The wise master nodded while listening, seeming to agree with Angel's words, but he was not as surprised as he was at the beginning.
"Just from these clues, you can think about the nodes of the magic energy array, which is very powerful."
Angel smiled and went straight to the short cabinet next to the bed. While searching, he said, "Besides, I have another guess."
The wise ruler narrowed his third eye: "Oh? What's your guess?"
Angel: "Energy cannot arise without a basis. Since this is the energy node of the magic energy array, where does this energy come from?"
When the wise master heard this, his expression paused, and then he continued: "Where do you think it comes from?"
Angel opened the short cabinet and took out a small wooden box with a rather delicate appearance, which was also made of deep sea wood.
"Generally speaking, the energy of most magic energy arrays comes from magic crystals. However, if the magic energy array is fixed in position and prepared for long-term operation, and covers a large area, it can only be supported by magic crystals in a short time.
It's okay, but once it goes on for a long time, the consumption will be very scary, and at this time we will consider the issue of energy circulation."
Angel opened the wooden box, took a look, and continued.
"For a magic energy array at the level of an underground sewer, energy circulation must be considered. How to create an energy circulation and solve energy problems must be divided into two aspects: when Naraku City is prosperous and after its decline."
"When it was prosperous, there were many underground residents, which naturally brought more benefits. At that time, even if magic crystals were used as consumption, the income was greater than the output. Therefore, when Naraku City was prosperous, there were many choices to solve the problem of energy circulation.
It’s not a big problem, so we don’t need to mention it for now.”
"As for how to solve the energy problem of the magic energy array in the underground waterway after its decline? After my observation, I guess that the most likely energy cycle should come from the life energy provided by monsters. The filthy energy in the stinking ditch breeds a large number of monsters. Among the monsters,
The battles and deaths between them will be fed back into the magic energy array."
The wise ruler had already put away his smile and looked at Angel intently.
Angel: "Of course, there may be other energy circulation methods, but I personally prefer monsters to provide life energy. Otherwise, with the ability of the magic energy array, the monsters in the underground water can be completely eliminated, so why let them live?
What about back and forth?”
"Since the magic energy array outside can provide life energy for monsters to circulate, I was thinking, why can't the prison ladder work? Even in the prosperous period, for the residents of Naraku City, the prison ladder held all the prisoners.
They are repeat offenders, and they deserve to use some of their remaining energy before their death."
"So, I guess the energy source here should be provided by the criminals who were originally imprisoned here, right? The criminals definitely did not provide it voluntarily, but were forced to become 'energy providers'."
"And here, a large amount of deep-sea wood is used as furniture, which is not only for energy conduction, but also means that a criminal related to the natural system once lived here. Maybe it was a natural wizard, or some kind of person who was full of nature.
An extraordinary creature with powerful powers?”
When he heard this, the wise master finally spoke: "Your inferences seem to be based on logic, but many times they are specious. There is no basis for where the guesses come from or where the correlation arises."
"But it's strange that the answer you finally came up with is very close to the truth. I'm curious, how do you guess it right every time?"
The Wise Lord previously believed that Angel was a rising star with a solid background, considerable intelligence and great ability.
But in front of him, it is still difficult to hide that childishness. Although it is hidden, a wise man thinks it is not too difficult to see through his tricks.
But now, Angel was suddenly covered with a layer of fog that made him unable to see clearly.
The wise master does not care about the results of Angel's deduction. What he cares about is how Angel made the deduction? Also, is he really a descendant of Noah? If not, what is his purpose here?
This sudden loss of control made the wise ruler feel a little uneasy.
"Guesses arise from places, and correlations arise from things." Angel said lightly: "This is the basis for my conclusion."
The guess comes from the ground? The so-called ground refers to underground sewers or stinking ditches?
Correlation arises from things? The things here refer to deep-sea trees?
The wise master frowned slightly. He always felt that Angel was perfunctory, but he could not confirm it.
The wise master pondered for a moment: "What is your name?"
"Why do you suddenly want to know my name?" Angel looked at the wise man suspiciously, but the wise man did not explain.
Angel thought: "I don't know who the wise master thinks of, but my identity should not match the names in your mind."
After Angel finished speaking, he no longer looked at the wise master, but stood up, patted the dust on his hands, and said to Kael beside him: "We should leave, the wood spirit is not here."
Kael secretly glanced at the Wise Lord, and when he saw that the other party did not continue to say anything, he quickly replied: "Sir, there are still many places here that I have not finished reading."
Although this room is not big, it still takes some effort to perceive it inch by inch.
Moreover, Kael also noticed that Angel actually only looked at one place carefully, which was the wooden box in the short cabinet next to the bed. He didn't look at other places at all and just stopped looking at it.
This made Kael very puzzled.
"This place used to be a prison for natural criminals, and the criminal himself was completely absorbed by the magic energy array. The wood spirit must be able to detect this, even if it has become safe. With the character of the wood spirit, it should
I won’t stay here either.”
After all, the wood spirit doesn't know if the magic energy array has changed the way it obtains energy. If it doesn't change, wouldn't it make the same mistake as the natural criminal if it stayed here?
Seeing that Kael still looked puzzled, Angel simply asked the Wise Lord directly: "Wise Lord, have you found wood spirits here in the past?"
The wise man ruled: "Since you have already 'inferred' it, why bother asking me."
Angel shrugged and said silently to Kael, "Let's see."
"time to go."
Because of the acquiescence of the wise master, Kael did not refute again this time, but followed Angel and prepared to leave.
On the other side, Doakes came to the wooden box that Angel had previously explored and looked inside curiously.
"You looked so carefully just now, I thought there was something good in it. But it turned out there was nothing." Doakes walked back to Angel and murmured softly.
"The wooden box made of deep-sea wood is protected and can be preserved for a long time because of the energy conduction, but the things inside are not so lucky." Angel: "Time takes away everything, and it also takes away everything.
Gone are the forgotten stories.”
Forgotten story? Doakes was stunned for a moment and said angrily: "You sound like you know this story."
Angel had a faint smile on his face and said nothing, but he let out a long sigh in his heart.
He really knows this story.
In other words, what the wise ruler was confused about before was actually what Angel learned from this story.
…
Back in time not long ago, when Angel went to the Wilderness of Dreams to see Sicia, he not only asked about the broken situation at the bottom, but also asked many other questions about the Prison Ladder.
However, Xixia's understanding of the Prison Ladder is only general, and she knows a lot of important things, but she doesn't know much about some details, such as the specific situation of each floor.
But Angel knew these details that Xicia didn't know quite well.
Because he had entered most of the rooms in the Prison Stairway when he was in the Nightmare Realm. The only ones he had not entered were the derived spaces, and Angel, who was still a mortal at the time, could not find the entrance to these spaces.
normal.
Although Angel knew a lot of details, he... couldn't understand many details.
For example, Angel once found a thin book in the room on the first floor of the nightmare world.
The thin copy was originally placed in a wooden box in a short-legged cabinet. In reality, it has been eroded by time, but there is still a copy in the nightmare world.
Angel used a holographic tablet to record the contents of the booklet, but he did not recognize any of the words in the booklet. And even though he was familiar with writing, he could not identify the words on the booklet. Therefore, even if he knew these details, he could not identify them.
Nothing to do with it.
When he was chatting with Xixia about the prison ladder in the Wilderness of Dreams, Angel happened to remember this, so he simulated the thin book using illusion magic and asked Xixia to identify it.
It was finally determined that this text was in Uisu language.
Sisia roughly translated the text in the booklet, which also let Angel know the story that happened in the room on the first floor...
As the wise master said, Angel's inference has obvious logical faults. This is because his inference is a compilation without cause and effect based on the known results.
In the room on the first floor, the prisoner who was once imprisoned was a natural wizard on the elemental side.
The thin book placed in the wooden box is a diary.
Every entry in the diary is full of hatred and resentment, and the reason is exactly what Angel said before. He is used as an energy source, and the energy in his body is being extracted every day and night to supply the magic energy array.
Day after day, year after year. In the end, this natural wizard was completely "cannibalized". On the last page of the diary is the suicide note of this natural wizard.
It records his remorse, his love and resentment, his helplessness, his guilt, as well as his expectations and regrets.
However, not long after his death, Naraku City was reduced to ruins.
In the end, no one read his diary. As time went by, the diary was eventually buried in the cracks of time and turned into ashes, unknown to anyone.
If by chance, Angel saw the projection in the nightmare world and recorded this diary on a holographic tablet, perhaps no one in the world would ever know the story of this natural wizard.
At first, Angel didn't actually care about this story at all.
Because from beginning to end, this natural wizard never mentioned his name, nor did he say why he was imprisoned. Angel couldn't even evaluate whether he was good or bad.
However, when he came to this room in person, looked at the other decayed props, and looked at the deep sea wood that was as clean as new, Angel suddenly remembered the accusations filled with blood, hatred and bitter tears.
The ruthlessness of time makes those people, things and things forgotten in time never have the chance to come back again.
Angel was not so much feeling sad at the scene as he was using it to express his thoughts about his future.
Will he eventually be buried in time too?
Angel didn't want to, but it seemed that no one could escape the sanction of time.
Truth, okay?
While Angel was in a trance, a whisper suddenly came to his ear: "Why don't you take that thing out? Maybe you can get the little fish to take the bait by fishing."
After coming back to his senses, the first thing Angel saw was Doakes beside him. He was blinking constantly and looking at Angel.
Looking at Doakes' expression, Angel understood what he wanted to express.
Since Angel speculated that the original form of the wood spirit was a walking stick, why not transform the walking stick into a cane to seduce the wood spirit.
Angel didn't deliberately not take it, but he thought that he would eventually have to go back anyway. He would only take out his cane when he was sure there was no way ahead and needed to go back.
This can delay time and prevent the identity from being exposed so quickly.
But now that I think about it, it doesn't matter whether he is exposed or not. Anyway, the wise man has confirmed with a high probability that he is not a descendant of Noah, so there is no harm in transforming the cane.
Thinking of this, Angel did not hesitate and directly took out the four-in-one ornament on the top of the cane from the bracelet, and then shook it gently, causing smoke to bloom.
When the smoke dissipated, a black staff appeared under the ornament.
The head ornament of the cane is real, while the body of the cane is an illusion. The overall shape is exactly the same as the cane in the painting that Butler Goode saw in the Igulo family.
After Angel took out his cane, he walked directly towards the stairs without saying a word.
The wise man behind him was stunned for a moment when he saw the cane suddenly appearing in Angel's hand.
He vaguely felt that the head ornament of this cane looked familiar, especially the logo-like carving on the handle. He seemed to have seen it somewhere before?
While thinking about it, the wise man followed Angel up the stairs again.
Going to the second floor, Angel still measured step by step, but this time it was much faster than the first floor. In less than three minutes, he saw the new platform.
However, when everyone boarded this new platform, except for the Black Earl and the Wise Lord, everyone was stunned.
Even Angel was stunned for a moment.
Because there is no door they are familiar with on this platform, only stairs that continue upward.
Could it be that this is not the second level, but just a transit platform? While everyone was confused, Angel turned his head and looked into the depths of the void.
"What's there?" Doakes asked curiously.
They are in an illusion. Even if they can use their mental power, they cannot perceive the external situation. All they can do is see with their naked eyes.
Looking at it with the naked eye, Doakes didn't notice anything unusual, so he could only ask.
"It seems like there is a road over here?" It was Kael who spoke.
As Kael said that, he walked towards the side of the platform. When he came to the edge of the platform, Kael hesitated and stepped into the void.
There was no fall, and he stood steadily in mid-air.