Hetty finally sensed that the magical reaction was ahead, and perhaps there was only the last intersection left, and after Gawain roughly judged the close distance of the team and the terrain of the Dark Mountain here, he believed that this was already the center of the mountain. .
The Gondor expedition team probably really hollowed out a section of the mountain to build their incredible huge facility.
What on earth is here, worthy of them creating such a monster-level facility for research or guarding
But no matter what was there, eventually they gave up on the place.
Hetty replenished energy for the magic light ball of the lighting technique, and the already dim light ball illuminated a large area around it again. Gawain saw a neat corridor made of off-white "stone slabs" in front of him. The walls on both sides of the corridor are inlaid with magic spar lamps that have lost their effectiveness, and there are some closed doors. At the end of the front is a bronze door with eyes and triangle marks carved on it. .
The copper door was not completely closed, it opened a wide gap, Gawain activated the ability of danger perception, and did not find potential threats such as traps and poisonous gas behind the door.
But this still cannot be taken lightly. Before pushing open the door, Hetty first summoned a shimmering rune in the shape of an eye. The rune slowly floated through the crack of the door, and Hetty's eyes also floated slightly shine.
"Inside is a circular empty room, very large, with many broken long tables and shelves... Many pipes can be seen on the wall, and there is a sunken pit in the center of the room... There is a strange spherical thing in the pit , You can also see a lot of iron chains and tools hanging down in the center of the ceiling."
Hetty frowned and talked about what she saw, but suddenly she let out a low exclamation, and the magic stopped.
"What's going on?!" Gawain looked at Heidi nervously.
Hetty rubbed her eyes, her tone was very embarrassing: "I hit the wall."
Gao Wen: "...Um, is there anything that looks dangerous or like a trap?"
Hetty shook her head: "No, it looks like it's just a laboratory, but it's many times larger than the ones I know, and there are many incomprehensible devices. In addition, it was confirmed that the magic reaction came from the circle in the center of the room. It came out of the ball, but it was a form of energy that I had never been exposed to."
After confirming that there were no traps or out-of-control ancient magic puppets inside, Gao Wen heaved a sigh of relief. As for the strange energy form Hetty mentioned, he had to go in and study it carefully.
Two strong soldiers stepped forward and pushed the ancient dusty copper gate together with the Byron knight. The rusted and weathered hinges creaked under the vigorous push. In this silent and closed space, the door The sound of the shaft turning was extremely harsh, and it spread far, far along the corridor.
Hetty subconsciously clenched her staff tightly and looked back towards the dark corridor, as if some indescribable ancient monster in the darkness would be awakened by the sound of the bronze door opening at any time, and would pounce out of the shadow—but nothing happened in the end .
The door was pushed open, and Gawain stepped in, and soon saw what Hetty saw: the circular hall, the damaged long tables and shelves distributed along the hall, the magic conduit on the wall, the sunken center The ground, and a large stone-looking ball lying in the hollow.
Gawain came to the sphere and roughly judged that its diameter was about 1.5 meters. Its shape was quite regular. If the rough and uneven surfaces were not counted, it was almost a standard sphere. Its material was like stone, but in the lighting Under the brilliance of the art, it has a metallic texture.
It's a bit like a natural stone ball, but it's too round, but it can be said to be some kind of man-made magic device, but it's completely different from the creation style of the Gondor Empire-and it has neither runes nor metal connection points on its surface No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like an ancient magic device.
"The magic power reaction is indeed coming from inside," Hetty frowned, "but it's so strange, I don't even think it's quite like magic power, but a... completely different energy fluctuation. Ancestor, this is also ancient Made by the Gondor Empire?"
"No, it doesn't look like it." Gawain frowned, reached out and tapped on the "stone ball", which was almost as hard as a real stone, "Look at the battle here, this ball is not so much theirs. Made, or rather something they're working on..."
"Could it be that this entire facility was built to study this ball?" Knight Byron felt inconceivable, "The Gondor Empire spent so much effort just to study this ball?"
Gawain thought for a while, and felt that even in the age of sparks, when magic power did not cost money, the people of Gondor would not be so distressed: "No. When this facility was dismantled, the people here took away almost all of them in an orderly manner. Everything that can be taken away—they won’t leave behind the most important things instead. This ball should indeed be the item they are researching, but it is probably just one of the items, and it is not very important and has already decided to give up. Probably after researching for a while and found no progress, when I was about to dispose of it, an order to evacuate came from above, so I threw it here."
"So we have been tossing and tossing for so long to find such a thing," Knight Byron touched his chin, "my lord, how to deal with it?"
Gao Wen was also a little worried, how should such a stone ball be transported out? He stretched out his hand and pushed the surface of the sphere, muttering, "It takes up too much space and is heavy. No wonder the Gondorians gave it to... hey?"
When the stone ball was pushed by him, it moved in such a wobbly manner.
Gao Wen was suddenly a little embarrassed: "It's not sinking?"
The weight of this "stone ball" is beyond imagination!
Originally, Gao Wen thought that such a lump must weigh at least a ton, but he didn't expect it to move with a light push. He tried it again, and he judged that the weight of the stone ball was probably only a dozen kilograms, even if Hetty It can be easily pushed away - this can only show that it is not stone at all!
Or it's hollow inside...
Suppressing the urge to smash it open on the spot to see the flesh, Gao Wen made a judgment based on the scale of the research room and the residual traces around the sphere. "Things", that is, research objects that are "harmless but have strange properties", so he made a decision: "Take this stuff out, transport it back to the camp to study and study... wait, it's not appropriate to put it directly in the camp, for safety's sake , first put it on the newly leveled piece of land next to the camp, and send two soldiers to watch it, and set up a tent for it tomorrow.”
After all, the Gondor Empire and the current era have several levels of technology generation gap. The safe and harmless research objects of the past may not be harmless today, so it is better to be a little cautious.
I was nervous when I came here, but I pushed a ball when I went back—I have to say that the scene of pushing a ball in the team greatly eased the tension of the soldiers, but it also made Gao Wen feel deeply disobedient , He always felt that the atmosphere of his first expedition to the ruins of another world was ruined by such a ball, as if you were wearing the legendary armor, carrying the best sword in the village, and accepting the title of brave bestowed by the king, And also formed four sages as teammates, ambitiously embarked on the journey to destroy the devil - the devil turned out to be a Pai Daxing...
Back then, the people of Gondor were full of food, so why study a ball when they have nothing to do
With Hetty's magic mark, coupled with the almost open map in Gawain's head to guide the way, the speed of everyone's return was much faster than when they came - although they were still pushing a ball, it was incredibly light. The toy is not a big burden at all, when Hetty needs to go uphill or up the steps, Hetty directly summons an evocation hand and hugs it.
The team just returned the same way, and soon, the faint light of the exit appeared in front of them.
The soldiers outside had been waiting for a long time at this time, and even began to feel uneasy. The sound of footsteps and passwords coming from the depths of the central gate made them finally heave a sigh of relief, but the movement that came along with the footsteps made them look at each other in blank dismay. : That sounds like something is rolling on the ground...
The image of two soldiers pushing the ball appeared before their eyes - in fact, one person can push it, mainly for balance.
"Take the team back." Returning to the entrance hall, Gao Wen let out a long breath, putting one hand on the stone ball, "This is the result."
The soldiers looked at each other.
The next day, the eerie orb was seen by everyone who was on the edge of the camp.
It was placed in an open space outside the camp, guarded by several heavily armed soldiers, and a circle of wooden stakes were built within a range of more than ten meters around the sphere, and connected with ropes to form a partition.
It looked so embarrassing that the guards must have lost in a card game—people were discussing in low voices.
Rebecca heard the news as soon as she woke up, and hurried to watch the excitement. She saw her ancestor and Aunt Hetty were there, so she squeezed over and looked at the ball curiously: "Master Ancestor ... Is this what you brought out from the ruins last night?"
"I also brought out some metal samples and so on—there are still many good things to dig out in the ruins," Gawain nodded and said, "but it's just this stuff, I don't understand it through research."
Rebecca circled the big ball twice curiously, and came back to ask the old ancestor: "Can you touch it?"
Gawain waved his hand: "Don't throw it with the big fireball, do whatever else you want."
Although this "stone ball" is strangely light, it is actually very strong. He has tried it. Without using extraordinary strength, it can hardly cause any damage to the ball with an ordinary sword, so it should be hit twice. no problem.
But hitting it with a big fireball isn't necessarily the case—especially with Rebecca's iron temper, she might just hold back a bathtub-sized fireball king and throw it down...
Rebecca put her ears on the surface of the sphere curiously, tapped her iron staff twice with the other hand, turned her head and yelled at Gawain, "It's not hollow!"
"Yes, it's solid, but it's incredibly light," Gawain shrugged, "Your aunt scraped off some debris and found that it was a mixed substance with a high metal content. If the whole ball is made of the same substance, Then it can definitely kill people.”
"Maybe only the outer layer is a shell, and the inside is actually a very light material?" Rebecca showed a strong research interest, "Do you want to cut it open?"
Gao Wen laughed: "That's what I planned too, but I can't do it now—first use various methods that don't cause damage to study, and if you really can't find any results, then consider cutting it open. After all, the Gondorians back then There should be a reason why so many tools were used to study it, but its outer shell was not destroyed in the end."
Rebecca looked a little disappointed: "Oh..."
Gawain glanced at her with a smile: "Besides studying this ball, I have something else I want you to do—if you are free."
Rebecca's eyes lit up all of a sudden: "Ah? Is it free? I don't need to do it myself at Magic Net No. 1 for the time being. The craftsmen and apprentices are digging ditches to smelt quartz sand. I'm idle! You What do you want me to do?"
"Burning stones."