Angel was not very impressed with the second floor, because the internal layout of the rooms on the second floor was similar to that on the first floor, except for a few more small rooms. Moreover, he did not find anything similar to a thin book on the second floor.
However, what Angel can be sure of is that there is absolutely no path hidden in the void on the second level.
The layout change here should also be due to Void Storm.
Since there was no other way here, Angel did not hesitate and embarked directly on this invisible road.
They walked about tens of meters and saw the first room floating in the void...or rather, the remains of the room.
There were no walls, no ceiling, just fragments of the floor.
These floor remnants are basically separated, moving in a small range, and occasionally closing. It was just like the moving plank they passed when entering the hanging ladder at the beginning.
"Are we going up?" Kael looked at the moving debris on the floor, hesitating.
"What, are you scared?"
A slightly constricted voice came from the side, and Kael knew it was Doakes who spoke without turning around.
"No." Kael shook his head. It was not that he was afraid. It was just that he saw Vai falling into the void before, which made him have some shadows. Now he looked at the more scattered floor fragments over there and subconsciously thought resist.
"Just admit it if you're afraid. It doesn't matter. Anyway, academics are always afraid of death. This is recognized. I won't laugh at you."
Before Kael could speak, Vai beside him whispered: "There is more than one academic here."
Doakes was stunned for a moment and looked back. Angel ignored him, while the wise master looked at Doakes and Kael with curious eyes.
Doakes sighed in his heart. Could this old monster be an academic?
Wise men, wise men... Generally these are academic ones, right?
Doakes twitched the corners of his mouth, but finally said nothing.
Only then did Kael say: "I was just wondering whether these broken floors would always float around here. If I happened to stand on them and float far away, wouldn't it be..."
Vai swallowed his saliva and continued: "...it's just gone."
Seeing the two apprentices singing along, Doakes said angrily: "Don't you know how to judge the safe distance yourself? Even if these floors are far away, do you think Jin will watch you die?"
Vai's exaggerated expression immediately faded: "That's right."
Doakes: "What are you talking about? You didn't come in with your real body. Do you believe it? If you jump from here crying, Jin won't save you... You should beg me. I will follow you later." Come in, it’s not gold!”
But Vai curled his lips and said, "If you can't find me, don't come in. It's just a waste of time."
Doakes's eyes stood up, and his mouth was already at his throat, but before he could fire, the wise master next to him smiled and said: "I think he is right. Now it is like all of you are looking for it together, but If there are so many people looking for it together and they can’t find it, then if you look for it alone, will you definitely be able to find it?”
"You have to try even if you can't find it." Doakes retorted, but his confidence was obviously insufficient.
The wise master said lightly: "If you can't find the wood spirit, you have to bring something else out, right? For example, a density stone?"
Doakes was silent now. If others said this, he could still refute a few words. The wise master said this now. He didn't want to get himself into trouble because of a momentary slip of the tongue.
On one side, Doakes was being teased, while on the other side, Angel and Black Earl had flown to the wreckage on the floor.
Angel took a general look and saw that there was not much information left on these floor remnants, and even the furniture was basically broken.
The only thing left on the floor was the light source tube made of fluorite, but it was all broken into pieces.
Continuously going back and forth between several floors, Angel still didn't find any clues. He glanced at the Black Earl, who also controlled the slate and shook it left and right.
The Black Earl has come here to look for it before, but he didn't find any clues.
Angel sighed and looked at the others. Doakes also flew to the board at this time, looking around from time to time, and occasionally touching it, but it could be seen from the things he touched that he was not looking for wood spirits, but purely for the materials of certain wreckage. interested.
The Wise Lord and Vai stayed on the Void Road. Vai was worried that he would increase Angel's computing power in the past, while the Wise Lord simply watched the fun.
However, when Angel met the eyes of the Wise Lord, the Wise Lord did not stay aloof and said with a smile: "If you have any questions, you can ask me. For example, is the wood spirit here? Although I don't know its details. Location, but I can give you a rough judgment.”
"However, questions are still reciprocal. As long as I answer your question, you must also answer my question."
When they were outside, the wise men had already stopped asking each other questions, but now they suddenly brought it up again. It was obvious that the wise men were full of doubts about Angel's series of performances after entering the prison ladder.
Looking at the wise man's bright eyes, Angel said softly: "If necessary, I will definitely ask the wise master."
On the contrary, still.
The wise master shrugged indifferently. Even if Angel made up his mind not to ask questions, he could still find the answers to the questions he wanted to know through observation or other methods.
Bypassing the wise master, Angel looked at the only real person present except him: Kael.
Kael was currently at the edge of the floor, carefully observing every broken wreckage.
Angel took a closer look and discovered that Kael was holding a photo stone in one hand and some kind of observation instrument similar to a microscope in the other hand, conducting in-depth research on a broken floor in front of him.
"Are you still worried about floating away?" Angel said, "Don't worry. Although the floor is broken into wreckage, they are bound by the magic energy array. They will only move nearby and will not float far away."
When Kael saw Angel coming to his side, he quickly stood up: "No, no. I just have a guess."
Angel: "Guess? If it has something to do with wood spirits, why don't you tell me about it?"
Kael: "I once read a book that told the story of a heavily armored knight who fled from exile."
Angel raised his eyebrows: "Heavy-armored knight...? "Dorago Knight and the Devil's Castle"?"
Kael was stunned for a moment, his eyes widened: "Sir, have you seen it too?"
Angel: "I have read a book with a heavy-armored knight as the protagonist. However, this book seems not to be an exile, but to fall into some demonic world..."
"Blood...the Blood Demon Realm." When Kael said this, he scratched his head in confusion: "The author made this up himself, so I'm sorry."
"I know that ordinary people's visions of the extraordinary world are all based on their own perceptions. It's nothing more than fighting and killing, you coming and going, opposing camps. A world where humans live must also have a world where devils live."
Angel spoke very calmly and seemed to disdain these books, but in fact, after becoming a gifted person, Angel loved reading such books for a while. Firstly, Moro did not teach him the guidance method, so he could only fantasize about the extraordinary world through this; secondly, during the period on the Bauhinia, there was really nothing else to do, and it became his only pastime.
Angel: "Why, this book also inspired you?"
"It's not an enlightenment, but there is a plot in it that I still remember freshly." After Kael confirmed that Angel had read the book, he did not tell the summary and directly told the plot, "Dolago When the knight first entered the Devil's Castle, he hid in the corridors of the castle to avoid the pursuing cannibals..."
After listening to Kael's story, Angel finally understood what he meant.
The Knight of Dorago is a heavily armored knight, wearing heavy armor all over his body. How can he avoid the chasing cannibals in the corridors of the Devil's Castle? His method was very simple. He directly put on the helmet, stood next to an oil painting, pretending to be an armor sculpture, and successfully avoided the difficulty.
To put it bluntly, it’s dark under the light. In other words, the most dangerous place is the safest place.
Kael thought, maybe the wood spirit thought the same way, so he would disguise himself as a wooden board and hide under their noses.
Therefore, Kael carefully observed each board one by one.
"Your idea is good, but the wood spirit should not be able to do such a thing. Its hiding should be hidden in the literal sense, not scheming." After Angel finished speaking, he looked not far away: "Master of wisdom, What do you think?"
The wise man ruled: "Is this what you are asking me?"
Angel: "If the wise master has a very urgent question to ask me, you might as well ask it directly. I can use it as a reference. Do you want to treat this question as an inquiry?"
Looking at Angel's straight eyes, the wise master said calmly: "When you really need to ask me questions seriously, it's not too late. As for these irrelevant questions, haven't you already guessed it yourself?"
The words of the wise master confirmed that Angel's guess was correct.
Mu Ling's timid character is not enough to play in the dark under the light. He has his own hidden talent, so there is no need to go to the edge of danger to test it. Moreover, a wood spirit whose knowledge is basically a blank slate can outsmart the Black Earl by playing tricks. If it was dark under the lamp, Earl Black must have found it before.
Although Mu Ling didn't know how to play tricks under the light, Angel still found all the hiding places in this area.
The result was the same as the Black Earl, nothing was found.
Just because he didn't find it, it didn't mean that the wood spirit wasn't here. Maybe the wood spirit's hidden talent is so powerful that they can't find it even if they look for it together.
Although there is this possibility, Angel is still ready to leave here. I really missed it, I can only say it was fate.
Besides, the Black Earl couldn't find him, so he wouldn't be embarrassed if he couldn't find him.
Thinking of this, Angel said hello to everyone, returned to the Void Road, and continued moving forward.
Angel has left, and there is no point in staying here for the others, so they will naturally follow him.
This time, they walked nearly a hundred meters in the void before they saw the ruins of the second room. Like the ruins of the first room, it was floating in mid-air, with a large number of debris moving around.
However, this room is better preserved than the first one. Although the ceiling is gone, three of the four walls remain, which is much better than the bare first room.
Moreover, there are more items kept in this room than in the first room. This also gives the wood spirit more hiding space.
Arriving at the ruins of the second room, the first thing Angel saw was a painting hanging on the wall.
In other words, everyone's eyes immediately focused on the painting. Because this is obviously different from other rooms. The other rooms are just empty 'cells', but there is an extra piece of art here, which naturally attracts attention.
From a distance, there is a human silhouette in the center of the painting, but it is not very clear.
Doakes took advantage of his skill and courage and looked directly up to his face.
However, just when Doakes came to the picture and wanted to take a closer look, it turned into a black mist, and when the wind blew, it completely dissipated.
In full view of everyone, Doakes died directly, and this death was full of weirdness.
Kael couldn't help but retreat repeatedly. He almost rushed in front of the painting just now. If it had been him at that time, wouldn't he have followed in Doakes' footsteps? But Doakes still has a chance to be resurrected, but he will be too dead to die.
"What's going on?" Kael asked with some fear.
"Trap." Angel pointed to the frame: "He just touched the middle frame of the painting. There is a trap there."
"Is this the picture frame trap you encountered before?" Angel turned his head and looked at the Black Earl.
The Black Earl did not deny it and nodded: "Yes."
"What kind of trap is this that can make people die silently?" Kael asked doubtfully.
Black Earl: "The old trap will spray out a poisonous mist. However, the effect of the poisonous mist is already very weak. It has basically no effect, but it is a bit smelly."
Doakes: "Then the poisonous mist is not strong, why did he die immediately..."
Angel: "You didn't come in with your real body, it was just an illusion. If you are an illusion, let's assume that you have the physique of ordinary people. When you encounter this poisonous mist, no matter how banal it is, the fate of ordinary people will definitely be death."
After listening to Angel's serious explanation, everyone said nothing, but they said silently in their hearts: Who would believe this excuse? This is definitely done to save computing power...
Although everyone had their own ideas, no one spoke up. After all, saving computing power is also for better live broadcast.
Doakes sacrificed for the sake of a better experience for everyone.
Besides, couldn’t Doakes come back?
While everyone was thinking this, Doakes had already appeared in front of them. He was quite fast, and he probably sprinted up.
As soon as Doakes arrived nearby, he immediately locked onto Angel and rushed over with great momentum.
Angel: "Ordinary people sprinting with all their strength and climbing such a high staircase would be out of breath. Maybe it would cause sudden death or something?"
Hearing 'sudden death', Doakes's expression changed immediately.
This is a threat!
Is he a threat eater? !
Yes. he is.
Doakes stopped for a moment: "It's true that I'm a little out of breath, but just walk around, just walk around."
Doakes turned around directly and stayed away from Angel very spinelessly.
Seeing that Doakes recognized the situation, Angel did not really let him die suddenly, but focused his attention on the painting again.
He always felt that there was something wrong with this painting.
"The wood spirit is not here." Seeing Angel's interest in the painting, the Black Earl whispered: "This is the answer given by the wise master."
Angel also heard the previous conversation between the Black Earl and the wise master after entering the prison ladder. At that time, the Black Earl came to a room with a painting, and the wise master encouraged him to touch the frame of the painting.
The Black Earl touched the painting and naturally encountered a trap. In this regard, the explanation given by the wise master is: I am also reminding you that there is a trap in this room, and the wood spirit will definitely not be here.
Since the wise master is sure that there are no wood spirits here, there is no need to waste time here.
This is what the Black Count thinks.
However, Angel had other ideas, because if he remembered correctly, this painting didn't seem to be on the second floor...
(End of chapter)
