Looking at the skulls on the ground, Li Ming and his teammates opened their mouths. These skulls are not scary. What is scary is that there are too many of them!
There are at least hundreds of skulls scattered on the ground all over the square...
"Oh my god, no wonder I can only see the bones but not the heads in the first-level fortress. It turns out they are all here." Lonely Ruyan exclaimed.
"Why go to such trouble and separate the body after beheading?" Fan Hua asked in confusion.
"I'm afraid this is the plot clue that the system deliberately left for us. Go to the halls on both sides and have a look. If you find anything, tell me immediately." Li Ming stared at the fallen plaque on the steps of the middle hall and said.
"Okay." The teammates separated to both sides to check the situation in the halls on both sides.
Li Ming walked alone through the skulls on the ground and found some wooden supports scattered in the middle of the square, which seemed to be damaged tables and chairs.
He frowned and continued to walk towards the central hall. When he came to the steps, he bent down and looked at the half of the plaque...
Hidden sword...
There was only half a plaque with two big characters, and he was even more confused when he saw it. However, although this plaque was very old, the words "Hidden Sword" and the gold powder shone with a faint golden light. It should be a giant red background with gold characters.
Plaque.
The magnificent plaque that was supposed to be hung above the main hall could only fall to the ground incompletely.
This cottage must have had a glorious past. From this plaque and the layout of the cottage, we can see that it was once very lively.
Moreover, the owner of the cottage is also very wealthy, otherwise he would not be able to build such a large-scale defensive cottage.
Woohoo!
Suddenly, a strange whimpering sound sounded in Li Ming's ears, as if coming from the main hall. This time, he was so scared that he almost broke out in a cold sweat...
There's a ghost!
He quickly stood up, holding up his short staff and looked nervously at the door of the main hall not far away. The door here was in good condition, but it was tightly closed at this time.
"Brother Ming, we found the body of a child here, come and take a look." Fan Hua's voice sounded from the main hall on the right.
"Brother understand, there is something strange here, it seems to be a high-altitude cableway." Tianya's fluttering voice sounded from the left.
"What's the situation..." Li Ming didn't know which way to go, and finally ran to Fan Hua's side first.
Fan Hua and Lonely Ruyan were in the main hall on the right, which was already empty. Only the complete skeleton of a child could be seen lying against the wall...
"It's so abominable, who did it? Even the children are not spared!" Lonely Ruyan said angrily.
Li Ming walked over and saw that the skeleton was only one meter long at most. The child must not be very old.
However, he was surprised to find that there seemed to be a thin red rope between the neck of the child's skeleton, and in the ribs of the chest, a jade pendant covered by dust was connected to the red rope.
He stretched out his hand and took off the jade pendant and red rope together...
Fan Hua and Lonely Ruyan's eyes lit up and they immediately gathered around...
Hidden Sword and Jade: A special prop in the system. In the sealed state, it is said to hide a magical secret. It needs to be unlocked to restore its use effect.
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The hidden sword and jade in the seal?
The two teammates looked at the properties of the jade pendant and felt very curious.
"This is a mission prop." Fan Hua said in surprise.
"This child's identity is unusual. This jade pendant on his body indicates that he should be a descendant of the owner of this cottage. Unfortunately, he did not escape the murderous hands." Li Ming said.
"Then what does this mean? What should we do with the jade pendant?" Lonely Ruyan asked in confusion.
"Perhaps the secret lies within the main hall. I seemed to have heard the cry of a female ghost just now..." Li Ming said.
"Brother Ming, don't scare me. Where do ghosts come from in the game world..." Fan Hua said nervously.
"It's either a ghost or a mission NPC. You'll know after a while." Li Ming looked carefully in the hall and found nothing suspicious.
"I understand, brother, come quickly, it's really weird here." Tianya Piaopiao urged from the other side.
"Let's go, let's go over and see what they found." Li Ming immediately turned around and said.
The three of them left the hall on the right and walked towards the door of the hall on the left.
As soon as they entered the palace gate, the three of them were stunned by the situation inside...
This hall is indeed very strange. Unlike the hall on the right, there is a suspended stone platform in front of the hall on the left.
There were four or five giant winch-like machines arranged in a row on the platform, and the winches were wrapped with circles of thick ropes.
At the end of the platform, there were strong iron chains hanging down. They seemed to have been cut off, leaving only a few meters in length, hanging down below the cliff.
Each winch was connected to two strands of cut iron cables, which surprised Li Ming.
"Brother understand, have you noticed? This is like a prop in the sky, and what is opposite us..." Tianya Piaopiao pointed to the front of the cliff, which turned out to be the top of the right side of Yunyan Mountain!
"You mean, these winch ropeways are connected to the top of the mountain on the opposite side?" Lonely Ruyan asked.
"Impossible, the two mountaintops are so far apart..." Fan Hua shook his head and said.
There is a deep valley between the two mountain tops, which is at least a hundred meters wide. The rope has to span the top of the two mountain peaks. This is a very spectacular setting.
"It is very likely that it is a ropeway between two mountains, but why was it cut off?" Li Ming looked at the hanging chains in surprise. Each one was almost thicker than his arm. What kind of weapon would be needed to do this?
Easily cut off?
Moreover, the ropeway is connected to two mountain tops, what is the use of this?
The murders in this cottage, as well as various incredible settings, made Li Ming feel more and more curious...
"We will study these situations later. Let's go to the main hall to take a look first. Brother Ming said there was a female ghost crying there. Everyone, please be careful." Fan Hua warned.
"There are no ghosts in the game. They are probably BOSS at most. No matter what, we have to be careful. The BOSS here is at least level 40. We can't afford to offend him." Lonely Ruyan said.
"You just stay in the square and be vigilant. I will go and check the situation alone. If there is any danger, everyone will not be unlucky together." Li Ming said.
"Okay." Everyone immediately returned to the square in front of the main hall, five people set up a defensive formation, and Li Ming walked alone to the entrance of the middle hall.
He knew very well that the woman's cry he just heard definitely represented a clue to the mission of deciphering the secret plot of this cottage, but now he just didn't know what kind of BOSS she was and how dangerous she would be...
I quickly walked to the main hall, and as soon as I stepped onto the first step, the sound of a woman crying could be heard again, this time I could hear it clearly.
"Who are you pretending to be a ghost?" Li Ming roared to embolden himself and kicked the closed palace door.
With a roar, the palace door easily opened to both sides, and suddenly a red light shone, and a delicate female figure quickly rushed out of the palace door, rushing towards him like lightning...