Keyboard Immortal - Chapter 2750

1263: Choosing Life or Death

“How about I follow these chains and see what’s going on over there?” After studying them for a long time, unable to find another way, Yanhua finally looked at the eight chains and was eager to try.

While there wasn’t a true bridge, with her cultivation level, stepping on the chains wouldn’t be difficult.

Zuan stopped her, saying, “There’s nothing visible below the rift, and these chains are strange. Going up there is too dangerous.”

“But if we don’t try, standing here is pointless.” Yanhua, worried about her father’s safety, couldn’t help but feel anxious.

“I have a plan,” Isabella said, pulling a metal sphere from her small bag. “This planetary probe can withstand the intense heat and pressure of a star, as well as the extreme cold. Its special material can withstand the full force of many cultivators for half an hour. We can use it to investigate the situation on the other side.”

Zuan couldn’t help but glance at her small bag. Such a small bag could hold so many treasures, truly worthy of a wealthy young lady.

Fireworks embraced her and jokingly said, “Your bag is making me jealous. I’m tempted to snatch it.”

Isabella shook her head slightly. “It’s no use trying to snatch it. This treasure bag is bound to my soul. Only I can open it.”

Fireworks: “…”

After staring at her for a long moment, she couldn’t help but utter, “She’s truly a rich girl. So innocent, it’s hard to bully

her.” Isabella blinked, seemingly confused.

By then, the planetary probe in her hand had already soared above the rift valley, emanating circles of red light as if scanning its surroundings.

Soon, images began to appear above the three Zauns. At that moment, something unusual happened.

A gentle breeze suddenly rose from the rift valley floor. The planetary probe, designed to withstand extreme conditions, sensed the wind and struggled to maintain its shape.

Unfortunately, it only lasted a fraction of a second before it shattered and fell into the rift valley, shattering into countless pieces.

Fireworks blinked. “What kind of attack did you say it could withstand?”

Isabella’s face flushed crimson. After all, she’d been boasting about this thing’s capabilities just a moment before, only to be reduced to smithereens by a gust of wind in the blink of an eye.

Thinking for a moment, she immediately pulled out the Wind-Fixing Orb: “I’ll take it and try it out.”

Zuan stopped her, “Let me do it.”

While she was quite capable, she’d been raised in a greenhouse, lacking the tempering of blood and fire. Such a dangerous undertaking was too much for her.

Isabella thought for a moment and handed the Wind-Fixing Orb to him: “Brother Zu, you’re more capable than me. You can do it.”

Just as Zuan was about to step forward, Fireworks hurriedly said, “Wait a minute, Brother Zu. Have you ever wondered why there are eight chains here, not just one?”

Zuan’s mind raced. Yes, anyone who could reach this place was no ordinary person. If it were just a bridge, one would have been enough.

But now there were eight. Were the other seven dead ends, leaving only one path to survival?

He subconsciously thought of the Gate of Life and Death in the Bagua, but aside from the number eight, the eight chains seemed to have no connection.

“Brother Zu, can you use your previous ability to break illusions to determine which path is the right one?” Isabella couldn’t help but ask.

Zuan shook his head. “These chains are real. Breaking illusions is useless.”

“Then what should we do? If we make the wrong choice, there’s probably no chance to go back.” Isabella was immediately anxious. She had seen what had happened to the planetary probe. Even if the Wind-Fixing Orb could suppress the strange winds, these chains were so strange that there must be other mechanisms and dangers.

Suddenly, a pleasant chant erupted from Yanhua’s mouth. The pronunciation was extremely strange, but it brought a sense of physical and mental pleasure to the ears.

Seeing the golden musical notes swirling around him, Zuan quickly realized, “Is this a blessing?”

Fireworks smiled sweetly, “Have you forgotten I’m from the Land of Dreams? I just used the dream power passed down through generations of our clan. I wish you great blessings and that you will surely choose the right path.”

A thought struck Zuan, remembering that the Land of Dreams not only possessed the power to create dreams, but also allowed one to consume one’s own merit to help others guide various causes and conditions to achieve a desired goal.

“Then your merit…” Zuan couldn’t help but feel a little worried. A negative merit would only deepen bad luck and severely backfire on the caster.

“Don’t worry, I can handle it,” Fireworks smiled, then reminded him, “Our ability can only guide cause and effect to the best of our ability, not truly direct it. To maximize the probability of success, we must fully utilize our abilities and mobilize all possibilities.”

Zuan’s mind shifted, perhaps understanding the key. This ability significantly increased your chances of success.

However, if your original probability of success was zero, you would still fail.

Only by fully utilizing all abilities and conditions, realizing theoretical possibilities, could the other party’s blessing be maximized.

Thinking of this, he recalled his various abilities and wondered how he could choose the right path to survival.

He was proficient in formations, and these eight chains likely conformed to some kind of formation.

While the runes were complex, it was clear that each chain was different. Most likely, each one had a different effect, triggered when standing on it.

Unfortunately, my understanding of runes was only superficial. If Xie Daoyun were here, with her experience as Yumen Beiqing, she might be able to discern the purpose of each rune on each chain.

Hey, Jing Teng’s own body is a talisman; perhaps she could discern the origins of these runes.

Unlike her other confidantes, Jing Teng resides in the blessed land cave within the pendant. Furthermore, her body is a talisman, so she wouldn’t be detected by the Dream Land inspectors, so she could be brought along.

Just as he was about to call her out, he suddenly remembered that if she saw two more girls nearby, he’d be afraid of another scene.

And she might not be able to decipher the runes on these chains…

Wait, I think I still have the “Record Book.”

The Book of Records had the ability to predict the coming crisis, and wouldn’t his current choice of one of the eight chains be perfect for it to function?

So he went straight to the leftmost chain, stretched out his foot to step on it, and at that moment, the image of himself falling from the chain into the chasm appeared in his mind.

Obviously, it wasn’t this one.

So he went to the second chain and stretched out his foot to step on it again.

His mind quickly flashed with the image of himself going astray, his soul being drained away, and finally turning into a walking corpse.

Zuan: “…”

It wasn’t this one either!

In fact, although the “Book of Records” can predict the future, it can only predict the future within a few seconds. The fact that it can now predict everything so clearly is obviously due to the innate blessing bonus of the Dream Clan.

With the third chain, his flesh and blood were shaved off by some invisible force, leaving only a skeleton.

He tried the next chain one by one. The way he died with each chain was strange, but they all had one thing in common: a horrible death.

When he finished trying the last chain, his face turned pale: “How could this happen!”