"Such strange energy ripples. Looks like they were left here recently."
Angor observed the energy source carefully and did not find anything unusual about the material world. However, the energy here was very strange.
He was sure that this energy source was different from the energy of the magic array. The magic array was special, so the energy flowing inside it was extremely pure. However, the residual energy here was very complicated and strange.
The energy source was not only complicated, but also strange. Angor never sensed anything like this before.
However, in the energy that was not the main body, he still found some familiar remnants of energy.
"Space energy." It was thin, but he was sure that it was the remnant energy of some kind of teleportation. More like the remnant energy left behind by teleportation.
Could it be that someone had used some kind of teleportation technique to get here?
But the entire level was protected by a magic array. How could someone teleport in from the outside world without suppressing the magic array's space?
Or perhaps, someone was teleporting from the inside? For example, someone teleported from the east side of the first level to the west side of the first level. But … was this really necessary?
Angor shook his head and decided not to think about it.
There was no way he could figure it out now. Besides, the laboratory itself was strange. There was no need to think too much about it. Maybe it was just someone playing a prank.
Angor circled around the energy source and continued his work. By observing the runes on the first level and calculating the directions of the control nodes, he confirmed the location of the main control node.
The efficiency of this method was beyond his imagination.
When he had explored most of the area on the first level, his search was progressing at an unprecedented speed.
Another moment later, he stopped in front of a door that opened on both sides.
This was the showroom on the first level.
According to his calculations, the locations where all the mageweaths pointed, as well as the points where the energy converged the most, were all in the showroom.
If everything went as he expected, he could find the location of the main control node in the showroom.
Angor walked to the door of the showroom. Without Reynolds, it was impossible to "scan" his face to get in. However, Angor had a general understanding of the runes on the first level. Most of the spaces here could be controlled and guided by the runes.
Maybe it was a backdoor left behind by the magic array's creator … or maybe it was the creator's confidence. He was confident that no one would be able to crack it.
He reached out a hand and touched the door. As the runes appeared on the door, he quickly changed the direction of the runes and created a self-consistent energy flow that could suppress the runes for a short time without affecting the whole thing. This solved the problem of getting in.
After entering the showroom, the Eye of Authority on the first floor immediately floated out and began to flicker with red light.
It wasn't a warning to Angor. Instead, it was a warning to all visitors that they had spent too much time in the showroom today.
The reason for this was because Ness and the others had been dawdling here.
Generally speaking, when the time limit was exceeded, the Hunting Sequence would appear. However, the Hunting Sequence on the first floor had already been reduced to ashes, so the warning from the Eye of Authority was useless.
However, if the red light kept flashing for too long, Angor would be alerted. As a precaution, he temporarily weakened the connection between the magic array and the eye of authority.
The effect would not last for more than 15 minutes, which meant he could only stay in the showroom for 15 minutes at most.
He walked between the metal platforms without paying any attention to the organs on them. He spent all his energy on looking for clues about the main control node.
As he looked at the runes in the showroom, he became more confident about his theory.
He used the Eye of Authority to check the showrooms on the second and third floors. The runes there were much less complicated than the ones on the first floor.
The runes hidden inside the walls were almost as complicated as the Mirror Image Corridor, but not as dangerous. Judging from the complexity of the runes, there must be something hidden in the showroom on the first floor.
Several minutes later, Angor stood in a corner of the showroom and carefully observed a particular intersection of runes.
As time passed, Angor's eyes grew brighter and brighter.
When the Eye of Authority was about to reach its limit, Angor reached out a finger and pointed at the spot where the energy was concentrated.
A wisp of smoke flickered in the air not far away.
The "smoke" struggled for a moment before it dispersed like a ripple, leaving a dark hole in the ground.
It looked unstable and would collapse at any time. Without hesitation, he strode into the room.
As soon as he stepped inside, the hole behind him disappeared like a puff of smoke.
Angor was now standing in a corridor he had never seen before.
He did not move forward. Just by sensing the number of runes in the corridor and the direction of the energy in them, he was certain.
He found the main control node.
However, there was one last step. To reach the main control node, he had to go through this corridor.
Excluding the perspective of energy, from the naked eye, this was a blood-red corridor. At first glance, it looked like the flesh and blood of some kind of beast. However, upon closer inspection, Angor noticed that the red was only a reflection of energy. The corridor was still made of metal, which had nothing to do with flesh.
The corridor did not look dangerous. However, if he thought about the Mirror Image Corridor, he would be affected by the backlash if he stepped on the wrong side of a branch control node. This place was so close to the main control node that the backlash would be even worse.
However, for other people, this kind of corridor was a synonym for danger. For Angor, this was just a rune problem that relied on his quick calculation ability.
He could change his foothold at any time, and he could not calculate it in advance. Therefore, Angor did not linger and stepped into the corridor.
As soon as he stepped into the corridor, he felt something different.
Because he floated up.
To be more precise, he was hanging upside down. The "floor" he saw outside the corridor turned into a "ceiling".
On the surface, it was only a slight reversal of space, but in reality, it increased the computational power of calculating the next landing point by several times.
It was also a trap.
Some Rune Warlocks who thought they had reached the threshold would try to move forward, only to find that the situation was completely different from what they saw. They could not pass because of the sudden increase in calculation power. They would only leave behind their last words. Or rather, they would not be able to leave behind any last words.
Angor's calculation power was good enough for now. However, just in case, he might make a mistake if he tried to increase his calculation power in some strange places. Therefore, Angor did not hesitate to activate his supercomputer mode.
In this mode, Angor's emotion module was greatly reduced. All the energy he used was only for supercomputer.
Now, there was no difference between energy sources in Angor's vision. There were only data floating in front of his eyes.
The data was quickly arranged and combined, clearly projecting the path behind.
The second step, the third step, and up to the fifteenth step, he was hanging upside down from the ceiling. On the sixteenth step, his foothold returned to the ground. However, the upside-down force was not over yet. In order to reach the sixteenth step, he had to break through the force provided by the corridor.
This was a test for the intruder's energy level.
Angor did not know what level he needed to reach in order to pass the corridor. Anyway, he took a shortcut. As soon as Toby activated the sequence of gravity, Angor broke through the force and returned to the ground.
After returning to the ground, he did not need to use much calculation power.
However, this was only a balance. Something worse was coming.
When Angor reached the twenty-first step, he noticed that the footholds in front of him were changing rapidly.
In the first twenty-first step, each foothold allowed him to stay for at least half a minute. However, he could not even stay for a second in front of him. Some of the footholds disappeared before he could even blink.
Angor thought for a moment and decided to give up on moving forward normally.
He might be able to use his calculation power and reflexes, but he did not think he could do it alone. Even if Sunders was here, he would have a hard time using such a method.
He had reached the end of his normal path, but it did not mean there was no other way.
As someone who was very sensitive to runes, Angor quickly noticed that the spatial restriction would disappear after every few seconds.
In other words, he only needed to find the right time to use his teleportation ability.
It seemed like a simple solution, but it also eliminated 90% of wizards. There were two prerequisites: one had to have the ability to teleport, and the ability could be used instantly.
Angor happened to have such an ability — the Gate of Illusion.
Several seconds later, Angor stepped out of the Gate of Illusion. He was already out of the Bloody Corridor.
When he saw the gate not far away, he relaxed a bit. His calculation power was basically useless here. Based on his experience in other sub-control nodes, this was a test of his eyesight.
Each of the sub-control nodes from the first floor to the third floor had a trigger point near each gate, which would trigger the hunting sequence hidden inside.
Normally speaking, there should be a trigger point here as well.
But if the first five on the hunting sequence controlled all the sub-control nodes from the first to the fifth floor, then what would be inside the main control node?
Was it Hunter 00?
Or rather, he wasn't on the hunting list, but the legendary number 00?
Whatever the danger was, Angor needed to be prepared first. The rest could wait until he got inside.
Angor stopped thinking about it and checked if there were any trigger points near the gate. However, after careful inspection, he was certain that there were none.
Angor was not surprised that there were no trigger points.
If someone who could find the main control node and successfully pass through the corridor could be stopped by a trigger point like the sub-control nodes, then they would be underestimating the intruder's ability.
If Angor was the one who set up the magic array, he would not set up a trigger point here either.
Since there was no trigger point, Angor simply pushed the gate open.
Creak.
The gate slowly parted to both sides.
The inside of the gate was filled with rolling white mist, which prevented Angor from seeing what was inside.
As the mist slowly dissipated, he could see more clearly inside. When he could see clearly again, he saw the silhouette of a human being.
Someone inside? Was it the hunting sequence?
As Angor tried to figure it out, the mist continued to dissipate until there was nothing left.
By now, Angor had seen the shadow's true form.
It was not the hunting sequence as he expected. It was a person inside a glass cylinder.
The cylinder was exactly the same as the one in the medical center on the third floor. It had the same shape, the same cold liquid, and the same person. However, the cylinders in the medical center only contained dead people. Angor did not know whether this person was still alive or not.
Angor could not see the face of the person inside the cylinder. His long black hair covered his face. He could only vaguely see the traces of a serial number between the hair.
Behind the pillar, there was an extremely dazzling magic pattern cloud.
Without a doubt, that was the main control area of the magic array.
…
When Angor stepped into the room, he heard his footsteps and Dankros' timid voice echoing in the air.
"That person looks scary. And it's so cold here. Maybe we should stay outside … We can see the patterns from outside."
Dankros' trembling voice did not come from Angor's Spirit Bond. Instead, it echoed in Angor's ears. After leaving the branch control node, Angor could no longer suppress the transmission of messages, so the Spirit Bond did not work for now.
Before Angor could say anything, they heard a gurgling sound coming from the glass cylinder.
It quietly looked over and found that the person in the pillar seemed to have moved slightly because of the noise from the outside world.
It did not matter if Dankros' voice affected the "person" soaked in the cold liquid, but Angor was sure that this person was not dead.
Angor stood up and carefully observed the person inside the cylinder.
It was a man. His upper body was naked, revealing his lean body. Below his waist, he was wearing a pair of gray trousers, which looked a little elegant in the cold liquid.
As for his face, Angor could not see it clearly because of his hair.
However, after the initial "noise", the man's movement became stronger and stronger. It was obvious that he had woken up from his slumber.
When he opened his eyes, the cold liquid around him swayed even more, causing the hair covering his face to sway in the liquid.
Angor finally saw the man's face.
It was a face that could be considered handsome, but as he opened his eyes, a sinister feeling arose spontaneously.
Also, the serial number on his face was not "00" as Angor thought.
There was an "X" on the left side of his face, and a single number on the right side — 0.
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