through the dark road

Chapter 377 Treasure Hunt
"Here is the detailed layout of the entire mansion, including the sentry posts, secret passages, and the location of the inner castle. You should memorize these plans by heart."

Qiao Ya whispered, handed out the drawings, and Mo Bei turned and left after receiving them, without saying a word about what he was worried about.

Mo Bei opened the drawings, and there were a dozen or so in total, showing the complexity of the mansion's structure.

He glanced at each of them, and had a general understanding of the various hidden facilities, especially the blueprint of the building they were in. After examining them carefully for a while, the brows under the helmet frowned.

Sure enough, it is impossible to mark a place like the family treasure house on it.

However, these drawings are also extremely important to them, and they are much more intuitive than asking Joya.

And as far as Perona's IQ is concerned, it may not be impossible to see some clues from it, so he rolled up the blueprint and threw it directly into the inventory.

In a room at the end of the corridor, Akali took out the blueprint from the inventory and spread it out on the table. Perona's eyes flickered, and she memorized the blueprint completely in her mind.

The puppet, who was groping around in the bedroom, also stopped, and quietly returned the cabinet that had just been removed. After scanning back and forth in the room, he finally shifted his gaze to his feet.

After controlling the puppet to enter the bedroom, Perona has been looking for possible secret doors. After understanding the layout around the bedroom, she gave up on the surrounding walls and continued to explore.

This bedroom is located on the second floor, which is also the top floor of the building. Although there are not many floors, this room is almost at the same eye level as the tops of several surrounding towers.

Even if it is built in the highest position in this area, for a two-story building, this height is still a bit abnormal.

After ignoring the confusion of the high hall and the floor-to-ceiling windows, Perona quickly noticed that the floor of this room was ridiculously thick, and there was likely to be a mezzanine.

But after she controlled the puppets to lift off all the thick carpets, she only saw square stone slabs, which were polished very evenly, and the edges were all seamless, without exception.

Holding a cane found in the room, I gently tapped each stone slab once, and there was no abnormal sound. No matter how you look at it, it is a normal stone slab, but with Perona's dedication to the treasure house, it will not Just give up.

Although when controlling the puppet, her mental power was only about [-]% of her own, and she couldn't let go of her mental power to search, but her eyesight did not weaken at all, and she quickly guessed the existence of the phantom array from the layout of the room.

After some reverse deduction, she found the array core hidden in the bedpost. After the excitation stopped, the ground shook like water waves, and a stone slab at the end of the bed showed a completely different appearance from before.

The stone slab is engraved with secret patterns, which have the effect of isolating the perception of spiritual power. When this special slate is opened, there is only a narrow passage below, and ordinary people have to stoop to pass through it after entering.

For a mage, this arrangement can still restore the outside to its original state after entering the passage, which is very concealed.

At this time, Perona, who was in another room, her beautiful big eyes began to shine.

The puppet got up immediately after discovering the tunnel, and opened a gap in the door. Mo Bei stepped in and asked in surprise:
"Did you find out so soon?"

"It's just the location of the secret passage, I don't know where it leads to." The puppet replied.

"Go, go down and have a look." Mo Bei pointed to the entrance of the passage, signaling the puppet to go first.

He followed behind the puppet, walked a dozen steps forward with his waist bent, and the passage turned vertically downward.

There is not even a ladder in the passage, but fortunately it is relatively narrow, and the passage wall seems to be deliberately uneven, and the limbs are stretched out, which is similar to climbing a ladder.

Sliding down at least five feet, it has far exceeded the depth of the basement of this building. The passage wall was also built of stone blocks and turned into a seamless stone wall, but the bottom stopped abruptly and there was no way out.

Neither Mo Bei nor Perona's complexion changed. This is definitely not what it looks like on the surface, but should be another barrier. This passage is likely to lead to the family's treasure house, and it can also be used as a hedge.

If the entire building was razed, without this heavy barrier it would be a rat hole on the ridge.

Mo Bei looked at the uneven stone wall beside him, but found no gaps, and the stone under his feet had a hole the size of a thumb.

He took a searchlight to shine a light inside, only half a foot deep, nothing unusual, fiddled with a crossbow bolt for a while, still no progress.

"If this is the keyhole, the key would have disappeared with Conrad's death..." Mo Bei fiddled with the small hole with a crossbow, still muttering.

"Wait for me." After hearing these words, Perona controlled the puppet, climbed up on the ground with hands and feet, and slipped down a few minutes later. There was an extra cane in her hand, which she just used to knock on the puppet. The one on the floor listening to the sound.

Relying on her extraordinary memory and being reminded by Mo Bei, she immediately remembered that the size of the hole was very close to the thickness of the cane.

Sure enough, it looked a bit old, but after inserting the cane inlaid with gorgeous gemstones into the small hole, the size was exactly the same, and the gemstones on it immediately showed a dim halo.

The stone the two stepped on sank slowly with a slight sound, and soon an exit appeared on the passage wall on one side. When the searchlight was turned on, a room with simple furnishings appeared.

"It's great, you can find all of this..." Mo Bei felt that Perona was absolutely serious about finding the treasure house.

"This should be something like a family heirloom, and it is of great importance. Even the head of the family can't take it with him. It is safe to disguise it as an ordinary object."

When Perona controls the puppet to speak, it is normal to break sentences, and Mo Bei also finds this amazing.

"Is it the heirloom that you have to carry with you?" Mo Bei said again.

"Only people who have no one to pass on think so," said the puppet.

"..." Mo Bei was speechless.

The two pulled out their canes, and after entering the room, the stone rose again, sealing the entrance again.

There is the sound of trickling water in the room. It comes from a stone cave in the corner. The thin water flows continuously into a narrow and shallow stone groove, and brings in a trace of air. The overflowing water flows from another stone cave. Go, I don't know the source, and I don't know where to go.

"This should be a temporary refuge...but where is all the wealth hidden?" Mo Bei searched the surroundings carefully with a searchlight and said.

"It's another phantom array." The puppet walked towards the stone trough filled with water, as if the real Conrad was present, and submerged the whole cane in the water with great confidence.

The phantom formation acting on the stone wall was released, and a circular stone gate with secret patterns, like a huge gold coin, finally appeared in front of the two of them.

At this moment, it has only been three hours since they entered Caldeum City, and it was still dark outside. Looking at the round stone gate, Mo Bei only wanted to say four words about Perona's treasure hunting ability and fortune:

"It's outrageous!"

(End of this chapter)