Angor stepped into the corridor again. It was still dark, and he could not see the path ahead.
He could see in the dark, but the long, dark road still made him uneasy.
Tree Spirit mentioned that there were candlesticks on the wall … Angor slowly looked at the wall and saw the candlesticks surrounded by black grids.
Angor's eyes glowed in the darkness, and the candlesticks began to light up.
When the first flame lit up, it was as if a wonderful mechanism had been activated. Then, all the candlesticks in the corridor lit up. There were candlesticks every five meters, which lit up the entire corridor.
"A linked mechanism?" Angor muttered to himself. He did not think too much about it and stepped forward.
About a hundred steps into the corridor, Angor frowned. He did not notice it before, but when he stepped into the corridor, he felt something was wrong.
The direction of the airflow was not normal.
He was very sensitive to changes in his surroundings. Before he stepped into the corridor, he did not sense any air flow. But as he moved forward, he felt as if there was a small wind coming from the depths of the corridor, which was blowing a gentle breeze in his direction.
The wind was not strong, but it gave him the illusion that the exit was right in front of him.
Angor did not stop, but he did not stop. Instead, he kept moving forward. As he thought, he would find out whether it was an illusion or not as soon as he kept walking.
Tap tap tap —
His footsteps echoed in the long and narrow hallway. Maybe it was because the hallway was too quiet, or maybe it was the small space that caused echoes, Angor thought he heard multiple footsteps overlapping with each other as he walked.
This unusually oppressive atmosphere lasted for ten minutes.
"Something's not right," Angor thought as he stopped moving.
According to Tree Spirit's information, he could reach the central laboratory of the ruin by going through the corridor. He had walked for several kilometers in this corridor, but he still had not reached the laboratory. Something was obviously wrong.
He did not think that there were any monsters or supernatural beings in the ruin. Tree Spirit said that this place had never been opened since it was sealed, so there must be a reason. What he thought was strange was that he had triggered some kind of mechanism in the ruins.
It was normal for there to be such a mechanism in the ruin. However, if it was really a mechanism, how did he trigger it?
Angor could not figure it out. He decided to walk a bit further and see if he could find any clues.
Another few hundred steps later, he noticed something else. The airflow in front of him was getting stronger.
Did this mean that he was closer to the air vent?
Was he about to reach the end? With that in mind, he kept moving forward. Two minutes later, he saw the "air vent".
A tightly shut door.
He looked at the door in silence for a moment before he walked up and gave it a gentle push.
After the door was pushed open, a bright and spacious space was revealed.
Outside the door was a vast wasteland. He could even see the giant tree he used to hide behind his nightmare illusion. Clearly, this was the entrance to the ruins.
He did not find the end. Instead, he took a big detour and returned to the entrance.
There was no danger during the whole process, which was similar to what Tree Spirit had said. Now he was sure that he must have triggered some kind of trap.
But how did he trigger it? Why didn't Tree Spirit remind him before? Did Tree Spirit want to laugh at him?
Angor stood at the door and looked at the candlesticks on the wall.
Inside the black grid was a tray with patterns on it. The tray contained a special lamp oil that could burn for hundreds of years.
"Candlesticks … Is it because of the candlesticks?" Angor suddenly thought of something. He only touched the candlesticks when he entered the ruin.
Once he lit one, all the other candlesticks would light up, which meant there was some kind of interconnected mechanism. This linked mechanism might be the main reason why he was' circling 'around.
The more he thought about it, the more convinced he became. Also, Tree Spirit told him that there are candlesticks on the wall that can be lit up. But I don't think it's necessary. "
Tree Spirit was trying to dissuade Angor from lighting up the candlesticks.
In other words, the mechanism would not be triggered if he did not light up the candlesticks?
Angor did not know if he was right, but he decided to give it a try.
He walked to the first candlestick, reached out his hand, and the burning light was extinguished. As the flame of this candlestick dimmed, the flames of all the other candlesticks also disappeared. Inside the corridor, it was once again pitch black.
Angor decided not to do anything unnecessary this time. He did not use Light. He just walked forward in the darkness.
This time, he could clearly feel the difference after taking a dozen steps.
He did not sense any airflow in front of him. In other words, he did not enter the "strange circle" this time. He was really moving forward.
So he was right. As he pondered, he suddenly saw a shadow in front of him.
He stopped abruptly and looked at it. With the help of the dim light and night vision, he could clearly see a figure standing in front of him.
Was it a human? But Tree Spirit said that no one came here for hundreds of years.
Despite his confusion, he did not slow down. Instead, he sped up, trying to figure out who it was.
As he moved closer, he could clearly sense that there was no sign of life around him. The figure was not moving either.
In other words, it was either an inanimate object or an undead spirit.
As Angor approached the figure, he finally confirmed the identity of the figure.
It was a full-body knight's armor that was deliberately arranged in the shape of a human.
There was no supernatural aura coming from the armor, so it should be just an ordinary item. However, the texture of the armor was strange. It did not seem to be made of metal.
Angor did not know what material the armor was made of, but he did not bother to find out. His attention was focused on something else.
In the center of the breastplate, one could clearly see a faint line of blood.
It must have been drawn with some kind of paint. There was still no energy feedback. Angor was attracted by the pattern because he was too familiar with it.
It was an alchemy pattern!
However, it was only a broken pattern. There was no combination at all. It was just a corner of a particular pattern being drawn on the breastplate.
Also, the corners of the pattern were not connected. It was as if a beginner was trying to record the meaning of each corner.
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