Zhang Yuanqing and others came to the mouth of the pool. The water was clear but bottomless, like a blue-black full moon embedded in the cave.
Brother Hongji gently kicked the rotten waterwheel and looked around:
"What's the problem here?
"By the way, it should be dinner time now. I wonder if there are any fish in the pool. Let's go down and take a look. Maybe we can have a meal of sashimi, tsk tsk, it's so delicious!"
But there must be no fish, because after lunch, afternoon tea is not far away. Halfway through the boss fight, what should I do if this guy wants to have afternoon tea? Zhang Yuanqing cursed in his heart.
Guan Ya said: "There is no secret passage in the entire cave. This pool of water is the only possibility."
Zhang Yuanqing suddenly nodded, "You mean, the entrance to the next level is under the pool?"
Guan Ya ignored him.
Princess Yinyao's heart moved: "The entrance is under the pool."
Guan Yayanran praised: "So smart."
"Then what are you waiting for?" Brother Red Rooster took out a tanned fish skin coat and put it on, "Let's get in the water. I also have a water ghost prop now. I spent five million on it."
He said this to Xiahou Aotian and Yuanshi Tianzun. When they were in the sea of Yashan, they still borrowed diving props from Yin Ji.
"I'll let the Inferi go down to explore the way first." Zhao Chenghuang took out the bronze box, opened the lid, and a water-attributed Inferi jumped out and plunged into the pool.
The whitecaps and foam rolled, the calm pool water rippled, and the corpse of the dead was like a nimble fish, swinging its body and scurrying to the bottom of the pool.
Zhao Chenghuang closed his eyes and devoted himself to controlling the Inferi.
Zhang Yuanqing looked at Sun Miaomiao, "Speaking of which, I didn't see you using the Infernal Corpse along the way. Didn't you bring it with you?"
"No!" Sun Miaomiao replied in the affirmative.
Zhang Yuanqing looked shocked: "I'm very happy that you have such confidence in me, but isn't it too childish?"
Sun Miaomiao immediately rolled her eyes, "My talent in controlling corpses is average, but I have a good compatibility with spiritual servants, so I train spiritual servants as my master."
Her eyes are big and round, and they are neither charming nor demonic. They are as bright and smart as a child, and they look cute when she rolls her eyes.
"Oh, that's it," Zhang Yuanqing breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I can rest assured and don't have to worry about it."
Sun Miaomiao said angrily: "Why don't you care about me?"
"Why should she care about you?"
The speaker was not the same person, Xiao Yuan and Guan Ya spoke in tacit understanding and asked back.
Sun Miaomiao choked, snorted softly, and turned her gaze to the pool.
In reality, she is a good girl who won't quarrel. If she were on the Internet, she would have already struck hard at this moment, using a keyboard to let two women know what a strong person is.
Princess Yinyao folded the trumpet, put it in her pocket, tugged at the corner of Zhang Yuanqing's clothes, flicked her face, and motioned for him to borrow one to talk.
Zhang Yuanqing followed her to the side, and Princess Yinyao used the unique communication method of Yeyoushen to whisper:
"The evidence of their crimes has been recorded on the Elvis speaker. With this handle, you can drive them and control them. This is how my father controlled his party members back then."
After a pause, he said: "This trick is also effective on concubines."
Internet abuse of grandpa, cursing mother, giving birth control pills to father, these are nothing. Zhang Yuanqing whispered: "Keep it safe, see how I handle them in the future."
While speaking, he glanced at his teammates and had a deeper and clearer understanding of these friends.
Zhang Yuanqing was quite satisfied with this confession. Except for Brother Hongji who was in the club and had done many bad things, everyone else was fine.
Even Brother Red Rooster has gradually stopped getting involved in criminal activities in recent years.
"I only earn a few bucks from loan sharking, and the consequences are so huge. My grandpa just gives me a few projects, which is enough for me to earn a few small goals, and it's all clean money."
That's what Brother Red Rooster said.
Secondly, the world returns to fire. His problem is more serious. In the eyes of the Demon Eye King, the fire master is so shameful that he should commit seppuku.
But Tianxia Guihuo is different from Sun Miaomiao and others. He comes from a commoner background. If he wants to get ahead, he must be stuck in the mud.
As a high-ranking saint, he could not afford to buy a better house in Songhai even though he had given and accepted millions of bribes. He could only use it to improve his life, so Zhang Yuanqing thought it was okay.
Princess Yinyao's red eyes lit up: "Did you keep the speaker for me?"
"Okay!" Zhang Yuanqing whispered: "But you and it must be within my sight. You can't take it with you out of sight."
Princess Yinyao nodded happily and then said suspiciously:
"You suddenly became kind to me. We agreed not to expect me to sleep with you."
You have no chance because you are cold. Zhang Yuanqing returned to the pool without saying anything to her.
At this time, Zhao Chenghuang opened his eyes and said:
"There is a passage under the water. There is no danger in the passage. It is connected to another water pool. Outside the water pool is a cave. There is a strange metal machine in the cave.
"There are two stone tablets standing by the pool. One says 'Fei Ming' and 'Fei Le', and the other says 'Serve the country with loyalty'."
Xiahou Aotian touched his chin, "Fei Ming means not believing in fate. My fate is determined by me and not by God."
Brother Red Rooster had a rare moment of wit: "Does Fei Le mean that he doesn't believe in music?"
"Obviously not, can you read more books?"
It is inconsistent with the concept of frugality and funeral, so we must resist the ritual and music system."
"Then what does serving the country with loyalty mean?" Brother Red Rooster was unconvinced.
Xiahou Aotian pondered: "Perhaps it's the wolf smoke rising across the country, looking north, the dragon rising, the horse neighing, the sword aura like frost? This is not in the Mohist thought, today..."
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"Okay, shut up!" Zhang Yuanqing, as the leader of the gang, promptly interrupted the meaningless chatter and said: "Zhao Chenghuang, test it with the corpse to see what danger you will encounter."
Zhao Chenghuang nodded slightly and closed his eyes again.
After half a minute, he suddenly opened his eyes and said solemnly: "The Inferi has disconnected from me."
Zhang Yuanqing knew that for the Night Travel God, this meant that the Yin Corpse had been destroyed, so he hurriedly asked: "What did you encounter?"
Zhao Chenghuang's expression suddenly became strange, "I only saw the machine turning, and then my spirit body returned. I didn't even know what happened."
At this point, Zhang Yuanqing also became serious. The unknown danger was the most terrifying.
Because you cannot take targeted precautions, when danger comes, you will die inexplicably.
Guan Ya, Xiao Yuan and others also understand this truth, so their expressions are a bit serious. Only Brother Red Rooster is still fearless and full of fighting spirit:
"Shouldn't we find out if we go down and take a look? There's no point in thinking about it here."
Not to mention, sometimes what brainless people say cannot be refuted.
But Zhao Chenghuang still felt that he should be steady, gritted his teeth, and said:
"I will try again."
After saying that, another inferi jumped out of the bronze storage box and jumped into the pool.
Amidst the ripples of dense white bubbles, the Inferi's hands and feet paddled slightly clumsily towards the bottom of the pool.
While everyone was waiting in silence, Zhao Chenghuang, who had his eyes closed, suddenly said:
"I saw the Inferi from before. It was decapitated and completely damaged."
Guan Ya immediately said: "Observe whether there are any mechanisms hiding sharp blades nearby, and observe whether there are any knife marks or sword marks at the place where the Inferi died."
Sword marks and knife marks are the same as ballistic trajectories. You can reversely deduce the direction of the attack and never find out the location of the mechanism.
"No." Zhao Chenghuang frowned.
"Try controlling the Inferi to get closer. Pay attention this time and see clearly what the crisis is." Tianxia Guihuo said.
Madoka and Asano Ryo remained silent, watching intently.
Due to their profession and nationality, the two of them were incompatible with the small team, so they were silent along the way.
Zhao Chenghuang kept his eyes closed and said "hmm".
Ten seconds later, he opened his eyes suddenly and twitched the corners of his mouth, "The connection was disconnected again. This time I still didn't see where the danger came from, but I discovered a detail."
"What details?" Zhang Yuanqing asked for everyone.
"The writing on the metal machine seems to have changed."
"What text?"
Zhao Chenghuang's mouth twitched again: "I don't know the ancient characters."
Everyone looked at Xiahou Aotian, who put his hands on his hips and raised his head: "Write it down."
Zhao Chenghuang took out a short blade from his inventory and wrote a word on the mud beside the Tan.
Everyone looked confused.
Xiahou Aotian said "Oh": "Zhong Dingwen, this word means dog."
"dog?"
Everyone was still confused.
Xiahou Aotian shrugged: "That's what the word means anyway."
"That's enough, I can't bear your ink marks, get in the water!" Brother Red Rooster couldn't bear it anymore after seeing all the useless information, and plunged into the pool.
Zhang Yuanqing thought for a while and said:
"Let's get into the water. There's no point in guessing here. Zhao Chenghuang has already lost two Inferi. So if we let the Inferi become cannon fodder, there will be no gain. It's just a waste."
He put on the robe of yin and yang, jumped into the pool, and followed Brother Red Rooster into the water.
Everyone at the pool took out water ghost props and jumped into the water one after another.
The water in the pool is cold and clear, with many dust-like microorganisms floating there. After five meters, the bottom of the pool completely loses light.
The gang members swung their waists lightly, controlled the current, and went straight down, reaching the bottom of the pool in two or three minutes.
Zhang Yuanqing saw the figure of Brother Red Chicken from a distance, and the brainless fire master was diving into a dark corridor.
He quickly followed and entered the corridor with Brother Red Rooster one behind the other. The corridor wound upwards and ended in a few minutes.
"Wow!"
Brother Red Rooster jumped out of the pool and looked cautiously.
Zhang Yuanqing came out from behind him, leaned on the edge of the pool, and jumped out of the pool.
Dark red fire light rose up, and the moisture on his body "squeaked". Zhang Yuanqing dried his wet body while scanning the cave.
The cave is not too big, about twice the size of the "Jieyong" and "Minggui" caves.
In the center of the cave stands a three-meter-high metal machine. It has a heavy, square base made of bronze, and is one meter long, wide, and high.
There is a crescent made of brass standing on the base, like a crescent boat floating on the water.
Between the two pointed crescents, there is a brass ball the size of a football suspended, which is composed of small square pieces, like a Rubik's Cube.
Each small piece of the Rubik's Cube is printed with twisted bells and tripods.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh."
The sound of water coming out came one after another, and Guan Ya, Xiao Yuan and others jumped out of the pool one after another.
The Return of Fire from the World held down the shoulders of Xiahou Aotian and Zhao Chenghuang, and relied on their outstanding fire control abilities to evaporate the water while observing the scene in the cave.
"Steam the water." Zhang Yuanqing threw the Yin and Yang robe to Guan Ya.
"There really is 'loyalty to serve the country'." Brother Red Rooster kicked the stone tablet, pointed to the metal machine in the distance, and said:
"Is the danger coming from that thing?"
Madoka, who had always been silent, suddenly said:
"Not necessarily, it could be from above."
She pointed to the top of her head.
Everyone looked up and saw that the top of the grotto was dotted with dark holes the size of water tanks.
"Why?" Sun Miaomiao asked as she raised her head.
"The places of death of the two corpses are different." Xiao Yuan explained: "The first corpse died under the hole, and the second corpse died next to the machine."
"That makes sense." Sun Miaomiao nodded.
Guan Ya chuckled: "Both the two Inferi were decapitated by sharp blades. If the danger came from the top of their heads, there would be sword marks on the ground, but there was not, so the danger came from the metal machine."
Xiao Yuan glanced at her: "It's whatever you say."
Guan Yapi smiled but said: "Thank you!"
"Ahem!" Zhang Yuanqing interrupted the "dispute" at the right time and said: "Zhao Chenghuang, try using mercenaries. The most important thing now is to figure out the rules of this grotto, its attack methods, attack strength, etc."
Zhao Chenghuang immediately took out the bronze box, summoned his spiritual servant, and controlled a bronze terracotta warrior to move closer.
Everyone stared at the mercenaries and waited patiently. At this time, the benefits of having a night wandering god in the team became apparent.
There will always be cannon fodder to step on minefields.
The terracotta warriors passed by the metal machine unimpeded and circled around the grotto without encountering any attacks.
This result left everyone confused and surprised.
"The Inferi will be attacked, but the warrior warriors will not? What is the difference between the two?" Zhang Yuanqing asked.
"Terra warriors are dead objects, objects, and although the Inferi are not alive, they are also living things." Sun Miaomiao's professional knowledge is still very solid.
"What if I put you in Little Red Riding Hood and then use your ability to drive objects?" Zhang Yuanqing suddenly thought.
Just do it if you think of it.
He immediately took out Little Red Riding Hood, summoned Yi Chuanmei, and used the spirit servant's ability to control objects to throw Little Red Riding Hood out.
Under the gaze of everyone, Little Red Riding Hood floated forward. When passing by the metal machine, a "buzzing" trembling sound suddenly came from inside the machine weapon.
And the sound of gear rotation and connecting rod pushing.
Zhao Chenghuang reminded in a deep voice: "That's the sound, it's about to attack."