Chapter 183 Pig Transformation

From inside the base of the metal machine came the roar of gears spinning at high speed and the transmission of connecting rods, causing the entire metal machine to shake violently, like an engine with overloaded power.

Immediately afterward, yellow arcs of electricity shot out from both ends of the crescent moon cast in brass, crackling as they connected to the brass ball.

The brass ball then "clicked" and clacked, and tightly structured metal cubes scattered, rotating rapidly like a Rubik's Cube.

Then it froze, and a metal cube moved to the central position of the brass ball, with a crooked and twisted Zhong Ding inscription on it.

It was the character Zhao Chenghuang had just written by the pool—dog!

The brass ball shot out a dense, twisted arc of electricity, hitting Little Red Riding Hood in flight.

Little Red Riding Hood immediately fell, its hood lit up with crackling arcs of electricity.

Yichuan Mei tried to control Little Red Riding Hood, but her ability to manipulate objects was ineffective.

"Unable to control objects," Yichuan Mei said kneeling down, sticking her buttocks high in the air, her voice hinting at anticipation: "Yichuan Mei has failed to perform her duties, please whip me hard, Master, and show no mercy!"

Seeing this scene, Sun Miaomiao and Zhao Chenghuang's expressions both became strange.

Especially Sun Miaomiao, who looked at Yuan Shi Tianzun with a complicated expression.

She never expected him to be this kind of person.

"What nonsense are you spouting in public? I shouldn't have let you out..." Zhang Yuanqing's face twitched, "I'll deal with you later."

He opened his mouth and swallowed Yichuan Mei back into his belly.

"What's wrong with you two?" Guan Ya keenly observed the two Star Officials from the Taiyi Sect and saw a hint of something amiss in their expressions.

Although she could sense spirits, she couldn't see them, let alone hear the voices of the spirit servants.

"Yichuan Mei's mental illness acted up, and she asked me to abuse her," Zhang Yuanqing confessed proactively, with a righteous expression on his face, saying:

"Am I that kind of person? I am full of righteousness, known in the martial world as Little Devil Eye, and I sternly refuse."

Tianxia Guihuo said in a deep voice, "Stop talking about these irrelevant things, what should we do next?"

Guan Ya didn't dwell on the matter and said, "The attack was indeed launched by a mechanical weapon. If nothing unexpected happens, the Yin corpse inside Little Red Riding Hood has already been hit, but the item can't be retrieved, so we can't determine what kind of attack the Yin corpse suffered."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Yuan interjected, "In short, it wasn't beheading, which means there's still one type of attack that hasn't been triggered. There may be two types of danger in the cave."

The two were still secretly competing.

"My Yin corpses are all in the hat, I hope nothing goes wrong..." Zhang Yuanqing was secretly anxious, and turned his gaze to Xiahou Aotian, saying, "At this time, we need our protagonist to plan and strategize."

Xiahou Aotian immediately raised his chin proudly, and then pretended to think, "Let me think, let me think."

In his mind, he communicated with the old grandpa in the ring: "Master, what is this thing?"

"Don't know," the Qin Dynasty Fangshi (Taoist alchemist) replied lazily.

...

"How can you not know?" Xiahou Aotian questioned with a face full of doubt, "You are also an old antique from the Qin Dynasty, and a Fangshi, you must have dealt with the Mohists... Are you jealous of this protagonist's overflowing talent and romantic charm, and want to kill me?"

The Qin Dynasty Fangshi sighed, "Every time I hear you speak, I want to jump out of the ring and beat you to death. What good would it do me to kill you? I don't want to stay in the Lingjing (Mystic Realm) anymore. I don't know is I don't know, I forgot."

"Forgot? How could you."

"I just forgot, do you remember things from before you were ten years old?"

"No..."

"Then why do you expect me to remember things from thousands of years ago?"

Xiahou Aotian was speechless, but it wasn't that he was really at a loss for words, but that he had discovered a problem with the old grandpa – his memory was incomplete.

Photographic memory is the most basic ability of a scholar, how could he forget?

Therefore, there must be something wrong with the soul of the Qin Dynasty Fangshi, possibly involving the old grandpa's privacy, so he chose to remain silent.

"Even I, as the protagonist, am not omnipotent," Xiahou Aotian said with emotion.

The group, who were already gradually familiar with this person, immediately understood what he meant – I don't understand either!

Huh, even the old antique from the Qin Dynasty doesn't know? Zhang Yuanqing frowned, thought for a long time, and said, "Then we can only try boldly and defend carefully. I'll lead the team forward, and you guys follow behind. Asano Ryo and Zhao Chenghuang, you two are responsible for guarding against the dangers above, and I'll be responsible for resisting the machine's attacks, and everyone else improvises."

Asano Ryo was a water ghost, able to physically withstand physical attacks, and Zhao Chenghuang's terracotta warriors were cannon fodder that could be repeatedly repaired and used, so they were best suited to deal with the dangers above.

In this way, with Zhang Yuanqing as the leader, the team moved in an orderly manner, cautiously approaching the metal machine.

To reach the exit on the other side of the cave, there was no way to avoid this mechanical creation in the center.

"Buzz..."

As the crowd approached the metal machine, the sound of gears spinning at high speed and connecting rods colliding came from inside its base again.

Zhang Yuanqing calmly took out the Zijing Shield, pointing the shield face towards the metal machine, and warned in a deep voice:

"Be careful!"

The previous scene happened again, with yellow arcs of electricity shooting out from both ends of the crescent moon and connecting to the suspended brass ball, causing the tightly packed metal cubes to loosen and rotate like a Rubik's Cube.

Under the tense and solemn gaze of the crowd, the metal cube in the center of the brass ball switched from "dog" to an unfamiliar character.

"It's pig!" Xiahou Aotian said loudly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the brass ball ejected a dense arc of electricity, shooting towards the crowd.

Zhang Yuanqing stepped forward without hesitation, raised the shield face, and blocked all the incoming arcs of electricity.

"Crack crack..."

The Zijing Shield, under attack, also bounced out purple-gold arcs of electricity, and the two colors of electricity reflected each other.

This process lasted for more than ten seconds, and finally subsided.

Zhang Yuanqing shook his numb arm, turned his head to look at his teammates, and asked in confusion, "Is that it?"

Guan Ya and others were also a little surprised, but more than that, they were pleasantly surprised.

Xiao Yuan suddenly realized, "It seems the real killer move is above our heads."

Guan Ya snorted coldly, but could only submit to reality, raised her head to look at the top of the cave, and said in a deep voice, "Guard against the top, protect your backs and heads."

The crowd bypassed the metal machine and continued forward. Zhang Yuanqing took a few steps and shook his sore arm, saying, "My arm is a little sore."

"Are you okay?" Hongjige (Red Bro) beside him asked.

"It's okay, it might be numb from the electricity."

Zhang Yuanqing looked at the Fire Master beside him and said in annoyance, "Why did you run over to my side? Why are you running so fast? We agreed to maintain the formation."

Hongjige said impatiently, "You're too slow, we all walk on four legs, you're carrying a shield, walking on three legs, so I overtook you."

Zhang Yuanqing was stunned, "What do you mean walking on four legs?"

He turned his head to look behind him, and the teammates were all walking fast, wagging their behinds while looking up to guard against the top of the cave. Their curved short tails were happily wagging behind their buttocks.

"Oh, right, everyone is walking on four legs, I'm the slow one..." Zhang Yuanqing turned his head back, quickly moved his three legs, and led the team towards the exit.

Wait!

He suddenly stopped his three legs, realizing something was wrong.

Zhang Yuanqing's face changed drastically, and he shouted, "What's going on, why have you all turned into pigs?"

The ones following behind him were not people at all, but a group of fat, white pigs, with fan-like ears and slender backs. Looking down, he saw his short forelimbs and hooves. His right hoof was raised, and it was stuck in the metal handle of the round shield.

Because his hoof was stuck in the shield, he was now walking on three legs.

In addition, out of the corner of his eye, he saw his long mouth and nose.

He had also turned into a pig.

"What do you mean we've turned into pigs?" Sun Miaomiao said unhappily, "We were pigs to begin with, stop saying stupid things, and walk faster."

After saying that, she trotted a few steps and charged at Zhang Yuanqing's butt like a sow.

Zhang Yuanqing staggered from the impact, and his heart sank to the bottom. We were pigs to begin with?

When did we turn into pigs?

He anxiously stopped the crowd, no, the crowd of pigs.

"Tianxia Guihuo, are you a human or a pig?" he shouted.

Tianxia Guihuo calmly replied, "If I remember correctly, humans walk on two legs, what do you think?"

Hongjige ran around the team anxiously, his pig tail wagging happily, and said, "I'm so hungry, why hasn't anyone come to feed me yet? I want to eat bran, fresh bran..."

This person has turned into a pig and is still thinking about eating fresh bran? Zhang Yuanqing was even more panicked, and vigorously nudged Guan Ya, shouting, "Sister Guan Ya, are you a human or a pig?"

Guan Ya snorted twice, "I'm not a lowly and shameless species like humans, don't talk to me, go find your sow."

Xiao Yuan said coldly, "What's wrong with sows? Your man likes sows, that's what he told me himself."

Zhang Yuanqing broke out in a cold sweat, not because of the sow thing, but because the matter was too bizarre and absurd.

They were like they had been hit by a transformation curse from a fairy tale, turning from people into pigs. What was even more terrifying was that everyone's thinking logic was very clear, but no one realized there was a problem.

Everyone firmly believed that they were a pig.

"Zhao Chenghuang, are you a human?" Zhang Yuanqing shouted.

Zhao Chenghuang said coldly, "Why are you scolding pigs for no reason?"

Zhang Yuanqing was also pacing around anxiously, butting around in a frenzy.

Princess Yinyao quickly squatted down, with a small loudspeaker in her pig mouth, and reminded, "Everyone be careful, protect your butts, Yuan Shi Tianzun has gone crazy, prevent him from forcibly mating."

Tianxia Guihuo calmly analyzed, "Don't worry, Yuan Shi Tianzun shouldn't be in heat yet."

Zhang Yuanqing was so angry that he howled.

"Huh, you can actually maintain human cognition." A voice entered Zhang Yuanqing's mind.

Zhang Yuanqing's heart trembled, and he "looked" towards a romantic white pig—Xiahou Aotian. The white pig had a black iron ring on its hoof.

"You are..."

Zhang Yuanqing asked using the Night Wanderer's method of communication.

"We've met, in the First Emperor's underground palace." The voice was old and solemn, "Now is not the time to reminisce about the old days, your situation is very bad, everyone's cognition has been changed."

"Yes, they think they are pigs," Zhang Yuanqing said anxiously, "What to do, what to do, senior, please think of a way."

"It seems you have also been affected, and have become less intelligent," the Qin Dynasty Fangshi sighed, "I can't help you, but I can roughly guess what's going on."

"What's going on?" Zhang Yuanqing asked subconsciously.

He had indeed become less intelligent, like the Fire Master, asking questions when he didn't understand, giving up on thinking.

"This is a powerful curse, a curse that can turn people into animals. The Mohists have integrated the curse secret technique into mechanical arts. People who are cursed will have a wrong perception and firmly believe that they are pigs," the Qin Dynasty Fangshi said, "Even if you tell them a hundred times that they are actually humans, no one will believe you, because I have already tried it. This silly kid actually told me that humans, this stupid animal, are not worthy of being compared with pigs. Pig heads are the smartest heads in the world, and he is the smartest of the pigs."

The old Fangshi sighed, "Fortunately, this curse is time-limited and won't last too long."

Zhang Yuanqing breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good."

"Good?" The Qin Dynasty Fangshi chuckled, "What's good about turning into a pig in this dangerous place? Try whether you can still open your item bar and whether you can release skills."

Zhang Yuanqing tried, and his pig face instantly turned pale, "Can't, can't open it..."

"Can you still use skills?"

"Skills are also gone..."

Zhang Yuanqing's sense of crisis instantly exploded. Turning into a pig in a dungeon and losing his skills was almost a dead end.

In addition, he always felt that this kind of experience was familiar, as if he had suffered similar hardships before, but his pig brain couldn't remember.

"The restriction should come from 'Non-Music', but the real core of this level is 'Non-Fate'. Remember what 'Non-Fate' means?" the Qin Dynasty Fangshi said, "My fate is up to me, not up to heaven. Only by not believing in fate can you resist fate. Only by not believing that you are a pig can you resist the fate of being slaughtered. This is the Mohist's test. "I forgot a lot of things, so I couldn't give a warning in advance.

"You can maintain your self, which means you are a person who doesn't believe in fate, the most biased and rebellious in the team. Tsk tsk, born rebellious, a body of rebellious bones, it turns out that it's not just a slogan, it's the truth." As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of gears turning "buzzing" came from above his head.

The next second, a puppet man holding a steel knife descended from the hole above Hongjige, and with a flash of the blade, it slashed towards Hongjige's head.

Zhang Yuanqing was shocked and ran on three hooves, crashing into the puppet man from the side.

Bang!

The puppet man's blade skewed, and the sharp blade struck Hongjige's back. Like a red-hot knife cutting cheese, the skin and flesh split open instantly, and the spinal cord was cut in one stroke, with blood gushing out like a spring.

Hongjige fell to the ground in response, his four hooves twitching violently, and let out a dying scream.