When we walked into the corridor of the ruins again, it was still pitch black and we couldn’t see the way forward.
Although Angel can see at night, long dark roads still make people feel uneasy.
He remembered that the tree spirit seemed to have said before that there were candlesticks on the wall... Angel's eyes slowly turned towards the wall, and sure enough he saw the wall-mounted candlestick surrounded by a black grid.
In the darkness, Angel's eyes glowed faintly, and a fire light ignited in the candlestick.
When the first firelight lit up, it was like a magical mechanism was turned on, and then all the candlesticks in the corridor lit up. There was a candlestick every five meters, lighting up to the depths of the corridor.
"A linked mechanism?" Angel muttered in a low voice, without thinking too much, he opened his legs and walked forward.
When Angel walked about a hundred steps, he frowned slightly. He didn't notice it before, but after he actually entered the corridor, he felt something was wrong.
The direction of the airflow is abnormal.
Angel was very sensitive to changes in the surrounding environment. Before he stepped into the corridor, he didn't feel any airflow in front of him, but when he walked forward, it was like a vent appeared deep in the corridor, just like him.
A gentle breeze blew slowly by the side.
Although the wind is not strong, it gives people the illusion that the exit is in front.
Although Angel felt something was wrong, he did not stop but walked forward quickly. According to his idea, if it was an illusion, he would know if he kept walking.
Da da da
The footsteps echoed in the long and narrow corridor, perhaps because it was too quiet, or because the space was so small that there was echo. As Angel walked, he seemed to hear multiple overlapping footsteps.
This extremely depressing atmosphere lasted for ten minutes.
"It's a bit weird." Angel stopped and this thought flashed through his mind.
According to the information obtained from the tree spirit, he could reach the central laboratory of the ruins through the corridor. He had walked through this corridor for almost several miles, but he had not yet reached the laboratory. It was obvious that something was wrong.
He didn't think that there was something strange in the ruins, or that other extraordinary beings were involved. After all, the tree spirit said that it had not been opened since it was sealed, so it must be well-founded. What he thought was weird was a guess whether there was someone in the ruins.
Some mechanisms were triggered by him.
It is normal for there to be a mechanism in the ruins. However, if it is really a mechanism, how did it trigger it?
Angel couldn't figure it out for a while, so he decided to walk a little further to see if there were any clues.
After walking about a few hundred steps, Angel discovered another strange point: the airflow in front of him was getting stronger.
Does this mean that he is closer to the air outlet?
Are we about to reach the end? With this doubt, Angel walked forward again. After walking for another two minutes, Angel saw the so-called "air outlet".
A closed door.
Angel looked at the door, was silent for a moment, then stepped forward and pushed it gently.
After the door was pushed open, an open space was revealed.
Outside the door, there is a vast wasteland. Nearby, you can still see the big tree that Angel had covered with nightmare. Obviously, this is the entrance to the ruins.
He did not find the end point, but instead made a long circle and returned to the entrance.
There was no danger in the whole process, which was similar to what the tree spirit said before. So, Angel was even more certain that he had triggered some kind of mechanism during this strange circle he went through.
But how did he trigger it? Why didn't the tree spirit remind him before? Did he deliberately want to laugh at him?
Angel stood at the door, thinking quietly, when his eyes accidentally glanced at the candlestick on the wall.
Inside the black grid is a patterned tray, which contains special lamp oil that can burn for hundreds of years.
"The candlestick...is it because of the candlestick?" Angel suddenly thought of something. He entered the ruins and only moved the candlestick.
Moreover, when one candlestick is lit, all the candlesticks are lit immediately, which is obviously a linkage mechanism. This linkage mechanism may be the main reason that triggers his "circle".
The more Angel thought about it, the more he felt it was correct. Moreover, he still remembered what the tree spirit had said before: "There are candlesticks on the wall that can be lit. But I don't think it is necessary."
The meaning of the tree spirit's words was to dissuade Angel from lighting the candlestick.
In other words, if you don’t light the candlestick, this mechanism will not be triggered?
Angel didn't know if his guess was right, but he planned to give it a try.
He walked to the original candlestick, stretched out his hand and flicked it, and the burning light was extinguished. And as the flame of this candlestick dimmed, the flames of all other candlesticks also disappeared. The corridor was restored to a state of peace.
The darkness is so dark.
Angel decided that this time, he would not do anything extra, nor use the light spell, but simply carry the darkness on his back and move forward.
This time, after Angel took more than ten steps, he clearly felt the difference from before.
He did not sense any airflow in front of him, which meant that he did not step into the previous "strange circle" this time and was really moving forward.
It seemed that he had guessed it right. While Angel was thinking to himself, suddenly, he saw a black shadow in front of him.
He stopped suddenly and looked intently. With the low light and night vision, he could clearly see a standing figure in front of him.
Is it a human? But the tree spirit said that no one has come here for hundreds of years?
Although Angel was confused, he did not stop. Instead, he speeded up, trying to see clearly what the figure was.
As Angel approached, he could clearly feel that there was no life around him, and the figure did not move.
In other words, he is either a dead thing or an undead spirit.
As Angel came closer to the figure, he finally confirmed the truth about the figure.
This is just a full-scale knight's armor that is deliberately shaped into a human form.
There is no extraordinary aura on the armor, and it should be just an ordinary thing. However, the texture of the armor is a bit strange, as if it is not made of metal.
Although Angel didn't see what material the armor was made of, he didn't explore it because all his attention was now attracted by another thing.
In the center of this breastplate, a faint blood streak can be clearly seen.
This blood pattern should have been painted with some kind of paint. There is still no energy feedback. The reason why it attracted Angel's attention was that this pattern was so familiar to Angel.
Magic pattern, and it is alchemical magic pattern!
However, this is just a broken magic pattern, not even any combination. It is just a corner of a certain magic pattern carved on the chest armor.
Moreover, the magic pattern corners that appear are not related, just like a beginner who is recording the meaning of each magic pattern corner.