The group looked at each other, staring at the dark passage, none of them taking the first step.
Meanwhile, Alice and Lind's mental energy had already begun exploring along the passage.
Fortunately, the interior of the ruins was not coated with silence stones, which allowed the two to quickly explore the structure of the passageway after entering using their mental powers.
"After entering, there is a long and narrow passageway, and at the end of the passageway, there is another door."
"Not only that, but now that I've come to my senses, I realize that the design of the passageways here seems a bit... small."
After some discussion, it was found that even soldiers with strong physiques like Astaire could only bend over when they entered, making it difficult for them to perform their duties and handle any problems that arose.
Among them, the smallest soldier volunteered to go in and find out for Lind.
The soldier entered the tunnel only after Alice cast several protective spells on him and tied a rope around his waist.
Everyone gripped the ropes tightly, their eyes fixed on the dark entrance to the tunnel.
Time ticked by, and just when everyone thought something had happened, there was movement at the other end of the rope.
Everyone quickly pulled hard to pull him out, and the soldier crawled out with a look of terror on his face.
"Something inside touched me."
The soldier said, his voice trembling.
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately tensed up.
Alice released her mental energy again to probe, but found nothing unusual except for the door she had seen before.
"His magical protection was not triggered, and he did not appear to be affected by any curses or anything like that. Perhaps it was some kind of hidden mechanism or illusion."
"Or... most likely you're just scaring yourself."
Alice speculated. At that moment, Astaire stepped forward.
"My lord, I'll go in and take a look. With my strength, there shouldn't be any problem."
After obtaining Lind's consent, Astaire grabbed the rope and crawled inside.
Before long, Aster emerged looking disheveled.
"Sir, apart from being a bit narrow, there's nothing wrong inside. I've basically searched the entire passageway and haven't found any mechanisms. The only problem is that I don't know how to open the large door at the front, and I didn't dare to use brute force..."
As he spoke, he kicked the soldier who had just scared himself, causing the soldier to slink back to his ranks.
Linde sighed and said:
"I'd better go in and take a look myself."
After taking precautions, Linde entered the passageway, while Alice outside focused on maintaining maximum defensive magic.
After Linde entered the tunnel, the entire tunnel seemed to change.
Linde felt that it was completely different from when he had used his mental power to probe outside. Before, it felt like it was just a passage, but now it felt like a pair of eyes were staring at him.
Linde walked to the end of the passageway, where the sense of being spied on was strongest.
Looking at the closed door in front of him, Lin De released his mental energy to scan the area and found that the surface of the door was also coated with silence stone.
"This thing is really useful. Mages really have a hard time dealing with it. I'll get some too, but I don't know if the black stone mine at home produces silence stones..."
As he spoke, Linde activated his deconstruction aura and attempted to touch the sealed door.
In just a moment, a flood of complex information rushed into Linde's memory.
A group of blurry figures stood around the unfinished gate, grinding the Silence Stone into powder and mixing it with some other materials to create a Silence Stone coating.
As the blurry figure painted it onto the gate, and some gas escaped, a gate that isolated spiritual energy was thus created.
Looking at the group of blurry figures, Linde wanted to get more information about them, but to no avail.
Their blurry figures seemed to have been erased by some force, making them unrecognizable.
"Perhaps it's too old to be deconstructed?"
Linde stroked the door and, following the deconstructed information, found a hidden, embedded switch.
After fumbling around for a while, I finally gave a sharp pull, and the heavy door slowly opened.
After the door opened, Linde did not rush to enter, but first used his mental energy to conduct a simple scan.
They discovered that the space behind them was enormous, ridiculously large, a stark contrast to the narrow passageway they had passed through earlier.
The hall was filled with many things. Linde looked around using the activated vision of the activated aura, but did not find any living creatures.
"Perhaps the feeling of being spied on was just an illusion?"
After getting a general idea of what was happening, Lind planned to go back outside using the rope.
Before leaving, he also closed the door at the end of the road. As he closed the door, Lin De clearly felt that the intensity of being spied on had increased.
Linde turned and went back outside without looking back.
It's not an illusion!
but……
Whatever is spying on me, it has to wait patiently.
Everyone outside breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Linde return safely. Astaire hurriedly stepped forward and helped Linde untie the rope around his waist.
Alice, who was standing nearby, stepped forward and asked:
"How are you? Nothing happened, right? I think I sensed some movement at the end of the tunnel while you were inside."
Linde then described to the two the opening of the door and the spacious area behind it.
"The strange design of the gate... coupled with the ubiquitous silencing stone coating, makes it clear that the builders here wanted to hide something."
Alice fell into deep thought. The secret within must be significant, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, it would undoubtedly be a huge fortune, greatly impacting the future development of the territory.
"Should we organize a team and go in for a large-scale exploration?"
Alice offered her suggestion, and Astaire patted his chest and said:
"My lord, I'll lead the charge this time."
At this moment, Linde looked at the ruins and said:
"It's late today. Let's explore tomorrow. Exploring at night isn't very safe, and the soldiers are all tired. It took a lot of effort just to find the entrance today."
"Who knows what's hidden inside these ruins... Get some rest, and have a bigger meal tonight."
"yes."
…………
The next morning, after selecting the right men, five soldiers were left to guard the entrance outside, while the remaining ten soldiers followed Linde and his two companions into the tunnel.
As the crowd surged into the hall, the ruins, which had not seen guests for thousands of years, came alive once again.
Aster and ten bronze warriors filed in and formed a protective battle formation to prevent possible attacks.
After Alice and Lind entered, Alice then unleashed a series of spells: Illumination, Purification, and Warning Array.
After confirming that it was safe, everyone was able to see the entire hall clearly.
Several huge, peculiar support frames were placed throughout the hall, with strange jars, each about half a person's height, densely packed on them.
These jars are made of a strange metal, and it is unknown what they contain.
Further into the hall, there was a massive metal door, also coated with a layer of silence stone, which looked extremely heavy.
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