One hundred and thirtieth chapters: No top and no fall
"The structure and mechanisms of the Dragon Palace may be the same as those of some tombs. They essentially prevent external invasion."
Lord Shuangyue said this in their minds. Several people stopped, thought for a while, and felt that it made sense. Compared with the mysterious tomb mechanisms on the ground, there are not many places where they can be used underwater, especially those that rely on gravity.
The trap will lose its effect. But they don't know what wisdom and magic the sharks have that are different from humans.
There was another cold feeling of being watched.
They were all extremely keen people, and they looked around in all directions almost at the same time. This time, they didn't know where they felt the gaze, they just felt extremely cold, and their silk clothes couldn't block it. But what exactly was it, where did it come from, how many people
It's unknown. Maybe it's the structure of the crystal that can reflect and spread that kind of gaze from everywhere. The only thing that's certain is that they must have been targeted.
"Someone - something is watching us." Qi Huan "thought".
Liu Shenghan said heartily: "Is it Yaksha?"
Bai Ya responded: "I don't know, it could be something more terrifying."
"Why didn't they do anything?"
"Probably just to see what we are going to do..."
"Maybe the Dragon Clan is kinder than we think?"
"Don't think so simply."
A few people got closer and continued to swim forward. Bai Ya touched the smooth crystal wall and felt that it was polished very smooth, like a mirror. I don't know what kind of craftsmanship the sharks used back then. If you observe it through the blue amber
, all these crystal clear scenes can also be called magnificent. The interior of the Dragon Palace is divided into
There are several corridors and spaces, each space is very large, and each space is connected to more than two corridors. Sometimes, the room is not completely enclosed. The wall bordering the dome above is divided into several windows, and even the window lattice
They are also carefully carved. However, due to the restrictions at the top, they cannot overlook the entire palace.
The four of them came to a long and narrow corridor again, but there was still no upward staircase. The Dragon Palace could only go up from the inside. From the outside, there was no way other than the main palace gate. It may be that they failed to find it. Moreover, according to the overall size
, using the first floor as a reference, Dragon Palace is at least three stories high.
Not all crystals are transparent, and not all rooms are empty. Regardless of the room or corridor, in addition to the counter, there are some irregular furnishings that they do not recognize. Most of them are ornaments, and there are many more.
Colored crystal flowers look very beautiful, but no one dares to touch them. Some rooms
The layout of the room was exactly the same as other rooms, but there were some big differences, which made them unsure whether they had been there before. Bai Ya seemed to understand what the Sharks meant when they said "transparent walls can be used for hiding", because even though they knew that the crystal
It was so clear that he still couldn't see what was on the other side of the wall.
"Like a maze."
"How can we get there... They didn't even give us a map."
"Stop trying to hit the wall like a ghost, right?"
"Where did the ghost come from?"
"Water, water ghost? Or the ghosts of the Yakshas back then..."
"What a mess."
Liu Shenghan took out the compass, which was the one rewarded by the God of Fragrance. She had tried this thing before and it would not break underwater. But when a few people came inside the Dragon Palace, this little gadget was no longer useful.
The ground was spinning wildly, as if it was broken again. Compared to the time at Shiyue Mountain, this time it was even more confusing. At that time, the compass was still pointing in some direction, but now it looks like it is broken.
It's like a windmill, making people confused.
Suddenly, Mr. Shuangyue, who was swimming at the front, stopped. He stood by the corridor and did not enter the next room. Outside the doorless room, on the transparent walls on both sides, there were handfuls of finely carved crystals on each side.
Flower. On the left is a flower made of citrine crystals, wrapped in green crystal clusters; on the right is a flower made of black quartz and
The combination of rutile. Under the light of amber, their colors look a bit weird. Their shapes are somewhat similar to plants on land, but they cannot completely correspond to any species. Perhaps the craftsmen who built this place have spied on them.
The beautiful scenery of the terrestrial world is restored based on thin impressions.
"Is there any problem?" Liu Shenghan asked. She felt that Mr. Shuangyue must have discovered something.
"Don't be really lost." Qi Huan raised his eyebrows, "Didn't you say it's just like going home?"
Mr. Shuangyue had no distracting thoughts, and they could not hear any voice from him. He just stopped, stretched out his hand, and tried to pull out a flower from the crystal bouquet, but found that it was firmly fixed on the wall. He looked at it for a long time.
, then crushed it into pieces. The residue slowly dispersed along with the sea waves.
"Don't touch it randomly." Bai Yaxin said, "You are not afraid of triggering any mechanism."
"Some tombs will use smoke or special structures to put intruders into a situation where they are trying to beat the wall." Lord Shuangyue suddenly spoke up, "It's the same here."
"But... we didn't inhale the poisonous gas, right?" Qi Huan reached out and touched the remaining crystal fragments in the water, "Didn't the shark say that the silk clothes can filter it out?"
"No. A magnetic field is used here."
"magnetic field……?"
"To put it simply -" Mr. Shuangyue raised his head and thought for a while, "...forget it, just destroy them all."
"Can you explain it a little bit?" Qi Huan suddenly swam in front of him, "The sharks in the past also used this method to... destroy them? There must be other methods, right?"
"The sharks will not be affected by this kind of magnetic field." Shuoyue Jun looked like he was too lazy to explain, "Besides, the crystal flowers grow directly from the wall. Even if they are destroyed by us, they will grow back. Do you have any questions?
?”
"Indeed..." Liu Shenghan thought for a moment, "That's why the compass becomes disordered. The magnetic field here is very chaotic, which interferes with the judgment of humans and other living things."
Qi Huan always felt that something was wrong, and Bai Ya also vaguely felt that something was wrong, but since Liu Shenghan said so, he agreed with Lord Shuangyue. He pulled out his knife and quickly cut off the connection to the crystal wall.
The flowers slowly sank, leaving a few smooth and blurry patches of color on the wall. Perhaps those were the "roots" where the crystal flowers grew.
"Destroy any lodestone that passes by."
This was their task to solve the first obstacle. Next, Bai Ya followed Shuangyue Lord's instructions and cut off the blooming crystal flowers. The crystal flowers were so hard and fragile, even if they started, they could not break them.
People lament the fragility of life. Everything here is cold, without exception.
There were some flowers that Mr. Shuangyue didn't let him touch.
"What some flowers show is the right way." Kulu Literature
"How did you tell?"
"Feel."
"..."
If something goes wrong, when the artificial flowers grow again, it will be the Year of the Monkey and the Horse.
Liu Shenghan was speaking up for Lord Shuangyue: "Believe him. The eyes of the Six Paths of Impermanence will not make any mistakes."
Not all magnets are as obvious as the artificial flowers on the wall. Some are hidden in vases and placed on tables and cabinets, and some are more hidden, but Shuangyue-kun can always point to that location in an instant. There are also some flowers that are not
Really, they are made of ordinary colored stones or corals, and some are even just silk flowers.
The space was constantly being reduced, and it was even far lower than the impression they had when they saw the Dragon Palace outside. In the end, there was only one road in front of them. The corridor was very long and narrow, which was a bit unsettling. There were no doors on either side, and there were no decorations.
But even so, they still felt like they were being watched while walking among them.
Where does this look come from?
Out of curiosity, Bai Ya, who was at the end of the team, suddenly turned around to see what was behind him.
Nothing.
He turned his head back suddenly, feeling slightly dizzy. Then, he immediately caught up with the person in front of him, squeezed in between Qi Huan and Liu Shenghan, who were walking side by side, and pushed their backs with both hands.
"What's wrong?"
"It's okay, let's go."
There was nothing behind him. There were no walls on either side, no floor, no dome, and no darkness. It was a vague color, as if they had all been smoothed out, mixed together, and merged into an indescribable color and appearance.
.He didn't know what would happen if he returned to that void, but he never wanted to go back.
There was a columnar space in front of them. Although it was not big, it was much wider than the corridor. When they came here and turned back, the road had disappeared. But there was no longer a corridor going forward - they were locked up here.
place.
Qi Huan hit something while swimming forward. Although it didn't hurt, he was frightened. Bai Ya immediately turned around Lan Bo and shined the light in front of them. They saw the outline of a cone. Looking up, the two of them were taller.
There is a beautiful flower.
"Wa Jinhua?"
Mr. Shuangyue read out its name. They swam upward and surrounded it. Indeed, judging from the size and shape, it was exactly the same as the Wajinhua, the Wuxiaying that the Incense God wanted.
"Imitation." Lord Shuangyue said immediately, "Wajinhua cannot live underwater."
"It's also carved from crystal." Liu Shenghan observed for a long time, "One petal is missing."
Because the flower has a very special appearance, they can recognize it at a glance. But when they look closer, they can immediately see that it only has four petals.
Red, yellow, white, green, the blue petal is missing.
"It's really strange."
"What's wrong?" they asked Qi Huan, wondering if he saw anything.
"The legend about Nuwa patching up the sky is that she finally found the blue stone. But why is there a lack of blue here?"
"Besides, where are we going to complete this piece of blue?" Bai Ya felt a headache, "We didn't see a single blue crystal along the way. It would be useless if we did... Who would have thought that we would bring it there?
This kind of place.”
"Let's look for it first, otherwise what else can we do?"
After saying that, Mr. Shuangyue turned around and swam elsewhere. In this small space, there was nothing useful up and down. Bai Ya and Qi Huan also started looking around. Since it was a puzzle in the Crystal Palace, the answer
It should be in the Crystal Palace, right?
Only Liu Shenghan still stopped where he was, looking at it with some confusion.
The place was too small and empty. They quickly searched almost all the places they could find, but found nothing. Qi Huan hugged his shoulders in frustration, and a trace of uneasiness spread among them.
"No, nothing...where are the blue petals? Oh, Lao Bai, don't touch me, I'm so annoying."
Bai Ya raised his eyes directly opposite him and looked at him with a strange look.
Qi Huan felt very bad. He turned his face slightly and found that there was nothing behind him. It turned out that what he encountered was just the wall behind him, which was a false alarm. However, there was no water flowing in this closed space to push him...
...Maybe he just stepped back a little unconsciously.
"Space is shrinking."
Mr. Shuangyue dived up from below and said this unexpectedly.
"Wha, what?"
"The bottom of this platform was somewhat separated from the wall before, but now it is integrated."
