Due to the disconnection of the outer corridor, the fourth floor was no longer safe. It looked like an isolated island, but that was only limited to the researchers who were trapped there.
Nessie and Kanter were on the fourth floor, so they wouldn't encounter any danger.
Angor did not worry when Ness went to the reference room. Instead, he immersed himself in studying the magic array again.
He already had a general idea of the fourth floor's magic array. It would take some time for him to learn more about the core of the array. Therefore, he set his sights on other areas.
What interested him the most right now was the floor rune that X0 wanted to activate, as well as the situation on the fifth floor.
Angor's priority was to study the floor rune first since it might affect the safety of the main control node. Besides, he already locked onto the floor rune, which made it easier for him to study it.
As time went by, Angor went deeper and deeper into the rune.
"Blood Contract, Authority, Level Restriction, Activate."
As Angor deciphered the strange rune horns one by one, the truth about the rune hidden under the floor slowly came to light.
"A magic array that can only be activated with the blood of a certain authority," Angor muttered, "The location of the activation area is at the center …"
His perception began to spread out from his forehead until it reached the center of the rune.
Next, after suppressing the horn that represented "activation", Angor slowly extended his senses into the floor.
Several seconds later, Angor withdrew his senses.
"I see." Angor's eyes widened. He already sensed something under the floor. It was a hunter with the number "Yao" on his left cheek and "0" on his right cheek.
Earlier, Angor thought that the sub-control nodes on the first, second, and third floors all corresponded to Hunter Sequences No. 5, No. 4, and No. 3 respectively. Following this pattern, Angor assumed that the fourth floor was Hunter Sequence No. 2, and the fifth floor was Hunter Sequence No. 1.
But who would the main control node be?
At first, Angor guessed that it might be Hunter 00, who was still sleeping. That was why he was so eager to study the rune. But in the end, he guessed wrong. 00 was still not here. Under the mageweath, the blood of X0 was still needed to activate the hunting sequence.
Using his senses, Angor noticed that the number 0's aura had already surpassed the upper limit of other hunting sequences.
Judging from his aura, he was stronger than him. Even if X0 activated this hunter, Angor was confident that he could handle it.
Furthermore, there was still Elmi and Toby. If one of them couldn't do it, they could just gang up on them. No matter how strong they were, they would still have to kneel.
However, since the monster was sleeping, he decided not to activate it. If there was a chance, he would try to bring the monster out of the hunting list without activating it.
Such mechanical puppets were rare in the southern region, and Angor really wanted to study them.
However, judging from the urgency of the current situation, the matter of obtaining the hunting list would have to be pushed back.
Now that he had deciphered the runes under the floor, he decided to move on to another area he was interested in — the fifth floor.
What would the fifth floor be like? Were there really only three rooms? Where is the legendary Number 00 sleeping?
Angor believed that he could find the answers in the magic array that covered the entire base.
…
When Ness arrived at the reference room, he immediately saw a researcher who was trapped in a small area controlled by a circular light arc.
The researcher, Number 50, was looking at a miniature light screen floating in the air and pressing on it. The screen showed a cross-section of the entire fourth floor, which contained several glowing dots.
However, no matter how hard he pressed, the screen did not respond at all. It was as if the screen was stuck.
Ness quickly realized that when Angor mentioned that the person controlling the fourth floor was not in the sub-control node, he must be using some kind of external object. That "external object" must be the light screen floating in front of him.
Ness looked at the jammed screen and felt lucky that he had Angor with him. Otherwise, Number 50 would have been able to toy with them by now.
While Ness was rejoicing, he was also angry at Number 50. Because of this guy, they were trapped in the fourth floor.
Still, Ness had to hold back his anger for now.
The most important thing right now was to find more information. Besides, Number 50 was trapped by Angor's circular light arc. They could deal with him later.
Ness glared at Number 50 and entered the reference room. As for Number 50, when he heard the door of the reference room open and the red dots on the screen showing the intruders, he lowered his head and closed his eyes without hesitation.
He did not look, he did not listen, he did not speak, and he did not ask.
It was as if he was trying to say, "I don't see your faces, I don't know who you are, and I don't know why you came to the reference room. I'm just an emotionless wooden puppet."
This posture seemed calm, but the logic hidden deep within was actually a kind of hidden … begging for mercy.
That was indeed the case. Number 50's heart was completely different from his outward appearance. The calmer he looked, the more his heart trembled. He even wanted to scream in fear, "Why does an apprentice like me have to face this group of adept-level thugs?" He was just a pitiful and weak researcher. And … why did the screen suddenly stop working?
Ness and the others did not care about Number 50's inner turmoil. Still, Number 50's attitude was smart.
Ness and the others entered the reference room.
The information section was very large, almost the size of a small exhibition hall in the Cloud Library. The interior furnishings were similar to the Cloud Library. They were neatly arranged steel bookshelves. According to their classification, the bookshelves were filled with research materials, reports, and related research books produced by different researchers in the laboratory.
Since they needed permission to access the books, Reynolds would take the books while Ness and Kanter would quickly check the contents of the books.
Reynolds took out six books each time. He gave three to Ness and three to Kanter, then put the books back on the shelves and took out six books again. Even so, their speed was still very fast.
They only stayed on each bookshelf for one to three minutes before moving on to the next one.
Time passed by quickly.
When they were about eighty percent done, Angor's voice came from their Spirit Bond.
"Wizard Ness, how's your search going? Do you have any information about Soul Gear?"
Ness answered while still checking the books, "Yes, but they're all scattered. I think they were done by different researchers. I don't know how much information is involved yet, so I need to do some final analysis. But I don't think there's much core information. "
To put it bluntly, it was just some random research about Soul Gear. They would have to go to the fifth level to find the core information.
However, even if it was just a small part of the research, Ness was more than happy to accept it. With the knowledge he obtained and the organs that contained Soul Gear, he was confident that he could figure it out on his own even if he did not find the core information.
"What about you? There was no sound just now. Did you discover anything new? Is there really no way to go to other levels on the fourth level? "Ness asked.
"I'm sure there's no way to go from the fourth floor to the other floors. But when I checked the magic array on the fifth floor, I noticed that there's only one way to go from the fourth floor to the fifth floor. Now, the outer corridor of the fourth level is completely broken, which means the fifth level — "
"The fifth level became an isolated island too?" Ness cut him off.
"You're right. The fifth level is an isolated island. But that's not what I'm talking about. The entrance to the fifth level is now empty."
"What do you mean?" Ness was puzzled.
"You still don't understand what he's trying to say?" The one who spoke was Kanter. Kanter was more than happy to mock Nessie when the latter's thoughts became sluggish due to the distraction.
"That's what he means. Since the corridor between Level 4 and Level 5 is broken, the only passage on Level 5 is now open. This means we can connect the new corridor to the passage on Level 5."
"You're right, Mister Kanter. That's what I meant."
Ness also came back to his senses at this time and immediately understood the key. His eyes suddenly brightened, and he quickly said, "You can now connect the external corridors on all the floors except the fourth floor to the fifth floor?"
"Yes, including the outer corridor on the first level."
In other words, as long as the outer corridor was connected to the fifth level, they could go from the first level to the fifth.
"That's great!" Ness exclaimed in delight. "Angor, you —"
Ness cleared his throat and spoke in a more serious tone, "You can go from the first level to the fifth level now, right? How about we make a deal? You can go to the reference room on the fifth level and help me find it. "
Ness spoke carefully. He was already thinking about what he could do to persuade Angor.
Angor didn't care about the benefits at all. "Sure."
Angor was interested in the fifth level as well. He also noticed several hidden spaces while observing the layout of the fifth level.
Perhaps there were some secrets hidden there.
Besides, he was also interested in the lab materials, such as Soul Gear, mechanical marionettes, and even the information about the Lost Society and the origin world mentioned by Number 03.
"You agreed just like that?" Ness was stunned for a moment before asking subconsciously.
"Why wouldn't I?" Angor asked.
Ness said dryly, "It's nothing, as long as you agree, as long as you agree."
Then, to ease the awkwardness, Ness turned around and glanced at Number 50, whose eyes were still closed. "This guy thought he could break the corridor between the fifth and fourth floors, but he probably didn't expect it to backfire on him."
Connecting the first floor directly to the fifth floor saved Angor a lot of time.
"If you really want to go to the fifth level, be careful. There might be traps and traps there."
"Don't worry. I've done a quick scan of the fifth level. I'll disable all magic arrays in advance."
As for traps that didn't involve magic arrays … Angor thought there were very few of them. After all, magic arrays were such a convenient shortcut.
…
Angor decided to take a look at the fifth level, but he didn't leave right away.
First, he checked all the magic arrays in the lab to make sure they weren't linked together. Then, he used the main control node to access the fifth level's Eye of Access.
He used the Eye of Access to observe the fifth level.
Of course, he could only observe the three rooms on the surface and the corridor. As for the hidden rooms, the Eye of Access couldn't see them. Angor had to go there himself if he wanted to.
He was checking the fifth level to see if there was a Fire Scale Familiar that just broke into the fifth level.
He only briefly checked the layout of the fifth level and didn't pay much attention to the Firescale Familiar. Now that he was going to the fifth level, he had to take everything into consideration.
After analyzing all the details, Angor, Ness, and Kanter all felt that there was something strange about the Firescale Familiar.
If there were no mishaps, according to Reynolds, this Fire-Scale Familiar should have escaped from the Magical Beast Garden.
The Monster Garden was on the first level.
The Firescale Familiar was currently on the fifth level.
The Firescale Familiar didn't have a shortcut like Angor. If it wanted to go to the fifth level, it had to start from the first level and move down from level to level.
Normal Firescale Familiars were all low-intelligence monsters. They couldn't find the way to the next level so accurately.
Even a magical creature with high intelligence would not be able to find a way out in a short time in this labyrinthine laboratory that was filled with magical traps.
It was unbelievable that the Firescale Familiar was able to do this.
Ness had previously speculated that someone might have colluded with the Fire-Scale Familiar. Otherwise, the Firescale Familiar wouldn't be able to find the way without someone who knew the way.
Angor didn't know the truth, but he believed that the Firescale Familiar might have found the correct way from someone in the lab. However, they might not be working together.
Maybe the Firescale Familiar threatened someone with violence?
Although the Fire Scale Familiar was relatively weak, this Fire Scale Familiar was different. How could someone who saw through Kanter's Night Shadow on the fourth level be weak?
Also, if Angor wasn't mistaken, the Firescale Familiar also burned Number 23 in the third level of the medical center.
Number 23 was a medic, but his number was within 30, so he could be considered a combatant. If the Firescale Familiar could kill Number 23, it shouldn't have a problem threatening a normal researcher.
It was precisely because of the above information that the Fire-Scale Familiar made everyone feel that it was strange.
It seemed to be doing something with a goal in mind.
And if Angor wasn't mistaken, it was on the fifth level.
Angor wondered what the Firescale Familiar would do.
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