"There is no doubt that there must be." Angel gave a firm answer in the spiritual belt: "However, this also shows one thing, there is really a way to survive hidden above the flue."
The stinking ditch and the labyrinth are actually one in themselves. Now they are discussed separately, which is just a classification of latecomers.
Before the ruins of Naraku City, there were almost as many living areas underground as on the ground. It is not an exaggeration to call it an underground city. Otherwise, Naraku City would not have built various official institutions in the underground labyrinth.
Wherever people live, there must naturally be channels for sewage discharge, hence the later "stinking ditches".
The presence of mutated scavenging squirrels on this road means that there must be a smelly ditch on this road. Since there is a smelly ditch, it means that there must be a living area nearby. The living area means a way to survive.
Of course, the way to live and the way to die are only the divisions of latecomers. Even the term "maze" may be a casual ridicule of the people who lived here at the beginning, rather than a real situation.
This is the underground waterway, an underground steel jungle. The people who once lived here regarded all roads as a way to survive. They just lived underground, and the so-called search for the exit of the maze - the passage to the ground, was basically what they wanted.
daily life.
It's just that as time goes by, most of the exits of the current underground waterways have collapsed. There are very few passages leading to the ground. This is why the underground waterways have turned into a so-called "maze".
"Now, no more than ten thousand years ago, the road to survival may also become the road to death." The Black Earl said calmly.
Angel: "But this has no effect on us. The place we are looking for, whether it was thousands of years ago or now, was considered a dead end."
"Since that place itself is a dead end, why should we look for a way to survive?" Kael asked curiously.
"Location. I need to find a landmark building and give me a location." Angel: "Generally, such landmark buildings are on the road to survival."
After Angel said this, he stopped talking, and the others didn't ask any more questions. Because they also knew that if they continued to ask questions, they would most likely get an awkward silence.
It's better to end the conversation early.
It was said that the conversation was over, but it was just that no one was pursuing Angel's words to the end. They were still talking in the psychic tether, but they were all talking about what they had discovered in this hall.
Angel listened for a while and found out that they were basically insignificant.
The only thing that is certain is that this was a laboratory that could accommodate hundreds of people working together. The experimental logs and experimental samples are gone. Most of the experimental equipment left behind were broken or taken away by predecessors, so those left here are
Almost all clues were lost.
But a laboratory that can accommodate hundreds of people working at the same time is actually a clue in itself.
"Since the Noah family was once a part of the Garden Maze, Lord Black Earl, do you, the Noah family, record any major experimental results released by the Garden Maze?" The person asking the question was obviously Doakes.
, he and Angel came up with an idea.
Unlike earth civilization, experiments in earth civilization, no matter how big or small, are almost all team operations. But in the wizarding world, wizards can stand up to a large team by themselves, and their magic hands allow them to control multiple tools and mental powers at the same time.
The development of magic can distract them from thinking, and there will be no confusion in their thoughts. Moreover, the knowledge base of wizards themselves is also very extensive, especially academic and technical wizards. The breadth and depth of knowledge are amazing, and their memories never
Will be forgotten. As for the issue of inspiration... wizards will not start experiments at all before they have inspiration. In other words, their inspiration exists from the beginning, so they do not need any brainstorming.
Because of this mechanism, wizards almost always conduct experiments alone, with at most one or two assistants, and some apprentices who are purely spectators.
Such large-scale experiments that require hundreds of people to work together are very, very rare.
But once such a large-scale team experiment occurs, there will inevitably be amazing results.
"There are no records." Black Earl: "About Garden Fans...forget it, let's call it Naraku City. Almost all the records about Naraku City were destroyed after the decline of Naraku City."
"External intervention?" Angel immediately thought of conspiracy theories.
Black Earl: "It should be so, but I don't know what kind of external force it is. Maybe it's people from the Source World. After all, tens of thousands of years ago, the Source World and the Southern Territory often exchanged supplies."
Doakes narrowed his eyes: "Maybe Naraku City is secretly conducting some large-scale research, which touched some people's nerves. This led to Naraku City's decline? And the laboratory here is one of the research places?"
"Who knows, it doesn't matter whether it's true or not. These have been buried in the long river of history...and have nothing to do with our goals." The Black Earl didn't want to talk about conspiracy theories, because even the Black Earl himself had to admit it.
, the possibility of conspiracy theories... is really great, and if we look into it further, it is not a good thing. After all, ten thousand years is not a short time for a wizard, or a powerful wizard family, or a wizard organization, but it is also a long time.
Not long, it would be boring if the Noah family got hooked up because of exploring Naraku City too deeply.
Seeing that Doakes wanted to continue asking, the Black Earl interrupted directly: "If you really want to know, you can follow Angel to the Savage Cave to find the Shu Lao. The Shu Lao must know the truth about this period of history."
This is all in vain, because Shu Lao hardly appears in front of people, not even the people in the Savage Cave, let alone outsiders.
Doakes sighed and patted Kael on the shoulder: "It seems that I want to help you explore some historical truth, but there is no other way."
Kael silently took a step away from Doakes.
He is not stupid, and his pursuit of history is true, but he also knows that if he digs into some hidden historical truths, he will only bring trouble to himself. Obviously, the loss of Naraku City is likely to be like this.
Kael is curious about history, but if he really explores the history here, he believes that he is not far from death.
After another five minutes, Doakes said in the psychic belt: "We have finished searching here and found nothing. What about you?"
Doakes was naturally asking Angel who was walking aside alone. However, he did not receive a response from Angel for a long time.
Everyone was confused and looked up at where Angel was.
But I saw Angel holding something unknown in his hand and looking at it.
Did he discover anything? Without thinking, Doakes strode straight to Angel's side. Regardless of the safe distance between people, he moved his head directly to Angel's chest and looked at Angel's palm.
What's on there.
"This is... a fragment of an experimental instrument. Is there anything special about it?" Doakes looked at it for a while and asked doubtfully.
Angel: "Now, stay three meters away from me immediately."
When Doakes raised his head, he realized that he was almost leaning on Angel's chest, looking at the condescending Angel.
"Ahem." Doakes also felt embarrassed, quickly backed away, and then added: "I have to say, good-looking people look good even when you look up."
Angel: "Thank you for the compliment, but I will be more careful next time. I will use the transformation technique to change my image to an uglier one to avoid being thrown into the arms of a man again."
Doakes scratched his head, not knowing what to say, looking embarrassed.
However, there was no need for Doakes to say anything to calm the atmosphere at this time. The Black Earl took the initiative to take over the topic: "Is it the snake-wrapped emblem you are looking at?"
The Black Earl hit the nail on the head.
In Angel's hand is a fragment of an experimental instrument. In terms of value alone, it is no different from other fragments, but this fragment has a very conspicuous mark on it.
The emblem of a silver snake wrapped around a bone staff.
"Well, I've seen something similar to this emblem."
Before Angel could finish speaking, the Black Earl said directly: "You mean the fairy tale world, the eternal snake emblem of the country of giant snakes?"
"Yes." Angel nodded. He was not surprised at all that the Black Earl knew about the country of giant snakes. After all, the other party was a real boss.
"The Kingdom of the Giant Snake was destroyed a thousand years ago, but even if the Kingdom of the Giant Snake was not destroyed, it did not last for many years. It is even more far away from thousands of years ago." Angel: "I'm just a little strange, the Kingdom of the Giant Snake
Why is the country’s eternal snake emblem so similar to the emblem on the instruments here thousands of years ago?”
"Do you think there is a connection between the two?" Black Earl asked.
Angel shook his head: "I don't know. Maybe not, after all, the time interval is too long."
Black Earl: "Indeed, the time interval is too long. But, do you know why so many wizards pay attention to the Serpent Country, an ordinary mortal country or a country in the attached world?"
Angel naturally knew, but he didn't say anything.
"It's because of the Source Worshipers. According to legend, the Source Worshipers were completely wiped out tens of thousands of years ago. But later, a rumor spread that there was still the last Source Worshiper group in the country of the giant snake."
"Of course, I can't be sure whether this statement is true or not. However, the Source Worshipers were destroyed ten thousand years ago, and Naraku City was also destroyed ten thousand years ago. It is said that the giant snake country where the Source Worshipers exist has an eternal snake emblem.
A snake wrapped around a staff mark was found in Narok City’s laboratory, do you think there is a connection between the two?”
The Black Earl only laid out some possible connections, but did not give a direct answer.
Angel was silent for a moment, and with a slight exertion on his palm, the fragments of the instrument in his palm turned into slag, and the crystal clear powder slowly fell from his palm. Then, with a quick sweep of the tail of the wind, the powder completely dissipated.
"I don't know if there is any connection, and I don't want to speculate. This is the end of the exploration of this laboratory. It's time for us to leave. If we don't leave, my fantasy will probably be filled with those scavengers with flying membranes.
squirrel."
Angel turned around and left.
Seeing Angel's actions, the Black Earl did not feel slighted, but smiled softly.
Regardless of whether the two things are really connected, what we can know is that there is a secret in the fall of Naraku City, and the source worshipers are deeply involved. Not to mention Angel, even the Black Earl himself is involved.
It's easy to get away. So, the best result is to ignore it at all.
Angel's approach is obviously the best choice.
However, what the Black Count sees is only the surface. Once he sees some things, he will remember them in his heart even if you destroy the evidence.
Angel may not care about the situation in Naraku City, but he is quite concerned about the snake-wound logo.
Because Dudolo is the last source worshiper still alive.
The only thing on Dotolo's body, and the only thing that accompanied Dotolo when he recovered, was a silver bowl. On the inner wall of this silver bowl, there was an emblem - a black snake entwined cone.
Previously, Angel thought that the country of giant snakes was the origin of "snake-wrapped pillars". But now it seems that "snake-wrapped pillars" may be more related to the origin worshipers.
Did Baiyuan and Naruocheng really communicate with each other thousands of years ago?
Angel let out a long sigh in his heart and shook off the complicated thoughts in his mind. He would remember these clues, but it was not the right time to explore them now.
Still need to hibernate and wait.
Waiting for Dudolo to grow, waiting for the source of fire to return. By then, even if Angel doesn't explore it, maybe the "Snake Coiled Pillar" will take the initiative to appear in front of him.
…
Apart from the hidden flue, the laboratory has only one door leading to the outside corridor.
At this time, the lights and shadows were flickering on both sides of the corridor, and a large number of scavenging squirrels were jumping in the light and shadow. However, no matter how they jumped, they just kept spinning in place, looking quite dazed.
"You can control the movements of these scavenging squirrels by just relying on light and shadow. The magic of illusion does have merit." Doakes sighed.
Angel: "Don't make comments with a superior attitude."
Doakes: "This is not a sense of superiority. I sincerely praise your illusion, but no matter how strong the illusion is, it is still not as good as the bloodline side at the same level."
Angel: "You have gone around so much, but what you want to say is the last sentence."
Doakes chuckled and didn't refute.
He worked so hard to kill monsters before, he was so heroic and powerful, and no one survived wherever the red sword went. He was so handsome. But Angel only used a light and shadow illusion to control all the scavenging squirrels.
This elegant illusion actually reflects how reckless Doakes was before.
Therefore, in order to save some face, Doakes went around and around and finally said that blood wizards were better than illusion wizards at the same level.
Doakes did not ask for the approval of Angel and the Black Earl, as long as he did not lose face in front of Vai and Kael.
It's just that Doakes's "painstaking efforts" may be of no use. Because Kael is an academic. He doesn't hate fighting, but he doesn't like fighting either. Doakes' words did not move him at all. On the contrary, he did not like fighting.
Angel's illusion skills made him feel very eager to study.
As for Doakes' old friend Vai, let alone him, he is a nerd and a little fanboy. Who cares whether he is strong or not, Master Super Dimension is more admirable.
Angel did not argue with Doakes about who is stronger and who is weaker, because many bloodline wizards rely on this sense of superiority to find a sense of existence. Similar situations often happen in the wizarding world, and the debate will be endless.
No, if they end up in a red face and really want to roll up their sleeves and compete... the bloodline side will still be better, which will definitely make them more arrogant.
Therefore, when encountering this situation, the best response is to either give a perfunctory compliment or ignore it.
Angel chose the former. After all, Doakes played a very important role in this exploration and was worthy of his perfunctory treatment.
After dealing with Doakes, they moved on.
There are illusions of light and shadow on both sides of this corridor, so even if there are a large number of scavenging squirrels on both sides, the path is still smooth.
However, after walking about fifty meters, a dividing line appeared in the corridor, and there was a fork in the road ahead.
And on this fork in the road, there is a thin film of light and shadow, which is the edge of the light and shadow illusion arranged by Angel.
Even standing in front of the phantom, they could hear the chatter outside.
There are obviously mutated scavenging squirrels outside, and judging from the number, they are no less than those trapped in the laboratory.
This also means that once they step out of the corridor protected by this phantom membrane, they will face an unprecedented and terrifying rat tide.