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The moment the light bloomed, everyone's attention was focused on the magic lamp, and everyone reacted differently.

The little ghost was curious with a hint of hidden vigilance, while Elijah sucked his fingers and tilted his head slightly, as if he was startled.

Xilusi and Aikelu were also slightly startled, and subconsciously took a step back. Xiao Heitan quietly hid the dagger behind his back, and took a step forward, seemingly blocking the way in front of his sisters unintentionally.

The little fox was filled with strong confusion and remorse. The magic lamp was originally one of the important media of the agency. She must have not let go of checking it. Obviously, she did not see any problems at the time. But now, in

Kajie'er's unintentional actions revealed the location of the mechanism, which greatly frustrated the proud little Tianhu's self-confidence.

My reaction... The moment the magic lamp bloomed, I instinctively changed my body. With a flash of my figure and a swipe of my bear's paw, in the blink of an eye I took away my daughters, the little ghosts, and Kajie who was still hanging on the magic lamp.

He grabbed all the little foxes into his arms, and finally he couldn't free his hands, so he kicked the little fox on the butt, trying to kick her out of the ruins.

I didn't dare to put any effort in the first place, and the speed was naturally not fast, but this alert little sky fox subconsciously avoided me by turning sideways. Then she reacted, and when we passed each other, she stared at me with big eyes.

After looking at each other for a tenth of a second, I suddenly reached out and grabbed my bear's neck with my little hand. Using all my speed, I rushed out of the ruins with a chirp and rushed hundreds of meters into the air.

The whole process, from when I reacted and hugged everyone, to when I gave the little fox a flying kick, and she instinctively dodged it, and then Yi Ke mainly carried me and ran away, it probably didn't take more than a second.

This is thanks to my vigilance in the past, and I had already planned out what to do if something strange happened before I came in. With mental preparation, I could complete these actions in one go. The only surprise was the reaction of the little fox.

After reaching an altitude of hundreds of meters, we did not dare to be careless at all. We continued to run for more than ten kilometers before stopping. We looked back at the ruins. It seemed that no drastic changes had occurred, so we breathed a sigh of relief, stopped, and took the girls

Let it go.

"Sorry, it's all my fault. I didn't find the mechanism in the magic lamp." The little fox spoke first, drooping his head. His pair of fox ears were listless and he lay down limply.

"Huh, what a useless and stupid fox. If this saint was here, this kind of thing would definitely not happen." The little ghost did not miss any opportunity to attack his mortal enemy. Although he didn't know what happened, he just added insult to injury.

That's right.

Because of the huge frustration in his heart, the little fox blamed himself and did not even refute the little ghost. He just lowered his head and said nothing.

So...whose little hand is secretly twisting on my spherical bear tail?

I didn't dare to look back, for fear that the truth would be too cruel. At that time, I tried to kick the little fox away. Although I didn't think I was wrong, it was natural for the little fox to be angry. The twin princesses, little Heitan, Elijah and Kajiel were all

Put aside for the time being, the little ghost will not be so petty and jealous of the younger generation.

But only the little ghost. In terms of strength, the little ghost is not inferior to her by much. Why didn't he choose to kick the luminous body and choose her instead? This is probably the real reason why the little fox is angry.

It must also be stated that after explaining so much, I definitely did not intend to imply that the owner of the little hand twisting on the bear's tail was a little fox. I absolutely did not mean this. Please trust my professional ethics.

By the way...what is my profession?

Except for the little ghost who added insult to injury, everyone comforted the little fox and then quietly observed the ruins more than ten kilometers away. Several minutes passed, more than ten minutes passed, and half an hour passed. It seemed that nothing happened.

"What kind of switch is that?" Feeling that there should be no danger, I canceled the transformation and spoke to break the silence.

"If the magic lamp is used as a mechanism, generally speaking, it is most likely to open a mechanism such as a hidden secret room." The little fox thought for a while and said uncertainly. It seems that this mistake really hit her hard.

It was so big that when I faced the ruins again, I no longer dared to make a conclusion.

"Is there a hidden room?" I lowered my head and pondered. What I was thinking was, what should I do now?

Logically speaking, the safest way is to not care about this ruins anymore, turn around immediately, take the daughters away from this place, and then find a place for them to upgrade to level 40, and go back safely, and nothing will happen.

It won't happen, and there won't be any accidents.

But, is this really okay? If there is an ominous thing in the ruins, and now because the magic lamp has been activated unintentionally, the mechanism that trapped it has been opened, allowing it to escape, continue to accumulate strength, and finally destroy the entire elves.

If it poses a threat, then I, the elf prince, have committed a crime.

This is not unfounded worry. There have been such cases both in novels and in reality. For example, the clone metal in the past few years is the most vivid example. If it can be found when it just comes out of the ruins,

If we were caught at the right time, it wouldn't have caused so many troubles at all. Fortunately, although the clone metal was difficult to deal with and caused us a lot of trouble, it didn't cause too serious an incident in the end.

But you are not so lucky every time. This time, the ruins are so mysterious. You can tell from various signs that the owner of the ruins is very powerful. If there is something ominous trapped inside, it will definitely be more difficult to deal with than the replica metal.

As the prince of the elves, I absolutely cannot let it go, not to mention that we are the culprits. Even if it is not, I have to be responsible for wiping this ass.

"In this way, you take everyone away, and I will go explore alone." After thinking for a moment, it seems that this is the only safe way. I absolutely cannot trust the safety of my daughters. They cannot be allowed to go with them, and someone must accompany them.

around them.

"No, you take Xilusi and the others away, and I'll go." The little fox probably had the silly idea of ​​"one person doing things and one person taking responsibility". After hearing my arrangement, he immediately dismissed it.

"Obey, this is not a magic circle. It's safer for me to go than for you to go." I glared at her. It doesn't matter how much I give in at ordinary times. At this critical moment, I can't let you, a little fox, do whatever you want.

"But..." The little fox wanted to say something more, but when I glared at him again, the fox's tail drooped limply, waving it back and forth in frustration.

"Okay, I understand. You can go as long as you want, but don't mess around, especially don't let people go crazy. Do you understand?"

"Of course, my dear Lord Tianhu." Seeing the little fox agree, I immediately put down my serious expression. I smiled playfully and leaned forward, wanting to kiss the little fox.

I originally expected that this arrogant little sky fox, not to mention so many people around, would definitely not let me mess around even if no one was around, and would definitely get out of the way. However, my slow [Sneak Attack],

But it really fell on the little fox's smooth and pretty face.

I froze, and the little fox's face instantly turned red. The lips that were still attached to her pretty face could clearly feel the sudden rise in temperature.

"Go and come back quickly, you know?" Unable to bear the shyness, the little fox took a step back and shook his fist fiercely at me, threatening me.

"Damn it. You actually openly flirted with me in front of this holy girl. So did Xiao Fan. So did this naughty fox..." The little ghost looked on and bit his handkerchief, with a look of reluctance like a resentful woman in a palace.

In order to avoid irritating the little ghost, I could only stop my movements and wave to everyone coolly.

"Don't worry, in the first world, there is basically nothing that can threaten me."

I'm not boasting, even if the enemy is stronger than me, it can't be used in the fragile first world. Otherwise, it will be swallowed up by the entire first world. Of course, if its strength is strong enough to fight against the entire first world,

The devouring power of the world is another matter, but does such a person exist? Even King Arthur, the first person in the Dark Continent, may not have this strength.

"I want to go too." At this time, the little ghost suddenly spoke and quickly got into the necklace before I could react. I was about to refuse sternly and there was nothing I could do to her.

Think about it, the little ghost is safe in the necklace, unless something unexpected happens to me, but if I encounter something unexpected, even if she is not in the necklace and escapes the disaster, I am afraid she will not want to live, so I would like to bring it with me.

Without it, there is not much difference.

Thinking of this, I gave up on handing over the necklace to my daughters for safekeeping and nodded vigorously to everyone. Under the gaze of several worried eyes, I flew up in the blink of an eye and transformed into a COSPLAY bear in mid-air, covering a distance of more than ten kilometers.

, it only took a few seconds to complete.

When I came to the entrance of the ruins again, I was very cautious and walked in step by step. I had just observed it for half an hour. I hope that if there is really something ominous trapped inside, it has not had time to leave. Otherwise, I

It's really a big headache.

Step by step, I walked forward and came to the door. I walked slower and lighter, stepped in instantly, and glanced into the room.

No exception?

I looked confused and took another look, but I still didn’t see anything different from before the magic lamp was turned on. The walls, floors, bookshelves, cupboards, bedside, tables and chairs were all carefully observed by me, and there was nothing.

Find any anomalies.

Then the only place left is the most likely place...

I took a slightly nervous breath and slowly walked into the last place I hadn't searched yet, the laboratory connected to the living room.

There was nothing suspicious about the laboratory. After a quick glance, I focused my attention deeper into the rotunda with the magic array platform.

Sure enough, something unusual appeared here. On the ground of the rotunda, the black formation boulder with an extremely smooth surface and the half-meter-thick stone slab connected below were neatly separated from the middle and shrunk to both sides.

Go, revealing a dim staircase leading deeper.

The little fox's guess was indeed correct. The magic lamp was the switch of the secret room. However, the secret room passage was actually built under the formation stone, using the magic formation formation as a cover. Even if someone lurked in and stole the formation stone,

When I walked, I would never have imagined that there was a secret room hidden under the exposed floor. It could be said that it was a scheme within a scheme, a scheme within a scheme, using expensive arrays as lure props to make people ignore what was underground.

No one would have thought that there was a secret passage hidden here unless they saw it with their own eyes. The owner of the ruins was either a rich man who did not take the precious formation stones seriously, or he was hiding something very important, so he did this.

kind of behavior.

I guess it was the latter. I smacked the bear's paw twice, worked hard, cheered myself up, and then stepped down the stairs in one go, leading to the deepest secret room.

I hope there won't be any enemies.

The stair passage is slightly longer, so I walked carefully and slowly. It took about five minutes to complete it. At this time, the vertical depth from the laboratory above my head was estimated to be about a hundred meters. It was hidden very deep. Who would be so bored going underground?

Drilling so deep, and in order to prevent thieves from sneaking in from underground, most ruins are protected by magic circles underground.

After going down the stairs, there was a huge secret room in front of me. The smell of corruption and old age was even stronger here. There was also a vaguely familiar smell, but I couldn't tell what it was for the moment.

The entire secret room was shrouded in an unknown layer of light fog, making it impossible for me to see through it at a glance. This situation made me even more energetic, for fear that there would be strange things lurking in the fog, preparing for a sneak attack.

The sight distance was only about ten meters, which made me move forward more cautiously. Slowly, almost step by step. First, I saw the test benches arranged in rows and rows, eight or nine.

I looked weird. Generally speaking, even if you have a wide range of hobbies. The research direction involves all aspects, two or three test benches are enough. I have never seen so many test benches in a laboratory. Is this possible?

Not a mage research institute, but a group of mage?

Moreover, these experimental benches have the same size and shape. At first glance, they are all printed from the same mold. This is even more strange. After being influenced by old man Farah, I also know a little bit about it. Because the research types and directions are different, the test benches have different

There are many types and specifications. What is the purpose of making all the test benches exactly the same? What's the point? Could it be that a group of mages are really doing the same research here.

Wary of my surroundings, I took a few steps forward and took a closer look at the test bench. When I saw the items on it clearly, my heart trembled.

There is no equipment on it, instead there is a pair of movable leg cuffs and handcuffs, there are a few half-rings in the middle that can be adjusted in size, and many restraint devices on both sides for unknown purposes.

This... looks like it's a test bed for confinement, and judging from the position of the handcuffs and footcuffs, as well as the half-ring in the middle, it's very likely that the creatures imprisoned on the test bed are still... humans, or species similar in size to humans.

, such as elves and orcs, because the handcuffs, shackles and half rings can be adjusted, so large barbarians can also be included.

By now, I am almost certain that the owner of the ruins is probably an evil mage who is doing some shady research here. If so, then everything that happened before can be explained. Why is the maze so mysterious?

The magic circle wants to prevent people from leaving, so why is the secret room so hidden? Because it is very likely that taboo intelligent living body research is being carried out here.

Sure enough, elves are not all noble guys. If they become evil and crazy, they seem to be more terrifying than humans. Seeing these confinement test beds, I seem to imagine the people imprisoned on them struggling and wailing in pain.

, the evil mage holding a scalpel, but he disembowelled the person with a nonchalant expression, ignoring the other person's physical and mental collapse, and the horrific scene of wanton and crazy transformation.

My teeth kept chattering, and I had the urge to run away from the door. This unknown feeling of horror was actually more terrifying than seeing piles of rotting corpses and skeletons in a dark and gloomy cave. Even though I have experienced it for more than ten years.

The baptism of years of experience is a bit too much to bear.

Calm down, I need to calm down. Haven’t I seen the skeleton yet? Maybe it’s just that my imagination is too rich. These test beds that seem to be used to imprison people are actually used for other purposes?

I comforted myself and continued walking forward. The test benches in front of me were all the same. The handcuffs, leg cuffs and waist rings on them seemed to exude the smell of blood. The mist shrouded in it made it even more terrifying, as if in

In the blind spot of the line of sight, a half-dissected corpse suddenly appeared inexplicably on the test bench.

This damned imagination really shouldn't play too many horror games, wuwuwu.

I screamed silently, passed through these test benches, and finally came to the back of the secret room. I quickly swept through the fog, and suddenly my suspicions were answered.

Aren't there no bones? Look, there are them here.

In the deepest part of the secret room, there are birdcages hanging one after another. Yes, they are birdcages, but these birdcages are a bit too big. Let alone a bird, even three or four people can be crammed into them without any problem.

These birdcages hanging in mid-air...well, another way to put it is more appropriate, they are iron cages. Each thick iron on them is as thick as an arm, and it is full of talismans, giving people a feeling of indestructibility, at least I think

If you sneak in by yourself and lock the door, you probably won't be able to get out.

Of course, this situation refers to the time when the magic spells on these iron cages were still effective tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 years ago. Now, the scratches on them have long been dimmed. I just need to pull hard.

You can probably make a big opening in the iron cage.

These iron cages are not the key, the key is what is locked inside...

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The first update, three chapters have been coded and will be uploaded one after another.

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