Heroes' Prison-Chapter 1320 - 1254: Deciphering the Hidden Message!
In order to save time and increase efficiency, Huang Yi immediately sent a message to Thunder God, Heavenly Dao, Pope, Pharaoh, and Abigail, the super-first masters who were on the Central Continent, to quickly gather at the Omnipotent Teleportation Formation of the Holy Land.
Before long, all the super-first masters had arrived, gathering once again.
This movement also attracted some media reporters with keen senses. The news of Huang Yi gathering the super-first masters quickly spread.
"God of Slaughter, why have you gathered us? Is there something important?" The Pope asked directly.
"I would like you all to go and hit the 290th level of the Tower of Pantheons!"
"The 290th level?" The super-first masters were all taken aback.
At this critical moment, every possible effort should be made to resolve the end-of-world crisis, but unexpectedly Huang Yi called them to waste time on playing through the 290th level of the Tower of Pantheons!
The 290th level no longer holds any value. Not only is it very hard, but there are also no rewards after completing it. The world record set by Heavenly Demon over 7 minutes remains unbeatable, and trying to play through the 290th level yields little benefit. For a long time, few masters have tried it.
"Can you give us a reason?" Abigail asked.
Huang Yi solemnly said: "I have very reliable information. To resolve this disaster, the answer is very likely to be found in the Tower of Pantheons."
"Alright, then I will go!" Abigail didn’t ask further and directly disappeared into the Teleportation Circle.
After that, one super-first master after another disappeared into the Teleportation Circle, starting to play through the 290th level of the Tower of Pantheons.
Huang Yi also began his second pass.
He flew forward swiftly, and before long, he returned to the hall of the fifth boss.
He didn’t rush to secrete Kiss of Death, but waited for a while at the hall entrance, quietly observing the old scholar sitting at the desk through the door.
The old scholar was still holding a Goose Feather Brush, writing on the Sheepskin Scroll, the pen’s tip making a "rustling" sound on the paper.
After waiting for a while, the old scholar finally put down the Goose Feather Brush, took out some fine sand and sprinkled it on the Sheepskin Scroll to absorb the ink. He carefully tucked the scroll into his pocket.
Only then did Huang Yi begin secreting the toxin of Kiss of Death...
Next was another fierce battle. After killing this old scholar, Little Dragon was utterly exhausted, unable to fight in Divine Domain level for a long time.
This indicated that Huang Yi could no longer clear this level; relying on his own strength alone, he couldn’t defeat the last boss.
This time, the old scholar exploded another Sheepskin Scroll. Huang Yi picked it up expectantly and opened it.
The content on the Sheepskin Scroll was identical to before.
This showed that the content on the Sheepskin Scroll doesn’t change regardless of the scholar’s writing time.
Huang Yi put away the Sheepskin Scroll and teleported out.
At this time, Heavenly Dao, Pope, and Abigail were waiting beside the Teleportation Circle. When they saw Huang Yi appear, they all announced their failed attempts, finding the final Divine Domain boss still too difficult.
Now, only Thunder God and Pharaoh, players with Finished Divine Artifact, were continuing to battle. If they could successfully pass the level and retrieve the Sheepskin Scroll, Huang Yi could compare them to see if the messages on their Sheepskin Scrolls were different.
...
In the real world, in a villa by the Good Hope Cape in South Africa, a black man was sitting on the large sofa in the living room passionately kissing a sexy lady.
Beside them, the huge television wall was broadcasting news of The Second World:
"Breaking news! Just now, the Tower of Pantheons’ leaderboard changes, and God of Slaughter has successfully completed the 290th level, becoming the third player after Soul and Heavenly Demon to clear the 290th level! After passing the level, God of Slaughter immediately assembled Pope, Thunder God, Heavenly Dao, Abigail, Pharaoh, seemingly planning something major..."
Upon hearing this, the black man on the sofa suddenly disengaged from the lady’s lips and turned towards the television wall.
"Honey, what’s wrong? You were the first to clear the 290th level, why are you interested in this news?" The sexy lady asked, gasping and hugging his neck.
"He guessed it..." The man muttered.
"Guessed what?" The sexy lady spoke, attempting to kiss him again.
The man immediately pushed her away, twirling the silver Ring on his index finger, and hurriedly said: "I have to go back! I need to enter the Virtual World, quickly become an Epic Hero, to help Heavenly Demon!"
After speaking, he closed his eyes and lay back on the sofa.
...
The teleportation circle flashed, and a figure appeared in the air, it was Pharaoh.
"How did it go? Did you clear it?" Huang Yi immediately asked.
"Just a bit more." Pharaoh shook his head, "But I already know the strategy, I’ll succeed on the next try!"
Just then, another person transmitted out, it was Thunder God!
He held a familiar Sheepskin Scroll in his hand!
"I cleared it! Dropped this!" Thunder God said, handing the Sheepskin Scroll to Huang Yi.
Huang Yi quickly opened it, seeing the content on the Sheepskin Scroll was shockingly identical to his previous two scrolls.
Huang Yi waved his hand and took out the two pieces of sheepskin scroll he had exploded, and said to everyone: "The fact shows that no matter how long the delay, no matter who goes to fight, the content of the exploded sheepskin scroll is the same. But it only wrote the first way to get the key, not the second way."
The others curiously took the sheepskin scroll and circulated it, and they all became puzzled.
"Could the answer to the second way be between the 291st and 299th floors?" Heavenly Dao ventured a guess.
"I think it’s possible!" Thunder God agreed.
Huang Yi’s brow furrowed tightly, could it be that the clues to the second way can only be found in the later floors?
"God of Slaughter, I see you frowning, what’s the matter?" At this moment, a familiar voice sounded.
Huang Yi turned around and saw a young man with a gentle scholarly appearance, a large wine gourd hanging at his waist, resembling a wandering poet.
This was his old friend – Poet.
Other media reporters could only stand far outside the Omnipotent Teleportation Formation, without permission to enter, but Poet was a friend of Huang Yi, so he could enter the teleportation circle to come to Huang Yi.
Poet was a famous forum commentator and a well-known informant and analyst in The Second World. When he learned that Huang Yi had gathered a group of super-first masters here, he knew Huang Yi had a strategy to face the calamity, so he hurried to collect firsthand information.
Huang Yi handed the sheepskin scroll to Poet and briefly explained his distress: "After clearing the 290th floor of the Tower of Pantheons, you can get the clue to the key for the 300th floor. Thunder God and I cleared it and got the same sheepskin scroll, but it only wrote the first way to get the key, not the second way, leaving us very confused."
"Let me take a look." Poet took the sheepskin scroll and opened it for a look.
Just a few seconds later, his face froze, suddenly smiling, and said: "The sheepskin scroll clearly writes the second way!"
"What?!" All the super-first masters were shocked, staring at Poet.
Poet said leisurely: "We poets have a habit, which is to read any text as poetry. A normal passage of text, in our eyes, turns into a line of poetry. If you arrange the text line by line, you can easily find the mystery."
After speaking, Poet waved his hand, took out a pen and a blank paper, and quickly rewrote the paragraph from the sheepskin scroll, but now arranged as poetry –
The first way is to break the world record for this layer,
You have a half chance to get the key,
Conditions are harsh,
The journey is difficult,
Only the strongest make this choice,
Usually only a few can achieve it,
The key lies not only in strength,
Every detail must be thoroughly considered,
Only after a hard battle can you reach,
The end of the layers of fog.
...
After writing, Poet showed the content on the paper to everyone and asked: "Do you see it now?"
Everyone stared hard at the line of text, their eyes scanning over every word.
"Ah! I see it!" Suddenly, Huang Yi’s eyes froze in realization, "So that’s it, it’s actually very obvious, a little attention and you can discover it!"
"What’s going on? I still haven’t seen it!" Thunder God scratched his head, puzzled.
Poet glanced at Thunder God and reminded: "Look at the first word of each line."
Thunder God looked again, reading out the first word of each line: "The, second, way, is, clear, every, single, layer."
The second way is to clear every layer!
"That’s right!" Poet nodded with a smile, "Actually, it’s a very simple acrostic poem, the first word of each sentence on the sheepskin scroll forms a hidden message, you just need to pay a little attention to find it."
Thunder God chuckled helplessly, "Yeah! Actually a little attention and you can find it, but we didn’t think to go in this direction at first."
"What are you guys talking about? Why haven’t I seen it?" At this time, the Pope still looked puzzled and said.
"Yeah! I haven’t seen it either!"
"Turns out it’s not just me who hasn’t seen it!"
At that moment, Pharaoh, Abigail, and others echoed in agreement, still not seeing the hidden message in the text.
Poet smiled and said: "Of course you can’t see it because you’re not Chinese. This is a Chinese version of an acrostic poem, the text on the scroll is automatically translated into your country’s language for you, and the language structure and vocabulary sequence are different from Chinese, so you can’t see the hidden message."
"So that’s it!" Several super-first masters nodded, accepting this explanation.
Poet pursed his lips and said: "If I’m guessing right, since the God of Slaughter and Thunder God who exploded the sheepskin scroll were Chinese players, their sheepskin scroll is the Chinese version of the acrostic poem. If you were the ones to explode the scroll, then the content would automatically become your country’s version of the acrostic poem, you just need to study carefully to discover it."
