Siheyuan: The Temptation of the Mountains

Taking advantage of their panic, Lin Ze attacked again, this time successfully scratching the leader's arm. The leader was furious and was about to fight back.

Suddenly, the ruins shook violently, and a stone slab engraved with runes fell from the top, blocking the two sides. The power emanating from the stone slab made everyone unable to move. After the power dissipated, the mysterious man found that Lin Ze had taken the opportunity to run deeper into the ruins. The leader gnashed his teeth and shouted, "Chase!"

Lin Ze ran wildly in the depths of the ruins, and heard footsteps chasing him from behind. He knew that if he was caught up, he would have no chance of survival. Suddenly, a portal emitting dim light appeared in front of him.

Lin Ze didn't have time to think about it, and rushed in like an arrow. At the moment when his figure disappeared, the leader behind him and the others hurried over, but the mysterious door seemed to have life and began to slowly close.

The leader was furious when he saw this. He used all his strength to punch the door, trying to stop it from closing. However, it was all in vain. The door still closed mercilessly, leaving the leader and others staring at the door.

After Lin Ze stepped into the door, he was shocked by the scene in front of him. He found himself in an extremely strange space, with colorful and dazzling crystals shining everywhere, and islands suspended in the air, like a dream.

Before Lin Ze had time to observe this wonderful world carefully, suddenly, a large group of strangely shaped mechanical puppets emerged from all directions. The eyes of these puppets flashed with a frightening red light, as if they regarded Lin Ze as an irreconcilable enemy, and without saying a word, they launched a fierce attack on him.

Faced with this sudden crisis, Lin Ze did not panic at all. He quickly grasped the weapon in his hand, his eyes were firm and calm, and he flexibly dodged the attacks of the puppets while looking for opportunities to counterattack. At the same time, he did not forget to pay attention to whether there were any mechanisms around that could control these puppets, or exits that could allow him to escape from this place.

After a thrilling and arduous battle, Lin Ze finally found the fatal weakness of the puppets with his excellent fighting skills and keen insight - the energy core in their bodies. In a flash, Lin Ze seized the opportunity and destroyed the energy cores of several puppets in one fell swoop. In an instant, the puppets that were originally waving their claws and threatening, as if their souls were sucked out, stopped moving one after another and fell straight to the ground.

At this moment, Lin Ze's sight was attracted by a huge statue in the distance. The statue was towering into the sky, solemn and majestic, giving people a strong sense of oppression. What was even more eye-catching was that there seemed to be a faint mysterious atmosphere under the statue, as if some unknown secrets were hidden waiting for people to uncover.

Lin Ze took a deep breath, calmed himself, and then walked towards the huge statue with firm steps. He thought to himself: Perhaps the real treasure of this ancient relic is under this statue.

When Lin Ze approached the bottom of the statue, the ground suddenly glowed with light, and ancient characters emerged one by one. Lin Ze tried to touch those characters, and instantly a wave of memories flooded into his mind.

It turns out that this place was once the core of ancient mechanical civilization, and these puppets were originally guardians.

At this critical moment, those puppets that had been defeated and seemed lifeless actually began to work again! What was even more shocking was that they not only recovered as before, but were even several times stronger than before. An invisible pressure surged towards Lin Ze like a tide, making him feel an unprecedented huge pressure in an instant.

However, Lin Ze, who remained calm in the face of danger, soon noticed something - these puppets, which had been resurrected and greatly strengthened, were moving in an orderly manner around the mysterious statue, as if forming a strange formation. With his keen insight and rich combat experience, Lin Ze decided to start with the statue and try to find a way to break the formation.

So he carefully groped his way along the edge of the statue, not missing any clues. At this moment, an inadvertent touch triggered an unexpected change: there was a loud "boom", a dull roar came from inside the statue, and then a hidden secret door slowly opened.

A dazzling golden light shone through the door, making it almost impossible to open one's eyes. After adapting, Lin Ze looked closely and saw a crystal ball emitting soft light quietly suspended in the air. The light was like a dream, like the brightest star in the night sky, attracting people's eyes to focus on it involuntarily.

Faced with such an attractive treasure, Lin Ze subconsciously reached out his hand to take it for himself. But just as his fingertips were about to touch the crystal ball, a cold and hard mechanical arm suddenly emerged from the darkness and blocked his way at lightning speed. It turned out that there was a final protection mechanism here, and only those who successfully passed the test set by it were eligible to obtain this precious crystal ball.

However, Lin Ze, who had been through many battles, did not feel timid. On the contrary, a look of determination flashed in his eyes, and he faced the menacing mechanical arm without hesitation, and a thrilling and fierce confrontation began.

The two sides fought back and forth, neither side gave in, and it was difficult to tell who would win. But the clever and resourceful Lin Ze quickly noticed the surrounding environment and found the key to defeating the enemy. After careful planning, he cleverly used the terrain advantage to guide the mechanical arm to crash into two floating islands not far apart.

With a crisp "click" sound, the mechanical arm was firmly stuck between the two floating islands, unable to move. Taking advantage of this perfect opportunity, Lin Ze quickly took action and grabbed the coveted crystal ball.

When the crystal ball fell into his palm, something magical happened: the aggressive puppets outside seemed to have suddenly lost power and stopped moving, and the whole scene became quiet in an instant. At the same time, a piece of information hidden deep in the crystal ball poured into Lin Ze's mind like a tide, allowing him to finally uncover the shocking secret of mechanical civilization.

After Lin Ze digested the information in the crystal ball, he realized that this crystal ball was the key to restarting this mechanical civilization.

If it is placed in a specific location, this ancient mechanical civilization can flourish again.

But he also knew that once he did so, the world would undergo earth-shaking changes, perhaps bringing unpredictable dangers.