Chapter 424 Successful, but not complete

Chapter 424 Successful, but not complete

A few hours later.

"He...really fell asleep?"

The Tig team was calculating the energy inside the glowing ores to see if it was enough to penetrate the ground. Han Zu broke off a stone from the side and used it as a pillow, then fell asleep. Even now, when the Tig team's calculations were nearing the end, he hadn't woken up.

Gloria naturally understood the specific meaning of this seemingly erratic behavior, which meant that Han Zu now completely believed that the Tige Squad was no longer a threat and that this was a very safe area. Gloria summed up many of Han Zu's characteristics, some of which he himself was not aware of. The most important one was that he would only rest or sleep when he was in a completely safe range.

But this behavior was indeed very out of line, and Gloria couldn't help but hold her forehead and sigh.

“That’s the way this guy is.”

"Xin, our calculations are complete. The energy contained in these ores is enough for us to penetrate the ground and send a signal, but only once."

"That won't work. The error tolerance is too low. So if we want to use the signal transmitter normally to send out the distress signal, we still need to go to the ground, right?"

"Yes. If we can reach the ground or find a high place, we can minimize unnecessary energy consumption and increase the number of signal transmissions. This will increase our chances of contacting rescuers."

Xin glanced at Gloria, who nodded and kicked Han Zu, who was sleeping soundly on the ground.

"What's going on?"

It seems that the quality of these few hours of sleep was very good. When Han Zu woke up, a very rare expression appeared on his face, one of peace.

"We have to go to the surface. Using the signal transmitter here consumes too much energy. We have found an entrance large enough to transport the obelisk. It's behind the wall over there."

“Kala la la…”

Han Zu stood up from the ground, moving his body, making strange noises. Finally, he shook his neck twice, picked up the obelisk next to him, and walked towards the wall that the Tige team members mentioned.

“Bang!”

A blocked entrance appeared in front of everyone. This location was the transportation passage they found. They originally thought it would take half a minute to tear down the wall, but now it seems that just kicking it would do.

With the obelisk and the ores, the group followed the passage and arrived at the end. There seemed to be a door here, which was locked from their side, that is, from the inside, but strangely, the lock was not strong. For a passage leading to one of the biggest secrets of the castle, this level of protection was a bit sloppy.

Han Zu raised his hand to signal everyone to stop and keep quiet. He began to use his perception and perspective to observe the situation outside the door. However, his doubts were dispelled soon. He used his ability to break the padlock remotely, pushed open the door and walked out. Outside was a staircase covered with dark dried marks, which should be bloodstains. After going up the stairs, there was a sealed railing with rust on it, and no one took care of it.

"Ding! Dang!"

These rusty railings were very fragile and could be easily destroyed. After clearing them, the group finally reached the ground.

It was already late at night and there was no one outside. Relying on the torches in their hands, the Tige team was able to see the surrounding environment clearly. There was something strange here. It looked like a square, but the layout of this location was different from other locations in the castle.

"What is this place? And why is there a strange musty smell?"

"Don't tell me that there has never been such a... uh... building in the history of you Tigre people."

"This looks like a secret execution ground, used to deal with shady matters. But what is that platform in the middle of the field used for? It looks like there is a... No, there are three trapdoors, and there are some thick ropes right above them."

That's right, this place was originally the execution ground where the Duke secretly executed criminals. There were still many people in the Tige team who knew where this place was. It seemed that there was a similar stage in their history. But what made Han Zu curious was that none of them recognized the obvious gallows in the middle of the execution ground.

"There is no hanging in your culture?"

"Hanging? What does that mean?"

"Um... to put it simply, it means strangling the prisoner to death with a rope. Isn't there a similar method of execution in your history?"

"So you call this hanging. It's not new in our history, but we didn't define hanging as a means of execution because it's less reliable than normal beheading. So maybe some lords have tried this method of execution, but we won't study this kind of torture instrument specifically used for hanging, after all, it's very inefficient."

Han Zu nodded. What the Tige people said did make some sense.

"Should we start assembling the signal transmitter right here, or should we find another high place? There is no order from the Duke nearby, so normally no one should come here, and no one will come to disturb us."

"This is the right place. I observed the terrain. The execution ground is located at a relatively high place. And probably to ensure secrecy, there are no people living nearby. Naturally, there are fewer buildings around, so the signals we send out will not be blocked. This is the right place. I'm going to start assembling the signal transmitter. The assembly and debugging should take much less time than calculating the signal strength. In about an hour, we can use the obelisk to store energy and start the signal transmitter."

Compared to the lengthy calculation time, one hour is indeed not long. Soon, time flies, and Engineer Sinler uses the alchemical materials and alchemical devices he has found to assemble a signal transmitter. Han Zu has never seen the appearance of the device before. This thing has a mixed beauty of surrealism and primitive roughness. Although it feels novel, it is not important.

"Okay, now we just need to store the energy inside these ores into the obelisk, and then insert these metal tubes into the interior of the obelisk. As long as the energy flows into the signal transmitter, it can be successfully activated. I have already edited the distress signal in advance. As long as it is activated, it will be sent out. If all goes well, we just need to wait."

"Row."

The Tige people finished their work, and it was Han Zu's turn next. He pressed one hand on the ores to extract the energy from them, and then transferred the energy into the obelisk through his other hand on the obelisk. Han Zu was very cautious in the energy transmission work, so these energies basically only used his body as a bridge for transmission, with almost no loss. The energy transmission process was very smooth, and soon, the ores that were exhausted of energy no longer glowed, while the obelisks filled with energy lit up.

"Okay, now we just need to insert these metal tubes used to transmit energy into the bottom of the obelisk. Remember to move slowly and don't destroy the obelisk."

"no problem."

In order to complete the last step as safely as possible, Han Zu lay on the ground between the signal transmitter and the obelisk. He first generated some hollow tentacles that could just wrap around the metal tubes, then separated them from his body and wrapped them around the metal tubes. He then manipulated the tentacles and slowly drilled holes of moderate size at the bottom of the obelisk. He then slightly expanded the ends of the tentacles to make the metal tubes fit the holes completely. Han Zu then manipulated the tentacles to reduce their activity to prevent them from absorbing excess energy and increasing consumption during energy transport. After doing all this, Han Zu slightly guided the energy inside the obelisk and let it flow into the signal transmitter.

"Om~~"

"It should be OK. The equipment has started to operate and will be fully operational soon."

“Sizzle…Sizzle…”

"Buzz~~~!"

As the energy continued to flow, the signal transmitter was soon fully activated, and the distress signal that Sinler had pre-edited was successfully sent out. However, due to limited conditions, the signal transmitter could not receive a reply. However, the Tig team believed that with the technological level of their race, as long as the signal was sent out, there was no possibility that it would not be received.

The signal transmitter continued to work for fifteen minutes. According to Sinler's calculations, five sets of detailed distress messages should have been sent out. According to estimates, even if their location is the farthest from the Tigr people's sphere of influence, the rescue ship should arrive by noon tomorrow at the latest.

"The signal has been sent. According to our estimate, our rescue team will arrive here by tomorrow noon at the latest."

“Zizizizi…whoosh…hum~~.”

During the discussion, the signal transmitter suddenly stopped working.

"The energy is exhausted, but if you are right, it doesn't matter."

Han Zu took a look at the obelisk, and his perception told him that the energy inside had run out. It wasn't that there was nothing left, but the remaining part was definitely not enough for the signal transmitter to work. But as he said, it didn't matter now.

"So what do we do now? Just wait?"

"Almost. Although this place is a place of execution and not very clean, there is no one else here after all. Let's rest here. If everything goes well, we should be able to see our ships in the sky when we wake up tomorrow."

"Wait a minute.. am I seeing things? Why do I feel like this obelisk has gotten bigger?"

Wu's words made everyone, who were already preparing to find a place to rest, focus their attention back on the obelisk.

"Now that you mention it, I think so too. Are we too nervous? Are we experiencing a collective delusion?"

Han Zu lay on the ground and took a look at the connection positions of the metal pipes.

"He's right. This thing has indeed grown bigger. The gap at the bottom that used to fit perfectly is now a lot bigger. Also, when I first started carrying this thing, it was not much taller than me, but now it's half a head taller than me."

"Om~"

A strange scene appeared again in front of everyone. After a very brief buzzing, the obelisk became a little bigger again.

"This is not right... Xinle, put away the signal transmitter, and everyone else prepare to hide!"

Everyone acted quickly, and Han Zu stared at the obelisk vigilantly as it grew larger. He also covered the surface of the obelisk with his own power, so that if there was any problem with the obelisk, he would be able to control it immediately.

Suddenly, those strange grooves on the surface of the obelisk began to emit strange energy buzzing.

"What the hell is going on?!"

Gloria clenched her weapon. She stood behind Han Zu, ready to help at any time. At this moment, the top of the obelisk suddenly cracked like a blooming flower, and a dazzling light shot straight into the sky, forming a thin column of light that penetrated the atmosphere. However, this was not the end. The size of the light column grew larger and larger as the obelisk continued to crack. When the thickness was about the size of ten people hugging, it stopped growing further. The sudden appearance of the light column with powerful energy like a rotten wood forced everyone, including Han Zu, to temporarily avoid its edge.

"We have to do something! The energy is becoming unstable! The obelisk may explode!!"

The noisy humming sound of energy made it impossible for Han Zu, who was right next to her, to hear clearly what Gloria was saying. However, Xin, who was also shouting something at Han Zu not far away, and his own perception range that was almost turning into a blue light, made him more or less understand that if he did not control this runaway obelisk, once an explosion occurred, he did not know whether he would die, and it was hard to say what would happen to the surrounding Tig people and Gloria.

So Han Zu immediately transformed into a five-meter-tall giant, guiding himself to wrap around the obelisk, and to a certain extent slowed down the strange force of the obelisk's collapse, trying to compress the size of the light column, and at the same time began to use his energy conversion ability to frantically absorb the overflowing energy. But the energy coefficient of the light column was too strong, and in an instant, Han Zu felt a strong discomfort due to the excess energy, so he could only control his body, making the back of the entire torso become like a honeycomb, and began to release the energy.

Countless scorching steam was discharged from those honeycomb positions, the temperature was so high that half of Han Zu's torso began to melt, but at the same time, Han Zu also felt an indescribable, unprecedented power. He divided all the energy into two parts, one part for himself to suppress the energy of the obelisk, and one part for the ability to convert energy. This behavior seemed to be effective. Although it did not look obvious, the beam of light ejected from the obelisk was indeed slowly getting smaller. In Han Zu's sight, he could see that although the collapse of the obelisk was irreversible, the beam of light was getting thinner and thinner. About five minutes later, the beam of light shot out by the obelisk became as thick as a thumb.

“Bang!!”

As the obelisk completely collapsed and turned into debris, the beam of light it emitted also disappeared. This crisis that almost led to the destruction of the entire group was finally averted without any danger.

“Han Zu!!!!”

Han Zu was about to take a breath and rest when he suddenly heard Gloria calling his name in a strange tone. The Tigs finally knew his real name. Just when Han Zu was about to turn around and ask Gloria why she was so careless, he suddenly found that his perspective had become very low for some reason. He was still in the form of a giant. Logically, Gloria in her normal form should be much shorter than him, but he seemed to be looking up at Gloria from the ground.

"What is this pool of liquid?...Oh, it looks like me."

In Han Zu's last vision, he saw a pool of strangely colored liquid appearing beside him. It looked like some liquid alloy. Just when he seemed to realize what this pool of liquid was, he saw Gloria rushing towards him in a strange state, as if in slow motion, and then he lost consciousness.