Chapter 423 Obelisk

Chapter 423 Obelisk

"Boom!"

After dealing with the Duke and his private soldiers, Han Zu and Gloria jumped down the well in front of them. After landing, they looked up and found that Han Zu's premonition was correct. The obelisk was not far ahead.

"Are those glowing things on the walls around here minerals? Or are they some kind of magic crystals?"

"Click."

Gloria was curious about the glowing objects on the walls around this space, and so was Han Zu. He used his new ability to pull one of the glowing objects out of the wall and observed it in his hand. The glowing object felt warm to the touch, and compared to ordinary ore or crystal, it felt more like sand stuck together by water vapor. But their hardness was similar to that of raw iron ore.

"It feels very strange. Do you sense any abnormal energy in it?"

"Yes, but these energies are a bit strange. They don't seem to be in these... let's call them ores. They are not naturally generated, or they exist originally. According to the energy patterns above, the energy in this ore should have been radiated by other energy sources. Because of its own special material, some energy has been retained. And this retained energy is the reason why they can glow."

"If you follow your idea, then based on the distribution of these glowing minerals, the thing that radiates energy to them is this obelisk?"

"Yes."

As they were talking, the two had already walked to the obelisk. After careful observation, they found that the obelisk was a little strange.

"The lines on it should not be words. After all, they don't look like they were artificially processed. But if they are naturally generated, I don't think it is likely. Anyway, it is very strange."

"The overall structure is about three or four meters long. The positions of these lines are completely asymmetrical, so it should not be man-made. I have carefully observed that there is no place on this thing that can be opened. The perspective ability can also work on it. Although this obelisk looks like it cannot be opened, it is hollow inside. But this is not the strangest thing. The strangest thing is that there is no energy inside the obelisk at all."

"But this doesn't make sense. Is this obelisk fake? Or are those minerals with energy on the surrounding walls placed there artificially?"

The obelisk seemed to be completely useless and was just a decoration, but judging from the Duke's great attention to it, there must be something he had overlooked. So Han Zu gestured to Gloria, asking her to prepare to escape, and he stretched out a hand towards the obelisk and pressed it.

But nothing happened, and the state of the obelisk did not change at all. Using his ability of perspective to see the hollow interior of the obelisk, Han Zu came up with an idea, so he tried to input some energy into the obelisk to see if it had any effect.

However, the obelisk was just like an ordinary stone. The energy input was ineffective. Han Zu absorbed the output energy back, and the obelisk still did not move.

"This thing is a very good energy-conducting object. The energy it outputs is basically not consumed, and the energy it recovers is the same. But other than that, there is nothing special about it."

"That is to say, our trip here was in vain."

"That's not true."

Han Zu looked at the surrounding walls, especially those densely packed luminous minerals of various sizes, and used his perception to sense them. He found that as long as he collected all these minerals and then used himself as a transmission device to transfer all the energy inside these minerals into the obelisk, the obelisk could be used as a stable battery.

"Although the energy inside these ores is not enough to meet the requirements of the minimum power supply device, it is definitely enough to make a signal transmitter work once or twice. Gloria, you go and gather those Tigris, and I will collect these ores here."

"clear."

As requested by Han Zu, Gloria left the obelisk and prepared to return along the same route to notify the Tige team near the banquet hall and ask them to bring the materials that could be used to make the signal transmitter. Han Zu stayed in the space where the obelisk was and began to collect the luminous minerals scattered throughout the walls.

However, Gloria was not the only one who returned to the banquet hall in the tangled secret tunnels leading to the obelisk. There were three other people here. They were Xin who discovered the Duke's departure, Wu who followed her, and Patina, the Duke's daughter who did not leave the castle, who was unable to get close to the Duke because she was being chased by private soldiers and was ready to seal the entrance to the obelisk.

At this moment, Xin and Wu, who were trying to catch up with Han Zu by using the corpses lying on the ground inside the tunnel, happened to bump into Patina, who was rushing to the obelisk entrance from other entrances, at a corner. Patina and Xin, who were in close contact with each other, as well as Wu who was walking next to Xin, were stunned by this sudden situation, and neither side moved for a while.

However, after being stunned for a second or two, both sides immediately reacted, distanced themselves from each other, drew their weapons, and stared at each other tensely. However, since it was unclear whether either side had other helpers, no one on either side acted rashly.

"You guys found this place too? That's great. Tell your people to bring those materials over. We have found a usable energy supply device."

The two parties in confrontation happened to be bumped into Gloria who was returning the same way to inform them, so she told them Han Zu's request. However, as for the two parties who were very likely to fight, although Gloria guessed that they should be worried about whether the other party had helpers, she was able to confirm that neither side had a backup plan, so she did not tell them the news.

"I don't care what you are going to do, but don't open the obelisk! It will bring unimaginable disasters!"

Patina didn't know Gloria, they had never met, but she remembered Xin, so she instinctively thought that since Xin was here, then the fake judge, Han Zu, must be nearby. If that was the case, then based on the location of the three people, Patina believed that Han Zu had most likely found the location of the obelisk and was trying to open it, or activate it.

"Ignore this woman. The obelisk is a dead object. It has no reaction to energy. We have tried it before."

"So the usable energy source you mentioned is something else? Not the obelisk?"

"Well... yes and no, anyway it's not totally unrelated to the obelisk. You'll know once you see it."

"What?! You have already tried to open the obelisk?! You are still alive and unharmed? How is this possible?!!"

Patina was shocked by what Gloria said, but Gloria didn't care about what she said at all. After all, the obelisk had been found and the problem with the energy supply device had been almost solved. So Patina was not important to her at all. In addition, there was a big gap in their strength, so Gloria didn't care about Patina at all.

"Go and inform Hai to bring Xinle here, along with the materials."

"I know, but..."

Although Wu did not say it explicitly, his meaning was very clear, that is, their current location was extremely suitable for ambush and ambushes. However, in Xin's opinion, Han Zu would not do such a superfluous act, so it should be credible, at least for now.

So Wu immediately returned and notified the others to rush here. Xin followed Gloria to the location of the obelisk, while Patina, who was ignored by everyone, was left aside. Looking at the disappearing backs of Xin and Gloria, Patina knew that she could not be their opponent in fighting, so after cursing, she immediately left the secret tunnel as quickly as possible. She didn't know that the Duke had been solved, but she could probably guess it. After all, if the Duke had not fallen into the hands of the fake judge, it would be difficult for them to know the location here. Without the Duke's order, it would be easy for Patina to leave the castle. So after leaving the secret tunnel, she immediately used her identity to find a carriage, and then took a few loyal maids who could not be taken away in the original plan. After taking a large amount of property, she escaped from the castle from the west gate with few guards according to the original plan.

Back to Xin and Gloria, they have arrived at the mine ramp above the obelisk. Seeing what happened here, Xin probably understood that the Duke should have died somewhere here. The wellhead in the distance below, which was emitting a certain light, was most likely the entrance to the obelisk.

"Let's wait here. There are quite a few mechanisms down there. Although many have been triggered, I'm not sure if there are others that haven't been triggered yet. The obelisk is located just below the wellhead at the bottom."

Xin and Gloria stood at the top of the slope, waiting for the arrival of others. The atmosphere between them was a little awkward and they seldom communicated. In Xin's opinion, Gloria's attitude towards her team was just like Hai's attitude towards Han Zu and her. She was always vigilant and did not trust each other. Xin could guess that if it were not for Han Zu's request, Gloria would have found an opportunity to attack other team members a long time ago.

"Boom!"

During the awkward silence between the two, the wellhead at the bottom of the ramp suddenly collapsed, revealing a huge gap. The sudden situation immediately broke the awkward situation. The two immediately looked at the huge gap. A few seconds later, a sturdy and familiar figure jumped up from the gap. Fortunately, it was Han Zu.

In his hand he was holding a glowing sphere with a diameter of one meter. Gloria could guess that this sphere should be all the glowing minerals that Han Zu had collected from the walls of the space below. As Han Zu approached the two of them, Gloria could see that there were some tentacles on the sphere, which formed a shell to fix the minerals together.

"This is all the ore down there. The energy inside is more than I thought. I think it can hold up for a while. There will be no problem sending a signal."

"What about the obelisk? It's useless?"

"No, the obelisk is still useful. We have to use it as a stable container. But we'd better bring these things to the surface. After all, I don't know much about your technology. I don't know if we can successfully transmit signals so deep underground. And the materials in the castle that can block energy will probably have a big impact."

Handing the mineral collection in his hand to Xin, Han Zu returned to the gap and used his force-like power to pull up the obelisk that had moved to the bottom of the gap. Fortunately, the obelisk was not big, only more than two meters high and thirty centimeters wide, so it was relatively easy to carry.

"Let's look for another exit. This obelisk must not have been there originally. It must have been transported here from somewhere. If that's the case, there must be an entrance or exit that is convenient for transportation."

"I'll try and find it."

Gloria immediately began to look for other exits nearby, while Han Zu took down a burning torch from the brazier on the wall, sat on the obelisk lying horizontally on the ground, opened the tobacco bag, took out a rolled cigarette and began to puff.

"Have you informed your people?"

"Wu has already gone. It will probably take another ten minutes."

"Say, if your signal transmitter fails to work, or no one responds to the signal you send, what are you going to do?"

"Then we can only continue to look for other things that can serve as energy supply devices."

"What if I can't leave this world?"

"That is impossible."

"You are quite optimistic."

"What about you? Do you plan to continue living in this world like this?"

"Why not? The food here is delicious, just about the same as where I came from, and you know, that's a compliment."

"I don't think so. At least there is some reason why you can't stay in this place."

"Then what do you think it is?"

"Not sure, and honestly, don't really care."

"pungent!"

While the two were chatting, Wu and the others arrived here with the necessary materials. At the same time, Gloria also found a passage to transport the obelisk to the ground. Han Zu stood up and told him about the role of these luminous minerals and obelisks. Sinler, who was responsible for building the signal transmitter, said that this method was indeed feasible.

"Then there is only one thing left, that is whether the signal can be sent out from this location. If it can be, that would be the best. The people who know the location here have basically been eliminated, and no one will interfere with the work and construction process of the signal transmitter. But if we need to reach the ground to operate, then we need to find a suitable location first."

"I need to do some calculations. Without the help of any equipment, it will probably take several hours just to do the calculations."

"Then I'll take a nap."