Hey, King!

2021-11-26

Chapter 385 Chapter 388 Further Difficulty

Ah, Dagon, you have an interesting problem— —Dagon said to himself.

Dagon ate about 1/4/2022 kg of bread in four hours, drank half a pack of water, and adjusted his breathing to refresh himself. Then he took off his sackcloth shoes and walked barefoot on the super hot ground. Dagon's hands were steady with food and water as he walked from the cell door to the stone bed at the other end. He wanted to measure the cell carefully, because he felt that the secret might be hidden in the size.

"It doesn't feel like it can be taken seriously..." Dagon walked back and forth ten times, still without any ideas. There must be a reason for the slenderness of the cell, and there must be a reason for the complete darkness here. The elves do not want the prisoners to see both ends of the cell at the same time. In addition to creating a sense of fear, in addition to making the prisoners collapse faster, there must be a cell function. on top of the idea -- it's just that Dagon can't come up with it yet.

Fortunately, Dagon is not really alone. He has other people to discuss in the Soul Spirit middle world. After meeting Rhett, Dagon spoke his mind, and Rhett kept listening and smiling.

"If you have an idea, just say it." Dagon rolled the eyes, cupped the hands: "In terms of experienced and knowledgeable, I am definitely not as good as you."

"Good Well, I won't sell it." Reid said: "The cell is slender, and there must be a deep meaning in it. If it's just to make you lonely and depressed, it's better to have a smaller room. You can see all the walls at a glance. And the ceiling, always bearing the oppression from all directions, must be more uncomfortable than now."

Dagon thought for a while, then nodded. Because dark vision is suppressed, he can't see far, so there will always be a large black field in the field of vision, which will create an unknown feeling. The unknown can often bring a glimmer of hope, especially when Jiangu clansman is not afraid of the dark at all.

Some are afraid of water, some are afraid of heights, but there is absolutely no Jiangu clansman who is afraid of the dark. "I thought about this too, and thought it was a deliberate design, but my thinking stopped here. You continued."

"Those who want to understand the designer If you think about it, then you have to think about the overall situation, then you have to jump out of the cell and look inside as much as possible from the outside of the cell." Reid said: "Don't worry, I'm not selling it, just tell you that you can't get out in a hurry. , it's better to exercise your thinking ability. You can only come here after falling asleep, you can't sleep when you encounter problems, right?"

Dagon nodded, admitting that Rhett was right. "Let me think about it. Looking at the whole from the outside of the cell..."

Overall, the cell is very slender, like a wooden stick. It fits snugly everywhere to form a complete, airtight whole. Dagon modeled the scene in his head, imagining the cell as a branch. He opened his eyes immediately and said, "Is this cell movable?"

"It's very possible, I think so too." Rhett said: "You said that when you smashed the door, The door absorbs shock very well, and there is no response from the outside. You say that the outside is a corridor, can you be absolutely sure about that?"

"The outside of the door should be a corridor, otherwise people, How the food gets in and out. But...that's my thinking, no actual evidence. I do hear some faint echoes of shaking...well, when you say that, I suddenly feel something is wrong."

"Don't wake up in a hurry, I'll tell you what I think." Reid raised his arm and said, "For example, my forearm is the cell, the door is at the tip of my finger, and the place to sleep is in my hand. Elbow. You see, if the cell can be raised and lowered like an arm, a cell that is more than ten meters long can form a height difference of several meters at one end with a not too large angle, which can completely leave one or two floors. height.”

“When you approach the gate, the outside of the gate is not a corridor, maybe a thick wall, simply solid. So you can’t communicate with other prisoners, and the sound of your beating is heard The earth absorbs it." Reid said: "On the side of the bed, the cell - I guess it has a lever mechanism for the time being - starts to move slowly, and it is possible to connect the side of the door to the real corridor. Only then will the food and water be brought in, and the toilet taken out."

Dagon also began to understand, adding: "As soon as I get out of this bed, the other As soon as you know it, the trap will be activated, and the prison door will be slammed into the stone wall again. Hey, this is very similar to the trap for mice, have you seen it? It's that kind of lever trap..."

Reid shook his head and said, "I haven't caught a mouse, but I understand what you mean. So when you wake up, try to figure out whether the outside of the gate is solid or hollow, and whether there is a corridor. If not Hallway, that's basically the lever configuration we came up with."

After waking up, Dagon waited in bed for another two hours, staring into the darkness on the other side of the cell. He lifted a scale from his chest and set it upright on the ground cautiously, like a coin. Since the scale is a flat, drop-shaped piece, it is very difficult to find a balance.

It is difficult to stand, and it is more valuable after standing. Dagon had never done such delicate work, and thick, calloused fingers were not suited for such a thing. If Shiloh was there, her slender fingers would be fine. But this can only be thought about, it is useless to escape from prison.

In fact, what Dagon is most worried about is not Xiluoai, but his parents far away in Chiling City. He now very much hoped that the elves would be ashamed to speak because of the outcome of this battle, and that no one knew he had been arrested, so that his parents would not be so worried. The last letter Dagon sent them said he was going to teach at the Academy, and there might be some Academy assignments to do. He also wants to see the flying city of the Ascension Plan, so it may disappear for a while at any time. Therefore, the news of the loss of his son is not a big problem, but the problem of being caught by an elves and not knowing his life or death is a big problem.

Finally, abolishing Strength of Nine Bulls and Two Tigers, Dagon finally erected the scales. He cautiously away from the scales, then dashed towards the door. He only had a sight distance of about three meters. He went down at full speed. When he saw the door, it was too late to brake, so he simply hit it.

dong! The sound is much lower than expected. Dagon rubbed his arms, ignoring the pain, and put his ear to the door first, listening carefully for the echoes. There was an echo, but the echo came from the other ear, not the one on the door. That is, the outside is most likely solid.

"If only the dragon sense could work." Dagon slammed the iron door a few times. Just like the secret passage of Neil's house in Jiangu City, this cell also uses materials that shield and detect, and the sense of dragon cannot penetrate. But the more secretive it is, the bigger the problem is. As a cell, it is no problem to let people know that the outside is an empty corridor, and it will not affect the detention and interrogation. But the builder of the cell has to carry out such a complicated design, what is it for?

Dagon thought of the very specific hot flash environment here, suspecting that this design has something to do with the special surrounding terrain. Natural elements are not shielded by "nature," and a man-made project will always have problems in the face of time unless it can be associated with some stable natural environment. This prison forbidding spell, perhaps borrowing the function of the terrain, made a compromise in shape.

"And scales." Dagon started walking back. He expects to see the scales fall, because that would prove there is likely to be a levered structure, with a height difference between the two ends of the cell. It's a pity that the scales are still standing there, answering Dagon's gaze steadily and unwaveringly. He extended the hand, and a small wind flicked near it with his fingers, and the scales were blown over.

"Well... it can't be said that our assumptions are wrong." Dagon looked at the scales and said to Starhelm: "It may not be the time to change the food, so the mechanism will not be activated at all, There will be no lever movement. Starhelm, would you like to watch for me?"

The bear lizard blinked, nodded, and stuck out his tongue to lick the corner of his mouth. It means: When will I stop helping you?
"I think there's some kind of time cycle in there. They give me enough food for two or three days at a time, so it's normal to start the trigger every two days. You stare at the scales while I'm asleep, it only takes If I fall, you will wake me up secretly. If I am awake, you will sleep well, just like we used to take turns guarding."

Starhelm took two steps forward and stuffed his head into the Dagon rubbed his fingers under his fingers, indicating that he understood.

In order to avoid accidentally knocking the scales over, Dagon found a place to place it in the corners while hiding as far away as possible. Worried that the quilts and pillows would bring wind, Dagon simply avoided these two distinct things.

It is better to wait in the dark than to be in a daze. In addition to staring at the scales, Dagon took the time to think about how to lock the mana cycle so that the natural elements wouldn't flow. When thinking, time can become very slow or fast, but it is always erratic. He had lost track of the date changes, but he knew that the "days away from here" were the only things that mattered.

I don't know how long it took, but Dagon was hungry anyway. He was sleeping to escape hunger when he was licked up by the Starhelm. I opened my eyes and the scales fell. Starhelm tilted his head, indicating that this was not an accident, that the scales were not knocked down by it.

Dagon pricked up his ears and listened, hoping to hear the sound from the other side of the door. He didn't dare to move around, and still kept the sleeping position before, for fear that his own discovery would be noticed by the guards. He pressed his curiosity, carefully and attentively feeling every change around him.

There is value in waiting. After a while, a luxurious new wind blew, with a hint of food in it. Yes, Dagon was awakened by food like this before. He had previously ignored the smell of the food, which had been brought by the wind. Where does the wind come from in this closed cell? Only when the cell door is open will there be more air circulation.

Dagon smiled slightly, he knew at least a little something, and that was progress.

(end of this chapter)