Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 1184 - 532: Four Venerable King Buddha Pagoda, The Nonexistent Fifth Level of the Buddha Pagoda_3
[Aside from the absence of a pagoda door on one of the levels, these five levels can be said to be exactly the same as the first one you all saw earlier.]
[You try to go up another level, only to find that the sixth floor of the Buddha Pagoda is identical to the second floor.]
[You immediately think of something, and with the White Elephant Demon, return to the first floor of the Buddha Pagoda. However, the previously undisturbed pagoda door has vanished without a trace, and a staircase leading downwards has appeared out of nowhere.]
[You attempt to go down a level, only to encounter the scenery of the fourth floor of the Buddha Pagoda.]
[It’s as if the first and fourth floors of the Buddha Pagoda are connected end-to-end, with the fifth floor essentially non-existent.]
[The White Elephant Demon couldn’t help but let out a sneer, a mere trick, a pathetic Blind Eye Method, you think you can trap your grandpa with that?]
[With a loud shout, it raises a pair of Lotus Iron Hammers and slams them against the inner wall of the pagoda, prepared to use brute force to decipher the mysteries within.]
[With a thunderous boom, the entire Buddha Pagoda shakes violently, showering dust in all directions. No large opening to the outside world appears on the inner wall, but several fine cracks emerge. These hairline fractures are exceptionally long, stretching vertically across multiple levels.]
[It’s as if, when the White Elephant Demon struck with its hammer, it wasn’t a single layer’s inner wall that bore the force, but the entire Buddha Pagoda all at once.]
[The White Elephant Demon exclaims in astonishment, then flexes its arms, muscles bulging as it prepares to strike with full force yet again...]
[Just now, it was holding back a little, but now as it channels its full magical power, it could bring the entire Buddha Pagoda crashing down with one swing of its hammer!]
[Seeing this, you immediately stop the White Elephant Demon, and with a shake of your head, you explain to its puzzled look, "Elder Brother, this is not advisable."]
[This Buddha Pagoda is clearly reinforced with some profound magical power, and this magical power also enables the first and fourth floors of the Buddha Pagoda to connect end-to-end, making the entire structure inseparable so that you cannot break through any single layer on its own.]
[If it continues to hammer away now, causing the entire pagoda to collapse into ruins and rubble, it would be no different from creating a scene, and it’s very likely to attract the Four Venerable Kings to descend upon this world...]
[The White Elephant Demon, knowing of your strategy to defeat them one by one, says somewhat helplessly, "Then what should we do?"]
[We’ve been going in circles inside the pagoda, unable to reach the fifth floor...]
[You signal the White Elephant Demon not to worry, and continue to lead it up while closely observing and contemplating.]
[You know that only by finding the way to break through can you ascend to the ’non-existent’ fifth floor of the Buddha Pagoda.]
At this moment, the situation Lin Xun faces is very similar to the ’Penrose Steps’, where the top and bottom of the stairs connect to form an infinite loop, never reaching an end.
Such a staircase can’t exist in three-dimensional space; real-life ’Penrose Steps’ are created using an optical illusion that reveals their trickery from a different angle.
But what he faces now is an endless staircase in a world of fantasy Chapters, which naturally can’t be surmised with scientific logic.
His eyes flicker with dense characters.
"This is the mortal world, not the Western Paradise or under the control of the Four Venerable Kings, and whether it’s forming an endless staircase that connects the beginning to the end, or fortifying the entire Buddha Pagoda as a single entity, it all requires an external power source to support it."
Thinking back to the swirling evil qi he saw outside the pagoda, the Incense Fire Evil Thoughts that enveloped the entire pagoda, he already understood everything.
According to the normal rules of engagement, one should now use methods like self-destruction or teleportation to return to the revival point, then come back outside the Buddha Pagoda to exterminate every single evil from the city of Luoyi.
This would cause the Buddha Pagoda to lose the power source of the Incense Fire Evil Thoughts, thus revealing the passage to the fifth floor.
However, this action would eradicate the power source of Incense Fire belonging to the Four Venerable Kings, which has a not insignificant chance of making the Kings descend instantly, leaving what happens next to the will of the heavens.
Lin Xun smiles faintly and begins to operate Shell.
[You lead the White Elephant Demon to the fourth floor of the Buddha Pagoda, step forward, and touch the inner wall with your palm, your fingertips feeling the cracks caused by the White Elephant Demon’s hammer.]
[You can feel very clearly the thick layers of evil thoughts black qi swirling outside the pagoda.]
[A surge of malice rises fiercely in your eyes as you immediately activate ’Source of Extreme Evil Power’!]
[Thick black qi surges through the cracks into the interior of the Buddha Pagoda, and like a whale drawing in water, you absorb this black qi and evil thoughts into your body!]
[Incense Fire Evil Thoughts absorption in progress...]
[...]
[As the black qi outside the pagoda becomes thinner and less luminous, the staircase leading upward from the fourth floor appears to subtly change...]
[You lead the White Elephant Demon up the steps, ascending yet another floor.]
[What you see is finally not the sight of the first floor but the sight of four regal Buddha statues clad in armor, with ferocious expressions.]
[You know you have reached the fifth floor of the Buddha Pagoda.]
