Cataclysm King

Chapter 467 S-level plot, the legend of the haunted castle

"The Forbidden Ruins Stone Tablet is actually here? Is there some outside **** sealed here?"

Ji Xun had this conjecture in his mind as soon as he looked at the black stone tablet.

Suddenly, everything became clear.

When Ji Xun came in before, he discovered that the elements near Yinshan Village were very barren, even worse than most places in the Eastern Wasteland.

I originally thought it might be a regional reason.

Now that I have seen the [Forbidden Ruins Stone Tablet], there is a high probability that it is sealed.

Just like the mithril vein that sealed the 'Scarlet Corruption Seadis' in the Eastern Wasteland. Because of the magic barrier, elements in a large area nearby were also absorbed and concentrated, resulting in elemental poverty.

In addition, the growth environment of silver fir trees is also very special. Usually such lush trees with metallic properties grow on mineral deposits containing some magical metals.

Although he didn't see the seal, Ji Xun had basically confirmed that there must be a large ancient seal near Black Crow Castle.

Just as he was thinking about it, Gang Duoduo, Seri and Zhuo Sha, who were still on the other side of the suspension bridge, also came over.

They looked at this huge stone tablet with doubts on their expressions.

"What is this? It's so amazing. Have you seen it? There seems to be text engraved on this stone tablet. But the strange thing is that if you look carefully, you can't see it at all."

"Maybe it's some kind of divine and demonic writing that's the same as advanced dragon language."

"The material of this stele is very special. The rocks are weathered, but this stele has no impact at all."

"Su Lun, you know a lot. Do you know what this is?"

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None of the five people have seen the [Forbidden Ruins Stone Tablet], so they can't tell the difference.

Ji Xun shrugged when he heard the inquiry, and said in an uncertain tone: "I'm not sure what it is. It looks like an 'ancient stone tablet' that appeared in some ancient classics."

This is also true. He still doesn't know what is going on with this stone tablet.

The absolute partial understanding of this stone tablet is still my own speculation.

Everyone: "Ancient stone tablet?"

Ji Xun: "Yes. It is said that there are some stone tablets standing in some ancient ruins that mortals cannot understand. No one knows what they are and what they record."

After hearing this, Seri also said: "We, the Lizard Tribe, have similar records. This seems to be something passed down from the last era."

Everyone just treated it as a legend.

In their current state, let alone understanding, they are not even qualified to be affected by the stone tablet.

Ji Xun didn't want to say this at first.

However, for some reason, he vaguely noticed that someone in the team seemed to understand the content on the stone tablet!

And what's surprising is that Seri, not the most knowledgeable one, is actually Sister Zhuosha?

Ji Xun was stunned for a moment.

He felt that if he had read it correctly just now, when Zhuo Sha saw the content on the stone tablet, her eyes did not have the ignorant curiosity of others, but instead gave people a sense of performance that was forcibly suppressing shock?

"Is this a strange illusion?"

Ji Xun glanced calmly and muttered to himself.

Dragonborn understand advanced writing more easily than humans, and some pureblood dragonborn are born with the ability to read magical runes.

Could it be that Zhuosha recognized it because of this?

However, if she recognized it, why didn't she say it and instead pretended that she didn't know?

The moment he narrowed his gaze, Ji Xun narrowed his eyes slightly with a hint of joking that no one else could see: "Only now do I realize that there is a very special guy in the team."

There was no stone tablet, so he hadn't noticed anything unusual about his teammate.

Now that we can recognize this stone tablet, our identity is intriguing.

The battle in the ancient castle on the cliff is fierce, and the fighting is getting louder and louder.

Langdon's team of six ignored the strange stone tablet and looked at the cave in front of them.

There were obvious traces of someone trampling on the entrance of the cave.

The six people had already made up their minds before, so no matter what the situation, they must continue to explore.

However, at this moment, Ji Xun suddenly changed his mind and stopped at the entrance of the cave: "I have a very bad feeling."

If you just explore the plot, no matter how high the risk is, Ji Xun feels that life or death is determined by fate. Whether you can live or not is the choice of your teammates.

But that was before seeing the [Forbidden Ruins Stone Tablet].

Now that he saw this stone tablet, he had determined that the castle was related to the devil. If they continue to explore, the probability of their team surviving is extremely low.

And a guy with a special identity was discovered in the team, and the risk became even more uncontrollable.

For this reason, he wanted to confirm his conjecture first.

The other five people also stopped when they heard this.

Ji Xun had demonstrated the incredible accuracy of his "sixth sense" when he was searching for a path.

No one dares to be careless.

Seri asked: "What's wrong?"

Ji Xun said bluntly: "This cave is too narrow. If we go in like this, we will almost certainly trigger a trap."

What he said makes sense.

There must be some early warnings for this secret passage in the cave.

But just seeing the "hidden plot" give up right in front of their eyes, everyone was unwilling to accept it.

Gang Duoduo asked: "Ah, what should we do?"

Ji Xun expressed his thoughts: "I think we should wait a little longer. By the time the people from the Red Dragon Royal Family break through the castle, they should have killed most of the high-level plot targets. If we go in then, the risk will be minimal."

As he spoke, he paused and said: "And if we are lucky enough, we can even catch a few seriously injured bandit leaders here who have escaped with good things."

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Everyone's expressions lit up after hearing this.

There is actually nothing wrong with Ji Xun's plan.

Although it is not the first time to sneak into the castle, you may get a lot less rewards.

But it is relatively safer.

If it is a normal trial student, of course it can wait.

Just like Gang Duoduo and David.

The smaller the reward, the smaller the reward. They trust Ji Xun's judgment more.

But if you are someone who has considered other issues.

Then you may not be able to wait.

Ji Xun felt that there was really a problem with Zhuo Sha's identity.

So now she must also see that there is something wrong with this trial.

It could be said to be a coincidence before, but now anyone who knows this stone tablet will definitely know what it means.

Just like that, the six people were waiting at the entrance of the cave.

Listening to the battle in the castle, Gang Duoduo felt itchy, but no one said anything.

Ji Xun meditated cross-legged on the spot, adding the newly obtained clues in his mind, and re-deduced: "The plot related to the devil must be an S-level difficulty. This cannot be completed with a large number of people. The Red Dragon Royal Family attacks head-on. The team may just be a bait. The best way is for someone to contain the bandits and then send elites to embed themselves inside the fortress to achieve the desired goal. However, what role does the 'mysterious NPC' play in this plot? Where did the vampire come from?"

Just as he was thinking about it, Qi Di appeared again: "Congratulations to the Thirteenth Team of the Red Dragon Royal Family for successfully breaking through the Black Crow Castle outpost. The plot exploration rate will be +30%, and the additional trial reward will be +20%."

"A-level courage plot trigger: encirclement and suppression of bandits. The Red Dragon Royal Family broke through the outpost and encountered fierce resistance from the bandit group. The bandits who went out to attack the village also quickly returned to defense. Trialists, please support the Black Crow Castle battlefield as soon as possible , kill bandits to get an additional 100% points reward, and increase the probability of rare cards."

"A-level plot triggered!"

Seeing the moment of enlightenment, Gang Duoduo and others on the edge of the cliff also became excited.

Although it was their first time to participate in an extra-dimensional space, the seniors who had already left the academy had said countless times that clearing the A-level plot during the trial meant that they would be on the trial glory list!

Moreover, the plot in front of us also indicates that there are double trial points, which means that if you participate in the encirclement and suppression of bandits now, the final trial points will be very considerable!

A-level mission

Even among the seniors, not many have actually completed a trial of this difficulty.

As soon as the enlightenment came out, not to mention reckless men like Gang Duoduo, even Seri was tempted.

But after all, they were a team. With a thought, he first looked at Ji Xun.

Looking at Ji Xun still meditating.

Seri's wisdom is of course also clear. Guarding the entrance of this cave may not be worse than the reward of killing the bandits.

After thinking about it, I still didn't speak.

The same is true for Gang Duoduo. Seeing that captain Seri and Ji Xun didn't move, they swallowed back the words they were talking about and looked forward to it with itching hearts.

The more intense the mood swings, the easier it is to expose the disguise.

When Ji Xun started to have doubts, his logical reasoning ability was completely focused on Zhuo Sha, who was not far away.

Now basically confirmed.

There's something really wrong with Zosha.

And Ji Xun suddenly figured something out, and thought to himself: "Tsk, tsk, interesting. Lich secret method? Or some kind of soul secret method?"

It wasn't like Tablesha had been pretending to be perfect before.

But she had no disguise before.

It's just that I just saw the stone tablet and touched certain specific conditions, which triggered some "deep consciousness".

This is a bit like the spirit-seeking technique of the Bai family, the god-thief. It invites a consciousness that does not belong to one's own.

Or maybe there is something wrong with Zhuosha's own soul.

As for why Ji Xun knew?

Except that he has seen the Bai family's methods before.

What's more important is that his own clone's brain also has similar settings!

This is to prevent the clone from knowing too much that is not suitable for the person's personality and will be exposed in front of the top card master, thus deliberately blocking part of the knowledge.

But when certain special conditions are met, it is triggered.

The current Zhuosha is no longer the Zhuosha they knew before.

Sure enough.

Everyone can wait.

But Zhuosha couldn't wait any longer!

She looked at Gang Duoduo who was the most reckless and couldn't help but speak, so she could only speak by herself: "Well, why don't we go now? If there is any hidden plot in the cave and we miss it, we will probably lose a lot of trial points. And I suspect that the frontal attack may be to attract firepower, and other teams may have sneaked into the castle."

As she spoke, she seemed to add more legitimacy to her statement: "Now that the Red Dragon Royal Family has stormed Black Crow Castle, the points of their teams will definitely be very high. In this way, our hope of being in the top ten , maybe not much."

The rewards for the top ten in the trial are very generous.

Their team had also come here for this goal before.

Therefore, even if it was a dangerous plan like exploring the deep forest at night, several people participated decisively. In fact, they wanted to climb up the rankings.

But now the exploration suddenly stopped, giving them a sense of crisis.

After saying this, Seri, Gang Duoduo, Gale and David all showed recognition on their faces.

Then they all looked at Ji Xun.

When Ji Xun heard this, his expression remained calm, but he shouted loudly in his heart: "Sure enough, that's true."

He was waiting for this guy to speak. Moreover, judging from the urgency of Zesha's opening, she probably saw something that she didn't even know about.

It is not difficult for Ji Xun to guess the reason.

After all, since the "mastermind" was secretly causing trouble in the Tower of Babel trial, he was in conflict with the Holy See.

No matter what she wants to do, Zhuo Sha will definitely not let them achieve their goal.

Now that some of his conjectures were confirmed, Ji Xun was going to take action.

But just when he was still thinking about how to continue exploring the plot without compromising other teammates, the plot took a sudden turn.

Enlightenment appeared again: "Congratulations to the Red Dragon Royal Family team for successfully sneaking into the depths of the castle. S hidden plot "The Haunted Castle" was triggered."

The moment they saw the S-level plot prompt appear, everyone's expressions froze on the spot.

They are still eager to try out the A-level plot.

But S-class, that is solemn.

The academy instructor said that those who participated in S-level plots would have a narrow escape from death.

The results of the few S-level plot trials in the history of the academy have all resulted in extremely heavy casualties without exception.

Ji Xun was not surprised.

Whether it's someone infiltrating or a "haunted" plot, I've thought about it before.

But when he looked at Qidi, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Because now, it doesn't matter whether they participate in the plot exploration.

The cave that was dark just now is now bright.

Although Ji Xun himself didn't know what was going on, they were already part of the plot.

The sudden light coming on in the cave startled everyone in the team.

Gale, who was in charge of guarding, instinctively became alert and said in surprise: "Hey, there are lights on in the cave? But I didn't see anyone just now."

Seri seemed to have discovered something. He frowned and said, "Have you noticed that this cave is different from before? I have observed before that the candlestick on the wall has long been burned out and cannot be ignited. But Now, it's lit, and the caves we saw before still had partially collapsed rubble, but there's none here."

Before he finished speaking, there was only solemnity in his eyes.

Gang Duoduo asked: "What does this mean?"

Seri said in a solemn tone: "It means that we seem to be forced into that S-level plot. Hmm. Looking at this situation, we are either under an illusion or being pulled into a special space."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of several people in the team changed.

I tried it, but any means of countering the illusion were useless.

That is, they only have one option to explore.

Ji Xun was also slightly helpless. Just now he was thinking about how to prevent several teammates from following him to death.

Okay now, mandatory mission.

He looked at the burning candle and vaguely guessed that this might be the Black Crow Castle a hundred years ago.

It was like entering another different dimension, even Ji Xun encountered it for the first time.

It was just because he thought of this that he felt strange.

a long time

There is no such sense of expectation anymore.

After pondering for a moment, he did not forget to remind: "Everyone, be careful in a moment. Use the things we got in the village before if you can use them."

There is no use saying more now.

Whether he can survive or not depends on his fate.

Except for "Zhuosha", several others seemed not to realize the seriousness of the matter.

No one has experienced S-level plots. For a few passionate teenagers, the fear of death is far less intense than the expectations for top-level plots.

Ji Xun didn't say anything more, they looked at each other and walked into the secret passage.

The secret passage in the cave is very long.

There is a light every ten meters in the corridor, and the visibility is very clear.

But as they walked, strange and bizarre scenes appeared on everyone.

The six of them walked cautiously, fearing that some monster would suddenly appear and attack them.

However, as if at a certain point in time, a sudden change occurred.

"Duoduo, why did your clothes and armor turn into clothes?"

"David, yours too. Suellen, Gail. No, our clothes have all changed."

"The equipment is still there! It's just that the appearance has changed. Is it an illusion?"

"It shouldn't be an illusion. And if it is, we can't solve it to this extent."

"Ah, what should I do?"

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The adventurous clothes worn by Ji Xun and the others suddenly turned into gorgeous evening dresses.

Tiny dance music and loud noises filled his ears.

The incident happened so suddenly that everyone in the team was at a loss.

No one can figure out what happened.

A spine-chilling feeling of fear gradually came over my heart.

But at this moment, Ji Xun seemed to understand something.

He glanced at the dress he was wearing and murmured in his heart: "It turns out that the 'prom' is really a dance."

When you entered the space, you were reminded that there would be a luxurious dance party at night in the castle.

As a result, the old castle, which had been abandoned for hundreds of years, gradually began to spread the legend of being haunted.

Now it seems that it may not be as simple as being haunted.

They also joined in the dance.

Ji Xun enjoyed this sense of expectation brought by the unknown.

Ji Xun has the broadest knowledge in the team, and the five of them have put their hope in solving this strange situation on him.

Seri asked: "Su Lun, do you see anything?"

Ji Xun chuckled, shook his head, and did not answer the question.

Instead, he said something seemingly innocuous: "I once saw a sentence in a biography of a legendary hero."

The five people cast their eyes and waited for the next step.

Ji Xun paused and said directly: "Don't think about using force to resist when the S-level plot is triggered. This is a plot difficulty that exceeds the adventurer's own strength. Just experience it well. If you can't live, at least before death comes. , the opportunity to enjoy the last moment and break the situation may be inadvertently. "

This is indeed what the scriptures say.

Ji Xun recognized this statement and was also reminding his teammates.

With the difficulty of this plot, if they were a hundred times more cautious, they would still have to die.

Everyone seemed to understand.

Gang Duoduo asked: "Ah, what are we going to do now?"

Ji Xundao: "The will of space has transformed this suit of clothes for us, which is a hint to us that we should go to the dance to fit the role we play as much as possible. The clue is in the dance."

The people in Seri understood it as soon as they heard it.

Ji Xun didn't say anything more and pushed open the door of the secret passage.

Behind the door is a brightly lit castle.

Ji Xun and six others appeared in the castle.

There is a huge garden in the castle, with roses as scarlet as blood blooming brilliantly.

Not just the six of them, there were thousands of noble ladies, young ladies and young masters in gorgeous clothes in the castle.

Of course, there are countless confused trial students.

Are people from ancient civilizations conservative?

No, not really.

The nobles during this Alterac civilization were very bold and bold.

The young ladies and ladies wore fancy evening dresses with very low necklines, exposing most of their **** to the air.

There are also some ladies whose skirts are almost translucent, and if you look at them, you can get a good look at their graceful figures.

The young maids are unabashedly sexy. Each one of them has impeccable figure and appearance. They wear black and white maid outfits that can arouse people's primitive desires. They serve the guests of the castle enthusiastically and will not refuse the advances of any gentleman.

A gorgeous and extravagant dance was being held in the castle.

"Hidden plot trigger: Mrs. Mist, the owner of Black Crow Castle, is famous far and wide, and countless suitors come after hearing the news. She also often holds dinners in the castle and invites nearby nobles and celebrities to have dinner. The **** are extravagant She is beautiful, but she also hides an unknown secret. Her identity is a Holy See investigator, and her mission is to investigate missing people."

Enlightenment has reminded all adventurers not to act rashly.

No one has ever experienced an S-level plot, but they have all heard warnings from their instructors in the academy.

None of the students in the garden dared to act rashly, so they secretly observed. But their behavior is more like a bad detective, which arouses suspicion.

Ji Xun glanced at it, but the corners of his mouth raised a slight arc.

Vampires are almost the same as humans before they transform, but people who know enough about vampires can still tell some differences.

Fair, less hairy, with deep pupils. There is a desire for blood in his eyes.

Ji Xun just took a look and realized that there were many vampires in this castle.

At least the maids, all are.

At this point, Ji Xun has almost completely understood the plot line of this trial space.

It is unknown when Black Crow Castle was built, but the only thing that has been circulated so far is the beautiful legend of its last owner, Countess Mist.

But unfortunately, the countess is most likely a vampire.

It looked like a dance, but it was actually a feast for choosing blood food, and this was how people disappeared.

This went on for many years.

Until too many people disappeared and the Church of Light sent people to exterminate these vampires?

This is roughly the case.

Ji Xun also found it quite interesting.

He has traveled through time and space and understands a little about the laws of time, so he is sure that he has not traveled through time and it is not an illusion.

And the "haunted" legend has been circulating for a long time.

Therefore, Ji Xun felt that there was a high probability that some kind of treasure caused the situation to reappear.

And if you guessed it correctly, the "man behind the scenes" is also here for this treasure.

If you want to break the situation, this is the most reliable way of thinking at the moment.

Ji Xun immediately became very interested as he thought about it.

At this moment, he seemed to notice a glance. He looked up and saw the charming countess in a window of the castle.

(End of chapter)