Chapter 59 Destroying the Sculpture
"Let's see who can get within five meters of the sculpture first without getting hurt!" Song Yu'an proposed the rules of the competition.
Seeing the two male members of the team full of energy, Qin Zhiyu and Wu Chufu looked at each other and set off together, not wanting to be outdone!
20 meters, 15 meters, 10 meters!
"Swish!" Perhaps sensing the approach of four people, the sculpture suddenly fired thousands of arrows. In an instant, the sky was filled with rain of arrows!
The team members didn't even have a chance to dodge and could only rely on their own ingenuity to knock off the arrow shafts or avoid the vital parts.
The rain of arrows was fired very cleverly at the four people in the team, and they were all shot down one by one by everyone in the team.
"Victory belongs to our entire team!" Qin Zhiyu said with a smile.
No one was injured!
They were already close to the sculpture. The distance was not long, and the dense rain of arrows only slightly slowed down their pace.
"Every time the statue rotates, the speed of the rain of arrows will be twice as fast as last time!" Tang Jinye said after shooting down three rounds of rain of arrows.
This sculpture is cut from a solid piece of stone. The head is hollow and covered with a stone shell, which is the only place with a gap.
"Seal its gap and stop it from rotating!" After observing the principle of how the sculpture fired arrows, Qin Zhiyu gave the order without hesitation.
"Hold it!" Song Yu'an understood what Qin Zhiyu meant, and without saying a word, he took his long sword and stepped forward to clear the way.
The hand holding the hilt showed smooth muscle lines, which knocked away the arrow blade neatly and inserted the long knife into the sculpture.
When the sculpture rotates, the upper body is used to leverage the force, and both hands tightly grasp the handle of the knife to support the body.
Such a tough blade has not broken yet, which shows that it is at least a silver-level weapon.
Song Yu'an's feet were made of special materials with thick soles, so they would not be pierced by arrows at all. He avoided the arrow tips and kicked away all the arrows shot at him.
"Your arm strength is well trained!" Tang Jinye's eyes lit up.
He thought that Song Yu'an was a real talent. Whether it was using his hands to support the whole body's strength to kick his legs, or knowing the direction of the arrow shot at him without looking around and relying only on his keen judgment, these were not things that could be done overnight.
The three people who saw this scene naturally would not stand idly by. Qin Zhiyu picked up the double sword Nine-Curve Sword and took two steps at a time to help Song Yu'an knock off the arrow blade beside him.
Holding the scimitar in his left hand, he knocked away the arrow blade with his right hand while inserting the scimitar into the gap of the sculpture.
With the help of Qin Zhiyu and Song Yu'an, the sculpture's rotation speed slowed down by another three points.
This wave of arrows seemed to be coming to an end.
According to the rules of observation, the sculpture should pause briefly for half a second, then rotate quickly once more, shooting out more arrow blades at a faster speed.
Since they've stuck the statue, it's now a wrestling match between the statue and the two weapons.
Speaking of Tang Jinye's weapon, it is very special. It is hard to imagine that such a gentle man like him has a sledgehammer as his weapon. This sledgehammer is not as thin as a sword or a knife.
They couldn't get into the gap to stop the sculpture from moving, and could only help the team members who were wrestling with the sculpture.
So Tang Jinye hesitated at first.
At the same time, Wu Chufu picked up his two swords and found another position opposite to Qin Zhiyu and the others. Under the cover of Tang Jinye, he inserted the two swords into the gaps of the sculpture.
The sporadic arrows were knocked away by Tang Jinye with a sledgehammer.
Therefore, the other three people only need to devote a small part of their attention to shooting down the occasional missed arrows and guarding against sudden attacks from the sculptures.
Most of the strength of Qin Zhiyu and the other three people was used to prevent the statue from continuing to rotate.
Wu Chufu was slightly weaker than the others, but the two short blades were stuck in the gap just right.
It can be stuck without using too much force, and will not be pushed out of the gap by the inertia of the sculpture's own rotation.
Watching as all the arrows were fired, the statue continued to slowly rotate.
Tang Jinye held the sledgehammer and thought for a while, if he used 90% of his strength to attack the sculpture.
The sculpture was stuck underneath and couldn't move, so his attack might break through the sculpture's defense.
With the gap, the force of the sculpture's rotation will be greatly reduced, but it may be a bit troublesome after attacking.
After a brief thought, Tang Jinye jumped up three meters high.
The veins on the arm holding the hammer bulged, tightly stretching the tight shirt he was wearing, and the hammer hit the hollow part at the top of the sculpture.
Sculptures are made of stone. Even if they are hollow, stone sculptures cannot be easily shaken.
But his big hammer was extremely powerful in his hands. The other three people prevented the sculpture from moving, and he swung the hammer more than ten times in a row.
Bang bang bang!
The sound of iron and stone colliding echoed nearby, but there was no team nearby.
Perhaps the rain of arrows was too powerful, preventing the rest of the team from arriving, so no one approached the sculptures in their area.
At this time, Tang Jinye had created a deep crack on the hollow top of the sculpture.
"What a great guy." Song Yu'an exclaimed in admiration.
His arm strength is not weak, but it is very difficult for him to use a big iron hammer to cut such a big hole in a stone sculpture that is more than ten centimeters thick. He may not be able to do it. Tang Jinye's strength should not be underestimated!
Song Yu'an couldn't help but wonder, if he and Tang Jinye were to fight, would he be able to dodge his attacks? Would he be able to withstand his hammer?
This is also what the other two female teammates are thinking at this time.
Qin Zhiyu's angle was just at the bottom of the crack. Looking at the hard-earned crack, she took out a scimitar and hooked it into the crack.
Following the broken hole, he thrust the scimitar's blade into the sculpture with all his might.
Seeing Qin Zhiyu stuck in this attack, Tang Jinye instantly understood what Qin Zhiyu meant.
He put away the sledgehammer, took the knife that Qin Zhiyu had blocked, and using his extraordinary arm strength, pushed the tip of the knife into the hollow sculpture along the gap, and pulled it down fiercely!
This time, under the power of four people, the stone sculpture no longer emitted any rain of arrows.
Kara...Cilong...
Just like the sound of the original green train running, it was slow and hoarse. After struggling twice, the sculpture stopped turning completely.
The four of them tried to relax their strength, but the sculpture still did not seem to move. Qin Zhiyu and his group knew that this was basically a success!
"Why haven't the points changed?" Wu Chufu drew his dagger and looked up at the leaderboard in confusion.
"Could it be that we didn't completely destroy this sculpture?" Qin Zhiyu glanced at the ranking list, walked around the sculpture twice and said.
The destroyed sculpture was left with only a few empty holes, densely packed with holes, and arrow blades scattered all over the ground.
These arrow handles are as thick as a child's little finger and are made of some unknown fine material. Although a few of them are broken, most of them are still intact.
The tip of the arrow is not big, but it looks shiny and sharp.
"This sculpture should have a mechanism to rotate. Could it be that we are asked to completely destroy the mechanism? Not just the sculpture?" Tang Jinye said with a thoughtful expression.
"Split it open and see! We can't waste time here!" Song Yu'an said in a hurry.
"Take turns in groups of two." Qin Zhiyu also stepped forward and stood on both sides of the sculpture with Song Yu'an and said.
Qin Zhiyu took out an axe. The quality of this axe was second only to silver. Although it was not as good as a blade, it could exert better force.
The place where Song Yu'an was standing before was exactly in the direction of the crack, and under the great force, the crack expanded further.
Qin Zhiyu was quite strong, and with just a few strikes with the axe he opened a hole on the other end of the sculpture.
The two of them knew when to stop and understood the importance of conserving their energy, so they left the next position to Wu Chufu and Tang Jinye.
Tang Jinye stood in front of Qin Zhiyu, who spoke less. He was stronger than Wu Chufu, and Wu Chufu followed Song Yu'an's attack.
Snap——
“It’s open!”
"That's their central control system, right?" Qin Zhiyu said, looking at the sophisticated gears of the equipment meshing together.
The four of them could still clearly see that the gears were turning slightly, but it was not enough to drive the sculpture to attack.
"No wonder the ranking list didn't give us any points!" Wu Chufu suddenly realized.
"I want to collect this equipment. It won't take time. Can I use other items as compensation?" Qin Zhiyu said as he looked at these sophisticated instruments.
The metal may be ordinary metal, but such precision machinery may have unusual effects if it is studied by 007.
"These broken equipment are worth nothing. You don't need to compensate me." Song Yu'an said readily.
The other two also nodded in response. No one would want this thing if they sold it, and they didn't need it for themselves. So it didn't matter if they gave it away as a favor.
"Okay." Qin Zhiyu didn't say much.
She thrust her scimitar into the gaping hole and pried away the entire stone slab at the bottom along with the tool.
Although his teammates didn't let Qin Zhiyu accept their favor, everyone contributed to getting this thing, and it couldn't just be attributed to points.
She took note of it and would find an opportunity to compensate them later.
"Let's each pick up some arrows from the arrowheads below and take them away! These arrows are well-made. Our weapons can't easily cut them off." Qin Zhiyu said as he picked up an arrow.
She bent the shaft hard, but it didn't hurt. It seemed the initial sight of the broken arrows was just a coincidence. The angle and force of the pregnancy... combined.
"The points have changed!"
"We're still number one."
"As expected! If you ask me, our team is absolutely invincible in this space."
"That's very like you, but I think you're right."
"The next sculpture is more than fifty meters from here. Let's go."
…
Qin Zhiyu handed each of the three people in the team a bottle of nutritious matcha and two pure meat sausages.
007 prepared a variety of drinks for her, and there were several large barrels of drinking water in the storage device, so she took out some nutritious drinks to reward everyone.
007 prepared a lot of pure meat sausages for her, all of which were handmade sausages.
It is convenient and easy to carry, and it can replenish salt and nutrition, and it is also high in energy.
It can be said to be a must-have product for monastic travel.
Qin Zhiyu didn't give the other team members a chance to refuse and threw it to them directly.
The team had just finished defeating the sculpture and was now mentally exhausted and their energy was also greatly depleted, so it was difficult for anyone to truly refuse these things.
"Little Feather is so thoughtful." Wu Chufu smiled lightly, with dimples on both sides of his mouth.
The charming fox eyes were raised, and the slender but not sharp chin made her look extremely charming. Qin Zhiyu, who was also a woman, was stunned by this smile.
Seeing Wu Chufu's smile, Tang Jinye couldn't help but indulge in it. He had never seen Wu Chufu smile so purely.
I stared at her smile in a daze. How come this feeling was not bad?
Wu Chufu did not notice Tang Jinye's little action, but Qin Zhiyu and Song Yu'an saw it all and understood it.
"We are already within 30 meters of the sculpture. Why is it still not moving?" Qin Zhiyu said, feeling something was wrong.
"Isn't this a sculpture for long-range attack?" Wu Chufu came to this conclusion.
All four of them were prepared to avoid sudden attacks.
"The ground ahead is collapsing!" said Tang Jinye.
He looked at the originally hard ground, which gradually softened as they approached, and was visibly rolling.
This inevitably reminded him of his real life, when he went on adventures to some places and saw quicksand in the desert.
There would also be swamps in the meadow. He once saw a rabbit fleeing in panic and falling into the swamp, getting completely stuck in it in just a few breaths.
The swamp remained calm as if nothing had happened, quietly waiting for other prey to come.
"How can we get close to this sculpture? The ground doesn't look like quicksand, nor does it look like a swamp." Song Yu'an said with a frown.
“Quack, quack, quack!”
"Oh my God, why are there so many big toads?" Wu Chufu said in surprise and disgust.
From the back of the sculpture jumped out huge toads, each one the size of a basketball.
The toads took three or two light steps and appeared in front of them.
"Hiss!" Tang Jinye took a sharp breath. A toad stuck out its tongue and hit his leg.
"This tongue is sticky and they can't bounce it off!" Tang Jinye kicked his legs but couldn't get rid of the tongue.
On the contrary, the toad remained squatting on the ground motionless, following the rhythm of his leg swings.
He pulled his legs with considerable strength, trying to pull Tang Jinye into the swamp.
Many toads jumped out of the swamp, but miraculously they did not sink.
However, the rocks and sand they brought up fell into the swamp and quickly merged with it.
Seeing this, Qin Zhiyu used the Nine-Curve Sword to chop off the toad's tongue and then stopped.
"How could this toad suddenly appear? It doesn't look like it lives in this swamp." Wu Chufu looked at the geographical environment. There was nothing around for the toad to eat. So, how did they survive?
"Logically, the statue's attack method should be the swamp. Parasitic life doesn't exist in desolate and arid places."
"But this toad has strong attack power and tenacious vitality. There is something wrong with this sculpture!" Qin Zhiyu also felt something was wrong and spoke up.
"This taste is wrong!" Wu Chufu said softly.
With the cover of his teammates, he picked up a handful of soil, fanned it from a distance and smelled the scent.
"This soil has been added with something!" Amidst the croaking of toads, the voices were low and only the four of them could hear them.
After hearing this, the other three also understood and continued to attack the toad without making any noise, but secretly bypassed the toad and approached the back of the sculpture in pairs.
If they were truly weak, they would have been dragged into the swamp by the toad by now! Thinking of this, the few of them silently suppressed their anger.
(End of this chapter)
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