Magic Tech’s Lair

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After re-entering, Cao Yan saw many injured people evacuating, and asked, "Was the battle just now intense?"

"It's okay. The dark creatures behind the door attack in a strange way, almost immune to physical attacks, but the number is not large. People from Changtou and the Mage Association are present, and they quickly gained the upper hand. Someone was injured in a ruin of this size. Exploration is a normal situation." Daima said as usual.

While talking, the two passed the gate of the previous evacuation place and walked into the relic space behind the gate.

Behind the door is an empty and quiet hall, with load-bearing stone pillars standing on the walls, some of which have been broken due to the age.

There are traces of battle on the ground and walls, and there is still a smell of sulfur in the space, which is the smell left after the fire element is burned.

"Those dark creatures are afraid of fire, so in the battle just now, we launched several large-scale flame attacks." Dai Ma walked lightly, her waist and hips were full of charm, and said as she walked.

In addition to Cao Yan, Ji Wen, and members of the Mage Association, such as Shang Fang, who came back again entered the ruins.

A group of people passed through the main hall behind the door and walked along a corridor, and soon saw Chang Mu and several high-ranking mages from the Mage Association, talking in a low voice.

"Cao Yan, take a look. This space behind the door should be a palace-style city within a city. Although many things have been destroyed, the central area is well preserved. Look at these boxes." Chang Mu beckoned to Cao Yan.

The place where everyone gathered was a large square stone room, like a side hall-style building.

A lot of luminous crystal ores have been placed around, illuminating the space as bright as day.

There are boxes on the ground, depending on the material, it is the same material as that of the gate, so it can last for a long time.

On the surface of the box, symbols will emerge after touching. It is still an elemental lock. The opening method is similar to that of the door, and you need to find the correct sequence of symbols.

Isn't this opening a treasure chest?

Cao Yan walked closer and looked down at a box. The box was square, close to the size of an adult, airtight, without any keyholes or seams, and the surface had been simply cleaned. There were embossed ancient characters. Then a symbol of shimmering light appeared.

"Are you sure you can open it in a short time?" Chang Mu asked.

"It's hard to say, try it," Cao Yan said.

Shang Fang, who was also looking at the box next to him, felt that Cao Yan had heard this sentence before. When he opened the door before, he also said that he was not sure, so he had to try.

Try again now?

Cao Yan stared at the symbols that appeared on the surface of the box for a while, and said without looking back, "Ji Wen, I need your help."

Ji Wen happily agreed, she remembered me, she leaned forward and asked, "What do you want me to do?"

"For the symbols on the box, you need to calculate the intersection point of the elements before you can consider the issue of opening. We each take care of one piece, so it can be faster. I will measure the front of the box, and you will be responsible for the side."

Ji Wen nodded, and immediately went to work, went to the other side of the box, and studied the symbols on it.

Cao Yan turned his head to look at Shang.

Shang subconsciously bent over to get closer to Cao Yan, who was squatting there in order to check the box, and said, "Need my help?"

Cao Yan nodded and said, "I want you to be responsible for deconstructing and analyzing some of the symbols in the box, and find out where their energies meet."

"Okay," Shang Fang, like Ji Wen, squatted aside, took out his small notebook again, communicated with Cao Yan briefly, and then took charge of calculating some of the symbols on the box.

The surrounding area was quiet, and Chang Mu and the others didn't speak for fear of disturbing the work process of Cao Yan and the others.

Occasionally, when someone came in to report to Changmu about the progress of exploration in other areas of the ruins, they would lower their voices and communicate in a low voice.

Shang Fang is a rigorous person with a meticulous work attitude.

The calculation is very serious.

He has real talent and learning. The previous attempt to open the door failed. At this time, he did the calculation again, so he secretly used all his energy and concentrated on it. Of course, the purpose is not to lose to Cao Yan again.

His calculation went quite smoothly, and the hand holding the pen swiped down rows of calculation results in the small notebook. After a short while, he completed nearly half of the workload. He was slightly relieved, and quietly raised his head, wanting to see Look at the work progress of Cao Yan and Ji Wen.

The sight of the entry made him stunned for a moment.

Cao Yan had already left the side of the box at some point, talking to Chang Mu, Dai Ma and others in a low voice not far away, and sometimes even smiled, looking very relaxed.

"The part he was in charge of was completed so quickly?" Shang rubbed his nose, then turned to look at Ji Wen.

I found that Ji Wen was also looking at her. There seemed to be a smile that had just been put away on her face, and the upward curve of her mouth hadn't disappeared.

"What is she laughing at?" Shang Fang blinked his eyes and thought.

Ji Wen did snicker. She has been in contact with Cao Yan for a long time, and she has long been accustomed to Cao Yan's speed of calculating semiotics.

Cao Yan calculated faster than them, she was not surprised at all.

Ji Wen has now given up the idea of ​​competing with Cao Yan, and her mentality is very good, especially relaxed.

Her new hobby is to watch others compete with Cao Yan and compare skills, and then she is watching from the sidelines, feeling secretly refreshed.

She was just peeking at the reaction of the business side when she found out that Cao Yan had finished her work, secretly entertaining herself, and then went back to work.

Here, the business side was stunned for a while, and then continued to work.

After he and Ji Wen finished their work one after another, moved their sore necks and squatting numb legs, they went to see Cao Yanshi again, and found that he was looking at another box with a small bag in his hand, constantly Take something out of it and put it in your mouth.

The bags were obviously snacks.

Cao Yan was hungry, so he ate some snacks to fill his stomach.

Seeing that the two finished their work one after another, Cao Yan asked while eating: "Have you figured out the result yet?"

Ji Wen said: "It's been calculated." Passing the calculation result to Cao Yan, looking at the snack bag in his hand, hesitated for a while and said, "Well...your snack...give me some, I'm hungry too." The voice is small, it is really hungry, otherwise I would not open my mouth.

Of course... I ate those snacks when I came here, they were really delicious, and there was also a greedy factor.

Cao Yan took the small notebook in which Ji Wen and Shang wrote the calculation results, and handed the snack bag in the other hand to Ji Wen: "It's all for you."

"Thank you," Ji Wen happily took it, and reached out to take something out of the bag to eat, but found nothing, and looked down, only a dried nut was left in the bag, which was still huddled pitifully. The corner of the bag escaped the fate of being eaten.

Give it all to me...

Ji Wen glared angrily at Cao Yan who was walking towards the box.