There are ground footprints and smells left in the air.

Lindsey and Caji each played to their strengths and it was almost impossible to chase the wrong direction in the garden.

Soon, the two left the banquet hall.

They entered it along the third tunnel on the left.

The road is the same as the previous tunnel, but it leads to a deep part of the garden, with numerous forks in the middle, frequent upward spiral stairs and ramps.

Lindsey and Kaji stepped foot in.

During this period, I went up frequently, but after more than an hour of trekking, I still couldn't see the end of the road.

"Where are you now...... Where's it going? ”

Lindsay thought to herself and silently opened the map.

Combined with the analysis of geographical factors, they have moved away from the town of Echo Valley, and have been approaching the real core of the garden.

Mullenahun and the other person who entered the garden also did not take a fork in the road along the way?

Just as Lindsay pondered on the way, a possibility emerged.

【Seed of Garden Management】Give yourself the permission to control the garden once.

There is no doubt about it - this power is enough to easily kill enemies below the eighth stage.

Lindsay is now within the confines of the garden.

Can he use this seed directly?

Under the premise of absolute safety, kill Mulenahun immediately?

Lindsay said she would do it.

Kaji behind him didn't even notice anything, and Lindsay quietly had an extra seed in his hand.

Immediately after trying to activate the seed, Lindsey smiled and shook her head.

"Sure enough, it's not that easy to solve."

The seeds left behind by the will of the forest are all right.

Lindsay can now be used for large-scale modifications such as environmental modification of forests.

But if it comes to killing someone, this kind of refined operation.

You have to go to the core console of the garden and lock on to the identity of the enemy.

“……”

"You only have one chance, so let's be safe."

Lindsey silently took back the [Seed of Garden Management].

As they continued to advance, a special area appeared ahead.

The whole garden is actually an unimaginably large plant, and the tunnels and caves opened in it are used as buildings and living spaces.

What appeared in front of Lindsay and the two at this moment was a huge hollow.

In the direction of the tunnel, there are also railings and guard posts to guard this huge empty space.

"This place must have been quite important before, right?"

Behind Lindsay, Kaji continued to follow the scent left in the air.

He prepared to walk into the wraparound corridor of this huge space, and his footsteps did not stop for a moment.

But Lindsay was stunned.

His [Puzzle Game] module, at this moment, marked a message in this huge space.

[Reservoir - The garden collects abundant water resources during the rainy season and reserves them here to provide for people's daily needs during the dry season. 】

How can an ordinary reservoir be specially marked by [Puzzle Game]?

There must be something wrong here!

“……”

"Kaji, be careful, something might not be right here!"

Lindsay immediately sent out a reminder, and the perceiver who walked to the front was startled, and his face even turned pale:

"Lord Diablo, you...... What did you find? ”

Lindsey pointed to the huge space on the side:

"It's a reservoir, and now it's dry."

Kaji looked confused:

"Isn't it normal for the reservoir to be dry after no one uses it for a long time?"

Lindsey shook her head:

"It's only been a little over a month since the rainy season, and it was even raining heavily yesterday. With the garden system functioning normally, this reservoir could not be so dry! ”

Lindsay casually took out a steel spear and handed it to Kaji, reached out to the railing, turned over and jumped:

"Kaji, be careful here, I'll go down and take a look."

Knock –

Lindsey slid down the walls of the reservoir all the way to the bottom.

He tried to control the sound of his landing as he landed, but even the slightest movement reverberated quickly in the hollow environment.

The entire reservoir was empty, as if echoing the low roar of some kind of ghost.

“……”

Lindsay frowned and took two steps forward.

He didn't have to go far to find something the size of a gravel on the ground in front of him, the color and shadow of which changed depending on the angle of view.

"It's ......"

Lindsey leaned over and crouched down to look.

The situation was as he expected, there was a faint feeling of dampness at the bottom of the reservoir, and this small amount of light and shadow that would change was the clear water left in the potholes of the reservoir.

"One Day ......"

"No, it should have been a few hours ago, there was still water flowing here!"

Lindsay got up and continued to investigate.

This suspicious phenomenon really triggered the function of the [Puzzle Game], and a faint white light appeared on the ground.

Lindsay was about to inspect when Kaji, who was above him, fidgeted and shouted at him:

"Diablo-sama, did you find anything down there?"

“……”

Lindsay didn't say a word, instead put her finger in front of her lips and shook her head at Kaji.

"Diablo-sama, did you find anything down there—"

"Ahh

The echo of Kaji reached his ears.

Only then did he react and quickly covered his mouth.

The two of them were still tracking the enemy, and in this empty garden, making such a loud noise could easily attract the attention of others.

This voice just now, maybe it's a bad thing!

At the same time, Lindsey sped up and followed the trail of white light, and soon came to the edge of the bottom of the reservoir.

This is a water tank that leads to the distance.

Because it supplies water to the entire garden, the tank is as large as a city's underground sewer.

With Lindsay's adult size, it's easy to walk in.

It's just that Lindsay stopped and didn't move on this time.

He pulled out the map to see that the waterway connected the entire interior of the garden, and was too large to describe.

If you want to survey it, it is definitely a protracted project!

“……”

"It's not a good time to be distracted from doing something like this."

Lindsay shook her head slightly, everything was prioritized.

Staggering the trail left by Mullenahun and losing the opponent's position is something that Lindsay absolutely cannot accept.

So even if he knew that there were some dangers in the garden, he couldn't stop him.

Before leaving, Lindsay was half-crouched on the ground.

He was concentrating on the white light, which symbolized the disappearance of the water.

[Traces of water flow - the water flow passes through this tunnel quickly and is rapidly extracted.] 】

"Something's absorbing the moisture from here!"

"Mulenahuun—it can't be him; Is that another Awakened? ”

Lindsay, with a premonition of unease, climbed back to the edge of the reservoir.

Kaji was a little uneasy at the moment because of the shouting just now, and he didn't even dare to speak when he saw Lindsay coming up.

Lindsay reached out and patted the other party's shoulder:

"There should be water in this reservoir an hour ago."

"Inside the garden, there should be something that is absorbing water quickly, so it's best to pay attention to it next."

Kaji cautiously asked, "So what do we do now?" ”

Lindsey pointed ahead: "Follow their scent and keep tracking." ”

"That's all that matters right now."

(End of chapter)