When no one was paying attention, Tang Mingyue walked up to Fang Heng, coughed lightly, lowered her voice and asked in a low voice: "Fang Heng, what do you say?"
"Huh? What?"
"How about we steal the items from the royal treasury and hide them here? Isn't it safer than hiding them outside?"
"Well……"
Fang Heng thought for a while and took another look at his surroundings.
"It's a bit difficult. It's hidden enough. However, the cave-dwelling beasts nearby are always a hidden danger. We need to find a way to deal with them properly first."
"Hmm, it's best to bring them into the team... Do you think you can buy them off with some money?"
While Tang Mingyue and Fang Heng were discussing, the players collected some information in the temporary camp of the cave-dwelling beast.
"Everyone come and take a look."
Mo Jiawei dug out an animal skin from an old box at the back of the camp and showed the patterns on the skin to everyone, "Do you think this looks like a map?"
"map?!"
It really is!
In addition to the map-like textures on the animal skin, there are also some crooked hieroglyphic records.
Argyle's eyes lit up, he pushed away everyone and came forward to inspect the hide for a moment, with excitement on his face, he nodded and confirmed: "Yes, it's the map! You found the overall map of this area!"
Wei Tao asked: "Can you find the stronghold of the cave-dwelling beast through the map?"
"Well, this marked location is circled. It should be an extremely important place for the cave-dwelling beasts. The text next to it indicates that it is the 'altar' of the cave-dwelling beasts, and their gathering place can definitely be found there.
"
As soon as he finished speaking, the game prompts appeared on the players' retinas again.
[Tip: The player completes the trial task of the current stage - exploring the crypt, and gets an additional 1 hour of game time].
[Tip: The player triggers the next stage of the trial mission - the ‘altar’ on the map].
Mission name: ‘Altar’ on the map.
Mission Difficulty: D.
Mission description: Please protect Argyle from death and follow the map to find the special ‘altar’.
Mission reward: additional trial game time.
The remaining time of the task: 50 minutes. (If the task is not completed before the end of the remaining time, the trial will end by default and enter the evaluation stage).
The players looked at each other.
The task difficulty is even one point lower than the previous search.
but……
Fang Heng had a strange feeling.
He always felt that the game was deliberately guiding and pushing them to explore in a certain direction.
It's probably a trap.
Unfortunately, in the trial game, even if you know it is a trap, you can only move forward.
Wei Tao also felt the same way. He read the game prompts three times carefully, then turned his attention to Argyle again and asked him for confirmation: "Are there any other prompts on the map?"
"Ah?" Argyle looked down at the map again, shook his head and said, "No more."
At other times, Wei Tao might have sought stability and explored more before continuing.
But now the mission time is extremely limited, and there is no time to seek stability for him.
This is also one of the difficulties of the trial game.
"Okay, let's go and have a look at the 'Altar'."
…
Following the guidance of the map, the team headed towards the ‘altar’.
I don't know when it started, but the atmosphere within the team was tense, as if a dark cloud had enveloped it.
Along the way, Fang Heng felt like he was being spied on.
Not only Fang Heng, but others also felt it.
It is a cave-dwelling beast.
There were countless pairs of eyes watching their every move in the darkness.
Halfway through, Wei Tao also tried contacting and even attacking the cave-dwelling beasts in the darkness.
But all are invalid.
They didn't appear, they just peeped from afar in the dark.
"It's right in front."
Following the location marked on the map and leaving the dense stone forest area, everyone couldn't help but feel shocked when they saw the building exposed in front of them.
temple!
They actually saw a temple built underground!
Argyle took the lead to step forward, his eyes full of disbelief, and whispered to himself, "The construction level of the cave-dwelling beast is so high, this is impossible..."
Fang Heng followed and stood in front of the temple, carefully looking at the entire palace.
Huge black stone pillars stand outside the temple, and the stone pillars are carved with various strange beasts that live in the cave world.
Looking deeper into the temple, the walls and stone pillars inside the temple are made of black stone brick crystals. Each crystal stone brick is engraved with delicate patterns and exudes a dark luster.
The surroundings were so quiet that it felt even more eerie.
"rustle……"
Suddenly, a slight noise sounded from inside the palace.
Everyone looked forward together.
A cave-dwelling beast holding a bone spear walked out of the palace.
It has a bone pendant around its neck and strange decorations on its body. It is obviously different from the cave-dwelling beasts it has seen before.
Looks like an elite creature.
The cave resident beast stood at the entrance of the palace, facing everyone, and made a purring sound from its mouth.
Fang Heng looked at Argyle and asked, "What is he talking about?"
Argyle felt a little nervous and whispered: "He seems to be saying that we are welcome to enter the temple and wants us to follow him in to complete the prayer."
Everyone looked at each other.
prayer?
Fang Heng felt more and more uneasy and couldn't help but take another look at the game prompts.
When I returned to the main city of the empire, I killed a small number of zombies, and there were still 47 minutes left to complete rebirth.
Tang Mingyue also stared at the palace in front of her and whispered: "Everyone, this palace gives me a very bad feeling. It is very dangerous."
Mo Jiawei used his detective talent to detect the cave-dwelling beast and said, "It's an elite creature, a cave-dwelling beast."
"Um."
Wei Tao nodded and said, "Don't rush in yet, try to see if you can communicate with him."
As he spoke, Wei Tao looked at Argyle again, "Tell him that we have no ill intentions and that we want to talk to their leader."
"By the way, don't tell him about Tang Mingyue. Just say that we are sent by the empire. We come with good intentions and want to talk to their leader on behalf of the human empire."
Argyle nodded, took another half step forward, and tried to communicate with the cave-dwelling beast.
The two exchanged a few words in the air, and Argyle stepped back again.
"How to say?"
"He insisted that those who come to the altar must perform a prayer ceremony, and we can talk about the meeting with the leader later."
Just as he was talking, the game prompt appeared on everyone's retinas again.
[Tip: Players who complete the stage task will get an additional 1 hour of trial time and trigger the next stage task - Unknown Prayer].
Mission name: Unknown prayer.
Task Difficulty:A.
Mission description: Please follow the cave dwelling beast priest to complete the prayer.
Mission reward: additional trial time.
The remaining time of the task: 15 minutes. (If the task is not completed before the end of the remaining time, the trial will end by default and enter the evaluation stage).