Steel Chang'an

Chapter 114

Under the raised vermilion eaves, 81 giant pillars stand majestically. Even the picture of Jiuge's expedition depicted on the giant pillars is exactly the same as what they saw before they set off.

Holes were also dug on the ground paved with blue bricks, and the light they saw underground poured down from these holes.

Whether it is the specifications, size, shape, or even every detail of the sculpture, it is exactly the same as what they saw before entering the dark river.

Could it be that they made a circle in the dark river and returned to the place where they started?
But Mu Yun immediately noticed that although the Hall of Valor was also dilapidated, there were no traces of yin and yang trees wrapped around the Hall of Valor, and the ground had not been poured with metal.

This is not the Hall of Valor they set out from.

At both ends of the dark river, there are actually two identical Halls of Valor!
Li Jing and Mu Yun looked at each other, and they both looked at Zheng Quan. "Scholar, what's the point?" Li Jing asked.

However, Zheng Quan also looked confused, "Zheng has never seen two identical Halls of Valor. His Royal Highness does not bury the bones, but only records the list and pays homage to the heroic spirits. No matter how large-scale the war is, the scope of the battlefield is wide. A Hall of Valor is enough to record the names of all the fallen soldiers, let alone a Hall of Valor of such a scale."

Is there anything strange in the Hall of Valor?
The three of them haven't had time to think about this question in the future, because when they looked around, they were even more surprised!

The Hall of Valor is only supported by pillars, with no walls for ventilation on all sides, and the surrounding scenery is unobstructed.

And what they saw was the endless sea.

This Hall of Valor is actually located on an isolated island in the middle of the sea, surrounded by sea water in all directions.

Mu Yun imagined many dangers that they might encounter after leaving the dark river, but no matter how rich his imagination was, he never imagined that what lay before them at this moment would be a vast ocean!
The sea breeze blows gently, the blue sea water undulates steadily, the sky is clear and the sun shines warmly, it is a peaceful and beautiful scene.

"This is definitely not the East China Sea." Zheng Quan said suddenly.

"En." Mu Yun said.

Even if the Donglin underground river system extends in all directions, the shortest distance from Yinshan Mountain to the East China Sea is still thousands of miles away. It took them only three hours from entering the underground river to exiting. It is absolutely impossible for them to cross the East China Sea in such a short period of time.

The most important thing is that he has just been to the East China Sea, and he still remembers the gray and turbulent waves, which are by no means as peaceful as the sea in front of him.

"We should still be underground now." Zheng Quan said.

"That's right." Mu Yun said.

The Hall of Valor they saw after entering the Yin Mountain was located [-] meters underground, and the dark river was under the Hall of Valor. Even if they were disturbed by the magnetic field, it would be difficult for them to detect changes in the terrain, but none of the rivers would suddenly rise in water level [-] meters high.

"So we should not be able to see the sky." Zheng Quan said.

"That's right." Mu Yun said.

The sky was just above their heads, high and blue, and even the white clouds were placed just right, no more, no less.

"Then this sky is fake." Zheng Quan said.

"Fake." Mu Yun said.

He has seen the banquet hall in Tengwang Pavilion, which uses holographic technology to transform a limited space into an endless sea of ​​clouds. Even the misty clouds themselves are the result of virtual calculations.

"This sea is naturally the result of virtual calculations." Zheng Quan said.

"It's possible." Mu Yun said.

The waves hit the shore, and there was a clear sound of waves, and the wind blowing on the face carried a faint smell of the sea.

"This explains why there are two identical Halls of Valor." Zheng Quan said excitedly, "Because the Hall of Valor we saw just now is just a holographic projection and does not actually exist."

"It makes sense." Mu Yun said.

"The place we are standing now should be the ancient battlefield of the Millennium War, which is also the place where Jiu Ge was buried. It's just that we are covered by a layer of extremely realistic holographic images, which makes us feel like we are in the sea. hallucinations above."

"Wait," Mu Yun said, "I have a question - if everything we see is the result of virtual computing, then there must be quite a large equipment here, which requires continuous energy support. Such a huge Where does the energy come from?"

"Geothermal heat!" Zheng Quan said with certainty, "Do you still remember the geothermal springs we encountered in the dark river? There is a large amount of geothermal heat here, enough to support the operation of huge equipment for thousands of years."

"Maybe you're right," Mu Yun scratched her head, "but I still don't quite understand what's the point of coming out of the sea here."

If this is the Tengwang Pavilion, this sea was created by King Teng, and Mu Yun would never waste a second thinking about the meaning of doing this. A world-class wizard who came out of a building.

But unless the person in charge of burying the ancient battlefield was as full as King Teng and had too much money to spend, Mu Yun really didn't understand why he had to make such a move on the ancient battlefield—even if the geothermal heat doesn't cost money , Will the equipment that can support such a realistic holographic image be very cheap?Even if the ancient battlefield looks too bloody and violent, environmental rectification needs to be carried out, but this ancient battlefield was originally buried deep in the ground, and it is not a scenic spot. If it is like this, no one will come here to have a party?
"In order to let us retreat in spite of difficulties." Zheng Quan said, "Obviously, some people don't want us to discover this ancient battlefield. To be able to return in disgrace along the dark river. To put it bluntly, this is a trick to deceive the eye."

Then this blindfold is too easy to see through, right?Mu Yun vomited in her heart, only to hear Zheng Quan say: "Although it's just a cover-up, even if you see through it, it's still very difficult to find Jiuge in this situation. This kind of holographic image that acts on the environment and optics Like camouflage, the flaws can only be seen at close range, and we can only search slowly all the way."

So the ultimate purpose of this cover-up is just to slow down the progress?Mu Yun was still a little puzzled. Seeing Zheng Quan walking towards the sea step by step, he couldn't help reminding: "Be careful of ambushes!"

Looking up, Zheng Quan had already pulled out the swift sword in his hand, and his moving figure was flawless. It was obvious that he had been on guard for a long time. Mu Yun couldn't help but feel ashamed in his heart: Who is Zheng Quan, the fast sword? Do you still need to remind yourself?
However, Zheng Quan cautiously took a step towards the surface of the sea, and then his whole body sank suddenly, as if his foot had fallen into the sea, and a string of sprays appeared above his head.

This holographic image is too realistic, isn't it, the algorithm actually includes this kind of falling into the water effect?

Mu Yun was feeling emotional in his heart, but he saw Zheng Quan's head emerging from the sea again, waving his arms, as if he was paddling desperately, and at the same time, Mu Yun heard Zheng Quan's exasperated cry from the headset: "Stinky boy, hurry up!" Give me a hand!"

what's the situation!Mu Yun hurriedly rushed forward, before he could hold Zheng Quan's arm, the sea water poured over his head, Mu Yun smacked his mouth, it was salty.

This sea actually exists!
Seeing Zheng Quan taking off his knight mask, his face was even paler than Li Jing, and he murmured in shock: "Now Zheng finally knows what the problem that Teng Wengong can't solve is."

Hiding the sea with the sea, crossing the sea with the sky!
Although the sky here is the result of virtual calculations, the waters surrounding them are real. Although they may not be as vast as the real sea, they are as deep as [-] meters!
But the calm water surface they saw was just an illusion covered with a layer of holographic images!

In this water area, there is an extremely powerful water vortex hidden, like a tornado in the water, spreading all over the water area, as long as you step into this water area, you will be directly sucked into the vortex, your body will be crushed to pieces, and your internal organs will be crushed and burst to death!

After ordinary people see that the sky here is a holographic illusion, they naturally think that this sea is an illusion. range, that is, there is only a dead end.

This interlocking design is not to make people retreat, but to make people never return!
Even Zheng Quan was so vigilant and nimble, but when he stepped on the water with one foot, the suction on the edge of the vortex immediately grabbed him, and he couldn't get away immediately. If it wasn't for Mu Yun's more carefulness, he walked a few slower than Zheng Quan. Step, just pulled him, Zheng Quan has already been recruited!

"Such a powerful vortex is definitely not produced naturally," Zheng Quan said with lingering fear, "There should be a huge magnetic circle at the bottom of the water, which is why the magnetic field in the Yin Ruins is so strong."

Mu Yun frowned.The ancient battlefield where Jiu Ge is buried is underwater, but they cannot approach it.

Don't say that the oxygen of the three of them has bottomed out now. Even if they have enough oxygen, they can't avoid the vortex and enter the water. What's more, even if they have a way to avoid the vortex, they can't avoid the interference of the strong magnetic field and lose their life in the water. Right sense of direction until you run out of oxygen.

Even worse, if it was an exposed pulsed magnetic field, they would be blown to pieces.

"If someone can dive down and turn off the magnetic field..." Mu Yun shook his head halfway through the sentence.

"Or drain all the seawater..." Zheng Quan laughed self-deprecatingly as he spoke. It is not that easy to drain this area of ​​water. Even Teng Wengong could not mobilize so many resources. Personally, I don't even have to think about it.

"Fox, what do you think?"

Mu Yun and Zheng Quan walked back to the Hall of Valor, only to see Li Jing sitting on the ground with his back against a pillar, staring down at the ground, and said "Mmm".

"Is this dozing off?" Mu Yun walked around in front of Li Jing, but saw that Li Jing was still wearing a knight mask, and couldn't tell whether he was awake or asleep, so she stretched out a hand and waved it in front of him. waved.

"Don't make trouble," Li Jing said, "I'm thinking about a very serious question as a teacher."

"This Hall of Valor is real." Zheng Quan touched the carvings on the pillar with his hand. The holographic image can be so realistic that it can deceive the vision at close range, but it cannot deceive the sense of touch.

"That's right, that's the problem." Li Jing said, "If the existence of that piece of water is to hide the location of the ancient battlefield and prevent people from entering it, then why are there two identical Halls of Valor in succession, marking the location of Jiuge ?”

"Then did you come to any conclusion after thinking about it?" Mu Yun sat down against a pillar opposite Li Jing and asked casually.

"Look at the hole in front of you." Li Jing said.

"This is the hole we came from the dark river." Mu Yun said.

"When we entered the dark river, we entered the water through another hole in the ground of the Hall of Valor," Zheng Quan said.

"According to Teng Wengong, he opened a few holes in the ground of the Hall of Valor in order to find a water outlet that could avoid the gushing of geothermal heat." Mu Yun said, and suddenly realized, "But the place where we came up There's no geothermal gushing, and there's no need to dig so many holes in the ground!"

"However, many holes have been dug in the ground of these two Halls of Valor, and according to my impression, the distribution of these holes should be exactly the same!" Zheng Quan also reacted at this moment, "This means——"

"Hehe, this shows that Teng Wengong lied," Li Jing said. "Obviously he didn't dig these holes, but they existed before he found the first Hall of Valor."

"But what's the use of these holes?" Mu Yun asked. They originally used these holes to go up and down the underground river, so it can be confirmed that there is nothing in these holes.

"Well, I have to ask someone to climb to the top of the Hall of Valor and look at the specific distribution of these holes from the top down," Li Jing said, "I suspect that these holes are actually graphic codes."

"Password?" Mu Yun scratched her head, and suddenly understood Li Jing's meaning, "The reason why there is a Hall of Valor here is because it is not a Hall of Valor at all, but a mechanism, and it is a facility that can control the underwater magnetic field." The mechanism of the switch?"

"So far, this is just my teacher's speculation," Li Jing said, "As for whether this is the case, it will take someone to climb up and try to unlock the password to see."

Sure enough, after the master finished talking, it was the disciple's turn to do the work!Mu Yun looked up at the lofty dome of the Hall of Valor, thinking about where to climb up, but saw Zheng Quan beckoning to him, motioning him to bend down.

Before Mu Yun understood what was going on, she felt a heavy weight on her back. When she looked up, Zheng Quan was already flying up into the air with the foot on his back, and her feet tapped lightly between the two pillars , lightly leaped onto the support beam of the dome with his strength.

Li Jing smiled slightly, "I knew that when I heard the word password, the hands of the thief Zheng Quan would definitely itch."

It was only then that Mu Yun remembered that besides the talented Zheng Quan and the Kuaijian Zheng Quan, Zheng Quan also had the most famous nickname of the Bandit Zheng Quan.

And this big thief is not a big thief who steals gold and silver treasures, but a big thief Zheng Quan who specializes in cracking other people's passwords and sneaking into the core database to steal other people's secrets!
(End of this chapter)