ff37;ww.ff35;ff18;xff33;.ff23;om u85c0f;8bf4;66f4;65b0;6700;5feb;5c0f;8bf4;9605;8bfb;7f51;     “The process of obtaining this skill is quite complicated.” The voice replied: “But that is for players who pass the level normally. Since you want to obtain this skill, we can think of some workarounds.”

"Very good, tell me what to do?"

"First of all, I need to determine your ability. If you can dig a passage on the mountain wall, it will save a lot of trouble."

When I heard the other party say this, I first tried to summon the phoenix dragon, but found that it was still limited. I had no choice but to shake my head and ask, "What about other methods?"

"If you can't dig a hole directly, you can only take the normal route, but I can help you solve a lot of trouble. You just need to follow my prompts."

"How long will it take to get the skills and leave here?" Ashufude and the others are still fighting, and I can't wait too long here.

"This is not accurate, it mainly depends on your ability. If it is fast, five or six minutes may be almost done, but if you can't handle certain mechanisms... although it can pass, time will definitely not be faster!"

"Then you can guide me over and take a look first. If I can't get through the obstacles, I will give up. I'm in a hurry now and I don't have time to delay here."

"Okay, please walk back now and reach the previous fork. Don't worry, you are all my control here, and I can follow you to guide you."

I nodded and quickly turned around and ran, quickly reached the previous fork, and then turned to the other side. The depth of the river here is not as shallow as that on the other side, but it is still slightly shallower than the depth of the position I just entered here. The resistance of the river that submerged into the middle of the thigh is still relatively large. Fortunately, my strength is super high, so it is not a big problem.

The fork here is much longer than the one before. After walking almost three times the distance of the fork, I finally saw an altar drowned in the water.

Although this altar is also a building structure with a high center and low surroundings, the height difference is only 50 centimeters in total, so even the top of the altar is still soaked in water. However, the six stone pillars around this hexagram-shaped altar are much beyond the water surface.

These stone pillars are located at the six top corners of this hexagram altar. The stone pillars themselves are triangular and slightly thicker than normal people's arms. The height is about 1.8 meters, and the main part looks like some kind of stone. However, this kind of stone is rare, with a very smooth surface, almost close to the level of ceramic tiles, and it looks black and shiny. If it weren't for the accumulation of negative energy, I almost thought this was obsidian.

Although the stone pillars are made of stone, there are dense texts facing the center of the altar. These words are not carved, but are inlaid with a luminous, light blue, glass-like thing. Although the inlaid texts are very bright, they still look very conspicuous because the background is black stone. However, even if it is conspicuous, it is useless because the words written on them are all magical texts. I only know a few of them. I know them, but unfortunately I can't let her come out now, but it doesn't matter. Anyway, I plan to cheat and don't need to really understand anything. If those words are really useful, then ask the sound. He is the manager here, and he must know this.

Sure enough, when I walked up to the altar, the voice immediately said: "This is the altar of time. If you want to get the skills, you need to open the space device on the altar."

"How to open it?"

"I originally needed to crack the text on the six stone pillars before solving the puzzle, but I know how to open it, so you just need to follow what I said."

"Okay, tell me what to do."

"First of all, please note that at the center of the altar, there should be a regular hexagonal area and the surrounding area that is not the same as the surrounding area. That place can actually rise."

Although the thing is not the same as the surrounding altar, it should be easy to see. But because this thing is soaked in water, and the water will shine. Therefore, the refraction of light makes it difficult to find the gaps. If the sound is not reminded, I will not be able to find this thing for a while.

"Okay, I saw that thing. What should I do next?"

"Squat down and get close to it, you can see that there is a circular depression in the middle of each side of this hexagonal area. Although the depression is not very obvious, it should be visible."

I squatted down and looked carefully, and found the depressions. These depressions were actually only two or three millimeters lower than the surrounding part. Moreover, this depression was not a depression that seemed to be a hole dug in a wall, but a curved surface with the center point about three millimeters lower than the surrounding part, while the outer edge gradually rose, the edge part was completely aligned with the surrounding plane, and it was impossible to see if you were not careful.

“I saw those sunkens.”

"Very good. Now press it with your finger on a single depression. It doesn't matter if the starting position is, but you have to press it in counterclockwise order and you can't jump."

"Okay." I pressed it one by one as I said, and just after I pressed the last sag, the six sags that did not sink when pressed up, and there was no button feature at all suddenly lit up at the same time.

The water surface at the top of the altar is about ten centimeters deep. Originally, the glowing water surface would block the light below, but the six depressions emit red light, so it is extremely conspicuous under the green water surface.

When the light lit up, the six stone pillars on the top corner of the altar suddenly roared and then there was no response. I looked at the stone pillars on the outside in surprise and asked, "What's going on? Did I press the wrong one?"

"No, this is normal." The voice prompted me: "Please walk to the stone pillar in your left hand now."

I walked over in confusion, then looked at the stone pillar and asked, "What about now?"

"Hold the stone pillar and lift it up. It may take a little effort. This thing is quite heavy."

As I spoke, I went forward and hugged the stone pillar with my hands, and tried a little harder. Sure enough, there was only a slight upward trend. I increased my strength to lift the stone pillar upwards. However, this thing seemed to be inserted quite deep, so I had to let go of the stone pillar and bent down to hug it near the bottom before lifting it up again.

When I pulled out the entire stone pillar in my hand from the altar, I found that the actual length of the stone pillar was about two meters and twenty. In other words, the depth inserted into the altar was enough forty centimeters.

I originally wanted to ask what to do next after pulling out the stone pillar. Unexpectedly, after the stone pillar completely left the altar, a triangular stone pillar of the same thickness rose again in the triangular cave where the stone pillar was originally located. However, this time the stone pillar only rose about one meter and one stopped. Moreover, there was no text on the three surfaces of the stone pillar, and there was only a piece of hexagonal red crystal standing on the top, which looked quite strange.

"What's this?"

"This is a reactor, but you don't have to worry about it. Now carry the stone pillars in your hand to the center of the altar. Pay attention to the location you just pressed, where there should be a slot."

I carried the stone pillars and walked back to take a look. Sure enough, six triangle lids were opened at the top of the hexagonal area before, and the six holes exposed were all triangles, which just matched the size of the stone pillars in my hand. "Do you need to pull out all the six pillars around and insert them into the six slots here?" As soon as I saw the hole, I roughly understood what to do.

The voice replied, "Yes. It is indeed necessary to move the six stone pillars over, but the order is disrupted. The one in your hand needs to be inserted into the upper right slot in front of you, and you need to pay attention that the text faces outside the altar."

"Okay, I get it, tell me the next order."

With this guard and I guarding theft, it became super easy to crack the mechanism. This complex mechanism should have been very complicated. Think about my operation steps. If the players rely on themselves to solve the puzzles, I might not be able to get in for a day. But under the guidance of the voice, I only took two minutes to place all six stone pillars.

After the six stone pillars around the altar were removed, the same new pillar popped up, and there was a red crystal at the top of each pillar. At this time, there was a hexagonal stone pillar higher than the ground in the center of the altar. This stone pillar was actually composed of six triangular stone pillars. Moreover, the six surfaces of the hexagonal stone pillars had luminous words. Moreover, after the stone pillars were completely inserted, this text changed from the light blue color to the blood red color now, and the crystal on the surrounding stone pillars was the same color as the crystals.

"What should I do now?" I asked again after completing the assembly of the stone pillars.

"Please move one side to the right now."

I looked at the stone pillar in front of me, then moved it a little, turned to the direction facing the right side and asked, "Is this here?"

"Yes, that's it. Now. stretch out your fingers... No, you need to remove the gloves and need to touch them directly. OK, now use your finger to hold the text at the highest point, and then don't lift your fingers and slide your fingers down until the bottom part."

I followed the guidance of the sound and began to slide my fingers. The words would go out the moment I touched them. When I drew a vertical line on the stone pillar, all the words on the entire stone pillar would go out.

This time I didn't ask me to remind me, and the voice said again: "Now, change to the opposite side and extinguish all the words in the same way."

I turned around and quickly extinguished the text. "Okay."

"Now move one face left and extinguish all texts."

"alright."

"Switch to the opposite side and operate the same."

"Okay, will you destroy the remaining two now?"

"Yes, but you have to extinguish the farther one first."

"OK."

After destroying the last words in order, I asked again: "What about now?"

"Now put on gloves and hold the stone pillar, and then press against the clock. The chassis under this stone pillar can rotate."

I hugged the stone pillar again as required and tried to turn it slightly at a certain angle. I felt that the resistance of this thing was very strong and it took a lot of force to turn. Moreover, the mechanism must be connected below this thing, because when turning, you can clearly feel the resistance of one section after another, just like the knob switch of an old electric fan, which has a very obvious feeling of gears one by one, and you can feel it in and out.

"Where is this going to?"

"You should be able to feel the resistance of one gear at a time. You have turned two gears now. This counterclockwise rotation is called subtraction, clockwise rotation is called addition, counterclockwise rotation is subtraction, and clockwise rotation is adding one. The correct password to turn on this mechanism is -6+1-17+10-4+2-26+15-9. Just turn it in this order. Note that you have reduced two now, and then subtract four or nine to flip. Don't count the wrong number!"

"knew."

Although there is a 26 in this rotation password, after turning, you will find that the spacing between one gear and one gear is actually very small, and even if you turn 26 gears, it is less than a circle. I estimate based on the angle of change of each gear, this thing is about thirty-six gears.

Speaking of which, this mechanism not only tests intelligence, but also tests physical strength. Even with such a high power attribute, I started to feel a little breathless after turning all the codes. If I change to a mage, even if I have a password, I can only stare at this thing.

"Okay, the rotation is over, what should I do now?" After I turned all the orders as required, there was no change in the altar.

"Now, take down the crystals at the top of the six stone pillars around. The order doesn't matter, the crystals are all the same."

I quickly turned around and got a piece of crystal. The moment I picked up the crystal, the hexagonal stone pillar in the center made a rumbling sound, and it actually sank down. The sound prompted me: "Don't worry, this is normal, go and get the other five crystals."

I went to get other crystals as required, and every time I picked up a piece of crystal, the transformed stone pillar would sink apart. When I brought all the six crystals back, the hexagonal stone pillar here had completely sunk into the altar, leaving only the top and the ground of the altar to remain flush. Except for the different colors of the top and the ground of the altar, there was basically no difference.

"What are you going to do next?"

"Stand on the sinking stone pillar in the center and step on it."

I lifted my legs and stepped on it. After only half of the weight was moved up, the stone pillar began to sink automatically. Even when I lifted my legs, it continued to sink and fell down. Then after waiting for seven or eight seconds, the hexagonal hole in the center suddenly began to surge. Soon a new hexagonal stone platform rose. This stone platform was as thick as the previous stone pillar. But it was definitely not the hexagonal stone pillars that were made up of the six triangular stone pillars, because the material of this stone pillar was different. It seemed like a whole piece of crystal, completely transparent, and was very different from the black stone pillars before.

The stone platform stopped when it reached a height of about 1.6 meters, and then six openings popped up on six sides at the same time. When I saw the shape of the opening, I knew that it must be the crystals in my hand. However, I still asked first whether I need to pay attention to the order, but the sound prompted me to put them as I could, and there was no order.

After putting six red crystals, the transparent crystal platform in the center immediately sank again, but this time it did not disappear completely. It just sank to a height of only about one meter left and stopped. Then the six stone pillars on the top of the altar suddenly rose a little bit, and then they suddenly fell out at the same time, but they did not fall completely, but stopped at the forty-five degrees. After that, the entire altar shook, and the top of the altar under my feet began to rise. After completely lifting the top of the altar out of the water, the ground at the top of the altar, which had no problems at all before, suddenly sank a little, and then slid to the side to give way to an authentic entrance, where you can see the steps below.

"Or wonder if I'll dig a hole. If I can dig it directly, wouldn't it be so troublesome?" I asked.

The voice replied, "Yes. If you have a way to dig a hole, dig it down for more than three meters and you will be able to enter the passage. However, it is also beneficial to open the passage correctly now, because if you dig it in, the river water above will flow back into the tunnel. Although you can breathe under the water, your actions will be affected after all. In this way, you don't have to worry about the water when you go down from the altar."

"That's right." I said, walking to the entrance of the tunnel and asked, "Are I going like this? There are no mechanisms below?"

"There are many mechanisms under this, but you don't have to worry about it. All of these mechanisms are controlled by me, and now they have been turned off by me and will not be activated at all."

"Haha, it's convenient to have you, the inner thief."

Without a mechanism, this is just a very long tunnel. I ran all the way and walked to the end. At the end of the tunnel was a stone door. It originally needed special props to open, but it turned into an automatic door when I got close to the door. I opened it by myself as soon as I entered, and the door fell down again.

Behind the gate is a stone room. The voice explained to me that there were mechanisms in this room, and after entering, the player would be locked inside. Then several secret doors would be opened on the walls on both sides of the left and right sides, and a large number of carnivorous insects would gush out. Players need to find the only key from the four exits where the carnivorous insects came out, and then open the stone door opposite to leave here. Of course, the bugs in the middle will definitely cause you a lot of trouble. So this is definitely not a simple mechanism. Without certain strength, you can't get over it. Even if a person with my strength really wants to rush to this level, he will definitely have to consume a certain amount of blood and magic to get over it in the end. It is almost impossible to pass intact.

Although this mechanism is very fatal to others, I don’t have to work so hard here. The stone gate opposite did not fall at all, and the insects on both sides were blocked in the secret door and had no chance to come out.

After passing this stone chamber, there was a larger stone chamber, which felt like an indoor gymnasium, with a scary space. The voice spoke again at this time: "This is also a mechanism, but you may have to fight."

"Is the mechanism here not under your control?"

"I still control the mechanism here, but I can't control the monsters inside. This place was originally a Colosseum, with eighteen gates around it, and there was a monster behind each gate, with strength ranging from level 2,500 to level 7,500. To leave this room, you need to use a magic key. However, this key is hung around the neck of one of the monsters. What I can help you is to tell you directly which monster brings the keys, so you can try one by one. However, I can't control the monsters inside, so you at least have to deal with that monster before you can get over it."

"The monsters here are so high, can ordinary people pass by?"

"This task is a task that players can only receive after level 3,000, and this task will inform the player about the difficulty in advance. Therefore, if a normal person is not sick in his head, he should not accept this task before level 4,000. This is an accident. It is a bit too early to come in. Therefore, the monsters here are obviously more difficult."

I shook my head and said, "It doesn't matter. As long as it doesn't exceed 5,000 level, I can deal with it. I should be able to defeat the opponent below 4,000 level." I am actually still conservative. Because I can't summon the magic pet now, my strength is equivalent to a big discount. Otherwise, I can definitely handle the opponent at 6,000 level. Even if I encounter a level 7,500 level, I can't beat it, and I can't catch the key and run through the level. However, if I don't have the magic pet now, I can't guarantee my combat effectiveness. Level 5,000 is the current limit. If it's higher, it's dangerous.

Fortunately, the voice said, "If you do this, don't worry. The one with the key is a monster of level 4,000. Although it has great potential, it is a monster in the juvenile stage and has not yet grown up, so it is only level 4,000. If you say it, it should be easy to handle it."

I nodded and said, "Since you want to cheat, do it thoroughly. Tell me the strength characteristics of this monster, what kind of monster is the other party? How large is it? What kind of attack ability does it have? Where are the weaknesses? You should know all these?"

"Yes, I know all of these, but even if I tell you, it won't help much."
To be continued...