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The Fat Man and Pifu felt a darkness envelop them, and when they regained consciousness, they found themselves in a completely unfamiliar place.
"What is this place?" Pifu looked around, his voice tinged with unease.
They were in a narrow corridor, with flickering magical lights embedded in the walls casting eerie shadows. The air was thick with a damp, moldy smell that made it hard to breathe.
The Fat Man remained silent, his sharp gaze scanning the surroundings for clues. At the end of the corridor stood a closed stone door, adorned with ancient runes that emitted a faint magical aura.
"It seems we can only move forward," the Fat Man said, taking a deep breath as he stepped toward the stone door.
Pifu hurried to keep up, gripping his staff tightly and cautiously observing their surroundings.
"Be careful!" The Fat Man suddenly pulled Pifu behind him and swiftly dodged to the side.
"Whoosh!" A sharp arrow whizzed past the Fat Man's nose, embedding itself in the wall behind them.
"What was that?" Pifu exclaimed, his face pale.
Ignoring him, the Fat Man focused intently on the direction from which the arrow had come. He noticed several small gaps appearing in the walls on either side of the corridor, from which more sharp arrows shot out, aimed directly at him and Pifu.
"It's a trap!" the Fat Man shouted as he pulled Pifu back.
"Boom!" The ground behind them suddenly collapsed, revealing an unfathomable abyss.
The fat man reacted quickly, grabbing Pifu's arm and pulling him back from the edge of the abyss.
"Th-thank you..." Pifu stammered, his face pale with fear.
"Be careful; this place is full of traps," the fat man said in a low voice, his eyes scanning the passageway back and forth.
"Fat man, look!" Pifu exclaimed, pointing at the top of the passage.
The fat man looked up and saw many tiny holes appearing at the top of the passage, from which countless sharp spikes were slowly descending.
Frowning deeply, the fat man realized that these mechanisms were interconnected; one wrong move could lead them to an irreversible fate. He had to find a way to disable these traps, or both he and Pifu would perish here.
His gaze quickly swept across the walls on either side of the passage, where strange patterns were carved. Although they seemed chaotic at first glance, there was a hint of order to them.
"Pifu, have you noticed that these patterns are a bit strange?" the fat man asked, pointing at the designs on the wall.
"Strange? What do you mean?" Pifu replied casually while keeping a wary eye on their surroundings.
"Look at these patterns; although they appear disorganized, if you observe closely, you'll see that their changes and arrangements seem to follow a certain pattern." The fat man pointed to one particular design. "See here? This pattern looks very similar to the shape of the arrow trap we encountered earlier."
Upon hearing this, Pifu carefully examined it and indeed found a connection between the changes in the patterns and the traps they had triggered before. His interest piqued, he began to study the designs on the wall more closely.
"Look here, this pattern resembles the shape of the ground spike mechanism," Pifu pointed to another design and said, "And over here, doesn't this pattern look like the shape of the spikes at the top of the passage?"
"Exactly! It seems these patterns are the key to cracking the mechanism!" The glint in the Fat Guy's eyes brightened, "As long as we find the rules of the pattern changes, we can predict the location of the mechanisms in advance and avoid them."
"But these patterns are so complex; how can we find a rule?" Pifu looked at the dense array of designs, feeling a bit overwhelmed.
"Don't worry, let me think..." The Fat Guy furrowed his brow, scanning the patterns back and forth while his mind raced.
After a moment, a spark of realization crossed the Fat Guy's eyes. He pointed to one of the patterns and said, "I got it! Look at this pattern; it's made up of three circles. The arrow mechanism we encountered before had three waves of arrows attacking. There must be some connection!"
"Are you saying that the number of circles in the pattern represents the number of waves of arrows?" Pifu suddenly understood.
"Exactly! Let's take a look at the other patterns..." The Fat Guy continued to observe other designs and gradually figured out the rules governing their changes by correlating them with previously encountered traps.
"Pifu, use Fireball to attack this pattern!" The Fat Guy pointed to a design at the end of the passage.
Although Pifu felt a bit puzzled, he followed the Fat Guy's instructions, gathering a fireball and launching it toward the pattern he indicated.
The moment the fireball struck the pattern, a rumble echoed from behind the stone door at the end of the passage, which slowly began to rise.
"We did it!" The Fat Guy exclaimed excitedly. "It seems my hypothesis was correct; these patterns are indeed key to cracking the mechanism!"
Just as they were about to enter through the stone door, a chilling roar suddenly erupted from behind it. Immediately after, a massive shadow charged out from behind the door, bringing with it an overwhelming sense of pressure as it lunged toward them.
The fat man and Pifu's faces changed dramatically. They instinctively tried to retreat, but it was already too late.
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