The pile of firewood was quickly emptied. Sword Demon said as he moved, "No one moved it. I remember the shape we set it up."
Gu Fei looked at him. "We just left for a while …"
"We can't be careless," Sword Demon said seriously.
"Mm, okay. Unlock!" Being serious was not a mistake. Gu Fei could not say anything else and could only signal Slender Waist Dance to start working.
Slender Waist Dance, the locksmith who came from afar, showed the demeanor of a master. She waved her hand and pulled Gu Fei to the side. "Move aside. Let me do it." It was as if she was not going to unlock the lock, but to defuse a time bomb.
Gu Fei and Sword Demon respectfully stood to the left and right. They stretched their necks, ready to admire the godly skill of unlocking. In the end, the process was very simple. Slender Waist Dance put her hand into her pocket and took out a key that looked like it was used to open a can of luncheon meat. She inserted it into the iron lock that locked the cellar. With a click, the lock opened.
"Amazing!!" Gu Fei and Sword Demon gave her a thumbs up. They moved closer to see Slender Waist Dance's awesome can key.
"What are you looking at! It's useless if you don't have any skills. "Slender Waist Dance rolled her eyes at the two.
"Cough cough …" The two coughed. Sword Demon stepped forward and struggled to pull up the cellar lid.
"Damn, another tunnel …" Gu Fei glanced at it. He could see stairs and then a black mass. He immediately thought of the secret tunnel of Black Dragon Mountain. The shape was similar.
"What could it be?" Slender Waist Dance was a little excited.
"Could it be that we can only enter the government building from here?" Gu Fei thought. If that was the case, it would be very disappointing.
"Or should I say we can go out of the courtyard?" Sword Demon suggested an even more disappointing idea.
"Let's go take a look," Slender Waist Dance said.
Gu Fei touched his pocket and took out a torch. Sword Demon and Slim Waist Dance looked at him in surprise. Although this was a very common item, most people wouldn't have it.
"Local culture," Gu Fei quickly explained. This torch was an honor bestowed upon him after he joined the nine-man group.
After the torch was lit, Gu Fei stuck his head into the cellar to take a look. It wasn't too deep, so he held onto the ladder and began to descend. Slim Waist Dance and Sword Demon followed behind him.
The tunnel was humid and had a musty smell. The three of them covered their mouths and noses as they groped forward.
"It looks like a downhill slope," said the Sword Demon.
"Mmm mmm …" Gu Fei and Slim Waist Dance mumbled something. The two of them did not want to let go and open their mouths.
The road gradually widened and turned, as if it was a tunnel that spiraled downward. Finally, Gu Fei, who was walking at the very front, saw a flickering light. This was usually a sign of an exit, and this exit was so deep that it seemed to indicate that it was not a passage to the inside of the building or the outside of the courtyard. This place should be the location of some secret.
"Exit, it's an exit!" Slim Waist Dance did not want to open her mouth to speak, so she switched to sending messages. She tugged on Gu Fei's clothes to make him pay attention.
"Mmm mmm!!" Gu Fei nodded his head furiously and quickened his pace.
The three of them arrived at the exit in the blink of an eye and stepped in. In front of them was a spacious area. It was a secret room hidden deep underground. The scene in front of them caused the three of them to widen their eyes. They were speechless for a long time.
"What … is this?" The first one to speak was Gu Fei. He looked at the Sword Demon, the expert in online games.
The Sword Demon's brows furrowed. He walked two circles and shook his head solemnly. "I don't know."
"It's a bit disgusting …" Slim Waist Dance spat out.
In front of the three of them, there was a large object with a strange shape. It looked like a stone but not a stone, and it was hard to tell whether it was a crystal or not. The flickering light came from it. There seemed to be something flowing inside the object, and there were some unknown things attached to the surface. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was "disgusting".
"Can I touch it?" Gu Fei walked two steps forward. He did not feel anything strange with his body and wanted to reach out to try.
"I don't know." The two of them shook their heads. However, they used their gazes to encourage Gu Fei to reach out and try.
The bold Gu Fei reached out and touched the object. It was hard and cold. Apart from that, there was nothing strange. He touched the strips of things again. They were dry and he still did not know what they were.
The two of them saw that Gu Fei was fine after touching it, so they walked forward and studied it carefully. At that moment, Gu Fei retreated far away. He paid attention to the strips of things. The things crawled all over the object and then moved upwards. As Gu Fei looked at it, he suddenly realized something. "This is a tree root!!!"
"Tree root?" The two of them were startled. They ran to where Gu Fei was standing.
"Look, this looks like a big tree growing on the ground. However, the roots underground are grabbing onto this thing," Gu Fei said.
"Such a big tree root, the tree should be very big, right?" Slim Waist Dance said.
"There doesn't seem to be a big tree in the backyard," the Sword Demon said.
Gu Fei continued to observe carefully. Following the veins of the tree roots, he found that after leaving the object, many of the tree roots twisted together and formed a knot. Then, they scattered and inserted themselves into the soil above.
"This might not be the roots of a tree. It might be the roots of many plants. They were tied together and then attached to this thing," Gu Fei said.
"Then what is this thing?" The three of them continued to be puzzled. They looked and touched it, but the system did not give them any hints.
"Let's look around the room!" Gu Fei said. It was not appropriate to call it a room. It was just a hole in the ground.
The three of them looked around. Suddenly, Slim Waist Dance shouted, "Here!!!"
Gu Fei and the Sword Demon hurriedly ran over. Slim Waist Dance was using her hand to wipe away the soil. A copper plate embedded in the wall gradually appeared in front of the three of them. The words on it were clear. The three of them hurriedly scanned a few lines and shouted in unison, "Water Vapor Absorber????"
"Reduce the water vapor in the air?" The Sword Demon repeated the key words.
"Does this mean that it clears the fog?" Gu Fei said.
"In other words, the reason why there is no fog in the government compound is because of the existence of this thing." The Sword Demon said.
"That's right! There is actually no fog in this place … "Slim Waist Dance had the same reaction as Gu Fei when he came here for the first time. She didn't react to the strangeness of the courtyard.
Gu Fei didn't reply because he suddenly thought of the Fog Shadow Assassin's diary. He hurriedly took it out and flipped to the third page. There was a short sentence, "What a big fog. In this kind of environment, it is very easy to attack and escape. It seems like this mission will be very successful."
Was this actually a hint for the mission? Was it hinting to the players that in order to assassinate Giordano, they had to borrow the weather conditions of Xia Fog City. However, there was no fog in this compound. Therefore, there was an assassin who was sleeping with his feet pointing towards the water vapor absorber?
It must be like this!! Gu Fei felt that all of this was completely explainable. The Fog Shadow Assassin's diary was essentially a guide to completing this assassination mission. There was a hint hidden in it that in order to assassinate Giordano, they had to first destroy this absorber and change the weather environment.
Gu Fei said his own inference. The Sword Demon and Slim Waist Dance both agreed that it was reasonable.
"Then, how do we destroy it?" Gu Fei said.
"Attack it?" The most simple inference.
"The problem is that we are all here. We don't know how to create the effect!" Gu Fei said.
"Then I'll go up to the woodshed and keep an eye on it. You guys try it!" The Sword Demon said.
Gu Fei nodded. The Sword Demon left the cave and returned to the woodshed above.
"You can start." The Sword Demon said.
"Double Flame Flash, flash!" Gu Fei didn't hesitate. He immediately used a super ultimate skill. The rock was just an inanimate object, so of course it hit.
"How is it?" Gu Fei immediately asked the Sword Demon.
"It might take some time for the fog to form, right? Let's observe it. "The Sword Demon replied.
While the Sword Demon was observing it, Slim Waist Dance stabbed the thing countless times. Not even a small mark was left. Gu Fei faintly felt that attacking it directly might not be a reliable method.
As expected, the Sword Demon sent a message saying that there was no change at all.
"These tree roots are connected to this thing all the way to the ground. What if we cut them all?" Slim Waist Dance said.
"I'll try!" Gu Fei said as he teleported to the top of the rock. He used his sword to chop at the knotted tree roots. In the end, he didn't know if it was because these tree roots had been entangled with the rock for too long. They were so hard that not even a scar was left. Gu Fei jumped down dejectedly. However, he heard Slim Waist Dance yell, "Aiya, look here. The content of the copper plate isn't over!!!"
Gu Fei hurriedly ran over. It turned out that it wasn't actually a copper plate. Instead, it was shaped like an open book. Gu Fei and the others only looked at the left half of the record and didn't notice the right half. After Gu Fei went up, Slim Waist Dance went to read the copper plate. In the end, she noticed something strange on the right half.
"The water vapor absorber can absorb the excess water vapor in the area within 1 minute and 22 seconds."
"The water vapor absorber will automatically start working after the moisture content in the air exceeds the standard for 3 minutes."
"Turn off the water vapor absorber. A large amount of water vapor will be released. Within 35 seconds, a super fog will form in the area."
"Haha, so there's a switch here!!!" After reading the three sentences on the right copper plate while erasing it, Slim Waist Dance suddenly discovered that there was a switch installed on the second half of the copper plate. She excitedly raised her hand and was about to hit it.
"Wait!!!" Gu Fei hurriedly grabbed her hand to stop her.
"Time!" Gu Fei said, "You have to calculate the time!!!"
This hint was also written in the Fog Shadow Assassin's diary. An assassin can't remember the time? Even a minute or a second wrong is enough to be fatal to us.
This must be a hint for the time!! Gu Fei thought. If he really didn't discover this half of the content and just tried to stop the water vapor absorber, then he would really die because of the time problem.
"This needs to be calculated." Gu Fei said.
"Calculated what?"
"The fog doesn't affect the inside of the house. We have to make use of the fog to make our move when Giordano comes out to patrol. So, we have to calculate the time!!" Gu Fei said.
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