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"Sure." Sister Xi agreed directly. She has also recently fallen in love with Director Shang's works, but she doesn't dare to watch them alone. It happens that Qu Licong always invites her, which makes it very convenient... cough.
The previous plot was something they had just watched, and it was still vivid in their minds. They could even replay it with their eyes closed.
After exploring the murals in the tomb of the cat, dog and male pet, the protagonist team found the mechanism and passed through the second palace. There was another courtyard behind, with a deep pool in the center, and behind the pool was the third palace.
Now, there are only three of them left as the known survivors of the trial: Lan Qing, General Hua, and the researcher. Even if they appear to be at odds with each other, they still have to work together.
After some deduction, the three discovered that this time the passage was under the pool, and they needed to use a mechanism to drain the water before they could pass.
The entire palace at the back is an attractive trap with many corpses inside, perhaps some of which are the corpses possessed by the trial-takers.
The audience's comments on this are: [One ring after another, it's really a good trap, the princess has figured out all the thirty-six strategies. ]
During this process, the three of them also discovered murals one after another. The content on the murals showed that the princess did not die after being stabbed in the back by her male favorite. She used the time on her sickbed to fake her own death and escape. She found out that the mastermind behind the scenes was indeed her own younger brother, the current emperor.
The princess's tomb had been opened once at that time, and a fake corpse of the princess was placed inside.
This also explains why there is an escape passage in the mausoleum. It was left by the princess for herself, rather than being dug by the craftsmen for escape.
The princess left the imperial city and returned to the army. This time she directly chose to rebel and successfully seized power. She poisoned the emperor's brother to death, destroyed the imperial mausoleum, and moved all the original emperor's products into her own mausoleum.
The corpse of the emperor's younger brother was also manipulated by her. The three-legged golden crow monster in the underground palace was transformed from his corpse.
This life experience shocked the barrage:
[Oh my god, this tomb owner is so fierce, no wonder the copy is so brutal. ]
[I was so shocked that I could only say admiration. 】
[So the emperor's younger brother was killed once again... Light the candle! The boss this time is so powerful that I'm already worried about the protagonist. ]
However, a few years after the princess ascended the throne, she encountered an assassin. She was stabbed again by a sword at a banquet and was unable to recover. She survived for more than a month before passing away, ending her magnificent life.
After passing through the pool mechanism, the three finally entered the main tomb chamber. It was a huge underground space with a white marble stone bridge in the middle of the air and a coffin below.
There is no accompanying burial area around the coffin. Her children, male favorites, husband, and father are not here. The only thing that accompanies her is a tree with golden branches and jade leaves, as if the words "alone and widowed" have been engraved into her soul.
To answer the questions in the trial field and locate the "real treasure" in the princess's tomb, one must get close to the coffin.
Of course, the tree had also been transformed by the trial field, and the paper spread like a snake. After a fierce battle, the three opened the coffin and obtained the burial objects that accompanied the princess -
As [Don't Like Sweets] guessed, in the end you have to choose one from several treasures, and each treasure has symbolic meaning!
It is also the jade seal of the princess's mansion. From the previous murals, we can infer that it is a symbol of the emperor's favor. Later, it also symbolizes the princess's power to a certain extent;
The same is true of the ivory belt that the princess gave to her cats, dogs, and male favorites. It symbolizes the favor and even love bestowed by the princess, and also means the way the princess rules;
The princess also killed her brother and seized the most honorable Emperor's Tripod among the burial objects, which symbolized supreme power and was also her trophy.
The last one is the most inconspicuous. It is the Tongbao copper coins made by the princess herself after she ascended the throne. Several strings of them were randomly piled up in the tomb. It symbolizes the princess's complete rule over the country and her ambition for reform. However, the coin was not successfully circulated. Not only that, but the princess's death also caused the collapse of their domestic economic system.
It’s just a bit strange that the princess, who is supposed to be the big boss, is actually sleeping in the coffin. She doesn’t resurrect or mutate, and her bones are a little rotten, which is inconsistent with the audience’s psychological preparation.
The previous episode ended here. The audience had a heated discussion about the treasure and many discussion threads were opened on the forum.
If we follow the intuition of interstellar viewers, we will definitely choose the belt, because "love comes first" is a universal perception.
However, Director Shang never follows routines, so the option should be born from the other three.
[I pledge the princess's seal. Without it, the princess would not be able to take power. It also symbolizes the bond between father and daughter.]
[Of course it's the last copper coin! It is a symbol of complete domination. ]
[Ahhh, so conflicted. If the currency circulation was successful, it would be fine, but the policy failed. I still think it is the Emperor's Tripod. Doesn't it also symbolize her high imperial power? ]
The one with the highest number of votes is the Tianzi Ding. Qu Li also prefers this one from the bottom of her heart, but Sister Xi thinks that such an obvious option must be confusing. Both of them are waiting for today's update to reveal the secret.
In the picture, the three of them returned to the jade bridge above, and they all held different opinions and could not make a decision.
The treasure question is a compulsory question. In comparison, the additional question "The cause of the princess' death" is easier to reason about. All three of them believe that her death was not caused by a single assassination, but the combination of new and old wounds from two stabbings.
This answer was indeed accepted. The inorganic voice of the trial system asked calmly: "What is the real treasure in the princess's tomb? Please answer."
At this moment, something strange happened!
The princess' skeleton in the coffin below began to tremble, and a red shadow emerged from above. A translucent, ghost-like woman opened her eyes and looked straight at them.
This glance seemed to be accompanied by the sound of war. Qu Li, who was outside the screen, felt a chill on his back. Even the system suddenly went into garbled code and issued a sound: "Detection... Error..."
The researcher cursed: "Fuck, what's going on? Isn't it true that there will be no more danger in the trial field after the question-answering time begins?!"
The three were completely unprepared, the sky collapsed, the earth broke, the tomb shook, and the jade bridge began to collapse!
General Hua and Lan Qing reacted the fastest, but the fat researcher was not flexible enough and stepped on empty air, falling downwards.
"save……"
The researcher stopped saying the words "save me" halfway because she felt that General Hua would not save her. If you put yourself in his shoes, if someone who wanted to kill you before is now in danger and asks you for help, she will definitely not lend a hand.
The researcher then closed her eyes. People like her have already rehearsed the scene of their own death countless times in their minds, and when death really comes, they feel calm and can only laugh at themselves.
Qu Licong murmured: "This character has really stood out..."
The researcher may be cold-blooded and overly vigilant, which makes the audience dislike her, but at the same time, she is not a weak cannon fodder. Her principles always run through her actions, and she does not lose her composure even when she bears the price and is about to pay with her life.
Just as the stone the researcher was holding was about to break, a hand suddenly grabbed her wrist the next moment!
The researcher opened her eyes in shock, only to see General Hua holding her tightly!
[Ahhh, I don’t know why I’m so excited, but this scene is really shocking! ]
[General Hua, please, sob! She and Lan Qing are both people who can’t bear to watch life slip away before their eyes…]
[It turns out that the scene in the OP happened here! So exciting! ]
The barrage of comments howled to express their feelings, and it was the scene that appeared in the opening song. It was obvious that from now on the researcher would join the protagonist group, and the trio would be officially complete.
Amidst the rocks, Lan Qing turned around, stretched out her hand, grabbed the researcher, and pulled her up.
"I...you..." The researcher, who was always eloquent, was rarely able to speak. Lan Qing interrupted her: "Stop talking nonsense and run with us!"
The three people escaped, but the overhead bridge was completely broken.
[In fact, Dr. Liang is a good person, otherwise he would not have saved them in the underground palace of Jinwu. Now that Lan Qing has saved her once, her heart must be completely hardened. ]
[A person who doesn't believe in the existence of friendship is saved by others when on the verge of death. This design is so wonderful...]
[You are all analyzing, but I am the only one shouting: I got it! The main characters are good no matter how they are arranged and digested! ]
Qu Licong's heart was in a knot. Not only the jade bridge, but the entire tomb showed signs of collapse. However, the princess's shadow did not look at them, but raised her head and looked coldly into the void.
Lan Qing knew that this would not work, and she had to teleport out as soon as possible, so she shouted, "For the treasure, I choose copper coins!"
The reason why she made up her mind was different from what others speculated:
"Only the unfinished and desired things are the most valuable. How can the princess take the achievements that have been completed seriously?"
She guessed right!
The system started to settle accounts with a ticking sound, and at the same time, it kept freezing:
"Warning... The copy has collapsed by 20%... Warning..."
"The degree of copy collapse is 89%... Warning... The degree of destruction is increasing rapidly..."
The sound of machinery gradually stirred up, and the copy was about to close. Several people were emitting blue light of transmission. The researcher threw a token: "Next time we meet, remember to call me Dr. Liang!"
She finally introduced herself.
Just as the transmission was about to be completed, the princess's shadow suddenly rushed out, with five fingers pointing directly at the dome. An unexpected scene occurred, and the dome of the tomb seemed to be torn open, revealing a dark cross-section.
And in that black, there were actually many blue strings flowing rapidly——
"It's really boring. Can more people die? Why didn't the boss come out to kill people this time?"
"I lost my bet. Can that bastard named Lan Qing just die?"
"Hahaha, I made money! I'm counting on you, little Lanqing, please make more for me!..."
There is a garbled username in front of each string, which looks like... like a barrage sent by the audience!
"This..." Qu Li couldn't help but exclaimed, "What is this?!"
[Hiss, I got goosebumps all over my body! ]
[Oh my god, why are there bullet comments? Does it mean that someone has been watching their trials? I put myself in their shoes and thought about us, the audience, and suddenly got goosebumps...]
[That's different. Look at what those comments are saying... They are simply treating human life as a joke! ]
At this moment, Lan Qing and all the audience felt a bone-chilling chill.
——The so-called "Trial Field" is a joke. It is essentially a "Colosseum" or "Amphitheater". Advanced civilizations have imprisoned them, making them fight each other and broadcasting the whole process live. The audience, like the ancient nobles, cheer and bet on the blood.
They and the monsters in the trial field were just a source of fun and were not treated as human beings at all!
So, is the princess actually helping them?
The blue fluorescent barrage only appeared for a moment before disappearing again, and the crack "healed" again, turning into a normal tomb chamber.
The princess's shadow seemed to be severely injured, frowning, and her figure was a little lighter. She turned her head, and her shadow suddenly fluttered over, turning into a wisp of blood and entering Lan Qing's hand bowl.
Lan Qing screamed in pain and opened her eyes wide in surprise, only to see a scarlet dragon-shaped pattern appear on her wrist.
Trialists are not allowed to take anything away from the dungeon, they can only take rewards allowed by the system. But this time, she took away a "tattoo"... along with the "Princess Spirit" inside.
The world view setting thrown out at the end of the second unit of "Infinite Heartbeat" caused a huge stir on the Star Network.
[Every work of Director Shang says that the most terrifying thing is not monsters, but humans and intelligent life like humans...]
[sos, after watching this episode I had a nightmare for the first time in a long time. In the dream I was still living my daily life, but at the end I suddenly realized that I was also being watched! 】
[Now I think all monsters have pretty faces, I can do that too, Princess Sister! ]
The final dragon tattoo made many viewers excited.
[The boss of this dungeon is really awesome. She noticed the trial field and didn't attack the protagonists. Can the protagonists communicate with the boss in this way in the future? ]
[It’s a good idea, but I think it’s difficult. The system will definitely take precautions in the future. ]
[The trio is finally together. Will they be targeted by the trial field? I’m scared...]
For Shang Jingyan, it is not a new tactic for someone behind the scenes to watch the protagonist's struggle. Works such as "The World of Chu ０" and "Black ０ Empire" are full of similar imaginations, and they are famous masterpieces.
But after searching the interstellar world, she found that the situation of this type of subject matter was very subtle.
It’s not that there aren’t any, but they are relatively few and not well-known.
Although it is terrifying when you think about it carefully, it cannot be classified as a dark horror theme. So why was it "erased"?
Shang Jingyan was very curious whether the answer to this question was what she thought.
The scene in which Lan Qing saw the barrage appear and disappear was not conceived in the original outline stage, but after Shang Jingyan saw the jellyfish monster in his dream, he changed his original idea.
It has become what it is now, like a corner of the real world leaking out from the darkness.
The "audience" in the work will notice the protagonist, but will the jellyfish monster in reality notice her?
Shang Jingyan propped up his chin with one hand and looked through the messages on the Star Network. X71 didn't know what the host was thinking, but just cheered for her success.
Just then, a message popped up on the computer.
【Your approach is too radical. 】
Shang Jingyan once again received the anonymous message that was obviously from the Zhenwu Group.
After this accusation, the other party paused before sending another sentence.
[Next Monday at 1pm on the Capital Star, we will discuss this in detail at the regular meeting. You need to get to know your companions in the main star system.]
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