Angor asked for more details and found out the reason.
He didn't expect Ness to be so knowledgeable while he was studying the magic array.
Hunting Sequence: Mechanical Puppets. It sounded pretty good, didn't it? Unfortunately, the array was destroyed and he couldn't study it further.
Angor looked at Dankros. "Since when did the Spirit Bond go silent? Did they say anything about what they were going to do or where they were going? "
"They stopped talking about an hour ago," Dankros replied. "Before that, I think the soul called Reynolds was taking them to —"
Dankros was lost in his memories. He couldn't really understand what was being said in the Spirit Bond, so he was distracted.
At this moment, Toby suddenly let out a cry.
"The second floor?" Angor looked at Toby.
Toby nodded. On the other side, Dankros suddenly remembered, "Yes, yes! The second floor! I still remember that the gray-haired old man was still muttering before he went silent, saying that the path to the second floor was very strange or something. "
"What do you mean?" Angor asked.
Dankros paused. He couldn't remember it either.
Angor sighed. He thought Dankros would be more reliable since he could talk. Now, it seemed he had to rely on Toby.
Angor looked at Toby, who lifted his head proudly and gave Dankros a sideways glance. Toby then began chirping in a rhythmic tone.
Dankros didn't know what to say, but Angor, who was a master of bird language, nodded quickly.
"I see."
Toby told Angor what Ness said before entering the second floor. "This path is strange. We have to go back and forth twice. It's like a maze."
Not long after that, Nessie and the others were cut off.
Do I have to walk this strange path twice? Angor narrowed his eyes and had an idea.
"Did something happen to them? That gray-haired old man isn't dead, is he?" Dankros asked.
"Nope," Angor replied without thinking.
Angor wasn't too worried about Ness' condition. The Spirit Bond didn't cut off their conversation, which meant Kanter was fine. If Kanter was fine, Nessie would be fine too.
As for what Ness had said before he went silent, it sounded strange, but perhaps it was some kind of mechanism in the lab. Reynolds knew this place very well, but he did not say anything, which meant that they were on the right path.
Based on this situation, they were probably already on the second floor.
Once they went to the second level, the Spirit Bond couldn't hear their voices. This might be the crux of the problem. Perhaps there were magic arrays on the first and second floors that could block the transmission of the Spirit Bond.
It was only a guess, but it was not without reason.
It would be absurd if it was so easy to communicate across levels in such a large, secretive, and hierarchical laboratory. Once there was a betrayal among the insiders, they would not even need to risk the lives of the entire lower level. They would only need to use the Spirit Bond to know everything that was going on below.
This kind of situation was obviously expected, so it was normal to make a separation of information between the layers.
As for whether this conjecture was correct or not, they would know once they took a look.
He stood up, patted the dust off his clothes, and walked deeper into the corridor.
"Where are we going now? Are we going to the second floor to find them? "Dangeros reached out half of his hand from behind Angor's back.
Angor shook his head. "No, Reynolds isn't here. I don't know how to get there."
"Let's find the sub-control nodes of the magic arrays."
Angor seemed to be walking around randomly, but he was actually following the energy flow of the runes. In his vision, the metal walls, gears, and energy tubes were just external structures. What he saw were the runes deeper inside, which were flickering in and out of existence. They were complicated yet elegant, and they were guiding Angor's way using a unique flow of information.
Angor also passed by a large experiment center on his way. He glanced at it and left.
The research in the center was not suitable for him. Besides, there was nothing too complicated on the first floor. Therefore, compared to staying in a meaningless experimental center, it was better to find a branch control node.
If he could find the sub-control nodes, he might be able to solve the problem of the Spirit Bond.
After walking around the first floor for about ten minutes, Angor arrived at an ordinary-looking narrow corridor.
It looked just like the other corridors. Apart from the wooden floor under his feet, the other three walls were either silver-white or green-colored metal. Ventilation pipes, valves, energy tubes … Everything looked normal.
However, this was only the surface.
In Angor's vision, the metal walls of the corridor were covered with runes. If each rune represented a torrent of energy, then the walls and the floor were all surrounded by energy torrents.
There were so many runes here, which meant there must be a control node of a magic array at the end of the corridor.
The control node of the magic array was the central core of the first floor of the laboratory. Anyone would know that there was a danger here.
And it was true.
Anyone who stepped into the corridor could trigger the magic array's repulsion. This kind of repulsion was much more terrifying than the repulsion caused by three or more objects in the showroom. The magic array would lock onto the intruder as an enemy, which would then overpower the array and destroy the intruder.
Normal people would not dare to enter such a dangerous corridor. Even the insiders, including Reynolds, did not enter this place.
However, he didn't mind it too much. He stepped inside without hesitation.
One wrong step in this corridor could lead to destruction. However, with Angor's current understanding of runes, it was not difficult to find the correct landing point.
To put it bluntly, this was a competition of calculation and knowledge.
The landing point was constantly changing. As long as one had a solid understanding of runes and good calculation skills, he or she could predict the landing point in advance.
The corridor was only a few dozen meters long, and Angor seemed to be walking normally. But in fact, every step was carefully calculated. In the end, he reached the end without getting hurt.
When he reached the end of the corridor, he saw a door.
The door was not locked, and he could clearly see the rune node behind it.
However, he did not go in immediately. There was a very difficult rune trigger point near the door.
Normally, this trigger point would be triggered as soon as someone stepped through the door.
Angor did not know what was behind the trigger point, and what would happen if it was triggered. But he knew it would not be anything good.
Angor decided to suppress the trigger point first so that he would not screw up.
The method was simple. Just like when he first entered the laboratory, he simply connected a rune platform to the outside and transferred the energy from the trigger point to the platform for a short time.
Two minutes later, Angor successfully installed the rune platform on the side of the gate.
As long as he did not touch it, the trigger point would not be triggered.
With that done, he stepped into the door.
The first thing that caught his attention was not the dazzling runes on the walls, but the small cabin behind the door, which was covered in frost.
It looked like a coffin, standing there quietly.
He walked to the door and wiped away the frost on the wall, revealing a transparent glass wall.
Through the glass, he saw a mechanical puppet with its eyes closed. On the left side of its face were two overlapping "X's", while on the right side was a single "5".
"Hunting List, No.5," Angor spoke the puppet's name in a soft voice.
At this moment, this hunting sequence mechanical puppet was in a deep sleep. Angor looked at it from the other side of the wall, but the puppet did not show any signs of waking up.
Angor searched around the wall and found a rune passage that connected to the outside of the door.
He quickly realized that the "trigger" at the door was probably connected to the puppet.
At that time, if he had directly stepped through the door, he definitely wouldn't have faced such a sleeping puppet.
Angor studied the puppet for a while with great interest. But soon, he withdrew his attention and walked to the side.
He was very interested in the workmanship of the puppet, but it would take him a long time to figure it out. So he decided to put it aside for now and focus on the branch control nodes.
Angor was more familiar with the branch control nodes of the magic array.
The room was filled with complicated runes that would cause headaches to anyone who was not a Runemaster. However, Angor could easily deconstruct even the most complicated runes.
He had already divided the runes into different blocks, each of which was responsible for different functions.
Several of the core blocks contained the "rules and punishments" discussed by Ness and the others. In other words, there were ten thousand ways to trigger the magic array's rebound.
The way to trigger the rebound in the corridor outside was also recorded in this block.
These core blocks were the most important parts of the lab, and the runes were also more complicated. But Angor did not think that was all there was to it. If he had enough time, he could modify the core blocks and let him decide the "punishments" for the magic array.
But if he really wanted to do it, it would take a lot of time. With the level of the magic array, it would take at least ten days to half a month.
Angor did not have time to waste. Besides, even if he modified the core blocks, he would only be able to affect the core blocks of the first floor.
Therefore, Angor ignored the core blocks and began to look for the blocks where information could be transmitted between different floors.
He quickly scanned through the information and found his target.
…
Second underground floor of the lab.
Ness was looking at the disappearing shadow on the ground in a semi-enclosed room with a sad expression.
He suddenly turned around and glared at Kanter. "You did that on purpose! You knew how valuable that Shadowfiend was, and you didn't capture it! You blew its head off! "
Ness' voice was filled with anger.
"Shadowfiend! My Shadow Blending Technique! "
Kanter leaned against the wall and spoke in a casual tone, "You know why. The power of the Shadowfiend has already invaded Reynolds' soul. The only way to get rid of it quickly is to kill the Shadowfiend. Or, can you deal with the Shadowfiend's power in a short time? "
Ness remained silent for five or six seconds before he spoke again, "The contract clearly stated that all the loot belongs to me —"
"Again, can you deal with the Shadowfiend's power?"
"I can use a demon's source energy to do it."
"I'm talking about getting rid of Shadow Demon's power in a short time."
"No, I can't."
"If you can't, are you going to give up on Reynolds?" Kanter asked.
Ness didn't say anything this time. If they were in the outside world, Reynolds wouldn't be able to defeat a rare Shadowfiend. But in this lab, Reynolds was very useful. He couldn't just give up on him.
Ness understood this, but he still felt reluctant to give up on the Shadowfiend. Shadowfiends were famous in the book "Where Are the Amazing Monsters". They were almost extinct in the southern wizardry region, and no one had seen them for at least a hundred years. They were the only shortcut to learning Shadow Walk.
Ness never thought about learning Shadow Walk before, but he would be happy to do so if he could. But now, his hope was gone.
Ness couldn't help but sigh.
When Ness was sighing, a familiar voice came from the Spirit Bond, "Is Reynolds okay?"
Ness was stunned. He exchanged a glance with Kanter, and both of them had the same thought. "Did I hear that right?"
"I don't think so."
"You're not hallucinating?!"
"You're … Angor?" Ness asked through the Spirit Bond.
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