The radiance of the flames danced.
The flames illuminated the sand-covered area, causing the golden armour to reflect the dazzling light. A pure golden scorpion shaped object stood before the spy.
The scorpion was six metres long, with serrated forelimbs and a thick hook on its curved tail. Two torches were erected on the ground on either side of the scorpion. The light from the torches caused the golden shell of the scorpion to flicker.
It was almost the same as the scorpion Lin had seen earlier. The only difference was … … it could not move.
The scorpion stood atop a stone platform. It assumed a battle-ready posture, like a statue.
If one were to examine its insides, they would find that the internal structure of this scorpion was the same as the one from before. However, there was no atmospheric creature within its body. In other words, there was no controller. Thus, it could not move.
However, if there was such a creature, it might be possible to make it move at any time.
Additionally, there was more than one scorpion here.
If one were to look to the right of the scorpion, they would see another scorpion. Aside from the different posture, everything else was the same …
To the right of this scorpion, there was another scorpion in a different posture. They were arranged in such a manner that it was estimated that there were hundreds of them. They were arranged all the way to the depths of the cave.
Additionally, this arrangement was not limited to just one row.
The moment the cave lit up, Lin had noticed it. Truth be told … … the entire space here was filled with these things. There were a total of 10 rows of them. Between each row was an aisle covered in sand. Both sides of the aisle were filled with golden 'statues' in various postures.
Around each of the statues was a torch, causing the area to become brighter.
They looked like a huge army that was arrayed here, ready for battle.
Although she had only inspected a few of them, Lin believed that they could not move. They had been placed here for a long time.
The torch standing beside them was something that had only been placed there recently. Clearly, it was the work of the 'creator'. There was some sort of trigger device inside the torch. Under certain circumstances, it would automatically ignite.
Additionally, there should be more than one 'creator'. There were probably hundreds of torches here. Their burning caused Lin to feel as though the oxygen in the air was rapidly dissipating.
However, it should be able to last for a while. There was quite a lot of oxygen here. Even so, it did not matter if there was no oxygen.
The spy was walking along the aisle between the golden statues. Most of the objects near the wall were scorpion-shaped golden objects. However, if they walked down the aisle, they would see some statues that were not scorpion-shaped.
Because he wasn't sure what these things should be called. Therefore, he decided to call them statues for the time being.
Now, the spy was looking at a moth-shaped statue in front of him. It had golden wings, and the huge compound eyes on its face seemed to be looking at the spy.
This moth really looked like a real thing. Even the fluff on its face was made, although it felt like it would hinder its movement …
It had wings, but Lin doubted it could fly because its wings were made of the same material as the rest of its body. It was most likely not for combat, but for some special purpose. Its wings had a lot of tiny holes, and there were many pipes inside them. It was probably used to spread poisonous powder like a real moth.
However, the next statue should be for battle.
Next, the spy saw a large statue. It was more than seven meters long, with a pair of golden jaws in front. This statue was made according to a kind of insect-type creature called 'Scarab'.
It seemed that the 'creator' liked to make these things according to insect-type creatures. However, they lived in the air, so there shouldn't be many opportunities to see these creatures. Why didn't they make statues according to atmospheric creatures or other creatures?
As she continued to look, Lin could see even more types of arthropod statues.
There were praying mantises, cockroaches, and so on, but scorpion-type ones were the most common. These statues were all made of the same material and were all controlled by the same method. They could only be activated by atmospheric creatures.
However, there were no creatures here, and these things were quite old …
No, wait, this one was new.
After walking past a cockroach statue, Lin saw a golden … skeleton dragon statue.
This statue was more than three meters tall and had a strange posture of holding its head with both hands. Like the previous statue, it was also made of pure gold.
Also, its shell wasn't covered in dust or even cracks like the others. This skeleton dragon statue was quite new, and the light it reflected was several times brighter than the statues around it.
This was definitely a valuable item for the White Skeleton Dragon.
The spy examined the internal structure of this thing and found that it was no different from the other statues except that it was very new. There were no atmospheric creatures controlling it, so it couldn't move.
He didn't know what this statue was used for. It probably wasn't for battle. In fact, skeleton dragons weren't suitable for battle in this form. It was easy to fall because standing up would expose almost all of its weaknesses.
It might have some special purpose.
However, since this skeleton dragon statue was new, was it possible to find the device to make the statue nearby?
But why was this new statue placed in the middle of a pile of old ones? Regardless of that, he decided to look around to see if there were any devices.
With that in mind, the spy climbed to the top of the skeleton dragon statue and looked around the cave.
All he could see here were arthropod statues arranged neatly. Also, the torches here couldn't illuminate the whole place. There were no torches in the deeper parts of the cave. It was completely dark, and these statues were arranged all the way to the depths of the darkness …
The "creator" was in the depths of this darkness.
It had moved a little since a moment ago and was now about a hundred meters away from the spy.
Could it be making these statues? It probably had the device over there.
Also, it should've noticed the sudden light here. But why didn't it run away?
Anyway, he had to go and take a look first.
The spy jumped down from the statue and walked in the direction of the creator.
But after two steps, the spy stopped and turned his head to the side of the aisle … He saw a sharp object protruding from the sand in the aisle.
What was this?
The spy reached out and grabbed the protrusion, then pulled hard …
Thud!
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