At the end of the middle tunnel in the underground cavern.
After many twists, Little Tan and Dispirited finally came to the door of the stone door again, they took out two slates, a red, and embedded them in the stone plate on the door.
The two slates of Yin and Yang suddenly lit up and turned themselves around in the stone disc. A few seconds later, there was a trail of debris and dust above the stone door. They head the sound of stone rubbing —The door was opened and the features showed after it.
Behind the door was no longer a cave, but a rectangular stone chamber with light sources.
Little Tan and Dispirited looked at the door for a second, and there seemed to be no monster or other living things inside. Also, there were no obvious traps. So, the two entered the stone chamber side by side.
The top of the chamber was about five meters high. It’s not flat, and there were many glowing objects between the crevices, they looked either creatures nor the superior lighten pearl at night[1]. If there’s something can compare with them, it should be some lighter Mineral in StarCraft.[2]
There was also a stone door on the opposite side of the chamber, and a turntable mechanism directly beside the door, which was supposed to open the door.
“Well… Are you still a little cold? “Said Little Tan, looking at Dispirited.
As they made their way along the road, Dispirited let him walk in front of her, and in the tunnel, they relied on miner’s hats and flashlights, which made him hard to see. Now, in the brighter place, Little Tan saw her pale face and trembling shoulder, then perceived the problem.
“All right… Atishoo!” Dispirited looked up a little when she spoke with Little Tan, so her eyes met the light, and then a big sneeze shot out, spouted on Wang Tanzhi.
Little Tan wiped his face: “Be careful…”
“Well… Why are you all right?” Dispirited covered her mouth and nose with a hand, and took a breath, said: “You have been under water too… Is it because a fool can’t have a cold?”[3]
“As a doctor, the first thing I want to do is to deny your groundless word contrary to medical common sense.” “Replied Little Tan.
The next second, he got another punch on the head.
“The second… “He put his face forward to gather together with his partner’s face.
“What are you doing…” Dispirited drew back her neck instinctively, and her cheeks were flushed.
“Well… There is no sign of dilated pupils.” Little Tan looked into her eyes and said, “that means it’s not too serious. You are pale and purplish now,” he said, “but as you walk along, your body temperature should be rising… It should be the impact of wet clothes.”
“You, back for three steps, and keep more than one meter away from me.” Said Dispirited unhappily.
“What’s the matter? Little Tan doubted, but he did as he was told.
“When I first came out of the pool, there was a [Freeze] on the menu, which affected my movement speed and energy expenditure, but it’s gone now, just some physical discomfort is kept.” She sighed. “Big doctor, we’re playing a game now. If something happened, it should be obvious statistically, and there’s no need to see, ask and consider.”
“Chinese doctor does that, I am… ”
“Don’t interrupt me! Let me finish first!”
“Oh… ”
“Under normal circumstances, you are not allowed to get within one meter of me, and you are not allowed to make sudden movements at such distances, such as putting your face close to me. Do you understand?”
“Er… “Wang Tanzhi paused for a few seconds, nodded:” Ok……. ”
“OK, I’m done.”
Little Tan said nothing more, but with a noncommittal shrug, turned and walked to the side of the stone room.
On that side of the wall, there was a cobweb-like crack, and the texture was very neat, like a target, and Little Tan felt that this might also be a system setting, so he wanted to touch it to see if it would trigger something.
Unexpectedly, he just walked a few steps, that metope began to shake. The crack on the wall gradually floated for a while like a wave all around to the center. A few seconds later, a white stone head from the “target eye” position broke the wall and sneaked out.
The stone had a square with red eyes, fiery eyebrows, a thick nose and lips. There was a bun on its top. Of course, these were all carved in stone and all white.
The stone’s eyeball was able to move unexpectedly, he looked to see Little Tan, also saw Dispirited, then opened the mouth to speak. The players didn’t even know if he has a throat…….. “Which book do you want?” Asked the stone.
“Which book?” Repeated Little Tan, he was quite lost for the answer, and he turned to look at Dispirited with an inquiring eye.
Dispirited walked forward and put down her gun that was ready to shot seconds before. “How many books do you have?” she said to the stone.
“Three.” The stone answered.
“What are the three books? “Dispirited asked, even though she wasn’t like Feng Bujue —— he was in the character for sure. She knew how to get the plot from NPC’s mouth.
“How come the nearest people are so ignorant?” Stone answered: “Since Pangu began to open the sky, Nvwa made people…[4] There were 14 supreme Kungfu in the mortal world. But you common people’s generation was becoming worse, now only three kinds of Kungfu can be practiced.”
The stone read out aloud: “These are the three books… The Reversing of Heaven and Ground, The Divine Formula of Three Flowers, and The Supreme of None Existence.”
“Emmm… “Little Tan was stunned:” These things sound to OP… Do you really want to give us?”
“Don’t you want it? “Asked the stone.
“Can I have all three?” Dispirited suddenly asked.
“No.” The stone answered very simply, “Oh, by the way, the people who came last time took away The Supreme of None Existence and now there are only two books left.”
“How many people came last time?” Dispirited asked again.
“One.”
“There are two of us.” Dispirited smiled.
“Well… At first, the master said to me, a man can only take one, and then he cannot give the book one more time. But he didn’t say if there are two people…” The stone seemed to hesitate.
“I don’t know him.” Dispirited pointed to Little Tan.
“Ah?” Little Tan was confused.
Dispirited smiled craftily: “Stone, Give me The Divine Formula of Three Flowers.”
That stone talked no more. A white light shined, a paper book then appeared in the hands of Dispirited.
“Oh, oh… “Little Tan understood, he stepped forward a step:” I don’t know her too, give me The Reversing of Heaven and Ground.”
[1]Chinese legend, there’s pearl in Japan and Korea that lighten forever, and some extremely rich people used it as light.
[2]Mineral: Resources in StarCraft, an RTS game by Blizzard Company. Equal to money in the game.
[3]No reference for that, but I guess it’s some joke or plot in movies. I’ll glad to see someone point that out.
[4]Chinese human-made legends. In the story Pangu used a huge axe to divide the sky and the ground, then Nvwa made humanity by mud. Used by Chinese as our beginning story of the world.
Thriller Paradise 