The light suddenly intensified, instantly overshadowing the glow of the luminous pearl and the shark pearl, illuminating everything around it with crystal clarity.
The light poured down like water, dispelling the darkness.
Ais and Flamescale reacted quickly, moving closer from the left and right, and together with Gu Xi, they surrounded the glowing stone slab, forming a triangle with one person and two fish.
Everyone's wary eyes scanned the stone slab.
Gu Xi dared not lift her foot rashly, fearing that the sudden light might conceal some kind of mechanism or trap.
She remained standing on the stone slab, carefully observing the mysterious stone slab in the light.
The stone slab is made of the same material as the surrounding area, and it looks inconspicuous at first glance, but it cannot be easily damaged or shaken.
However, unlike the other stone slabs, this one has a very shallow circular pattern. Under the light, the details within the pattern are clearly visible.
It was a string of characters carved in the Tar script, winding and twisting to form a complex pattern.
Gu Xi's gaze wandered over these ancient characters, searching for clues.
She didn't recognize the characters, but among the long string of characters, she keenly spotted a familiar symbol.
This character, which Lorraine had given her in her pamphlet, represented the word "eight" from the Tar period.
This discovery sparked a thought in Gu Xi's mind. What did the number "eight" mean here?
Gu Xi frowned slightly, looked up and asked the fish, "What do you think?"
She specifically pointed to the position of the "eight".
Ais stared intently at the stone slab for a few seconds, as if she had just realized something, before slowly speaking. "Plop plop~ Eight, could it be the eighth stone slab?"
Flamescale also speculated, and after thinking for a moment with its fish head, it gave a startling answer, "Pfft! Could it be an elevator installed on the ground, saying we're on the eighth floor?!"
Gu Xi remained silent, her gaze still fixed on the stone slab, her mind filled with a myriad of thoughts.
She needed more information to make a judgment. But Ais's words gave her a good idea; perhaps this really was the Eighth Stone Tablet.
Gu Xi had made up her mind, and she said to Ai Si, "Ai Si, cast an ice shield on me."
"Plop plop~"
Ai Si didn't ask any more questions. In a flash, a thin layer of ice crystals quickly condensed around Gu Xi, forming a transparent protective shield that firmly protected her inside.
Gu Xi nodded slightly, gesturing for Ai Si and Yan Lin to come closer.
“You two, Shark Pearl and Light Chain,” Gu Xi said, “go and look around this space for similar stone slabs.” Gu Xi pointed to the glowing stone slab at his feet, “pay special attention to whether there are any circular patterns or numerical characters on the slabs.”
Do you remember the characters for the numbers?
The fish all nodded.
"Go ahead, watch your surroundings, let's not leave each other's sight, and be careful not to step on it."
She needed to confirm whether this stone slab was unique, or whether there were more similar mechanisms hidden in this space.
The fish responded, took the light chain and shark pearl handed to them by Gu Xi, and began to explore the stone slabs nearby.
The shark pearl and the light chain glowed in Ais and Flamescale's hands, illuminating their faces. But soon, Gu Xi could only see that tiny glimmer of light moving in the darkness.
Ais navigated the darkness using the light from the shark pearl, its glow sweeping across every inch of the ground like a searchlight. He meticulously examined each stone slab, leaving no detail overlooked.
"Purr!"
Ais's eyes flickered slightly. In a corner, he found a stone slab with a faint circular pattern on it. Although the pattern was slightly different from that of the "eight" stone slab, the structure was similar.
Ais carefully examined the circle pattern and found a Tar-era character representing the number "three".
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