Volume 2: Jade Promise Chapter 183 The Most Original Method
The temperature of the air seemed to have dropped by several degrees.
They chased after Li Zhi and others who had come to rob Leng Xianyuan's tomb, but they saw an indescribable scene at the place that was supposed to be Leng Xianyuan's underworld palace. There was a hidden eerie silence in the warmth, and cold air was everywhere under the sunlight.
Tang Zheng had no way to jump to the back of the wall to see what traces Li Zhi and the others had left behind.
However, what he was sure of was that Li Zhi and the others had either passed away or died.
And judging from the fact that there were not many signs of injuries or murders in this cemetery, Li Zhi and his companions had probably gotten there!
The question is how did they get there?
With a living dead Lan Shaoze...
Tang Zheng thought of Lan Shaoze, and suddenly seemed to have grasped something, but also seemed to have grasped nothing.
The group was silent for a long time. Tang Zheng rubbed his eyes and shook his head, saying, "This won't work. I don't know how Li Zhi and his men left here. Moreover, judging from the traces here, they didn't even search upstairs and downstairs like we did. They left smoothly not long after they came..."
"Even the descendants of the Leng family had to grope for a long time to find Leng Xiangyuan's tomb, but they were very fast." Tang Xiaotang secretly glanced at Leng Zhan.
"They have blueprints." Ning Mo recalled what Li Zhi and the others brought in, and his face suddenly darkened. "Let's not talk about the blueprints... I haven't remembered that each of them carried a bag of dry food..."
"Xu Feng is already three stars, right? He can customize his own personal storage bag, so why does he still need to carry dry food?" Tang Xiaotang blinked.
"That is to say, not only do they know how many days it will take to walk here, but they also know that star power may not be used in some places!" Leng Zhan's voice was steady and quiet.
Tang Zheng also took a deep breath.
I don’t know from whom Li Zhi and his team received instructions or help, but after sufficient preparation, they were able to move freely in this cemetery which was basically safe.
As for Tang Zheng and his companions, let alone catching up with Li Zhi and his companions now, it was already good enough that they were not getting further away from them.
"Count the rooms you just explored again!" Tang Zheng looked at this strange place several times and pondered for a moment.
It seemed like something was not quite right, but I couldn't put my finger on it.
That feeling is like when you clearly remember to buy something before going to the supermarket, but when you come back you realize you forgot to buy it. It's very frustrating.
"Hasn't we already counted it once just now? Is it still necessary to..." Ning Mo was a little confused.
"This time, I want details. For example, after you opened the door of the room." Tang Zheng stretched out a finger of his left hand, "The first thing that caught your attention." Then, he stretched out a finger of his right hand, "The last thing you looked at before leaving..."
"After I pushed open the first door, the first thing I saw was the chrysanthemums in the big garden. The last thing I looked at was the kitten with an injured left front paw next to the haystack. The kitten was still meowing and looked so pitiful!" Tang Xiaotang said first.
"The second door... The first thing I saw was of course the boy reading a book inside, and before I closed the door, I saw the maid who just happened to come in along the slide to clean up."
"Teapot and teacup." Leng Zhan answered simply.
"What's the problem with the teapot and teacups?" Tang Xiaotang also opened the door and couldn't help asking.
"The teapot is made of a whole piece of fish-patterned jade, and one of the six teacups has a chip." Leng Zhan said.
Among the fourteen rooms, some of the doors were opened by several people, so in the end, a total of more than thirty "details" were counted about Tang Zheng.
He wrote them all down one by one, and then called Xiaotang first: "Xiaotang, go tell each NPC one by one that the sunny chrysanthemum in the garden has bloomed!"
"Ah?" Tang Xiaotang was stunned for a moment. "NPC?"
"NPC refers to every maid and servant working here, the guests drinking tea at the table... and so on. Remember to say this to everyone. Don't leave anyone out."
"Uh..." Tang Xiaotang was still a little stunned.
What does Tang Zheng want her to do?
Talk to these stone sculptures one by one that can only repeat the same movements along the tracks on the ground?
No matter how I look at it, this is so creepy!
But Tang Zheng did not stop, pointing at Ning Mo: "You too, go and tell every NPC..."
"The chrysanthemums in the garden are blooming?" Ning Mo also had a strange look on his face.
"No, that's what Xiaotang wants to say. Go and tell him that the young master's place needs to be cleaned."
"Okay..." Ning Mo turned around and went to carry out Tang Zheng's instructions.
"Be careful! Don't enter any door by yourself! Not even the garden, unless... forget it, if it really works, you'll know it yourself." Tang Zheng didn't know how to express it.
Leng Zhan, who was originally sitting under a pillar, stood up after hearing Tang Zheng's words: "In that case, what I should do is to tell every NPC that there is a broken teacup on the second floor?"
Tang Zheng nodded: "Okay, go ahead."
Leng Zhan didn't even ask any questions and just followed Tang Zheng's ridiculous instructions.
Jiang Wuyan pointed at himself and asked, "What about me?"
"You just saw the room at the end of the second floor. It's very luxuriously decorated, but it's completely empty, right?" Tang Zheng pointed to the second floor, "Go ask all the maids in purple clothes when the guests will arrive?"
"Only the maid in purple?"
"Yeah." Tang Zheng nodded and walked towards a maid.
Everyone kept talking, but no one received any response from the stone sculptures.
The entire Hades Palace became even more bizarre because of the sound of this one-way conversation...
Tang Xiaotang and the others went up and down according to Tang Zheng's instructions and found something even more surprising.
They are tired!
You know, they walked along such a long passage and didn't feel tired at all.
But after running around in this underworld palace, I actually felt obviously tired!
Seeing that they were tired, Tang Zheng smiled and continued, "Everyone take a break, and then we'll continue. Xiaotang is going to tell them that there's an injured kitten next to the haystack, and ask them what to do."
"What's your plan?" Ning Mo was puzzled while taking a rest. "Do you really believe that these stones will respond to us?"
"This is a last resort, and it's also the dumbest method used when there are no clues in a stand-alone game. Of course, I can't explain to you what a stand-alone game is for the time being." Tang Zheng spread out his hands and said with a smile.
Tang Zheng didn’t think this place was scary, because he always felt that there was an invisible force here that would not harm them but would protect them.
That's why he repeatedly emphasized that they should not go out!
No matter what, as long as they are within this underworld palace, they will definitely be safe.
"I believe you." Leng Zhan has once again started questioning.
Soon, Jiang Wuyan came back again and shook his head at Tang Zheng. Ning Mo and Leng Zhan also returned one after another.
But just as they sat down, a somewhat cold voice came from the southeast corner of the Hades Palace: "What did you say? There is a kitten injured in the garden?"
All the people who were originally sitting down to rest, all stood up at once.
Tang Xiaotang had already told almost all the maids on the first floor about the injured kitten, and the maid in the corner was the last one.
Tang Xiaotang, who was always fearless, actually screamed "Ah" when the stone maid in front of her suddenly spoke.
Tang Zheng hurriedly gave her a calming gesture: "Go on."
Even in the battle with Yinlan Villa, at the moment of life and death, Tang Xiaotang's face never turned pale, but this time her face was really pale, and her lips were almost trembling as she continued, "The kitten's left front paw is injured. It looks very painful. Can you go and help it?"
"Of course! Honored guest, could you please get this for me?" The maid in the corner bent down and took out a medicine box from the cabinet with extremely stiff movements.
Tang Xiaotang looked at Tang Zheng with an inquiring look.
Tang Zheng nodded without hesitation.
After Tang Xiaotang took the medicine box, the stone maid "clicked" and stood upright again: "Thank you very much for your help, please follow me!"
As she spoke, she walked along the track towards the garden!
Tang Xiaotang hurriedly followed with the medicine box in her hand. The moment she opened the garden door, she couldn't help but turn her head back and glance at Tang Zheng...
"Go! Don't look back, wait for us at the exit and don't run around." Tang Zheng smiled and waved.
"I understand..." Tang Xiaotang gritted her teeth, turned around and stepped out of the door between the Underworld Palace and the garden!
As soon as she went out, Tang Xiaotang disappeared from everyone's sight.
The garden outside was still the same garden, except that there was no maid on the first floor of the Hades Palace who took Tang Xiaotang to the garden.
"Will she be okay?" Ning Mo was stunned.
"No, it's just a mission copy." Tang Zheng uttered another word that none of them could understand, then shook his head, "Let's continue!"
Tang Zheng once again arranged the lines for everyone and asked them to repeat the previous dialogue.
When Jiang Wuyan passed by Tang Zheng, he seemed to hear some of his mumblings...
"This NPC has not been motion captured? The movements are too ugly. Also, some of the clothing models are not yet finished."
"There's even a sound when you bend over, and there's no background music... I've never seen such a crude game..."
"However, I didn't expect there is a copy system . Considering the conditions of Xingyao Continent, it is still a relatively thoughtful one..."
Jiang Wuyan didn't understand a word Tang Zheng said, and even when he asked, he didn't know where to start.
In fact, before Tang Xiaotang got a response, he was still thinking in his mind, why could Tang Zheng be so strange as to think of talking to these stone sculptures?
Even if you beat him to death, he would never think of talking to a cold stone!
However, just when the word "cold stone" popped up in his mind, a maid made of "cold stone" in front of him also spoke: "You said, the water in the bath is cold? I'm sorry, distinguished guest, I'm too slow..."
