The Age of Machines

Chapter 782

Once in the dark, all senses become sensitive.Even if it is only a slight noise, it can be heard clearly.

Areas where magic is restricted.

Lollipop felt powerless for the first time, and at this moment she was really just an ordinary person.Prosperity is a country of magic, here, no matter what kind of profession is inseparable from magic.The items they use require magic to activate.

Unable to use skills, Lollipop doesn't know how to react if it encounters danger.

In a closed and dark space, Lollipop is really disturbing.He couldn't help but backed away, and his hands kept groping in the darkness until his fingertips touched the wooden door behind him. The lollipop stuck to the wooden door as if catching a life-saving straw, and continued to grope for the lock.

Lollipop is still calm now.Although she was a little uneasy, she didn't mess up her senses and ideas.While fumbling for the door lock, she was also looking around.Although it was pitch black, after getting used to it, you should be able to see the situation inside somewhat vaguely.

It's a pity that the sky outside is gloomy, and the windows seem to be covered by something, so that there is no light at all here.

Lollipop was eager to find out about his environment, but it seemed to be in vain.

In the dark, her hand touched the cold door lock, which was half an arm's distance to her right.Lollipop lowered her head, and she couldn't see the lock in the dark. She felt a little complicated when she touched it.

After tossing for at least 1 minute, it didn't open.

"boom."

At this moment, there was a small collision sound in the room.In this quiet and sealed space, it was exceptionally loud.

Lollipop trembled in fright, and then clung to the wooden door, almost melting himself into it.She felt her breathing getting heavier, and her eyes swept back and forth across the dark house in front of her.

The sudden silence was eerie.

Lollipop knew that the sound was not her hallucination, and there must be something in this room besides her.It’s okay to talk about people, but are there any living people in this dead and silent area? Along the way, apart from corpses and bones that can be seen everywhere, she didn’t even see a living animal.

Then in this room, what kind of wild monsters might exist, or what kind of souls might be? No matter what it is, it is extremely threatening to the current lollipop.

"Bang." There was another voice, as if knocking something.

Lollipop shouted: "Who is it? Who's there?"

After a long time, she still answered with that intermittent voice.Hitting the wooden table again and again, as if hitting the heart of a lollipop, made her start to be afraid.

Lollipop thought, she has to get out of here.And this is a game, it is impossible to lock the player in an area for no reason without giving any hints.

There is always a way out.

First of all, she must see the situation here clearly.But magic is restricted here, and both the magic lamp and her skills are ineffective.Then other luminous props that can only be used by magic are probably impossible to use.

Lollipop to calm yourself down.

Suddenly a thought flashed through her mind, and she quickly took out a gem from her bag.The silver gemstone exudes a faint light, but in the dark space, this light is undoubtedly not the brightest existence.

This is a high-grade lucky stone.

The stone itself does not possess any magic, and it is difficult to explain what its light comes from.Because the players don't know the mystery.And few players know that the lucky stone will glow in the dark.

After all, it is only used for player-enhanced weapons.

It was Ning Que who once mentioned this to her when talking about the Lucky Stone, and Lollipop wanted to thank him now.

Holding the gem tightly, Lollipop looked at the door lock on his side with the help of a little light.The light is actually not bright, at least the lollipop needs to get close to get a rough look.

There is a coiling snake on the door lock, the snake is biting its tail, and there is a round metal handle in the middle.There are patterns on the snake's body, like flames.

Lollipop fiddled with it, and it was obvious that it was a mechanism lock.Although the snake head is biting the snake tail, the switch is not necessarily here.Maybe in other parts of the body.Lollipop has no research on mechanism locks. Generally, mechanism locks have hidden buckles, which can be opened by finding the hidden buckle or directly destroying the lock cylinder.

But if it is destroyed at will, it is very likely to trigger the locking mechanism, resulting in death.

She is no expert at picking locks.

It seems to be stuck here.Lollipop frowned, his thoughts had completely settled on the lock.Just as she was falling into deep thought, a cold breath suddenly blew past her ear, the lollipop jolted, and her body stiffened immediately.

There's someone by her side?!
The lollipop turned stiffly, but there was no one there.

The gem was spread out in her hand, and the faint light illuminated her front.Although the light was weak, it could at least allow her to see within half a meter of herself.

There is no shadow in sight.

The icy breath that landed on her neck before must have spit out from someone's mouth.The lollipop can still feel the temperature and weight of that close to his back.That thing appeared silently, and the extremely high perception of the lollipop did not notice it.I don't know what it is, and the system hasn't given a hint yet.

Maybe, not to blame?
It could just be that she hasn't triggered the combat state yet.This is also a good thing for lollipops!Now staying in this area where magic is restricted, not only can't use skills, but also because it's pitch black, it's not suitable for fighting at all.

Lollipop waited quietly by the door for a while.

The thing didn't come near her again.Maybe it was because she saw her defensive appearance in the dark and hid it, waiting for the moment when she relaxed again, and then approached again.

Lollipop thinks he can't stay here any longer.

The door is a mechanical lock, and she doesn't know how to open it, so she can't get out right now.For now, we can only see if there are any clues about the lock in the house.

Lollipop suddenly remembered that the house was on the second floor.Maybe there will be an exit on the second level.She remembered that when she was outside, she saw that there were two wooden doors on the second floor of the house.I don't know if it is also an organ lock, but I still have to go and see.

If she had stayed here and waited, perhaps the only thing she would have to wait for in the end was to be forced to fight or, in the most direct way, to die.

Lollipop held the lucky stone, and under the faint light, the furnishings in the house were blurred.Lollipop left the wooden door and walked towards the nearest table. She moved around with the gemstone, sometimes turning around to check.

Make sure it's safe before moving on.

The closest to her is a wooden table, on which there are many sundries. After the lollipop touches the table, it moves the gems from left to right. This is a rectangular and small table. The lollipop Move the gemstone to see the sundries displayed on it.

Mostly dusty books.There is an iron box on the edge, which is not locked.Lollipop reached out and lifted the lid, and found that there were a lot of items inside, scrolls, pens, and other bits and pieces.This should be a storage box, but the style is a bit crude.

Lollipop took a closer look at the lucky stone, and found a scepter under a scroll.There is a diamond-shaped crystal on the top of the delicate and compact scepter.The lollipop thought it was a magic wand and took it out of the box.

Ding, you get [Orff's Cane].

He held the lollipop in his hand and looked repeatedly, but found a button on the slender rod of the scepter.

This is not a weapon.

The lollipop was pressed down, only to watch the crystal turn, and suddenly the eyes were filled with dazzling light.

In an instant, everything in the house was invisible under the light.

This is a scepter for lighting.

Lollipop held the scepter and looked at the suddenly brightened room, feeling speechless.Looking at the scepter again, this does not seem to be a magically generated light.It seems that the scepter itself stores energy, and what material that energy may be.Lollipop is not too clear about this, only that she no longer faces the darkness now.

Now it's easier.

She looked around.

The house seemed to be a human dwelling.

Divided into several compartments, the wooden house does not look small from the outside, but it is naturally very spacious inside.

Lollipop walks around the house.She felt that this place should be the place where Gultz's most respected, or very high-status people lived.Compared with the wooden house she searched before, the furnishings are much simpler.

But Lollipop did not find a corridor that could go up to the second floor.

The use of magic is forbidden here, and it is impossible for a teleportation array to exist.Or does the second floor have to be accessed from the outer edge of the stairs?
If there are no stairs in this person's house, then the lollipop can also be understood as the person living on this floor and the second floor is not the same.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to deliberately make it so troublesome.Or, are the stairs hidden?
Come to the bedroom.

The place is full of dust, the bed is still neat and tidy, there is a wardrobe on the right side, a table at the end of the bed, and behind it is a lamp made of dead wood, flowers are hung on the branches, and the stamens are luminous bodies.

Lollipop walked to the table, a bronze mirror was placed on it, and there were jewelry boxes and flower baskets beside it.

This is supposed to be a woman's residence.

The crescent-shaped wooden comb was placed on the table. Noticing that it was engraved with words, and it was in the familiar Karansi language, Lollipop picked up the wooden comb.

"Meredith?"

Lollipop muttered, "It's a very familiar name." Suddenly realizing it, he took out the cold key from the package.

[Key of Meredith].

Who is Meredith?
Lollipop actually didn't think too much when he got the key.But she saw the name again here, and it shouldn't be a coincidence.This was Meredith's residence, and her status might not be low among Goulds.

Lollipop remembered the person who appeared in front of him and was surrounded by black mist.

Could that be Meredith herself?
Then why did you drop the key again and lead the lollipop here.There must be something here.

Is it related to three moons?
Everything is still a mystery.

Lollipop fell into deep thought.

A burst of talking came from outside the bedroom and went straight into Lollipop's ears.The voice is not loud, but in the extremely silent room, it seems very Turkic.Lollipop hurried out of the bedroom, and when he cast his gaze, a figure from his back came into his eyes.

Lollipop's heart trembled.

She had just walked almost everywhere in the house, and there was no one at all, and it was impossible to hide.How did this person appear?
The lollipop stood in front of the bedroom curtain without moving.

Looking at the back, he grasped the scepter light in his hand.

It was a woman in a light blue floral dress.Her long hair fell like a waterfall. She was sitting on a chair, not knowing what she was doing with her back to the lollipop.

Lollipop thought for a while and said, "Who are you?"

The woman didn't respond and was still doing her own thing.

"Are you Meredith?"

no response.

Lollipop slowly walked towards her.Until she stood behind her, the woman still didn't look back, she was weaving clothes.

Lollipop remembered that there was no basket on this table before, and there would not be so many kinds of wool in the basket.The woman hangs her head, seemingly engrossed.

Lollipop reached out and put his hand on his shoulder.

"Mei Rui..." The words came to an abrupt end, and the emotions that had been brewed by the lollipop turned into nothingness the moment they were touched.The diameter of her hand runs through its body, this is not human...

But at this moment, the woman stopped her movements and turned her head slowly.

Lollipop gasped.

On the pitch-black face, there were only a pair of dead white eyes without pupils, and a mouth that was grinning at her.

Lollipop backed away in fright.

"Pfft~"

In the blink of an eye, the figure of the woman disappeared.

On the table, there are still things he wove.The lollipop lost its gaze, then froze for a moment, walked to the table and picked up the unfinished half.

【leave here】

The naked four characters.

Some lollipops don't understand.At this time, the wool in her hand moved suddenly, and it spread out in her hand in an instant and then turned into a red thread.The red thread didn't disappear, it slipped from her hand and landed on the ground, moving slowly towards somewhere in the room.

Lollipop involuntarily followed.

Until it reached the bookcase, the red thread climbed up the edge and stayed on the first floor of the bookcase.Lollipop stepped forward to investigate and found that none of the books on this floor could be taken out.

It is an institution.

She tried them one by one, and felt a little looseness when she touched the fourth book, so she stepped up the pressure.

"Crack, click."

A small hole appeared in the floor at his feet, and then the small iron box slowly rose from the ground.Lollipop opened the box, and there was only a thumb-sized key inside.The key is very strange.Wrapped in the shape of a snake, the tip of the key is a bird.

This is not the first time Lollipop has seen snakes and birds entangled.

She looked at the key, which should be the key to get out.

Obviously wanted to leave very much before, but Lollipop seemed a little hesitant at this time.

There must be some secret here.

Do you want to continue investigating?
I don't know if the president and the others have found it.If you find it, the lollipop may not have to be so scruples.

At this time, the group of people who were worried about them were still trying their best to find clues.

It has been 5 minutes since the three of Beixi entered the water.

There was no movement on the surface of the water for a long time, and there was no reply when I sent a message to ask.This made the three people who stayed on the shore a little restless.

I don't even know what's under the water.

(End of this chapter)