Chapter 1795
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Inside the secret chamber, Greya watched the scene on the screen with a thoughtful look.
"Isn't this target a bit too late?" Greya's voice was soft as a whisper.
Lawson's head was the only thing left in his body, and the target only showed up now?
"Shoot the arrow first, then draw the target," Horus said.
Shoot the arrow first, then draw the target! It was exactly as Isabelle described!
Greya narrowed her eyes. "So that arrow is really the Loser's Arrow?"
No one responded, but everyone unanimously shifted the weight of the scale in their hearts towards the loser's arrow.
Meanwhile, inside the metal hall.
Angor followed Muse here to see if the Mystery energy he sensed earlier was still coming from the target. If so, he would be able to confirm that the target was created by the sea of light.
However, Angor's attention was not on the Mystery property at all.
Angor and Muse looked at each other and saw the confusion in each other's eyes.
"Did you sense it?"
He didn't elaborate, but Muse nodded as if she knew what he meant. Then, he reached out his cane, which was covered with gear patterns, and pointed at the target floating on his seat. "This is the source."
Angor looked at the target with a puzzled look.
Both of them were on high alert when they entered the metal hall. Angor was ready to open the door at any time in case something unexpected happened. However, there was no danger. What was strange was that when they were about to observe the target at close range, they vaguely felt that the target seemed to be emitting some kind of decipherable information ripple.
Since it was related to Mystery, Angor and Muse didn't dare to approach the target even though they were still curious about it.
However, that didn't mean they couldn't decipher the information. Both Angor and Muse had many ways to obtain the information ripple safely. For example, they could use a mechanical golem to check if the target was in a safe frequency range. Or they could send a familiar to check if the target was dangerous. Or they could use other methods to decipher the information ripple from afar.
However, they didn't choose any of the above methods. Muse tapped the floor, and Antonio appeared beside them.
Angor looked at the blue humanoid spirit and realized that Antonio was a special spirit. He could split his spirit body and monitor the entire Floating Mech City.
As for the split spiritual bodies, they could also capture information ripples. Angor could let Antonio enter the target to find out what was going on. Even if there was danger, Antonio could abandon the spirit body at any time. It wouldn't do any harm to the spirit body.
After Antonio understood Muse's meaning, he didn't hesitate and directly walked into the range of the target.
After Antonio entered, he immediately stood still.
Angor couldn't see Antonio's face, but he could tell that Antonio was thinking about something. Or maybe it was the information he got from the target.
After a while, Antonio turned around and said, "It seems that Ms. Isabelle was right. This arrow really is the loser's arrow."
Muse: "Why are you so sure?"
Antonio pointed at the target. "It told me."
Antonio paused and continued, "The information ripple from the target is only repeating a part of it. So far, it's just a simple information ripple. There's no danger in it."
After Antonio finished speaking, before he could verify, Muse stepped into the range of the information ripples.
Angor hesitated for a moment and entered the message wave category as well.
One minute later, both Angor and Muse recovered from the information ripple at the same time. As Antonio said, the information ripple wasn't dangerous. It was just repeating a piece of information.
And the content of this message was actually describing the reason for the existence of the archery target.
When Angor and Muse returned to the underground room, Greya quickly asked about the target. Their conversation in the metal hall was all shown to the audience. What information was the target trying to convey?
"The information ripple is only describing a certain rule." Angor nodded at Muse to confirm that he could speak. Then, he began to tell Muse the information he learned earlier.
The rule described by the target was not a logical one. But through analysis, several conclusions could be drawn.
First, the reason for the target's existence. When an arrow hit its target, it would begin to form into a target. This was the so-called "shoot the arrow first, then draw the target". From this, Antonio deduced that the target was Loser's Arrow.
Next was when the target would disappear. When the target was formed, it meant that the target had already been hit by the arrow. After that, the target would remain at the target's position for a long time, until —
The target would only disappear when Loser's Arrow chose its next target and fired a new arrow.
In other words, the target's existence allowed people to know when the next Loser's Arrow would be fired.
The last part of the message mentioned an ironclad rule about Loser's Arrow: You could not fire two arrows at the same target.
In other words, if the target survived, Loser's Arrow would not be able to target him a second time.
This indirectly proved one thing: at least Lawson did not have to be afraid of a second arrow being shot.
This was the useful information Angor gathered from the archery target.
After hearing this, everyone fell into deep thought.
"I don't understand. Why did it leak the information?" Greya frowned. She was used to thinking in terms of conspiracy theories.
Antonio said, "Perhaps this is what Ms. Isabelle meant by the limitation of the Loser's Arrow."
Greya couldn't find a way to refute this. "Something's not right," she said in the end.
"I think the information from this target should be true," Muse said. "It's a simple principle. There's no need for it to lie."
Lawson joined in. "You're right. And the information we read doesn't suggest a trap. I am also inclined to believe that this information is true. "
A chuckle suddenly reached everyone's ears.
"Since we're sure that the Mystery item is Loser's Arrow, why don't you think about something else? For example … "Sunders spoke in a plain tone," How did they know that Lawson is the target? "
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