Chapter 429 Control Variables

Gao Fei first asked Huzi to enter the underground hall and carefully investigated the area to confirm that there were no traps or ambushes before leading the team in.

The funerary objects displayed in this hall are much more surprising!

The bronze man and horse placed in the center of the hall are even larger than the real thing and have more visual impact.

The bronze horse is vivid and fully equipped with saddles.

The tall man holding a whip next to him, wearing a helmet and armor, with a big face and big ears, looked majestic, as if he was commanding thousands of troops to charge into battle.

"This bronze statue should be the portrait of the owner of the tomb." Wu Xiaoqian said.

Gao Fei nodded in agreement and turned to look at the rest of the furnishings in the hall.

Surrounding the walls are displays of horse gear, armor and weapons racks.

On the weapon rack, there are a complete range of swords, guns, swords and halberds, as well as weapons commonly used by generals in the Jin Dynasty, such as iron bones, horseshoes and maces.

There are various indications that this large-scale ancient tomb was built for the burial of a well-known Jin Dynasty military general. There are likely to be relevant records of this person in the history books.

In the hall where funerary objects are displayed, there is a closed stone door opposite the entrance.

If nothing else, this stone door leads to the main tomb, where the Jin general is buried.

The Yin Qi seeping out through the cracks in the door was even colder and biting than the tomb where the Empress Zhao was buried.

For safety reasons, Gao Fei first turned on the astrolabe and detected the situation inside the main tomb through the stone door.

The strong negative energy interfered with the magic satellite imaging, and only two life signals could be detected, plus three signals radiating negative energy.

Just as living creatures are always radiating heat to the outside, undead creatures often radiate negative energy that is stronger than the environmental background.

According to the principle of thermal imaging, life signals can be detected in a light-free environment; and according to similar principles, astrolabe can also detect traces of the undead.

The two life signals in the main tomb must be Hong Debiao and Wu Xianyun.

Three undead creatures that radiate negative energy, two of them are Hong Debiao's iron corpse bodyguards, who is the other one?

Based on past experience, Gao Fei suspected that Hong Debiao had probably used "spiritual secrets" to awaken the corpse of a general who had been sleeping for more than eight hundred years and transformed him into a powerful undead creature.

"Don't worry yet, I'll do some divination."

Gao Fei raised his hand to stop Wu Xiaoqian from approaching Shimen, and took out a dice from his pocket.

The divination results are not optimistic.

Two o'clock, little evil.

Gao Fei frowned slightly.

Hong Debiao, the "spiritualist", is only good at manipulating corpses and controlling ghosts, and his own combat effectiveness is not strong.

Hong Debiao's two iron corpse bodyguards were nothing to be afraid of.

Based on the conclusion that the hexagram is dangerous, Gao Fei can only believe that his biggest threat comes from the unknown undead creature in the tomb.

Do you still want to break into the tomb even though you know the future is dangerous?

Gao Fei knew in his heart that there was no way out now.

However, instead of rushing in stupidly to see off the tiger, knowing that there is a tiger in the mountain, he would rather spend more time thinking about countermeasures. Is there any possibility of averting danger?

Seeing Gao Fei standing in front of the door with his head bowed and silent, Jiang Feng came over and asked, "How long do we have to wait here?"

"Wait ten more minutes, I'm going to do an experiment."

"Experiment?" Jiang Feng was stunned for a moment, "What kind of experiment can be done in just ten minutes... Do you want to reconfigure attributes and expertise?"

Gao Fei nodded and didn't explain any more.

During these ten minutes, he first adjusted his free attributes.

Originally it was Charisma +3 and Strength +1.

Now turn it upside down.

After adjustment, it becomes: Strength 18/+3, Agility 14, Constitution 14, Intelligence 14, Perception 14, Charisma 15/+1

The four free specialties were originally configured for the "Standing Still" series and "Iron Will".

Replace them all now.

Changed to "Dexterous Actions," "Weapon Focus (Slashing)," "Improving Bull Rush," and "Dreadful Blast."

After the adjustment, Gao Fei divined again and rolled out 3 points.

The hexagram changed from "small evil" to "unpredictable evil".

Gao Fei knew what he was doing and the adjustment was in the right direction.

"What Feige is doing now is like dividing the 'experimental group' and the 'control group' when conducting chemical experiments, and discovering problems by controlling variables."

Gao Fei didn't have time to say more, so Ma Tao explained to Jiang Feng, Wang Daqing and Wu Xiaoqian who looked confused.

"Science students are so scary..." Wu Xiaoqian shrugged and spread her hands.

Ma Tao smiled helplessly and walked behind Gao Fei.

"Brother Fei, I'll give you a new set of data for free. You don't have to be polite to me. Just call me godfather."

"Get away from me, baby!" Gao Fei said angrily.

Ma Tao didn't take it seriously and extracted his magic power on his own, giving Gao Fei various attribute-enhancing spell buffs one after another.

Jiang Feng and Wang Daqing looked at each other and walked towards Gao Fei at the same time.

They didn't fully understand what Ma Tao meant by "control variables," but that didn't stop them from following Ma Tao's lead and giving Gao Fei buffs such as "Piety Shield" and "Protection from Evil."

Gao Fei smiled gratefully at his companions, used the "Divination Technique" for the third time, and threw out the six-sided die in his hand.

Snap!

The dice hit the ground, bounced and rolled.

Finally it comes to rest, with the number 5 on the upward side.

"That's it!"

Gao Fei put away the dice and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Divination is just a black box."

"I don't know how this spell works, but there are two things for sure."

"First, the divination results are relatively reliable."

"Secondly, by controlling variables, we can try and make mistakes repeatedly, and try to get as close as possible to the divination results we want."

"Brother Fei, it's a simple thing, don't make it so complicated!"

Ma Tao sneered and undermined his old friend.

"To put it bluntly, you are just using the database for free!"

"Xiao Ma, don't say it either." Wu Xiaoqian smiled bitterly, "I half understood what Xiao Gao said, and then I listened to your interpretation... I was completely confused."

"Sister Wu is a real person, she said something fair!"

Gao Fei gave Ma Tao, who was embarrassed, a middle finger, put away his laughter, and solemnly said to his companions beside him: "Guys, if nothing unexpected happens, our ancient tomb exploration journey is about to usher in the final battle, cheer up!"

After that, he turned around and pushed open the stone door opposite.

A strong yin energy, mixed with a pungent corpse odor, emanated through the open door.

Under the illumination of the flashlight, Gao Fei saw a coffin with the lid opened in the center of the tomb.

Hong Debiao stood in front of the coffin with his back to the door, seeming to be chanting a spell, or mumbling to himself.

Two iron corpse bodyguards stood beside him.

In the corner of the tomb, Wu Xianyun sat on the ground against the wall, his face full of fatigue, and a large patch of scarlet blood oozing from his injured right arm.

Hearing the movement from the door, Hong Debiao shook his braid, turned around, and looked at Gao Fei and others with his hands behind his back. The strange smile on the corner of his mouth was more like a nervous twitch.