San Tian Liang Jiao

Chapter 302 Climbing the Tower (3)

Chapter 1 Entering the Building

The four entered through the main doors of the building. The first floor was a very spacious area, the floor covered with marble tiles, with several supporting columns standing regularly around. Numerous circular lights embedded in the ceiling illuminated the entire lobby.

At first glance, aside from the four walls and the pillars, the first floor was empty except for a white door in the middle of the wall directly opposite the entrance, the farthest point from them.

Since the walls were all gray, the white dot in the distance stood out.

"Well... there's no guidance at all after coming in..." Qiu Feng said.

"At least we can confirm that the 'Detective Club' doesn't refer to this entire building," Ji Chang replied.

Honghu looked around. "So it's somewhere in this building..."

Feng Bujue interrupted at this point, "Is it possible... that the 'Detective Club' isn't in this building at all? But somewhere else?"

Honghu thought for a few seconds and replied, "Well... there is that possibility, but..."

Ji Chang took over, "But, so far, the opening CG is our only clue. Since the only clue points to this building, there must be something here that can advance the script."

Qiu Feng added, "Even if the Detective Club really isn't here, there should be some mission-related clues in the building. Otherwise... wouldn't that be the system deliberately misleading us? Anyway, since I started playing this game, I haven't encountered or heard of a situation where the system specifically leads players to a meaningless place, making them waste time and energy."

"Oh... I see." Feng Bujue put on a look of sudden realization, but in his heart, he was thinking: Not bad, their analytical abilities are quite reliable, and they're also very confident. But... is it really a coincidence that four puzzle-solving players with considerable skill are gathered together? If so... what kind of script would the system have to generate to be a "difficulty that matches the players' abilities"...

Buzz—

Suddenly, a strange noise came from behind the four of them.

They almost turned their heads back in unison, and found that the door had been sealed by a blue wall of light.

"As expected, the exit is blocked..." Honghu muttered.

Qiu Feng said, "Hum... it doesn't have much impact on the situation."

He was right. The faces of the three strategists were very calm, without the slightest hint of panic because their retreat was suddenly blocked.

Ji Chang walked a few meters closer and looked at the light wall. "This shouldn't be a physically generated laser." He pointed to the four edges of the light wall, "There are no devices that can generate light beams at the top, bottom, left, and right."

Honghu stroked his chin. "A wall of light that appears out of thin air and is attached to a specific area..." His eyes under his glasses lit up. "A super-physical barrier, but I don't know if it's magic or..."

Whoosh—

A shining playing card suddenly flew into the crowd's view, hitting the light wall directly.

The Death Poker seemed to be swallowed up, disappearing the moment it touched the surface of the light wall.

After witnessing this scene, everyone turned their heads and looked at the man who threw the poker.

"It can directly 'swallow' this kind of spiritual energy poker, as expected, it's non-physical energy." Feng Bujue said, "If this were a laser or something, my poker would either have a 'burst' effect, or be 'bounced', 'cut', but not 'swallowed' like this."

"I say..." Ji Chang looked at Feng Bujue with a look that was both amused and exasperated. "Before doing something that might be dangerous, can you ask for everyone's opinion first?"

"In case the setting of this light wall is... that attacking it will trigger some kind of destructive mechanism, or be able to reflect attacks, we'll all suffer together," Qiu Feng also said.

"Ah... haha... sorry, sorry." Feng Bujue said, "Because I heard you say that this is not a physical-level beam of light, so I wanted to test it out... Besides, my poker has limited power."

"Is that a spiritual weapon?" Honghu didn't dwell on what happened just now, but looked at the Death Poker in Feng Bujue's hand with a serious expression and asked.

"Huh?" Feng Bujue was stunned for a moment, and then replied, "Yes, it is a spiritual weapon."

Qiu Fengse and Yu Zhongji Chang's expressions changed slightly when they heard this.

"Interesting..." Honghu said, "You said you were more inclined towards puzzle-solving, but I didn't expect that you have already obtained a spiritual weapon in terms of combat."

Faced with this rather obvious probing, Feng Bujue's face didn't show the slightest flaw. His expression was very natural, neither stiff nor abrupt. He just reacted to Honghu's words very normally, smiling and replying, "Oh, this, it's just good luck, hahaha..."

This sounded like perfunctory, but it was the most reasonable response.

The acquisition of spiritual weapons originally depended on opportunity, and many players with strong combat abilities had not been able to obtain this thing. Therefore, there was no conflict between "possessing a spiritual weapon" and "being a puzzle-solving player."

At this moment, if Feng Bujue made some kind of explanation about his possession of a spiritual weapon, it would seem suspicious.

Brother Jue understood very well... a matter-of-course tone, a slightly proud laugh, and a meaningless sentence, this combination was the reaction that ordinary people should have. As for other answers, they were mostly guilty.

"Hmm..." Honghu paused for two seconds, then said, "Oh, that's a good thing. Now everyone can't use the things in their backpacks, and it will be more difficult to encounter battles. If you have a spiritual weapon, it feels much safer." After saying something meaningless, he immediately changed the subject, "So... the way back has been blocked, so we have no choice but to explore inside, right?"

"The appearance of the light wall has basically proven that we are on the right track." Qiu Feng continued, "If the 'Detective Club' is in this building, we really don't need to go out again."

Ji Chang said, "Let's carefully explore the first floor first to see if there are any secret entrances besides the white door."

Honghu nodded, "When you are exploring, please pay attention to the location of these supporting columns, the patterns on the marble floor tiles, and the length, width, and height of this floor... Although it may not be useful information, it's always good to collect it."

"Understood."

"Got it."

"Hehe..."

After discussing it, the four people separated again and began to investigate the surrounding environment.

However, they soon noticed that there was really nothing to see on this floor. Therefore, after about seven or eight minutes, the four gathered back together and came to the white door.