The secret chamber of national destiny, the design of the ancestral home, you're building the Z

Located in Banna, the Zhang Family Ancient Building is the culmination of countless generations of hard work by the Zhang family. For anyone not a member of the Zhang family to enter this building is as difficult as ascending to heaven; its perilous and treacherous nature far exceeds ordinary people's imagination.

Moreover, there is a Yao ethnic village hidden at the bottom of the lake outside the Zhang Family Ancient Building, which is definitely related to the ancient house.

With just a few minor modifications, it can perfectly match the theme of the old house.

With his mind made up, Zhang Qilin no longer hesitated. He stood in the void, his eyes slightly closed, and his vast spiritual power began to surge, like the invisible hand of a master craftsman, beginning to paint the first bold strokes on this blank canvas.

From the outside in, construct an impregnable stronghold.

First, there's the macroscopic topography. With unwavering resolve, the fate of the land is sealed!

The majestic mountain rose from nothingness with a rumble, and a huge dark green lake appeared out of nowhere in front of it, its surface rising and falling with the tides.

Just by manifesting this basic framework of mountains, rivers, and lakes, Zhang Qilin felt a significant drain on his mental energy, leaving him with a faint sense of unease.

But this is only the foundation, and it is essential.

Immediately afterwards, his gaze "sank to the bottom of the lake".

In the dim underwater world, a vast complex of buildings began to slowly emerge.

That's an ancient Yao village!

Everything remained exactly as it was before it sank, but was covered with thick algae and silt, like being draped in slippery green shrouds.

The water plants swayed silently with the undercurrent, like countless ghostly arms beckoning. The entire village was immersed in the eternal darkness of the lake, exuding a chilling and decadent atmosphere.

In the center of the ancient village, Zhang Qilin's thoughts shifted slightly, and a building with a completely different style emerged.

It was a typical Hui-style courtyard house, with white walls and black tiles, and towering horse-head walls, which stood out conspicuously in this underwater Yao village.

Above the main gate of the mansion, a black plaque with gold lettering hangs silently, bearing four powerful characters: [Master of the Zhang Family].

This Zhang family mansion is very deceptive. If challengers think this is the real Zhang family ancient building, they will definitely waste a lot of time here.

But Zhang Qilin had already given a hint. After all, the name of the secret room was Zhang Family Ancient Building, and this place was Zhang Family Ancient Residence. This was an obvious hint, but it was actually ambiguous and easy to overlook.

Deep inside this building lies a basement.

With a thought, several rows of iron shelves appeared in the basement, on which dozens of humanoid iron mascots, each the same height as an adult, were neatly arranged.

These iron figurines are crudely crafted, covered with thick, dark red rust. Years of erosion by the lake water have created holes of varying sizes on them, leaving them hollow, dark, and deep inside.

They stand silently, their postures stiff, like a group of silent funerary figurines in the dim water, their purpose unknown, yet they inexplicably send chills down one's spine.

After all this was done, another well appeared at the end of the basement. The well extended downwards and connected to the underground river. The tidal changes of the entire lake were all controlled through this well.

This is also the only way to reach the real Zhang Family Ancient Building.

"Things that actually exist can be manifested, while things that have never existed cannot be manifested. I wonder if this thing actually existed in history?" Zhang Qilin thought of something else.

Forbidden Woman.

The Forbidden Woman is an aggregate of resentment, living in water and extremely dangerous. Strictly speaking, it should be considered a ghost-like creature, only appearing in ghost-themed dungeons.

Zhang Qilin didn't have high hopes either.

However, when he tried to materialize it, strands of smooth black hair suddenly appeared in the water.

Countless strands of black hair formed a giant black cocoon. Inside the cocoon, a swollen, pale female corpse suddenly opened her eyes, and two beams of green light appeared the instant she opened them.

This green light seemed to devour one's soul, instantly bewildering them.

With a whoosh, all the black hair gathered together, and the next moment, the witch silently disappeared into the darkness.

"As expected, it works. It seems that this world is just like my original world. It's not that these supernatural beings don't exist, but ordinary people just can't come into contact with them. However, even with this Forbidden Woman, we can't be careless. The Sakura Kingdom rose to prominence thanks to its ghost culture, and its people have a deep understanding of ghost stories and exorcism methods. Although the Forbidden Woman is cunning, a surprise attack might be effective, but if they figure out our secrets, they might have a way to deal with it. We can't put all our eggs in one basket."

Zhang Qilin is still very cautious.

The manifestation of the Forbidden Woman consumed a significant amount of Zhang Qilin's mental energy.

"It seems impossible for me to materialize the Zhang Family Ancient Building in one go with my spiritual power, but just the outer perimeter should be enough to stop the explorers from the Sakura Kingdom!"

Thinking of this, Zhang Qilin began to materialize the most dangerous creature outside the entire Zhang Family Ancient Building: Miluotuo.

In the ancient Yao legends, Miluotuo is the goddess who created life. And in the extraordinary land of Banna, the strange jade veins hidden deep in the mountains can indeed give birth to bizarre life forms that are neither human nor jade.

The Zhang family discovered and exploited this, even attempting to use it to create clones, making these clones do extremely dangerous things, and then retrieving them to seal them with the iron mercenaries.

These Miluotuo, which "grow" from the jade veins, are malleable in form, sometimes appearing as blurry human figures, sometimes as twisted monsters. They coexist with the jade mines and can move freely like fish through solid rock layers and jade veins, silently and stealthily. They are the outermost and most deadly living guardians of the Zhang Family Ancient Building.

With a thought, strangely shaped shadows appeared deep within the mountain, hidden in the jade-like veins, yet able to move freely within them.

This is not counting.

Suddenly, through the corroded holes in those previously empty iron terracotta warriors, pairs of pitch-black eyes appeared. These eyes were filled with resentment and hatred, seemingly unwilling to be sealed inside. They were staring intently out through the holes, giving people an extremely eerie feeling.

After finishing all that, Zhang Qilin was panting heavily.

These Miluotuo were too mysterious and too numerous, almost completely draining his mental energy.

It is only because he is the head of the Zhang family that he has a strong mind; otherwise, he would never have been able to manifest so many things at once.

Fortunately, the secret room can be modified later.

The most urgent task is to stop the exploration by the Sakura Kingdom.

Therefore, Zhang Qilin used the last bit of his spiritual power to directly materialize a seven-story ancient building in the core area of ​​the mountain. This ancient building was deathly white and did not look like something from the human world.

But apart from that, Zhang Qilin no longer had the energy to depict any more details.

[It has been detected that designer Zhang Qilin's mental energy has been exhausted. He has been forcibly removed from the design space and returned to reality.]

The next moment, a flash of light appeared, and Zhang Qilin was back in the center of the venue.

In an instant, all eyes in the room turned to that direction again.

"How come, so fast?"

"Alas, in such a short time, they probably haven't even had time to carefully plan it out. Alas, my Great Xia is in grave danger!"

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When the designers of Daxia saw that Zhang Qilin had come out, their faces turned pale, and their last bit of hope vanished completely.

Even Zhou Xingbang sighed helplessly.

"Alas, in the end, is it all beyond saving?"

As we all know, although time in the design space is accelerated, time in the outside world continues to flow.

A seasoned designer, when faced with a national-level escape room design, needs at least seven or eight hours from the outside world for the process of conceptualization, deduction, realization, and adjustment, and sometimes even more than ten hours.

The fact that Zhang Qilin emerged in just three hours can only be explained by one thing: either he was careless and perfunctory, or he had run out of ideas and was unable to continue.

Laughter filled the cherry blossom country area.

"Haha, looks like this kid's just a good-for-nothing, he went in and did nothing but fill a spot."

"I bet he designed a courtyard house with some puzzles inside, just like those escape room games outside!"

Yamamoto Ichiro's face showed a mocking expression, and his heart, which had been hanging in suspense, was about to settle down.

But what followed was the grand voice of the god of the secret chamber.

The secret chamber "Zhang Family Ancient Building," designed by Zhang Qilin, a architect from the Great Xia Kingdom, has been completed. Difficulty rating: Nightmare level. Sakura Kingdom explorers, please prepare for the challenge; you will enter the chamber in ten minutes.

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