Chapter 118 How far can you go
Walking into the fortress, the gate closed, Zhou Jin saw a female shark in her thirties. She was slender and heroic. She should be the shark Zhu Mei mentioned by the guard. In addition, there were five people, a soldier captain, two soldiers, and two documents. It seemed that she recorded this test.
But as soon as he came in, Zhou Jin's attention was attracted by the fortress itself, which was located on the beach. It was estimated that the tide would soak the walls when the tide was high. I thought there would be something amazing in the place where the soldiers guarded so seriously.
What Zhou Jin did not expect was that there was no building inside the fortress, and the entire fortress was the circle of high walls he saw outside.
Looking closer, there are two square holes with three feet in diameter on the ground of the yard. The one on the left is made of white stone and the one on the right is made of bluestone. It looks like a wellhead, but no one can dig a well by the sea.
It's early morning, surrounded by high walls, and the inside of the fortress is a little dark. Zhou Jin noticed that there was light coming out from the two square holes, perhaps it was an authentic tunnel?
Zhou Jin carefully observed the environment in the yard. Shaman Zhu Mei was also looking at Zhou Jin. She was very surprised and thought that Zhou Jin was not nervous about this strange scene. She didn't think about what to test, so why was she so curious?
Shen Qingyu and Feng Pinghan also noticed the abnormality in the yard. They were not as calm as Zhou Jin. They exchanged glances with each other and observed them everywhere.
"I am the soldier Changshi Huchuan, your examiner today, and report your name!" The soldier was tall and strong, with big ears on his face, and his voice was extremely loud.
Zhou Jin and the other two quickly reported their names. Shi Huchuan turned to look at the shark Zhu Mei. Zhu Mei said softly: "I'm just looking at it this time, you're yours."
Shi Huchuan nodded, turned his head and said loudly: "Your test today is to walk on that circular corridor!"
After saying that, he pointed to the two square holes and continued, "The white one is the entrance. From there, you can go in and walk fifty steps forward to be qualified. If you can go further, you will be considered your excellent performance and will be recorded in the assessment. You can go down first and then talk about other rules later."
When they heard the assessment method and standards, Zhou Jin and the others were stunned. They all thought they were entering the circular corridor to fight, and they passed the assessment after winning. Unexpectedly, they just kept moving forward, and the further they walked, the better they became.
Will you encounter any terrible enemies inside? Zhou Jin thought so, and looking at the expressions of the other two people, I'm afraid that he also thought so.
"Tie this golden thread around your waist and enter that square hole!" Shi Huchuan, the soldier of the Arctic Team, continued.
Someone handed over a gold thread and a silver ring. The gold thread was tied to the silver ring and the silver ring was buckled on the wearer's belt. You could see the gold thread connected to the winch. Zhou Jin could guess that the other party would use the gold thread to measure how far they had walked in the corridor.
Zhou Jin, Shen Qingyu and Feng Pinghan all tied the gold thread and entered the square hole one by one.
The square hole is very narrow. I thought it would be crowded after the three of you came down together, but I didn’t expect that there was a wide space under the square hole, which could be easily installed even if dozens of people were.
This spacious room is built with huge white stones five feet square. Although it is built with huge stones, the gap between the stones cannot be inserted even if the sharp blade is used, and it is extremely dense.
But no one paid attention to this. Zhou Jin, Shen Qingyu and Feng Pinghan all looked ahead in amazement, and the corridor was in front.
I thought the underground corridor would be very narrow, but I didn't expect it to be a spacious place that was ten feet tall and ten feet wide. The corridor was built with black stones. You can see the corridor spread forward, obviously with enough length. According to the distance between the above-ground buildings and the seaside, most of the circular corridor should be below the sea surface, but it is very dry, without a trace of moisture, and there is no dripping water. This circular corridor is really ingenious.
Judging from the texture and color of the black stones, this circular corridor should have existed for a long time. I really don’t know how the ancients made such a large project on the bottom of the sea.
But it was not these that shocked Zhou Jin and the other two. These "surprises" were not worth mentioning than what they noticed.
On the front, bottom, left and right sides of the corridor, there are smooth and flat black stone walls. On the surface of the stone wall, there are symbols that flash with golden light.
Every other step, there are four symbols up, down, left and right. Each symbol looks like a text, but even if Zhou Jin is so knowledgeable and talented, he doesn't recognize what kind of text it is. Each symbol is one foot in size, with desolate and simple lines and shimmering with golden light.
These symbols are engraved on the wall, but they seem to be floating there, emitting a soft golden light, which looks very magical.
Symbols emitting golden light are evenly arranged along the corridor, until the deepest part of the view. The entire corridor is filled with golden light, like a fairyland on earth.
What is this place and what is the saying that when I come here and walk forward, all three of them were completely shocked.
Zhou Jin followed Yun Tianzong to travel around the world and had a wide range of knowledge, but he didn't know the origin of the circular corridor in front of him, which shows the level of confidentiality here.
Shi Huchuan's voice sounded above the heads of the three of them: "As long as you enter the corridor, you will feel the vital energy of heaven and earth seeping into your dantian Qihai and meridians. The vital energy of heaven and earth will quickly transform into your internal energy, increasing your martial arts realm. For example, if you are at the level of "thick soil accumulation", then when you reach the tenth step, you will break through to "thick soil into sand". Every step you take will increase internal energy, but the increase of each step is not the same. The more you move forward, the greater the increase. The previous analogy, when you reach the fifteenth step, you can break through to "thick soil into mud."
Zhou Jin, Shen Qingyu, and Feng Pinghan subconsciously looked at each other and confirmed that they did not have auditory hallucinations. There was such a thing. As long as you move forward in this corridor, you can increase your internal strength, and the growth rate is so large.
It only takes ten steps to "thick soil accumulates soil" to "thick soil transforms into sand", and it only takes five steps to break through to "mud". It takes several years for most warriors in the world to achieve this breakthrough. Some people cannot move forward in their entire lives. Why do they only take a few steps in this corridor? It's incredible.
The word "王子生" is even more unbelievable. It is said that a long time ago, warriors could directly absorb the heaven and earth's vitality and transform it into internal force. But this is just a legend. Just like those legends about gods, it is impossible to believe it at all. According to Yun Tianzong's research, the heaven and earth's vitality does exist, but it is extremely thin and has no meaning to warriors' cultivation. The Northern Region Blue Port actually dares to say this carelessly.
"I would like to remind you that after thirty steps, it is dangerous to take one more step. Many people are abolished at this distance, or even die from an explosive body. You should be careful." Shi Huchuan continued to introduce.
No matter how calm the following three people were, they were stunned after hearing these words. It was too incredible. How could this be possible?
"Don't be dazed, you guys hurry up and go forward!" Someone urged loudly on the ground.
Hearing this urging sound, Zhou Jin and the other two realized, walked forward carefully, walked into the spacious space under the entrance and exit, and walked into the corridor.
Can you really increase your strength when you walk into this corridor? Will there be any mechanism setting? Not only Zhou Jin thinks that, Shen Qingyu and Feng Pinghan are also extremely careful and observe the black stone floor of the corridor carefully.
Zhou Jin's attainments in hidden weapons and mechanisms can be called the master. He could not see anything strange about the corridor in front of him. Except for the golden symbol engraved on the wall, everything else was normal.
Under the golden light, Zhou Jin, Shen Qingyu and Feng Pinghan's faces changed a little. Zhou Jin even thought, could it be that what the examiner said were all pretexts? In fact, this test was to let the three of them attack each other in this corridor, and the winner was respected? Looking at Shen Qingyu and Feng Pinghan's vigilance, these two people might think so.
"Don't think about it all, follow the rules you said. If you walk fifty steps, whoever walks far will win. Go quickly!"
"The record of the leap test is one hundred and forty-five steps. Let's see how many you can walk?"
The voice from the ground was heard again, and his tone was very impatient, but it dispelled Zhou Jin and the other people's speculation.
It turns out that this test really depends on who can go far. Can you really increase your strength after entering?
Zhou Jin stepped on the black stone ground with such doubts in his heart.
With a loud bang, Zhou Jin felt a huge vibration. He began to think that the corridor was trembling, and then he realized that this was just his own feeling. The vibration happened again, which made him stunned, and he was frozen there.
It was not only Zhou Jin who was shocked, but Shen Qingyu and Feng Pinghan also stared at each other and stood there without moving, with a look of shock on their faces.
The vital energy of heaven and earth pours into the body from all directions and turns into internal force. The reason why internal force is called internal force is because this force is born from the body and can only be obtained through hard practice of martial arts and taking pills. However, here, the vital energy of heaven and earth continues to pour in and constantly transform into internal force!
This is actually true! This must be related to the corridor, and it must be related to the mysterious golden symbols on all sides of the corridor. Zhou Jin came to the conclusion.
The increase in internal strength and the strengthening of strength is the pursuit of warriors throughout their lives, but every tiny progress requires hard work. It is incredible that they can "get it for nothing" in this corridor.
Zhou Jin was able to calm down, and Shen Qingyu and Feng Pinghan both showed ecstasy expressions on their faces. It was really worth bribing the examiner to participate in this test. Even if he couldn't pass the qualification, the gains from this strength growth were worth it.
Of course, strength growth is good, but this assessment tests the distance forward. Zhou Jin reacted from the shock and took another step forward.
Zhou Jin took a step, Shen Qingyu and Feng Pinghan also reacted. They followed him and took a step forward, and then the three young men stood there in a daze again.
The internal strength is still growing. Compared with the first step, the growth rate is even greater. Now the ecstasy on Shen Qingyu and Feng Pinghan's faces has disappeared and become completely incredible. This cannot be said to be a test at all, but an adventure.
According to what the examiner said, the more you move forward, the more you increase your internal strength. This is a god-given opportunity!
The three of them rushed to take the third step. It was indeed this rule. All the examiner Shi Huchuan said was the truth.
Every time Zhou Jin and the other two took a step forward, the golden thread on their waists would move forward, and the winch on the ground would also turn. The people above used this to judge the distance between the people below.
As the highest-ranking warrior on the court, someone had already arranged seats for her and asked Zhu Mei to sit aside to watch the test.
Seeing the winch rotate, the soldier Changshi Huchuan sneered on his face and whispered: "These three silly boys must be crazy about being below. They thought they could gain a great strength. How could there be such a cheap thing in the world?"
A soldier looked at Zhu Mei in the distance, turned his head and smiled, "The internal force increased sharply, but the Qihai and meridians in the Dantian are still the same, and they will soon reach the limit. By then, it will be difficult to run out of it. How many people are trapped in this test, let alone these three new people who don't know anything, they are dead."
Another soldier lowered his voice and interrupted, "If something happens, we don't need to pay attention to it. Who will let these three people show off?"
"How can you ignore it!" The soldier Shi Huchuan cursed, frightened the soldier who interrupted, and looked at his boss at a loss. Shi Huchuan's face changed and he laughed and said, "If something happened to them or they called for help, it would be normal for us to not react. There is no way to go any further. Do you think so?"
The three of them burst into laughter. Although they lowered their voices, they could hear the ears of Shaman Zhu Mei. Zhu Mei knew that the soldier Changshi Huchuan and Liu Zhengyun had a very close relationship. She could guess the matter now. This test was set up by Liu Zhengyun for revenge.
The test of the circular corridor was indeed there, but it was stopped ten years ago because there were too many casualties in this test. Such a result was not to select talents but to consume talents, so it was stopped.
Moreover, this jump test requires a lot of preparation. Before entering this corridor, the warriors need to conduct special training to strengthen their dantian Qihai and meridians before entering this corridor. Even so, a large number of casualties and injuries will occur.
The reason is very simple. The increase in internal strength is the ultimate pursuit of warriors throughout their lives. There is such a shortcut in this corridor. No one is willing to give up, but it becomes more and more dangerous until something happens. These three young people are called to test directly, and there is no preparation at all, which further shows that this test is Liu Zhengyun's conspiracy to frame him.
Zhu Mei knew all these, but she didn't remind her, she just came to see them. The shark man Zhu Mei just felt sorry for these young people, and they might die in it.
The three winches on the ground rotated together, and Zhou Jin's rotation was slower, while the other two people were turning much faster.
The examiners who saw all this sneered on their faces. The faster they walked, the farther they walked, the faster they died!
Zhou moved forward slowly, while Shen Qingyu and Feng Pinghan had already left him behind, and the two had already made ten steps away from Zhou Jin.
Since you are qualified to walk fifty steps and you will be able to walk further and better, it means that the further you go, the more difficult it is, otherwise such rules will not be set.
Zhou Jin thought very clearly, so he was cautious every step he took, carefully observe the feelings in his body, and digest the increased internal energy into the qi sea of dantian as much as possible.
But I took ten steps so cautiously and carefully, and didn't feel anything unusual. Every step I took could feel the sharp increase in the internal energy.
Shen Qingyu and Feng Pinghan both looked back at Zhou Jin with contempt, thinking that this was indeed a person from the countryside, with a narrow vision, and he didn't even seize this great opportunity in front of him.
The two of them were also experiencing themselves. They both felt that their strength was growing, they had already broken through or reached the verge of breakthrough, and they did not feel any discomfort. They could go further!
Zhou Jin had just taken the eleventh step, but saw Feng Pinghan in front of him laughing a few times and said, "Everyone, Feng will take the lead!"
As he spoke, his figure suddenly accelerated and swept forward. When Zhou Jin first met Shen Qingyu and Feng Pinghan, he felt that Shen Qingyu was stronger, but at this moment, Zhou Jin suddenly realized that the strongest of these two people might be Feng Pinghan.
Feng Pinghan, the autumn wind and sunset city, pretended to be a young man, but actually pretended to be a pig and ate a tiger. He has not yet shown his strength until now.
He suddenly accelerated forward, and it was too late for Shen Qingyu and Zhou Jin to catch up. Although the distance to advance was judged to be qualified and excellent, whoever reached this fifty step first would obviously be stronger and would be more recognized by the examiner.
Feng Pinghan's movements are extremely chic. Every time this circular corridor moves further, the energy of heaven and earth pouring into his body will increase exponentially, and the human internal strength will also increase greatly, which means that Feng Pinghan is in mid-air, and the martial arts realm is rapidly increasing, and the speed is getting faster and faster. Feng Pinghan's heart is extremely happy, and when a person is in mid-air, he laughs loudly.
The distance of ten steps passed in a flash. In a blink of an eye, Feng Pinghan had already thirty steps away from the starting point. Shen Qingyu roared and chased forward three steps. At this moment, Feng Pinghan's graceful figure fell down in the air like a lightning strike.
Before the person could land, a mouthful of blood had already spurted out. Shen Qingyu and Zhou Jin stopped immediately. Both of them could see clearly that Feng Pinghan not only vomited blood when he landed on the ground, but blood flowed out of his seven orifices. Feng Pinghan's eyes were now protruding outward, and the meridians at the neck and back of his hands were bulging out uncontrollably, as if something was swelling inside.
What exactly happened? Zhou Jin immediately understood that Feng Pinghan absorbed internal force beyond his limit. Now that the internal energy attacked outside, it is very likely that the body would explode and die. It must be that Feng Pinghan was moving too fast, and a huge amount of internal force poured into his body. The qi sea of Dantian and the meridians could not adapt for a while, and such symptoms appeared directly. This look was actually a devil.
Examiner Shi Huchuan didn't say a lie, but those who entered the corridor were stunned by the magical benefits and estimated themselves too much.
"Retreat, come back!" Zhou Jin shouted loudly. Although Feng Pinghan was bleeding in his seven orifices, he could still move. He knew it was not good. He struggled to get up on the ground and returned to the way he came. But as soon as he took a step, his body trembled violently. A mouthful of blood was splashed far away, and blood drips splashed to Zhou Jin's feet. Feng Pinghan's body seemed to have no support and slumped on the ground softly.
Feng Pinghan's back of his hand collapsed several bloody mouths, and the blood flowed out of his eyes and ears continued to stop. Zhou Jin took a breath of cold air. He knew what it was in this state. Feng Pinghan's dantian Qihai had been destroyed, and this person had become a useless person.
In this circular corridor, the vital energy of heaven and earth is not something you can suck if you want, and you can suck it without sucking. Go forward, the increase of internal force is greater, and retreating, and the increase of internal force is smaller, but larger and smaller are also increasing. Feng Pinghan itself has reached its limit, and turning back and retreating is even more intensified.
Feng Pinghan fell to the ground, and the silver ring and gold thread tied to him also responded. He could hear a sound from the ground: "I'm useless, pull the person up!"
The golden thread was pulled back, Feng Pinghan, who was fainting on the ground, was dragged to the exit, leaving a blood-red mark on the black stone ground.
Watching Feng Pinghan's body slide through his eyes, Zhou Jin and Shen Qingyu's faces were not good-looking. This test was indeed extraordinary. I had thought that the pie fell from the sky, but I didn't expect that the pie fell from the sky was delicious. Eating too much can make people desperate. But if you want to complete the test, you must not stop eating it.
Shen Qingyu, who was a black-blooded and yellow sand cavalry, stood there and hesitated. Feng Pinghan's example was right in front of him. Feng Pinghan suddenly showed his strength just now, which shocked Shen Qingyu. He didn't expect that this young man was stronger than him, but Feng Pinghan's failure shocked him even more. People who were stronger than him failed and became a useless person. Do he have to repeat the same mistake? Repeat the other party's failure and tragedy?
If it is ruined and everything is over, if you don’t take risks, there is still a chance. Shen Qingyu looked back and saw that he had taken twenty-three steps, and he would take twenty-three steps back. It is not certain whether he can finish the road back, so don’t move forward.
Shen Qingyu took a deep breath, turned around and walked backwards, stopping to adjust his breathing every step. When he reached the twelfth step, he happened to meet Zhou Jin. Zhou Jin was still there. Shen Qingyu looked at Zhou Jin with contempt. In his eyes, this boy from the countryside of Black Stone City was just a reputation. Not to mention that he did not have the courage to move forward, he did not even have the ability to retreat.
Zhou Jin turned his head to look at Shen Qingyu. When Shen Qingyu turned around and walked twenty steps, his face turned red and his body began to tremble. It was obvious that the internal energy had accumulated to a certain extent, and his body could not accommodate it. Shen Qingyu really had a ruthless force. Suddenly, he shouted and jumped out of the corridor. The person shook in the distance from mid-air, but when he landed, he stood steadily, but blood was oozing out of the corner of his mouth.
Now, Zhou Jin is the only one left in the circular corridor. Zhou Jin knows that the road ahead is difficult, but he doesn't want to give up. Zhou Jin wants to pass this test and jump to the A team to become a A team player, shortening the time he can get the "Sky Thunder Killing Slash".
Zhou Jin took another step forward, then activated his internal force for a day, and took the second step. Shen Qingyu, who was adjusting his breathing at the entrance, was shocked. He didn't expect that Zhou Jin would choose to continue moving forward.
Chapter completed!