Anderfa awkwardly smiled and continued, "This kind of thing isn't dangerous. It's usually used to hide some precious items, it's not mainly used for defense. If it can't be opened normally, then the things inside would be destroyed by brute force. But something as extravagant as using Star Essence to build it isn't common. The things inside must be very shocking."
Lin Yun nodded. Although he was experienced and knowledgeable, he definitely couldn't compare to Anderfa when it came to such small details.
He took out a few pieces of paper and quickly made some calculations with his quill pen. The item in the box must be very precious. If he made a mistake, it was very likely that the item inside would be destroyed. If that happened, he could only use this box of Star Essence as a magic material.
After making two calculations and confirming that there was no mistake, Lin Yun started using the crystal pen to crack the array on the box.
All the arrays had been cracked and eliminated, and the runes and patterns had completely disappeared, but there was still not a single crack on the box. Lin Yun was a bit stunned.
Enderfa said without batting an eyelid, "Look for the mechanism."
Lin Yun suddenly realized that he had only been thinking about the array and had forgotten that this kind of box had a mechanism!
He recalled the patterns on the box and immediately found two places that weren't covered by the array's runes and patterns.
There was only one array on the box and it wasn't symmetrical, but there were two symmetrical places on both sides of the box that weren't covered by the array's runes and patterns. This explained the problem.
Up until now, there was a very popular double-opening mechanism. The box could only be opened by opening it at the same time, otherwise, another mechanism would be triggered.
Lin Yun prepared his defenses ahead of time and took a deep breath before simultaneously exerting force on the two narrow empty spaces.
"Snap …"
A clear sound echoed as a crack suddenly appeared on the originally seamless box, and the box automatically opened.
No danger appeared.
They softly opened the box, and the thing inside was a bit out of their expectations.
It wasn't a precious treasure, but a key.
The shape of the key was very old. It was brown in color and had a bit of rust on it. The handle of the key was an exquisite skull. The skull even had a one-eyed eyepatch, and there were two crossed long knives inserted into the skull.
The three of them immediately recognized that it was Red Beard's symbol!
Lord Shawn glanced at it and said a few words before returning with the spirit mana crystal.
"I'm going back."
Lin Yun was a little surprised. There was actually a key inside. The shape of this key was the most ancient lock. In the current era, it was the shape of a handicraft.
If it hadn't been hidden so well, Lin Yun wouldn't have been able to tell what was so precious about it.
Anderfa frowned and racked his brains, but he had no clue.
"I also can't see what use this key has, but since it was hidden so well that even that monster wanted to snatch it, it must be very important. It might be the key to Red Beard's treasure trove, or it might be something else."
Lin Yun shook his head and put the key back into the Star Essence box. If he couldn't figure it out for the time being, then he wouldn't think about it. In any case, he had to snatch what that monster cared about.
After resting for a while and recovering his mana, Lin Yun turned to look at the entrance, which was still a wall, and felt a bit uneasy.
He recalled that there had been a pair of hands guiding them from the moment they arrived at the Intrepid. It had been dangerous on the way, and every cabin had been filled with danger.
No matter how dangerous the Intrepid was, it wasn't possible for every place to be filled with danger.
And this cabin was clearly an abandoned alchemy laboratory. There were a lot of abandoned tables and chairs, as well as some rusted puppets.
The fact that Xiuban and the others could rest in peace showed that this place wasn't dangerous after the exploration.
Lin Yun wouldn't have suspected anything if every cabin had been filled with danger, but now that they were safe, he felt that they might have fallen into a trap.
The floor of the cabin was completely made of Soul Absorbing Wood, and it was sealed by 12 True Spirit Arrays. It was even combined with a Dimension Corridor Maze Array. Together with the Soul Absorbing Wood, this was completely a death cell that was used to imprison evil things.
But if they didn't break it, they wouldn't be able to come out. Releasing that thing might be even more troublesome.
After recovering half of his mana, Lin Yun couldn't sit still. He walked to the side of the soundly sleeping Xiuban and kicked him, but that guy didn't react at all.
He casually threw a Fireball at Xiuban's body, and that insensitive Draconic Beastman jumped up while howling.
"Who? Is there an enemy? Where is the enemy? "
He turned and saw Lin Yun standing behind him with a calm expression.
"Sir Merlin, you returned safely. I knew that monster definitely wasn't Sir Merlin's opponent …"
Xiuban flattered with a calm expression.
Lin Yun looked at the others and his tone wasn't very good.
"Everyone, let's leave this place first. Although that monster was injured, it shouldn't be a big problem. Who knows when it will catch up."
The exit of this abandoned alchemy laboratory wasn't as hard to find as the previous cabins. They could see the only operating array.
That was an array that alchemists often arranged at the entrance and needed a password to enter and exit.
Cracking it was very simple. Lin Yun spent a minute to crack that array's password.
"Doroya."
A strange incantation echoed as a gate-shaped exit appeared in the center of the array.
"Let's go!"
The thick-skinned Draconic Beastman led the way as usual, while the others followed behind.
After leaving, what they didn't expect wasn't another cabin, but rather a spacious corridor. The corridor extended into the darkness, and they didn't know how long it was.
Closed doors could be seen on both sides of the corridor, and each door had a simple array covering it.
Lin Yun's heart sank. He understood that they had entered a normal part of the Intrepid. This should be a place where the crew was active. Who knew what kind of place the previous ones were?
The entrance was hidden in the innermost part of the alchemy laboratory, so it definitely wasn't a simple place.
"Nosfedro."
After the simple command, the array door closed behind them.
They were now at the end of the corridor, and on both sides of the corridor, there were over twenty alchemy doors.
"Take a look at each one. I don't know where the Captain's Cabin is, but this damned ship is too strange. Try to find some useful clues, it's impossible for there to be no clues left. It would be even better if we could find the ship's blueprint."
After saying that, Lin Yun started cracking an alchemy door on the side. In less than half a minute, he chanted a simple opening incantation and the door opened.
The sullen Xiuban was once again the first to be kicked in.
The space of this room had been greatly expanded, but it wasn't as big as the previous cabins. It was only three to four kilometers wide, and from the things that had already decayed over time, it could be seen that this used to be a warehouse, and a food warehouse at that.
There was no danger, and there was no harvest.
After checking a dozen rooms, he still didn't find anything. It wasn't a group of abandoned puppets that couldn't be dismantled, it was the resting area of a large number of slaves. Apart from messy, dirty beds and decaying bedframes, there was nothing.
Or there was a group of Low Level Undeads that even Xiuban didn't feel like taking seriously.
They explored all the rooms on both sides of the corridor, but they didn't find anything useful, and they didn't find any useful information.
They opened the last room, and it looked a lot better. It should have been the room of some well-treated crew. It stretched for several kilometers, just like a small world. There was a permanent, powerful illumination spell hanging at the top, and there was also a huge crystal supplying mana to the side. But that crystal was already very dim, and the light emitted by the illumination spell was like that of an old man past his prime, seemingly about to be extinguished at any time.
The ground wasn't made of wood, but of a kind of black soil. It could be seen that there had been a lush lawn growing there.
Apart from these, there were only small courtyards built on this piece of land.
"Xiuban, take a look and see if there are any living things inside."
Lin Yun instructed, and Xiuban didn't say anything else as he hurriedly followed Lin Yun's instructions. There were so many rooms, yet there was no threat, it was really too simple.
Lin Yun also followed and searched from courtyard to courtyard. He found some books, but they had all decayed to the point where not a single word could be clearly read.
Books that seemed to be in good condition were reduced to ashes with a touch of a finger.
There were over forty courtyards in total, and they searched all the way to the innermost area, but they still didn't find anything.
It was the same in the final small courtyard. It looked as if it had been abandoned for a few millennia, and everything useful had already decayed over time.
"Sir Merlin, I found something!"
Xiuban's loud voice came from the back of the courtyard.
The few of them rushed to the backyard and saw a withering Mana Morning Glory in a corner. Xiuban extended his hand to grab it, but that Mana Morning Glory was like a phantom. Xiuban's big hand passed through the Mana Morning Glory and couldn't grab anything.
"Sir Merlin, I only know that this is alive. There isn't even an Undead among the others."
Lin Yun glanced at it and knew that the space here had been distorted.
He took out a crystal pen and wrote a large number of runes. In less than two minutes, the distorted space was cracked.
Following Lin Yun's signal, Xiuban reached out and grabbed, this time uprooting the morning glory.
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