Online Game: Crazy Skeleton-Chapter 1362 - 1261: Solving the Puzzle

"Star arrays scattered about, sun and moon shining together..."

The warrior anxiously looked around, muttering, "How do we find the sun and the moon in such a tiny place? Isn’t this just making things difficult on purpose?"

"Exactly! Such a simple newbie task, yet they’ve made it overly complex; it seems the system doesn’t want us to get the reward."

"Everybody shut up, don’t disturb Overturning Water’s thinking. They know way more than us, might figure out the answer soon!"

Su Ran looked at Su Ran with a face full of admiration, sincerely hoping he would solve the puzzle.

"Pfft, women are just like that, blindly starstruck; society’s standards have really fallen!"

The soldier’s tone was sour, his jealousy obvious.

"And who was the one talking about ’riding on someone’s coattails’ just now?"

"I—I was just speaking off the top of my head, don’t take it seriously!"

Watching the soldier’s embarrassed face, the other players burst out laughing.

"If we look at the whole area, there is nothing special about this space. Let’s divide it into six zones to locate the treasure as quickly as possible."

Su Ran didn’t have time to waste here; the more people, the faster they’d find it.

With Su Ran’s involvement, the team’s mood noticeably lifted, their faces lit with excitement, observing with far greater efficiency than before.

But.

Ten minutes passed, and they still found nothing—no star arrays scattered about, no sun and moon shining together.

"Our focus shouldn’t just be on the ground; we can’t miss checking the corresponding walls either."

The more Su Ran thought, the stranger it felt. A newbie task shouldn’t be this difficult. What exactly did the sun, moon, and stars in the riddle refer to? He instinctively looked up at the uneven, craggy rock ceiling. Using such a surface to symbolize stars was a bit of a stretch, but where were the key elements—the sun and the moon?

"Sun and moon shining together..."

"Overturning Water is right—the sun, moon, and stars all hang in the sky. If we only look down, of course, we won’t find any clues. I think we need to check not just the walls but also the ceiling!"

While praising Su Ran, the soldier also expressed his thoughts, demonstrating good deductive skills.

The ceiling?

A shock went through Su Ran’s heart; his teleportation circle was hidden within the rock overhead. If they discovered it, that would spell trouble! ƒгeewёbnovel.com

With this in mind, Su Ran quickly diverted their attention, continuously saying, "I feel the walls around us might have a higher probability. The ceiling is just full of small rocks, impossible to hide any treasures. Think about it, even if there were treasures there, could we access them?"

"True, the system wouldn’t make such a foolish move. Overturning Water’s analysis is spot on; I overlooked that."

The soldier readily admitted his oversight and was the first to look toward the walls.

As time ticked by, the atmosphere in the second layer of the Sewers became increasingly oppressive. It’s worth mentioning that throughout the process, no other players barged in to disturb them, which was a small mercy in an unfortunate situation.

"Big guy, are you sure you didn’t misread the treasure map? Is this the terrain that NPC described?"

The soldier’s patience was wearing thin, with thoughts of giving up filling his mind. He almost wished he could teleport back to town now.

"How could there be a mistake? Isn’t this the second layer space of the Sewers? Just search diligently here! If it were easy to find, it wouldn’t be called a treasure map!"

The warrior was even more irritated, but since he was on a mission, he dared not show his impatience. If everyone threw in the towel, he certainly wouldn’t be able to handle the boss alone!

"What a strange thing; so many of us searching and not finding... Hmm?"

Su Ran stumbled upon a stone inlaid in the wall quite unintentionally. His eyes widened in surprise, and after rubbing the engraved lines doubtfully, he burst out joyfully, "Hahaha, I found it! Come and see!"

"What?"

Everyone was full of delight as they crowded around to look at the stone Su Ran was pointing to. Only then did they notice that the stone bore a faint sun-shaped engraving, easily missed without careful observation.

"Not bad, Su Ran. You’ve made quite a discovery!"

Fatty instantly offered praise, and Su Ran strutted proudly with his nose in the air.

"Don’t celebrate too early, we still haven’t found the Moonstone!"

Su Ran’s face grew tense. The Sunstone had appeared, so why not the Moonstone? What exactly did the system mean?

However, this was also a good sign; at least they hadn’t chosen the wrong location. The treasure was definitely hidden in this space!

Despite being a beginner’s map, a place even Level 1 players could come to, between the King Snake and now a mysterious treasure, it really was a blessed site!

"Stars scattered across the board, the sun and moon shine together..."

Su Ran muttered to himself and pushed the special stone, but it didn’t budge. Unconvinced, he took out his beginner’s hoe and dug around it until he gave up the effort.

"A true master tries everything. We really have a lot to learn in this respect!"

"Next time I’ll get myself a hoe too. It really comes in handy!"

"But why would a great player like him use a beginner’s hoe? With his status, it seems a bit demeaning..."

"You really think that’s just any beginner’s hoe? Looks can be deceiving. You’re so superficial, totally lack discernment!"

"But seriously, the way Overturning Water wields his equipment is different from ordinary folks. He really looks cool!"

The five novice players chatted away in the team channel, unaware that Su Ran had become the center of the discussion, still pondering the meaning of ’shine together.’

"Shine together... together..."

With that thought, Su Ran’s eyes brightened. He compared the height of where the Sunstone was placed and quickly walked to the other side of the wall, calling out, "Everyone check your areas for any traces of the Moonstone at the same height as the Sunstone. If the sun and moon are to shine together, their heights should match!"

"Eh? That’s quite possible!"

With the diligent search by the six players, they finally found the stone engraved with the moon.

"Overturning Water, what should we do next?"

Looking at the Sunstone across the way, Fatty showed a puzzled expression. "The two stones are so far apart, how do we determine where to dig for treasure? Surely we can’t dig up the entire line of ground?"

"It can’t be that complicated; there must be a mechanism involved."

Su Ran knew that the twin stones of the sun and moon weren’t just decorative and that likely the trigger for the mechanism was incorrect.

"Su Ran, you go to the Sunstone and both of us will press on the stones at the same time, and see if that works."

"Roger!"

Su Ran never doubted Su Ran’s words and hurried towards the Sunstone.

Just as Su Ran had predicted, the moment both of them touched the stones simultaneously, a miracle occurred. The hard stone gradually pressed down, and a loud ’click’ echoed as the entire space went pitch black, making it impossible to see even a hand in front of one’s face, let alone teammates.

Suddenly.

Bright lights lit up above their heads, the light flickering and nearly blinding everyone with its titanium alloy-diamond encrusted dazzling detail.