It turned out that it was a double formation.
The first formation was purely to protect the center of the town while the second formation was in the middle.
There was another array formation at the center. This array formation was smaller than the first array formation, but it was much more complicated. Moreover, all the directions indicated that it was a spatial array formation.
Ever since the Ninth Ruins was discovered, the Ro family had invested three generations of research before they came to this conclusion.
Now that Tang Ling asked, she did not want to hide anything.
"The center of the town is protected by the first formation, so there must be something important stored there. It's also the control center of the first formation.
"The Ro family's lifetime of research has been focused on deciphering the first formation. We want to know who the owner of the Ninth Ruins is and why he spent so much effort to set up the ruins. What if he left something important behind? What if it's an inheritance?
"As for the second formation, it's related to space. At least with the current capabilities of the Ro family, it's impossible to decipher it. However, a space formation must have at least two fulcrum points to work. "
Ro Xin finished the last stroke on the drawing in front of her. She wiped the sweat off her forehead tiredly and explained to Tang Ling in detail.
"What do you mean?" Tang Ling was confused.
"It means that a space formation is one of the most complicated formations. Since it involves space, it must have at least two fulcrum points to support it. Just like the legendary teleportation circle, it's one of the simplest space formations. It must be connected from A to B, so it has to have at least two fulcrum points. On top of that, both eastern and western myths talk about space bags. A small bag can hold a lot of things, but it's actually two fulcrum points. In fact, it has two fulcrums. One is the outside of the bag, and the other is the space inside the bag. "
"Does that mean the second formation is our only hope of escaping?" Tang Ling asked seriously.
"Yes, and the Ro family has spent three generations researching the Ninth Ruins. They've deduced that the space energy fluctuation of the second formation is heading towards Darkness Port. "Ro Xin looked at Tang Ling.
Tang Ling raised a brow. He was baffled by the theory of a space formation.
At the same time, he understood why the Ro clan was so obsessed with the Ninth Ruins. Putting aside the Space Formation,
Firstly, there was a high possibility that this town contained a mysterious inheritance.
Secondly, by cracking the array formation and entering the control hub, even without the heritage, being able to control the first array formation was equivalent to the Luo clan camp having a foothold with a higher security level than a safe zone.
However, fate was such nonsense. The Luo Clan's Drifter Camp had fallen into the hands of others.
"Do you have a way to crack it?" Tang Ling asked the question that concerned him the most.
"I'm not sure. The Ro family had spent three generations researching the Ninth Ruins, and they had 60% confidence in cracking the formation. Before this, I didn't dare to come here because I only had 60% of the chance. After all, there are so many lives at stake … "She slowly lowered her voice and looked up abruptly." But now, I have no choice but to take the risk. "
She then tidied up the blueprint and said, "I've deciphered the second layer of the formation. Let's go."
"Sure." Tang Ling nodded, but at the same time, he kept some of the formation runes that he had compared.
**
The people from the Stardust Council also entered the Ninth Ruins.
The moment they stepped out of the house, Tang Ling and the others realized the truth. If Tang Ling was mentally prepared, Ro Xin found it hard to believe that the Stardust Council could decipher the formation? If they could, why didn't they do it earlier? Why did they wait until now?
Looking at the three of them, Draconic Seven looked up with the same cruel smile on his face. They were getting faster and faster and were already at the end of the alleyway. As long as they could get out of the alleyway, the three of them would not be able to escape anymore.
He made a throat-slitting gesture at Tang Ling and the others, but what he got in return was Tang Ling's disdainful sneer.
"If we go and decipher the second layer of the formation, they will definitely take advantage of us." Ro Xin inhaled deeply, but she soon understood the key point. The hardest part of deciphering the formation was to find the starting point amidst the myriad of clues.
No doubt, when they deciphered the first layer of the formation, they had already exposed the starting point.
Now that they had to decipher the second layer of the formation, the starting point would still be exposed in the alley.
Therefore, they had to race against time.
The situation was getting worse.
Ro Xin did not tell Tang Ling that even though she had the third generation Ro family's formation deciphering notebook and had a 60% chance of deciphering the formation, she had spent the whole day yesterday trying to figure out which of the three possible starting points of the second layer of the formation was the real starting point.
If the first step was wrong, the next step would be the same. It would trigger heavy attacks from the formation, and it might be even more severe than the Stardust Council.
Tang Ling had studied formations for a whole day, so he understood the basics. He knew what Ro Xin meant. The situation was getting worse.
He glanced over at the Stardust Council. They had used a very advanced machine to decipher the formation while they had to rely on themselves. The only advantage they had was the third generation Ro family's notebook.
The starting point of the second layer of the formation was the third house on the street.
In order to decipher the second layer of the formation, they had to go through the house and enter the backyard. Only then would they be able to enter the second safety zone of the Ninth Ruins.
A house? Wouldn't it be too easy to go through it?
However, after pushing the door open, Tang Ling realized that the second layer of the formation was a lot harder than the first.
The house was not a normal house. Upon entering, one would realize that it was like a maze.
There were many intersecting stairs in the house, and a single glance at the stairs would make one dizzy.
They were not like normal stairs that led to a certain destination. Some of them ended on the wall, some led to the window, and some ended in a dead end. Some were intersecting with other stairs, and the twists and turns led to some unknown place.
The situation was considered normal, but the unusual thing was that some of the stairs seemed to defy the common sense of architecture. Their twists and turns led to sudden changes in direction. Some of the stairs were originally going up, but they suddenly turned downwards. It was not something that could be created with common architecture, at least not by the architecture of the old civilization.
Some of the stairs were even filled with an illusory feeling. They were originally real stairs, but they gradually extended to the wall, and there were stairs on the wall as well. However, it was impossible to tell whether the stairs on the wall were real or — just a realistic 3D painting.
It was messy and strange, so how could one not feel dizzy?
On top of that, the house that looked normal from the outside was much bigger than it looked from the outside.
If Ro Xin had speculated that the owner of the Ninth Ruins was a sorcerer, Tang Ling would have felt weird since he was a scientist. Now, Tang Ling deeply felt that the title of sorcerer was more suitable for the owner of the Ninth Ruins.
The room was filled with a strange magical feeling as if one had entered a magic house. Otherwise, it would be hard for one to get used to the room.
"The space formation really exists." Ro Xin's focus was different from Tang Ling's. When she stepped into the space that was so different from the outside world, she immediately realized that the space formation was real.
To her surprise, the moment her voice subsided, a loud thud came from inside the room as if someone had dropped something on the floor.
"Who's there?!" Ro Li shouted instinctively and hid behind her. Tang Ling glared at him angrily. You're still trying to protect Ro Li? Are you sure you want to protect her?
On the contrary, Ro Xin's expression changed a little, but she quickly calmed down. She fished the blueprint out of her bag and said, "From where we are standing, there's the third flight of stairs. Quick! "
They had to be quick. If they did not reach a certain position before the people from the Stardust Council arrived, it would be like they were pointing the way for them.
At least, they had to reach a position where the people from the Stardust Council could not predict the path ahead. Only then could the three of them maintain a slight advantage.
Under Ro Xin's guidance, the three of them quickly walked up the flight of stairs that she had mentioned.
Ro Xin dared not waste any more time. She held the blueprint in her hand and guided them step by step.
Soon, they arrived at a staggered flight of stairs that seemed to lead to a dead end.
There were two branches, one of which led outside the window.
The other branch strangely turned at a 90-degree angle and led downwards.
Ro Xin hesitated with the blueprint in her hand. She bit her lip and did not know what to do at the moment.
As a matter of fact, the nature of the formation did not require one to look at the surface because no matter what it looked like, it might be an illusion.
The problem for Ro Xin was that this was the key point of the second layer of the formation. A wrong choice would lead to severe consequences such as a lethal punishment.
On top of that, a wrong choice would lead to a high chance of getting lost in the formation. Even if they retraced their steps, they would not be able to escape because the formation would change and everything before them would change accordingly.
Bang! It was at that moment that an irritating kick came from the door. It was Draconic Seven and his men who barged into the room.
Draconic Seven looked up and saw the three of them. Without saying a word, he pulled the gun from his waist and fired a shot at Tang Ling.
Bang! The gunshot sounded especially irritating in the sealed room, but Tang Ling did not react.
However, Tang Ling's expression did not change at all. The formation was not a normal space in the eyes of a commoner. The two of them might look like they were only a meter away from each other, but they might actually be more than a hundred meters away from each other.
Sure enough, the next moment, the bullet that Draconic Seven shot strangely appeared on the wall behind Draconic Seven.
It even pierced the neck of one of the warriors from the Stardust Council behind Draconic Seven before it left a hole on the wall.
Draconic Seven was shocked. Colo, who was beside him, grabbed him. "What are you doing? Do you know what you are doing is stupid? This is a formation. It's a combination of space geometry, mathematics, physics, and even some mystical knowledge that we haven't learned yet. It's the highest level of application, and you're firing a gun here? "
Draconic Seven did not retort against Colo's accusation. Instead, he sheathed his gun. Of course, he did not feel sorry for the warrior who was killed.
"It's quite a powerful gun," Tang Ling mocked. Tang Ling said sarcastically. His voice echoed in Draconic Seven's ears as if it traveled through multiple dimensions to reach his ears.
Then, Tang Ling took the blueprint from Ro Xin and glanced over it before he walked to the stairs that led to the window.
"Tang Ling, you …" Ro Xin wanted to hold him back, but she saw how calm he was.
He went up three flights of stairs and reached the window. He turned around and said to her, "Follow me. You have to trust me."
Ro Xin did not move. The tip of her nose was covered in sweat. Was Tang Ling agitated by the intruders? How could he gamble while walking in the formation? How could he rely on luck?
However, Ro Li followed Tang Ling like an idiot.
"Brother, what are you doing?" Ro Xin was a little anxious. "Tang Ling, come back. Give me two minutes. Just two minutes."
Tang Ling smiled and turned around. He stood beside Ro Li, but he did not stop for even a second. He grabbed Ro Xin and walked to the window.
"Tang Ling, don't be impulsive. You … Argh!" Tang Ling grabbed Ro Xin and smashed the window open. Ro Li followed closely behind them.
Ro Xin shut her eyes. The moment Tang Ling smashed the window open, she clearly saw the sunlight outside. The courtyard downstairs was the same as before they came in.
However, for some reason, the height had changed. It was at least a hundred meters high.
At such a height, unless one was a Purple Moon Warrior, the three of them would definitely die if they fell from such a height.
Ro Xin was a little afraid of heights, so she instinctively shut her eyes.
Strangely, she did not feel like she was falling. Instead, she felt an indescribable dizziness as she spun around. A moment later, she felt her feet landing on solid ground.
What happened? She opened her eyes in fear and realized that the three of them were still in the room. However, they had strangely moved from the left staircase to the right staircase.
She looked at Tang Ling in shock, but before she could say anything, she heard running noises coming from somewhere in the room.
"Huh? Hahahaha …" Following the running noises, there was a series of strange laughter.
"Who's there?" Ro Li's expression changed again. Just like before, he hid behind Ro Xin again.
This time, Ro Xin could no longer remain calm as her face turned pale. Tang Ling, on the other hand, tilted his head and dug his ears. "Ro Li, you were quite decisive just now."
"My dad said that I'll follow you, so I'll follow you." Ro Li looked around absent-mindedly. He then hid behind Ro Xin and asked softly, "Tang Ling, is there a ghost here?"
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