In the Hub Hall of the Latent Labyrinth.
Bai Xiaowen and the other two continued to move forward. While Ahon was scouting ahead, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi quietly opened the treasure chest that Leona had dropped.
Leona's kill score was A, so she had three draws that would not be empty.
"You've received a special item: Legend of the Abyss (Book)."
"You've received a high-grade psionic crystal x7."
"You've received an Equipment Enhancement Card: Four Stars."
He did not get any gold equipment after three draws, but Bai Xiaowen was not disappointed. At least, a four-star Equipment Enhancement Card and a high-grade psionic crystal could be used to enhance equipment. They were good items that Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi could use. They would not lose out if they got them.
As for the book, Legend of the Abyss, Bai Xiaowen roughly flipped through it.
"What's in the book?" Li Shuyi asked in the team channel.
Bai Xiaowen said, "This book is about the Latent Labyrinth that exists in the Glimmering Abyss. It uses a lot of space to write about the dangers and opportunities in the Latent Labyrinth. In the blank part of the book, there are notes written by Leona when she was a human. "
Bai Xiaowen flipped to the back and said, "Leona was originally a nun of the Church of Light. For some reason, she abandoned her original faith and began to pursue the power of the abyss. The notes in the book record her process of pursuing the power of the abyss. Oh, there's also information about the Amotava and the mysterious will … I understand why this special item has such a high priority. It turns out that this is a way to give us some information for reference. "
Li Shuyi listened attentively. "What information?"
"The Amotava is a legendary creature in the Darktide Bitwall. It is said that it has nine heads and a body as large as a mountain. Its head towered into the clouds and was at the same level as the stars …" Bai Xiaowen shook his head and laughed. "Of course, this is an exaggeration, but there's no doubt that the Amotava is very strong."
After a pause, Bai Xiaowen continued, "When the Amotava was wreaking havoc in the human world, an organization called the Fate Cult was born. Under the guidance of the prophecy tablet, the Fate Cult warriors found the Amotava's weakness, killed it, and sealed its corpse in the Latent Labyrinth under the abyss. Then, the warriors each took a part of the Amotava's relics and brought them back to the Darktide Continent as proof of glory..."
"These relics are the so-called 'Dragon's Eyes, Dragon's Teeth, Dragon's Heart, and Dragon's Scales.. Later, these relics were lost and no one ever mentioned them again, so there's no need to say more. "
"Let's talk about the Fate Cult first. After killing the Amotava, the cult had a major disagreement. The prophet who held the prophecy tablet was killed. The prophet's disciples followed the teacher's orders and took the prophecy tablet to the Latent Labyrinth. They sealed the tablet and Amotava's remains together, eliminating the source of the chaos."
Li Shuyi said, "So now, is the Amotava going to be resurrected?"
"Not really." Bai Xiaowen flipped to the last few pages of the book. "According to Leona's records, the 'Lord' she spoke of, which is the mysterious prompt of the game of Transcendents, is a being more powerful than the Amotava. He only used the remains of the Amotava as a carrier to rule the Darktide Continent … So, the remains of the Amotava should be some kind of vessel. I now understand that the other party needs to make up for the remains of the Amotava. He wants the vessel to be as complete as possible to carry his power. "
"So, the other party now only has the Dragon's Eyes in your hands and the Dragon's Scales in Ahan's hands to make up for the remains 100%?" Li Shuyi asked.
"Yes, his transformation completion rate is now 80%. This is the result I saw with my insight," Bai Xiaowen said. "I also suspect that the mysterious existence should know that you and I are outsiders and have a storage space. Unless I voluntarily hand over the Eye of the Amotava, he can't get it even if he kills me. "
Li Shuyi had a sudden realization. "That's why he went through so much trouble to come up with this Superhuman game. It's to trick you into taking the bait and sending your eyeballs to him."
Bai Xiaowen nodded and then said with a little emotion, "Actually, if the other party uses reasonable means to make a normal transaction, it's not like I can't give him the eyeball as long as he can come up with something that satisfies me … The Blacktide Continent is not Earth. Even if I cause a flood, I can just walk away."
Li Shuyi could understand Bai Xiaowen's mentality. The Awakened were basically mercenary in the spirit world. As long as they could get enough benefits, it was not a problem even if they had to become enemies with the entire plane.
"But the other party can't come up with anything good to exchange with me," Bai Xiaowen concluded.
"When I pretended to pray before, I received a hint about the 'Abyss Infusion'. It can increase our strength. Not only can we increase our level by one, but our template can also be upgraded," Li Shuyi said. "If we can exchange for such benefits, we'll make a profit."
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said, "You think too much … Well, this kind of enhancement is indeed possible, but the price is hard to say. We have to accept the other party's modification. If I'm not wrong, the prerequisite for accepting such a transformation is to offer one's entire body and mind to the other party and become the other party's most loyal servant … If we really do that, we may never be able to return to Earth and can only live on as a special person from the Spirit Realm. "
Bai Xiaowen thought of the modification technology of the Soundnest organization in the King of Fighters' plane world. During the modification, they would tamper with the target's memory and implant orders that were absolutely loyal to Soundnest. He had always been wary of the so-called modification.
Suddenly, Ahan, who was in front of him, stopped.
"There's another fork in the road. Come on, Prophet, show us the way forward," Ahan said with a smile and a hint of humor.
Bai Xiaowen stepped forward.
This was a fork in the road. In front of each fork, there was a statue sitting cross-legged. The statue had a human face and a beast body. It looked inexplicably familiar.
"These are … sphinxes? Sphinx? "Bai Xiaowen came back to his senses." They can't talk, right? "
The riddle of the sphinx was a story that even children on Earth knew. However, the three sphinxes in front of him obviously couldn't be solved by guessing riddles.
The Eye of Amotawa emitted a turquoise light, and a prompt appeared on the dome.
The three guardians are in front of you.
Guardians of the path of truth.
Upholding the truth and being consistent.
Guardians of the path of lies.
Sometimes true and sometimes false, difficult to distinguish.
Guardians of the path of death.
Betraying the truth and full of lies.
Travelers who have gone astray.
You can tap the guardians' ears.
Ask them where the truth lies.
But each guardian's patience is limited.
They will only answer one question.
See through the facade and reach the essence.
Make the most important choice in your life.
I hope this is not the last choice.
This prompt was rather long. Bai Xiaowen carefully read it twice and said, "It's another reasoning problem. I found that the creator of the Latent Shadow Labyrinth likes to play this game. We've solved several similar problems along the way."
"What does this text mean?" Ahan asked.
"These three sphinxes are the guardians mentioned in the prompt. The three paths behind them are called the path of truth, the path of lies, and the path of death. Literally speaking, the Path of Death should lead to the land of death, and the Path of Nonsense should be the kind of twists and turns that will never lead to the end. We have to walk the Path of Truth. "
After a pause, Bai Xiaowen said, "The next text is the key. The guardians of the path of truth will never lie. The words of the Guardian of the Path of Tongues could be true or false. The guardians of the path of death are the opposite of the path of truth. They will never speak the truth. Each guardian will answer a question. We have to think about how to ask them and get the corresponding logical information to infer the correct location of the path of truth. "
Li Shuyi said, "There are three of us, plus Keats, that makes four … If each of us can get answers from the three guardians, can we ask a total of twelve questions?"
"You're overthinking it … We're a team, and we only have three chances in total. We won't give you more chances. In addition, the questions we ask are probably limited. More than one question in a sentence, or more than one piece of information in a question, will also be ineffective. Otherwise, this fork in the road would be too simple. "
To verify his guess, Bai Xiaowen tapped the ear of the first sphinx and asked, "Where do these three paths lead to? Which one is the path of truth, which one is the path of lies, and which one is the path of death? "
The sphinxes didn't respond. His guess was confirmed.
Bai Xiaowen tapped his fingers and thought for a while.
Li Shuyi and Ahon automatically entered salted fish mode and looked at Bai Xiaowen.
"There's no way to get the path of truth. I can only try."
Bai Xiaowen stood up, walked to the sphinx of the first path, and tapped its ear. "What's the path behind you?"
The stone of the sphinx trembled. As its mouth opened and closed, a slightly old voice sounded.
"The sweat and tears of the fool soaked this path, and all they got was meaningless repetition."
Bai Xiaowen looked sideways at Li Shuyi. "The guardian of the first path calls itself the path of lies, so it can't be the guardian of the path of truth. The reason is very simple. If it were the guardian of the path of truth, it wouldn't lie."
Li Shuyi nodded, a little confused. She and Ahon had switched from salted fish mode to 666 mode.
Bai Xiaowen came to the sphinx of the second path, tapped its ear, and asked, "What's the path of the first path?"
The sphinx replied:
"The blood and broken bones of the dead cover that path. They paid with their lives for their recklessness."
Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes, walked quickly to the sphinx of the third path, tapped its ear, and finally asked, "What's the path of the first path?"
The sphinx replied:
"The flowers of truth weave a wreath of wisdom along the path. Following that path, you can walk to the other side guided by fate."
Bai Xiaowen breathed a sigh of relief. "It's easier to tell now."
Li Shuyi nodded and said, "Since the guardian of the third path said that the first path was the path of truth, it means that it lied. It also means that the third path isn't the path of truth … Then the path of truth is the second path."
Bai Xiaowen nodded and said, "That's right. According to the guardian of the path of truth, we can still know that the first path is the path of death. Then the third path is the path of lies. Let's go. I feel that we're getting closer to our destination. "
Following the second path, the three of them walked forward.
It had to be said that the interior of the Latent Shadow Labyrinth was shockingly large. The three of them had clearly chosen the right path, but they still walked for a long time. Along the way, they encountered new deep-sea Nagas, but the Commander-level Nagas didn't appear again.
Bai Xiaowen was also silently counting the time as he walked. It was very simple and didn't require much brain power. All he needed to do was to take a look at the cooldown of the Wrath Claw's ultimate skill, Suppression. The cooldown of Suppression was as long as eight hours.
Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi truly felt the difficulty of the Blacktide Plane. He and Li Shuyi had already used their ultimate skills. If they encountered the three Nagas again before the cooldown was over, it would not be as easy to deal with them as it was in the Hub Hall.
After all, among the remaining three Nagas, there was still a Level-9 boss, Gerald.
In addition, the Commander-level and Elite-level humans who had been bewitched by the mysterious consciousness were probably also being transformed at this moment. If they were transformed into Nagas, they would be another group of strong reinforcements. Bai Xiaowen and the other two would be in an even worse situation.
Lastly, there was still the big boss, the mysterious consciousness that was residing in the remains of Amotava. If it (gender/race unknown, let's use this term for the time being) recklessly and forcefully used 80% of the current vessel as a host to descend, it would definitely become a huge problem.
The only good news was that before the mysterious consciousness determined that there was no hope of completing the remains, it would not descend so decisively.
After walking for a few hours, they passed through several Hub Halls and wiped out several waves of deep-sea Nagas. However, the logic problems like the previous fork in the road did not appear again.
After passing through a corridor that led downwards, Bai Xiaowen suddenly looked up and said in a low voice, "There's another hall in front of us … It's much larger than the Hub Hall we passed through. And in it, I've scanned the aura of some powerful beings. Also, I can feel that they have a similar spiritual detection. We've been discovered. "
"Should we wait for a while? Although the cooldown of the Demonic Fire Jade Pendant is over, the skill attached to my Gold weapon hasn't been upgraded yet, "Li Shuyi said in a low voice.
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