"Meow meow meow (Does he possess some kind of talent that allows him to identify hidden things)?"
Shen Xue gave a vague answer: "I also tried asking, and Xiao Ai'an said it was just a vague intuition."
It's not that such people don't exist.
Just as mages who have studied divination techniques often claim to hear the tolling of fate, and mages who have studied astrology become obsessed with gazing at the stars, claiming to hear voices from the depths of the universe, there are also occasional cases where someone is clearly just an ordinary person, yet their intuition is exceptionally accurate, as if blessed by luck—of course, in my view, this is simply because the accuracy of that person's perceptions has surpassed the limits that ordinary people can reach, but they themselves only have a vague understanding of it.
However, this way of understanding might also make sense from another perspective.
For example, one could speculate that it was precisely because Aian possessed this talent that she accidentally stumbled upon the conspiracy of the Star Cultists, leading to her capture... and so on.
Although it's somewhat unreliable, it's still a direction worth investigating, and we might be able to follow the clues to find out the other person's lost memories and past life.
Miyuki drew a new picture on the paper, which looked like several vertical lines arranged on the picture, with a long horizontal line in front: "This is the situation we confirmed after we opened that mechanism door."
She pointed to the patterns she had drawn one by one: "Because it is inside the mountain, the space is not very big, about the same size as the restaurant we are in now."
"As soon as I entered, I noticed several empty, huge square vessels placed around the wall, half of which were filled with murky, dark green water. Upon closer inspection, I noticed that one of them seemed to contain the skeleton of some kind of animal. Judging from the head, it appeared to be a medium-sized canine, but it was missing its limbs."
"Then here, this long strip is a whole piece of white jade-colored stone. It feels a bit cold to the touch and is very heavy. It seems to have been hit by some huge force and therefore broken. To make it easier for you to confirm, I brought back a small number of fragments."
"Beside it lay a corpse dressed in a gray robe, half of its arm bone missing, with bite marks on the bone. But I searched the area and, apart from a long trail of blood leading back to the passage we came from, I found no trace of the beast that might have killed it."
"Meow (it must have been disposed of)."
I thought for a few seconds, then stroked my beard, which had accidentally gotten some honey on it: "Meow, meow (and then those people, worried about being exposed, left the place)."
Miyuki nodded gently: "Indeed, you're right. Judging from the other things left behind, it doesn't seem like they left in a hurry, but rather that everything was tidied up in a planned way." Her tone suddenly changed, "But I didn't find any trace of that person leaving, and the body is still there... That's why I ultimately chose to leave carefully with the little one instead of continuing to explore."
"Meow (Are you worried that person is still inside)?"
Miyuki did not answer, but simply turned her face slightly away.
Well, answering that he had deserted in the face of a potential crisis was indeed a difficult task for this guy who particularly enjoyed competing with others.
Having a child who makes her feel restricted, and also having to take care of the other person, was indeed a difficult situation for her.
I can believe that if I had been the one who went there with her back then, this guy might have chosen to rush in and act recklessly.
But it's strange, how exactly did those guys get away?
Chaotic magical turbulence exists above the Abyss Mountains, interfering with the casting of transdimensional spells. Attempts to use teleportation or Voidwalking have a high probability of failure, and may even result in unnecessary danger due to loss of location coordinates.
However, if one leaves that cave without relying on the spatial teleportation technique here, it contradicts Miyuki's statement that there were no additional traces of leaving, which seems very strange no matter how you look at it.
To think about this a little further, why didn't the person who built the laboratory there choose to scavenge for various materials left in other places nearby? Even if that person didn't have the expertise to spot traps, the phoenix emblem in that hidden compartment of the bookshelf would have been a decent find. Surely they wouldn't have missed that?
That's really bad.
Could it be a pre-warning setting to confirm when someone will arrive? Because it looks very precious; if someone comes and discovers the place, they will definitely take it, so it can be used as a setting to confirm whether someone has entered... But no matter how you look at it, this is too extravagant.
It's a precious item that can save you from death once, after all. For a mage whose body is much weaker than a martial artist, it is an immeasurable treasure. It's hard to imagine that anyone would be willing to give it up just to make a mechanism to check if anyone has discovered this place.
I can't figure it out.
I turned my head to avoid the spiky scratches of the long-eared rabbit, instinctively grabbed the new slice of melon that was offered to me, and lay down in Hikari's arms, finally deciding not to dwell on the matter any longer.
Just in case, I still need to confirm: "Meow meow meow, meow meow (Are there any strange carvings on the ground there, or are there other entrances/exits)?"
“I’m pretty sure there aren’t any other entrances or exits nearby, and the other stone walls are solid. As for the carvings… I didn’t look closely.” Miyuki pondered for a few seconds, then looked at me again. “Would you like me to take a look? Wait, is it convenient for you to go like this?”
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