Star Trace Gate

About three minutes ago, there was a secret room on the far left wall.

Xu Qingzhao left the blood pool and walked slowly in the secret room, as if thinking, turning his head to look at the two open bronze doors from time to time.

In this level, the Stargate rules she received were completely different from those of the other two camps.

[This level is called "Price". You are very close to receiving the mysterious inheritance. But Princess Anping, who has been dead for many years, believes that if you want to take anything, you must pay a price. 】

[In this level, each camp needs to sacrifice a living person, throw him or her alive into the blood pool, and use the power of blood and death to open the tomb door to the next level. 】

[But unfortunately, you are the only player left in the wallflower camp, which makes it impossible to fairly select the "sacrificial person". 】

[You currently have two options. First, you can choose to join the court camp and be directly transported to the court party secret room in the center to experience the mission with other players. Second, you can choose to go back the same way and leave the Princess Tomb, but this also means that you have failed to clear the "Qingliangfu Star Gate" and the entire Qingliangfu camp has failed. You will be severely punished and may not die, but the price will be certain. It's tragic. 】

[Whether you choose to join the "Imperial Court Camp" or leave the Princess Tomb, the Grassroots Camp will fail because there are "no players", and all clearance rewards and special props of this camp will be completely sealed. 】

[Please note that you only have a quarter of an hour to make a choice, because from now on, this secret room containing the method of sacrifice will release poisonous smoke that disturbs people's minds. If you stop moving forward, you will definitely die from the poisonous smoke...]

These "rules" above are the reason why Xu Qingzhao stood by the blood pool, hesitant in his heart and with a wry smile on his cheeks.

"God" seemed to be deliberately teasing himself, and the choice he gave was extremely ironic, but reasonable.

This is in line with the camp characteristics of the grasshoppers, such as "sitting on the fence", "betting on dogs", "win alone" if there is a chance, etc.

Stargate did not give the option of joining the "King Huai Party". That is because from the beginning, this simple camp could only oscillate between the "imperial camp" and the "own camp", and many mission details were set. , and they are all confrontational and conflicting with the King Huai camp.

So when it comes to this stage, Star Gate will naturally not violate this setting.

More than ten minutes passed, Xu Qingzhao kept hesitating, struggling, and recalling the various information and clues he got after entering the princess's tomb.

The two options given by Stargate were both unacceptable to her.

It is impossible for Xu Qingzhao to join the court camp, because from the first act, he has become enemies with the players in the court camp, and Liu Linger died indirectly in his own hands. If she really wants to switch sides temporarily, the situation may be even more difficult than it is now. The other group of players will not accept her and will definitely target her collectively.

And the most important thing is that joining the imperial camp means... that he will have to confront that little man later, which is something Xu Qingzhao resists in his heart.

After this choice was blocked by his brain, Xu Qingzhao seemed to have no choice but to go back the way he came, giving up the path of clearing Qingliang Mansion.

But can she really be willing to do so?

We have reached this point, and the thing we are looking for seems to be right in front of us. When we retreat, everything we have experienced before seems like a joke.

Stop, stop.

Xu Qingzhao looked up at the open bronze door again. She was thinking in her heart, if the Star Gate felt that she could not pass this level alone, then why not give a reminder before entering?

But he had to wait until he came in before announcing these two choices.

That's weird, isn't it?

Also, what are the players from the other two camps doing at the moment?

Should they fight each other, or use voting and drawing lots to select a sacrificer and jump into the blood pool?

Perhaps they were also frightened out of their wits by the sacrifice.

Time passed by, but Xu Qingzhao still did not leave, nor did he consider joining the imperial camp.

She kept deducing and recalling in her mind...

Are there really only two options at this level?

Star Gate said that if the wallflower camp fails, all rewards and special props related to this camp will be sealed.

Xu Qingzhao guessed that these so-called rewards and special props must be related to the subsequent tasks, or even the final battle.

Once it is sealed, it will not affect the subsequent decisive battle...

"Tap tap...!"

She walked faster and faster, beads of sweat appeared on her white forehead, and the memories in her mind became more and more detailed.

"Judging from Princess Anping's life, she does not seem to be an evil person. There are no traces of any living creatures buried in this princess's tomb, let alone people, even the livestock in the burial pit. But they are all replaced by stone statues... How could such a princess set up a test of human sacrifice? "

"What exactly does she want to test...!"

"Li Mu, pamphlet, oh, by the way, the little man and that Li Yan also took out a letter."

"...!"

The details in the memories collided crazily in my mind.

Xu Qingzhao suddenly turned his head and looked at the open bronze door, with a sneer at the corner of his mouth: "Is there really no third option? Haha, if I stop moving forward, I will be poisoned to death... What if I can move forward? ?”

No one answered her soft murmur, only the red smoke sprayed from the wall.

After the smoke was sprayed out, it did not disperse along the open door. Instead, it was like a cloud, only floating and spreading in the secret room...

"ten!"

"Nine!"

"Eight!"

"...!"

The final countdown rang in both ears.

Xu Qingzhao's eyes returned to calmness, and a determined and ruthless look appeared on his pretty face.

As a Taoist, contending with heaven and all things in nature is like using a mortal body to do things that go against the laws of nature...

Xu Qingzhao turned around and looked at the blood pool: "Now that I'm here, why should I be afraid?!"

As she finished speaking, her eyes gradually became firm.

……

The King Huai Party, the Chamber of Secrets.

"Crack...!"

After Ren Ye threw himself into the pond, the originally tight south wall suddenly cracked, and a winding upward tomb passage emerged.

"It's...it's open."

Liu Jishan collapsed on the ground, shaking his head and saying, "Sure enough, someone must die. I...we have to go."

Li Yan stared blankly at the blood pool, his face full of despair and his body motionless.

After a few seconds of silence, Liu Jishan stood up, turned around and said, "The poisonous gas is still being released here, we have to leave."

"Go? Where to go?!" Li Yan stared at the calm blood pool and kept shaking his head: "King Huai is dead, we can't get to the last fucking floor! I will never find the body. ...What else are you going to do?”

He was completely broken and desperate, and everything he had done before was in vain.