"It looks like there won't be any gains this time."
Looking at the huge room in front of him, Xiao Ning's heart dropped to the bottom of his heart.
Needless to say, there is basically no hope of catching Varuk this time.
You must know that this underground maze is bigger than Varuk's castle in Kas City.
In this huge maze, just finding the right path is not easy, let alone finding Varuk?
It can be said that Varuk does not need to escape from this place at all, as long as he hides and seeks with him here, he can drag it out for a long time.
"In that case, I will simply explore this place carefully to see if there is anything good worth using here."
Xiao Ning quickly adjusted his thinking and put Varuk's affairs behind him, making finding the treasure his first goal.
After all, Varuk will hide, but the good things Varuk hides here will not grow wings and fly away on their own.
Of course, the main reason why Xiao Ning made this decision was because it was inconvenient to return to the ground now.
That Taiyi was searching for him everywhere, and he would be easily discovered by the other party as soon as he went up.
"Is this situation like a mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind?"
Xiao Ning thought this while walking forward.
If this situation can be regarded as a mantis stalking a cicada, then it is obvious that he is the mantis and Taiyi is the oriole.
So if this mantis doesn't want to be eaten by the oriole, he must think of a way.
With such thoughts, Xiao Ning began to carefully examine this huge central room.
Judging from the layout of this room, there is no doubt that this is the center of the entire underground maze. The passages on the walls of the room can lead to various rooms in the maze.
It was precisely because of this that he decided to investigate this room first, and then use this place as the center to check other places in the underground maze one by one.
This is the safest and most secure way.
"What is this huge furnace in the middle of this room for?"
Xiao Ning came to the middle of the room and looked up at the furnace, which was three stories high.
Hot steam is constantly coming out of the furnace, but the temperature is not very high, and it is not clear what is being smelted inside.
Xiao Ning touched his chin and looked back and forth thoughtfully.
After watching like this for a while, he suddenly flew up out of thin air and flew above the furnace.
The top of the furnace was covered with a huge lid, so Xiao Ning couldn't see what was going on inside.
But according to speculation, the temperature inside should not be very high.
"Perhaps there is no smelting at all, but the basic furnace temperature is maintained."
Xiao Ning thought for a while and quickly fell from the air.
He doesn't have enough time now, so he doesn't have time to thoroughly inspect the furnace. He can only get a general understanding first.
So after falling back to the ground, he turned around and walked towards the northwest side of the room to check some things stacked there.
This huge room is circular in shape, like a big upside-down wrist clasped on the ground.
The circular walls are regularly arranged with passage entrances and exits, and you can use these passages to travel to other parts of the maze.
So according to this layout, there shouldn't be so many things stacked in the northwest direction, which can easily block roads.
"It must have been moved here recently. These things must not have been here before."
Xiao Ning observed as he walked and quickly made a guess in his mind.
The ground is very clean, so it doesn't look like these piled things have been there all year round, but that they were moved here recently.
It can be seen that there must be people living and moving in this underground maze.
This shows that his previous guess that Varuk's conclusion here is already a definite fact.
While thinking about it, Xiao Ning had already arrived at this huge pile of debris.
Things were piled all over the floor, making it look a bit messy.
But if you look carefully, you can still see that these things are placed regularly on the ground.
Xiao Ning guessed that these things might be related to the furnace, and the placement was to add them to the furnace in order.
"Perhaps Varuk noticed my arrival and temporarily shut down the furnace."
Xiao Ning glanced back at the huge furnace.
Varuk's cultivation path was completely different from his, so he didn't know what Varuk was doing here.
Otherwise, it would have been judged long ago, and there would be no full-screen guessing like now.
Xiao Ning once touched his chin and half-closed his eyes.
He wouldn't be able to analyze the function of the furnace in a short period of time, so he could only first check what the pile of things on the ground were.
Xiao Ning turned back and bent down to pick up an iron box on the ground.
Opening the iron box, you can see that there are two rows of black pill-like things inside, and the iron box has different layers. When Xiao Ning opened each layer, he found that there were also two rows of black pills neatly placed underneath.
"I don't know what it's for."
Shaking her head helplessly, Xiao Ning had no choice but to close the iron box and put it back on the ground.
However, although he didn't know the function of these things, based on his guess, he could still determine that these things must be raw materials for refining potions.
Perhaps Varuk just wanted to melt a pot of healing potion.
"The possibility is not small."
Xiao Ning stared at the iron box for a while, thinking this in his mind.
Then, he quickly withdrew his gaze and looked at a large wooden box in the distance.
The reason why this large wooden box caught his attention was that it was quite old and was in a state of decay as a whole.
If you just look at it from the outside, you would think it would fall apart as soon as you touch it.
It looks so fragile.
Xiao Ning quickly walked to the big wooden box and carefully opened the lid of the box.
Like the iron box just now, this big wooden box has no lock.
Of course, this does not mean that it does not have a locking function, but that the lock has been opened and is in a state where people can take things out at any time.
"Huh? What are these things?"
Taking a look into the big wooden box, Xiao Ning felt confused.
The thing in the box looks like some kind of gel, but if you look closely, you will find that the texture is very hard.
Moreover, their colors are different. It can be said that there are no two pieces with exactly the same color.
"What do you think Varuk has collected?"
Xiao Ning shook his head and just wanted to say that an old antique like Varuk is really not simple.
If his strength was not obviously superior to Varuk's, he would not dare to search for Varuk alone.
Such an old antique undoubtedly knows a lot and is very experienced, so he is not easy to mess with.
"Forget it, I don't know their purpose, so I'd better not touch them."
Xiao Ning originally wanted to pick up a piece and have a look, but for the sake of safety, he decided not to try it.
You can never go wrong by being careful.
After closing the lid of the box, Xiao Ning looked around, looking for a more valuable target among the messy things.
There are a lot of things here, but some of them look very ordinary at first glance and are not worth studying at all.
Just like those various unknown materials thrown directly on the ground, they are obviously of no value.
The valuable ones are packed in different containers and well preserved.
After watching for a while, Xiao Ning walked straight towards one of the boxes made of gold.
This box is almost one meter square, and the entire box is gorgeously decorated. The box itself is very valuable.
To be continued...