The most intelligent general in the world

Chapter 259 Discovering a Pattern

After staying in Li Yu's apartment for four days,

Zhang Liang had all the information he wanted to know, including the nine-fold challenge and the mysterious opponent.

Things were far more complicated than he had expected, and those were Li Yu's stories from decades ago.

Even if Zhou Yuan successfully passed the level back then, it was many years ago.

Today's inheritance may be a completely different picture, full of dangers.

Zhang Liang kept planning his own response strategy.

Current military strength alone is not enough to ensure survival.

So he could only rely on his wisdom to find a glimmer of hope.

……

On the tenth day, the four senior managers got together.

In addition to the white-robed elder and the black-robed elder who initially tested Zhang Liang, two new faces joined.

Zhang Liang met with them one by one, and then they started the royal inheritance ceremony.

Zhang Liang came back to the basement where he first entered.

This time they chose another passage. There was a tunnel under the palace that led directly to the cave he had visited before. The cabin was still the same, but there were more people, including Li Yu, who had never appeared.

But she hid herself in a thick fog and didn't talk to anyone.

The four senior executives sat in the four corners of the cabin respectively. They cast spells at the same time, and a beam of light shot out from them and converged above the cabin.

The white-robed leader was sitting right in front of the door of the cabin.

His light shone on the iron lock, and slowly, the cabin changed.

First it emitted a layer of golden light, and then it turned into a towering tree.

From Zhang Liang's perspective, the tree is full of vitality.

At this time, Zhou Yan, who was standing beside him, said: "This big tree is full of mystery. It is said that it is the origin of all things. The four sacred trees in our holy land all originated from its branches. And these cabins were also made of bark after its death.

It has a name, it is the Tree of Creation.

After some sacrifices, the whole tree slowly turned into a door.

It was a golden gate with the three characters "Xiaoyao Pavilion" engraved in the middle of it.

'Xiaoyao Pavilion' was the original residence of our king.

At this moment, the four senior executives finished their training, but everyone's expression was very solemn.

Zhang Liang knew that they were seriously injured, and it would cost a lot to activate the royal inheritance every time.

The elder in white robes, despite feeling unwell, said to Zhang Liang:

"When you pass through this door, the inheritance begins. Be careful. No one can give a definite answer as to when you will be able to come out. I will give you a month. We will wait for you here. If you still haven't come out after a month, we will leave and try to send Miss Dongfang and the monkey to the human world.

If you come out in a month, come back to our basement and we will pick you up there.

Zhang Liang nodded and was about to step into the door.

At this moment, Dongfang suddenly rushed over and hugged him.

"Be careful. I will always be waiting for you here. If you don't come back, then you will wait for me in hell. When I finish dealing with the affairs in the human world, I will come back to be with you.

Zhang Liang nodded and could hear Dongfang's deep affection.

But this was not the time for sentimental love, and Dongfang slowly retreated.

Li Yu, shrouded in black fog, walked out.

"Take care of yourself. I have said everything I should say, but we cannot guarantee that everything is correct. Perhaps the king's inheritance has already changed."

After saying this, he hid in the fog again.

Under the gaze of everyone, Zhang Liang stepped into the gate with firm steps.

Watching his figure slowly disappearing through the door, Dongfang burst into tears.

At this time, Zhou Yan comforted him: "He is a man of great luck, don't worry, he will definitely come out."

Dongfang nodded with red eyes.

After Zhang Liang went in, the door slowly closed and turned back into a tree. The light on its body gradually faded, and finally it returned to the cabin.

……

The place of inheritance, after passing through the portal of Xiaoyao Pavilion, there is a staircase leading to the sky in front of you.

From Zhang Liang's perspective, he couldn't see the end of the stairs at all, as if it extended to the horizon.

At this moment, he remembered Li Yu's words.

This is the level that must be passed to enter the inheritance, called the Road to Heaven.

No one knew exactly how many steps there were, no one had ever been able to say for sure, but the level was enough to trap most people.

Zhang Liang walked slowly along the glowing stairs.

The passage of time here is different from that in the outside world. A hundred years here is only one day in the outside world.

Therefore, the one month given by the chief is equivalent to a thousand years for him here.

Zhang Liang walked for a while and then stopped because he found this road unusual.

Zhang Liang looked back and counted the steps he had walked up. It was only more than 200 steps, but it took him the entire morning.

At this speed, even if he were given 300 years, he wouldn't be able to finish the journey.

After walking for half a day, Zhang Liang didn't feel hungry at all.

He gradually discovered a pattern:

With every hundred steps he passed, he could feel the pressure increasing.

Now, Zhang Liang plans to rely on his physical strength to continue moving forward. Originally, he planned to rely on his physical strength to walk out nearly 3,000 steps.

But today, after only walking over 300 steps, he was already out of breath.

But he knew that he couldn't give up. If he couldn't even pass this level, there would be no way he could overcome the next eight levels and that opponent.

He is unwilling to be an ordinary person.

This long road to heaven stretches into the distance. At the end of the road, you can see a figure moving slowly forward.

Just like that, three days later, Zhang Liang finally couldn't hold on any longer and sat on the ground, preparing to rest for half a day before setting off again.

He felt that he had no strength left at this moment, and if he took another step he might fall off the road.

There are abysses on both sides of the road to heaven. If you fall down, you will probably die.

After resting for half a day, Zhang Liang continued to move forward.

Day six, day seven, day eight, day nine.

Zhang Liang had persisted for four days, and he lay down on the steps weakly again.

This world is so wonderful that I don’t feel hungry at all.

Zhang Liang lay down and quickly recovered his strength.

In the process, he suddenly realized a problem...