Chapter 35: The Corridor of the Chamber of Secrets
"I'm not a little girl!"
Susan was a little unhappy with the title Qin Lun imposed on her, but Qin Lun had no time to pay attention to the temporary female companion's little emotions. He pushed open a double leaf door again and took Susan in.
Looking at this huge study room, Qin Lun felt that he would gain something immediately.
The reason is that the scenery of the entire Wilson Manor is basically dilapidated and decaying, as if it has been unattended for hundreds of years, and it feels like an ancient ruin. However, this study is clean and tidy, just like the scene where the owner was still there hundreds of years ago.
The study in front of him was in a circular hall structure, surrounded by tall bookshelf, like a city wall, surrounding the two of them, looking like a circular Roman arena. Moreover, it has more than one layer, and belongs to a leap structure. There is a large chandelier hanging on the dome, which is at least ten meters high from the ground.
On the left side of the center of the study, there is a small wooden spiral ladder that can lead to the bookshelf suspension corridor on the two floors above. Although this study is not the largest library Qin Lun has ever seen, it must be the most elegant and artistic library.
If there is a secret room hidden in Wilson Manor, then it is very likely that it is here.
"Follow me closely, there may be traps here!" Qin Lun gave Susan lightly, and began to observe the bookshelf around him.
Qin Lun's left eye flashed with the Yin-Yang fish pattern. After looking at it for a while, he knew that he had found the right place. Originally, with his gaze halo, it was easy to see through the hidden secret room, but this study seemed to be shrouded by some kind of force, and he could not see through any row of bookshelf.
However, Qin Lun was not disappointed, which proved that his idea was correct.
Unable to use the pupil skills to see through, Qin Lun had to use the simplest method to identify each bookshelves one by one. But he soon got bored. Perhaps Qin Lun had this patience, but it was definitely not him.
"Susan, come and help find it. Maybe you are lucky!" Qin Lun said to the woman with a smile.
"Of course!" The girl who had always felt that she couldn't help was a little excited. If she hadn't been holding two heavy chains, she would have been even happier. "Damn, this thing is too heavy. I think she should find a tool to get it off first."
Susan uncomfortably pulled the iron collar around her neck, temporarily put the iron chain on the ground, and checked the bookshelf around her. Anyway, you don’t have to go too far now, so you don’t have to worry about being tripped.
"What should I pay attention to?" Susan touched the bookshelf and asked back.
"This study room has been kept clean hundreds of years ago. Although it is weird, it is helpful for us to find clues. It is hard to imagine that the owner of the manor often reads so many books, so you just need to pay attention to the places and books on the bookshelf where there is less dust. Those places are often moved, and most likely the mechanism to open the secret room."
"Yeah, I understand!" Susan suddenly realized.
They quickly searched all the bookshelfs on the bottom of the study, and they did not look like Qin Lun’s so-called secret room or mechanism.
"Is it on the two floors above?" Qin Lun frowned and looked at the spiral ladder. He was not willing to climb the suspension corridor next to the bookshelf.
"Why don't we check the desks and salons?" Susan asked in confusion, pointing to the desks and sofas in the middle of the study.
"I'll leave it to you!" Qin Lun thought about it and stepped onto the spiral ladder. In fact, he didn't move the desk and sofa, because he didn't think the owner would set up the machine in such an obvious place.
However, this time he was wrong. The owner of Wilson Manor was not evil when he established the manor, so although he had a secret room, it was not so shameful, so the way to set it up was also very simple.
"Ha, I found it!" Just as Qin Lun walked through the spiral ladder to the second suspension corridor of the study, Susan let out a soft cry below.
"Don't move it first!" Qin Lun looked down and saw the woman touching the desk, and immediately reminded in a deep voice.
"Ah? Ah~~" But his reminder was too late. With the sound of a mechanism "click", a few square black hole suddenly cracked in front of the desk, and Susan screamed and fell down. And a bookshelf not far behind the desk was also opened with a "click" sound, revealing a portal.
At the same time, perhaps because the secret room of the study was opened, there were actually a little transparent figure on the bookshelf around the circular study. Looking at their faces and outfits, they were obviously servants in the manor. Qin Lun even saw Cook Meilanda in it.
However, Qin Lun didn't have time to pay attention to these ghosts at this time.
He stretched out his right hand, and a holy thorn flew out from his cuff, wrapping around the iron chain that had not yet completely slid into the hole. The iron chain that prevented Susan from gaining freedom became the only life-saving straw for women.
"Get up!" Qin Lun's movements were quick, and before the hole was closed, he pulled Susan out of it.
"Ahem!" Susan lay on the ground with a purple face and coughed repeatedly. The chain wrapped by the Holy Thorn happened to be the one on her neck, and she almost strangled her to death.
At this time, the ghosts emerging from the bookshelf around seemed to begin to wake up, and their originally transparent bodies slowly solidified. Qin Lun knew that they would soon become the two zombie maids, so that they would have the ability to attack entities.
"Let's go!" Qin Lun picked her up with one hand, as if she was light and carried it on his shoulder. The holy thorn in his other hand swept away the two zombies that were pounced in front of him, and kept running into the newly opened study room.
Because with the opening of the bookshelf that serves as the door of the secret room, he had already seen a narrow corridor behind it. Although he didn't know where it led, it was better than being besieged by ghosts here.
Qin Lun's shoulder was pressed against Susan's lower abdomen. If it weren't for the fact that there was nothing in her belly now, she felt that she would have vomited.
"Iron Chain, my iron..." Susan was sure that she had never been so unlucky in her life. She pulled two iron chains back weakly. She had seen zombies heading towards them, but she didn't want to wait to play a tug of war with these zombies later.
The moment he stepped into the corridor of the secret room, Qin Lun looked back at the floor of the study room again, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes.
When Susan was in danger just now, he looked down from the second floor suspension corridor and immediately discovered a huge mistake.
He just now did not find that the floor was not covered with carpets, but was just painting some patterns similar to murals strangely.
You should know that this study has always retained its original neatness and layout. English hereditary aristocrats like Baron Wilson cannot neglect to not lay carpets in their study. On the contrary, it means that there are traps on the ground and it is not appropriate to lay carpets.
If he had discovered it earlier, the situation between the two would be much better now, at least they would not have fallen into the siege of ghosts.
Since his master's personality emerged, there have been many similar mistakes. Qin Lun knew what was going on. First, he did not have the patience and meticulousness of the original personality, and second, he had less time left to control this body, so it began to affect his mind.
"At least, before losing consciousness, play a big game!" Qin Lun's eyes showed a little madness, "It's almost there, soon, I'm going to get all the elements together!"
Qin Lun's judgment of rushing into the secret room was correct. After they entered the secret room corridor, the zombie servants could only wander at the door, hesitating and not daring to come in. Finally, they had to howl unwillingly again, turning into balls of black smoke and disappear without a trace.
"Chris, those things didn't follow me, let me down!" Seeing that the ghosts behind me disappeared, Susan could no longer bear the bumps on Qin Lun's shoulders and struggled to climb down.
"Well, wait for you to take a break before leaving. Soon, I think we can find important clues this time." Qin Lun looked at Susan's pale face and couldn't help but smile and comfort her.
Facts proved that he was right to take Susan with him. As a plot character related to Wilson Manor, even though the original plot and characters were beyond recognition, there was still a force guiding her to return the plot to its original appearance.
Qin Lun believes that he may have replaced Wilson and Luke's position. If the two college students were not dead, I believe that the person who accompanied Susan to find clues in the original plot would at least one of them.
"I'm much better, let's go!" Susan passed away, then stood up with the wall and asked curiously, "What was the thing you used to save me before, it seemed like a vine."
"Are you referring to this?" Qin Lun smiled, and a holy thorn rushed out of his cuff. "After so many things, you should understand that this world is not that simple, and I am part of it. This is my special ability!"
"COOL!" Susan touched the Holy Bramble in surprise, dispelling some of the doubts in her heart. After all, even if Qin Lun had a little secret, she had saved her at least twice.
"Oh, by the way, you said that this manor has come in a lot, why haven't we met one yet!" Susan asked in confusion.
"This is exactly what I'm worried about!" Qin Lun sighed without making a falsification this time, "Just as I said before, this manor has the ability to change the illusion. People who came in front of me are likely to be separated by one by one. The environment may be the same, but the manor may have become countless."
"What do we do?" Susan was shocked. She never thought so much, "Does that mean we can never get out!"
"No, I'm still saying the truth." Qin Lun smiled faintly and said confidently, "Even if there are countless manors, we can break the illusion as long as we find out the secrets here, because there is only one truth that has led to it becoming like this now. The past, present, and future of these countless manors... the same scene that has been happening all the time!"
"Oh!" Susan's mood calmed down, with a little starlight in her eyes, and she said in admiration, "Chris, you are the smartest one among the people I have ever met... I really don't feel exaggerated at all!"
That's the other guys you've never seen, including the one in my body! Qin Lun glanced at her, neither refuting nor admitting.
"It's here!" As the two of them spoke, the corridor had reached its end.
Chapter completed!