The Age of Machines

Chapter 800 Back

The water that was pushed aside by the two sides stopped for a while, but soon, the water gradually returned, and Beixi and the others had less than 20 seconds left.

"Walk!"

Beixi shouted in a deep voice.

Time was running out, and they couldn't afford to lose the rest of the time.

Lollipop quickly took back the key and stepped on the water-condensed stairs to rush down. Behind him, the civet cat and others hurriedly followed, and Beixi broke behind.The water on both sides is flowing back at a moderate speed.They knew that once the water surface merged, the water staircase leading to the golden gate would disappear, and once the staircase disappeared, it would be impossible for them to touch the gate.

The appearance of the door is conditional, and there is no need for any ladder to appear in the past, but now this ladder is the only limiting condition.Beixi and the others have experienced a lot outside, so when the stairs appear, everyone has the first reaction in their minds, buy time!
Generally, this ladder will not exist for too long, at most it will not last for ten seconds, and they will be clear about the movement of the water on both sides.The water-condensed stairs are rare and hard, and they need to pay attention to the front and rear distances and their own balance when running down.

Shengshi is actually not very friendly to players.

Like this kind of ladder, under normal circumstances, all possible crises will actually happen to the players.There are no safety guardrails on both sides of the ladder. This is a suspended ladder. Once the player's soles are unstable and fall out of the ladder, they can only swim up and start again.

There are rules.

Sometimes the regulations in Shengshili cannot be changed, and players can only abide by them.

Fortunately, the lollipop at the beginning is light and flexible. This ladder is not difficult for her. Naturally, the civet cat is not inferior. The physical flexibility of a female archer is no less than that of a two-gun mechanic and a thief.The two of them were going to the end soon, and when they looked back, they saw that the day behind Rashomon was slowing down a bit, and they couldn't help frowning worriedly.

The separate currents on the water surface have merged, and the steps on the lake are slowly disappearing. If the player has not walked down the steps and opened the door before the currents merge, they can only be trapped here and find another way to get out.

"Hurry up, one day."

Day by day, he was so anxious that he stared and wanted to speed up, but his body was heavy, and his heavy armor was a bit of a drag on him. Besides, his body was the strongest. If the speed was too fast, he would not be able to run down as easily as others.Day by day, he focused on attack and blood volume. He was not a speed fighter player. Although he had no intention of it at this time, he was indeed a bit delayed.

I don't know how many more.

But there wasn't much left for Quinn's limited time.

After Beixi broke, and the water steps behind her were already fading, Beixi was still extremely calm.Lollipop watched anxiously, and civet cat frowned, seeing that there were only five roads left from the door, so he yelled: "What are you dawdling at this time?!"

"Tangtang, open the door!"

Lollipop took out the key and inserted it directly into the door hole. With a "click", the magic circle unfolded very quickly.Day by day, I swallowed my saliva and started to run.Simply, the three behind him are not far away from him.

The moment the door opened, Lollipop and Tanuki stepped into the golden light of Dasheng. Rashomon saw that day by day, he ran quickly, raised his hand and pulled it. After all, this step is the door. No need to go any further.

Pulling people directly into it, and at this time the light of the door is gradually weakening.

Ukiyo-e jumped in immediately after the two of them. At this time, Quinn's time was only three seconds, and there were only five remaining steps left on the water steps.

Wei Shengmo stood in front of the door and turned back to look at Beixi abruptly. As soon as the steps under his feet disappeared, Beixi stepped down on the second step. However, because the water flow began to completely converge, causing the airflow to collide, Beixi was affected, but If it fell on the edge, the ladder disappeared very quickly, and the second ladder also began to flicker, unable to support, and Beixi lost his balance.

Pulled by his power in an instant, he was pulled into his arms, and Wei Shengmo fell into the door with his arms around him tightly.

"Bang." The heavy door closed tightly at the last moment.

The two fell, and the magic circle in the center of the door gradually disappeared.

Civet cat and the others hurried forward to pull the two of them up. "I'm going, it's too dangerous!"

It's exciting to go down the stairs in time.

Everyone is quite calm on the surface, but the inside is quite different.Beixi was also worried about going down. It was a normal step, but everyone had to race against time.The time limited by Quinn and the time of the door are forcing them. If they can go down the stairs leisurely, this situation may not happen.

As soon as Bei Xi got up, he opened the mission directly.

The task didn't turn red.Normal tasks are displayed in blue, and once they fail, they will turn red, and the task is useless at this time.Players must delete the task and need to go to the NPC to pick it up again.But if it is a task that can no longer be received, once it is deleted, it will no longer be able to be received.If the player does not delete it, such failed tasks will not disappear automatically, and will occupy the task bar.

"The mission did not fail."

Sometimes such time-limited missions may fail within the last five seconds.Beixi is also a little worried, after all, it is the key to whether they can enter the next map.Otherwise, it is really meaningless to waste two hours here.

Lollipop also said excitedly at this time: "My, that mission didn't fail, it's a miracle." She was already prepared to lose her reputation if the mission failed.

As she spoke, she excitedly took out the [Book of Punishment] that was automatically taken back in the package by the system just because she wanted to pass through the door.The book has not changed in any way, it is still the same as they were in the space before, and the book cover has not become more worn out due to the change of time.

Tanuki and the others looked a little weird when they looked at the [Book of Punishment].Lollipop said blankly again: "Mission..."

"What?" Seeing her reaction day after day, it seemed that something extraordinary had happened.

"Behind, there is an extra coordinate behind the mission. ⊙▽⊙"

"The coordinates of Meredith?" Tanuki was surprised.

Lollipop nodded in disbelief.

That's what she looks like.Everyone entered that space, and the clues they found along the way seemed to indicate that Meredith was dead.But now that they returned to the normal ruins map, Meredith's coordinates were automatically added.

Then came the doubts.

Why is there no specific location hint in the space, but in the normal space, there are coordinates directly?
With this question in mind, the group is now going to the Flying Eagle Forest where Quinn is.The system has already reminded everyone to rush to Quinn's place within 3 minutes.

Along the way, Beixi was still thinking about Goulds.

After running for a while, Beixi suddenly thought of something, looked at Lollipop and asked directly, "Tangtang, has that space key disappeared?"

"Huh?" Lollipop suddenly realized after being asked this question, and hurriedly took out the column where the mission items were located in the package.When he saw the empty grid, Lollipop was stunned, "It's gone. What's the matter? Isn't that key with a mission? Speaking of which, I don't seem to have received any mission because of that key." At the end In a word, lollipop is also a bit annoying.

Bei Xi's eyes narrowed slightly, as expected there was an NPC planning something behind his back.

Civet cat and the others also looked at each other, the key disappeared, but there are many possibilities.Thinking back to what the lollipop said at the beginning that a man in black robes threw her the key, I felt that things started to become difficult.

The civet cat said to Beixi: "I said before that this relic is nameless and the tiles are not big. I didn't expect there to be so many worlds."

"Hmm. It's hard to meet a big quest line in the ruins." In the past, because the ruins were too complicated, the quests were rarely connected.Although Beixi and the others didn't know if they found the right target ruins this time, at least they would definitely gain something.

Two minutes later, he came to where Quinn was again.

They walked out of the grass and stood quietly in the center of the field.The falcon patrols looked at them without the initial hostility.

Bei Xi shouted to the giant tree in front of him: "Master Quinn, we are back according to the time."

At this time, the sound of "呵呵" came from all around, and many spiders climbed on the surrounding trees at some point.Although there was no hostility, the sight they looked at made people feel a little uncomfortable.

"boom"

The huge body jumped out of the tree and landed in front of them. The ground swayed, flying sand and rocks.A ray of light shrouded his body, and the moment it disappeared, the expressionless man appeared in front of their eyes.

"Where have you been?" Quinn's face was not very good.

Although this man asked his subordinates to help them find what they were looking for, he just sent those spiders to follow them.Beixi and the others were quite surprised when they heard his question.

I thought Quinn knew where they went.

Bei Xi narrowed his eyes and looked at Quinn, "Does your lord know the Goulds family?"

Quinn frowned. Could this be related to the inexplicable disappearance of these humans? He knew that the group of humans in front of him entered the lake area, then went down the lake, and never surfaced again.

There was a force in the lake area, and his subordinates couldn't stay in it for long. Finally, seeing Beixi and the others entered the water, they had to retreat, and then waited outside the bone gate.

But for an hour, no one was seen.Quinn even thought that this group of humans had encountered an accident in the lake area.It was a mysterious place. He stayed in the ruins for hundreds of years and never set foot in the depths.There is a kind of power that completely suppresses him, and he still doesn't know where the source of the power comes from.

It is also puzzling to say.He has ruled Juling Island for a hundred years, and he can't figure out when that lake area existed.As long as he could remember, the lake area seemed to have existed, but he had no idea what was inside.

Beixi's question at this time made him frowned slightly.

"Gultz?"

"Have you heard of this race?"

"No. What Goulds?" Quinn expressed doubts.

Several people communicated quietly.

It seemed that Quinn didn't know the existence of the Gultz race.His expression doesn't look like it's faked either. Could it be that this man hasn't checked it out?
"This Juling Island used to be called [Punishment Abyss]?"

Their question seemed to open up a field that Quinn had never set foot on before, and Quinn's expression was a little loose.Muttering to himself: "[Punishment Abyss]? What kind of place is this?"

Quinn has existed on Juling Island for a long time.But he also said that since he can remember, he has been on this island and cannot go out.As long as he can remember, this area is no longer the so-called [Abyss of Punishment], but a place called [Juling Island].

So how long has Goulds been around?
Beixi and the others couldn’t help guessing whether not only the Birbers Lake area belonged to Gulz, but the entire island used to be Gulz’s domain? It’s just because Gulz is now extinct, and some of its remains remain in Birber On the side of Perth Lake, the rest were almost destroyed, and then other creatures later occupied the land as king, so the scope of the site changed.

Everyone fell into deep thought.

The civet cat looked at Quinn in front of him but became thoughtful.

Quinn couldn't stand the weird silence.He has lived on this island for many years, but he has never heard of [Gultz], [Punishment Abyss], what exactly did these humans experience in the Lake District.

"You entered a different dimension after falling into the lake?"

Ukiyo-e chuckled and looked at Quinn's reaction, as if he didn't know where they went.Can't his spider eyeliner go into the water?
In fact, there was nothing to hide. If Quinn knew something, it would be useful to them.

Ukiyo-e said: "A force has brought us into the past Goulds. Don't you really know Goulds?"

Quinn said blankly: "It's the first time I've heard of it."

"Isn't this your territory? There is a strange area in the lake area that exists on your own territory, haven't you discovered it?" Lollipop asked.I always felt that Quinn knew something, but he kept silent.

Quinn replied: "I can't get in that place."

"Why?"

Everyone is puzzled.

Quinn only said: "A force hinders me. And every time the moon appears, that force becomes stronger and stronger, and even the hundreds of meters in the lake area cannot be lifted, no matter what kind of creature it is."

"Haven't you investigated it?"

Quinn looked at Tanuki suspiciously, "Since it's harmless to me, why should I waste time?"

The raccoon was speechless.

Beixi looked up at the sky, but there was no sign of the moon appearing.She remembered what Gultz had seen, and stared straight at Quinn, feeling suspicious in her heart.

"When will the three moons appear?"

The others were more or less wary of Quinn.

A group of hot eyes stared at him, and Quinn was still very calm."Soon," he said.

"Do the moons appear all at once, or one after the other?" Lollipop asked.

Quinn didn't have any strange reaction. He only glanced at the lollipop and said, "Naturally they appear together. When the three moons fall, night will cover the entire island. At that time, a vision will appear in the sky."

"Get ready. Come on, come on..." He looked up at the sky, the endless blue sky with long white clouds floating, and there was no sign of the moon appearing.

Quinn stopped talking, he walked aside and leaned against the trunk of the tree with his eyes closed.

Time passed in a minute and a second.

(End of this chapter)