Golden Summoner

The Sea of ​​Chaos is not calm. On the third day after Xia Ping'an went to sea with Zheng He's fleet, he saw the terrifying side of the Sea of ​​Chaos. There was a clan of sea monsters in the sea that would attack any target that wanted to pass through the Sea of ​​Chaos. .

The Kraken looks like a combination of a mutant mermaid and a scavenger. It is covered in gray-black scales, with wings growing on its back, a mouth full of sharp fangs, and hands. It can use cold weapons. The combat power of a Kraken is actually not that great. It's not strong, but what's scary is that there are too many sea monsters in the Sea of ​​Chaos. This is a huge population.

They will suddenly jump out of the sea, fly in the air like flying fish, and attack people or ships across the sea in groups.

However, Zheng He's fleet appeared to be exceptionally calm and well-trained when facing the Kraken's attack.

Before the Kraken launches an attack, the Yin and Yang officials in the fleet can predict the approximate time and number of the Kraken's attack through a strict divination system, such as weather, sea currents, good or bad luck in the passage of time, tortoise shells and other objects. , then, the fleet's flagship will send a signal, and each ship in the fleet will be ready for battle.

Each ship in the fleet is protected by powerful talismans and formations. Foreign objects cannot invade the entire fleet under the water. This prevents the Kraken from attacking the fleet from the bottom of the sea. It can only jump out of the sea and attack the fleet from the air. .

When the Kraken strikes in the future, all non-combatant personnel such as fire chiefs, civilian crewmen, helmsmen, squad men, generals, clerks, scribes, etc. on each ship in the fleet will be evacuated from the deck. The officers, flag troops, warriors, sailors and others all entered combat positions. When the sea monsters began to attack from the air, from a distance of a thousand meters, the thunder cannons in the fleet would complete the first attack on the sea monsters in the air. A wave of long-range strikes.

After the sea monsters passed through the attack of the thunderbolt cannons and got a little closer to the fleet, the artillery in the fleet began to fire. Zheng He's fleet was equipped with a large number of copper and iron artillery. The iron sand-filled cannons fired , you can beat the sea monsters in the nearby airspace like dumplings and fall into the sea one after another.

When the sea monsters passed through the blockade of the artillery net and got closer to the fleet, it was the turn of the firecrackers on the fleet to show off their power. Warriors and sailors stood in rows on the deck holding firecrackers, In a three-stage attack, he fired fiercely at the sea monsters. This is the fleet's third line of defense.

There are not many Kraken who can pass through these three lines of defense and approach the fleet. When the Kraken truly approaches the ship, under the protection of shields and armor, the other warriors waiting on the ship will use their hooks, hooks, hooks, and hooks. Javelins, ghost-headed swords, bows, and crossbows were greeted with a roar.

Amidst the violent winds and waves of the Sea of ​​Chaos, the warriors and sailors on the ship sang neat battle chants, laughed one by one, and faced the sea monster, hot weapons and cold weapons with fearless heroism and passion. The coordination of the weapons reached a perfect level, killing the sea monsters who attacked the fleet and defeating them. Such a scene infected Xia Ping'an, and he couldn't help but join the battle. He took a hook and sickle gun and fought with the fleet. The brave sailors killed the sea monster together.

The brave sailors in the fleet who were injured in the battle would soon be carried off by the healers in the fleet. After being treated by the healers, they would soon return to the battlefield alive and well.

Those sailors and warriors whose injuries were more serious and could make doctors helpless would be sent to Zheng He. At this time, Zheng He would take out a golden box from his body and open it solemnly. In the box, there would be a heart shaped like A treasure with brilliant teeth, just by being illuminated by the treasure's light, sailors and warriors, no matter how seriously injured, can recover immediately.

The treasure in that box, Zheng He said, was the most important treasure he received overseas during his several voyages to the West - the Tooth Relic of the Buddha!

Under the blessing of the Buddha's Tooth Relic, everyone in Zheng He's fleet, to a certain extent, became as powerful as the Immortal Legion.

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Xia Ping'an and Zheng He's fleet sailed on the Sea of ​​Chaos for more than two months and experienced more than ten battles. One day more than two months later, Zheng He's fleet sailed to a sea area in the Sea of ​​Chaos. , there is a Mayan-style golden pyramid with a circumference of more than 20 kilometers, standing in the sea, like a golden mountain, and on the top of the pyramid, there is a huge space portal, shining brightly, hundreds of miles away on the sea. can see.

"Climb this pyramid and pass through the space portal on the top of the pyramid, and you will be able to leave the Sea of ​​Chaos. Behind that space portal is the last test of the Yuanji Temple, the endless maze. I wish you good luck!" Zheng He Said to Xia Pingan.

"Thank you Mr. Zheng and all the brothers in the fleet for escorting us. See you later!"

After Xia Pingan said goodbye to everyone in the fleet, he got on a small boat put down from the treasure ship. The sailor who was driving the boat took Xia Pingan to the edge of the pyramid. Xia Pingan jumped out of the boat, climbed up the steps of the pyramid, and followed the steps. , walked directly to the top of the pyramid step by step.

When Xia Ping'an reached the top, he looked back. On the sea, Zheng He and his fleet were still staying. On Zheng He's treasure ship flagship, the sun and moon flag of the Ming Dynasty was raised again. Zheng He stood on the highest deck of the treasure ship. Hai Linfeng looked at himself from a distance and waved to himself. The loud horn sound that sounded in the fleet at this time was the final farewell.

"Goodbye, the Ming Dynasty's invincible fleet, goodbye, the warriors who measured the entire planet!" Xia Pingan waved to Zheng He and the fleet, turned around and walked into the space portal behind him.

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Various lights flashed in front of his eyes. When those lights disappeared, Xia Pingan found that he was in a strange place - this place was a huge circular hall. He was in the middle of the hall, and around the hall, There were two portals, right in front of him, one on the left and one on the right. The two portals at the back were two spatial passages.

The two portals are still changing colors alternately, one red and one basket.

"This is the most complex endless maze in the Yuanji Temple. No wonder this level requires top divination skills to pass. With the layout here, ordinary divination skills are useless..." Xia Ping'an looked around with an expression. He immediately became serious. Among the two portals in this hall, only one is correct. If you walk into the correct portal, you can enter the next level of the maze. The other portal is wrong, and you can enter the wrong portal. , there are only two results. Those who are lucky will be teleported out of the Yuanji Temple and cannot enter again. Those who are unlucky and step into the door of death when they die will be dead. The colors of the two portals are changing, which means The correctness or incorrectness of these two portals changes with time.

The innate wisdom in Xia Pingan's eyes was turning rapidly. He stared at the two portals for a while, then walked directly over. When the portal on the left lit up with red light, he entered the portal on the left in one step. among.

After a second, the red light dissipated, and Xia Pingan, who had passed through the portal, found that he had come to another hall. This hall was slightly larger than the previous hall, and the number of portals in the hall became four, larger than the previous one. There are twice as many as one, and the brilliance on each portal is constantly changing.

After locking a portal, Xia Pingan entered it again.

The third, larger hall appeared in front of Xia Pingan, and the number of portals in the hall in front of him became eight. The difficulty of divination has doubled compared to the last time. If it is purely based on luck, , the possibility of entering the correct portal by chance here is only one in eight.

"Sure enough, the simpler things will be, the more difficult they will be. If you play according to the rules of this maze, it will become more difficult as you go to the end. At the end, the chance of finding the correct door by luck is almost zero!" Xia Ping'an's face became serious. Getting up, he took a deep breath and stepped into a portal again.

The portal of the fourth hall has become 16...

The hall of the fifth portal has become 32...

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When Xia Pingan passed through the maze portal for the eighteenth time, what appeared in front of him was a starry sky. In this starry sky, there were 262,144 portals in front of him.

Based on his feeling, Xia Pingan knew that this should be the last level of the maze. The correct portal was just one of the 262,144 portals.