by the Dragon Emperor when he unified the nine states. It has a history of several thousand years.
Hey, that’s not right, didn’t it mean the seal of the ancient immortal? Why is it a general's tomb?
He glanced at the tomb door, and a faint magical aura suddenly appeared on it. A huge spell was sealed on the tomb door out of thin air, with a groove on the left and right sides.
The seal on the tomb door was obviously added later.
Xiao Jie clicked on the two grooves on the door with the mouse.
System prompt: A spiritual stone sigil is required.
It's really a seal left by an immortal, but what does it mean for an immortal to seal a general's tomb?
“Hey, there are words behind this too.” Someone suddenly exclaimed.
Xiao Jie went around in a circle, and sure enough, there was also a text written in the blank space behind the stone tablet.
[A message to mortals:
In the year of Tai Sui, a white dog crosses the border.
When I look at the future, blood appears.
While exploring, I came across this tomb.
In a dangerous place, there may be changes.
The deceased's home should not be disturbed.
It is hereby sealed and must not be opened.
The person who left the letter——Dang Mo Zhenren Lin Xuance]
Still an acquaintance, Xiao Jie thought to himself that Lin Xuance was really a model worker, and he could meet him here.
And I still like writing oil rhymes as always.
He looked at the two paragraphs of text, and after a little comparison, he discovered the problem. According to Wang Chang, this is the geomantic treasure land that Yin Lingzi helped him find, and it can bless his descendants with prosperity, but Lin Xuance said that this is a place of great danger. , I'm afraid there will be a mutation - isn't that a corpse mutation?
In this case, the immortal's words must be correct. Then Wang Chang's fellow Taoist Yin Lingzi is either a second-hand swordsman or has ulterior motives.
Tsk, tsk, tsk, think of that ancient tomb corpse king again, Wang Chang was indeed tricked in the end.
Xianyu over there read the above content without any hesitation.
"Okay everyone, I'm going to open the tomb."
Xianyu said, filling the two spiritual stone talismans into the grooves one after another. The light of the seal on the ancient tomb door flashed a few times, and instantly turned into a stream of light and disappeared without a trace, leaving only the tall stone door of the ancient tomb. Xianyu went up and pushed hard, and the stone door of the ancient tomb slowly opened, revealing the dark tomb passage.
Haha, so handsome.
"Let's go, everyone."
"Come on!"
"Xianyu, you lead the way, we will follow!"
"What are you waiting for? Let's all come in together."
Everyone was talking enthusiastically, but no one took the lead. No one was a fool. No matter how clever he was, he still had to wait for others to explore the way first.
Xiao Jie did not rush in, but looked at the structure of the ancient tomb.
After all, there are differences between ancient tombs and mines. Mines have no doors and walls and are unimpeded. All they have to consider are monsters, but ancient tombs have doors, walls, and mechanisms. What if they are locked inside? It's really fatal.
Xiao Jie has played so many games about exploring ancient tombs, and he knows that most of these maps will have traps.
Especially the game played by a certain old thief, which had tricked him to death.
There was nothing at the door, but when he pressed against the door and looked inside, he suddenly discovered something disturbing.
Just above the inside of the tomb door, there is a thick stone slab. At first glance, it seems to be integrated with the surrounding tomb walls. However, based on Xiao Jie's painful experience of being tricked countless times by the ancient tomb traps in the game, he instinctively sensed that something was wrong. .
Isn't this meant to be used to close doors and beat dogs?
Xiao Jie shot an arrow directly at the door with his bow and arrow.
immunity! A red letter appeared.
Xiao Jie checked the battle records.
You caused 0 points of damage to the Dragon Breaking Stone (the defense was not broken).
Damn, there is indeed a problem!
“Stop, stop, stop shouting, there’s something wrong with this door!”
"What's wrong, brother Suifeng, what problem do you see?"
"Look at the stone above. That is the dragon-breaking stone, used to trap tomb robbers. I'm afraid this is the mechanism written on the inscription - lean against the door and look up."
Several people came over to take a look, but they didn't see anything special about it.
Xianyu said: "What are you afraid of? It's just a broken stone. With two masters here, how can we be trapped by a stone? Besides, there are so many of us. If we turn around and really trigger the mechanism, just smash it open." ”
"No, absolutely not."
Xiao Jie was extremely determined this time. It would have been okay to follow this rabble. After all, if he encountered a tiger, he could run faster than his teammates.
But if they are locked in a cage with a tiger, it will be useless no matter how fast they run. At most it's just the difference between dying early and dying late.
As for the two Masters - he was not willing to place his life on others.
"Can your spell open the door instantly?"
Bai Ze said: "I know how to pass through walls. I can pass through models, but I can only wear them by myself."
Deidara said: "This - it definitely won't work. This stone seems to have a durability of thousands, so it will probably take a while, but it's not a big problem. It can definitely be blasted away in a few minutes at most."
How many minutes? A few minutes of encountering the big boss is enough to kill these people twice.
"Sorry, I won't accompany you in this case."
Xiao Jie is also decisive. In his opinion, doing anything in this game is risky, but this risk must be within the controllable range and must be solved by himself.
If it is something that cannot be solved by operation, it will give him a very strong feeling of being out of control.
And this is the situation at hand. If the door really falls and he has to place his hope entirely on others, then it is completely relying on luck.
And luck is the most unreliable thing. As long as you lose a gamble, you will be out of luck.
The appearance of this dragon-breaking stone has made the risk of this matter beyond his acceptable range.
In fact, if he entered the ancient tomb with Qianlong Wu, a strong team with strict discipline and tacit cooperation, he could still consider it. After all, that group of people is more reliable, and they will definitely be able to shoulder the responsibility if they are really in danger.
Even if you encounter a BOSS, you can still fight hard if you can't.
But now this ragtag group of people are trying to push through the door. If there is a sudden change in the tomb, and the dragon-breaking stone blocks the door again, it will be like catching a turtle in a urn.
Who can shoulder the heavy responsibility and top the cylinder? Salted fish? Or yourself?
"I'm sorry, Xianyu. I don't think this matter is reliable. Why don't we forget it and don't tell all the brothers."
"Holy shit, Brother Feng, are you trying to tear me down now? Are you making a mistake!" Xianyu was so angry, "I know, you want to scare us away, and then go in and eat alone, right? Damn, I'm just I shouldn’t tell you about the tomb robber’s diary.”
Damn, this idiot...
Xiao Jie was speechless. Now he finally understood what it means to be mentally stupid. This guy couldn't understand human speech at all.
"Salted fish, listen to my brother's advice and don't be blinded by profit sometimes. If you quit swimming now, you can still live a comfortable life."
"Damn, what you said is so easy - listen to me, there is no BOSS here at all. If there really was a BOSS, how could I be so reckless? You see, this is the tomb robber log I found before, everything is written clearly on it. ”
With that said, he simply sent the tomb robber diary to the chat channel.
"Also, the tombstone on the door clearly states that the corpse king in the ancient tomb yesterday must be Wang Chang. Now this ancient tomb is completely undefended, and there are all good things waiting for us to touch.
Brother Suifeng, don’t you want a share of the pie? "
Xiao Jie was unmoved, "That's it for what I said. I'm going to withdraw anyway, so you can choose whatever you want."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
At this time, several people wanted to quit.
Ji Fengzhiyin: "Brother Feng, I'll go with you."
Beer Bubble: "Me too, it still feels too dangerous."
Empire Xiaoqi: "Damn, what are you running for? You just want to break the stone quickly. There are so many of us, even if it falls, it will be broken."
Meng Zhangfei embroidered: "That's right, you are still too cowardly."
Seeing that a split situation was inevitable and six or seven people were about to retreat, Xianyu decisively took out his trump card.
"Let's talk about it first. Not only will you not get anything if you leave now, but the eight taels of silver will not be refunded. Anyway, the spirit stone talismans have been used."
Now those people suddenly hesitated again. Eight taels of silver is nothing to Xiao Jie, but to ordinary players like them, it is also a considerable fortune.
Several people looked at Xiao Jie.
Xiao Jie was speechless and said, "Don't look at me, your life is yours. I think what the leader said is quite reasonable. Everyone must bear the consequences of their own choices. Maybe salted fish can really make you rich." Well, the key is whether you think it’s worth taking the risk. Anyway, I don’t think it’s worth it.”
While talking, two more people returned to the team.
In the end, four people plus Xiao Jie chose to withdraw.
Xiao Jie turned around and left, while sending a private message to Ye Luo.
Yin Yue Sui Feng: Ye Luo, won’t you withdraw?
Ye Luo: Don't worry about me. It's just a stone. It can't trap me. Don't worry, I'll be fine even if something happens.
Xiao Jie thought to himself, "Are you so confident?" But think about it, Ye Luo is wearing black clothes of the dead, has a passive ability to be friendly to the undead, and can be invisible in the dark, so he does have confidence.
He couldn't persuade him anymore, so he could only exit the robbery cave with a few newbies.
Seeing Xiao Jie leading people away, everyone else looked at him, and Xianyu was unable to get off for a while.
"Damn it, I will personally open the way for you, get out of the way!" After saying that, he took the lead and walked towards the tomb door, but everyone immediately followed him. As long as someone takes the lead, it will be easy. No matter how dangerous the place is, you can still break into it. .
When Xiao Jie returned to the first floor with four newbies, Qianlong Wuyong was taking a rest. The mobs in this game only took more than half an hour to be spawned, so they could only wait slowly after killing them.
But even so, the speed of leveling in this mine is very impressive, especially for the burrowing zombies. Every time they are resurrected, they gain experience - of course, the experience given if they are not resurrected is also halved.
Qianlong Wuyong was a little surprised when he saw Xiao Jie bringing people back.
"Hey, why are you back?"
"I encountered some potential risks, so I re-evaluated it and decided to withdraw my investment halfway."
Xiao Jie explained what he found at the entrance to the ancient tomb.
Qianlong Wuyong was a little surprised, "Haha, you are very cautious. Most people would not be able to withstand such temptation, and even spend money."
Xiao Jie laughed and said, "If I really dare to do it if you lead the team, then forget it."
I have to say that seeing Qianlong Wuyong with a group of core members with distinctive armors makes you feel at ease.
Come on, just follow the leveling and get some experience.
Xiao Jie directly chose to apply to join the team, and Qianlong Wuyong also decisively accepted the application. Anyway, it is idle to be idle, so let's upgrade together.
Speaking of which, although the mine is a bit depressing now, the experience points are indeed given a lot. Yesterday morning, the experience value increased by more than 30%.
I'll be able to upgrade again in two days.
He can reach level 19 in a week at most. Coupled with the two martial arts he has recently acquired, his strength has been improved enough. By then, he can start the inheritance of the ancient Qi Refiner.
It's better to set off quickly, he can't wait to experience the feeling of Master.
I don’t know what happened to Ye Luo and the others. If they really found some treasures in the ancient tomb...
Xiao Jie's mentality was quite complicated at this time, but he also hoped that the group of people would be safe and sound - after all, they were members of a guild, and they were all living beings. No matter what, he hoped that everyone would be safe, not to mention that Ye Luo was still inside.
But on the other hand, Xiao Jie vaguely hoped that something would happen to this group of people, so as to prove his foresight. Otherwise, if he retreated halfway and were given a bunch of treasures, wouldn't he become a joke?
In many things in this world, people always judge heroes based on success or failure. As long as you make the wrong choice in the end, no matter how many reasons you have, you are still a fool.
As long as you choose the right one. No matter how adventurous or brainless you are, it is still the boldness of a skilled person.
The world is so realistic
(End of chapter)