Escape Route

Liu Xing was now certain that the castle walls were definitely covered in wallpaper, and the Elder Sign was merely a pattern on the wallpaper!

Liu Xing was dumbfounded, but quickly realized that such a situation was only natural.

After all, for the Elder Sign to have its intended effect, it had to be drawn by a professional proficient in Cthulhu Mythos Knowledge, using magic and their own sanity. Only then would the Elder Sign possess an effect, acting as a "defense" against those evil gods and mythical creatures.

For ordinary people like Liu Xing, even if they knew the appearance of the Elder Sign (Elder Signs are quite easy to draw, at least much simpler than the talismans in Taoism), without Cthulhu Mythos Knowledge, the Elder Signs they drew would be mere imitations, and their effects could be imagined.

Moreover, even with professional knowledge, it was unrealistic to draw so many Elder Signs. Because even the most powerful magicians were ultimately human. Each time they drew an Elder Sign, they would lose Sanity Value, and human Sanity Value was finite. At most, they could draw a few dozen Elder Signs before falling into complete madness.

Therefore, if the Elder Signs on the castle walls of this ancient castle were all real, Liu Xing could only say that this section of the wall could be renamed "Mad Wall." It would be impossible to draw so many Elder Signs without driving tens of thousands of magicians insane.

And now, Liu Xing had to admire the Lord of the ancient castle for coming up with such a clever operation, directly printing the patterns of the Elder Signs to make wallpaper and sticking it on the castle walls, thus forming such a spectacular wall of Elder Signs.

Wang Qi, seeing Liu Xing lost in thought, couldn't help but feel curious. He followed suit and carefully touched the castle wall, also discovering that the wall was covered with wallpaper. He opened his mouth wide, and just as he was about to complain, he remembered that he had almost suffered a meta-gaming punishment just now. He immediately shut his mouth, thought for a while, and finally organized his words.

"Liu Xing, the Lord of this ancient castle is quite fashionable. We only put wallpaper in our homes now, but he's already started putting wallpaper on the castle walls. This is truly a huge workload," Wang Qi said with a smile.

At this moment, Liu Xing also came back to his senses. After hearing Wang Qi's words, he nodded and said with some emotion, "You're right. The castle walls of this Ains Castle should be nearly a thousand meters long, with an average height of about eight meters. This would require at least 16,000 square meters of wallpaper. Sticking this much wallpaper on the castle walls is indeed a big project."

Liu Xing's family had also put up wallpaper, and they had even asked Wu Lei to help. The two big men worked for nearly two hours to put up wallpaper covering about four square meters. Liu Xing found it hard to imagine how much manpower and material resources would be needed to complete such a large area of Elder Sign wallpaper!

However, Liu Xing had now come to another conclusion: the Lord of Ains Castle must have gone completely mad, otherwise he wouldn't have done such a thankless task. After all, these Elder Sign wallpapers were clearly ineffective, but the Lord of the ancient castle still went to great lengths to perfectly stick these Elder Sign wallpapers on the castle walls. If Liu Xing hadn't accidentally touched the wall, he wouldn't have realized it was wallpaper!

After silently complaining a few times in his heart, Liu Xing and Wang Qi returned to the large room in the main building. Wang Si Yi was engrossed in reading a book without a title, while Bai He Cheng and Chen Ling were nowhere to be seen.

Liu Xing first greeted Wang Si Yi and then asked, "Sister Wang, where did Bai He Cheng and Chen Ling go? When Wang Qi and I went out to scout just now, we found some interesting things."

Wang Si Yi's gaze remained on the book. "Oh, Bai He Cheng said he wanted to go to the toilet, so Chen Ling took him. After all, you know Bai He Cheng's condition now; he can't go anywhere without someone accompanying him. But it's been almost five minutes, so they should be back soon. You two sit down and rest for a while."

As soon as Wang Si Yi finished speaking, Chen Ling returned with Bai He Cheng, looking displeased. It was clear that Bai He Cheng hadn't behaved himself in the toilet and had definitely caused trouble again.

As expected, after Liu Xing inquired about the situation from Chen Ling, Chen Ling told Liu Xing with a look of despair that Bai He Cheng, using the excuse of being blind and having paralysis in his limbs, not only made Chen Ling send him to the correct position but also asked him to help him take off his pants!

As a straight man, Chen Ling stated that he had never helped anyone take off their pants since he was young. He never expected that his first time would be with this guy, Bai He Cheng.

Of course, it was fortunate that Bai He Cheng only needed to pee this time. Otherwise, Chen Ling felt he would have had to wipe his butt for Bai He Cheng!

After listening to Chen Ling's complaints, Liu Xing became even more certain of one thing: he wanted to keep as much distance as possible from this guy, Bai He Cheng...

With everyone present, Liu Xing first contacted KP004 to reopen the secret room and then shared the intelligence he had just obtained. "To determine our escape route from the ancient castle, Wang Qi and I just went to the main gate of the ancient castle. We found that it is unrealistic for us to escape from the small iron gate of the ancient castle because we don't have the key to open it. If we want to break it down by force, we would need to find weapons like axes at least to succeed. Moreover, don't forget, there is an alarm device at the gate. If we break it down by force, it will definitely trigger the alarm. So I was thinking, can we open that large wooden door through legitimate means? After all, we've been in the ancient castle for some time, and we've only seen Old Wayne, a servant, in this ancient castle. There are also traces of cars driving in and out of the ancient castle, so this wooden door can definitely be opened."

"So, Wang Qi and I found a small wooden house on the castle wall, where we discovered a domestic electric door opener. From the operation manual, we learned that this electric door opener will slowly open the main gate after ten minutes of preheating debugging. It will take another nine minutes to fully open the wooden door. I think this is the best, and perhaps the only, escape route for us."

Wang Si Yi and the other two in the main building of the ancient castle also heard the dice fall, knowing that Liu Xing's side was conducting a check, but they didn't know the content of the check. Now, hearing Liu Xing's explanation, Wang Si Yi and the other two finally understood.

Wang Si Yi put down the book in his hand and said seriously, "Then, if everything is as you said, Liu Xing, is this really the only theoretical escape route from Ains Castle?"

Liu Xing nodded and said, "Indeed. Unless we can find a secret passage leading out of the ancient castle, or find a rope that is long and strong enough, it is best for us to choose the method of opening the wooden door."

Wang Si Yi thought for a moment and then nodded, "I agree with Liu Xing's idea."

PS: The second update is here. Please collect and recommend.