great-warnovel Chapter 299 Nine Fake Lamps
Chapter 299 Nine Fake Lamps
The stone steps fold downwards at the end of the medullary cavity.
At the end of the stone steps was a half-open stone door, with nine lights hanging down from the crack.
The light fell on the bone wall, dividing the bluish-gray beast patterns into nine channels free of miasma.
Lu Yan stopped outside the door, not stepping into either of them.
The stone city inside the gate is completely upside down, with the streets facing overhead and the eaves pointing deep into the mountainside.
Nine tall towers hang from the dome, each topped with a lotus lantern.
Nine kinds of lanterns, including red, gold, blue, and white, descended downwards, completely encircling the bridge surface and the archway.
At the end of each path of light is engraved the same line of Jade Void Army patterns: This path leads to the Heavenly Well of the Sea of Ashes.
"Nine roads, all with the destination written on them." Zhao Leiguang pressed his double shields in front of him. "The road signs here are more deceptive than the cafeteria menu."
Lu Yan raised the tactical terminal.
The Void Disc unfolds a nine-layered disassembly diagram, listing the outer shell, lamp oil, lotus patterns, and divine pathways of the nine lotus lamps one by one.
They share the same material origin, have the same divine frequency, and the wear and tear on the lotus patterns completely overlap.
Even the two scorch marks at the bottom of the lamp wick appeared in nine sets of data.
The Void Disc has run three rounds of simulations, and the filter still retains nine targets.
The conventional analysis reaches a dead end here.
Yang Jian raised his three-pointed, double-edged sword, and opened his third eye on his forehead.
Golden light crossed the stone bridge and shone on the nine towers.
The nine lotus lanterns simultaneously reflected the divine light, and the nine beams of light were reflected back to the Heavenly Eye.
Yang Jian's field of vision was divided into nine sections.
In each scene, there stands a Yang Jian, with identical armor, weapons, and scars.
The first person stepped onto the red stone bridge and headed straight for the west of the city.
The second person stopped under the golden lamp, the blade pressing against his throat armor.
The third person stood in front of the tower gate and raised his hand to warn Lu Yan.
The remaining six people went their separate ways, and their actions did not overlap at all.
Yang Jian withdrew his Heavenly Eye, but the nine images did not dissipate and remained suspended in front of him.
Nezha spun his Fire-Tipped Spear, pressing the tip against the nearest tower base.
If you can't tell the difference, just break one of them apart.
Lu Yan pressed down on the gun barrel and launched the tower base structure onto the terminal.
Each of the nine towers is connected to a section of the seal of the Beast Cave, and the area below the lighthouses is where the beasts roam.
Once the Northwest Tower breaks, three hundred lord-level ferocious beasts will emerge from the cave first.
With all nine towers destroyed, the northern strata lost pressure prematurely, and Chang'an's northern defenses would also be weakened.
Nezha retrieved his Fire-Tipped Spear. "These guys hanging the lamp on the seal is a dirty trick."
Zhao Lei scratched the edge of his helmet. "Smashing a lamp and releasing three hundred lords—who should take the blame for that?"
Wen Yue inspected the crossbow string. "Sign it."
"I only sign the repair order."
Qin Wuyi stepped over the stone gate, and thirty-six array plates flew out of the canvas bag.
The array was nailed into the intersection of the inverted streets, stone bridge piers, and tower shadows, sealing off the entire stone city in sixteen directions.
"The boundaries of heaven and earth are defined."
The battle line disappeared into the stone layer, and the nine types of lamp flames were compressed into the same time sequence.
After the first nine breaths were completed, the flames of the four lamps on the east side flickered by half an inch at the same time.
The second round ended, and the four lamps on the west side also moved half an inch.
The eight lamps rotate in a nine-breath cycle, with the central lamp always remaining in its original position.
The live wire hanging from the wick did not shift, and its length remained unchanged.
Qin Wuyi lifted the main plate. "It doesn't participate in the rotation."
"Eight lamps will guide the way," Lu Yan said, looking up. "The central tower will be responsible for hiding things."
Zhao Lei stepped onto the stone bridge, and the Earth Pulse Suit propelled him through the light path beneath the central tower.
The tower gate was made of two black stone slabs joined together, and the gaps between the gates were filled with expired Jade Void Talisman paper.
With both shields raised, they charged savagely onto the door panel.
The door hinge broke, and the stone door retracted into the tower walls on both sides.
There is no staircase behind the door.
Hundreds of Kunlun guards crowded inside the tower, each in a fighting stance.
Some stood in a bow stance, holding spears; some raised shields to protect their comrades; and some knelt on the ground, clutching the broken military flag with both hands.
Grayish-green miasma emerged from beneath their armor boots, passed through the seams of the armor plates, and merged into the lotus-patterned stone pillar at the heart of the tower.
The guard's movements stopped halfway; a pulse could still be heard beneath his armor.
Zhao Lei lowered the edge of his shield. "The stairs aren't fixed; they're crammed full of soldiers."
Qin Wuyi stood by the door, staring at the load-bearing line of the stone pillar. "I studied civil engineering, but I've never learned to build an array foundation with living people."
Su Yunqing did not release the healing beam.
She took out the life sensor pieces and attached them one by one to the neck and wrist armor of the front-row guards.
Body temperature, pulse, and magical energy pathways are all recorded.
She replaced three sensor plates and reported the results: "All 367 people are alive."
When Yao Guang Zhi Zhi aimed at the stone pillar, the halo at the top of the staff stopped.
"Their life energy is drawn into the lotus lamps, so that all nine lamps will have the same divine frequency."
"Removing the stone pillar will also cut off the guardian's lifeline."
Zhao Lei took half a step back towards the door, using his two shields to block the tower entrance. "This lamp eats living people."
Voices emanated simultaneously from the walls of the nine towers.
"Qin Wuyi, freeze the guard sequence."
The silver-masked man's voice came from below the flames, the words overlapping and echoing within the tower.
"Once Lu Yan clears the array base, the Nine Lotus Treasure Lamp can detach from its false shell."
"You take the lamps, and they stay in the tower."
"When the array base detaches, the 367 empty shells will extinguish themselves."
Zhao Lei raised his shield towards the top of the tower. "Level my ass."
Qin Wuyi gripped the main plate, his dog tag pressed against his chest through his combat uniform.
Qin Zheng was trapped in front of the seventh gate, while the people inside the tower were also waiting for a way out.
The solution presented by the silver-masked man, which involved taking lives, was precisely the one thing he least wanted to touch.
Lu Yan walked to the stone pillar and placed his palm on the spot where the miasma flowed in.
The black lotus did not fall.
"Keep this method for yourself."
The silver-masked man paused for a moment.
Lu Yan turned to his team members. "First Snow, cut the outer walls of the eight empty towers."
"Wen Yue, shut up."
"Starfall, ride your lance to probe the earth's veins, and avoid the life cycle of the central tower."
"Qin Wuyi, fix the sound field and coordinates, don't let it change its structure."
Lin Chuxue bit into the lollipop and flicked the paper stick into a crack in the rubble. "I'm good at breaking walls."
Wen Yue drew eight rangefinder arrows. "Whose responsibility is it for the materials?"
Zhao Leiguang continued, "The silver-masked man."
"It doesn't have an account."
"Then remember it for its next life."
The outer walls of the eight empty towers were unguarded, and the Blood Explosion Magic Array spread out along the joints of the wall bricks.
Lin Chuxue lowered her staff, and the purple-black array patterns lit up segment by segment.
The stone skin peeled off the pagoda, revealing the intricate cavities inside and the fake lotus pattern.
Wen Yue's rangefinding arrows pierced eight hollow cavities, and Qin Wuyi locked the frequency of the crossbow strings' rebound within the formation.
Each arrow leaves an echo trail.
All eight tracks turn back towards the dome, bypass the inverted street, and then enter the base of the nine lotus lanterns.
Shen Xinglin folded his ever-changing lance into a thin cone and probed it into the crack in the ground of the central square.
The lance pierced through three layers of stone slabs, and the shaft transmitted nine reverse pulls back.
Each pull comes from your feet and is in the same direction.
Wen Yue merged the echo graphs on the terminal, with eight curves forming a circle.
The center of the circle is not in the central tower.
The center of the circle is hidden directly beneath the stone city, at a depth of twenty-seven yards.
Lu Yan overlaid the data of the cavalry lance into the Void Disk.
The nine towers were not embedded in the earth's veins; they were all suspended by chains above.
The structure that truly bears the weight of the array base is buried beneath its feet, and all the divine pathways of the nine lamps converge there.
"The tenth tower." Qin Wuyi looked up at the inverted street below.
The silver-masked man's voice echoed from the tower wall: "You cannot find the entrance."
Lu Yan ignored him.
Qin Wuyi withdrew the outer array plates, leaving only the central tower and the area where the guards were located.
The remaining array plates were laid out along the edge of the stone city according to the new orientation, with the main array plate pressed into the center of the square.
"Stand firm and do not move."
"Stone City is turned over."
The boundary between heaven and earth covers the inverted stone city, and the direction of gravity changes from the bottom of the mountain to the dome.
Street paving stones detached from the rock strata, and broken pillars, ruined walls, and abandoned military equipment rose overhead.
The eight empty towers were left uncovered, and the chains connecting the towers were straightened.
The central tower remained in its original position, and the 367 guards were still protected inside the tower by the front line.
The rock strata beneath the plaza split open to the sides, revealing a circular cavity.
A massive bronze coffin, 27 meters long, hangs in the center of the cavity.
Nine chains hung down from the base of the stone city, suspending the coffin in mid-air.
The end of the chain corresponds to the location of the nine towers.
The coffin lid was covered with animal and military patterns, with only two characters engraved in the center.
Taiyi.
Nezha gripped the Fire-Tipped Spear and stopped at the edge of the cavity.
"Who dares to carve the characters 'Taiyi' here?"