Lord of the Nation: My talent is 100 million points strong

Chapter 415: A Map of Disorder
Needless to say, what Lei Xiao thought of was naturally the strange treasure map presented by Xuan Yue in the treasure vault of Mai Lan City.

"I remember that strange and weird treasure map hidden in the hidden interlayer of a simple mahogany cabinet. It's ups and downs and disorganization."

"In my spare time, I took it out and studied it with Ye Cang and others a few times, but I still didn't have any clues. However, the big red cross in the prominent position in the picture shows again that it is a treasure map. .”

Thinking of this in his heart, Lei Xiao raised his hand, and while signaling the subordinates beside him to delay their advance, he continued to think secretly.

"That strange treasure map is on my body now. Could it be that what the mercenary just described is this map?"

Nodding thoughtfully, Lei Xiao moved his eyes, and finally focused his gaze on the mercenaries who were discussing this at the table.

There were eight mercenaries at that table, eating and drinking around a large square table full of wine and meat.

"Is there really such a magical object?"

The slightly sharp voice sounded again.

A middle-aged man dressed in low-quality leather armor and dressed as a ranger put down the half-eaten Frost lamb leg, grabbed the wine glass next to him, and said with a suspicious expression: "Old Hei, are you making up stories again?" Right? You kid once said that you subdued a bluestone black python with your bare hands, but when you escorted the mission last month, you let a cub go to the sky!"

"Hahaha, I remembered, this coward even peed his pants in mid-air, and almost extinguished the fireball on Lao Tzu's staff!"

Another middle-aged magician in a dirty robe put down the beer mug in his hand, covered his stomach and laughed loudly: "From my point of view, although this kid is like a swordsman, he is a storyteller every day." The minstrel, it is quite suitable!"

"Brothers, can you stop exposing the shortcomings of my younger brother?"

A shaggy-haired swordsman in shabby light armor shook his head and smiled awkwardly.

Judging from the sound, it was the mercenary who mentioned the "Picture of Disorder" at the beginning.

I saw him grabbing the wine glass, first took a big sip, and then said: "Forget it, since the brothers don't want to hear it, I won't say it."

At this moment, several piles of shiny gold coins suddenly clattered on the wine table.

A young man with a soft complexion, surrounded by several followers, had already appeared in front of the table of mercenaries.

The person who came was none other than Lei Xiao.

Seeing this golden brilliance, all the mercenaries were taken aback for a moment, then put down their wine glasses and looked up at Lei Xiao, swallowing involuntarily.

For them, the pile of golden dragons in front of them was definitely not a small number.

Lei Xiao's extravagant move caused the other mercenaries around the table to look sideways, showing surprise and reverence.

Not far away, several young waitresses carrying trays bumped into each other just to catch a glimpse of Lei Xiao.

Those who can come up with such a skill at once are likely to be common people like them, the aristocratic class that they will never be able to match in their lifetime!

For a moment, Lei Xiao and his group became the absolute focus of the audience.

"Your Excellency, this is..."

Seeing the throat rolling of the messy-haired swordsman, he quickly stood up and asked cautiously.

Although Lei Xiao and the subordinates behind him didn't emit a trace of a strong person's aura, they were just ordinary civilians who had been transformed.

But these mercenaries who are licking blood on the knife edge every day can clearly feel that the young man in front of him is obviously not an ordinary person.

"It's nothing, I'm an archaeologist, just now I overheard your Excellency mentioning the "Picture of Disorder", and I was just curious. "

Lei Xiao casually pushed the piles of gold coins on the table forward, smiled at the messy-haired swordsman, and said, "Just tell me about the "Picture of Disorder", and these golden dragons will be yours. "

"Your Excellency, please sit down! The villain will tell you everything you know!"

Hearing Lei Xiao's words, the curly-haired swordsman looked overjoyed, and quickly signaled the other mercenaries to move closer to him, leaving a whole table for Lei Xiao alone.

"Then let's get started."

Lei Xiao unceremoniously sat in front of the mercenary, nodded slightly and said.

"To tell you the truth, about the Map of Discord, the villain heard an old bard talk about it after drinking during a mission not long ago."

He nodded to Lei Xiao, and sat back to the messy-haired mercenary in his seat. He looked at the gold coins on the table first, and then respectfully said: "It is said that the picture of disorder is also called a magic puzzle. This is an ancient alien technology, the specific origin of which cannot be traced.”

"This magical drawing, although it looks like a whole, is divided into several small parts."

Just listening to the voice of the mercenary, it became mysterious: "To restore its original appearance from the messy and disordered paper, we must find the "key" to unlock the presets of this magical puzzle. "

"The default 'key'? "

Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows with great interest, and asked, "How can I find the 'key'? "

"Returning to Your Excellency, the old bard didn't make it clear about the "key". "

Smiling embarrassedly, the wild-haired swordsman shook his head, and added: "However, according to the old bard, this "key" seems to be made by the creator of the disordered map himself. Assume that every picture of disorder is different. "

"Only the puzzle solvers expected by the blueprint maker can find the "key" and finally restore the disordered map to its original state. "

"And the location marked by the Disordered Map may be a place of treasure, or it may be a resting place of the maker, only waiting for the puzzle solver to come to inherit the maker's treasure or inheritance."

Having said that, a look of longing appeared in the expression of the random-haired swordsman: "It is certain that the maker of the picture of disorder will not be an ordinary strong man, so as long as you can find disorder Treasure hunters will undoubtedly benefit greatly from the true location marked on the map!"

"In other words, is this so-called "key" the key to restoring the original appearance of the disordered map? "

Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully, and continued to ask: "About the 'key', what else did that old bard say? "

The messy-haired swordsman rolled the whites of his eyes and thought for a while, then said again: "The other party also mentioned that the reminder to find the "key" is likely to be on the original screen of the picture of disorder! "

"understood."

While rubbing his chin, Lei Xiao thought to himself.

"From what I have learned so far, it is basically certain that the strange treasure map in my hand is a map of disorder."

"Since there is nothing to do this afternoon, let's find a way to unravel this picture of disorder. Perhaps it is still unknown what unexpected treasures can be obtained from the real marked places on the picture."

After making up his mind, after confirming that the messy-haired swordsman did not have any other useful information, Lei Xiao took the knotweed and others, and left the open-air tavern under the admiring and respectful eyes of the diners and maids around him.

Then, Lei Xiao and his group returned to the City Lord's Mansion in Fenglong City. Under Lei Xiao's instructions, Tran quickly arranged a quiet living room in the castle.

After sitting down on the sofa in the living room, Lei Xiao's heart moved, and a piece of yellow mottled parchment appeared on the palm of his hand.

Along with the appearance of mottled parchment, a faint musty smell poured into Lei Xiao's nostrils.

Feeling the quaint taste brought by the erosion of time, Lei Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly, and began to examine it carefully.

This disordered drawing has no traces of cutting at the edges, and there are no lines drawn at the edges. It is obviously a complete drawing.

In the center of the drawing, a picture similar to a map is drawn with thick black lines.

But if you look closely, you will find it.

This picture is indeed like a jigsaw puzzle that has been put together indiscriminately, extremely disorganized.

In addition to being able to see the patterns of mountains and trees, it is even impossible to tell which side is the real front.

And at the center of the drawing, there is a very striking red cross mark.

Around the intersection, there seems to be a mountain range, and it seems to be a mountain stream. Because it is too fragmented, it is impossible to judge the specific location.

In addition, perhaps because of the age and some fading, the red cross is not a solid line, but a dotted line.

The most unsolvable thing is that this kind of disordered picture is not composed of pieces like a real jigsaw puzzle. As long as you carefully observe the rules and outlines, you can finally piece them together.

Rather, every marker on it, even every line, is completely disrupted or even distorted, without any rules at all.

If you insist on splicing, you can undoubtedly combine tens of thousands of different drawings, making it difficult for people to distinguish.

"It seems that the only way is to find the "key" to unlock the secret, as the mercenary said just now. "

Lei Xiao spread out the blueprint on the wooden coffee table in front of him, signaling to all his subordinates to study together, and he couldn't help but ponder.

"Just like what I thought just now, before this, I have studied with my subordinates many times, but I didn't get any results."

"The mercenary also mentioned that the hint about the "key" is in the picture of disorder itself. It seems that we have to find the mystery from the picture first. "

Just when Lei Xiao thought about it.

I saw Zhao Yan at the side, blinking her big shiny eyes, while gnawing a whole piece of butter toast that Tran sent a servant just now as a dessert.

While pondering, he said, "My lord, where is the "key" reminder of the disorderly map?Before this, we have tried different types of energy injections, or used detection-like manifestation spells, but none of them had any effect. "

"Yes, common methods such as roasting and soaking in water have also been tried, and the parchment itself does not have any interlayers."

Ye Cang pushed the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, frowned and said, "Since neither conventional nor unconventional methods have any effect, then where is the mystery of this picture of disorder?"

"My lord, do you feel that the red cross is a bit abrupt?"

Seeing Bai Wei holding a piece of chocolate cookie with a bite, she couldn't help but wondered.

"What is marked there should be the exact location of the treasure."

Lei Xiao nodded slightly, and responded, "Is there anything special about this?"

"However, my lord, this picture is so complicated that people can't see why."

The fluffy hair on the top of Bai Wei's head moved its ears, and said with a puzzled expression: "In this case, it doesn't seem to be useful to directly mark the location of the treasure."

"Bai Wei, what do you mean...that red X-shaped mark is not where the treasure is, but something else?"

Hearing this, Lei Xiao seemed to realize something, his eyes lit up and said: "So, it seems that the red mark is an important reminder of the "key" of this picture of disorder! "

"Understood, this is exactly the puzzle set by the other party using inertial thinking. Since this is a treasure map, we will naturally assume that the red X-shaped mark represents the location of the treasure, but it hits the other party In the hands of the people, they fell into a dead end of thinking."

Ye Cang's gold-rimmed glasses reflected a white light, and said, "My lord, if this red cross mark is not the location of the treasure, but refers to something else, and it is composed of dotted lines , the answer is naturally very obvious.”

"It's a folding line!"

Zhao Yan's iconic big eyes lit up, and he blurted out: "Just fold up this picture of disorder as marked above!"

"let's start."

Lei Xiao nodded and signaled Ye Cang to operate.

"Follow your orders, my lord."

Bowing gracefully to Lei Xiao, Ye Cang folded the yellowed parchment one by one according to the marks on the picture.

Sure enough, just as the night field had just finished folding, a faint wave of energy rippled out from the surface of the sheepskin roll.

Seeing this, Lei Xiao was overjoyed, and quickly signaled Ye Cang to open the parchment again.

Ye Cang bowed to accept the order, and started operating again.

When Ye Cang unfolded the parchment again, although the surface of the drawing was still messy, a brand new pattern of an oval object had already appeared in the lower left corner of the drawing.

"That seems to be a mirror!"

Chaoyan's big eyes flickered, and she blurted out again: "It seems that only in the mirror, this picture of disorder can show its true original appearance!"

However, when Lei Xiao motioned to the knotweed at the side to move over the large mirror in the room.

Inside the mirror, the quaint picture of disorder still hasn't changed in any way.

"What's going on here? The painting on it is clearly a mirror."

Seeing this, Chaoyan nodded her head with a puzzled expression on her pretty face.

(End of this chapter)