Volume 2 Chapter 15: Entering the Imperial Mausoleum (6)
At six o'clock in the evening, all team members were online on time, no one was late. Haha, it seems that everyone has been working hard!
Everyone was rubbing their fists and preparing to enter the teleportation array one by one, when Bu San suddenly said, "Wait a minute."
He took out his tools and said, "I'll repair your equipment again."
After that, he started to work. We were all very surprised. Our team had rested once less than two hours before killing the general. At that time, we had just repaired our equipment. Now we still have enough time. Could it be that Bu San was afraid that the underground palace was too dangerous. If he died accidentally, he would not be able to repair it for everyone, so he made preventive preparations in advance?
Bu San told his plan: "The underground palace is extremely dangerous, even worse than the maze. But from the strategy, the underground palace is not as big as the maze. After entering, whether it succeeds or fails, it is impossible to spend more than ten hours, so my actual role ends here. But I can still make one last contribution. According to our experience of teleporting from the first floor of the maze to the second floor, there should be a dense group of monsters at the entrance... I will go down first and try to rush a few steps inside to lead the monsters to a place slightly away from the entrance. This will make room for the warriors coming in later."
Good plan! Bu San is indeed a professional player with more experience than me. Although he chose the business route, he is also good at tactical planning! But... do we really need so many teammates to sacrifice for this Imperial Tomb mission?
Lao Zhou also took out the medicine cauldron and said calmly: "In that case, I will go down with you."
According to the profiteer, Lao Zhou has little gaming experience. Maybe he doesn't understand that Bu San is proposing a suicide action? He is just hired by us to help. There is no point in causing him to lose experience.
I quickly reminded him, "Lao Zhou, Bu San means to go and die. You can lure the monsters away and create a more favorable combat environment for us. You will definitely die if you go down. If you die once, you will lose 10% of your experience and your equipment may be dropped!"
Lao Zhou smiled and said, "I understand what Bu San meant. I was young once, too, and was crazy about online games when I was in college... His opinion is very good, and this plan can greatly reduce the danger to the combatants. I negotiated with the profiteer and took his money to participate in the operation and help you complete the mission. Now that we have reached an agreement, I will naturally do my best. Two people attracting monsters will always be more effective than one person. At least we can run a few more steps and free up more space, right? Moreover, we are auxiliary personnel. If we don't die now, you will have to be distracted to protect us after we go down, which will be detrimental to the operation."
I was silent, and so were the other team members. Huai Huai, Ba Dao, Bu San, and Lao Zhou, who was unfamiliar to us, all chose to sacrifice themselves without hesitation - for the benefit of the group. Having such partners, such comrades, and such brothers, perhaps, this is my greatest gain in online games? This friendship is far more precious than money, and what they handed over to us is a trust and a responsibility. We have made up our minds to complete this mission no matter what!
After receiving the brand new equipment handed over by Bu San and the warm medicine distributed by Lao Zhou, we felt their unfinished words: "The rest is up to you!"
Bu San and Lao Zhou walked towards the teleportation array, a white light flashed, and the two disappeared.
I counted to five seconds silently and estimated that they had fallen down!
I gritted my teeth and said, "Mo Mo, Han Jiang, Wen Xin, the four of us will go up, Ah Wei and Shi Tou will follow immediately, and the rest of you will follow in five seconds!"
The four of us rushed into the teleportation array and were immediately teleported to the underground palace of the imperial mausoleum.
As soon as we entered the underground palace, we realized how correct Bu San and Lao Zhou's choice was. The underground palace of the imperial mausoleum is an extremely magnificent underground palace, ten feet high and a thousand steps long and wide. Above the dome, the sun and the moon shine. The palace is bright and shining, as bright as day, and there is no need for torches at all.
The sight is good, but the monsters are too much, right? This is an army, and a big one! I remembered a sentence - maybe the player in the internal test was also shocked by this scene. The strategy of "Three Explorations of the Emperor's Mausoleum" uses classical Chinese to describe the underground palace: As soon as I entered the underground palace, I was shocked. Its furnishings were gorgeous and magnificent, which was definitely not in the human world. There were 30,000 soldiers lined up in front of the palace, and the murderous aura was overwhelming. It is said that there were 100,000 terracotta warriors and horses in the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum. The number of guards in the dreamy emperor's mausoleum seems to be of the same scale...
No wonder the Emperor's Mausoleum was called "Fantasy Zero's great re-creation of the ancient human historical and civilization cultural heritage" in the internal test along with the Pyramids, the Shah Mausoleum (based on the Taj Mahal of the Mughal Empire), the Hanging Gardens, the Olympic Temples and the Mayan Golden Temple!
By the way, the actual situation before us is that, in the underground palace square, there are tens of thousands (the 30,000 in the strategy guide is an imaginary number, not an accurate number) of armored soldiers arranged in a military formation. Fortunately, these guards are all terracotta warriors, and they are frozen and motionless. But as long as a player approaches within 5 meters of them, the battle program will be activated, and the terracotta soldiers will immediately become alive and attack you!
The Holy Emperor's coffin is placed in the main hall in the center of the square, and the exit of the teleportation array is at the corner of the wall on the side of the underground palace square facing the Holy Emperor's mausoleum hall. We have to kill diagonally towards the hall to get close to the coffin and obtain the military seal.
According to the density of the terracotta warriors in the square, there should be at least twenty or thirty monsters within a ten-meter radius of the corner. Because the people who are teleported out will be roughly distributed within a five-meter radius, these twenty or thirty monsters will be activated at the first time. If the soldiers come down first and run forward, they will attract more and more terracotta warriors and end up with a dead end. Naturally, they can only shrink into the corner and defend. But with four soldiers facing so many monsters, even if Wenxin and I are immortal, Jimo and Hanjiang will be dead.
Now, Bu San and Lao Zhou came in first and activated the terracotta warriors around the teleportation array. Before they were locked onto and attacked by the terracotta warriors, they ran forward wildly, attracting all the monsters to follow them. Of course, the terracotta warriors near the route they passed were also activated, and naturally more and more monsters followed them.
In fact, if it were that simple, it might be a good idea to directly select a few highly sensitive team members to enter the underground palace, and then run all the way to the main hall - anyway, those terracotta warriors would not be able to catch up with them after they come back to life. But in fact, if they really did that, their fate would be the same as Bu San and Lao Zhou - just look at the dense group of monsters a hundred meters away and the scattered potions, gold coins and equipment on the ground, and you will know that they died there, because the closer the terracotta warriors are to the main hall, the higher their level will be, and among them there will be javelin soldiers, archers and other long-range attack soldiers.
Their sacrifice brought us great convenience. There were only two or three monsters standing within the activation range around the teleportation array, and they were held back by the four of us. The teammates behind us could easily come in and form a battle formation. They also ran far enough that the monsters that were led away would not notice us. After all the team members arrived and the formation was arranged, we could use bows and arrows, magic and other means to attract the monsters one by one and kill them. It was so easy!
A flash of light appeared, and Awei and Shitou appeared. As soon as they came in, they joined the battle. Then Fatty, Little Bird, Wanxing and others appeared one by one and quickly eliminated the three terracotta warriors.
The terracotta warriors in the underground palace are also divided into levels. The clay warriors on the outermost layer are about the same strength as the third-level armored guards, so it is not too difficult to kill them. But the guards in the middle are pottery warriors, whose combat effectiveness is comparable to that of silver-armored guards. The closest to the inner layer is a line of defense composed of living warriors. They are not like these clay warriors or pottery warriors, which are all statues that will only be activated when you get close to them. Instead, they are living golden-armored guards, extremely powerful. I have no idea whether I can pass that level. I can only try my best. Success or failure depends on luck.
The bird began to use the bow and arrow to attack from a distance, attracting the activated clay soldiers over a hundred meters away. In order to be cautious, only two or three were attracted at a time. Although this would kill the monsters slowly, it was very safe.
Finally, all the more than 200 monsters activated by Bu San and Lao Zhou were killed. The more troublesome ones were the javelin throwers and archers. They would not come to you, but attack from a distance. The warriors did not dare to rush up to chop them for fear of attracting more monsters to life. They could only watch the birds, crystals, fat men, stones and Awei shooting at each other. Fortunately, Zui Ai replenished everyone's blood, so it was very easy overall.
There were no more active terracotta warriors in front of us, so it was my turn, as well as that of Wenxin and Moji, to lead the way. The three of us walked carefully in a straight line so as not to attract the terracotta warriors on either side. When we arrived at the place where Bu San and Lao Zhou had died, we collected the equipment, potions, and gold coins that had dropped from them. We couldn't waste them!
Five meters ahead stood the neatly arranged statues. The three men walked up slowly, step by step, fearing that if they took one more step, they would bring the terracotta warriors in the back row to life.
The distance between the terracotta soldiers was about one meter but less than two meters. The three of us walked forward side by side, just luring five of them alive, so it was relatively easy to deal with them. The passage left after killing the terracotta soldiers was enough for the team members behind to pass through in a row of three, and would never trigger the terracotta soldiers on both sides.
Although the progress was slow, I wondered if it was too easy to get through the square like this. The guide said that the terracotta warriors in the square would not refresh after being killed, so we would not have to worry about it. Of course, it is impossible for them to not refresh at all. It is estimated that the refresh time is very long, but the author did not refresh them during the time he fought here.
Perhaps, the setting here is a test of psychological quality. Everyone must stand and move forward in a standard formation. If there is a slight disorder, more soldiers will be activated, which will only cause panic in the whole team. The chaos will continue to expand, more and more monsters will be activated, and finally the team will be wiped out. Among them, the front-line combat team members are the most important. Even if they are facing the simultaneous attack of several soldiers and their lives are in danger at any time, they cannot dodge as usual. They can only stand hard and have 100% faith that their teammates around them will take care of their sides.
But I still think it's too easy! As long as there is no boss, the difficulty here is not as good as the maze.
After advancing more than a hundred meters, the terracotta warriors are now pottery warriors. This kind of terracotta warriors are fired as if they are ceramics, with smooth and warm surfaces and lifelike expressions. If it were in reality, such exquisite works of art would be worth tens of thousands, right? However, these guys who look like they will break at the slightest touch are very solid, and their defense is even better than that of the silver armored guards! Hmm, maybe I'm wrong, it's not easy! It's not difficult to separate the five pottery warriors. I'll pick three, and they can take care of one each, but if they are gathered together, it will be too dangerous. If one is accidentally attacked at the same time, he will be killed instantly!
But there was nothing we could do. Apart from Wenxin and me, he was the one who could resist the most. Others could not hold on any longer. Fortunately, the Fatty Xiaoniao and others in the back row kept shooting arrows, magic, talismans, five elements and other techniques to support us. The light of the enhanced healing technique of My Favorite Fish kept flashing above our heads, and the first two batches of terracotta warriors were successfully dealt with.
After taking two more steps forward and just about to lead the next row of terracotta warriors to life, Lonely suddenly cried out "Ouch!" and his body sank. Wenxin and I instinctively stopped, only to see a floor tile in front of us flip over, revealing a two-meter square pit. I leaned over and looked down, and saw that it was pitch black and bottomless. After a while, a few white lights floated up, and Lonely was killed!
Damn! The guide didn't mention that there were traps in the underground palace. Maybe the game company increased the difficulty!
If it weren't for Lu Mo's impatient temper and if he hadn't walked half a step ahead of Wen Xin and me, I'm afraid the three of us would have fallen down together!
With the loss of Lonely, our combat effectiveness was reduced. And since there would be traps in the underground palace, we had to let Wanxing go forward to explore the way, so we walked even slower. Just the big pit in front of us caused us a lot of trouble. We had to go around it, which required us to bring a few more terracotta warriors alive.
Wanxing found traps from time to time, but did not dare to dismantle them, for fear of encountering double mechanisms again. Here we could not respond flexibly as we did in the maze passages, so we had to bypass each one, which took a lot of effort, and the route forward became tortuous. The team members behind had to be more careful. If they took a wrong step at a turn, they would either trigger a trap or attract living soldiers.
The most painful thing is that Wanxing has no ability to fight the terracotta warriors. Once the monsters are lured, she will retreat. Only Wenxin and I are left to fight. Compared with the cooperation of three people, the pressure is much greater, and the consumption of Xiaohuandan has increased dramatically. Lao Zhou just replenished us with potions. He is not at the current level to refine Xiaohuandan. Although everyone brought a large number of such non-replenishable items before departure, after all, a lot of them have been used up in the previous long battle. Now our stock is not much. Fatty and the others have given all the ones they carried to Wenxin and me, and each of them only left a few to save their lives.
Finally, they reached a place only fifty meters away from the main hall. However, looking at the rows of neatly-formed, golden-armored guards holding golden spears and showing off their might, they knew that if they did not change their tactics and just forced their way in, there would be no hope of success.
I made a gesture for the whole team to stop moving forward, thinking in my mind, according to the strategy, the golden armor guards are extremely powerful, almost comparable to the iron armor generals, but they just can't use skills. More importantly, you can't use the monster-luring tactic on them. As long as you attract the attention of one of them, the whole army will immediately attack. In the end, the author never entered the hall. The mistake was that he didn't know this in advance. He used bows and arrows to attack the golden armor guards from a distance, but was rushed by hundreds of guards. Their team of dozens of people with an average level of 50 was instantly wiped out. At the end of the article, it was regrettable that because it was an internal test, everyone paid more attention to the all-round familiarity of the game and was unwilling to devote all their energy to the Emperor's Mausoleum. It was not easy to organize three large-scale explorations, otherwise he would definitely explore the Emperor's Mausoleum four times and thoroughly uncover the secrets. This wish can only be realized in the public beta.
I don't want to leave the same regret as that author. I hope I can succeed this time. In addition to trying to build a gang as soon as possible, I also have a feeling that although the strategy does not specifically write down the attack and defense numbers of various monsters in the Imperial Mausoleum, it can be analyzed that the level of the monsters here is lowered, and the requirements for player wisdom and teamwork are strengthened. This is our strength. Otherwise, it is probably impossible to reach here with our level. But as the game is open for a long time, as the average level of players increases, the company is likely to raise the level of the monsters here, so that it will always remain attractive. I am not sure that I can enter the underground palace when I come to the Emperor's Mausoleum next weekend. Maybe the maze level will trap us to death.
I looked at the terrain. There were several rows of terracotta warriors in front of us. There was a 30-meter gap between us and the golden armored guards. We would probably be attacked by the golden armored guards once we entered this area. Behind the golden armored guards was a small river. Judging from the location, it corresponded to the moat of the palace - the Jinshui River. The river surrounded the hall in a square shape. The river was filled with highly toxic mercury! Therefore, it was impossible to wade across the river. However, there was a white jade bridge on each side. The hall was empty. A golden coffin was placed on the cloud platform in the middle. There didn't seem to be any monsters in the hall.
How can we complete the mission? To get close to the coffin and obtain the military seal inside, we must break through the defense of the golden armored guards... Well, our goal is to complete the mission, not to kill all these guards... Can we avoid a direct battle with them? The gap in strength is too big... A crazy tactic suddenly popped up in my mind, but I am sure that it is our only chance of completing the mission, less than one in ten!
I instructed Wanxing to move forward a few more meters, until only the last three rows of terracotta warriors were left. Then I turned sideways to make a way and moved forward about a hundred meters in a direction parallel to the river. I cleared all the terracotta warriors along the way, then turned around and retreated to the position facing the Baiyu Bridge, which was the shortest distance to the bridge.
I began to assign combat tasks, and I had to muster up a lot of determination to utter the orders, because this was the first time I ordered my teammates to die!
My plan is this: Fatty and Crystal go to the left and right sides respectively, and launch a long-range attack on the golden armor guards about 50 meters away from us. If it is really as the strategy says (so far, except for the places where the game has been changed, the strategy has not been wrong), then the attention of the golden armor guards will be attracted by them and they will attack them. As long as the guards in the middle of this area are slightly thinned, the rest of us will rush over together, and maybe a few lucky ones can rush to the White Jade Bridge. After that, let one teammate go to open the coffin to take the treasure, and the rest of the people will defend the bridgehead to buy time for him (her). As long as the military talisman is in hand, this operation will be considered a success, and it doesn't matter if everyone dies in battle.
When I finished explaining the mission, no one raised any objections. Fatty and Crystal gladly accepted the task of luring the enemy, even though they would be the first to die among the remaining team members. The rest of the people, whether dead or alive, could only accept their fate. There was even a high possibility that no one could reach the bridge, and our operation would be a complete failure.
Everyone stretched out their hands, held them tightly together, and nodded vigorously to each other. At this moment, there was really no need for more words.
Fatty and Crystal went their separate ways and after taking their positions, I raised my right hand, clenched my fist, and then swung it down fiercely!
The fat man's explosive flames and crystal's chain lightning shot out. They both chose multiple attack magic, not for the pursuit of lethality, but to try their best to attract the attention of more guards.
The golden-armored guards moved! A thunderous roar came from all the guards at the same time, which seemed to shake the underground palace. Then a whole row of guards rushed over, like a huge golden wave, as powerful as a tidal wave!
However, my tactics were effective. More guards were concentrated on both sides, and the troops in the center were obviously sparse, leaving many gaps!
Now is the time. Charge!
The eight of us, Hanjiang, Wenxin, Xiaoniao, Wanxing, Awei, Shi Zhongyu, and Zui Xi Chi Yu, rushed towards the guards fearlessly, followed by more than twenty living terracotta warriors!
Wanxing and Xiaoniao had the highest agility, obviously one step faster than us, and they were nimble and slipped through the gaps between the guards without being attacked. That's great, at least two of them can get on the bridge!
We were too happy too early. Several guards turned around and threw the golden spears in their hands. Wanxing was lucky and dodged two long spears, but the bird was attacked by three golden spears and could not escape no matter what. With a scream, the bird was nailed to the ground by a golden spear. Blood spurted from her back, and white spots of light floated up!
No one can help her. Yes, at this moment, everyone is risking their lives for the final victory!
Han Jiang rushed over with the agility of a swordsman! Ah Wei's substitute talisman blocked a spear for him, giving him a fleeting opportunity, and he seized it! The most loved fish was lucky. Although he was hit, Miss appeared, escaped, and rushed over! Shi Zhongyu... Unfortunately, the warlock was not suitable for this kind of breakthrough. Two golden armored guards blocked him. The golden spear hit him continuously, and Shitou's golden armor could not last more than three seconds, and he died tragically!
I also ran into trouble. Due to my low agility, I failed to rush through the two guards in time. Two golden swords chopped down from the left and right. I knew I couldn't dodge at this juncture. Even if I paused for only one second, I would have to stop here!
I tried my best to rush forward, but was hit by several spears. My HP was instantly reduced to zero. I hurriedly took out a bottle of Xiao Huan Dan, but I made a mistake in my haste and actually took up an empty bottle that I forgot to throw away. The previous battle with the terracotta warriors was too tense, and after taking Xiao Huan Dan, I put the bottle back into the backpack and didn't notice that it was an empty bottle!
A golden sword flew through the air, it's over!
However, a familiar warmth came from my body. He loved eating fish the most! He had already successfully broken through, but he turned around and added an enhanced healing spell for me, saving my life in time. He only had time to say: "You have a heavy responsibility..." Before he could finish his words, he was caught up by two guards, one with a spear, and chopped to the ground!
My eyes became moist, and there was a salty, tearful feeling in my mouth...I haven't tasted this in more than ten years, right?
The fish lover gave me the opportunity, I couldn't waste his efforts, without me, the bridge would be lost in half a minute! I quickly took out a bottle of Xiao Huan Dan and ran away, and finally succeeded in rushing to the bridge!
And poor Wen Xin... His agility was even lower than mine, and he had no acceleration skills, so he couldn't keep up with our movements at all, and he couldn't even outrun the golden-armored guards. As a result, he was surrounded by a dozen guards. I only heard two roars coming from inside, and then a white light floated up!
The Fatty and Crystal had already been stabbed to death by the golden spears thrown by the guards from a distance, so there were only four of us left in the team!
Looking at the large group of golden-armored guards rushing back towards the bridge like a tide, I said urgently, "Wanxing, go get the military token. The three of us must defend the bridge to the death!"
Fortunately, the bridgehead was narrow, and three people standing side by side, plus the phantom summoned by Wei, had blocked the passage. There were only four guards who could rush up to attack us at the same time, and they blocked the guards behind them, preventing them from launching long-range attacks by throwing. We could barely hold on, but when the Xiao Huan Dan was exhausted, our HP would definitely not be replenished. Wei, in particular, was the most dangerous. Although his level was good, his professional health was limited. As long as two guards hit him at the same time, he would be finished.
Wan Xing had already rushed to the side of the Holy Emperor's coffin, but she shouted anxiously: "Not good, the coffin is protected by a mechanism. Although I can dismantle it, it will take time. You have to hold on!"
We fought hard and didn't care about fighting back. We used the weapons in our hands to block the stabs of the long spears. Every second we could hold out was a second.
Suddenly, Ah Wei was hit by a spear, and it was a fatal blow! Ah Wei fell down, and the phantom he created also disappeared, and a big hole appeared in our defense line!
Two guards rushed to our left and right, so there were six guards attacking us at the same time!
If it was Wenxin, the situation would be better. Although Hanjiang was a melee profession, he was not high in defense and blood after all. How could he withstand it? Four golden spears pierced his body at the same time. He whispered, "Please..." He closed his eyes, and white light floated out of his body.
The situation was so bad that it couldn't get any worse. How could I stand up to it alone? I had no choice but to fight and retreat, using a little distance to avoid being attacked by too many guards at the same time.
But when I retreated to the other end of the bridge, Wanxing seemed not to have finished it yet. Damn it, I can't retreat any further. I might as well die. I'll just buy her a few more seconds!
I didn't even drink the Water of Life. I took out the last bottle of Small Huan Dan and poured one pill into my mouth per second (you can take the medicine once per second at most. After taking the Small Huan Dan, you cannot drink the Water of Life or Magic Water within one second. It will take one second to use the Small Huan Dan again). Fortunately, I have high defense and long blood, and there is only one person left, so I have room to dodge and avoid some attacks. The guards can't kill me in a second.
But five seconds is just a short moment. I ate all the small pills, and before I took out the water of life and had the chance to swallow it, I had been hit six times. The system prompted: Your health points are 0, you are dead, and you have lost 10% of the experience at this level.
My eyes went dark, and after a few seconds the light came back. I found myself in the Samsara Hall of Shenghua City. Fatty, Crystal, Hanjiang and several other teammates who died in the end were still waiting there!
I wonder if Wanxing succeeded? We waited anxiously for half a minute, but we didn't see Wanxing appear at the rebirth point of the Samsara Hall. Haha, that's great, this means that she not only succeeded, but also came out of the Emperor's Mausoleum alive, and she is the only one in our team who survived!
Soon, Wanxing called out in the private chat channel: "Hey, Tiankong, I succeeded! I'm at the return point, see you at Taibai Restaurant!"
Yeah! I excitedly made a victory sign to everyone, and everyone cheered and shouted! Finally, our efforts were not in vain. If Wanxing failed, we would have suffered a great loss. Not only did everyone lose 10% experience, but we also wasted so much time. Moreover, this time we all brought double equipment to the Emperor's Mausoleum, and we chose the best. When everyone died, it was not certain whether the equipment on their body would explode. There would always be a few pieces in the backpack that would drop. I even lost the Bloodthirsty Demon Spear!
I contacted the rest of the people, and found that only Huai Huai was not online. After telling them the good news, I notified them all to gather at Taibai Building.
After everyone arrived, they asked Wan Xing about what happened last time. Wan Xing said excitedly, "Well, it was a close call. I dismantled the mechanism almost at the same time that Tian Kong died. After the Saint Emperor's coffin was opened, there was a skeleton inside, and on the chest was a military seal. In the coffin, there were all gems buried with him. I'm afraid there are thousands of them!"
Oh my god, gems? That's a good thing! Only monsters above level 60 can drop gems, and the drop rate is much lower than that of equipment. Gems are extremely popular in Fantasy, because they can be inlaid on armor, weapons and other equipment to improve the properties of the equipment. They are also essential materials for high-level foundry masters to create gold equipment!
Gems also have different grades. According to the current price level of fantasy, the best gems should be able to sell for more than ten thousand gold coins, not to mention that no one can produce gems yet! What does it mean to have thousands of gems? If we can take them all, we can divide them equally among all of us, and everyone can become a "property owner".
Wan Xing said with regret, "It's a pity that time was too tight. After I got the military seal, I only had time to grab two handfuls of gems and put them in my backpack. Suddenly, golden light shot out from the coffin and teleported me back to the city. Besides, even if I wasn't teleported, those golden armored guards would have killed me. What if I died and some of the gems exploded? Wouldn't that be unfair? (The military seal is a quest item, so it won't explode after you get it)."
"Oh? Is there a time limit for opening the coffin? Well, if we break into the imperial tomb again next time, we will have to mobilize more people. Dozens of people will surround the coffin, and each person will grab two handfuls. I believe we can't take all the things." I said.
"That's impossible!" Wan Xing curled his lips and said, "I felt strange when I dismantled the mechanism. This should be the last line of protection for the imperial mausoleum. How could it be so low-level that it could be dismantled by my level 2 mechanism technique? Guess what I found in the coffin?"
"How could we possibly guess? Stop keeping us in suspense!" the crowd started to make a noise.
"Next to the Saint Emperor's corpse is a sword. It is the Xuanyuan Sword, a sacred weapon listed in the official item atlas!"
Everyone gasped. Xuanyuan Sword? Artifact? This is much more valuable than any item in the gang-building mission! It is said that a player has already offered a reward of 500,000 gold coins to buy any artifact! If we fail to break into the imperial mausoleum this time and don't get the military token, the worst that can happen is that we can try again next week or find other ways to build a gang (such as asking another member to quickly get 10,000 reputation and apply to the NPC to build a gang), but artifacts are something that can only be found by chance!
Unfortunately, Wanxing’s next words made us all feel like deflated balls.
"I tried to take the Xuanyuan Sword, but I couldn't pull it out. If I hadn't wasted this time, I would have grabbed a handful of gems! I guess, to get the Xuanyuan Sword, you need to trigger a special task, and once that task is triggered, the difficulty of breaking into the Emperor's Mausoleum will increase. It's even possible that the Holy Emperor will be resurrected and become a super boss! You have to defeat the Holy Emperor to get the Xuanyuan Sword!"
After Wanxing said this, we also remembered that theoretically we did not encounter the leader of the golden armor guards, the Golden Armor General, who should have appeared at the end. Although it is possible that he was sandwiched among the ordinary guards and could not be distinguished, it is more likely that our task of breaking into the imperial mausoleum to obtain the military token is also a special task. After triggering this task, the difficulty of the imperial mausoleum was lowered, and the boss of the Golden Armor General was even cancelled. Otherwise, even if our average level was 5 levels higher, it would be difficult to complete the task.
Wan Xing continued, "Even if we lower the difficulty of our expedition to the Imperial Mausoleum today, so that we are only allowed to take the military token and not the Xuanyuan Sword, it is not easy for me to dismantle the trap. In fact, I cannot dismantle it, I can only temporarily stop its operation, but this will only allow one person to approach the coffin, otherwise the trap will still be triggered! Those who are greedy and want to bring more people to take the gems will end up not getting any."
"Well, you're right. It's better to get something than nothing. Wanxing, take out your spoils and let everyone see them. What does this military seal look like?"
Wanxing took out the items she had obtained from the Holy Emperor's coffin from her backpack, nearly thirty glittering, colorful gems (gems of different colors can increase different properties), a golden tiger talisman, and a green crystal column about 40 cm long, 5 cm in diameter, with sharp diamond-shaped ends and an irregular cylindrical middle.
The so-called military seal should be the golden tiger talisman. What is this crystal column?
Wan Xing explained, "I saw that in the coffin, besides the military talisman and the Xuanyuan Sword, there were only gems. Only this crystal pillar was the most special. I thought the burial objects of the Holy Emperor must be good things, right? So I took them away. This one was different from the Xuanyuan Sword, so I picked it up right away. But I don't know what it is."
Bu Si was very curious after hearing this. He reached out to take the crystal column and performed an identification spell.
Everyone leaned over and asked in unison, "Have you found out?"
Bu Si showed an incredible look on his face and said, "It is impossible to identify it."
Tsk! Everyone gave him the middle finger. Just think about it and you will know that the things taken out of the Holy Emperor's coffin must be super-high-quality. It is normal that Bu Si cannot identify it based on his level. Is it necessary to be so surprised?
Bu Si shouted, "I can't identify it, but my identification skill proficiency has increased by 62 points!"
This time it was our turn to be surprised. Even if he successfully identified a level 40 dark gold equipment, his proficiency in identification skill would only increase by 30 points at most. If he failed, he could only gain 1/3 of the proficiency. However, when he failed to identify a crystal column, his proficiency actually increased by 62 points. The value of this crystal column might be far beyond our imagination!
After counting the gems, there were 29 in total, including one top-quality emerald, four top-quality gems, nine mid-quality gems, and fifteen low-quality gems. After discussion, the profiteer sold the fifteen low-quality gems, and the money earned was just enough to pay the fifteen members who participated in the operation as a reward for the success of this mission. The remaining fourteen gems were temporarily kept, and when good equipment was produced in the future, Bu San would inlay them into top-quality equipment and give them to whoever was suitable.
I reached an agreement with Lao Zhou that I would pay him two thousand gold coins every month, and after the gang was established, I would provide him with a piece of land and funds to build a pharmacy free of charge. He agreed to join our gang and become our exclusive pharmacist.
But when I asked Wanxing if he was willing to join our gang, Wanxing smiled and shook his head, saying that we could just help each other if we had any problems in the future.
All matters have been completed, and there are only two problems left. One is to hand over the tiger talisman to the NPC to complete the task so that the gang can be officially established; the other is that everyone is very interested in knowing what the crystal pillar is.
We walked out of Taibai Restaurant together. Since we had to pass by the appraisal institute on the way to the Ministry of Revenue, we went in and asked the NPC to appraise the crystal column.
The NPC took the crystal column, stroked it for a while, and said, "Sir, I'm sorry, but our shop cannot identify such a sacred object."
