"Should we look somewhere else?"

Gu Shi was a little hesitant. The place he entered was completely different from the ruins described by Wendel.

The ruins Wendel was talking about were dim, with no light inside and a thick layer of gray fog surrounding them.

The gray fog severely obstructed vision, and everyone could only see the scenery within one or two meters around them, which added a lot of difficulties to the exploration of the ruins.

And where Gu Shi is now, he can see the bright sun and the blue sky as soon as he looks up, which is no different from the sky outside the ruins.

However, he did not let down his guard because of this environment. Although it looked very peaceful on the surface, no one knew whether there was any danger hidden in the dark.

After thinking for a moment, Gu Shi decided to leave this street and explore somewhere else. After all, he had no clues at all, so he had to find a way to leave here first.

Gu Shi randomly found an intersection and turned out. Since he didn't know the route here, he could only move forward based on his intuition.

Gu Shi observed as he walked, and sure enough, most of the people here behaved in a very rigid manner. He even saw several pairs of people who looked exactly the same along the way.

This place seemed more and more abnormal. Rather than believing that these people were twins, Gu Shi felt that they were more like some kind of reused templates.

At this time, a team of patrolling soldiers passed by him, and Gu Shi heard a few words from their conversation with his sharp ears.

"It's not safe out there... the portal..."

"…Increase patrols…protection…"

Portal?

Hearing this keyword, Gu Shi turned around and caught up with the team of soldiers. Unfortunately, they had already finished their conversation and were concentrating on patrolling, with no intention of speaking again.

Gu Shi followed them for a while and found that they had no intention of repeating the previous conversation, so he left with some regret.

"Could it be because there are time and place requirements for triggering this conversation?"

Gu Shi guessed this and chose to return the same way. He wrote down the location where he had just heard the conversation. He planned to come here again at this time tomorrow to try his luck.

Judging from the conversation he just heard, there is a portal somewhere here, and maybe that is the way to leave here.

Gu Shi quickly added the search for the portal to his next plan list.

As he was walking, Gu Shi suddenly heard a loud bell ringing in his ears. He looked up and saw a tall bell tower standing not far away.

"Wait, the clock tower?"

Gu Shi didn't notice anything unusual at first, but he suddenly remembered that Wendel had told him before that there seemed to be such a clock tower in the ruins.

He took out a map from his space ring, opened it, and saw that there was indeed a clock tower marked on it.

"Could it be that this is...?"

A guess emerged in Gu Shi's mind, and he walked quickly towards the clock tower.

Soon Gu Shi walked to the bottom of the bell tower. After walking around the bell tower, he found that the small door at the back of the bell tower was locked.

Although other people couldn't see Gu Shi now, it was not easy for Gu Shi to directly destroy the lock on the small door, because Wendel mentioned that there were a lot of magic tricks set up on the clock tower of the ruins.

If this place was really built based on the ruins as he thought, then this clock tower would definitely not be simple.

Since I can't go up the bell tower, I might as well just watch from outside.

Gu Shi relied on his invisibility and used the flying technique to float in the air. However, because he was worried about the possible protection in the sky, he did not fly too high.

Gu Shi, flying in the air, held up the map and compared it carefully with the surrounding environment. Sure enough, with the clock tower as the origin, the map overlapped with the surrounding environment.

"Sure enough, this place is likely to overlap with the ruins."

After knowing this, Gu Shi quickly thought of the portal he had just heard from the soldiers. If he guessed correctly, this portal should be the original exit of the ruins.

This relic has a total of four exits, distributed on the east, south, west and north sides of the city. The map in Gu Shi's hand marks the route from the east exit to the bell tower.

Since there was already a route to the portal, Gu Shi naturally chose to go there first to see the situation. If the portal here could be used, then he could relax and explore the place.

Guided by the map, Gu Shi easily arrived near the portal. He looked at the door not far away that was very similar to the entrance to the ruins and immediately determined his target.

Gu Shi approached the portal and was a little surprised by the situation nearby. It was not as lively as he had imagined, but rather deserted.

There were no people coming and going near the portal, only two teams of soldiers standing guard nearby seriously.

At this time, Gu Shi was very grateful that no one else could see him, otherwise these soldiers would definitely stop him from approaching the portal.

Gu Shi took two or three steps to the portal, gently stretched out his hand and reached inside the door. The next second, he frowned.

Unlike the previous attempt at the entrance of the ruins, Gu Shi's hand did not feel the feeling of penetrating a barrier.

Gu Shi pulled out his hand and walked to the leftmost side of the portal. He stood horizontally on the side of the portal and put his right hand into the portal again.

Then Gu Shi saw his palm directly penetrate the portal and appear behind the portal.

Gu Shi sighed, "Is it really not possible?"

To be on the safe side, Gu Shi tried to walk inside again, but unfortunately the result was the same. After passing through the portal, he appeared on the back side of the portal.

After ruling out the possibility that the portal was the exit, Gu Shi could only return to the city to explore.

After turning a corner casually, Gu Shi came to a somewhat dilapidated street. The area near the city wall was far less prosperous than the inner city, and the people here were not as decently dressed as those he had seen before.

Compared with the bustling street just now, the place where Gu Shi was now seemed a little deserted, but as soon as he stepped into the street, he keenly noticed something was wrong.

Gu Shi glanced around, then he walked towards a couple who were talking on the street.

Gu Shi stood beside the two men, listened carefully to their conversation for a while, and observed their expressions. He was sure of one thing: these two people were more lively and flexible than those he had seen before.

The logic of the couple's conversation was very smooth, and their expressions were very appropriate. Moreover, Gu Shi listened to them for a while and did not hear any repetition of words.