Chapter 452: The Sphinx (Two in One)

Shulker Labyrinth, Nexus Hall.

The three of Bai Xiaowen continued to move forward. While Yahan was exploring the way ahead, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi quietly opened the treasure chest that Leona had dropped.

Leona has an A kill rating and has three draws with no byes.

"You got a special item: Legend of the Abyss (book)."

"You have obtained a high-level psionic crystal *7."

"You have obtained an equipment enhancement card: four stars."

The three draws did not draw gold equipment, but Bai Xiaowen was not disappointed. At least, the four-star equipment enhancement card and the higher-level psionic crystals can be used to strengthen equipment. They are exactly the good things that Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi use, and they won't lose money if they are drawn.

As for the book "Legend of the Abyss", Bai Xiaowen probably looked through it.

"What's written in the book?" Li Shuyi asked in the team channel.

Bai Xiaowen said: "This book is about the hidden shadow maze that exists in the twilight abyss. It uses a lot of space to write about the dangers and opportunities in the hidden shadow maze. In the blank part of the book, there is Leona as a human being. Notes I wrote down."

Bai Xiaowen turned to the back and said: "Leona was originally a nun of the Illuminati Church. For some reason, she abandoned her original belief and started chasing the power of the abyss. The notes on it record the process of her pursuit of the power of the abyss." ... Well, at the end there is information about Amotawa and the mysterious will... I understand why the priority of extracting this special item is so high. It turns out that it is in this way to give us some information for reference. "

Li Shuyi listened intently: "What information do you have?"

"Amotawa is a legendary creature in the world of the Kuroshio Plane. It is said that it has nine heads, and its body is as huge as a mountain. Its head rises into the clouds and is at the same level as the stars..." Bai Xiaowen shook his head and smiled, "Of course this is an exaggeration , but Amotava is very strong, there is no doubt about it.”

After a pause, Bai Xiaowen continued: "When Amotawa was causing harm to the world, an organization called the Destiny Sect was born. Under the guidance of the prophecy slate, the warriors of the Destiny Sect found Amotawa's weakness. Kill him, seal his body in the hidden shadow labyrinth under the abyss, and then the warriors each hold a part of the relics peeled off from Amotawa's body, and bring them back to the Kuroshio Continent as a proof of glory."

"These relics are the so-called 'Dragon's Eye', 'Dragon's Tooth', 'Dragon's Heart' and 'Dragon's Scale'. Later, these relics were lost and no one mentioned them again.

There is no need to say more. "

"Let's talk about the Destiny sect first. After killing Amotava, this sect had a major disagreement. The prophet who held the prophecy tablet was killed. The disciple of the prophet came to the hidden shadow maze with the prophecy tablet according to the teacher's order. , sealed the slate and the remains of Amotava together, and got rid of the source of the chaos."

Li Shuyi said: "Now, is Amo Tawa going to be resurrected?"

"It can't be regarded as a resurrection," Bai Xiaowen turned to the last few pages of the book, "According to Leona's records, the 'lord' in her mouth, which is the mysterious prompt sound of the superhuman game, is a more powerful existence than Amotava , just borrowed the wreckage of Amotawa as a carrier, and ruled the Kuroshio Continent... Therefore, the wreckage of Amotava should be regarded as some kind of container. I understand now that the other party needs to make up the wreckage of Amotawa, It is to make the container as complete as possible to carry his power."

"So, the other party now only has the dragon's eye in your hand and the dragon's scale in Yahan's hand, so they can complete the wreckage 00%?" Li Shuyi asked.

"That's right, the completeness of his transformation is now 80%. This is the result I saw with my insight," Bai Xiaowen said, "I still suspect that that mysterious existence should be an outsider who knows me and you. Identity, storage space. Unless I take the initiative to hand over the 'Eye of Amotawa', even if he kills me, he won't be able to get this thing."

Li Shuyi had a sudden feeling: "That's why he took so much trouble to come up with some extraordinary game, just to trick you into being fooled obediently and send your eyeballs over."

Bai Xiaowen nodded, and then said with a little emotion: "Actually, if the other party uses reasonable means to trade normally, it's not that I can't give him my attention, as long as I can come up with something that satisfies me... The Kuroshio Continent is not the earth. Even if you cause a flood, you can just pat your ass and go."

Li Shuyi can understand Bai Xiaowen's mentality. Awakened people are basically mercenary in the spiritual plane. As long as they can get enough benefits, they will be enemies of the entire plane world.

"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 got the hint of 'Abyss Infusion', which can increase our strength. Not only the level can be upgraded, but the template can also be upgraded." Li Shuyi said, "If we can get this kind of benefit, then It's earned."

Bai Xiaowen smiled and said: "You think too much... Well, this kind of strengthening is indeed possible, but the price is hard to say, you have to accept the transformation of the other party. If I guess correctly, the prerequisite for accepting this kind of transformation must be Dedicate our whole body and mind to the other party actively, and become the most loyal servant of the other party... If we really do this, we may never be able to return to the earth, and we can only live as a special figure in the spirit world."

Bai Xiaowen thought of the world of the King of Fighters, the transformation technology of the Sound Nest organization, which is to tamper with the target's memory while transforming, and implant an order that is absolutely loyal to the Sound Nest. He has always been wary of the so-called transformation.

Suddenly, Yahan in front of him stopped.

"There is another fork in the road. Come on, Prophet, and guide us in the direction we are going." Yahan said with a smile in a second line, which was a bit humorous.

Bai Xiaowen stepped forward.

This is a three-way intersection, and there is a statue sitting cross-legged in front of each fork. The statue has a human face and a beast body, and it looks inexplicably familiar.

"This is... a sphinx? A sphinx?" Bai Xiaowen recalled, "Could they be able to talk?"

The riddle of the Sphinx is a story that even children on Earth know. However, the three sphinxes in front of him obviously couldn't be dismissed by guessing a riddle.

The Eye of Amotawa radiated green light, and a hint text on the dome was revealed:

three guardians before you

Guardians of the Path of Truth

uphold the truth, always

Guardians of the Rap Road

Sometimes true and sometimes false, hard to tell

Guardian of the Death Road

Abandoning the truth, full of lies

Misguided traveler

you can tap the guardian's ear

Ask them where the truth lies

But every Guardian has a limit to his patience

only one question for you

Seeing through the illusion, reaching the essence

Make the most important choice of your life

Hope it's not the last choice

This prompt text is rather long. After reading it twice, Bai Xiaowen said: "It's another reasoning problem. I found that the builder of the hidden shadow maze likes to play this hand. We solved several similar problems along the way. .”

"What does this text mean?" Ahan asked.

"These three sphinxes are the guardians of the prompt text. The three roads behind them are called the road of truth, the road of rap and the road of death. Literally, the road of death should be The Jedi that leads to death, and the road of rap should be the kind of detour that never ends, we must walk the road of truth."

After a pause, Bai Xiaowen said again: "The following text is the key point. The guardian of the road of truth will never tell lies. The guardian of the road of rap, what he said may be true or false. And death The guardians of the path are the exact opposite of the path of truth and will never tell the truth. Each guardian will answer a question, we have to think about how to ask, get the corresponding logical information, and infer the correctness of the path of truth Location."

Li Shuyi said: "There are three of us, including Kits, we have four... If everyone can get answers from the three guardians, can they ask a total of twelve questions?"

"You think too much... We are a group. There are only three opportunities for questions in total. We will not give you more opportunities. In addition, the questions we ask are probably limited. There are multiple questions in one sentence, or one question. It is also invalid to ask for multiple pieces of information in the sentence, otherwise the fork in the road would be too simple."

In order to verify his guess, Bai Xiaowen tapped on the ear of the first sphinx and asked, "Where do these three roads lead? Which one is the road of truth, which one is the road of gossip, and which one is death?" the road?"

The Sphinx did not respond, and the conjecture was verified.

Bai Xiaowen tapped his fingers lightly and thought for a while.

Li Shuyi and Yahan automatically entered the salted fish mode, looking at Bai Xiaowen.

"There is no 100% way to get the way to the truth, I can only try."..

Bai Xiaowen stood up, walked to the Sphinx on the first road, and tapped on the other's ear: "What road is behind you?"

The stones of the Sphinx trembled, and between the opening and closing of the mouth, a slightly old voice sounded:

"The sweat and tears of fools have flooded this path, and all they get is meaningless repetition."

Bai Xiaowen looked sideways at Li Shuyi: "The guardian of the first road claims to be the road of rap, so it cannot be the guardian of the road of truth - the reason is very simple, if it is the guardian of the road of truth , will not lie."

Li Shuyi nodded a little ignorantly, she and Yahan had switched from salted fish mode to mode.

Bai Xiaowen came to the Sphinx on the second road, tapped his ears and asked, "What is the first road?"

The Sphinx replied:

"That road was paved with the blood and broken bones of the dead, who paid with their lives for their recklessness."

Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes, walked quickly to the Sphinx on the third road, tapped his ears and finally asked, "What is the first road?"

The Sphinx replied:

"The flowers of truth weave a wreath of wisdom along the road, and along that road you can go to the other shore 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 road said that the first road is the road of truth, it means that it lied, which means that the third road is not the road of truth...then the road of truth is the first road." Two."

Bai Xiaowen nodded and said: "That's right, according to the answer of the guardian of the road of truth, we can still know that the first road is the road of death, then the third road is the road of rap. Let's go, I feel that we are getting closer and closer to our destination." It's close."

Along the second road, the three of them moved forward all the way.

I have to say that the interior of the Larking Shadow Labyrinth is astonishingly large. The three of them clearly chose the right path of truth, but they still walked for a long time. and did not appear again.

Bai Xiaowen was silently counting the time while walking. This aspect is very simple and does not require much brain power, just take a look at the cooldown status of Raging Claw's big move suppress - the cooldown of suppress is as long as 8 hours.

Both Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi really felt the difficulty of the Kuroshio world. Both he and Li Shuyi had given up their big moves. If they encountered the three snake-man leaders again before the cooling time improved, it might not be as easy to deal with as in the previous hub hall.

You must know that among the remaining three snake-man leaders, there is also a level 9 boss Jerrold.

In addition, those human leader-level and elite-level powerhouses who have been bewitched by the mysterious will are probably being transformed at the moment. If they are transformed into snakemen and a group of strong reinforcements, the situation of Bai Xiaowen and the others will be even worse.

Finally, there is the Big Boss, the mysterious will that resides in the wreckage of Amottawa. If it (gender/race unknown, let’s use this word for now) is desperate and forcibly descends with 80% of the current containers as the carrier, it will definitely become a super trouble.

The only good news is that before the mysterious will determines that it is hopeless to complete the wreckage, it should not come so decisively.

I walked straight forward for several hours, passed through several hub halls on the way, and eliminated several waves of deep-sea serpent monsters, but the logic problem of the fork in the road like before never appeared again.

When passing through a downward corridor, Bai Xiaowen suddenly raised his head and said in a low voice: "There is another hall in front... It is much larger than the hub hall we passed by, and in it, I scanned the breath of some strong people. And , I can feel that the other party also has a similar mental power detection, and we have been discovered."

"Should I wait a little longer? Although the cooldown of the Demon Flame Jade Pendant has long since ended, the skills attached to my golden weapon haven't improved yet." Li Shuyi whispered.

Bai Xiaowen is also facing a similar situation. The howling skill of Raging Claw has been restored, but there is still about 2 hours of cooling time left for the suppression of the ultimate move, and the state at this time is not perfect.