The floating earth guarded by the Dark Mother Beast is divided into two layers. The upper layer is about ten meters high and is mostly suspended in the air, with only a row of earth blocks connecting it to the lower layer.
More than 20 meters above the upper layer is the lower layer of loose soil, which is also a layer of various types of loose soil blocks.
The dark ruins are hidden in the second layer of blocks.
Lin Xu crossed a small patch of grass before arriving at the building.
This is the entrance to a building constructed of charred black rock, with a twisted and intricate relief pattern on the door frame that resembles many dark orcas intertwined.
The ruins have only one entrance, with the rest of the structures located underground.
Lin Xu tried placing his hand on the gate of the ruins, and the gate suddenly trembled and slowly opened to both sides.
The ruins weren't very large, so Lin Xu didn't bring all the Peach Fairies with him. He only took Xiao Yu and Tao Yao with him as they entered the ruins.
Suddenly everything went dark ahead, and the gate to the ruins behind them slammed shut.
Lin Xu was not surprised.
Ruins are facilities with such mechanisms. Generally, you need to pass through the ruins to successfully leave them. Otherwise, you have to stay in the ruins for at least 30 days and wait for them to reset automatically before you can escape through the temporarily opened gate.
Lin Xu casually summoned an exploration flashlight, illuminating the dark path ahead, and led Xiao Yu and Tao Yao deeper into the ruins' passage.
However, just as they stepped into an underground hall, a light suddenly appeared ahead.
The walls around the hall were covered with black lamp bases, which were now illuminated with blue lights, instantly brightening the hall.
However, just as the light and shadow were alternating and the eyes needed to adjust to the light, many firing holes suddenly appeared on the walls on Lin Xu's left and right sides.
Silently, numerous stone arrows shot out from the hole, heading straight for Lin Xu and his companions.
Lin Xu raised an eyebrow.
Although changes in light and darkness can affect the eyes of ordinary people, his vitality is extremely strong now, and his life level has reached an extraordinary level, so his vision is not so easily affected.
So when the firing port appeared, he immediately sensed something was wrong, put the flashlight back into his personal space, and then took out two steel plates.
This thing was originally seized from other island owners; it was raw material used to forge machinery.
But in this situation, this thing is the best shield.
Bang bang bang bang!
The continuous sound of impact reached the ears of Lin Xu and his two companions.
The two steel plates in Lin Xu's hands were constantly being struck, and the arrows that hit the iron plates were all shattered and scattered all over the ground.
Tao Yao and Xiao Yu then realized what was happening and frowned.
"They actually ambushed us! This ruin is too treacherous!"
Tao Yao cried out and flew into the air, already holding out a large peach.
She would unleash a peach bomb if there was any unusual activity.
Xiao Yu has already gathered a strong wind around him, which can be released at any time to resist damage and fight against enemies.
However, just as the two women came to their senses, the number of stone arrows around them had gradually decreased.
But the next moment, the stone slab beneath Lin Xu and Xiao Yu's feet suddenly twitched and flipped downwards.
Peach Blossom felt nothing while flying in the air, but Little Jade cried out in surprise and was about to fall from the sky.
But just as Xiaoyu screamed, a large hand reached out and wrapped around her waist. Then, the owner of that hand grabbed the edge of the trap with his other hand and pulled hard.
The two of them jumped out of the trap and landed in the front hall.
The person who made the move was Lin Xu.
His reaction was much faster than the two elves. He sensed something was wrong when the trap appeared and easily avoided it with his strong body.
As soon as he and Xiaoyu entered the hall, Lin Xu had already raised his other hand to summon a boomerang.
This ruin is so treacherous; there might be traps and troubles to come. If there's no way to avoid them, he plans to deal with it violently and destroy all the mechanisms.
However, after Lin Xu waited for a while, the hall, which was lit up, did not change much.
The two traps in the passage seemed to be the last offensive traps in this ruin; there were no more dangerous traps after that.
Tao Yao finally recovered from the shock of the previous turn of events and flew over, shouting:
"There was a trap underfoot! Master, you're amazing, you managed to dodge it."
Xiaoyu gradually came to her senses and felt Lin Xu still holding her waist, her face flushed.
The owner is so handsome!
Xiaoyu cried out in her heart.
However, she gradually calmed down, but was slightly frustrated.
She was summoned to the ruins by her master, but she didn't seem to be of any use along the way. Her wind-based powers could clearly have blocked the traps, but she didn't realize how to use them.
As expected, she is still too inexperienced and needs to continue to improve. Whether it is manipulating weapons, controlling the wind, or making machines, she must work harder to practice. She must not hold her master back like she did this time!
Xiaoyu secretly made up her mind.
Lin Xu had been observing the situation in the hall for a while.
"It looks like the next challenge is the ruins puzzle. There are three in total. If we can't solve them, we'll be stuck in these ruins for 30 days."
Lin Xu spoke calmly, drawing the attention of Xiao Yu and the other girl.
The two women then began to examine the hall, and then they saw a very thick wall in front of the hall.
The wall was divided into three parts, with three sets of mechanisms on it, corresponding to three puzzles.
Only after solving these three puzzles should this thick wall be removed.
As for what's behind the wall, that remains to be seen.
The two girls, Tao Yao and Tao Yao, began to focus on the mystery.
Lin Xu had already scanned the riddles of three puzzles.
These three all fall under the category of logic puzzles.
One of the tasks is to find ten colored squares from a jumbled clue and then paint them onto the corresponding pattern.
The puzzles in ruins are not like the simple structures in the game world, where the answers can be found through simple deduction and brute force.
Without sufficient observation and insight, and without a certain level of memory and calculation ability, it is extremely difficult to find the answer to this kind of puzzle.
After all, these ruins were likely generated by the island's rules, and their purpose was not to entertain the island owner, but to provide more resources to the island owner who possesses sufficient wisdom.
Lin Xu was focused on the first puzzle, and from hundreds of contradictory and chaotic logical clues, he found a total of thirteen colors.
Then he carefully pushed through the puzzle, eliminating three colors, and finally figured out the order of the remaining ten colors, placing each of the colored boxes below the puzzle relief.
A snap.
The puzzle carved on the wall suddenly shattered, and a third of the thick wall behind it slowly sank down, leading to the area beneath the ruins.
The puzzle has indeed been successfully solved.
But behind the wall was a very thick-looking metal fence.
This thing needs to have all three puzzles solved before it can disappear from its original location.
At this moment, Xiaoyu and Taoyao are looking at two other riddles.
Xiaoyu seemed to be deep in thought, while Taoyao was holding her head and her eyes were darting around, her brain about to shut down from the puzzle.
Lin Xu glanced at the two elves, then at the riddles themselves, and smiled slightly.
"Taoyao, Xiaoyu, it seems like it's time for you two to come in handy. These two riddles are perfect for you to solve!"
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