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 fresh interior. Layout. Those colorful clothes are definitely not from the past, they should be the accommodation of 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. There is rust on the outside of these nails, but they are not corroded because the raw material they are made of is dense copper, which is an extraordinary material.
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 directly in front, I can imagine just by thinking about it. 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.
Just on a much smaller scale.
However, if this was really a church, how could it be built underground?
Angel thought and 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 Count 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 meeting. I guess there should be an unknown story here.
Angel: "It's possible what the Black Earl said, but if it's like an alchemy exchange meeting, the people coming should be on equal terms. But looking at the layout of these rows of nails and the deliberately elevated podium, it doesn't 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 Count also 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 is difficult for sect members to gain a foothold in the extraordinary city."
Religion thrives in ordinary people's cities, mostly because of the selfish desires of the royal power and the fact that ordinary people also need spiritual comfort after suffering. But in places where extraordinary people live, let alone extraordinary cities, even in wizard fairs, it is difficult to see the existence of 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 bewitched, and they do not believe in gods made up by ordinary people, but the Abyss Demon, 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 make some small moves in the extraordinary city, or set up some small organizations that make the city lord turn a blind eye. It will not work if it is bigger. As for those who openly leave the church behind, there are 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 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, suddenly lit up when he heard Angel's words, and looked at Angel in disbelief.
This famous superdimensional wizard actually interceded on his behalf? ! Could it be that during this short journey, he saw the fragility in his heart and the restless soul unwilling to be lonely, and wanted to soothe his wounded soul?
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 better 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 texture and a series of other issues.”
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 is connected."
After speaking, a spiritual tie connecting everyone was quietly constructed.
The Black Earl's goal was very clear, and he flew directly towards the top, as if he had discovered something.
Angel looked at Doakes: "Are we together?"
Doakes was stunned for a moment: "Why?"
Angel: "It's not that big here. 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 took the initiative 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, walking 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 transcendence.
Angel walked aside, stretched out his hand and touched the somewhat broken but still cold wall, slowly closed his eyes, and his mental power began to spread.
Within a few seconds, Angel recovered the mental power he had released.
"Are you suffering? I just tried it 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 level 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 that mean?"
Angel: "It means that this place is not far from the deep layers of the underground waterway, which is the real maze."
Naraku City's underground sewers even have residential buildings on the surface, and there are very few extraordinary facilities, so there are collapses. But it's different in the depths. There are even magic energy arrays running there. You can feel the underground magic energy arrays here, which means that there is a real underground maze next to it.
Doakes also understood Angel's meaning at this time: "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's not unintentional, then it's deliberate. Why did the original builder deliberately build it next to the underground maze? Is there any conspiracy? Are you planning to sneak into the underground maze 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 chanting, 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. Overall, they are 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 too much time has passed and all traces of the extraordinary have disappeared. All that's left is the fireworks left here by the hero team.
As for hidden lines... there are none. However, I discovered that the floors 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 obliterated by time.
To be honest, Angel sighed slightly when he looked at the smoky traces left by the hero team on the ground and the scratches from the swords on the wall. Although these extraordinary materials are not valuable in his opinion, they are much more valuable than the pile of scrap copper and iron on the ground. If you take out a few bricks and give them to some alchemy shops, even if the magic crystals cannot be exchanged, 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 people is too far away from them. Moreover, even if they took out a few floor tiles, they probably wouldn't be able to find an alchemy shop where they could sell them.
Angel shook his head and stopped thinking about it.
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 noticed 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 Earl Black went straight to the top of the building just now was because he noticed the smoke wafting from the rooms on the second and third floors, and all of them ran towards the top.
The Black Earl has only his nose left, so his sense of smell is naturally unparalleled. He immediately smelled something was wrong. There were traces of bonfires in the lobby and smoke from cooking food in the accommodation. However, the air in the entire building was quite clean and thorough. The Black Earl wondered at that time 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 turned out that the Black Earl 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 naturally extraordinary.
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 larger the sculpture is, the more dirt it absorbs. In the end, the sculpture will completely wrap the card. At this point, the effect of the purification card begins to decrease. The thicker the package, the weaker the effect.
Time flies, so many years have passed, the purification card has been completely wrapped by the sculpture, and the effect has become extremely low, and ordinary fireworks vapor can be inhaled.
However, if you dispose of the sculpture 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 was worth some money, but he didn't bother to take it.
Angel was not prepared to ask for it. Inscriptions were scarce in the Southern Territory due to the suppression of extreme sects, but they were not scarce in other wizarding worlds. He can go to other wizarding worlds via Yuantan Continent, so he doesn't care about a low-value inscription card.
Doakes doesn't want it either. The blood side has the most powerful purification technique. Why does he want this? And if you want to sell it, you have to find someone who understands inscriptions. It doesn’t know if there are people who understand inscriptions. Even if it is really repaired, it can’t be sold openly. After all, he is just a wandering wizard. He doesn’t dare to follow the extreme sect without a backer. Go against it.
As for the other two, Kael had already gone upstairs, and Vai hadn't come back yet. They didn't communicate with each other through the psychic tether, so they didn't know about it at all.
That’s all about purifying the card.
"What about your side, 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. He doesn't know what he is 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 when his talent appears.
(End of chapter)
