The door was also covered by a magic array. However, due to its simple and thin structure, it was difficult to engrave complicated runes on it, such as three-dimensional runes or overlapping runes. Therefore, even though there was an extension of the magic array on the door, it was only a part of the array that was relatively vulnerable to damage.
Just look at the two buildings in front of him.
All the doors in these two buildings were destroyed. Even if the door was protected by a magic array, it would still break down after being attacked by a large number of Witch's Eyes.
Angor was quite surprised to see a door that was still intact.
But why was this door still intact?
Angor approached the door and quickly created a "server" for Narda's Vision in his mind space. Using the knowledge accumulated in the "server", he quickly identified all kinds of information about the door.
The material of the door, the size of the door, the traces left on the door … All kinds of information were processed by the "server" and given to him one by one.
As expected, this door was very different from the other ones.
It was made of high-quality stone, which was even better than the material of the building itself. This allowed the door to contain more runes than the other doors.
Among them, Angor found at least a hundred runes related to "reinforcement". The other doors only had a few runes related to "toughness" and "sturdiness".
This was also the reason why the door was still intact. It was because it was too hard.
Unfortunately, apart from the reinforcing mageweaths that were extremely compatible with the stone, most of the mageweaths had been destroyed. That was also the reason why the door was opened.
However, from the damaged runes, Angor could tell how strict the security of this place was back in the day.
If it weren't for the corrosion of time and the attacks of so many Witch's Eyes, the door would have been an iron wall, which strictly protected the entrance and exit of the two buildings.
Such tight security made him even more curious. What were the fifth and sixth floors of the opposite building used for?
Angor went through the door and entered an airtight covered bridge. On the other side of the bridge was the top floor of the building he came from.
There were no Witch's Eyes on the bridge, so Angor successfully reached the balcony on the other side.
On the balcony, there was also a door.
This door was in the same condition as the previous one. It was still sturdy, but the runes on it were damaged.
With a gentle push, the door slowly opened.
Behind the door was a pitch-black staircase that led downward.
Angor walked in without hesitation. The length of the staircase was beyond the limit of space, which meant that the fifth floor of the building was not as big as it looked. The interior of the building must have been expanded.
After walking for about ten seconds, Angor finally reached the corner of the staircase.
There was an open door at the corner, and a bright and spacious hall could be clearly seen behind the door.
However, this was not the end of the staircase. Angor followed the staircase, which led to another staircase.
If the Spatial Expansion only expanded the original floor, then behind this door should be the sixth floor, and if he continued down, he would reach the fifth floor.
However, if the space expansion wasn't done according to the specifications, then it would be hard to say how many floors there were.
Angor's's's door door.
It would be a waste if there were only two floors in such a well-guarded place.
Angor did not go down to find out how many floors there were. Instead, he chose to enter the door first.
He did not forget his goal. First, he needed to find a suitable Witch's Eyes and fuse with Ell's Shadow. As for searching, that was not something he needed to do right now.
Angor entered the door and saw the familiar layout of the hall.
Similarly, there were quite a number of Witch's Eye Ghosts in the hall. The large space and the large number of Witch's Eye Ghosts was not suitable for Elmi to complete her mission.
"Speed Spirit," Angor called out in his mind.
Without waiting for Angor's order, Speed Spirit already controlled the wind and began to explore the floor quickly.
Since Speed Spirit was worried that the wind would alert the Witch's Eyes, he only used the wind that was already here, which greatly reduced Speed Spirit's efficiency and precision. Still, Speed Spirit was faster than Angor searching on his own.
A moment later, Su Ling gave him a rough map of the area.
"It's bigger than I thought?" Angor wondered. There were many stairs that led downwards at different heights.
He didn't need to check the stairs at the bottom of the corner anymore. He was sure that this place was expanding in a three-dimensional direction. As for how many floors there were, he didn't know. But there were definitely more than two layers.
Speed Spirit had a rough idea of the spatial distribution, but Angor still needed to check it out himself.
The rooms on this floor were spacious, and the central room was not the main hall. Instead, it was another circular hall.
All the other rooms were built around the circular hall. Including the one in front of him.
The first place he went to was the circular hall, which was the best transit point for him.
When he entered the hall, he frowned when he saw what was in front of him.
The place was mostly destroyed, but there were some broken pieces on the floor and familiar metal handles. Angor was sure that this hall was a laboratory.
And it was a large, public laboratory.
It was even bigger than the one he saw earlier.
What kind of research was Nether City doing? Why would he need so many large laboratories? Moreover, the location of this laboratory was so hidden?
Angor could not find any clues from the debris on the floor, so he had to keep his curiosity to himself.
There were more Witch's Eyes in the hall. Angor carefully avoided them while moving through different corridors and rooms.
After going through two or three rooms, he decided to give up. Each of the rooms here was very large. Perhaps they were used for different experiments. Anyway, this was not a good place.
Still, this did not mean the other floors were not suitable.
According to the results of the Speedy Spirit's exploration, there were three stairs leading downwards. It had only explored one of them shallowly. The other two were too deep, and the wind flowing inside was very thin. If it forcefully explored them, it might attract the attention of the Witch's Eyes inside.
The room on the floor Speed Spirit checked was not big, and there were many partitions. Maybe he could find a good place there.
With that in mind, Angor returned to the hall and followed Speed Spirit's guidance. He walked through many corridors and found the first staircase.
This staircase was the one that Su Ling had explored earlier.
The staircase was at a normal height. Soon, Angor saw the layout of the lower floor.
The rooms were not too big, and there were three corridors leading to different directions. There were rooms in the corridors every once in a while.
Most of the rooms were damaged beyond recognition, but he could roughly guess what they were used for based on the clues he found.
"Prison," Angor muttered to himself.
These rooms must be where people were kept.
Angor thought that the fifth or sixth floor was a temporary prison for criminals.
Now, it seemed that he was right.
But … the lower floor was a prison, while the upper floor was a laboratory. Angor had a bad feeling about this.
Was there a large-scale human experiment here?
Angor narrowed his eyes and decided not to think about it. Or rather, he did not dare to think about it.
He didn't know the reason behind Nether City's downfall, but he was sure that the city wasn't completely innocent.
There were many secrets here, and the waters were very deep. Angor did not plan to explore them. Even if he wanted to, he would go to the projection of Nether City in the Nightmare Realm.
After all, there were still old monsters living here. For example, the Wise Lord mentioned by Daytime.
This was just the Stairs of Hanging Prison, an official organization of Nether City. If there was already an old monster who lived for ten thousand years, there was no need to mention the other places.
Perhaps there were more old monsters living here.
They coldly watched the decline of this place, watched as this place was plundered, yet they remained indifferent, and did not even leave … Just thinking about it caused cold sweat to break out on their backs. This was not right, extremely not right.
He exhaled deeply and tried to suppress the fear in his heart.
Then, without thinking about anything else, he quickly moved between the cells.
He did not want to know what happened here, or what secrets there were in the past. The only thing he needed to do now was to find a suitable place for Ell to sense the shadow fusion.
It didn't take long for him to finish searching the entire floor. There was one room where six Witch's Eyes were hanging upside down from the ceiling, doing "training".
This was the best place Angor could find.
However, there were two things he needed to pay attention to. First, there were Witch's Eyes roaming around the room, as well as the corridor outside. If a fight broke out, the Witch's Eyes outside might be alerted. Since the Witch's Eyes could send messages through their shadows, it was possible that all the Witch's Eyes on this floor would notice them.
Second, this was Ell's first time fusing with six Witch's Eyes. Wouldn't that be too much? Would it be too much for Ell's Eyes to handle, which might lead to hidden dangers?
The best choice was to use two or three Witch's Eyes.
For these reasons, Angor decided to give up on this room for now. But only for now.
He guessed that the other two stairs that Teling did not find might lead to similar cells. If he could not find a suitable one, he would go back.
As for the stairs under the corner or the dark corridor, he did not plan to do that.
It had been almost five minutes since he left. It was not a long time, but he did not want to waste too much time on something so trivial.
There were two more stairs he did not explore. Teling did not explore them too deeply, but that was not important. He only needed to know where they were.
Since he did not know what was on the other side, he did not really care which one he chose. To save time, he chose the closest one.
As soon as he went down the stairs, he sensed something different.
The stairs … seemed to be very long.
Also, the smell of the Witch's Eye in this staircase was very faint.
There were not many scratches or marks on the walls on both sides of the stairs, which meant there were fewer Witch's Eyes here.
That was good news.
If there were fewer Witch's Eyes, it would be easier for them to fight or leave.
Furthermore, if it was still a prison below, it would definitely be a relatively sealed space. If he placed a sealing formation disk at the staircase or used an illusion to conceal it, even if these Witch Eye Ghosts were to cause a ruckus, they would not be able to affect the Witch Eye Ghosts outside.
With that in mind, he quickly went down the stairs.
Ten seconds later, he saw the familiar room of the "prison manager". It was still dilapidated. However, compared to the other places, there were still chairs and tables, which meant there were not many Witch's Eyes here.
Other than that, the only difference was that there was only one corridor here.
It was a dead end with a wall at the end. If he wanted to leave, he would have to go back the way he came.
If this place was still a prison, then the "prisoners" here must be more important than the ones in the other prisons.
This could be seen from the layout and size of the cells.
The cells here were bigger, and the doors were made of better materials. From afar, Angor saw several cells whose doors were not completely destroyed yet.
Angor walked into the hallway with great anticipation.
The first cell he entered gave him a pleasant surprise. There were five Witch's Eyes coiled up in a circle.
There were still a lot of them, but this was a good location. It was close to the stairs. As long as he could achieve his goal, he could leave quickly.
Angor quickly forgot about the cells with six Witch's Eyes and focused on this one.
However, he didn't order El to move right away. Since he was already here, he might as well keep moving. The corridor wasn't long, and he could see the end of it. Maybe there were better options in the other cells.
As it turned out, Angor's idea was not just wishful thinking.
Angor avoided the wandering Witch's Eyes and went deeper. Soon, he saw a cell where only two Witch's Eyes were training.
In terms of numbers, this cell was better than the one with five Witch's Eyes.
However, it was a pity that there were two Witch Eye Ghosts in the opposite cell. Furthermore, these two Witch Eye Ghosts were not in a state of cultivation.
If these two were also in a state of cultivation, then it would be perfect. He could just pick one of them and start.
But for now, he still preferred the first cell.
Angor shook his head and kept moving forward. He could already see the wall at the end of the corridor. He had reached the second half of the cell.
Sadly, he didn't find anything better than the first one.
As he sighed, he suddenly smelled a faint fragrance coming from not far away.
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