"Why did you follow me?"

Inside the Shadow Monastery, Ying looked at Carl and the other two behind him with a puzzled expression.

Lisana stroked her hair sheepishly, and poked her chest with her two index fingers, looking a little embarrassed.

Seeing her like this, Karl had to take the initiative to speak.

"Lisanna wants to go on an adventure together."

This is a lie.

The truth is that Lisanna felt it was a bit "unkind" to let Ying explore the monastery alone, so she begged Carl to go with her.

If this girl joins a gang, she will either be sold out and count the money for others, or she will definitely achieve great success.

Not everyone is so "loyal".

His eyes swept over the three of them, and Ying looked at Lisanna and nodded and said "thank you".

Then, the group of four walked towards the depths of the monastery.

But after taking only two steps, Karl and Nia's brows began to frown.

"There are so many mechanisms here, and they are surprisingly well maintained? Is there someone who does regular maintenance?"

Stopping everyone, Carl reached out and pressed on a trap door, and a dozen spikes suddenly emerged from the wall next to it.

Judging from the mottled bloodstains on it, it was probably from the time when a soul ring was attached to it.

But this trick is not enough for a machinist. Carl only needs to take a quick glance to see most of the traps around.

not to mention……

"Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid! Attack!"

As Carl gave the order, Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid, which looked like living mercury, seeped out of his body and quickly gathered into a ball outside his body.

The round body rolled on the ground, and most of the mechanisms were exposed.

When encountering something that hinders progress, Carl will control it to harden and directly destroy the mechanism.

Soon, the group arrived at the ancestral hall deep inside the monastery.

There is a statue in the ancestral hall whose face can no longer be seen clearly, but judging from the staff in the statue's hand and the cloak on its body, it might be a statue of a traveler.

Although the Dark Six Gods are an unofficial belief in Khorvaire, just like the Internet cafes in the previous life that worshipped Guandi, the official does not care about it.

It is rumored that many kings believe in some of the Dark Six Gods, and this is almost a semi-open secret.

"It seems there is nothing here."

Looking around, Carl could no longer see any mechanism.

If Ying really came here to obtain the Shadow Sect's secret cultivation method, he will probably return empty-handed this time.

But Ying seemed unwilling to accept this reality. With a shake of her body, she jumped directly to the vicinity of the statue.

A faint psychic glow emanated from her eyes, and it looked like she was using psychic energy to explore.

Just when Carl was about to use his psychic powers to investigate, he heard Ying suddenly say, "Found it!"

Then, she actually threw the chain dart in her hand towards the left eye of the statue.

With a "ding" sound, the chain darts made by Carl with mithril were knocked back.

The blue magic lines spread out from the statue's left eye to its body.

The stone statue suddenly came to life, and its wide stone cloak was lifted up, revealing a cave leading downwards.

"Hiss~, can you still do this?"

The mechanic inspected the mechanism based on his knowledge of machinery, but this situation was a little beyond Carl's expectations.

Just when Ying was about to go down, the statue returned to its original state because it was delayed for too long.

He struck the left eye again, and the statue came back to life.

"I'll go first!"

After summoning out the power armor and putting it on, Carl jumped into the dark tunnel first.

As soon as he landed, two sounds of breaking through the air followed.

Although the power armor's defense is strong enough, Carl is determined to train his ability to control the Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid.

The spiritual energy moved slightly, and the Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid returned to Carl's side, then extended like a water curtain, wrapping Carl in it.

"Ping! Pong!"

Two sparks exploded, and two kunai-like throwing weapons hit the Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid.

He pointed his hand in one of the directions where the kunai was flying, and the Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid suddenly turned into a long cone and shot out.

Immediately afterwards, a crisp "click" sound was heard.

He turned around and pointed, and the long spike changed direction and stabbed in the direction where the other kunai came from.

“Huff, huff, huff~”

A series of flames started from both sides of this not very wide tunnel, and a road that continued to extend forward emerged in the firelight.

However, as a holder of the Exploration Dragon Mark with dark vision, Carl clearly discovered that there was an entrance on each side of the road.

However, these two channels were painted with some special paint, and they were easily overlooked under the bright contrast of the flames.

At this moment, Ying jumped down from above.

Drow also have dark vision, so she also saw the two passages next to it.

Without much nonsense, the two of them walked directly into the passages on the left and right.

The tunnel was silent, without even rats or mosquitoes.

Carl walked all the way to the end but didn't encounter anything.

"Hmm? A trap door?"

At the end of the road, a mechanical door blocked the way.

Carl directly used the Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid to penetrate into the keyhole to open the door lock, and a scroll popped out from the mechanism inside the door.

Simple.

"ah?"

Not expecting that he could succeed so easily, Carl perked up and carefully checked the mechanism, and found that this was indeed the only thing in the mechanism.

Helpless, Carl had to turn around and go back.

Then he met Ying who was also turning back.

The other person was also holding a scroll in his hand, and it seemed that the two had similar experiences.

After looking at each other, the two men put away their scrolls and walked side by side towards the flaming road in the middle.

"Eh? You guys are out! How's it going? Is it dangerous down there?"

More than ten minutes later, Nia and Lisanna met up with Carl and Ying again.

Carl's power armor was blackened by the flames, and Ying was also covered in dust.

"It's okay, the things are already in hand, go back."

After laughing, Carl walked towards the car first, followed by Ying. Neither of them said a word about the situation in the tunnel.

What were they talking about? About how they had excitedly seen through each other's plot, and then because the process was too simple, they fell into the trap and got themselves into disgrace?

Don’t they have any face left?

Not knowing that Carl and Ying had suffered a loss, Nia and Lisanna looked at each other and followed them back to the car.

After taking off their power armor, Carl and Ying each opened the scroll and checked the contents.

The content of this scroll is quite interesting. It directly states at the beginning that there are people managing this monastery. The two scrolls are considered rewards for completing the game. If you have fun, you can donate some money to the merit box outside when you leave, so that the money can be used to repair the damaged mechanisms.

After reading this, Carl and Ying looked outside the car at the same time, and finally saw a stone pillar that vaguely looked like a donation box next to the monastery gate.

But as you continue to look down, you will see that the contents of the scrolls held by the two people are different.

Carl's method is a martial arts monk school called the Eternal Death Sect, while Ying's method is the Shadow Sect method that she has always dreamed of.

Speaking of which, Kovare's management of the basic training methods for various professions is actually quite relaxed.

This is completely different from the situation in martial arts novels where a secret book can lead to bloodshed.

But in fact, the founders of those schools are not stupid.

What is really important is an efficient training method. After all, the professions in Eberron are based on "attributes". Only when the attributes are sufficient can you have stronger combat effectiveness.

There are always people who think that they can become the best in the world immediately if they get a secret book, but the textbooks of various subjects are there, and not many people have scored over 600 points in the college entrance examination.

Sometimes, the strength of the teaching staff is more important than your own intelligence.

If Carl's guess was correct, if Ying became a monk and then practiced one of the schools, it wouldn't be long before someone contacted her and asked her to join some organization.

“It’s all a routine.”

With such a sigh, Carl put away the basic training method of the Eternal Death Sect.

He didn't plan to become a part-time monk, so he kept this thing as a souvenir.

But just as he was about to tell V to turn and head to the shore of West Lake (Lake Galifar), an idea suddenly flashed through his mind.

"Since there are secrets hidden beneath this monastery, is it possible that there are also some secrets beneath that abandoned factory?"

Recalling what Ying had mentioned before, that the old man guarding the factory was a little nervous about his approaching the remains of the Titan war statues, Carl became more certain of his thoughts when he combined this with the stone statue that could be animated just now.

As the saying goes: Wearing leather pants over cotton pants, he must have a reason.

A factory that has been abandoned for nearly ten years is just left there, which doesn't seem normal no matter how you look at it.

Even if the old man said that the Financial Power Association bribed the local officials, but...

Although Tonglu City is nominally a city of Aundair, it was assigned by Queen Aundair to the Tongxing Dragonmark Family for self-governance. Except for taxation, other matters are basically managed by the Dragonmark Family themselves.

The Jinquan Society and the Longwen Family are enemies! How did he bribe them? No, such an obvious lie can be exposed with a little investigation, so maybe bribery did happen? Then their purpose...'

A light bulb went off in his head, and Carl immediately thought of what the factory originally produced - Airbus.

If the factory at that time was planning to abandon the suspension function and was preparing to transform the Airbus into an ordinary motor vehicle that could travel on the ground, then not only would the Transportation Dragon Pattern Family want to deal with it, but the Livestock Dragon Pattern Family might also get involved.

Industrial upgrading is undoubtedly difficult, but downgrading is much simpler.

"Niya, your mother seems to be involved in something not so simple."

After sitting in his seat for a long time, Carl raised his head and said this to Nia.

But Nia seemed to have expected it and just nodded slightly.

After a long while, she said slowly:

"I suspect that my father is the Queen's Eye of the Kingdom. My mother did not deliberately get involved in this matter, but she discovered that my father was investigating this matter. Otherwise, she would not have written me such an ambiguous letter."

(End of this chapter)