Revelation of the Way of Heaven

Chapter 120 Teleportation Array

Based on the stone pot, the five of them found a round mechanism about the size of a bowl on the opposite mountain wall. The method was simple: Han Kexin only needed to make a large flat mirror out of ice, and use the mirror to reflect sunlight onto the stone pot, which would then focus the light onto the opposite mountain wall.

It's not really a mechanism, because it's just a pattern carved on a rock that's suspended in mid-air. The pattern blends into the cracks in the rock, and you can't see it at all unless you look closely.

The pattern is actually very simple; it consists of two fish connected end to end, one in light and one in shadow. It also looks a bit like a Bagua diagram, and the ancient Bagua diagram may have evolved from this pattern.

They stood on the back of the rhinoceros beetle, hovering beside the rock. The beetle's wings made a buzzing sound. They examined the pattern carefully from top to bottom several times, but they couldn't understand the secret it contained.

"Is it because the light intensity is not strong enough?" Qin Xiaochuan guessed. After all, in the summer, the sunlight is much stronger than it is now, and the temperature gathered by the stone pot is enough to melt metal.

"You'll know once you try it." Han Kexin nodded, and as she spoke, she used ice to make a convex lens with a diameter of two meters. Qin Xiaochuan and Zhou Bin held it up and kept adjusting its direction until they finally focused the sunlight onto the circular pattern.

Because the area of ​​this convex lens is hundreds of times larger than that of the circular pattern, the light intensity focused on the pattern is also hundreds of times greater. Under such intense light, the pattern finally changed. The two fish in the pattern began to rotate, and the rotation became faster and faster. When the two fish completely merged into one, their speed began to slow down, and the two fish-shaped patterns also turned into two semicircles facing each other.

"Click!" Just as the rotating pattern stopped, a strange sound came from the mountain wall, followed by a "rumbling" sound. Then, a section of the mountain wall, nearly two meters wide, under the mechanism began to sink into the ground, finally revealing a two-meter-high opening. Not only that, but there was also a downward-sloping blue stone staircase at the opening.

The moment the cave entrance appeared, Qin Xiaochuan felt his heart almost leap out of his chest. Everyone glanced at each other, and although no one spoke, they could all feel the excitement in each other's hearts.

After a great deal of effort, they finally opened this mysterious door.

"Let's go in," Han Kexin finally said, her voice slightly uneasy this time.

The others nodded, saying nothing more. There was nothing more to say at this point, because everyone was curious about what awaited them in this ancient land of witchcraft.

Filled with nervousness, anticipation, and curiosity, they filed into the cave. The cave was pitch black. Guo Shiyi took out three glow sticks, and Qin Xiaochuan and Zhou Bin each took one to lead the way, while Han Kexin and Guo Shiyi led Xiaoying behind them.

The cave was surrounded by solid blue rocks, which shone brightly when the glow sticks shone on them. They walked along the cave until they reached a cylindrical space that looked like an elevator.

The space was about two meters high, about the size of a regular passenger elevator. A luminous stone the size of a washbasin was embedded in the top, emitting a blue light that illuminated the space. The space was surrounded by various mysterious runes, which also shone with a deep blue light, giving it a mysterious feel.

"What's going on here?" Qin Xiaochuan asked curiously, thinking it was another trap.

"This should be a teleportation array. As long as we activate this array, we can reach the Land of Witches," Han Kexin said thoughtfully.

Qin Xiaochuan had virtually no understanding of magic arrays, so without thinking, he asked, "Do you know how to activate it?"

Han Kexin didn't speak. She carefully looked around the space and finally focused her gaze on a pattern. The pattern was the same as the one on the mountain wall outside, consisting of two fish connected head to tail.

Han Kexin stretched out a hand and pressed it on the pattern. A faint blue light appeared where her palm met the pattern. The blue light seemed to be transmitted from Han Kexin's palm to the pattern. When the blue light dimmed, the blue light in the space suddenly became extremely dazzling, almost blinding people.

Before Qin Xiaochuan could react, a feeling of complete weightlessness suddenly overwhelmed him. Then, a flash of white light appeared before his eyes, and when he regained his senses, he found himself in another place.

This place is almost exactly the same as the space they were in just now. It also has a glowing stone embedded in it, and mysterious patterns are all around it. It seems to be the terminal of this teleportation array.

Unlike the starting point of the teleportation array, there was an extra stone door at the terminal. After pushing open the stone door, they found themselves in a forest. As far as the eye could see, the forest was full of tall, straight green fir trees, and only fir trees. The huge canopies completely blocked out the sky, making the forest unusually dark. The ground was covered with a thick layer of leaves, which felt more comfortable than a carpet when stepped on.

A black crow perched on a branch of a cedar tree facing them. The crow looked very strange, with only one eye in the middle of its face. But that eye was very large, about twice the size of a cat's eye, with a pupil as black as ink. When the five people appeared, it kept staring at them with its strange eye, the pupil constantly moving with their movements, making them feel as if they were facing a surveillance camera.

"This should be the legendary guardian of the Land of Witchcraft Origin—the Demon-Eyed Raven," Han Kexin explained from the side. Qin Xiaochuan couldn't help but take another look at it, but it flew away from the tree with a "caw," and after its cry, a similar cry faintly came from the depths of the forest.

He looked back at the teleportation array they had just come out of, and what he saw made him freeze in place, momentarily thinking he was in a dream.

He could hardly describe the sight he saw. If he had to describe it, he could only use the word "miracle." The teleportation array was located inside a huge ancient tree, and the miracle he was referring to was this ancient tree, because its diameter was at least five meters wide, and its height was impossible to see from the ground.

"A masterpiece of nature," another phrase suddenly came to mind. When everyone saw this ancient tree, their first thought was to know just how tall it was.

There was no dispute among them on this point. Then Han Kexin took out the rhinoceros beetle and had it carry the five of them to the top of the tree.

Of course, they did this partly to see how tall the ancient tree was, and partly to observe the general situation of the place in order to prepare for the next expedition.

However, what they discovered next was very disappointing. After taking out the compass and their cell phone, they found that not only was the cell phone's locator unusable, but the compass had also lost its function.