Card Room

【Chapter 379, Hell of Scissors】

When Xiao Lou saw this scene, his whole body froze. Fortunately, Yu Hanjiang reacted in time, otherwise, his neck might be tightly entangled by those tongues, and he suffocated to death.

The tongues hanging on the walls on the left and right sides were obviously taken from the evil spirits who were punished in the "Tongue Pulling Hell". At first, Xiao Lou thought that these were just horrible scenes deliberately arranged by the gatekeepers to scare them. Unexpectedly, the gatekeepers went so far as to use these tongues as a mechanism weapon to attack them? !

He still doesn't know how the mechanism is triggered.

Tang Ci let the two little ants who were exploring the path walk into the room. When the little ants touched the floor tiles, there was nothing unusual. Obviously, this was not a mechanism triggered by stepping on the floor. But once they walked in, the tongue on the wall suddenly started a fierce offensive!

Perhaps, this secret room is voice-activated? Their footsteps triggered the mechanism?

Since none of the six people could speak, the entire secret room was extremely quiet, and the sound of footsteps was indeed very clear. The Tongue Pulling Hell is silent, so it is indeed a reasonable guess to rely on sound induction to control the mechanism.

Before Xiao Lou had time to think about it, Yu Hanjiang's waist turned suddenly in the air, leading him to fly obliquely to the wall, took out a sharp saber in his hand, aimed at the tongue flying around on the wall, and slashed down hard!

The man's eyes were deep, his eyes were full of hostility, and his hands were crisp to the extreme.

Although the visual effect of the tongues all over the room is rather scary and disgusting, Yu Hanjiang's mood did not fluctuate when he saw these things. In a blink of an eye, half of the tongues on the wall were cut off by him abruptly!

Accompanied by his slashing, the tongue on the wall suddenly stretched several times as if it was irritated.

Yu Hanjiang met gods and killed gods, met Buddhas and Buddhas, he was suspended in the air with the help of Liu Qiao's qinggong card, his toes used those tongues as landing points, his left hand tightly hugged Xiao Lou's waist, and the saber in his right danced around The sharp circle of light was protected by him from front to back, from left to right, and there were bursts of knife light in the air, and countless tongues were cut off by him. For a while, no tongue could get close to his body.

Although everyone can't speak, Yu Hanjiang is telling his teammates with actions - he is opening the way for everyone.

The tongue that had been severed by him fell like heavy snow in the house, and the bloody scene made people want to vomit physiologically. But after experiencing so many exercises in secret rooms, everyone's psychological quality has been improved qualitatively. Let alone a few big men who are embarrassed to vomit, Liu Qiao also held back.

Lu Jiuchuan waved his hand forward and made a "go fast" gesture.

Immediately afterwards, he looked down at Tang Ci on his chest, worried that he would accidentally drop Tang Ci while he was moving quickly, so he gently stuffed Tang Ci into his pocket with his fingers.

Tang Ci was stuffed into his pocket, and he couldn't see anything clearly.

He wanted to climb out, but... Now that he has encountered the Hell Mechanism Formation, Brother Jiu will definitely be distracted if he wants to take care of him. If he accidentally falls and is trampled to death by his teammates, it will be too wronged, so let's not make trouble.

Tang Ci thought about it, and decided to stay quietly in Brother Jiu's pocket.

The next moment, Lu Jiuchuan jumped up suddenly, and Tang Ci felt as if he was on a roller coaster, being shaken dizzily.

Lu Jiuchuan kicked away the tongue that was attacking him, and then took out a weapon card.

Most of his cards are summoned beasts, but he also drew an S-level weapon called [Ice Sword]. This sword is slender and sharp, with a thin blade, and a light blue tassel and matching scabbard. It looks like the sharp sword in the martial arts boy. However, the moment the sword was pulled out, a strong cold air wrapped around the sword body, as if the whole sword was made of ice and snow.

This sword also comes with a small-scale freezing function.

Yu Hanjiang opened the way ahead with a saber, and Lu Jiuchuan followed closely behind with his ice sword.

Before those tongues could touch their bodies, they were either cut off mercilessly by Yu Hanjiang, or frozen by Lu Jiuchuan's sweeping sword. The two brothers quickly removed the tongues around them. Lao Mo and Liu Qiao were not idiots either. , followed immediately.

I don't know how long this "walls are covered with tongues" passage is. Yu Hanjiang and Lu Jiuchuan ran forward quickly while fighting with the flexible tongue array. With Lu Jiuchuan's ice sword, the tongues along the road were frozen, and the whole The corridor has almost become an icehouse.

The frozen tongues looked like stalactites in a cave.

Five minutes later, the six of them successfully passed the tongue formation and came to an open space.

Xiao Lou breathed a sigh of relief. Both Yu Hanjiang and Lu Jiuchuan reacted quickly and had top-notch fighting skills. With the cooperation of the two brothers, the tongue-pulling hell on the first floor did not pose much threat to them...

What he was worried about was, since they were walking in hell, would they encounter other hells next?

Xiao Lou opened his mouth and said, "The hell of pulling out the tongue is over, you should be able to speak, right?"

Everyone heard his voice.

Lu Jiuchuan couldn't help cursing: "Fuck, those tongues are really disgusting. To pull out tongues hell, use tongues as mechanisms. This little square loli looks cute, but she's so perverted inside."

Tang Ci poked his head out from the edge of his pocket and said calmly: "You'd better not scold the gatekeeper in the secret room, lest she hear it and make it harder for us on purpose."

Lu Jiuchuan smiled: "Did I scold her? I just praised her for being super cute. I have never seen such a cute little loli. The cake dress she is wearing is just like a white and beautiful doll."

Everyone: "..."

Brother Jiu also has a strong desire to survive, but he doesn't know if the guards can hear him.

After regaining his ability to speak, Xiao Lou looked at Yu Hanjiang's blood all over his body, and hurriedly grabbed his hand worriedly: "Are you okay? There's so much blood on your body..."

The concerned Yu Hanjiang raised his lips and said in a low voice: "It's okay, I just broke those things and splashed them. This maze is full of weirdness. Do you think the tongue-pulling hell just now is an illusion?"

Xiao Lou couldn't explain it either.

In a normal ancient tomb, such a strange mechanism would not appear. But this time the ancient tomb maze is a world routine arranged by the gatekeepers, and it is not unusual for anything to appear. He took a deep breath and looked towards the dark passage ahead: "Whether it is an illusion or not, there may be seventeen layers of hell waiting for us, everyone be careful."

Although Liu Qiao just broke out from the disgusting tongue formation, her expression was still calm, and she asked, "Does Professor Xiao know the order of the eighteen hells? What should the next one be?"

Xiao Loudao: "Scissors Hell."

Everyone was silent for a moment, Yu Hanjiang waved his hand: "Let's go."

It wasn't until then that he realized that he had been holding Xiao Lou's waist, and that their bodies were very close. Just now, in desperation, he hugged Xiao Lou to avoid the tongue attack, but he forgot to let go of the tongue attack. The teammates must have seen it, but no one said much.

Yu Hanjiang calmly withdrew his hands, pretending nothing happened, but Xiao Lou's ears felt slightly warm.

Everyone continued to walk forward, and there was a downward step in front of them. Fortunately, the steps were not long. After walking only a dozen steps, they came to a wide rectangular passage.

According to the regional punishment rules, anyone who sows dissension and slanders others will be sent to Tongue Pulling Hell after death, and the kid will have their tongue pulled out; while those who are sent to Scissors Hell will have ten fingers cut off abruptly.

It is said that ten fingers connect to the heart, and the pain of being cut off one by one is naturally a torture that ordinary people cannot bear.

Xiao Lou looked at the dense array of scissors in front of him, and his face was a little ugly.

These scissors are not the kind of small scissors that are commonly used in households, but giant scissors with a width of 1 meter and a length of 1.5 meters. It can even cut a person's waist!

What's more, scissors are all over the space.

It is impossible to fly over the feet, legs, waist, and top of the head with light work, and it is impossible to crawl over the ground. Moreover, the opening and closing speed of the scissors is extremely fast, and the sound of "click, click" is constantly coming from the ears. If you accidentally touch the sharp blade, you may have a leg, an arm, or even your head cut off.

Lu Jiuchuan endured the urge to scold the guards, and said in a deep voice: "My ice sword can only freeze people and animals. These scissors are made of iron and cannot be frozen. How can I get there?"

Climbing, jumping, and running are all unworkable, and controls such as freezing, confusion, immobilization, and drowsiness are all aimed at living creatures. Scissors are organs and tools, and will not be affected by card control skills.

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other, and at this moment, Liu Qiao suddenly said, "I can get smaller and walk over to have a look."

Her [Thumbelina] has two skills, the first is to make herself smaller, and the second is to make others smaller.

The lowest point of the scissors in the mechanism array in front is about 10cm from the ground, and after Liu Qiao transforms, her height will shrink to only 5cm, so she can walk over directly.

Xiao Lou looked at Liu Qiao and warned, "Be careful."

Liu Qiao nodded, decisively reduced himself to the size of a thumb, and walked slowly through the scissor formation.

She didn't just walk over, she would stop while walking, raise her head, and carefully observe the law of the scissor formation.

Soon, Liu Qiao discovered that there were ten scissors distributed in the air for every meter walked. Although the distribution was disorderly and the scissors were still moving back and forth, the ten scissors were linked when they opened and closed—that is, the A row of scissors will open and close according to certain rules. If you pass through this row when the scissors are closed, you will not be afraid of being stabbed by a sharp edge.

The second row follows another rule; the third row...

After walking through eighteen rows in a row, Liu Qiao finally left the scissor formation and saw a clearing in front of him.

She immediately said to Xiao Lou: "Professor Xiao, there are a total of 18 rows of scissors in the scissor array, and each row of scissors has its own opening and closing rules. The fastest frequency is about 1 second, and the slower one is about 3 to 4 seconds. None lasted more than 4 seconds. If everyone reacts quickly enough, they can catch the gap where the scissors are closed and fly over. As long as the scissors are closed, there is no lethality."

Liu Qiao's method is actually quite dangerous.

For example, when the scissors in the first row were closed, they broke into the scissor formation, and just as they reached the second row, the scissors in this row were opened and closed again, wouldn't that just cut everyone's body in half? ?

However, no one can think of a better way.

The scissors are densely packed, and the lightness skill is useless, and it is not affected by the control skills, so you can only bite the bullet and force your way.

Xiao Lou carefully observed the changes in the scissor formation. Although there are too many scissors and the sharp blades are constantly opening and closing, it will give people a huge psychological pressure... But in the final analysis, this is the same as the mechanism pathway in the game. Similarly, it will always leave a way for players to survive, depending on whether you can grasp it.

There are two ways to pass through this dense array.

The first is to look at the timing, avoid all the scissors, and pass through the mechanism array in one breath; the second is to walk one step and stop one step, and slowly pass row by row. Due to the large number of them now, it is easy to make mistakes in one-off rushing, and they are still row by row.

It will be safer to pass. Thinking of this, Xiao Lou turned to Liu Qiao and said, "Xiao Liu, please come back and bring us here."

Their field of vision can't clearly see the movement of the entire scissors array now, but Liu Qiao passed a formation after becoming smaller, and the changes in the array are naturally more familiar than theirs.

The 5cm tall Liu Qiao flew back with Qinggong and said, "I'll lead the way."

After she finished speaking, she re-entered the scissor formation. Xiao Lou and his teammates stood side by side, ready to sprint at any time. The moment the shrunken Liu Qiao saw the scissors merging, he said, "Go, three rows in a row!"

The four quickly walked forward three rows. Sure enough, the scissors in these three rows were all merged at this time, and they were not lethal.

But the scissors in the fourth row are open, and they are still floating back and forth. If you take half a step and happen to be caught by a pair of scissors...then the moment the scissors close, they will be cut in half.

The sharp blade on the inside of the scissors is frightening.

Liu Qiao raised his head and carefully observed the scissor array. The scissors in the back rows opened and closed at different frequencies. The fourth row opened and closed once every 2 seconds; the fifth row opened and closed every 3 seconds; the sixth row opened and closed once every 4 seconds. The seventh row takes 1 second.

According to mathematical principles, a least common multiple can be found.

That is to say, every 12 seconds, the four rows of scissors will have a short time and enter the closed state at the same time.

Liu Qiao counted silently for 12 seconds in his heart, and said, "Go to the seventh row!"

Xiao Lou also saw Liu Qiao's calculation logic, and couldn't help but admire Xiao Liu a little more. The key to this scissors array is actually to see clearly the opening and closing rhythm and regularity of each row of scissors from the perspective of God, and then find a time point when several rows enter the closed state at the same time to sprint - the "least common multiple" of the rhythm matching is this point in time.

Under Liu Qiao's guidance, everyone passed the scissor formation without any risk.

Lu Jiuchuan looked back at the rows of bright scissors that kept making "click click" noises, heaved a sigh of relief, looked at Liu Qiao who was the size of a thumb on the ground, and said with a smile: "Young girl is not bad, she is quite courageous."

Liu Qiao was not humble either, and explained calmly: "I'm a science student. When I got smaller and walked through the scissors array, I discovered some patterns." She raised her head and looked in Mo Xuemin's direction: "Uncle Mo, can you Can't you take me for a while? The Thumbelina card has a cooling time limit, once I transform back, I can't shrink any more, in case I need to shrink through the mechanism later, I can help."

Of course, Lao Mo had no objection, he leaned over and grabbed the little girl and put it in his pocket.

The six-member team became a 4+2 team. Lu Jiuchuan had Tang Ci in his pocket, and Lao Mo had Liu Qiao in his pocket. They only rested for a while before continuing to the next level.

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【Chapter 380, Iron Tree Hell】

They walked down a set of steps, and soon saw the third floor - Iron Tree Hell.

I saw an iron tree standing in the center of the empty tomb that was as big as a basketball court. Every branch and leaf on that tree was like a sharp knife. Many corpses were pierced through the flesh of the back by the iron tree. Hanging on a tree, it was turned into a human body by the wind.

Dead bodies were hung all over the tree, among them were a large number of female corpses in white clothes, with jet-black hair hanging down, looking particularly menacing.

Xiao Lou stopped in his tracks, wondering what the mechanism of the Iron Tree Hell would be?

It's impossible to hang them up, right?

Tang Ci released his mechanical ants to explore the way. As a result, just as the ants took two steps forward, the iron tree seemed to have a spirituality, and suddenly stretched out long iron chains and vines, and rolled the two ants violently. , Hanging upside down on the tree!

Ants are made of metal, and they are instantly cut into mud by sharp branches and leaves.

Xiao Lou: "..."

Are you really going to hang them on a tree? !

Tang Ci: "..."

It's a pity for his ants. Fortunately, this card of his can summon a large number of mechanical ants, and the death of only two has little impact.

Lu Jiuchuan cursed again in his heart that the gatekeeper was a pervert, and then looked at Yu Hanjiang: "With your skill, can you avoid it?"

"It should be possible. My saber cuts iron like mud. These vines are made of iron. I can cut them off directly with my saber. But it's still too dangerous to do so, and I can't take you there." Yu Hanjiang's face was extremely serious: "This Is the first level a stampede sensor? If we don't touch the floor, can it sense where we are and hang us upside down from the tree with rattan?"

"I'll try." Tang Ci has a lot of mechanical cards in his hand. In addition to the mechanical ants used for pathfinding and reconnaissance, and the mechanical spiders used to attack, there is also an aerial machine-the drone phalanx.

His drone phalanx can carry out large-scale bombing of designated areas, and can also be used as a stealth reconnaissance aircraft or small transportation equipment, with very comprehensive functions.

Tang Ci only sent two drones and flew into the air.

If there is a stepping mechanism on the ground, as long as you step on the iron tree on the floor, it will automatically sense the position, sweep the target and hang it on the tree-then, as long as you don't step on the floor, it will be fine.

But it turns out they were too optimistic.

The drone flying in the air just entered the area of ​​the iron tree, and was swept over by a vine like a chain, instantly crushing it into a pile of fragments.

Tang Ci was helpless: "It doesn't work, this is a 360-degree sensor with no dead angle."

It is even more exaggerated than modern high-tech intelligence.

So, why did such a wonderful organ appear in the tomb of the ancients?

Xiao Lou couldn't help but want to complain

Gatekeeper, he rubbed his temples, took a deep breath and quickly calmed down, looking up at this strange tree. The iron tree in front of them was covered with corpses. Once they were accidentally swept away by the chains, they would become one of the corpses hanging on it.

Moreover, this iron tree is extremely strong, and it is impossible to artificially destroy the entire tree.

Although Yu Hanjiang's saber can cut iron like mud, it can cut off the iron chains flying over and sweeping everyone, but it can't cut off the iron trees with a diameter of more than 5 meters. What's more, at present, no one knows how many iron chains the iron tree will throw to sweep them all at once, and it's too dangerous to rush directly...

Xiao Lou thought about it carefully, and said: "Since this is an induction mechanism, it is nothing more than a few kinds-press induction, we step on the floor, and the iron tree can immediately find our position; sound wave induction, the sound of footsteps and breathing, as long as there is a sound , The chain of the iron tree can also accurately lock the position; then there is visual sensing, assuming that the leaves of this tree have eyes, then wherever we go, it can immediately tie us back to the tree and use a sharp knife to make a sieve. "

The teammates turned their heads and looked at the biggest tree they had ever seen in their lives.

The rusty tree was covered with corpses. The rusty iron might be oxidized by the blood flowing on it. Most of the corpses hanging on the tree, besides the mummies that had been dead for a long time, there was also one ...

Seems to have died not too long ago.

As a forensic doctor, Xiao Lou is very sensitive to the judgment of the time of death. He found that there was a female corpse hanging from the top of the iron tree, wearing neat black short sleeves and jeans, with a ponytail tied behind her head. She was hung upside down on the tree, with a The sharp branch pierced her chest directly. The expression on her face was full of horror, and the corpse hadn't decomposed yet, and there were no obvious corpse spots.

Xiao Lou felt chills in his heart: "Look, the female corpse on the top...she should have died within half an hour."

Lu Jiuchuan was obviously stunned—everyone was struggling with how to pass through this level of mechanism, but Professor Xiao actually studied the death time of the corpse hanging upside down on the iron tree? Is this playing the room of squares as the room of hearts?

However, after carefully pondering Xiao Lou's words, Lu Jiuchuan immediately came back to his senses: "The time of death is within half an hour, you mean, this person just entered the maze not long ago?"

Xiao Lou looked solemn: "It is likely to be a hunter."

Everyone: "..."

This time around the world, the gatekeeper has already said that all teams will enter the parallel secret room independently, and all players will participate in the scoring ranking, and the number of eliminations will be determined according to the principle of the final elimination system.

In other words, their team and other challenger teams will not meet in a maze.

And on this iron tree, 99% of the corpses were dressed in white, with long hair hanging down, and pale faces, like hanged ghosts.

These should be the evil spirits who have been punished in Iron Tree Hell.

However, the corpse hanging on the top is completely different from other corpses in terms of clothing, dressing up, and death. And more importantly, her skin wasn't that pale, and the place where the sharp branch pierced her was even... bleeding.

She is human.

The only people who can enter this maze are hunters.

Lu Jiuchuan had a chill down his spine; "My crow's mouth is so fucking right! The hunter organization actually tracked down the maze where we are, but they probably came in from a different place from ours, so this woman Died in the iron tree hell?"

Xiao Lou nodded and looked up at the female corpse. He didn't know whether to be sad or grateful. He was silent for a moment before saying, "We found the hunter's body in Iron Tree Hell, which at least proves one point..."

He looked at Yu Hanjiang and said seriously: "In the confrontation between the hunter and the challenger, the four gatekeepers should maintain a neutral attitude. The hunter must solve puzzles and pass the trap just like us when entering the maze. The square-shaped little loli didn't put water on her."

Yu Hanjiang nodded his head: "Well, they wanted to kill us in the maze of square pieces, but they were killed by the mechanism of square pieces. However, the hunters who came to chase brother Jiu should not be weak, but they were killed by iron trees here. Stabbed to death... It is obviously not feasible for us to force our way in."

Why don't you just turn around and find another way?

But if you look back, all previous efforts will be wasted, and everyone is not reconciled.

While hesitating, Xiao Lou suddenly said, "I have an idea, I can try it."

Everyone saw him take out a card, and looked at the iron tree calmly: "This iron tree should be an intelligent mechanism of vision, sound waves and pressure sensing. As long as it enters its sensing range, even a mosquito cannot fly away. Therefore, We had to make it completely imperceptible."

The eyes of the teammates lit up——

The card Xiao Lou took out was: Cloak of Invisibility.

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