Although the laboratory was designed by him, Roland was still shocked when he saw it with his own eyes.
In this underground place that should have been out of sight, the glowing magic stone illuminated the road ahead, and the surrounding stone walls were covered by two-meter-square lead plates, finally forming a regular space the size of a basketball court.
The even and smooth lead baffles, the straight gaps staggered with each other, on which the cold light falls, appear lifeless. But it happens to be such a room, but it breeds an invisible beauty.
This is the beauty of the industrial age.
"If we fail to win the Battle of Divine Will, hundreds of years from now, this place should become an ancient ruin, right?" Roland whispered.
Moreover, it is a relic with a different style, which is different from the underground civilization and the devil.
The fine wear marks on the lead plate are the marks carved by human beings.
"Perhaps so." Pasha gently put the two down, "but I have never believed that human beings will come to the end like I do now."
"I think so too." Roland smiled and walked into the laboratory.
The whole room is divided into two areas, the operation area and the observation area are separated by a concrete partition wall nearly half a meter thick, and are also hung with lead plates. The glass placed in the center of the wall is specially made by Lucia, and lead oxide is added to the conventional ingredients. Due to the technical level, the light transmittance of lead glass is far less bright than that of later generations, but at least it allows people to see the opposite side clearly. Case.
"You're here, Your Majesty." A main whisker stretched out from behind the door of the operating area, followed by Celine's huge body, whose appearance was somewhat of a horror movie, but the bolts on her auxiliary whiskers and The ruler quickly weakened this feeling again, "I heard Pasha's notification when I was installing the last lead plate. Have Zoe and the others brought back the ancient relic?"
"It's in this box." Roland put the lead box on her main beard, then walked into the operation area and checked it carefully.
"How is it? This place is completely arranged according to your requirements," Celine raised her tentacles. "But is it really necessary to do this? If the curse is just a light, ordinary walls are enough, right?"
"Just in case. If it's what I think, the light it emits is not only invisible to the naked eye, but also extremely penetrating. A normal wall does block, but that's at least It needs to be a few meters thick." He turned to look at the two ancient witches, "so don't act on your intuition. Even if the original carrier has a very high resistance, you must follow the regulations before you fully understand the nature of the Rubik's Cube. experimenting."
Because ionizing radiation can damage the DNA structure of cells, causing replication failure, it is most harmful to fast-metabolizing tissues. Organs such as the heart and brain, which once mature and cannot be replaced, are much more resistant to ionizing radiation. Judging from the lifespan of the original carrier of hundreds of years, the aging cycle is surprisingly long, and theoretically it should also have a certain immunity to radiation. This is also the reason why Roland handed over the test to Celine.
Celine laughed, "You look a bit like the president of the Quest Club now. Don't worry, strict rules have always been the principles followed by the Quest Club, and I won't be careless."
Roland nodded, "Then let's start."
The isolation door was closed, and only Celine was left in the operation area.
The first article of the test regulations, when researching the ritual cube, the exits inside and outside the laboratory must be closed. Except for the operator, others can only wait in the observation area.
Through the lead glass, Roland saw Celine open the box and take out the Rubik's Cube inside.
As Sean said, a faint blue light flowed along the cracks in the stones, pointing directly at the coins placed on the test bench.
"Fun thing," Celine looked at it for a moment, "this thing isn't activated, is it?"
The separation wall blocked the transmission of the sound, Roland concentrated his mind, and also replied with consciousness, "According to Sean, it was still touched by the Earl of Grand Duke Island even after it emitted blue light, so I think it should be just an indicator or something. function.”
"Understood." Celine grabbed the Rubik's Cube, and countless tentacles rushed towards it, instantly wrapping it into a ball.
"What is she... doing?" Nightingale asked.
"Sensing," Pasha explained, "the tentacles are far more sensitive than human fingers. Not only do they have all the sense of touch, but they can also smell, swipe across the surface of an object, and remember every bulge and Depressed. And a magical genius like Celine can directly construct its outline and details in his mind. Unfortunately, this part is described by the carrier thought, and even normal people cannot understand it even if they accept it.”
"Can you see what she perceives?" Roland asked slightly surprised.
"If she wants to share." Pasha stretched out a tentacle and tapped in front of the glass, "Now the Rubik's Cube is in front of me."
This is really a convenient ability, it's almost like a mental network... He used to think that he could only transmit consciousness, but he didn't expect to be able to share three-dimensional images together.
"The length and width of the Ritual Rubik's Cube are basically the same, almost fifteen centimeters. The interior is hollow and you can feel the gaps. It doesn't look like a whole." Celine suddenly said.
"What's the meaning?"
"It's kind of like a piece of stone. Wait... I seem to have found the trick."
As soon as the voice fell, the entangled tentacles spread out, and a small mouth was opened behind the Rubik's cube, as if the treasure buried for many years had finally opened its entrance.
"Amazing," Roland couldn't help sighing, "to figure out so quickly."
It has been nearly a hundred years since the ritual Rubik's Cube was left to the people, and those who have handled it in the past must have tossed it. But from the record, no one noticed that it wasn't actually a complete rock.
"I'll say it's okay to leave it to her," Pasha laughed. "The magic cores of those underground civilizations were all pieced together by Celine from their broken state."
"Your Majesty, I have an idea," Celine put her tentacles into her small mouth and probed, "that's why it reacts to this coin alone. You said that the Rubik's Cube has been silent for many years, and I thought it was magic at first. The problem of running out, just like magic stones or sigils. But after getting the real thing, you should have noticed that it still has magic power inside. So this thing lacks... Could it be what you said, creating the sun The element of brilliance?"
"I thought the same thing." Roland raised the corner of his mouth, "You can try putting a coin in, but it may activate the Rubik's Cube, so you have to be prepared."
"Understood." Celine moved to the baffle on the side of the test bench, which was an arc-shaped lead block. There were four small holes in the center for the auxiliary whiskers to pass through, similar to a huge shield with observation holes. . After she threw the uranium coin into the cube, the small opening that was opened closed instantly, and the light at the top also turned crimson.
Guess it right!
Roland and Nightingale looked at each other and became a little excited.
Celine then groped for a while, and suddenly, a red light shot out from one end of the Rubik's cube and landed straight on the wall, adding a new color to the cold laboratory.