Chapter 122: Diving in and Out

Anubis waved, and all five ships flew over and lined up in front of us. Then the five ships turned in the same movement, turned their sides toward us, and began to descend. The strange large sails on the side of the ship were gathered up tightly against the side of the ship and pointed to the sky. A section of the side plank was opened on the side of the ship's hull, and a folding staircase stretched out from above. The five boats did not land in the end, but maintained a few centimeters gap from the ground. However, the escalators had already touched the ground and people could board them.

Kohopura said to us: "This is the only ship that can sail on the River Styx - the extradition ship. Now everyone get on the ship, and we will take you to the final test location."

This so-called test was really mysterious. Not only did it expel the audience, it actually took us to an unknown location on the River Styx. Anubis urged everyone to get on the boat quickly. Although the players were a little confused, they quickly got on the boat.

After arriving on the boat, I carefully observed the situation above. The upper level of this ship is basically the same as an ordinary wooden sea ship, but since it can fly, it must have a special drive device. The two sails on the side of the ship are obviously not real power equipment. In this completely windless environment, the only function of the sails is to act as a resistance plate, and there is no possibility of providing power. I'm sure there are many secrets hidden below the decks of this ship.

After we got on the boat, the spacecraft left the shore and started flying towards the River Styx. Gods like Kohopura also boarded five boats respectively. Anubis stood on the bow of our ship and said to us: "We have to wait for a relatively long journey next. I hope everyone among the sailors will not cause trouble. Also, a word to those who are adventurous, The River Styx is the river of the dead. Its function is to separate the human world and the underworld. No one can fly on it by their own strength, so don’t think about leaving the deck, otherwise we won’t care if you fall."

"Since you are responsible for leading the team, you at least have the responsibility to ensure our safety before the test, don't you? If someone falls, you should save it, right?" A player asked.

Anubis held out a finger: "First, I said, this is the River Styx. No one can fly alone on it, including us gods. Second, I have no interest in being a nanny for you, so don't Count on me to help. Third. The River Styx is the river of the dead. As long as you adventurers fall in, you will immediately be invaded by the ghosts of the wronged souls and die. And even if your souls are recalled by the mages of the Resurrection Temple, your souls will also be destroyed. It will be a dirty, evil soul carrying over 10,000 evil points. Oh, by the way, it seems that being touched by the water of the Styx will wipe out your experience level. How much is it?" Anubis pretended to think. Then he suddenly turned around with a smile and said: "Ah! That's right! Level 30. How about it? Is it fun? Hahahaha!"

"What does he mean?" A female player asked the people around her cautiously.

The player next to him explained: "In our words, as long as you touch the water below, you will die immediately and fall to level 30. After resurrection, you will appear in a red name state with an evil value exceeding 10,000."

"Such a severe punishment? The loss at level 30 is very serious!" the girl said in surprise.

Another player said: "It should be level 31! It's impossible to wash away all 10,000 evil points. If you carry those evil points, leveling will be very hard and very troublesome. It's better to 'suicide' again , just lose level 31 and then go back to training. It’s faster this way.”

"Thirty-level one!" The fourth player sighed. "I'm over level 800 now. If I drop level 31, I have to go back to level 790 and go through the most difficult bottleneck again!"

With Anubis' warning, the people on the ship became more honest. Obviously, the loss of level 30 plus 10,000 evil points was enough to scare most people. Of course there are those who can’t be scared. At least I'm one of them who can't help but be scared. Styx! Which one is more powerful, Sea of ​​Silence? If my guess is correct, this River Styx will eventually converge into the Sea of ​​Silence, which means its composition should be roughly the same. Since I had no problem falling into the Sea of ​​Silence last time, the water of the Styx should not pose a threat to me. Of course, it is best for me to stand on the boat when it is not necessary. It's not worth the pointless risk. Another point is that I was not affected by the Sea of ​​Silence last time. I guess it may be because my evil value was too high. The Sea of ​​Silence, which is full of evil power, identified me as belonging to the same 'sexual' material, so it had no effect on me at all. Attack 'sex'. But now that he is in a clean state, if he falls, he will definitely be doomed. After thinking about it, he quickly summoned the second generation. According to the attributes, the second generation can help me switch the evil and righteous attributes at any time. It is better to switch to the evil attributes now.

I found a quiet corner and asked II to help change the attributes. The process is very simple. As long as the second generation and I point our right index fingers at each other, our two attributes will suddenly switch over. But according to what Anubis said. It should have been that I was changed into an evil attribute, but the second generation remained unchanged, but now an exchange took place. After I became an evil attribute, the second generation was actually whitewashed. The reason is probably because I have too much evil value, which caused the evolution of the second generation to exceed Anubis's expectation, so there was an out-of-range situation.

After the exchange, I took back the second son. Then I saw that no one around me was paying attention to me, and then I started to move carefully towards the entrance of the cabin. This is a spaceship. If its core technology can be obtained, it will be of great use to our guild. The current anti-gravity devices consume too much energy. It would be great if there were devices like the gods that could be driven by the magic power of mages.

I carefully moved to the door and once again confirmed the positions of the several gods accompanying the ship. Fortunately, they were all at the bow, and I was at the stern, which was relatively safe. While the people around me were not paying attention, I suddenly opened the cabin door and stepped in.

This is just the entrance room to the lower cabin. There is no one inside, only a few barrels piled up. There was a staircase going down in the center of the room, so I didn't step on the stairs and just slid down the handrail. This is the cabin area. At first glance, there are rooms, probably crew warehouses. Continuing down the stairs, the result is still the same cabin area. I slid down another level, and as soon as I entered, I found that the situation was different from above.

There is a sound ahead. I dodged and hid behind a huge pillar on the side. Two Death Legion soldiers who looked very similar to Anubis climbed up the stairs and almost saw me. After they went up, I stuck my head out and took a look. This floor was full of thick pillars and had no rooms. It looked like a cargo hold. But there was light shining in the center of the cabin. There were too many pillars, and I couldn't see anything in the center. I just saw a strong light source over there.

Move carefully between the pillars, gradually moving towards the center. Soon I discovered the secret hidden in the middle. There is a golden ball of light suspended there. There is nothing around this ball. It just floats there by itself, spinning slowly while emitting bright golden light.

"Ayo, the energy is running out. Go and ask Team 3 to come over and replace someone." A voice came from across the light ball.

"I know, I'll stop now, you'd better do it." Another voice rang. Then a guy who looked like a priest came out from the opposite side, and I hurriedly hid behind the pillar. The guy walked up the stairs I came down from, and then I hurriedly ran towards the farther pillar. Not long after I hid, the guy came and another person came down.

After those people came to the light ball, one of them said with a bald head: "Okay, let's start the relay. You are ready to withdraw."

"Okay, we're ready." The voice on the other side replied.

The bald head waved, and several of the people he led chanted a spell together, and then suddenly raised their hands at the same time. Each person's palms shot out a golden light belt connected to the golden light ball, and then the light belt connecting the group of people and the light ball on the opposite side automatically disappeared, and then all those people left out.

"It's really, really tiring. Okay, let's go and rest." The leader of the group left with the people, while the new arrivals continued to input yellow light bands into the light ball. These are obviously the ship's controllers, and they are all very high-level mages, or even some particularly low-level gods. The light ball in the middle should be the ship's power plant. But it looks like it won't be easy to steal this thing. First of all, I'm not sure if this thing is a driving device. Secondly, what if I take this thing and the spacecraft sinks? Although I don't care about the water of the Styx, it's very troublesome to get lost in a place like this.

After some thought, he decided to give up the theft plan. The value of the target is uncertain, the danger is uncertain, and the gods may be offended for it. The overall analysis result is that it is very uneconomical. We carefully returned the way we came, but when we reached the second cabin, we suddenly heard the sound of a door opening above. It was obvious that someone had come down. There is a straight passage here. There was no place to hide anyone. In desperation, I ran to the nearest cabin and pushed the door, but it was locked. Quickly change the door on the opposite side. Fortunately it's not locked here. After entering, he quickly closed the door and took a quick look inside the room.

Cargo compartment. So lucky! etc. Cargo bay? What would be the cargo transported by the gods? treasure?

There were more than thirty boxes of various sizes piled up in the cabin. I carefully walked to the edge of one of the boxes and looked at it. The box is locked, and the structure is very complicated. There seems to be a layer of faint red light wandering outside the box, which is probably a magic seal.

He opened Fenglong Space and called Ling out. "Shh, don't make any noise. Please help me see if the magic protection on this can be opened?"

Ling just looked at it briefly and said: "This is a very powerful seal, but it is not for external use."

"What's the meaning?"

"The seal is not to prevent anyone from opening the box. If you think about it, this seal has no effect on you. Its function is to prevent the things inside the box from opening the box on their own. There should be something very dangerous inside, and this kind of thing There is also a sense of autonomy, at least some supervisory thinking, otherwise there is no need to add such a seal."

"That means the things inside are dangerous, right?"

Ling nodded, but then shook his head. "Not necessarily. The Dark Temple has done this before, adding such a seal outside the storage area of ​​important treasures to deceive some knowledgeable people. With such a seal, the more masters are, the less they dare to touch it."

What Ling said makes sense. A heavily armed soldier will be intimidated by a heavy machine gun, but primitive people will not. This does not mean that primitive people are better than soldiers, it just means that soldiers are more advanced. Such a seal also has the same effect. Only a master can recognize how powerful this seal is, and the more you understand this seal, the less you dare to touch it. But even though I knew it was possible. I was really scared. What if that seal is not used to 'confuse' people, but actually seals something that shouldn't be released, then wouldn't I be in trouble?

"Ling, do the other boxes have the same seal?"

"It's all the same."

"Okay, I understand." I opened the Fenglong Space and let Ling Xian go in. Then I carefully walked through the door and listened to the sounds outside. The people who came down just now must have gone down to the cabin below. There was no sound outside. I carefully opened a crack and took a look outside. Fortunately, there is no problem. He opened the door and quickly stepped outside. Sure enough, no one was there. I ran to the edge of the stairs and quickly climbed to the entrance cabin above. I opened a crack first, then looked at the situation outside, and made sure no one was paying attention here before I got out. He slowly swayed out as if nothing had happened, then walked to the side of the ship, and then moved little by little toward the bow. It seems that no one noticed my actions.

This damn ship is so mysterious. It's so depressing that even though we found special power devices and strange boxes, we didn't dare to move any of them.

The spaceship sailed on the River Styx for nearly an hour before finally reaching its destination. There is a big difference between here and the place where you boarded the ship. The ground here is not rock, but sand. From here you can see the endless desert. It's like returning to the surface world again. Another difference here is that the ceiling of the cave is very high, or there is no ceiling at all. Anyway, there is only darkness above the head and nothing can be seen at all.

The spacecraft landed at the edge of the desert and set us all down. The gods also came down. After we all got off the boat, Kohopura stood on the boat and said to us below: "This is where you are about to start testing. Now, first get the pointing needle from the god you are leading."

After Kohopura said that, the gods began to distribute some small things to the players they were responsible for, and Anubis also gave one to each of us. This thing is just a small golden ball. I can't figure out what it is used for anyway.

After seeing everyone get it, Kohopura continued: "The thing in your hands is a pointing needle pointing to the end point. In the next test, you can only rely on it to identify the direction. When you need to know the direction of the target, just take it out. , and then silently recite the two words "road sign" in your heart, and it will point you in the direction. Your task is very simple, go in the direction pointed by the pointing needle. At the end you can see a teleportation array. Go up and teleport back Even if the test is completed. There is no personnel limit for this test, everyone here will participate in the test together. During the test, you can use props or summon creatures to help, and you will be considered passed if you ride the magic pet to the full distance, and if you think it is necessary If you want to attack other participants, we will not interfere. In short, everything is decided by you. As long as you can teleport back from the teleportation point within the time limit, you will be considered qualified." A huge hourglass suddenly rose from the sand. Kohopura pointed to the hourglass and said: "This is the timer. Your pointing ball can also help you see the remaining time. The method is to recite the word time silently. Your time limit is six hours. Before that It must be completed, otherwise it will be eliminated. Okay. Do the other gods have anything to add?"

Anubis walked to Kohopura and said to us: "Remember, we allow each other to attack each other, but we do not encourage each other to attack each other. We are not responsible for your delay in completing the test. Also, it is difficult along the way. Heavy, we are not testing your movement speed, don’t think that running fast is enough. Let me remind you that the desert in front of you is not as simple as it looks, so be careful. Then, the test begins now."

Following Anubis's words, the huge hourglass was turned over, and the gravel began to flow downward, but at a very slow speed. When it all flowed out six hours later, the test was over.

When more than a thousand players here saw the hourglass being turned over, they all hurriedly started pointing the ball, and I was no exception. Suddenly, a golden arrow appeared in front of each of us, and the arrows were all pointing in the same direction, towards the depths of the desert ahead.

An impatient player was the first to summon his mount and get on it. The strange creature with stripes all over its body ran into trouble as soon as it ran twenty meters. This desert is actually completely filled with quicksand. No wonder Anubis said that this desert is not as simple as it looks. The player's mount rushed too fast, and it was too late to turn back when he realized something was wrong. Soon it was halfway in. Fortunately, this guy was smarter and jumped out on his mount. His mount was swallowed by the quicksand, but he jumped out.

With this lesson learned, others in the future will also learn from it. A player summoned a Pegasus, then rode on it and flew out triumphantly. However, as soon as he flew over the position where the player suffered disaster, the Pegasus suddenly carried him down. The Pegasus that fell into the quicksand encountered the same situation as the previous mounts. They could not move at all in the sand. It sank down quickly. His master also jumped out, but the mount was still dead.

Several smart mage players released creatures condensed by magic to experiment. The results proved that there is a forbidden area above the quicksand, and nothing can fly here. A large group of players gathered at the junction of quicksand and solid sand and searched anxiously back and forth. They found that the quicksand seemed to extend infinitely to both sides, with no place to go around.

The more people there are, the more ideas there will be. Just when everyone was at a loss, a player suddenly made a strange move. This warrior had two large shields like me, and he very cleverly threw one of them on the quicksand. It turned out that the shield did not sink, so he stood up carefully. The shield sank slightly, but it did not sink. He immediately excitedly laid another shield in front of this shield, and then stepped on the shield in front of him. Then turn around, take the piece in front and throw it at you, then alternately lay out the shield and move forward.

Although quicksand is easy for things to sink into, its essence is the same as soft snow, as long as you know how to disperse the pressure. You won't fall into it. This warrior method is a bit slow, but it is indeed feasible.

Inspired by this person, a large number of players followed suit, but not all of them. There are only some categories of warriors and knights that carry shields. Moreover, not every knight and warrior will carry two shields, so the scope of this method is limited. But three cobblers can still stand up to Zhuge Liang. There are more than a thousand people here, which equals hundreds of Zhuge Liang. New methods are quickly emerging.

This is a mage professional player. He lay down very awkwardly on the edge of the quicksand, and then tried to roll around, but found that he did not sink, so he just rolled forward and quickly caught up with the people in front of him who were holding shields. It is very troublesome to move the two shields back and forth, and naturally the speed cannot be increased. Rolling on the ground is much faster than them, and although the method of rolling is not elegant, it is very simple. Everyone knows it. In an instant, more than a thousand players appeared on the desert, rolling forward along the ground. The scene is really spectacular.

Although most people have adopted the simple and convenient method of rolling, not all of them do so. There were only a dozen people left in total. Three of the women gave up directly because they felt it was uncivilized. The thinking of girls is indeed quite different from that of men. The rest of the people showed their special abilities. One of them actually took out a strangely large package, and then summoned a toad-like magic pet to help him blow air. After a while, the package was completely unfolded and turned into a huge earth ball.

I have seen this thing in real life, it is found in many amusement parks. It consists of two layers of transparent spheres, the middle is filled with air, and then the person crawls into the center of the inner layer of spheres. You can use this thing to walk on any quicksand, snow or even water, and you won't get hurt if you get in and jump off the cliff. Special forces also seem to be equipped with this tool for rapid escape from special mountainous terrain. I didn't expect this player to have such a thing in the game, but it was obviously simpler than the one shown on the display, as if it was sewn out of some animal's airbag. In any case, this thing is more comfortable than rolling, and it is very fast. After the guy got in, he started running forward quickly, and the ball also rolled forward due to the influence of the people inside. The huge sphere dispersed the pressure and had no reaction on the sand. He was like a hamster in a hamster ball and ran away with the ball, much faster than the previous two methods.

Anubis said to Kohopura: "Today's players are really getting better and better. I didn't expect that such a tool can be brought."

Kohopura also said: "I hope the right candidate can be selected, otherwise things will be difficult to handle later."

After seeing the guy running out, I looked at the people still standing and laughed at the sight. The remaining people are almost all familiar masters. It seems that our profession has a bright future. The demon pet masters summoned their own demon pets one after another. One of the guys summoned a giant water spider, which can walk on water, let alone quicksand, by relying on its huge foot partial pressure structure. Another guy actually summoned a sand scorpion, which was like a prince of quicksand. The familiars of the familiar masters appeared one by one, and finally it was me.

When the pioneer's huge body appeared, everyone around him was startled. Although the size did not match the level of strength, large magic pets were generally not too bad. Because my attributes were exchanged with the second generation, the Pioneers have also turned back to black.

Under my command, the pioneer's huge body slid into the quicksand like a snake, with only a long strip at the top of his back exposed. I walked to the head of the pioneer, where there was a relatively flat place suitable for standing.

"Okay, let's move forward."

The huge body of the pioneer is like a centipede lying flat on the quicksand. Although it is huge, the pressure on the surface of the quicksand is actually not as strong as that of humans, so there is no need to worry about sinking in. After getting my order, the pioneer quickly ran forward. Although he is usually only responsible for digging holes, the pace of the pioneers is actually not slow. This time he completely let me and the people around me see what a real desert ark is. Oh no. It is not a desert ark, but a desert speedboat.

In everyone's surprised eyes, the pioneers flew across the desert like arrows. The gravel on both sides was blown up like water splashes, forming two killing waves, while a large strip of sand was left behind the pioneers. ditch. I stood on the trailblazer's back as if I were on a skateboard, directing him to move forward. Within a few minutes, everyone behind me was out of sight. I was proudly looking back at the other players who had disappeared, when suddenly my feet shook violently, and at the same time there was a bang in front of me, and I was thrown away by inertia.