"Have you already voted?" Doakes was stunned for a moment. He had just been in a daze for a few seconds. How could he vote so quickly?
Angel nodded: "Wai and I chose to go through the dog hole above, while Lord Black Earl and Kael chose to continue on the main road. Now it's up to you how you choose."
Angel's words were not blocked. Everyone else heard it, but no one refuted it. They all knew that Doakes' inspiration was the key, and their choice was not important.
"That's it..." Doakes saw that the Black Earl didn't refute, and Vai nodded in cooperation with Angel, so he already believed it in his heart. After all, the situation outside the fantasy world is very urgent now, and everyone makes decisions quickly.
A little, which is normal.
Angel: "Have you made up your mind? Should you decide to take the upper dog hole or the high road?"
Doakes thought for a moment and said, "Let's keep going."
Angel was stunned for a second, but quickly came to his senses: "I thought you would choose to take the trail above like me, but I didn't expect that you still planned to continue admiring the beauty of the mutated scavenging squirrel."
Doakes: "The trail is very high and it's so small. It seems strange no matter how you look at it, right?"
"What's weird?" Angel raised his head and looked at the hole above. Except that it was a little high and a little small, there was nothing strange about it.
"This is because you have too little experience in exploring ruins. Trails like this, which are very curious at first sight, are specially designed to trick extraordinary people. Curiosity can be exploited, and there may be a trap at the end." Doc.
After Si finished speaking, he didn't forget to give Kael a lift: "Look, Kael just explored the ruins a lot, so he chose the right path. And the person who followed you is a homebody who hasn't gone out for decades."
Angel: ...Kael and Vai were chosen randomly by him. Can this also be evidence?
Angel couldn't deny his previous remarks, so he could only say dryly: "I see... Ahem, since you have also chosen the high road, let's move on."
After making the decision, everyone continued to move forward without hesitation.
At this time, Doakes leaned into Angel's ear and whispered: "Actually, there is another important reason why I chose to take the high road."
Angel's eyes lit up, could it be inspiration?
Doakes: "Because Lord Black Earl has chosen the high road. If you don't have a big hand, you have to make your own choice."
Angel: "...When you made your choice before, you never considered Lord Black Earl's options."
Doakes: "There wasn't any danger before, but now there's a wave of monsters outside. Naturally, we have to consider our thighs first."
You are really a piece of grass blowing in the wind.
Angel suppressed the complaints in his heart and said calmly: "I think you still need to think independently when making decisions in the future."
"Didn't I think independently just now?" Doakes was confused for a moment, and suddenly realized: "Oh, I understand. You feel that I don't support you, but only think about Lord Black Earl's choice and feel a little uncomfortable.
,Right?"
Angel:...No.
"It's okay. I'll give it more thought when I make a choice next time. Of course, I will still think independently in the end." Doakes comforted him.
Angel really didn't want to continue talking to Doakes. This guy always had the urge to make people complain.
He strode forward, came to the side of the Black Earl, and directly turned on the "private chat" mode.
But Doakes did not follow him, but frowned slightly, wondering what he thought of.
"Is Doakes's choice this time reliable?" Angel originally believed in Doakes' inspiration, but after hearing Doakes' reasons just now, he began to have doubts again.
Black Earl: "As long as he is really in a state of inspiration now, you don't need to listen to all his reasons. They are all deliberately guided by inspiration. If inspiration guided him to choose a small path, he would have another excuse."
Angel thought thoughtfully: "Only look at the results and don't ask about the process?"
Black Earl: "There is no need to ask. Whatever choice he makes now, he will have a self-consistent process of believing that he is right. The more you ask, the more this self-consistent process will penetrate into his heart. And if he wants to let his inspiration advance, he must first
There is a process of self-doubt, rather than more and more feeling that your choice is right."
Angel: "If he makes the right choices, will he have self-doubt?"
"Would you do it if it were you?" Earl Black asked rhetorically without answering.
Angel thought for a moment and nodded: "I will. I believe in being lucky once or twice, but I don't believe in being lucky all the time."
Black Earl: "So now do you think Doakes will have self-doubt?"
Angel glanced at the careless Doakes with his peripheral vision and said hesitantly: "If inspiration never appears and continues to be guided secretly, he should be suspicious. But the current situation is that inspiration comes from time to time.
Come out to find a sense of presence, Doakes will only feel the same as usual, and it should be difficult for him to doubt himself."
Black Earl: "What you said is not wrong, but you only think about it from your perspective, or in other words, the most normal perspective. But do you think Doakes is a normal guy?"
"Maybe he has begun to feel that something is wrong."
Earl Black said with deep meaning.
Angel thought about it and felt that what the Black Earl said was right. Jon also often told him not to judge others by yourself, especially in the wizarding world where there are so many weird and weird people, normal thinking has become a minority.
"Did Sir, did you explore that trail just now?" Angel did not ask about Doakes again. After all, this was a growth process that Doakes himself needed to go through.
"It's very long, not a dead end." Earl Black's words were concise and to the point, "What about you, what did you find? Did Su Ling pass just now?"
Angel nodded: "There is a sealed door bar in the deepest part, which is a bit like the door bars in a prison. The seal is very strong, but it does not affect the flow of elements. Through the seal, Su Ling can sense what is inside.
It's not a small space, and the wind is flowing. As the adults said, it's not a dead end."
Earl Black: "Do you think the person who built the underground labyrinth would inexplicably place a seal on a path? Moreover, after so many years, the seal has not been destroyed, so no one else has discovered it?"
Angel: "What do you mean, sir... is there danger inside?"
"Has Doakes made any mistakes in his choices since he came here?" Black Earl: "You don't have to think too much about the danger, and you don't have to think about why no one has touched the seal for so many years. Anyway, you have chosen this path, and you don't care about doing so much.
What, maybe the seal sensed by the Speed Sense is itself a trap?"
Angel paused. If the Black Earl hadn't said anything, he would have really started to think about why no one discovered or destroyed the seal for so many years.
Looking back, that road was really weird.
Anyway, they have no intention of turning back, just be weird if they are weird. I am really curious, at worst, I will go to the Nightmare Realm to see what is at the end of the road.
As they continued to go deeper, the number of mutated scavenging squirrels around them finally showed signs of thinning out.
After enduring the mental pollution along the way, the two apprentices breathed a sigh of relief.
After walking about another two hundred meters, the road finally forked again, and it was still the same three-way road as before.
It's just that this time on Sancha Road, there was no obvious smell of stinking ditch, so it should be still some distance away from the stinking ditch.
The road on the left and the road on the right are relatively narrow, but they can still accommodate at least ten people in parallel. As for the road in the middle, it is the same as the current road, still as spacious.
It is worth mentioning that there are a few mutated scavenging squirrels walking back and forth on the left and right roads, but there are no mutated scavenging squirrels on the road in the middle.
Now it's time to make a decision again.
The two apprentices couldn't help but look at Doakes secretly, and Doakes made a face in return.
Angel stood at the three-way intersection and took out his short staff again. The familiar sound echo ripples appeared in front of everyone's eyes again.
This time, no one was discussing the distance of the sound echo ripples. They were all waiting silently for the results of Angel's investigation.
Two minutes later, Angel opened his eyes.
"The left side continues inward. It is very deep and cannot be explored to the end. However, the vibrations of life inside are very strong. It is basically certain that they are mutated scavenging squirrels."
"The road in the middle is also very deep and cannot be explored to the end. Within the limit of my exploration, I did not feel any life reaction, but there were some traces of the extraordinary. Perhaps it was the exposed magic energy array, or some remaining extraordinary traces.
thing.”
Angel paused: "As for the right side... after two hundred meters, turn the corner and you'll find the exit."
"Exit?" Everyone was shocked. Is this the exit?
Angel: "The so-called exit is the living area, which is similar to the building complex we saw before. On the right is a living area, which is quite large and has a lot of life responses. It is estimated that there will be no shortage of monsters."
"There should be no shortage of extraordinary items." Doakes added.
Angel turned to look at Doakes: "So, you plan to stay in the living area and explore?"
Doakes muttered: "I just talked casually, and I didn't really explore it. Besides, after so many years, who knows what else can be used in it."
"Then which way should we go now?" It was Vai who spoke: "How about we just vote like we did just now."
His voice was very loud, especially when he said "vote like you just did", he emphasized the tone. Obviously, it was some kind of hint.
Kael understood Vai's hint and responded immediately.
The Black Count wrinkled his nose and whispered: "Idiot."
Doakes said nothing and spread his hands, looking casual.
Everyone looked at Angel, who was silent for a moment: "Let's put the voting aside for now. Let's go to the living area on the right first. I need to determine the location."
Angel understood that Vai's words were intended to help him deceive Doakes. However, although his performance was passable, his thoughts were written on his face, and probably even Kael couldn't tell. Everyone present was formal.
The wizard could tell at a glance that Vai had ulterior motives.
That's why the Black Count complained speechlessly.
Angel didn't want Doakes to see something fishy, so he didn't mention voting this time. Instead, he first went to see if there were any landmark buildings in the living area on the right.
As long as he is given a position, he can roughly find a way out, and he doesn't need Doakes to make a choice.
No one objected, they also wanted to see how the living area here was different from what they had seen before.
Soon, they walked two hundred meters to the right, turned a corner, and saw the bright door ahead.
After walking out of the gate, everyone was stunned for a moment.
The scene in front of them was actually not much different from what they had seen before, but this living area was very bright.
Because, on the top of a tall tower in the distance, there was a huge fluorite like a small sun, lighting up the entire living area.
It's like daylight.
"That fluorite..." Doakes' eyes suddenly lit up. Fluorite is very cheap, but such a huge fluorite is rare. Maybe it can be sold for a good price!
"Don't imagine that the fluorite is connected to the magic energy array. During the day, the magic energy array absorbs the sunlight from the ground, so that it can stay bright for thousands of years."
Angel directly shattered Doakes' fantasy.
In fact, you can think of this as long as you use your brain. Unfortunately, Doakes' mouth always moves faster than his brain.
Except for the huge fluorite, the entire living area is almost the same as before. There is a faint fishy wind in the air, which shows that this place is not as peaceful as it appears. There are not a few monsters hiding in the dark.
Behind them is a huge maze wall, and directly in front is a garden square.
Angel walked a few steps forward and came to the center of the square, staring at a fountain not far away.
It was said to be a fountain, but it no longer sprays water, and it is full of foul-smelling stains. Even the statue in the middle of the fountain was stained with black stains, making it difficult to see the original shape.
Angel stretched out his finger and flicked it, and a splash of water rushed towards the statue.
The stains on the outside of the statue were quickly cleaned up.
The statue is of an elegant and noble goddess. Her left hand fell down casually and was in the shape of a grasp. It should have been holding some kind of long object, most likely a sharp blade; but now it has disappeared, and the other hand is holding a scale.
On the left side of the scale is a piece of broken gravel, the original shape of which can no longer be seen. On the right side is a child with a broken head.
This child has a bare buttocks, a white gauze covering his body, a small white wing and a small black wing behind him, and holds a bow and arrow in his hand. The arrow has been strung, and it is aimed at the left side of the scale.
At first glance, it looks like the kid holding a bow on the right shot the statue on the tray on the left to pieces.
"Is there anything strange about this statue?" Doakes asked as everyone came to Angel's side.
Angel did not speak, but lowered his head and looked for something in the fountain.
After a while, Angel controlled his magic hand and fished out a head from the bottom of the filthy pool... a statue head.
When the water washed away, it turned out to be a cute child's head.
Place the head on the child's head on the right side of the scale, and it will match perfectly.
Looking at the roughly restored statue, Angel's expression became a little solemn.