Extraordinary Sailing

Da da da..

The sound of crisp footsteps kept ringing in the pitch-black world, but there was no echo that could be transmitted back. The deep and dense darkness seemed to be able to completely swallow all sound and light.

There seemed to be nothing in this completely imperceptible space. Within the range of the extremely dim lighting technique, there was only a stone staircase at the foot of the five-member team, where they could not see where they were coming from or where they were going.

This is the fourth floor of the [Clock Tower] where the adventure team came to after they all gathered on the third floor.

Like many things on the mysterious side, the structure of this [Clock Tower] also uses the most magical number "seven", with a total of seven floors from outside to inside. Moreover, the progressive space of each layer is constantly increasing, and the intensity of power is also increasing.

After the first three explorations, the sixth floor was the deepest place that latecomers were able to advance to, but no one had ever been able to step into it on the seventh floor, let alone what treasure was hidden there.

It's just that it can be vaguely sensed by the various means of the extraordinary.

And according to the notes that Jeros got, the location of [Ocean Secret Treasure Ancient Scroll] is in a certain space on the sixth floor, "The Sea in the Tower—The Giant's Eye".

"Aiwen, are we just going up all the way? Why do I feel like we've been walking for a long time?"

Anita, who was in charge of holding the line at the end of the team, suddenly spoke, her voice was clearly right next to her ears, but in this special environment, it seemed to be far away in the sky, which made people feel a serious sense of dislocation.

In particular, Ai Wen and An Qi feel as if they have returned to the "Forgotten Desert" in [Hades], and the oppressive atmosphere where even their own heartbeat can be heard clearly makes people feel a little irritated.

But Ivan didn't know how to answer his sister's question.

One is that in the dark, human instinct will drive him to go up instead of down. Second, after taking a look at Milan who was walking beside him, he could only trust the judgment of this professional "prophet".

Before this, whether it was [Lighting Technique], [Low Frequency Pulse], or even the [Psychic Force Field] of the Great Wizard, or the [Space Perception] of the Space Dragon, any detection method could not spread beyond the boundary of the stone steps.

Moreover, whenever Aiwen had the idea of ​​flying up to find the boundary of this space, a huge sense of fear would make him suppress this idea again, and honestly lead the team to walk on this stone that can accommodate two carriages in parallel. quality ladder.

This should be the specific rules that have appeared since entering the fourth layer of the core layer. At least under the suppression of the [Clock Tower] whose essence is equal to that of a demigod, almost no one can resist.

suddenly.

When Aiwen used the "digital vision" to accurately measure the travel distance of his group and walked for almost ten kilometers, a new change finally appeared ahead.

"That's a...corner!"

There was some excitement in Olivia's tone. In this oppressive atmosphere, any new changes were enough to make people feel excited.

However, the moment he saw the corner, Milan, who was second in the team's marching formation, suddenly drew his gun, and the revolver [Black Steel] roared furiously like a beast.

boom!

At the same time, a strange thing that looked like a big dog and a mutated lizard suddenly jumped out from the 90° corner, and the dog's head happened to be blasted by a powerful bullet.

After instinctively shooting and killing the opponent, a trace of astonishment appeared on Milan's face.

"Isn't it? These guys have chased here??"

However, this is only the beginning.

At that corner, "Dalos Dog Demon" kept jumping out of the void, and every one of them just appeared, regardless of others, and went straight to Milan.

woof woof.

Going forward and succeeding is like the tide. Standing at the front of the queue, Aiwen feels the most intensely when facing the petal-like curious head, sharp canine teeth, and long tongue dripping with saliva.

I doubt in my heart that all the dog demons in the entire [Clock Tower] have killed here frantically, what kind of enmity must this be?

But without hesitation, he took a step forward and waved his hand abruptly.

call--!

Using the power of the "Storm Dragon" to violently set off a terrifying storm, the "Dalos Dog Demon" that jumped out of the corner was thrown into the darkness under the stone steps in one breath.

The sound of falling to the ground was not heard for a long time.

"Quick, let's rush over!"

It wasn't until he led the team away from that corner and out of the sensing range of "Daros Dog Demon" that the situation gradually subsided.

At this time, Ivan couldn't help but set his sights on Milan:

"How did you do it? Did you steal someone else's wife?"

Milan coughed twice with a guilty conscience:

"Maybe, probably, almost.

I was on the water on the second floor, and there was no corner less than 120 degrees at all; there was almost no stay after the meeting on the third floor. Although there are warnings in spirituality, I didn't expect them to come here directly across several dimensions. "

While talking, he took out a magic book from his magic pocket, with a huge mechanical dial on the surface, and its name was written in spiritual script on the cover - "Echoes of Time and Space".

Then, under the light of the lighting technique, he slowly opened the contents of the book, and explained:

"I don't know why I got such a tricky thing after clearing the customs!"

The other three wizards in the team leaned over at the same time, and after seeing what was written in the catalogue, they couldn't help exclaiming collectively: "This is the inheritance magic book of the 'Clock Tower School'???"

Before.

From "The Mysterious Source of Wandering: The Clock Tower", they have long known that the "Prophecy School" has a high probability of inheriting part of the knowledge of the "Clock Tower School" (Chapter 635).

And in addition to the ability of the "Clock Tower School" to cruise the long river of history, it has established the "All-seeing Eye" that abandons most offensive witchcraft and is only used to spy on the mysterious source of the present and the future.

That kind of meaning is the same as the "Tree of Life School" presupposing a greatly simplified "Crown of Miracles" before the ultimate mysterious source "Tree of Life".

This should also be the main reason why Milan volunteered to sign up after knowing the destination of the expedition.

Up to now, the "School of Prophecy" is even more widely distributed than the "School of Alchemy", almost every country on the continent has them.

Compared with the "Gem School", which also has a huge influence on the mainland, the "Prophecy School" already has a fourth-level Crown Wizard, and at critical moments, it has been able to pay a price to borrow the powerful power of the mysterious source "The All-Seeing Eye".

In addition, this "Clock Tower School" inheritance magic book "Echoes of Time and Space" also solidified a kind of universal witchcraft [Space Springboard]. So far, Milan is no longer the weak chicken he used to be, but a very Weak chicken that can run.

Greatly improved survivability.

The most important point is that under the premise that all members of the "Clock Tower" school have died, this magic book may be a precious opportunity to inherit the greatest legacy of the wizarding world! Enough to make one step to the sky!

But the premise is to first figure out why the "Clock Tower School" had clearly completed the "mysterious source" at the beginning, why did it fail in the final stage of integration? Also devoured all school members.

If you don't understand this point, it is very likely that you will end up in the mouth of a sheep if you take this road rashly.

Especially under the control of [Clock Tower], the front foot has just sent out the precious inheritance magic book, which is one of the foundations of the school, and the back foot has sent the "Dalos Dog Demon" who can continuously jump in various spaces to chase after him. Logically, this doesn't make sense at all.

Unless, the root of these two diametrically opposed behaviors is... two wills!

After temporarily analyzing the current situation for Milan, Ivan patted him on the shoulder:

"The situation is unclear, so let's put it away for now. Two birds in the forest are worse than one in the hand. Let's talk about it when we go out from here. But from now on, everyone should pay attention to corners with angles less than 120° to prevent being caught by the 'Daros Dog Demon'." Sneak attack."

"OK."

at this time.

After walking through the first corner, this space seems to usher in some kind of turning point.

creak creak.

There were louder and louder insect sounds, which began to resound in the darkness around the stairs. And as they continued upward, the sound began to get louder and louder.

Staring at the ladder under his feet that continued to extend upward into the darkness, as if it had no beginning and no end, Ivan couldn't help but think of a theory-"Impossible Penrose Staircase".

This theory says that the four stairs are connected by four corners, but the direction of each staircase is upward, so it can be extended and developed infinitely. But that kind of thing can only fall on two-dimensional paper, and it is impossible to exist in the conventional three-dimensional world.

But in the [Clock Tower], which was originally focused on the study of time and space, it may not be impossible to realize.

It just gave Ivan the feeling that they are not going up or down in the conventional sense, but are always striding forward into a deeper dark space.

In fact, it is walking in another dimension beyond the three-dimensional world.

soon.

As if to confirm Aiwen's guess, when they walked through four 90° corners and eliminated several waves of "Daros Dog Demon" who jumped out because they felt Milan's breath, they should have returned to them theoretically. at the initial starting point.

What appeared in front of their eyes was still a long stone staircase that continued to rise, with no end in sight.

creak creak.

At this point, it seemed that two parallel lines finally converged. The frantic chirping of insects broke through an invisible and intangible barrier, and it has already moved from far to near in the darkness.

cluck cluck.

Headed by a tall beetle man with a human skeleton-like head and two feet and four arms, a large group of grotesque insects surged out from the darkness on both sides of the stairs, and climbed up the rock without any branches along a path invisible to humans. ladder.

It seems that under this continuous staircase, there is actually a huge worm cellar connected.

From Ivan's point of view, the sharp-edged bony carapaces on the four-armed bugman have a bit of a sense of sight of humans wearing powered exoskeletons. It seems that the [integrated circuit] polluted by chitin that I harvested earlier has traveled from the future to the present.

Actually at this time.

After summarizing everyone's experience, they have realized that [Clock Tower] is very likely to have encountered some kind of unknown pollution, and the high probability is related to bugs.

Because as they continue to advance to the inner layer of the [Clock Tower], the first, second, third, and now fourth floors, this kind of weird pollution has become more and more obvious, and the strange-looking bugs are getting more and more strange. It is endless.

The secret behind it is put aside for the time being.

The most important thing they have to do now is to kill insects!

Standing at both ends of the team, Aiwen and Anita, the two top fighters in Tier 3, opened their mouths at the same time.

bang——

【The Flame Dragon breathes out! 】

[Frost dust exhales! 】