After passing through a not-so-long winding road, the view immediately becomes wider.
Directly ahead, a gradually enlarging space came into view.
When he walked in, Angel found that this underground building was actually smaller than he thought, at least smaller than the halls he saw in the underground sewers of Naraku City in the Nightmare Realm.
Although the area is small, the spatial structure is hollow and multi-level. From the lobby at the bottom, you can see that there are at least four floors above. There are rooms on each floor. The doors of some rooms are still open, and you can vaguely see the vivid interior.
The layout. Those colorful clothes are definitely not from the past, they should be the accommodation place for the hero team.
Putting aside the smoke and smoke in the upper room, looking at this underground building alone, the overall feeling is like a church in a small town.
The reason why he thought this was because Angel found that there were still rows of nails left on the broken marble floor. These nails were rusty on the outside, but not corroded because the raw material was dense copper, which is an extraordinary material.
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This type of standard nail is specially used to fix long rows of seats.
Judging from the arrangement of these nails, there must have been rows of benches in the past lobby.
Coupled with the obviously raised podium in front of it, just by thinking about it, I can imagine that there must be a preacher standing on the podium, talking to the people sitting below, maybe speaking some doctrine.
Or maybe it's covert brainwashing.
This is almost exactly the same as the church Angel has seen.
It's just that the scale is much smaller.
However, if this was really a church, how could it be built underground?
While Angel was thinking, he expressed his inferences and doubts.
He mainly wanted to hear Earl Black's opinion. After all, Earl Black had lived the longest here, and he must have seen countless religions. Maybe he had seen similar places.
However, the Black Earl could not give an answer.
"It does look like a gathering place for sects, but after all, it has been many years, and it is impossible to say for sure. Perhaps, this is just a place for exchange, just like you alchemists, don't you have similar alchemy exchange meetings in every extraordinary city?
They are all kept secretive, for fear that others will know where they are." As the Black Earl spoke, his tone began to change, and he seemed to have a disdain for the alchemy exchange. I guess there should be an unknown story in it.
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Angel: "What Lord Black Earl said is possible. However, if it is similar to an alchemy exchange meeting, the visitors should be in an equal relationship. However, looking at the layout of these rows of nails and the deliberately elevated podium, it does not look like a normal exchange.
Yes. If we talk about communication, it can only be the relationship between teachers and students."
In other words, this is an underground classroom?
This inference is even more absurd than the underground church.
The Black Earl seemed to think that the exchange meeting was not reliable, but he did not change his mind. Instead, he asked: "Which serious church would be built underground?"
"No." Angel said without hesitation: "In fact, it would be difficult for sectarians to gain a foothold in the extraordinary city."
Religion thrives in ordinary people's cities. This is mostly due to the selfish desires of kings and the fact that ordinary people also need spiritual comfort after suffering. But in places where extraordinary people live, let alone extraordinary cities, even wizards' markets
It is rare to see any religious churches.
Because wizards who pursue the truth will only believe in themselves, the knowledge in their brains, and even the power in their hands, and will not believe in those illusory gods. If there are really religious wizards, they must be deceived, and
The ones I believe in are not gods made up by ordinary people, but the Demon God of the Abyss, the Outer God Druna, the Wild God or the Evil God Loft.
These so-called gods, except for the evil gods in Loft's world, are all eyeing the wizarding world. In order to obtain greater benefits, it is common to first put some bait to seduce some weak-minded wizards.
But even the believers of these gods can only do some small things in the extraordinary city, or set up some small organizations to make the city lord turn a blind eye. It will not work if it is larger. As for leaving the church openly, it is
Very few.
However, the above situation only applies to the current generation.
It's hard to say whether there will be exceptions in the era when Naraku Castle still exists.
"Secret, underground building, suspected of being a church... Am I right? This is a gathering place for followers of the devil? Or the base camp of villains in the garden maze?!" Kael's voice suddenly sounded, with excitement in his words.
Angel: "Maybe your guess is right, but to be sure, we need some evidence."
"But confirming the situation here can only be regarded as a secondary task. Our main task is to find if there is an entrance to the underground waterway." After a pause, Angel turned to look at everyone: "Let's search separately.
If you have any doubts, mark them first so we can look at them together later."
After speaking, Angel turned to look at the Black Earl: "Sir, can you temporarily undo Vai's seal?"
Vai, who was a little wilted at first, heard Angel's words, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Angel in disbelief.
This famous super-dimensional wizard actually interceded for him?! Could it be that during this short journey, he saw the fragility of his heart and the restless soul that was unwilling to be lonely, and wanted to soothe his wounded heart?
Vai's eyes were shining and his heart was trembling, but his understanding was obviously wrong. And the Black Earl, even with just a nose, could see more clearly than him.
The Black Earl said directly: "What do you need him for?"
Angel: "Let Vai ask about the logistics of the heroic team just now, especially the old man Fuxiu, about what the original appearance of this place was, what major changes they made, and whether there are any symbolic patterns.
Or a series of issues such as texture.”
Although confirming whether this is the Demon God's Church is not the main task, as long as you know the relevant information, you may be able to find the entrance from some details.
The Black Earl thought for a moment and roughly understood what Angel meant.
Among the people present, Doakes has spiritual perception, Angel knows about magic energy formations, and Kael loves to explore ruins, so the only one who can ask these trivial questions is the otaku Vai.
"I understand." The Black Earl didn't say much, and directly unlocked the seal on Vai's mouth, then flew out of his arms, signaling Vai to go find the group of people alone.
Vai had not yet woken up from his sweet dream. He gave Angel a grateful look, and then turned back to the passage three times step by step.
The Black Earl controlled the slate to fly up: "I'm going to take a look around first. What do you find? The psychic tether connection."
After speaking, a spiritual tie connecting everyone was quietly constructed.
The Black Earl's goal was very clear, he flew directly towards the top, and seemed to have discovered something.
Angel looked at Doakes: "Are we together?"
Doakes was stunned for a moment: "Why?"
Angel: "This place isn't very big to begin with. It's enough to divide the troops into three groups. Moreover, your inspiration is very strong. Maybe there are clues along the way. If you haven't noticed, there is me."
Doakes: "...The second sentence is the real reason."
Doakes is too lazy to say that his inspiration has not jumped out yet.
However, since Angel volunteered to follow him, it wouldn't hurt to go together. It just so happened that he could gain favor while studying why the inspiration would go awry whenever it involved Angel.
"Then let's search in the lobby first." Doakes said and walked towards the reception desk.
Angel did not follow him immediately because the lobby was not big. He first looked around to see if there were any traces of the extraordinary.
Angel walked to the side, stretched out his hand and touched the somewhat broken but still cold wall, slowly closed his eyes, and his spiritual power began to spread.
Within a few seconds, Angel recovered the mental power he had released.
"Are you suffering? I tried it just now when I came here. The spiritual power cannot penetrate here at all. If you force it through, it will only backfire." Doakes, who was standing on the podium, looked at Angel with gloating eyes.
Angel said calmly: "Since you tried it as soon as you arrived, didn't you find anything at all?"
Doakes said "Ah" and looked confused: "I, do I need to find something?"
Angel said lightly: "I have predicted the results after the mental power is detected. I am just testing the penetration degree of the mental power. Judging from the current mental power feedback, there should be a quite large amount of magic energy around here.
Array, but it is worth mentioning that although this magic energy array is quite large, and may even be so large that it exceeds our imagination, it does not encompass this place."
"It means that this underground building is built right next to the magic energy array. Moreover, it is extremely close to the magic energy array. Otherwise, it is impossible that except for the exit, all other facing walls will produce the same mental feedback."
Doakes frowned slightly: "I know there is a magic energy array outside, but what does it mean?"
Angel: "It means that this place is not far from the depths of the underground waterway, which is the real maze."
There are even residential buildings on the surface of the underground waterway of Naraku City, and there are few extraordinary facilities, so there are collapses. But it is different in the depths. There are even magic energy arrays running there, and you can feel the underground here.
The magic energy array means that there is a real underground maze next to it.
At this time, Doakes also understood what Angel meant: "This building happens to be built next to a real underground labyrinth and is surrounded by many sides. It is definitely not unintentional to be so close."
If it wasn't unintentional, then it was intentional. Why did the original builder deliberately build it next to the underground labyrinth? Was there any conspiracy? Could he be planning to secretly enter the underground labyrinth from here?
"It seems that we may have made the right choice to explore here first this time." Doakes murmured in a low voice: "This place should not be as peaceful as it appears. There must be secrets."
While Doakes was talking about it, Angel also said silently in his heart: It's not that we made the right choice, but that you made the right choice.
This proves once again that taking Doakes to open the way is a very wise choice.
After confirming that there might be secrets hidden here, Angel continued to look for suspicious points in the lobby.
There are a lot of belongings of the hero team piled up in the lobby, most of which are daily necessities and some weapons. Generally speaking, they are all worthless items.
Angel did not touch their materials, but used his mental power to observe the ground and walls through these mortal objects, looking for any supernatural traces or hidden lines.
However, it may be that time has passed for too long, and all traces of the extraordinary have disappeared. Only the fireworks left here by the heroic team are left.
As for the hidden textures... there are none. Instead, it was found that the floor and walls were also mixed with extraordinary materials of the same level as dense copper. This is also the reason why this building has not been completely wiped out by time.
To be honest, Angel sighed slightly when he looked at the smoky traces left by the heroic team on the ground and the scratches from the swords on the wall. Although these extraordinary materials were not valuable in his opinion, compared to
The pile of broken copper and iron on the ground is much more valuable. If you take out a few bricks and give them to some alchemy shops, even if you can't exchange them for magic crystals, you will still have gold coins.
And isn’t what the people in the hero team want just money?
However, we can't blame them for being blind. After all, the world of extraordinary beings is too far away from them. Moreover, even if they take out a few floor tiles, they probably won't be able to find an alchemy shop where they can sell them.
Angel shook his head and thought no more.
After searching around the lobby again, but still with no results, Angel raised his head and saw that Doakes was still on the podium. He murmured in his heart, did Doakes find something?
Just when Angel was going to take a look at the podium, a stone slab flew down from the sky.
"Lord Black Earl, have you found anything?" Angel stopped and asked.
Earl Black: "I found a gadget, but it's of no use and I didn't take it. But it's worth some magic crystals. If you are interested, you can go get it."
After some conversation, it turned out that the reason why the Black Earl went straight to the top of the building just now was because he noticed that the smoke floating from the rooms on the second and third floors was all heading towards the top.
The Black Earl only had his nose left, and his sense of smell was naturally unparalleled. He smelled something wrong immediately. There were traces of bonfires in the lobby, and there was smoke from cooking food in the accommodation, but the air in the entire building was quite clean and thorough. The Black Earl
At that time, I speculated whether there would be a smoke exhaust pipe, and whether this pipe would be connected to the depths of the underground maze.
In the end, it was proved that Earl Black was overthinking.
At the top of the building, he found a card embedded in a sculpture.
Cards can remain incorruptible for many years, so they are extraordinary things.
That's an inscription card.
The inscription engraved on the card shows a graceful lady wearing tulle, pouring gurgling water from a water bottle.
The card face of this inscription card is quite classic, meaning "Purification of the Goddess", which can purify the dirt in the air.
However, purification cannot operate unilaterally. After the dirt is collected, it will slowly turn into substance and form a sculpture on the outside. The appearance of the sculpture is exactly the same as the goddess.
The bigger the sculpture is, the more dirt it absorbs, until finally, the sculpture will completely wrap the card. At this point, the effect of the purification card begins to decrease. The thicker the wrap, the weaker the effect.
Time flies, so many years have passed, the purification card has been completely wrapped by the sculpture, and its effect has become extremely low, and it can only breathe ordinary fireworks gas.
However, if you dispose of the sculptures outside, take out the purification card again, and find someone who understands inscriptions to repair it, it can be restored to like new. Therefore, in the eyes of the Black Earl, it is worth some money, but he doesn't bother to take it.
Angel was not prepared to ask for it. Inscriptions were scarce in the Southern Region due to the suppression of extreme sects, but not in other wizarding worlds. He could go to other wizarding worlds via Yuantan Continent, so he didn't care about one.
An inscription card of low value.
Doakes doesn't want it either. The blood side has the strongest purification technique. Why does he want this thing? And if he wants to sell it, he has to find someone who understands inscriptions. He doesn't know if there are people who understand inscriptions. Even if it is really repaired,
He couldn't sell it openly. After all, he was just a wandering wizard. He didn't dare to go against the extremist sect without a backer.
As for the other two, Kael had already gone upstairs and Vai hadn't come back yet, and they didn't use the telepathic link to communicate, so they didn't know about it at all.
That’s all about purifying the card.
"Where are you, have you found anything?" asked the Black Earl.
Angel shook his head: "The power of time cannot leave a trace of the extraordinary."
Black Earl: "What about him?"
The "him" mentioned by the Black Count naturally refers to Doakes.
Angel: "I don't know. He has been standing there for a long time, not knowing what he was doing. Maybe he has discovered something, but he hasn't realized it yet. Since the adults are here, we might as well go over and take a look."
Naturally, the Black Earl would not refuse. Facts have proved that Doakes' inspirational talent is very powerful. They have reached this point, and without Doakes' guidance, they might still be lost outside.
Of course, Doakes himself didn't know how important his role was.
When he realizes it, that may be the time when his talent appears.