Tranxending Vision

The light above his head disappeared, and there was no sound. The moment the marble slab closed, it was as if he was the only living person left in the world. The fear spread through his body in that one second, becoming more and more intense. What he was thinking was no longer how to explore this underground world, but how to get out!    

    

Xia Lei's first thought was to call the members of the Zodiac Clan and have them use the explosive device to blast the two stone tablets above his head. However, when he took out his phone, he realized that even the satellite telephone did not have a signal. He was regretting his decision to not let the members of the Zodiac Clan follow him over. If the members of the Zodiac Clan had followed him over, they would definitely have a way to obtain the two stone tablets at the top of the pillar and rescue him. Based on the current situation, this method was obviously not feasible.    

    

Then he searched the square 'hall' beneath the marble slab. To his disappointment, there was no mechanism to activate the stone slab, and other than the black bones and black rocks, there was nothing else here.    

    

However, in the process of searching for the mechanism, his emotions gradually stabilized.    

    

"In order to solve the secrets of the ancient alloy Fruit and AE, I did not hesitate to become enemies with the CIA and FA. Compared to those dangers, what was the maze in front of him worth? Since I'm here, I want to get a result. "I also do not believe that Da Vinci went through so much trouble just to trap me to death here." Thinking about it this way, Xia Lei's heart became even calmer. He carried the glow stick into the passage, determined not to crash into the south wall and turn back.    

    

Kicks, kicks, kicks...    

    

The sound of footsteps echoed through the passageway as it travelled into the distance. It also collided against the black stone walls, giving off the feeling that there were many people walking around. In addition to the dark, icy, and black elements, this underground labyrinth was emitting a terrifying aura.    

    

Xia Lei's walking speed was not fast, and he appeared to be extremely careful. He had to pay attention to everything. The air, the terrain, even the stone tiles beneath his feet. He had to carefully observe them to avoid any accidents.    

    

Fortunately, this underground maze appeared to be a sealed space, but the air here was not heavy and seemed to be flowing. This discovery allowed him to be certain of one thing, and that was that he did not have to worry about dying from lack of oxygen.    

    

Soon, they reached the end of the passageway. After a turn, there were three tunnels ahead of them. One led to the left, one led to the right, and one led to a straight path.    

    

Both the passage to the left and the passage to the right had a mummified corpse lying there. The corpse was well-preserved, and the face of the deceased was clearly visible. The two corpses wore long white robes, leather coats, and branded on their chests were the insignia of the Crusaders. Beside the corpse was a weapon. One was a heavy hammer, while the other was a double-handed axe. Be it the hammers or the axes in both hands, they were already stained with rust. It was clear that they were hundreds of years old.    

    

There was no way to find the answer to why these two Crusaders had appeared here, but Xia Lei knew how they died. The bodies of the two Crusaders were filled with crossbows. Some of the arrows pierced through the body, some of them into the chest cavity, some of them into the head. It was a very terrifying sight to behold. From the direction in which the bodies were lying, it could be seen that they were shot out from the tunnels on the left and right sides. The tunnels on the left and right side seemed to be dead-end, with heavy mechanisms.    

    

Only the middle passage appeared clean. There were no corpses, no arrows. The central passage seemed to be the only way out. It was safe.    

    

However, Xia Lei knew that all of these were fake. He picked up the hammer beside the corpse on the left side of the passageway and walked to the middle passageway. Then, he waved his hand and threw the rusty blade into the middle passage.    

    

When the hammer flew out of his hand, he quickly dodged and hid behind the stone wall.    

    

The hammer flew into the middle of the passage and then fell down. It smashed into a stone tile on the ground and then slid forward. The stone brick it hit obviously sank a little bit. Within a few seconds, swoosh swoosh sounds came from the middle tunnel, and a large number of arrows flew out like frightened sparrows.    

    

Ding ding ding!    

    

Sparks flew in all directions as one arrow after another struck the stone wall. The amount of arrows was terrifying!    

    

Xia Lei, who was hiding behind the stone wall, was shocked to the point that he broke out in a cold sweat. If he had chosen to walk through the central passageway as soon as he arrived, he would probably have turned into a human-shaped hedgehog.    

    

But not because he was observant, but because of the map Da Vinci had left on the canvas of the Mona Lisa. This underground space was a maze filled with traps and traps. Da Vinci's map had given him a safe route.    

    

However, even though he had the entire map in his mind, he still did not dare to trust Da Vinci. That was why he was able to perform the test just now. He did not want to die for nothing just because he believed in a dead person. After all, what if there was the slightest mistake on the map from several hundred years ago?    

    

After the arrows stopped, Xia Lei arrived at the right passage. He picked up the arms of the Crusader lying at the entrance to the tunnel, raised his arms again, and threw them into the passage to his right.    

    

Sou sou sou ?    

    

Another wave of arrows like locusts shot out. Hundreds of arrows weaved a net in the narrow passageway. As long as they were in the passage, even a sparrow would not be able to survive, let alone a single person.    

    

After the test ended, Xia Lei came to the left side of the passage. This passage was the correct passage that Da Vinci had marked. However, he did not rush in. He took off the Crusader's helmet and threw it in. The helmet rolled forward with a clatter as it hit the ground, but the passage to the left was quiet. There were no arrows shooting out, nor any other mechanisms triggered.    

    

Xia Lei's left eye twitched as he awakened his ability to see through things. He then raised his glowing stick and walked in. The line of sight in his left eye moved forward rapidly, scanning the area ahead like a radar. Three minutes later, he finished his perspective. He did not find any hidden traps on the stone walls or underground, so this passage was indeed a safe passage.    

    

After some distance, the left passageway had also reached its end. At the end of the tunnel, there were six entrances.    

    

In front of the six entrances, there were several Crusaders lying on the ground.    

    

The soldiers of the Crusaders were killed not by arrows, but by fighting. Some of them had swords stabbed into their bodies, some had their heads rolled to the side, while others had their chests split open by the sharp axe. It was an appalling sight to behold.    

    

Xia Lei's line of sight shifted to a badge shield. He saw a cross pattern that seemed to have been pieced together with four arrows. There was also an idiom: guard the faith and help the suffering. In that instant, relevant information appeared in his mind.    

    

That was the emblem of the Knights Hospitaller. The Italian words on the shield was also the motto of the Knights Hospitaller.    

    

The Knights Hospitaller was a very important military force in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Together with the Teutonic and Templar Knights, it was also known as the Three Great Knights. During the golden age of the Knights Hospitaller, it had even established a Crusader Kingdom. After the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the Knights Hospitaller stayed on Malta and became the last force during the Crusades. In fact, even until today, the Knights Hospitaller still existed, but its name had become the Malta Knight Regiment. It has the status of a permanent observer entity at the United Nations, except that it does not have any territory. It is headquartered in the Maltese Palace in Rome, at 68 Condotti Street in Rome. But this is not its territory, which belongs to Italy and is leased to the Order of Malta, while Italy grants diplomatic treatment to the building.    

    

The corpses of the Knights Hospitaller Knights also caused Xia Lei to ponder, "I thought that Da Vinci purposely left those two corpses there, attracting others to enter a path of death. But now, it seems that it's not. These Knights Hospitaller Knights charged in, and even fought a battle here ? "    

    

Thinking about the battle, Xia Lei's train of thoughts suddenly stopped, and a new question popped up.    

    

The corpses here were all Knights from the Knights Hospitaller, and there were no members from the second party. That was the problem. Without enemies, could it be that these Knights Hospitaller Knights killed each other? If they killed each other, then why would they kill each other?    

    

Xia Lei's gaze quickly swept across the few corpses, and quickly stopped on one of them. He walked over and pulled out a leather bag from within the corpse's robe.    

    

The leather bag had been treated with tung oil and had not been damaged by the passage of time. There was no dust here. It looked very clean, but it also kept its toughness to a minimum. The leather bag also had the Knights Hospitaller's emblem on it, it looked a little like the things inside the bag now.    

    

Xia Lei opened the leather bag and took out the contents inside.    

    

The leather bag contained several Maltese eagle coins, a silver cross, and an unopened letter. The letter was sealed with wax. On the wax was the seal and emblem of the Knights Hospitaller.    

    

Xia Lei opened the letter and saw the contents: "Captain, we met with an ambush in Bobbio, and suffered heavy casualties, but we defeated our opponent." We found the maze in the north of Bobbio, and I have to admit that Da Vinci was the smartest person in the world. It took us half a month to open the tunnel. I should have sent this letter out before I went in, but my messenger was dead. In order to prevent accidents and battles that might happen at any time, I decided to enter the maze first and then deliver a letter to you. The divine metal would definitely belong to the great Knights Hospitaller, and victory would also belong to the great Knights Hospitaller.    

    

The letter ended with the signature of the person who had written it: The Spear of God.    

    

After reading the letter, Xia Lei's gaze was still fixated on the three Italian words, which were ? Divine Metal.    

    

Although there was not half a word related to the "ancient alloy," he had an intuition that the "divine metal" that the Knight Head Valefor wrote down was actually the "ancient alloy".    

    

The reason why the Knights Hospitaller's Knights came here, was precisely for the ancient alloy!    

    

Thinking about that, Xia Lei's heart started to beat even faster. Could it be that the last piece of ancient alloy was in this underground maze? The thing that Da Vinci mentioned was the last piece of ancient alloy?    

    

If that was really the case, then this adventure was worth it!    

    

"Wait ?" Xia Lei suddenly thought of that compass, and a large half of his excitement vanished in an instant. "That compass is able to correctly point the location of a ancient alloy every time it is hidden, and it is even more useful than a satellite's location. The last pointer was mounted on the compass, which pointed to the sky and had never indicated the direction of Italy. How could there be the last piece of metal in this underground maze? Could it be that the intelligence gathered by the Knights Hospitaller was wrong? Or was it for some other reason? "    

    

"Huff ? Huff ?"    

    

Suddenly, a cold wind blew over.