"Phew...finally we've gotten rid of that mess." Long Wu wiped his sweat, his voice tinged with lingering fear.
The stench still makes his stomach churn when he thinks about it.
Lin Yi didn't reply, his gaze fixed on the huge stone door deep inside the cave.
The surface of the stone gate was covered with strange runes, which shimmered with an eerie green light, like a series of strange eyes that made people feel uneasy.
"Boss, how do I open this door?" Long Wu scratched his head, looking completely bewildered.
He couldn't understand a single one of these crooked, scribbled symbols.
"Chu Yao, can you analyze these runes?" Lin Yi frowned and called out to Chu Yao in his mind.
"Analyzing... The rune structure is complex, and it is suspected to be the script of an ancient magical civilization. Preliminary judgment suggests that it contains some kind of time and space pattern..." Chu Yao's voice rang in Lin Yi's mind, carrying a hint of mechanical coldness, yet revealing an imperceptible gentleness.
"Time and space?" Lin Yi's heart skipped a beat. This was exactly his area of expertise!
"Chu Yao, send me the analysis results."
In an instant, a massive amount of information flooded into Lin Yi's mind.
The various complex rune structures and arrangements dazzled him.
"Hiss... This thing is even harder to understand than advanced mathematics..." Lin Yi couldn't help but complain.
"Don't rush, take your time," Chu Yao's voice was gentle yet firm, like a warm current flowing into Lin Yi's heart.
Lin Yi took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
He began to carefully examine each rune, trying to find a pattern in it.
"Look, don't these runes look like constellations on a star map?" Chu Yao's voice suddenly rang out.
After her reminder, Lin Yi suddenly understood.
you do not say!
Aren't these runes just constellation patterns like the Big Dipper and Orion?
"So that's how it is! These runes use the arrangement of constellations to represent the coordinates of time and space!" Lin Yi excitedly slapped his thigh, feeling as if he had been enlightened.
“That’s right! According to my calculations, as long as we activate these ‘constellations’ in a specific order, we can open the stone gate!” Chu Yao’s voice also carried a hint of joy.
"Okay! I'll give it a try!"
Lin Yi walked to the stone gate, took a deep breath, and carefully touched the runes as Chu Yao instructed.
The first rune is the handle of the Big Dipper.
The second rune is Orion's Belt.
As each rune was activated, the green light on the stone gate grew stronger and stronger, emitting a buzzing vibration.
"Boss, be careful!" Long Wu clenched his fists nervously, fearing something unexpected might happen.
"Don't worry, I'm here." Lin Yi gave Long Wu a confident smile.
The last rune is the tail of Ursa Major.
The moment Lin Yi's finger touched the rune, the green light on the stone door suddenly burst forth with a dazzling brilliance, causing the entire cave to tremble.
Rumble...
The stone door slowly opened, revealing a pitch-black passage.
"We succeeded!" Lin Yi and Chu Yao said in unison, their voices filled with excitement.
"Phew...it's finally open." Long Wu breathed a sigh of relief, his heart finally at ease.
"Let's go in and take a look." Lin Yi stepped into the passage first, followed closely by Long Wu.
The passageway was pitch black; you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.
"Be careful!" Chu Yao's voice suddenly rang out, tinged with anxiety.
Before he finished speaking, several poisoned arrows shot out from the wall with a "whoosh" sound, heading straight for Lin Yi and Long Wu.
"Time slowdown!" With a thought, Lin Yi instantly slowed down the flow of time around him.
In Lin Yi's eyes, the poisoned arrows that were originally flying at high speed now seemed to be flying towards them in slow motion, as if in slow motion.
He deftly sidestepped the poisoned arrow, then grabbed Long Wu by the collar and pulled him behind him.
"Holy crap! That's too insidious!" Long Wu said, still shaken.
"This is just the appetizer; the real danger is yet to come." Lin Yi said.
They continued forward, the passageway filled with all sorts of traps.
Spikes on the ground, arrows in the walls, falling rocks from the ceiling...
But all of this seemed so powerless in the face of Lin Yi's "time slowdown".
He moved through the traps with ease, effortlessly dodging all attacks, like a dancer.
"Boss, your skills are amazing!" Long Wu was stunned and couldn't help but exclaim.
"Basic stuff, don't be silly." Lin Yi smiled faintly and continued walking forward.
Just as they were about to walk out of the passage...
"Wait!" Chu Yao's voice suddenly rang out, her tone urgent, "There are abnormal energy fluctuations on the ground!"
Lin Yi suddenly stopped in his tracks...
"Holy crap, what is this thing?!" Long Wu exclaimed, nearly scared out of his wits.
The massive boulder overhead, blotting out the sun, brought a suffocating sense of oppression as it crashed down upon them.
If you get hit by this thing, you're probably done for, a sure thing for your lunchbox!
At the critical moment, Lin Yi's eye muscles twitched suddenly, and a strong sense of crisis surged into his heart.
He grabbed Long Wu by the collar and growled, "Hold on tight to Daddy!" A blinding white light suddenly burst forth, so bright it was impossible to open one's eyes.
Strange energy fluctuations filled the air, as if time itself had frozen at that moment.
The boulder remained suspended in mid-air, the dust of the rubble floated motionless, and even Long Wu's terrified expression was frozen on his face.
Lin Yi's lips curled into a slightly amused smile as he murmured to himself, "Now, it's time to witness a miracle..." His fingertip lightly touched the colossal, sky-obscuring rock, "Time and space..."
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