I thought that the worst outcome would be to starve to death in the secret room, leaving only a few corpses for future generations to admire. I never thought that if the place was squeezed from all directions, not even a whole corpse would be left.
"Think of a solution quickly!"
"You can't think of any way, just can't find it?"
Just when they were arguing, Liu Shenghan suddenly spoke.
"...Maybe it's not for us to find the missing petal."
"What could that be?"
The three of them returned to Liu Shenghan and looked around the crystal flower at the tip of the cone. Indeed, the columnar space seemed much cramped compared to before. The passage of time also made people nervous.
"This petal is not lost."
Liu Shenghan said again. Then, she stretched out her hand and pinched the missing part out of thin air.
"Is it still there?"
"It's still there, but it can't be observed. Like the other petals, it's polished with crystal—clear crystal."
Is that really the case?
Why can't I see it... is it because it has the same color as water? What color is water?
What color is water?
At this moment, Bai Ya suddenly thought of something and pulled out a knife.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Qi Huan immediately became alert, "Don't chop this flower too, leaving no way out."
"Shut up."
Bai Ya glared at him. I don't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that Qi Huan's mind was even louder than when he spoke. Then, he turned the knife sideways and slowly touched it on the petals. He didn't exert any force, just
Just let the knife surface come into contact with the petals.
Then, he moved the knife away, and another petal of the crystal-carved osmanthus was missing. Only three colors appeared in front of them.
Red, white, green.
"What did you do?" Qi Huan asked, "How did you do it? Could it be..."
Bai Ya didn't need to explain, he seemed to have figured it out. According to legend, the Wajinhua was the molten stone used by Nuwa to mend the sky. It fell with the sky fire, fell to the earth, and ignited a prairie fire. When the heavy rain poured down and the sky fire was about to extinguish, it opened fire.
The flower emerges, revealing the underground mineral veins. It is a sacred flower that gathers the power of the five elements, and each petal symbolizes a kind of power.
The sea is water, and Bai Ya's sword is gold. In this way, there is a way. Liu Shenghan then took out a pen... No, it should be said that it was half a pen, the half that was cut off by Li Wu.
She gently brushed the remaining three petals with the pen made of bamboo, and the green petals also lost their color.
Qi Huan carefully stretched out his hand and touched the bare spot. He did feel the invisible resistance - it was still there. So he began to explore all over his body and finally focused on his hand.
Out of habit, his arms were still wrapped with those white, but now somewhat dirty, gauze strips. He put his fingers into the gaps and scraped them, and found out a few very small grains of sand. If not forced by the situation,
I'm afraid they can hide comfortably inside for a long time.
He put two or three grains of sand on each of the remaining two petals. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the white crystal petals also faded away. Now, only the dazzling red remains on the originally beautiful artificial flower.
...where to light a fire?
A few people stood there dumbly, you looked at me, I looked at you.
"Do sharks also need to face this kind of puzzle...?" Qi Huan was very curious about this.
"Back off."
Mr. Shuangyue suddenly raised his hand. When the others heard his instructions, they subconsciously moved back. At this time, their backs had already touched the cylindrical wall. They were all a little anxious - time passed by unexpectedly.
So fast.
Before I could express more emotions, my field of vision was suddenly enveloped in a pale white color, and everything in front of me was shrouded in white smoke. Is it white smoke? Or blisters, or something else? A strong cold current is coming.
, among the dense and wild foam, a few people could vaguely see the blue light of the fire. Did it burn under the water and boil the water? But what a few people could feel was not the warmth of the fire, but the biting coldness.
Even silk clothes can't stop the coldness.
Bai Ya raised his hand and found that the areas covered with thin cloth were covered with a thin layer of frost.
"What are you doing?!" Qi Huan exclaimed.
Gray and white colors instantly spread to every corner of the cylindrical room, and even the air they inhaled into their lungs had a strange burnt smell. Several people squinted their eyes and raised their arms to block their sight, in order to reduce the risk of being robbed of their sight.
However, the abnormality disappeared earlier than they thought. When they felt that everything in front of them was calm again, they put down their arms and found that the field of vision was much emptier than before. It was probably back to what it was before.
The crystal cone and the flower in front of them disappeared, leaving nothing in front of the four of them. If there was any difference, it was probably the extra spiral staircase behind them. Admittedly, in their current situation, it was not
It requires "walking". But the stairs are a symbol and a guide. This may also imitate the architectural style of humans on land.
"What did you do?" Bai Ya asked Lord Shuangyue.
"A kind of... cold fire, internal fire, which can burn under water... Even if I explain it, you won't understand. You are too lazy to think about it."
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The stairs spiraling up around the wall could easily tempt people to follow them. And so they did.
The stairs were not long, and they quickly reached the second floor. Compared with the first floor, there was extra light here. It was not the lights above, but the ground below. The ground was like a silver mirror, smooth and dazzling.
"Don't leave yet." Liu Shenghan stopped Qi Huan who was about to move forward, "Something's not right."
"It smells like metal." Shuoyuejun said.
Shenghan took out half of the pen again and threw it towards the flat ground in front of him. It was not a cylinder, and of course it would not roll. The half of the pen just fell to the ground, motionless in front of them.
Then, a depression occurred in the ground.
It was swallowed up - this is very strange. Countless small, silver-white tentacles stretched out from the ground. They picked up the half of the pen, pulled it hard, and dragged it under the floor. Under their surprised eyes, half of the pen
The pen completely disappeared from sight, and the ground soon became as smooth as new.
Then, Liu Shenghan threw the other half of the pen out with all her strength. It could be seen that she wanted to throw it as far away as possible. But soon there were silver-white tentacles again - they were thicker, more disordered, and hungry.
It flew up and grabbed the other half of the pen in a very weird posture. Then, the tentacles pulled it into the floor again. After this abnormality, which was more intense than the last time, the ground returned to its original appearance.
, no change can be seen at all.
"Ground, is the floor alive?"
"mercury."
"How is that possible?!"
Qi Huan is not stupid, of course he knows what mercury is. But mercury should be very heavy, and everything should float on it. More importantly, how can mercury be alive? Just like just now, it was like...
...As if it were alive? Of course he had heard about the use of mercury in various tombs to make mechanisms or preserve things, but would it actively "prey"? Like a living, unknown life?
This is so creepy.
"It's just mercury." Shuangyue Lord was very sure, "It's just that some kind of spell has been cast on it."
"That's it?!"
There is no point in being surprised, they have to find a way to get over. But apart from the road in front of them, of course they have no choice. Should they just swim over? They will definitely be dragged in by this crazy mercury and hold them tightly until their
Their lungs were completely filled with this liquid metal, and every bit of air would be squeezed out. Even Xiaoyi could not save them.
"Why don't you try... using fire to overcome gold?"
Qi Huan tentatively made the suggestion, and Lord Shuangyue actually did it. His hand did not touch the mercury surface, but hovered less than an inch away from it. Suddenly, a fierce flame ignited from under his palm.
The firelight spread to every corner of the mercury surface in an instant. At the same time, blue-white frost marks slowly grew and spread on the mercury surface.
The translucent mercury completely reflected the strange sea fire, doubling the size of this chaotic vision. The flames burned and twisted, and the blue and white fine smoke or bubbles struggled and twisted, making the picture fragmented and confusing. They felt varying degrees of pain.
Discomfort.
As the blue-white frost marks spread, the fire faded, and the entire field of vision darkened again and became quiet. A thin shell covered the surface of the mercury, as if it had snowed.
"Can you leave now?"
"You try?"
"No, why don't Lao Bai explore the way first?"
"Why don't you leave?"
Several people were pushing and shoving, but no one dared to take a step. At this moment, a sharp sound suddenly came from the front, like something drilling into wood or metal, which was very harsh. The ground in front of him suddenly
It cracked. Although there was no obvious shock, the traces of cracks were still unstoppable, as if seeds buried deep in the ground broke out of the ground, ready to turn into towering trees in an instant.
They took a few steps back again. Qi Huan turned around and found that the stairs leading up had disappeared, and there was no passage to the next floor. Behind them, only the round, flat ground that originally belonged to the spiral staircase was left. Here
The floor is also made of transparent crystal, and is the only place other than mercury to stay. Through the transparent floor, they cannot see the scene downstairs.
Several huge shadows fell on him. Qi Huan turned around and found many rocks rising from the ground. They were arranged in a very orderly manner, obviously deliberately. And the water level of the mercury layer had dropped. Bai Ya took the risk
When I poked my head out, I found that the mercury had receded to an almost invisible position in the upper layer, and I could only catch a glimpse of reflection. The numerous reef pillars looked like plum blossom piles. Do they grow directly from one layer, or do they come from deeper places?
"The mercury has a great reaction to the penholder, maybe because it is made of wood. As for these rocks... I think it is still based on the principle of the Five Elements." Liu Shenghan continued to speculate.
"How to say?"
"Fire overcomes metal, and earth is born from fire."
"Ah, I understand." Bai Ya reacted quickly, "The rocks are made of soil, so we have to use wood to overcome them."
"Then... it will lead to fire." Qi Huan deduced from this, "It seems that the wax flower is just a reminder. But, if fire is born with wood. In other words, if we use wood to deal with it, the Crystal Palace will burn again?
"
"Is there any other way?" Qi Huan said, "Is it necessary to jump on the plum blossom pile now? Will it collapse as soon as I step on it? I always feel that there are traps everywhere, and there is no loophole to exploit.
"
"Do you still have the talisman?" Bai Ya asked him.
"It's been soaked for a long time." Qi Huan rolled his eyes at him, "It won't be useful unless it's dried in the sun."
There was no way to go through crooked ways, so we had to solve the problem honestly. The four of them looked at each other, and no one spoke for a while.
The atmosphere was terrifyingly silent, more disturbing than any previous silence. Although there seemed to be no time limit now, they also knew very well that they had no way out. Even if the shark friends were still waiting above, they could not
Then retreat. Seeing that the situation is not good, but you can't run away, you can only bite the bullet and move forward. This feels like an invisible knife on your neck. If you are not careful, you will never see the light of day again.
