The golden-domed building was very simple.
There were no guardrails around it, only a silver thread engraved on the ground. There seemed to be a faint silver light flowing on the thread.
The entire building was surrounded by a circle of silver threads, instantly distinguishing it from the other buildings around it.
Lin Sheng looked down at the thread, narrowed his eyes, and slowly took a step forward. He took out a short axe from his back and gently threw it at the thread.
"Pa."
The hatchet smashed on top of the thread and rolled for a while before coming to a stop, motionless.
"No problem."
Lin Sheng looked up, slowly walked over, crossed the silver thread, and stood in front of the building's door.
The door was pure gold, and a huge symbol was engraved on its surface that spanned across two doors.
The symbol looked like the outline of a man's face, with two horns on his head and a sheep-like curved horn at the back of his head. There were no pupils in the eyes, giving off a sense of coldness. It was cold and terrifying.
Lin Sheng paused, put his hand on the door, and pushed hard.
"Kacha."
The door seemed to be locked, and there was a metallic sound.
Lin Sheng retracted his hand, took a step back, and kicked the door.
"Bam."
The door shook violently under the huge force, and then the silver light flashed on its surface, but it still didn't move.
Lin Sheng kicked the door five or six times in a row, but not only did the door not move, it even felt like it was getting tighter.
He frowned, and looked around the building. He began to walk around the entire research center.
After walking half a circle, he found a circular platform surrounded by yellow curtains in an open space behind the building.
The platform was made of greyish-white stone, and its surface was engraved with countless complicated lines and symbols. The surface was also covered with a transparent crystal-like protective film.
What caught Lin Sheng's attention was that there was a transparent corridor between the platform and the building.
It was a fully enclosed glass corridor.
The entrance was the circular platform.
"This looks like a … back door? A special back door that needs to be checked for entry? "Lin Sheng lifted the yellow curtains around the platform and observed the lines and symbols carved on it.
He was no longer the guy who didn't know anything. After absorbing a large amount of memories, he could recognize a few of these patterns and symbols.
After all, the Holy Sanctum's knowledge system was based on Saint Power. But the parts of the Ashen Seal and the summoning ritual were ultimately based on basic symbols and mysterious patterns.
It could be said that the Ashen Seal system was derived from the spellcasting system.
Lin Sheng walked to the platform and lifted the curtain to look inside.
The passageway was empty except for some dark red blood stains on the ground.
There were very few bloodstains. If one did not look carefully, one would not be able to tell.
He slowly walked in and pulled out two short axes from his back.
The tunnel was more than ten meters long. He quickly passed through and entered a somewhat empty hall.
The hall looked like the main hall of an ancient temple.
There was a faint yellow light shining down from the top of his head. The light source was a huge circular light shield that was emitting light.
There were rectangular stone pillars on both sides, decorated with patterns that looked like sharp claws.
On each pillar was a bright red triangular cloth. The cloth was trimmed with gold, and there was a large four-cornered human head embroidered on it.
It was exactly the same as the head that Lin Sheng saw on the door.
"This again …"
He tightened his grip on the short axes and walked into the hall from the middle.
In the middle of the empty space, there were some overturned black stone tables, and there were silver plates and cutlery scattered on the ground.
Some of the plates and bowls had dried up food residue.
"It seems like there was a sudden commotion during the meal …" Lin Sheng kicked a stone chair with his foot.
It was heavy, at least a hundred pounds.
"Is a chair that heavy?" He frowned, puzzled. It did not look like it was meant for a normal person.
He looked up and around him again.
Between the stone pillars on both sides, there was a thick shadow.
In the shadow, he could vaguely see closed black doors. There were also blurry portraits hanging above the doors, which seemed to represent the identity of the occupants of each room.
Lin Sheng walked around the hall, and found a few elegant black dresses, exquisite cloaks, and two wooden canes in the corner. There were also some useless exquisite vases.
And then there was nothing else.
"There's nothing in the hall in the middle. Looks like the real good stuff should be in the surrounding rooms. The circular building is actually a square structure. There are eight rooms on each side, for a total of sixteen rooms … "
Lin Sheng's gaze swept around, and he walked to the door of the first room on the left.
He paused, grabbed the door handle that was carved into copper vines, and twisted it lightly.
"Ka-chak."
The door slowly opened outwards.
The room was flat, and there was only a greyish-white circular platform. There were many runes carved on it, and four jade-green oval crystals were embedded in the four walls.
Lin Sheng paused for a moment, and after confirming that there was no danger, he slowly walked into the room.
"Hiss …"
In an instant, the platform lit up with a red light.
A ball of red flame suddenly rose from the platform. The flame was only the size of a soccer ball, but it quickly expanded, and in the blink of an eye, it was as tall as a person.
Amidst the flames, a tall humanoid creature with four horns on its head suddenly lunged at Lin Sheng without a word.
This humanoid creature's muscles were greyish-black, and it wore the same greyish-black metal armor.
The armor was a little rough, and apart from the skull decorations on its neck and abdomen, the rest was simply covered by crisscrossed chains.
The humanoid creature's legs were hooves like a goat's, and it wore two silver kneepads with human faces. In its hands was a flaming broadsword, and a translucent circular shield.
* Clang!! *
Lin Sheng raised his axe to block the attack.
Sparks flew, and he immediately felt a wave of heat from the opponent's sword.
"Ansag! Ansag Lina!! "The humanoid creature roared, and swung its sword down again.
Its strength was so heavy that it was not something a Level 3 Transcendent could block. Only a Level 4 Warrior could do it.
Lin Sheng cautiously took a big step back, and dodged the sword.
The burning double-edged sword continued to emit a large amount of heat, and the temperature in the room rose.
The monster kept attacking, but its sword and shield attacks were not very good, and it relied on its powerful strength and fast sword slashes.
After absorbing the memories of a large number of swordsmen, Lin Sheng looked like a sideshow, and it was meaningless.
He dodged more than ten slashes, and observed the monster's moves and abilities. He also began to speak simple words like Deviltongue, trying to communicate with the monster.
But the monster did not seem to have any intelligence, and only kept shouting a few fixed words. The frenzied and tireless attacks continued.
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