Soon, Chu Xin received feedback from the ghost wolf and learned that it was an empty platform without any danger. However, the ghost wolf could not describe the further situation in detail.
Chu Xin began to organize a group of soldiers to enter one after another, with the fighting dwarves taking the lead, followed by the ghost wolves and gray goblin crossbowmen. As for himself, he waited until he confirmed that there was no danger inside before finally entering.
Inside the wall is a huge platform with neat and orderly stone bricks on the ground. Inward is a series of stairs extending underground, and outward is a metal door.
The stairs were made of wood and looked brand new. They extended downwards, and dim magic lights hung on the walls on both sides.
I have to say that this magic laboratory is really powerful. Judging from the ruins, the items inside have not corroded and died with the passage of time, and even still maintain normal operation.
Chu Xin's heart was a little more vigilant. Normal operation meant that some of the magic traps inside had not failed over time. One careless move could kill someone.
Continuing down the stairs, Chu Xin came to a small stone room with a stone door and more than a dozen statue-like things scattered around it.
Out of caution, Chu Xin stopped the team and checked the information on these statues.
[Lane's Warrior Puppet]: A magic puppet made by Lane, a melee physical type. Magic energy 5/1000, strength? ? ?
[Lane's Mage Puppet]: A magic puppet made by Lane, a long-range magic type. Magic energy 5/1000, strength? ? ?
[Ryan's Bow and Arrow Puppet]: A magic puppet made by Ryan, a melee physical type. Magic energy 5/1000, strength? ? ?
[Ryan's Giant Shield Puppet]: A magic puppet made by Ryan, a melee physical defense type. Magic energy 5/1000, strength? ? ?
[Ryan's Assassin Puppet]: A magic puppet made by Ryan, a melee physical type. Magic energy 5/1000, strength? ? ?
Several types of puppets have the same tall body, and their types are distinguished by simple colors. Among them, the warrior puppet is red and holds a two-handed heavy sword; the mage puppet is blue and holds a one-handed staff; the bow and arrow puppet is green and holds a bow and arrow; the shield warrior puppet is yellow and holds a short sword and a giant shield; and the assassin puppet is purple. , holding two daggers.
Compared to the Warrior Puppet and the Giant Shield Puppet, the other three forms are slightly smaller, especially the Assassin Puppet, which looks the thinnest.
Chu Xin knew that being the thinnest did not mean that it was the weakest. On the contrary, it was probably the most difficult to deal with. The smaller size also means that they will become more flexible. To be honest, Chu Xin doesn't like such high-agility and high-attack opponents.
All the magic puppets are engraved with some complicated magic lines, but I don't know what their specific function is.
At this time, these magic puppets remained silent, but Chu Xin knew that once he entered rashly, he would probably be attacked by them.
It seems that this is the guard team of this laboratory. There are fifteen magic puppets in total, three of each type.
Unable to find out the true strength of these magic puppets, Chu Xin was unwilling to take risks. After all, the walls outside the house were made of five-star metal materials. How could the magic puppets as gatekeepers be inferior in strength?
According to his estimate, it must be at least a five-star level. Currently, no one under his command can withstand this level of combat power.
A frontal breakthrough is definitely not advisable, so Chu Xin plans to find another way.
As for the breakthrough point, these magic puppets only have five points of magic energy left. As long as you are patient enough and use up the magic energy used as power by these magic puppets, you can take down these magic puppets without any blood.
The most important thing is that the puppet's body can be preserved intact, which is excellent whether it is for secondary use or research.
However, Chu Xin had no way of knowing how long 5 points of magic energy could last, so he could only try slowly. If it cannot be consumed anymore, the only option is to make the iron scale go around again and dig a new passage from the other side to enter the laboratory.
"Clang!"
Huge stones were thrown at several puppets, but there was no movement. The magic puppets did not respond at all and ignored the provocation of these stones.
Chu Xin frowned. It seemed that these puppets should have some kind of automatic detection mechanism and would not automatically activate due to inanimate objects.
"Go up and have a look. If the situation is not right, just withdraw the ghost attack!" Chu Xin asked the ghost wolf with the advantage of speed to seduce him, but he consciously stepped back dozens of meters to separate himself from the stone chamber below. distance.
These magic puppets are extremely powerful, so in order to avoid dying from unknown AOE, he decided to be cowardly.
Sure enough, as soon as the ghost wolf approached, one of the green bow and arrow puppets' eyes lit up with red light. He raised his hand and shot two arrows at the ghost wolf.
The speed of its arrows was very fast, and almost instantly, the ghost wolf was nailed to the ground before it could enter the ghost state.
If the ghost wolf hadn't reacted quickly enough and entered the ghost state in time to escape quickly and avoid the third arrow that was sure to kill, it would have probably died.
The bow and arrow puppet seemed to have a fixed range of movement and did not follow the ghost wolf's escape path. After waiting in place for about a few minutes, the red light in its eyes went out again and entered the standby state.
[Ryan's Bow and Arrow Puppet]: A magic puppet made by Ryan, a melee physical type. Magic energy 5/1000, strength? ? ?
Chu Xin checked the status of the bow and arrow puppet, and couldn't help but feel a little discouraged. The ghost wolf's seduction just now did not consume much of the bow and arrow puppet's magic energy, but almost got himself involved.
Moreover, these puppets are prepared to do whatever they want, and will automatically determine how many puppets have resumed action based on the strength of the intruder.
"Try again!"
Chu Xin asked the accompanying Yellow Turban magician to use the art of paper man and grass horse to directly simulate a large group of monsters and kill them inside.
This time, all the puppets woke up. In a few seconds, the paper puppets of the Yellow Turban Magician were wiped out. A few minutes later, the puppets fell silent again.
This was repeated several times, and finally, the magic power of the bow puppet that woke up first dropped to 4.
Chu Xin guessed that most of its energy should be consumed in starting. Just like driving, the vehicle is constantly starting and shutting down, which consumes a lot of fuel.
In the following time, the yellow scarf magician and the ghost wolf took turns to appear, and they ran away after flirting. It took nearly an hour, and these puppets finally succumbed.
The magic power of all the magic puppets was reduced to 0. No matter how the ghost wolf spun and jumped up, they stopped moving. Chu Xin finally relaxed and stepped forward to check.
Fifteen magic puppets were tried one after another, but none of them could be stored in the warehouse, which gave him a headache.
However, Chu Xin was not going to let go of such a good thing, so he called the fighting dwarves to move it out. These magic puppets must have control props or instructions. They can be studied slowly when they are moved back to the territory.
The magic puppets are more than three meters tall, and the passage they came from is not enough to move them out. However, they can go out through the gate. Iron Scale only needs to dig a passage to the gate from the outside.
After clearing away these magic puppets, there is a small door deep in the stone chamber, with many magic inscriptions engraved on it to protect the door.
It was definitely not advisable to force the door open. Chu Xin took out the special prop he had just obtained, Jiao Ke's Master Key.
This master key looks like a Rubik's Cube. As it approaches the door lock, it starts to rotate rapidly, as if a pair of invisible hands are turning the Rubik's Cube.
"Click!"
As the Rubik's Cube returned to its six-sided perfect state, the door lock also made a crisp sound, and the door opened automatically!
"It's amazing!" Chu Xin threw the Rubik's Cube in his hand with satisfaction. He really didn't expect that the adventurer still had such a good thing.
Behind the door is a deep corridor, which is almost more than a hundred meters long at a glance.
"This mage named Ryan is really cautious!" Chu Xin muttered and ordered the team to start repairing in the stone room.
Whether it's the Yellow Turban Magician's Paper Man Grass Horse or the Phantom Wolf's Ghost Shock, they are all used up when seducing the magic puppet, and they have to wait for a while before they can recover.
While waiting, Chu Xin tried throwing a few stones. Sure enough, the corridor had some kind of recognition ability and did not trigger any traps.
In desperation, he had no choice but to suppress his restless heart and wait patiently. Hot tofu would definitely not be eaten in a hurry.
As the pioneers of the path exploration, the first ones to bear the brunt are naturally the Paper Man and Grass Horse of the Yellow Turban Magician. These transformed monsters can easily deceive the magic traps in the corridor.
Flame, ice, lightning, wind blade...
Chu Xin spent more than two hours. The magic power of the Yellow Turban Magician continued to recover and dry up. The magic traps in the corridor became less and less powerful, and finally stopped completely.
As the magic trap expired, Chu Xin discovered that most of the magic lights at the top of the corridor were dimmed. Obviously, the energy inside the ruins had reached a very embarrassing level.
After letting the ghost wolf and the fighting dwarf try several more times, Chu Xin finally entered the corridor with confidence and walked to the end, which was connected to a hall.
After spending three or four hours, Chu Xin finally entered the core area of this magic laboratory.
It has to be said that this ruins is indeed very powerful. If it were not for the lack of energy that caused many protective measures to fail, with Chu Xin's current strength, he might not be able to break through to the inside of the ruins head-on.
After entering this core area, it becomes very safe. After all, no one will place a lot of traps in their home.
The area of the magic laboratory is not large, about seven to eight hundred square meters, and is divided into multiple functional areas such as bedrooms, study rooms, and laboratories. Among them, the laboratory occupies the largest area.
The first thing Chu Xin explored was the study room, which was full of bookshelves with all kinds of books stacked on them. There seemed to be at least thousands of them.
"How the Puppet is Made", "The Mystery of the Soul", "Lane's Experimental Diary"...
There were many books in it, of various types. Chu Xin, who knew that knowledge is power, decisively packed up all these books and took them away.
Including those bookcases, they seemed to be made of fragrant sandalwood. Chu Xin checked and found that they were still six-star special wood. Good guy, take them away!
Soon, only the bare walls were left in the study room, which was full of scholarly atmosphere, and even the chandelier on the ceiling was pried away.
Next, the second room is the laboratory.
Chu Xin found some finished medicines and some scientific research supplies in the laboratory. There was nothing special about it. Large items were put into the warehouse and small items were moved directly.
Laboratory, move out!
Finally, Chu Xin entered a small room.
This room is very clean and beautifully decorated, with various gems inlaid on the walls and plush blankets on the floor.
On the bed, there is a skeleton lying, which is Ryan's body, showing that he has been dead for a long time.
Chu Xin hesitated for a moment, thinking about whether to let Friday absorb it, but after thinking about it, he decided not to do it. After all, he ransacked other people's homes without even leaving their bones. Chu Xin was afraid that this guy would turn into a resentful spirit and come to find her. trouble.
Of course, the main reason is that I am not very interested in Friday.
Chu Xin also found a diary and a book with a black cover in the bedroom. The cover was painted with complex textures in gold and red. These textures flowed with unknown luster and fluctuations as if they were alive.
The diary probably recorded some of Lane's daily life. Through the above records, Chu Xin learned that the owner of this laboratory was a seven-star mage named Lane, who died more than two hundred years ago.
And that book turned out to be a magic book, a six-star magic book. Chu Xin was overjoyed and put it in the warehouse.
After putting away the bed in the bedroom, Chu Xin unexpectedly found the control center of the entire territory under the bed. Inlaid with five alien beast cores that had gradually turned white, Chu Xin checked and found that they were eight stars. The magic core, but the energy in it has been almost consumed.
This kind of magic core must be recharged before it can be used again, but Chu Xin remembered that the restrictions of the Elf Garden did not restrict the use of magic cores that have exhausted their energy. Maybe they can be used to build Elf Garden resource points.
As Chu Xin took out the magic core, the entire magic laboratory suddenly lost the support of magic power. The magic lights in all channels were quickly extinguished one after another, and the entire ruins instantly fell into darkness.
At the same time, the map also showed the existence of this ruins. It was supposed to have a hidden magic circle, but as the energy was exhausted, it gradually lost its function.
Chu Xin organized everyone to evacuate from the ruins while taking stock of his gains.
The main harvest is a six-star magic book, five eight-star alien beast cores and fifteen magic puppets. In addition, there are more than a thousand various books, experiment logs, and potions in the laboratory. and pharmaceutical formulas.
Chu Xin was not in a hurry to read the specific content. He planned to sort it out carefully after returning to the territory.
Chu Xin had picked up a lot of leaks in the small town of Fairen. He did not expect that there would be such a ruin hidden under the mage tower.
Chapter 27 Exploring the Ruins
