(The second is released, and friends who have passed by ask for a collection and a recommendation.) It's the last few days of the new book list, so let's give me a gorgeous curtain call. ）

"Squeak. The metal door was not locked from the inside, but slowly opened with the combined efforts of Catherine and Pannis, and the rusty door shaft made a tooth-aching sound, and countless metal shards fell as the door moved, and the yellow-brown debris covered the ground behind the door in a blink of an eye.

Stepping into the gate, there is no longer a single rock to be seen on the four walls, it is completely paved with metal, and the dark cyan alloy has gone through hundreds of years, and it is not rusty and mottled like the gate, but looks like new.

"The dehumidification here is very well done. Vivien leaned closer to observe the metal walls, "There's no rust at all, it's rare." ”

"It's true that it's unusually dry here. Lina took off her wet helmet and the fur hat that covered her hair, letting her long silver hair fall back behind her: "You can feel the pitiful lack of water around you, and it would be very uncomfortable to stay in such a place for a long time." ”

"I can't help it, that's the case with most research sites. Vivien looked around and replied absentmindedly, "In order to prevent the experimental equipment from being disturbed or damaged by water vapor, comfort can only be sacrificed." Therefore, many mages put a small spray bottle at the door of the laboratory, and every time they come out, they have to spray some water on their faces to relieve the dryness of their skin. Alright, let's go inside. ”

"Vivien, you wait. Catherine stopped Vivien: "Pennis has successfully led us here, the rest of the task is up to you, there will be no problem, right?"

"Ha, are you asking if I have a problem?" Vivien's eyes widened in surprise, "Have you forgotten who I am, eldest sister?" This is my world, how can there be a problem?"

"Forget it, when I didn't ask. Finding that Vivien was in a state of euphoria, Catherine shook her head helplessly: "You should be safe yourself." ”

"Don't worry, big sister. Vivien walked to the front of the line to lead the way, and said in her mouth: "This is the research institute, and it is a closed research institute, and the mages in it have lived here for a long time, and no one will be idle to put so many dangerous traps in his home, unless he wants to commit suicide." ”

The six of them walked along the metal corridor, turned two corners, opened a false metal door, and found themselves in a large "building" complex. It is not very accurate to say that the complex is built, because from the inside you cannot see the whole picture, only the corridors and metal doors.

"This institute looks huge. Lina looked around, "I don't think a mage tower would have such a large space. ”

"The Mage Tower is also huge. Seeing that Lina dared to challenge her conclusions, Vivian said indignantly: "It's just that the mage tower is very high, and it is stacked layer by layer, so the space occupied is small. It's just a combination of layered spaces spread out on the same plane. ”

"Oh. Lina didn't doubt Vivien's judgment, but casually asked the doubts in her heart: "Then do you know where we are now?"

"Of course. Vivien turned her back to the passage she entered, pointed to an open door on the right and said, "This should be the passage to the next area, leave it alone, the area we are in now belongs to the warning area." Look at the gate in front, this should be the guardhouse, when the institute is operating normally, the guards on duty will be on standby in the guardhouse, once someone invades from the entrance, they can meet it as soon as possible. I've never seen this corridor on the left, but it's supposed to be unique to this institute. The characteristic of this place is that the front door is difficult for people to enter, and if you want to enter, you have to teleport, so I suspect that the corridor on the right leads to the teleportation room, so let's go and have a look. ”

"Whatever you want. Several people were a little curious about an unfamiliar place, and Catherine did not refuse Vivien's curiosity to explore carefully, and followed Vivien to the largest door at the end of the corridor on the left. Pushing open the metal door, there was a room of more than fifty square meters, the room was empty, only a circular magic array was carved on the ground in the center.

"Sure enough, this teleportation circle should be the door to the outside world. Vivien walked to the side of the magic array, stretched out her hand and touched it a few times: "Well, I can't sense the matching magic array on the opposite side, it seems that it is like what I said before, the magic circle on the opposite side has been completely destroyed." ”

Seeing that there was nothing to see in the room, Vivien exited the teleportation room and walked to the door of another room next door. Pushing open the door, inside are two rows of one-person-high metal cabinets, each row with more than a dozen cabinet doors, and the cabinet key is hung on the handle of the cabinet door.

"I see. Vivien clapped her hands and suddenly realized: "This should be a place for visitors or officials who come here to store their personal belongings, and visitors should not be allowed to bring their personal belongings inside." Well, let's open it up and take a look, maybe there's something interesting. ”

"Okay, okay, big sister, let's open it and take a look. Lina, eager to see what was in the cupboard, encouraged Catherine.

Catherine thought about it, and felt that she had already found the institute anyway, and she was not in a hurry to find the mission items, and she was a little tempted, but she still looked at Pannis for safety reasons: "Pannis, you can help check it first and see if there are any traps." ”

"Nope. Pannis replied without looking, "I have seen it as soon as I came in, there are no ordinary traps, and as for whether there are magic traps, let Vivien see it herself." ”

"Oh well. Catherine nodded in agreement, "But you two are not allowed to go too far." ”

"It's work, how can you say it's fun. Vivien's mouth was stiff, but she couldn't hide the curious look on her face, and she couldn't wait to open a cabinet door. There was nothing interesting in the cupboard, except for a long tunic cut from white fabric, and a pair of black soft-soled leather boots at the bottom of the cabinet. Over the course of hundreds of years, both the leather and the fabric have become crispy, and a single touch is a big hole.

"Huh?" Lina and Vivien, who were crowded at the front, looked very solemn, and the two of them opened another cabinet separately. Sure enough, there was a long tunic and leather boots of the same style in the cupboard.

"Big sister, Pannis, you'd better come and have a look. Lina's voice was gloomy.

"What's wrong?" Not only Catherine and Pennis, but also Rachel and Justin, who had been coming to her side to say all the good things, noticed that the atmosphere was not right, and also came over.

"Look. Lina pointed to the clothes in the cupboard: "Familiar?"

"This, this, this ......" Catherine stammered as she looked at the clothes in the closet in disbelief, "This is the same clothes that the attacker was wearing!"

"Rachel, take a closer look, is it the kind of clothes that the short man who attacked you was wearing?" Pennis was also surprised, and wanted to reconfirm it in disbelief. At the same time as Pannis, Rachel and Gasteen had already seen the clothes in the cabinet, and the moment they saw the clothes, Rachel's fists clenched tightly, gritting his teeth and nodding in affirmation, but Gasteen trembled exaggeratedly after seeing it, and he turned his head and didn't dare to look at it again.

"That's interesting. Pannis clasped his hands to his chest, touched his chin and said, "It seems that that person ran out of the institute, otherwise he wouldn't have been used to walking around in this dress." ”

"It's unlikely, we carefully inspected the ice during the Frozen Hell, and there is no sign of it being broken recently, and the gate was rusty like that when we entered, if someone had entered and exited before, we would have found it. Catherine frowned, with a bewildered expression: "Moreover, this is a place hundreds of years ago, how could that person live until now." By the way, there is also the demonic energy here, although it is not as rich as the outside, but if you stay for two months, you will be polluted by the demonic energy into a monster with only simple intelligence and beastly desire, let alone stay for hundreds of years. ”

"Forget it, let's go, no matter how he has lived for so many years, looking at the outside, he didn't come in before us, don't worry too much. Catherine thought about it again, "It should be fine." ”

Vivien's interest in being hit was greatly reduced, and she sighed a little frustrated: "It seems that this place is not as safe as imagined. Alas, let's go, let's go. ”

Exiting the storage room that brought infinite doubts to everyone, Vivien was not in the mood to introduce the rooms one by one, but only gave a rough introduction when she walked by: "This is the examination room, and after storing personal belongings, visitors will be examined inside." In front is the observation room, and inside there should be several mirrors, corresponding to the eyes of the mages who don't know where they are. It seems that the guards here should be ordinary low-level professionals, and they can't directly observe the vision of the mage's eye, so they can only use the mirror as a medium to collect all the situations within the range of the mage's eye for the guards to see. ”

"All that's left is the guardhouse. Pannis said.

"Yes. Vivien opened the door to the guardhouse, glanced inside, and then exited and closed the door again.

"What's wrong?" Pannis, who felt a little strange about Vivien's behavior, also pushed open the door to the guardhouse, but immediately closed it again after the same glance: "Okay, I understand what's wrong with you. ”

Lina became even more curious, and kept asking, "Vivian, what did you two see, and could make you both behave so abnormally." ”

"Nothing, magic golem. Vivien thought for a moment, then added, "More than a hundred." ”

Lina swallowed and opened her mouth, but didn't make a sound.

"Can it all still be activated?" Catherine grasped the point.

"Theoretically, it can be started. Vivien nodded, "But someone needs to activate it, they shouldn't be able to move on their own." ”

"That's fine. Catherine breathed a sigh of relief: "Then leave these puppets alone and hurry to the next place." What's next?"

Vivian also cheered up when she heard this, and pointed to the corridor on the right: "Below is the reception area, specially prepared for visitors."