Chapter 89 Desert Search (12) - Treasure Room

Before she could do anything, she suddenly saw a flame appear out of nowhere and start burning along a straight line.

The flames suddenly veered off course and took a straight line. Ning Shu and Wu Yi, fearing the flames would burn them, quickly took a few steps forward when they saw them coming towards their feet.

They then realized that the fire was burning along the ditch that had almost tripped them.

After making three turns, the flames finally formed a rectangle.

At this moment, Ning Shu and the others finally saw the situation inside the space clearly, and their jaws almost dropped to the ground.

The room was filled with glittering gold—or rather, the entire room was filled with objects made of gold, a dazzling array.

Wu Yi stammered, "Sister Ning, is this... really true? Am I... am I seeing things?"

Ning Shu confirmed what he had seen: "It's true."

Wu Yi: "Then...can we...?"

Ning Shu: "No, you can't touch anything here."

Wait a minute, why do these conversations seem so familiar?

It's similar to a line from a movie: the feeling of a poor person suddenly becoming rich is... the same!

Ning Shu was now certain of his guess and even more frightened. Where could there be so much gold? Usually, it's in cemeteries!

Damn it, the game has put her in the dungeon she fears most!

Wu Yi asked in bewilderment, "Why? This is all gold! Gold! And so much of it!"

With another money-grubbing person by her side, Ning Shu had a headache. She thought about it:

"Think about it, in the game now, have you ever seen anyone spend gold to buy things? Don't they all use points or in-game coins?"

After listening, Wu Yi thought for a moment, then nodded, "That seems to be the case."

Ning Shu seized the opportunity to "Try it out": "So, these things are useless to us, and they might even trigger a mechanism."

Think about it, people die for money, what does that tell us? It tells us that money is not easy to obtain, which is why people die so easily.

"You see, we saw it as soon as we came in. Something so easily obtained must be a trap, don't you think?"

Wu Yi was stunned by Ning Shu's words and wholeheartedly agreed with her: "I understand, so these things are all tests that the game is giving us."

Ning Shu gave him a thumbs up: "Smart, we're one step closer to clearing the level."

Alright, having finished brainwashing his companion, Ning Shu led him to the next place, deliberately avoiding the gold objects.

Suddenly, Ning Shu stopped, turned around and asked Wu Yi, "What shape is that blurry block of yours?"

After hearing this, Wu Yi glanced at the upper left of his field of vision, stared at the blurry block for a while, and squeezed out a sentence: "It looks like a tennis racket."

"What?" Ning Shu thought she had misheard. "Like what?"

"……racket."

Wu Yi felt a little insecure because of her tone; he was just telling the truth.

Ning Shu looked at Wu Yi with an expression that suggested he was mentally challenged.

Desert, gold, cemetery—these words combined inevitably evoke images of Egyptian pharaohs or pyramids.

Which of these things has anything to do with a tennis racket? Are they planning to go for an abstract approach and incorporate some sports elements?

"Then... are there any items here that are the same shape as what you're looking for?"

After hearing this, Wu Yi glanced at the countless gold objects behind him and fell silent. The excitement he felt when he saw the gold earlier now made him feel as if he had lost his parents.

It's better to kill him than to make him search for his target among so many objects.

Wu Yi weakly replied, "I...I don't know."

Ning Shu understood: "Why don't you go take a look around? Don't touch anything that isn't your target."

She didn't want this to happen either, but missing out might not be good. Worried that Wu Yi would feel pressured, she comforted him:

"Don't worry, I'll take a look too. I also want to see if my target is in there."

Wu Yi's mood improved a bit, so the two exchanged information about the items they were looking for and began searching on opposite sides.

They finally stopped after a long time, exhausted.

Neither of them found what they were looking for. Ning Shu opened the game panel and glanced at the time.

It was already the evening of the 16th day. They had been up all day and it was time for them to rest.

The fire here seems endless. They've stayed here for so long without incident, so it must be safe. They decided to take a nap here first.

They dared not touch anything, not even lean against the wall, and could only use their supply packs as pillows to sleep directly on the ground. Similarly, the two took turns on night watch.

The next morning, seeing that the fire was still burning, the two ate to fill their stomachs before preparing to explore the next place.

They were walking down a corridor when, somehow, a fire was started on the corridor wall, which was several tens of centimeters from the ceiling.

Wu Yi was tall, and he stood on tiptoe to see where the fires were burning.

It turned out that there was also a thin, long groove in the wall. On one side of the groove was where Ning Shu and the others were standing, and on the other side was the wall, which was also slightly recessed.

The trench was dug out from the protruding part of the wall, and it contained flammable liquids. The fire was produced by the combustion of these liquids.

This is very convenient; they can see without using a flashlight anymore.

After walking about ten meters, they saw a room on their left.

When Ning Shu looked over, her glasses suddenly gave her a hint: two words appeared in the air above the door of the room—"Sacrifice Room".

Just by hearing those two words, you know it's not a good place.

Ning Shu then realized that the glasses had actually started working. She looked towards the back of the corridor and saw the words "Treasure Room" above the doorway.

Good grief, so the glasses were just slacking off before? This prop is truly speechless.

It's hard to say whether it's reliable or not, because its alerts are often inaccurate. But it's also hard to say whether it's unreliable or not, because it can be quite useful in crucial moments.

Wu Yi: "Sister Ning, shall we go in and take a look?"

Ning Shu: "Go, otherwise how will we find the things?"

The two entered the room called the sacrificial chamber. Ning Shusheng was afraid of seeing something he shouldn't see, such as fragments of people's remains.

Surprisingly, there was only a stone table in the middle of the room, with various objects on it, some resembling bowls, plates, and animals. I didn't know what they were used for.

They didn't dare touch anything on the stone table, but their eyes were drawn to the murals on the wall.

They entered from the left and naturally started looking at the murals from the left. After a few glances, Ning Shu realized something was wrong.

“The order of these murals is wrong. We should start reading from the right. Let’s go.” Ning Shu led Wu Yi back to the entrance, where they began to examine the murals on the right side of the entrance.