The Age of Machines

Chapter 523 Unlock

Beixi led the crowd to keep advancing the distance from the Crocodile Temple.Just 30 meters away, Beixi sensed a strange smell mixed in the air, which was pungent and disgusting.

This is supposed to be a revered sacred temple, why is there such a strong monster atmosphere.Rashomon looked at the magnificent building in front of him, thinking of the vision mentioned by the pocket watch rabbit.In the game, the system has already arranged everything.

The black cloud phenomenon suddenly appeared a year ago, players discovered this hidden snow area one after another, and then the missions about Crocodile also appeared one after another. Is this just a coincidence?
All the main lines should be linked to the last dark year, but the players of Apelas seem to focus on upgrading. At that time, it is estimated that the first thought of many players was to leave this remote city and go to the imperial capital , to venture to more prosperous and more interesting places.

As a result, Crocodile has no one to decipher it, and it has gradually become a mysterious area.

"It smells so bad." Ningmeng pinched her nose, wrinkled her face and complained.

"It's really a strong monster breath." Chunchun shook his head hard, and his eyes fell on Beixi in front of him. It seemed that this person had already guessed that it was related to monsters.

A group of people kept vigilant, and they all came to the entrance of the temple.The iron gates are connected, and the wolf head relief is in the center of the gate, linking the iron gates on both sides.

Lie Zhan stepped forward and tried hard, but he couldn't push it away at all.

He couldn't help stepping back in frustration, and sighed: "No, it can't be opened." The door is too strong, if the player's strength is not enough to push it open, there should be a mechanism under normal circumstances.

Beixi looked around the iron gate, and it was clear at a glance that there was nothing worthy of doubt.Focusing on the wolf's head, Beixi thought, does everyone have to think about the difficult place?
She stepped forward to the door.

Seeing her approaching, Lie Zhan stepped aside.

Bei Xi raised his hand, rubbed the wolf's head with his fingers, and found that it was a little loose as expected.Twist to the left, no, it's firm.That's only the right side...

Grasping the wolf's head with the palm of his hand and turning it to the right suddenly, Beixi withdrew his hand and quickly backed away, and everyone became more vigilant.However, five seconds later, the surrounding area was still calm, without any vision, and the door was still tightly closed.

"It seems useless..." Hoshino rubbed his head and laughed.

"Hmm~"

Beixi raised his eyebrows, this is not right.

Get close to the iron gate again, grab the wolf's head and keep turning to the right, one circle, two circles, three circles...

It seemed that no matter how she turned it, the mechanism would not be turned on.

Beixi gave up.

However, the moment she let go, the light under her feet spread out, and a black hole appeared, and the whole person fell straight down with lightning speed.

No matter how fast the micro-ink is, it can't cope with this sudden situation. Who would have thought that Beixi would be in danger.Just a second after he moved over, the hole had disappeared.

Wei Shengmo punched the ground with his fist, with annoyance in his eyes.

"Ah, master!" Ah Xiao covered his face in horror, ran to Wei Shengmo, knelt on the ground and began to grope, "Why did there appear a hole? How is it possible? Is there a mechanism?"

Wei Shengmo got up, turned on the communication, Beixi's profile picture was on, and he sent a message.

Ding, you are not on the same map as this player. Due to map restrictions, this player cannot receive messages.

Rashomon also tried to send a message to Beixi, and the result was self-evident.

Looking at Wei Shengmo, the man's eyes were filled with emotion. "Beibei is already in this temple."

"How many times did the master turn the wolf's head just now?" Ah Xiao wondered, as long as he repeated the number of turns with Beixi, would the entrance of the cave appear again, so that they could go in and find someone.

"Five turns."

Pocket Watch Rabbit is very observant.

Ah Xiao got up quickly, ran to the wolf's head, held the metal wolf's head and began to twist it round and round, and they waited with bated breath.After five laps, Ah Xiao looked at the bottom of his feet.

Ten seconds passed but nothing happened. Ah Xiao was furious and stomped on the ground. "Come out."

"Could it be that the number of laps is wrong? It stands to reason that if it is really five laps, it should be the correct number of laps to trigger the mechanism." Ban Long stroked his chin and thought.

"Impossible." The pocket watch rabbit vetoed, she couldn't read it wrong.

"Then why didn't it appear?" Chunchun also felt that it was strange enough.What else is possible other than the number of laps being wrong?
"The number of laps is wrong~" Hoshino thought.

Scratching their heads at noon on the day of hoeing, they were also at a loss.

"The number of laps is not wrong." Wei Shengmo said lightly, and everyone stopped arguing.

Rashomon looked at him, opened his mouth and was about to start, when Wei Shengmo said again: "This mechanism will not be effective repeatedly." That is to say, it is a one-off.

"After one time, it disappears, and we have to find other ways to get in."

"Then how does God Beixi know it's five laps?" Ningmeng couldn't help being curious.Coincidentally, he let go after five laps. Could it be that Beixi knew it from the beginning?
In fact, she was just curious, and felt that Beixi could predict everything, which is really amazing.

"Beibei doesn't know. This mechanism may only be triggered after exceeding the correct number of laps. But this is just my guess."

"It's also possible that it was the wrong number of laps, and then the mechanism was triggered." Rashomon continued.

In any case, Beixi is lost.

So how do they get in now...

Wei Shengmo carefully observed his surroundings, there was no doubt about it.His eyes fell on the wolf's head, Beibei's thoughts, he might be able to guess a little, the easiest way to open the door.However, it was not as simple as imagined, and she was put together.

What is the correct number of laps?
Wei Shengmo held him in front of him, and Ah Xiao threw it back, Rashomon raised his hand to catch it, preventing the idiot from getting hurt.Ah Xiao is used to it, after all, people in the legend group like to throw him around whenever they have something to do.

Seeing Wei Shengmo and Rashomon's familiar embarrassment and pick-up techniques, Ah Xiao had another expression of indifference, and the people behind couldn't help but black line.

Really incomprehensible way of dealing with each other.

"Actually, I wanted to complain a long time ago. Ah Xiao looks so stupid." Ningmeng pulled the pocket watch rabbit and whispered in her ear.

If he hadn't given them the title of "Disciple of Beixi", they really wouldn't believe that Ah Xiao was Beixi's apprentice.How did Beixi like this stupid look?
The pocket watch rabbit looked at Ah Xiao who was bouncing in front of him, his eyes drifted, and he said in a low voice: "That's the potential we can't see."

Ningmeng was taken aback for a moment, then looked up at the pocket watch rabbit, there was an emotion in her red eyes that she couldn't understand.However, I felt the taste of bloodlust.

Ningmeng tightened her grip on the man's arm, and the pocket watch rabbit noticed it and looked at her. "What's wrong?"

Ning Meng quickly shook her head and withdrew her hand. "It's nothing."

The rabbit with the pocket watch looked like she had nothing to say, she was hesitant to say something, it seemed that she wanted to say something. "Say it."

Ningmeng was silent for a second, then looked directly at her. "If you leave Apelas one day..."

"No way." The pocket watch rabbit was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile.

Ningmeng opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.Small players like them stay in the game just to make money, and upgrading is actually secondary.And Apelas has a lot of friends, so everyone didn't want to venture to other places...

They have no intention of leaving Apelas, but they always feel that the pocket watch rabbit is a little shaken.

Seeing what she said, Ningmeng sighed.

In fact, I kind of hoped that this person would venture outside, she had more room for development than stupid people like them.Although it is easier to make a lot of money in the imperial capital, the consumables for trading are also expensive, and due to the large number of players, the price often doubles.

The task rewards are not necessarily better than Apelas.

Going to the imperial capital is just a transition of the player level.These people, after staying in Apelas enough that day, will also go to the imperial capital to have a look.It's just that I don't really think about it at the moment. I heard that it is very chaotic there now.

"Team leader, look here."

The conversation between the two was only 2 minutes, and soon, Rashomon made a discovery.Wei Shengmo withdrew his thoughts, saw him pointing to the edge of the iron gate, was quite puzzled, went to him and knelt down.

On closer inspection, there is nothing.

"There are traces."

Rashomon rubbed his fingers on the dark iron door.These traces cannot be seen just by looking at them, because they are as thin as silver needles and very scattered.If Rashomon hadn't squatted down to look closely, and touched it along the way, I really wouldn't have noticed it.

He has always been careful and never misses every corner.As for Beixi and the others, they usually analyze a lot, and then make judgments before taking action.Sometimes it's easy to miss the details...

Wei Shengmo stretched out his finger and touched it bit by bit.Ah Xiao shook his head behind the two, curious. "Brother Mo, what is it?"

Rashomon and Wei Shengmo looked at each other, "This is machine language." Rashomon nodded, yes.Mechanical language is different from other languages. The characters are longer and thinner, and most of them are composed of mutated numbers.

"This is the ancient mechanical language, which is somewhat different from the current one. I haven't learned it yet..." Rashomon scratched his hair, looking anxious.

Even the NPCs of the Mechanics Union wouldn't know such rare words.

Weishengmo is not a mechanic, and it is impossible to understand these words.The ancient mechanical language needs players to have that opportunity to learn it.

"As far as I know of mechanics, only the president can..." But Beixi has already fallen into the trap.

The two stood up, and it seemed that even if they found this clue, they would not be able to enter the temple.

"Let's think of other ways." Wei Shengmo wanted to check the nearby pointed tower.

Ah Xiao moved to the wall curiously, touched the cipher text, then turned to ask Rashomon, "Brother Luosheng, what is Gruen?"

Rashomon paused, "What?"

"It's written on it. If you want to open the door, Gruen is the way to crack it."

Rashomon breathed heavily, staring at A Xiao who showed a puzzled look, he was extremely surprised.Even Wei Shengmo couldn't help but fix his eyes on him.

Everyone didn't expect that this seemingly stupid A Xiao would know characters that Wei Shengmo and Rashomon didn't know.

"Ah Xiao, how do you know the ancient machine language?"

"Ah? Learned."

Learned? Talk to the president?
It should not be possible, the player cannot teach the language to the player.Only NPCs or books can teach it.

"Who did you learn from?"

"An old man. I met him when I was doing a mission."

Grandpa?
Rashomon frowned. There are very few NPCs who understand the ancient machine language, at least not in the emperor.Presumably it should be a special NPC, and it must be a mechanic.

"Brother Luo Sheng, you haven't said what Gruen is yet."

Ah Xiao interrupted Rashomon's contemplation with anxious words, and Rashomon looked at him, "Gruen is the first-generation mechanic Lilita's favorite." He glanced at the wolf head between the iron gates, "Gruen is A wolf."

"Then what does opening the door have to do with it?"

Wei Shengmo was silent, looking at the wolf head lock, head?
So he asked: "Gruen, how many wolves are there?"

Rashomon was slightly stunned, then suddenly realized, and said, "That's right. Langtou lock, Langtou...why didn't we think of it at first."

Rashomon hurriedly ran to the lock, and the people behind him were also very concerned, stretching their necks curiously.

Holding the wolf's head, Rashomon twisted it to the right, one circle, two circles, three circles, then withdrew his hand and backed away.

Three seconds had passed, but the iron gate hadn't moved for a long time, and Wei Shengmo also began to wonder if they were thinking in the wrong direction.

There was a sudden "bang" sound, the wolf's head opened its mouth suddenly, and purple mist spewed out. The group of people jumped in shock and backed away again and again.

After the fog dissipated, the heavy iron doors slowly opened to both sides, and darkness came oncoming.

Everyone looked at each other, and Wei Shengmo walked in with strides.The great god led the team, so why would they not follow.

The moment they stepped into the temple, the surrounding flames were instantly ignited, and everyone saw at a glance that they were all robots in metal armor.

"Wow~ It's so spectacular." Ah Xiao couldn't help but sigh with emotion. These robots are tall and powerful, and they all have the same shape. The palms and arms are split to a certain extent. This is a technique that ancient mechanics liked very much.If the palm and the arm are only connected by a silver thread, the palm can also be thrown out as a weapon when necessary.

Everyone's attention was still on these robots, a basilisk suddenly flew out from nowhere, passed in front of them, and then landed in front of them, twisting its body, spitting out a message and staring at them.

In the next second, he suddenly rushed towards the crowd, flicking his giant tail.The people dodge, scattered and fell.

Ding, you are attacked by [Magic Mian].

[Magic Mian]: Tomb-shouling mechanical beast, unknown.

The moment they received the system prompt, everyone was speechless.What is unknown?
HP, level, skills, they don't know anything, how do they fight?
This is the first time for Weishengmo to meet this kind of unknown monster. Is there something wrong with this snake?
After attacking the person, the snake returned to the center again, its scarlet pupils revealed the intent of killing, and its silver body was glowing with starlight.

"My God, is this thing a mechanical beast?"

Ah Xiao's reaction was a few beats slower, and he didn't seem to be on the same channel as them at all.

"I don't know how to fight?" Banlong frowned, looking at Rashomon and Weishengmo.

A Xiao put his hips on his hips and said with a smile: "If you don't know, it must be an unattackable monster. It can only attack us, and we can't cause harm to it."

Rashomon nodded. In theory, unknown mechanical beasts cannot attack.

"However, just find something to control it."

After Ah Xiao said this, there was a chuckle from the corner, Wei Shengmo looked sideways, "Come out."

Figures slowly walked out from behind the robots.

The black-haired girl walked leisurely in front of everyone with her hands behind her back, and said with a smile, "Ah Xiao, you really deserve to be my apprentice."

Everyone never expected that the person who came out would be Beixi who had fallen into the mechanism.

Things seem to be getting interesting.

(End of this chapter)