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Several senior female fairies walked at the front, followed by the three elders, Taiyin Star Lord, Ao Guang and Lingxiao.
Chao and Suanyi acted as the left and right guards of the Rabbit God, followed by Linghong who was there to hold the fort, and Pei and the deputy medical officer of the medical team who were there to watch the fun.
The treasure house is located underground in Guanghan Palace, near the "center of the moon". The corridors are winding and dim, and only wide enough for five adults to pass side by side. It is like an underground prison that will never see the light of day and has no way out.
Linghong lit a palm flame and asked Hu Ziyu to hold it in his right hand.
"It's a miracle that he could find such a place." Ao Guang's words contained both rebuke and praise for his second son, who had always been at odds with him.
It is still unknown how Ya Zi, or other members of his command, ignored the underground maze and the combination lock and entered the furnace room. As for whether they were also trapped by the combination lock and unable to escape after entering, it can only be known after successfully decrypting it.
The three old officials of Lingxiao Palace were stepping on each other's feet in the dark, and the sounds of wailing came one after another.
"The rebels haven't been completely eliminated yet. Be careful, there are still ambushes in the secret passages!" he jeered. He regretted not calling down the Central Altar Marshal and the other Martial Gods for support before the network was cut off. The corridor was dark and damp, but Pei still waved his folding fan, adding to the coolness along the way.
"Based on your palace's electric eye, I infer that Ya Zi and the others must have created a large number of clones, trying to explore the way by trial and error. Once they found the correct path, they recalled the other clones and agreed to meet at the warehouse entrance."
"I have made the same guess." Taiyin Xingjun slowed down his pace and turned around to ask, "Then, in your opinion, how can he crack this double code and change into my appearance? It is not difficult, but replicating my voiceprint, retina, and magic power fluctuations is as difficult as catching the moon in the water. Besides, there is also that math problem..."
"I'm sorry I don't know. Perhaps, the members of the Ai family are very talented and can see through the subtleties." Although he was in the dark, Pei still had that light and gentle smile on his face.
From the moment they first met, Hu Ziyu had a hunch that behind Pei's uninhibited eyes lay an unfathomable black pool, its depths rife with whirlpools. Even Ling Hong, who usually disdained criticism, had warned him to be wary of him.
The dungeon couldn't be expanded by magic, so everyone had to walk down each floor.
After walking for about a moment, I suddenly saw a silver light gradually shining in front of me. When I reached the entrance to the treasure house at the end of the maze, I saw the brightness of dozens of candle lanterns shining together.
The big men from the engineering team arrived, saluted, and then stepped aside so that Hu Ziyu could stand at the best angle to look at the entire movable floating brick that was three meters high and covered an area of about 100 square meters.
Although Taiyin Xingjun, Linghong and others did not understand the meaning, they also opened the calculation app and substituted any possible values.
"The two Zi Shen coins moved to the north, which represents water and is the number six; the five You Ji coins moved to the east, which represents gold and is the number seven." The engineer foreman explained to Hu Ziyu the team's current puzzle-solving logic, which uses polynomials with multiple powers and multiple unknown numbers.
There are twelve patterns on floating bricks, corresponding to the twelve animals representing the twelve Earthly Branches.
Hu Ziyu took a quick look around and wondered, "But the rat and chicken heads aren't just moving in the same direction. Some are even flipped over, forming different patterns. Some are even moving backwards, their original positions replaced by other bricks that have been moved in or pushed forward from behind."
Although this statement was not made in a derogatory manner, it still made some members feel unhappy.
The foreman suggested: "I am a clumsy subordinate. Instead of thinking about it for a long time, it is better to ask for administrative support from Wenchang Hall..." Wenchang Hall is a place where hidden dragons and crouching tigers are gathered, and it is the place where the academic masters of the heavenly realm gather. Hu Ziyu has the support of Zhu Huaizi from the Secretariat, so it is not difficult to obtain administrative support.
But distant water cannot quench a nearby fire. If Ya Zi leads others to plot trouble, it will take time to stop, discuss, or rescue. Hu Ziyu blinked a few times, and several high-level mathematical theorems and hypotheses quickly rotated in his mind.
"Anyway, I'll try to think about it using geometric concepts first. Can a sister help me contact Huaizi, uh, I mean...Zhuyi Zhenjun?" The senior female immortal named Chen Gui was instructed by Taiyin Xingjun to return to the ground and send an urgent electronic document to Wenchang Palace.
Hu Ziyu rested his chin on his hand, pondering, occasionally taking out his pad to draw something. The Moon God looked on with a sense of panic, and the three Lingxiao elders grew increasingly impatient, crossing their arms and sighing.
"Hey, are you able to do it?" Ling Hong kept urging: "It's narrow and dark here, it's not convenient to protect you, let's go back to the ground quickly." "It's almost hatched, don't make a noise." Hu Ziyu glanced at the countdown gadget on the PAD.
"Unfortunately, the time is almost up and we have to start all over again."
"Zi Yu, I have a Geomancer-level engineering computer app." Ao Botong eagerly handed it to him, opening his own PAD. "Thank you, but I'm afraid it won't work. Transformation geometry won't solve it, so I'll try differential and analytic geometry." As Hu Ziyu reached behind him, the floating bricks on the wall shifted again, restarting a new problem type and equation.
He poked his brother in the waist.
"There are even such unpopular apps, how can you understand one or two of them?" Ao Botong replied: "How is that possible? I studied at the College of Humanities when I was alive, and I majored in fire chemistry at Lingxiao Academy." He just hurriedly ordered this app online in order to help Hu Ziyu.
Hu Ziyu continued to scribble on the blank surface of his PAD, then remembered something and called out to his Star Lord: "Star Lord! Is there a limit to the number of puzzles you can solve on this wall each day, or is there a design that will cause it to explode, fire arrows, or activate a seal if you solve it incorrectly?"
Before Taiyin Xingjun could reply, the foreman of the engineers interrupted, "No, only by forcing it through will it work. However, with each error, the mechanism's movement once every quarter hour will be shortened to half a quarter hour, then once every 225 seconds, then once every 112 seconds, and so on. It will take an hour for it to return to normal."
Everyone thought to themselves, no wonder these engineers didn’t dare to try easily, and their progress in solving the problem was zero.
Pei was getting tired of waiting, so he leaned against the wall, opened his folding fan, covered his mouth with his hands and yawned.
The usually taciturn adjutant of the medical team suddenly became energetic and volunteered to offer a plan.
"Mr. Rabbit, if you don't mind, I have a plan to tell you." said the adjutant.
Hu Ziyu's eyes lit up. "Oh, I'd love to hear more!" "I've already put my thoughts into my PAD. I'll bring it up for you to examine."
After he finished speaking, the deputy medical officer walked past Pei and Linghong, pushed aside the two dragon sons who were blocking his way, and strode straight to Hu Ziyu.
The foreman was sensible enough to take a step back and lean his back against a large round brick that was fixed in the center of the brick wall and had the words "Treasure House" engraved in gold.
Hu Ziyu stretched his neck, and Ling Hong and the second son of the Long family also turned their eyes to the PAD in the deputy medical officer's hand. The deputy medical officer was very careful and kept it hidden, not wanting others to see it.
His PAD screen was locked on the storage app. He swiped across one of the rows of shelves and clicked unlock. The screen immediately showed an animation of a golden key being inserted into the keyhole and the back cabinet being turned to open.
The object behind the cabinet was not abacus rods, mathematical encyclopedias or other calculation tools or reference books, but a short, shiny, sharp dagger that could instantly kill immortals and gods.
A complete culprit! This person is also a spy for the Ai Family Corps! Ling Hong, Xing Jun, the three Ao Family leaders, and the others were unable to see the screen clearly, and there was no hope of timely rescue. Even poking the magic ball properly and throwing it required a five-to-ten-second buffer. Caught off guard, Hu Ziyu could only respond with the self-defense technique he'd used against a close-quarters pervert—a brutal, ball-busting knee strike to the man's crotch!
“Clang!”
With a powerful kick, the dagger and the medical officer both fell to the ground. After the ball-breaking knee strike, the man let out a ball-holding whine.
The moment Hu Ziyu pushed away the dagger with his left foot, he immediately raised his right knee and delivered a face-breaking kick to the opponent's face.
"Capture him!" Ao Guang and Taiyin Xingjun, though unaware of the situation, shouted in unison. Ling Hong hurriedly grabbed Hu Ziyu and fled backward, tauntingly summoning his Water Spear and Ao Botong, who transformed his ten claws into claws, pressing them against the deputy medical officer's neck.
"As expected, everything is just as I expected." Pei let the bronze-gold pad float in front of him, activated a recording app to capture the scene, picked up the dagger, gently waved his folding fan, and slowly stepped forward with a smile on his face. "Cao Baixian, the assistant officer of the Shennong Temple's Pharmacy Department, secretly stole, dissolved, and reforged the secret artifact 'Mie Yuan Cha'. He also conspired with the harassment group to take the Rabbit God's life. Now, in the name of the assistant officer, I sentence him to 'reclaim his essence and be forever banned from ascending to heaven.' And he is to be executed immediately."
Upon hearing this, the deputy medical officer's face turned deathly pale.
"Where do you get such great authority? You act first and ask for permission later. Aren't you afraid..."
Pei smiled and said, "I hold the great Dao in my heart and always stand shoulder to shoulder with justice and righteousness, so naturally I have nothing to fear."
After closing the recording program, Pei also opened the storage app. Although what he took out was only a small plain bottle the size of a palm, it was enough to frighten Cao Baixian.
"Wait! This, this can't be entirely blamed on me. Although I also hate homosexuals, but... if it weren't for Ke and Ling Yizi's instigation... they said that after the success, I could be promoted to the rank of Immortal and be promoted to the third level, so this is..."
Before he could finish his words, a powerful corrosive liquid known as "Heavenly King Water" fell on his head.
Cao Baixian cried out in pain, and the smoke immediately disappeared! Unable to take care of themselves, the Ao brothers dodged to the left and right, and no one dared to reach out to save Cao Baixian's body.
"Pei Ke!"
"Pei!" Although Hu Ziyu and Ling Hong exclaimed at the same time, their focus was different.
Hu Ziyu is a believer in procedural justice. Acts such as sentencing before trial and private execution are contrary to his way of life. Although Pei Li has no evil intentions, he still feels that it is inappropriate.
Ling Hong was somewhat wary of this cunning immortal from the same generation, and he prayed from time to time that Shennong Temple would not extend its claws into Yutu Temple again. They had already lost one temple master and could not afford to lose a second one.
"Aren't you afraid of getting my master wet?"
Ling Hong roared, pressing harder on Hu Ziyu's wrist. Pei put away the porcelain bottle, still waving the ink-painted fan in his right palm.
"Your Excellency, you are overthinking this. This is a formula approved by Emperor Shennong. It contains one nitrate and three salts, mixed with the blender's own magic spell. If it weren't for the target it was targeting beforehand, this water would be no different from the clear spring flowing in the Moon Sea."
Ling Hong still gritted his teeth and trembled his voice: "You are pretending to help Taiyin Palace, but your purpose is to take revenge on your own?"
Pei shook his head. "No, secretly, I'm helping the Great Emperor uncover the illegal activities behind the Shennong Temple. Publicly, I'm also able to do a little favor for the Taiyin Temple, selling Lingxiao Temple's information department firsthand information, and providing evidence for the City God Temple. Even the elderly and virtuous Phoenix Valley Master owes me a big favor this time. Killing two birds with one stone, isn't that wonderful?"
"You...good job!" The situation was urgent and there were important people present, so Ling Hong couldn't say anything dirty, otherwise he would have thrown out all the bad words about Fuzhou that he had heard in his life.
"Pei Ke!" An immortal who was still alive and kicking a second ago turned into light dust and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Hu Ziyu was shocked and worried, fearing that Pei would save him from his urgent danger and cause his merits to drop sharply.
"Thank you for helping everyone out. You made the commentary, healed our soldiers and students, and saved the young master of Phoenix Valley. You even killed your own lieutenant to help me... Whatever your true motives are, I don't really care. But things like vigilante justice..."
"Don't be like this," Pei closed his folding fan and tapped Hu Ziyu's red lips with the fan rib.
"Don't let me really fall in love with you in the future, and don't forget how you died and how you ascended.
From this moment on, you must remember that your kindness and forgiveness towards anyone must not be without sharpness and scheming."
Before he could finish his words, the opened porcelain bottle was once again in Pei Zuo's palm.
"Sir, be careful!" Ling Hong rushed forward and stretched out his arms to block Hu Ziyu. Ao Botong no longer cared about the boundary, and put one hand around Hu Ziyu's waist and retreated towards his father and Taiyin Star Lord.
"Just kidding." Pei Wan'er turned the bottle upside down, and sure enough, not a drop of juice seeped out.
"This is a disposable solvent. It dries up immediately after the execution and won't work on a second person."
"You damn old bastard..." Ling Hong's veins were popping out and his eyes were bloodshot.
In just a moment, the memories of more than three hundred years were condensed into a microfilm, rolling rapidly in his mind and in front of his eyes several times. He really thought that his time had come.
"When this is over, I'll treat you to a full banquet. It won't be just five scoops of ice cream!"
"Okay, it's a deal. But in exchange, please help me testify against the accomplice that Cao Baixian confessed before his death." Pei responded readily.
Taiyin Star Lord, the Ao family father and son, and the three elders Lingxiao became furious, and each of them opened their mouths ready to curse.
The crisis was over, and Hu Ziyu had no intention of asking for clarification or investigating the whole story. He quickly said goodbye to Ao Botong and continued to look at the math problems on the wall.
"Boss, please make way..."
"Yes, please." Despite saying yes, the foreman merely took a small step to the side. Suddenly, he swung his right fist and pounded hard on the large cobblestone brick engraved with the words "Treasure Room."
The round brick only cracked a small crack of about an inch, and the floating bricks on the side were still constantly moving and changing positions. However, the five fingers of the foreman's right hand were stained with blood.
"Brother, what are you doing..." Hu Ziyu was stunned, and Ao Botong and the members of the puzzle-solving team were also dumbfounded.
The brick wall's AI detected external damage and immediately activated its self-repair function. Colorful lines quickly swept across the damaged area, instantly closing the cracks in the round bricks.
The elders in each hall stopped their verbal attacks on Pei and turned their heads back to square one. It turned out there was more than one spy! With Cao Baixian's involvement, everyone pointed the finger at outsiders, and their defenses against Jin Chan's traitor were relaxed.
The foreman was unarmed, yet the harm he caused was far greater than Cao Baixian's. Sensing the incoming hostility, the brick wall's defensive mechanism quickly deployed an impenetrable, closed network of threads. Threads, cylinders, and layers of multicolored threads, each resembling a snarling, colorful snake, encircled the Moon Palace immortal, the three Ao family commanders, and the three Lingxiao elders.
Pei, who had intended to take his leave and return to Shennong Temple to report to the Emperor, was unable to leave. Furthermore, the foreman and the engineering team were trapped within a web-like barrier, constructed from an inexplicable combination of magic, incantations, talismans, or mechanical devices. As this person had said, forcing one's way through was one of the conditions for activating the spell.
If you hit the round brick at the entrance with your bare hands, the security system will identify you as attempting to break in by force.
"So you are also a traitor!" An engineering team member couldn't stand the provocation and pointed at the foreman's nose and yelled.
"Oh, you used the word 'also', so you are also one of them." The foreman laughed out loud, making a shrill and unpleasant laugh.
"Actually, there's no need to kill the Rabbit God. We should just make him stumble and fall, unable to move forever. This Cao Baixian is just a loser..."
"You!" The clerk was so angry that he couldn't speak. He sighed, stamped his feet, gritted his teeth, and pulled his hair.
Several other staff members also cried out in pain. They had a problem to solve and other matters to attend to in the institute. They didn't know how long they would have to waste here before they could get away.
Not only fatigue and sleepiness, but also duty allowance and danger allowance can be claimed during the period of imprisonment.
The Moon God said nothing, holding his beloved little red whip in his hand. With a thunderous crack, the officers all felt a slight burning pain in their lower backs and buttocks.
They covered their backs and looked at each other in confusion.
"Very good, it seems that there is no second spy in the decryption team." Taiyin Xingjun said sternly, and he had already made plans in his heart to investigate the undercover in this way after returning.
"By the way, what on earth is this thing that can really trap us?" When the Minister of Personnel of Lingxiao Palace was about to touch one of the purple-red silk threads, Ao Guangsuo grabbed his hand.
"My lord, you can't do that! Chao, you try it first!" Chao said okay and used the tip of the water spear to poke a coil-like object on the top.
The silk thread is indestructible, and it creates spots of sparks.
Suddenly, a ray of fluorescent light rushed down through the metal body of the gun and stung his arm.
Chao was struck by an electric shock for no reason, and his arm was in great pain. He quickly threw the water gun to the ground and dared not use it to test again.
Chao suppressed the discomfort in his hand and speculated, "My son guessed that this should be a lightning-type technique. What a pity, it happens to be the attribute that my Ao family is least adept at dealing with."
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