Ness looked suspiciously at Reynolds, who was floating in midair.
Reynolds was also very surprised. He looked at the flashing red eye of authority with suspicion in his eyes.
Ness asked, "Is this a warning for taking too many items? Did someone else enter the showroom to take items today? "
According to Reynolds, the eye of authority would issue a warning if the number of items taken from the showroom exceeded the limit.
However, Ness had followed the rules of the showroom and only took three items. Logically speaking, the warning shouldn't have been triggered. Ness could only think of one possibility, which was that he wasn't the only one who entered the showroom today. Other people, such as the researchers here, had also entered the showroom to take items. So, if he took three more items, he would be close to the limit.
However, Reynolds shook his head at this moment. "No."
"No? Then what is it? "Ness looked at Reynolds.
"If it were close to the limit, it would be flashing yellow. But right now, the eye of authority is flashing red. "Reynolds stared at the eye of authority and said.
Ness remembered that Reynolds had said that red was a more urgent condition than yellow. So, now that the eye of authority was flashing red, did it mean that … the magic array had been triggered?
Ness' heart skipped a beat. He hurriedly said, "What does this mean? 'Has the magic array been activated?' Are we leaving this place? "
"No, I don't think it's the magic array that's triggered. It should've triggered another mechanism." Reynolds looked thoughtful. "It's very familiar, but I can't remember …"
After pondering for a few seconds, Reynolds suddenly thought of something. His eyes suddenly glittered. "I remember, my lord, I remember!"
Ness didn't turn his head to look at Reynolds. Instead, he looked at the door solemnly.
On both sides of the door, two white steel cabins with all kinds of energy tubes inserted into them suddenly rose.
After a loud boom, the door of the cabin opened automatically.
Two silver-white mechanical golems appeared in front of Ness's eyes.
The two mechanical puppets were both naked. They didn't wear any clothes, and their machinery, gears, and tubes were directly exposed. Under the illumination of the halo above their heads, all the parts on their bodies were emitting a strange silver light.
Although they weren't wearing clothes, it was worth mentioning that, unlike Reynolds, they also had words engraved on their mechanical cheeks.
On the left, there were two "X's" superimposed on each other, which looked a bit like the "Yao line". On the right were numbers, one was 19, the other was 18.
While Ness was observing them, the two mechanical puppets opened their eyes at the same time. The energy pipes on their bodies instantly separated, and steam and violent energy rose from their bodies.
Click, click.
Two metallic footsteps could be heard.
The two mechanical puppets stepped out of the cabin at the same time.
The three-meter-tall body stood still and slowly lowered its head. Its hollow eyes locked onto Kanter and Ness. Then, without any warning, its eyes turned red.
"Target locked. Begin the hunt." A mechanical voice came from the mouths of the two puppets.
As soon as he finished speaking, Puppet 19 suddenly disappeared. It was as if it had melted into the water, blending into the surrounding space.
The other puppet with the number 18 engraved on its right face gently leaped into the air. It held its right wrist with its left hand and pointed its index finger with its right hand, using it as a spear. Bang!
Colorless energy shot out of the holes on its fingertips, aiming straight at Ness.
At the same time, Reynolds also recovered from his thoughts and saw the two mechanical puppets. Horror flashed across his face, and he shouted to Ness, "Not good, they are the hunting sequence of the base!"
"Number 18 of the hunting sequence attacks with a spirit wave! If you are hit, your head will explode! "
As soon as Reynolds finished his reminder, the spirit wave had already approached Ness.
But Ness didn't move at all because there was already an additional "person" in front of him … or rather, there was an additional knight's soul wearing bone armor.
The bone armor knight waved his hand directly, and the bone armor on his arm turned into a huge square shield. There was a whale-shaped relief on the huge shield, which meant that this set of bone armor was obtained from a whale-shaped sea beast.
"The shield is useless! The hunting sequence that can move in the showroom will not directly attack the material world. All material objects will be ignored, including shields … "
Before Reynolds's voice fell, he saw the spirit wave sent out by number 18 was blocked by the bone armor knight's shield and was directly blocked.
Reynolds's mouth was wide open as he looked at this scene with a stunned expression.
Bone shield … isn't it from the material world? How can it guard against spirit waves?
Reynolds was a little puzzled, but in fact, as long as he observed carefully, he would find that there was a layer of faint blue energy attached to the bone armor knight's shield, which was the soul power of the bone armor knight. It is true that it is difficult for spirit waves to cause damage to the material world, but when it collides with soul power, which is also an energy, it will naturally produce an interaction reaction.
After the bone armor knight blocked a spirit wave, he leaped up and slashed at number 18 with his bone knight sword.
While the bone armor knight was fighting with number 18, Reynolds heard the sound of wind in his ear.
He subconsciously looked back and saw ripples in the space not far away, and a humanoid silhouette was faintly discernible, appearing beside Kanter.
"Your Excellency Ru Ye, be careful! Hunting sequence number 19 is proficient in space assassination … "
Before he finished speaking, Reynolds saw Kanter casually stretch out his hand and directly reach into the space ripples beside him. With a bang, the mechanical puppet behind the space ripples turned into dust.
Dust drifted in the air between the cracks of space.
Kanter stretched out his hand and casually wiped it on the Orchid Flower Starry Moon Robe on his body, and then looked at Reynolds. "What did you just say?"
"No, nothing." Reynolds silently closed his mouth.
Too savage … Reynolds only had this one evaluation of Kanter in his heart at this time.
While Reynolds's mind was fluctuating, on the other side, with a click, Hunting sequence number 18 was directly cut in half by the bone armor knight's sword.
The mechanical structure and gear chain fell to the ground.
A spark of electric light flashed in number 18's eyes, and then the red light in her eyes dissipated. Like number 19, she was completely destroyed.
However, number 18 was a little better than number 19. At least she still had her wreckage.
The bone armor knight rummaged through the wreckage of number 18, and soon came back with a huge oval crystal and handed it to Ness.
Ness glanced at it and raised his eyebrows. "This is a very rare magic material that can carry spirit power. It seems that this is its mechanical core … Unfortunately, the magic pattern has been engraved on it, and the magic pattern is also damaged, so it is basically useless. "
With that, Ness casually tossed the crystal aside.
Then, Ness turned to look at Reynolds. "What did you just say you remembered?"
"Remembered what?" Reynolds was still in a daze. In his eyes, the extremely powerful Hunting sequence number 18 and 19 were destroyed so easily, which made him unable to recover for a while.
"Didn't you say you remembered it before these two stupid iron puppets showed up?" Ness said in annoyance.
Reynolds was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses. "Oh, yes … yes. I remembered. At that time, I wanted to say that the red light in the eyes of authority wasn't because we triggered the magic array, but because we stayed too long. "
Ness looked puzzled. "What? We stayed too long? "
Reynolds nodded. "My memory is a bit blurry. I didn't have this impression at all until just now when I saw the eyes of authority appear. Then I remembered another rule of the showroom: every time the showroom is opened, you can only stay for a maximum of ten minutes. Once you exceed this limit, you will be regarded as an enemy, and the hunting sequence will hunt you down.
"Because this is an internal rule and a restriction on the behavior of the laboratory staff, it won't trigger the magic array. But if you break it, you will be hunted down and killed by the hunting sequence. "
After saying this, Reynolds looked guilty. He had only thought of this later. If he had thought of it earlier, this wouldn't have happened.
"Time limit? There's a time limit? "Ness finally understood." A showroom with a time limit? What's wrong with that? "
Kanter said quietly, "Didn't you also have a time limit to visit your treasure room …"
Ness immediately interrupted him. "That's different. Mine is a 'secret' room, a secret room. It's normal for there to be strict restrictions. This is a showroom. What does' display 'mean? It's like an exhibition hall and a gallery. It's for people to see. There's definitely something wrong with a time limit in a place like this. "
Clearly, Ness was quibbling. However, Kanter didn't care and didn't continue to expose him. After all, it was good enough to let him sulk from time to time.
Ness calmed down for a while before he accepted this result. After all, they were in someone else's laboratory, and the rules were set by someone else. No matter how much he complained, he could only hold it in.
"Since that Eye of Authority … Huh, that eye is gone? Forget it, it doesn't matter if it's there or not. What I want to ask is, does the red light of the Eye of Authority mean that we've been discovered? "
Ness didn't care about anything else. What he cared about the most was that they would be discovered by the internal staff, which would cause their journey to be difficult.
Reynolds shook his head. "I don't think so. Every showroom has different internal rules. If you violate the internal rules, only the hunting sequence will deal with it. It won't attract the attention of others. "
After all, the laboratory staff were mostly researchers. They were usually in the middle of their research, and what they feared most was being interrupted midway. Therefore, unless it was something extremely important, they wouldn't be overly alarmed.
After that, Reynolds added, "Maybe the top three sequences will discover us, but they're not in the laboratory right now, so there's no need to worry."
Hearing this, Ness breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that no one else would discover them.
However, Ness noticed the other side that Reynolds mentioned. "Every showroom has a different internal standard?"
Reynolds nodded. "Yes. In fact, the overall rules are the same, but some details are different. For example, you can stay on this floor for ten minutes, but you can only stay on the next floor for eight minutes. "
Ness shook his head, lost for words about the rules here. "Weird … We can't stay here any longer. Let's get out of here."
After leaving the showroom, Reynolds floated forward again. Their next destination was the second basement floor.
On the way, Ness was still thinking about the weird rules. "If you take more than the limit, you'll trigger a magic array, which may be discovered by other people in the laboratory. But if you stay too long, you'll be hunted down by the hunters, but nobody else will notice. The rules here are really weird. "
"The former is basically impossible. Once it happens, it means that there's a possibility of theft. Whether it's an internal theft or an outsider's theft, it's a big deal for the entire laboratory. A lot of people will be involved, so it's definitely more serious. " Reynolds said, "As for exceeding the time limit, it's possible that you didn't pay attention to it. It's personal misconduct. It's not too serious."
Reynolds' explanation was reasonable, but Ness, who already had his own prejudice, still felt that something was not right.
Therefore, in the process of discussing 'violations and sentencing', their figures walked deeper and deeper until they disappeared into the darkness, disappearing from the quiet first level.
…
After an unknown amount of time, Angor finally looked up from a corner of the first basement.
He was still surrounded by narrow corridors and forked paths.
He had been studying the runes and following the flow of the runes. He had no idea where they were now.
"How far are we from the entrance?" Angor asked Toby.
Toby stood on Angor's shoulder and yawned. It seemed to be saying, "Go forward … turn left … and we'll be there."
Angor was relieved to see that Toby could remember the way.
Even so, he wasn't too worried. He just needed to follow the flow of the runes and return to where he came from.
Angor woke up from his study not because he lost his way, but because he found something special about the magic array. He wanted to tell others about it.
With that in mind, he entered the Spirit Bond.
The Spirit Bond was unusually quiet. Angor muttered to himself, "Nice didn't say anything?"
"Where are you now?" Angor asked through Spirit Bond.
There was a moment of silence and no one answered.
Half a minute later, Angor asked again, "What's going on? Wizard Ness, Mister Kanter, Reynolds? "
Again, no one answered. Someone spoke this time.
"Tweet tweet tweet tweet."
"Mister Toby, your voice is still so pleasant even in the Spirit Bond."
Angor didn't know what to say.
Angor didn't even need to guess. It was Toby and Dankros.
Angor ignored their conversation and asked Dankros, "I told you to pay attention to their conversation. Did they say anything? Why are they so quiet now? Why didn't you tell me something happened? "
The eye on Dankros' palm blinked innocently. "Nothing happened."
"Then why are they so quiet?"
Dankros shrugged. "I don't know. I didn't hear anything strange before they stopped talking."
"Then what were they talking about before the Spirit Bond went quiet?"
Dankros considered. "I think they were talking about rules of conduct and punishment. Yes, that's it. "
"Huh? What? "
Dankros repeated, and Toby also called out at the right time to show that it was true.
"Rules of conduct? Punishment? "
Angor was puzzled. Why were they talking about such a weird topic?
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