On the Seven Towers

"Bang!"

Xiao Chen opened his eyes and found that the fist was close to his face, making a shallow pit on the ground. The small gravel stirred up made his cheek hurt. As long as that punch was a little higher, he would be beyond salvation. Xiao Chen struggled to avoid the second punch, but felt that the armored warrior stopped moving after the punch, pressing on his back like a fallen sculpture.

Is there something wrong with the tin can?

"Xiao Chen, are you okay?" Luo Ling's voice came to her ears.

"Danger! You..."

"It can't move anymore. Oh, are you okay? It scared me to death! If we hadn't pushed it away, it would have punched you in the head." Zhou He said incoherently.

"Stop talking nonsense and work together to bring it down." Luo Ling shouted. The two girls pushed the paralyzed armored warrior together, and Xiao Chen also pushed hard, finally throwing the heavy guy aside.

"What luck? Fortunately, this thing has been in disrepair for a long time. Otherwise..., tsk tsk." Xiao Chen wiped his sweat, grabbed his backpack, and saw that the armored warrior chasing behind them was only about 20 meters away from them, "Let's go ! More tin cans are coming."

"What kind of luck? It's because Sister Luo Ling found the switch." Zhou He said as he ran.

"Switch? Where is it?"

"Behind the helmet." Luo Ling opened her hand, and there was a light blue stone in her hand, the size of a thumb. "I always felt that such a machine would have a switch designed anyway. Fortunately, I was lucky enough to find it. One If you break it off, it won’t move.”

Xiao Chen gave her a thumbs up and said, "Awesome! Thank you to the two heroines for saving my life!"

After the three of them continued running for a while, they found that they had entered a dead end. At the end of the road was a metal gate. The gate was tightly closed, but there was a crack about a foot wide in the stone wall on one side of the door.

At this time, the pursuers had blocked the way back, and they had no choice but to fall into a trap if they walked back. But that crack... Xiao Chen estimated that he should be able to get in just right, but not the armored warrior.

He leaned over the crack and took a look. The stone wall was more than two feet thick. There was a stone step going down behind the door. There were about twenty steps. Under the steps was a huge hall, which seemed to have some pillars and a stone statue. . He didn't have time to distinguish carefully, so he pulled Zhou He over and said urgently: "Let's go! Get in!"

Zhou He got in first, followed by Luo Ling. One of them was petite and the other was slender. They crossed the wall with almost no effort.

But when it was Xiao Chen's turn, it was a little more difficult. The crack became thinner as it went up. He was tall and couldn't get through it with his head upright, so he could only move in half squatting. After a while, the chasing armored warriors also arrived. The first one squeezed into the crack twice without success, so he picked up his sword and poked inside.

This scared Xiao Chen into a cold sweat. The sword came straight towards his waist, and he was stuck in the crevice of the stone, unable to dodge. As long as he was stabbed, he would definitely die. While squeezing in with all his strength, he struggled to block the long sword with his backpack. There was only a "pop" sound, and the long sword plunged into the school bag.

What a tragedy! Xiao Chen was horrified and quickly put his other hand on his waist, hoping to resist.

However, the sword did not penetrate the backpack and seemed to be blocked by something in the bag. Xiao Chen felt a strong force coming from his backpack, pushing him out of the crack in the stone. He stumbled onto the stone steps and was supported by Luo Ling and Zhou He.

Xiao Chen stood firm, touched up and down, and found some oily skin scratched on his arm by a stone. He wiped the blood from his fingers on his pants, bared his teeth and cursed: "Damn, I almost confessed, you tin cans now Is there no way to go?"

"Look there." Luo Ling pointed at the crack.

Xiao Chen looked back and saw that the armored warrior was stuck in the crack of the stone due to excessive force. Now only the hand holding the sword can still move, like a puppet doll that has been hung up. Perhaps it wanted to use its sword to open a path, and struck the stone several times, but with a click, the sword broke. It then hit the stone wall with its fists again and again, making a banging sound, but it had no effect.

"Smash it, smash it, it depends on how old you are before you can get in." Zhou He clenched his fists and said bitterly to the armored warrior. She took Luo Ling's arm and asked, "They can't catch up, can they?"

"Well, the wall is so thick, so there's nothing to worry about. I just hope there are no new tin cans in this room."

"Ah! No way."

"Don't worry, there's such a big commotion here, if there were any in the hall, they would have surrounded me long ago!" Xiao Chen exhaled, picked up the backpack and took a look, and saw that a three-inch long crack was poked in the middle of the backpack. He opened the crack and looked inside. It turned out that the notebook saved his life. The tip of the sword penetrated the entire computer, but it was stuck there.

"Fortunately, we don't need an ultra-thin notebook, otherwise we would have just explained it."

The three of them didn't bother to rest and began to inspect the hall.

"There is no road! It's such a big place. We are trapped." Zhou He threw the package on the ground, leaned against a pillar, and collapsed like a ball of mud.

"I think at least half of the people who are in trouble are trapped by themselves." Xiao Chen walked over to Zhou He with his hands behind his back and patted her on the shoulder.

"Why are you in such a good mood?" Zhou He replied weakly.

"Because a bad attitude will not make anything better." Xiao Chen shrugged and said, "Let's go! Let's see what we find."

Luo Ling looked at the two people chatting, smiled slightly, and continued to look around.

Although the hall was large, apart from two rows of pillars, there was only one stone statue left inside. The three of them walked around and came to the stone statue at the same time.

The stone statue is located on a stone platform in the center of two rows of columns. The stone platform is more than one meter high. The statue is carved from white marble and is slightly larger than the real person, standing over two meters tall. It was a rugged ancient warrior. He was wearing an animal skin vest and leather boots, with curly hair and a muscular beard. He carried a small single-edged ax on his shoulder. The ax was made of a black metal. Although it was old, it looked extremely sharp. The warrior stepped on the severed head of a monster and raised his head to the sky, as if roaring.

This warrior sculpture has clear texture and lifelike texture, with a primitive and exotic feel. Xiao Chen couldn't help but feel a sense of awe at the first sight. He is also well-informed, but in his memory, he has never seen a statue of this style.

"Do you think we are still on earth?" Luo Ling asked abruptly.

"I really want to answer 'yes'. But, do you think we have encountered some strange things?" Xiao Chen frowned, a little lost. The underground palace, runes, monsters, statues, everything is wrong. There is no such place under the school. "Have you ever read The Chronicles of Narnia? It's the story behind the wardrobe that leads to another world."

Seeing both of them shaking their heads. He smiled and said: "Ha, maybe there is another world under the school. Our legendary story is about to begin."

"You can still laugh! What a crow. Only boys like you who haven't grown up can think about unrealistic things all day long. I don't want to go anywhere, I want to go home!" Zhou He scolded with some annoyance. He said, "Have you read too many fantasy novels and want to travel to another world to ask for dozens or twenty wives?"

"So you're good at this! Let's shake hands! But, you think too highly of me. At my level, I can't deal with a Zhou He. How can I eat so much."

Zhou He blushed and spat: "You can only make money with your words. A student like you who can't lift your hands and can't bear your shoulders, what else can you do besides talking nonsense?"

"Hey, I can do it..."

"Stop making trouble! Come and see here." Luo Ling had already walked up the steps to the stone statue. She squatted at the feet of the stone statue, pointed to the base of the stone statue and said, "There are words engraved here."

"Spanish!" Xiao Chen came over and said in surprise.

Luo Ling looked back at Xiao Chen, who grinned proudly and said, "My mother is a Spanish translator. She has learned it since she was a child."

Luo Ling raised her lips and said, "Then take a closer look. What's the difference?"

"It's true that the spelling of many words has changed a bit. Hey, do you know Spanish too?"

Luo Ling ignored his nonsense and read the inscription several times and said: "Some grammars are different, the conjugation of verbs is different, and the spelling of several words is also problematic. For example, the correct spelling of the word Lai prueboa should be I guess it's la prueba. Both the article in front and the spelling of the noun in the back have changed. I've never seen the word Bazercer, but I can't help but guess that the meaning of this passage is: the vastness. The spirit controls the crazy body, and in the name of Melo Arias, I give you...the trial."

Xiao Chen looked at the tall statue: the muscles were so strong that they were about to explode, and the posture of crushing the enemy under his feet... An idea flashed in his mind and he said: "That word should be a variant of Berserker. Give you the Berserker Trial practice."

"Berserker, isn't that another name for Viking warriors in ancient Europe?" Luo Ling asked.

"Not only that, there are also characters like this in many games and novels." Xiao Chen pulled Luo Ling far away to the side of the statue so that he could see the whole statue clearly. "Look, this warrior is holding a weapon, but he is not wearing any armor. There are many scars on his body. It shows that his fighting style is that of disregarding life and death. Isn't this a typical berserker style?"

"The Trial of the Berserker." Luo Ling recited this short sentence silently, trying to figure out the meaning behind the words.

Zhou He suddenly clapped his hands and said, "What kind of trial is this? Could it be referring to those tin cans outside?"

Xiao Chen touched his chin and said, "Huh? Xiao Zhou He, you are still smart. I think it is really possible. Maybe we accidentally ran into a place like the 'Shaolin Wooden Alley'?"

"Go ahead, you're just young. What happens next? Have we completed the trial?" Zhou He didn't want others to say she was young, even though she was only as tall as Xiao Chen's shoulders.

"If this is really a trial, I guess we might have to knock down all those iron cans outside." Xiao Chen could still hear the stuck armored warriors knocking on the stone wall, becoming the only background in this quiet hall sound.

"Are you kidding me? It took so much effort for the three of us to deal with one of them. Now there are at least dozens of them blocked outside the stone crevice. Do we want to knock them all down? How can we do it!" Zhou He's eyes widened.

"I'm just guessing. But..." Xiao Chen pointed at the statue, "Just because we can't do it, it doesn't mean that this person can't do it either. This trial is probably prepared for such a tough man. With us Judging from his size, it’s naturally a bit strenuous, but for him, it’s a piece of cake.”

"That's true, I think one of him can deal with ten of you..." Zhou He said while looking at the statue.

"I didn't expect you to think so highly of me, thank you for the compliment!" Xiao Chen said with a smile.