New Gods of North America.

Chapter 417 Statue
A small oil lamp that could focus light in one direction lit up in the darkness.

Behind the double doors is a downward corridor.

This situation did not surprise Wayne.
Logically speaking, the "secret room" with its entrance in the main hall usually has two functions at the beginning of the design:
One is the "escape passage" that the owner can use in an emergency.
The other type is a relatively public "storage room", for example, it is used to store treasures belonging to the "family" rather than the "individual" owner, or to store things whose users are not so specific - if you think about it at the low end, it can be used to store cigars, red wine or expensive ham.

The former requires communication with the outside world, while the latter requires relatively stable storage conditions, similar to "constant temperature and humidity".
But no matter what, you definitely need to dig deeper, and it won’t be filled with things as soon as you enter the door.

Inessa's opinion seems to be similar to Wayne's, but it is more direct.
"Be careful. With a layout like this, there won't usually be any so-called 'surveillance points', but there may very well be 'traps'."

Lina came in without saying a word, she just stood there holding a small lamp and looking around.

Obviously, he was also observing which way to go.

Wayne noticed another little thing at this time.
After entering the enclosed space, Inissa and Lina felt that there was no "smell" on their bodies.

Inessa didn't mind Wayne sticking his nose over to "sniff" and explained a little, "For hunters, extra smells are likely to lead to hunting failures, and are something that needs to be avoided."

Lina, who usually always carries a scent, pushed Wayne slightly and said, "That's the smell Peter emits. The scent is deliberately used to create an illusion to confuse the pursuer. Of course, you can't just spray perfume directly."

Wayne said "Oh" slightly, feeling that the devil is in the details, and then he saw the big spider Peter doing something in the darkness below.
An "electrical grid" suddenly "crackled".

The three of them walked down the stairs carefully. Inissa hid at the back and explained some knowledge that might be useful to Wayne.

"For hunters, they usually need to master some methods to safely trigger traps. I used to rely too much on extraordinary abilities to 'touch', so now I may be worse than some old hunters who rely entirely on knowledge and experience. This is not a good thing."

Having said that, when they arrived near the "electrical grid", Inissa was still very familiar with the place and began to cooperate with Lina to check the situation, and then walked forward to "dismantle the trap".

Passing through the ineffective "electrical grid", dodging a magic circle of unknown use, and dismantling a holy emblem by the way,
The three of them walked deeper and deeper along the stairs, and Wayne soon felt the same "suffocating feeling" that he had experienced in the college church before.
My breathing was normal, but I just felt a little breathless.

Finally, Lina opened another secret door in a space that looked like a storage room. In his vision of simple lines, Wayne saw a "fog door" that seemed to lead to another world.
I stepped in with a nervous feeling that I might encounter a "BOSS", but inside was actually a seemingly ordinary small room.

Even Wayne knew that he had stepped into a space similar to a "magic circle", and the suffocating feeling instantly became much heavier.

There are long-burning lamps placed in the center and around the room, and there are lines and mysterious symbols drawn or spread with powder on the ground.

In the middle of the small room was a statue, which might have been a glorious figure holding a sword, with wings of light on its back and stepping on the devil.

But now his body was covered with black cracks, his eye sockets were filled with black tears of blood, and his sword and clothes seemed to be corrupted and rusted.

There are two stone platforms in front of the statue, which look like antiques or contemporary imitations that have been "aged".

It is covered with strange carvings and has traces of weathering. When placed in the room, it has a strange sense of "connection".

"This is……?"

Wayne wanted to get closer to see the details of the statue.
When he turned around, he found that Inissa and Lina had already started to retreat tacitly and were waving at him.

The so-called "fog gate" does not actually exist to the naked eye.

Wayne turned around and thought for a moment before blurting out a question, "This should be the 'Dawn' of the Church of Light..." Then his mouth was covered by Lina's hand.

"Shh! Go back first."

Although it is not clear what is going on, it is always a good idea to listen to the advice of professionals when you are not sure.
Wayne followed Lina and prepared to go through the "fog gate".
Then I found myself "hitting a wall".

Ok? !

The "fog gate" that originally did not exist suddenly seemed to have turned into a soft "entity".
Wayne found himself in an almost completely dark space in an instant, with the statue behind him being the only "light source".

The "cocoon" that contained the "indigestible" extraordinary power suddenly broke out at this moment.
The extraordinary power within was consumed in an instant, filling the entire "blue bar", like a Coke bottle that had been shaken vigorously, with pressure trying to burst out from the inside at any time.

The majestic voice sounded in his heart like thunder. It was not "human words", but Wayne found that he could vaguely understand the meaning of the words and the anger contained in them.

"how dare you?!"

Do not,
I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense.

hum-

The spiritual intuition suddenly gave a warning, and at the same time, a ringing sounded in the ears.
Before Wayne could react, his body suddenly fell down and his face hit the ground.

All the bones in my body seemed to soften or be pulled away all of a sudden, and my skin and muscles seemed to begin to melt.
As if in response to stress, his self-healing ability went straight to the "maximum power" gear and ran frantically, rapidly consuming the spiritual power in his body to maintain his condition.

This is the state that can be felt physically, and mentally it is like a huge shock.

The whole person felt as if his soul and spirit were shattered, and it was vibrating like a tuning fork and couldn't stop.

Shit, I’m not going to die like this, am I?
Wayne continued to move towards the "fog gate" in a trance, relying on his memory.
This look should be quite ugly... not handsome at all.

He reached the edge of the dark space, and with the help of his nerves and muscles, he struggled to move his broken arm over.

The "blue bar" in the body has been consumed and the pressure has been released, turning into a simple "100%". The spiritual power in it is still decreasing, just like a container with a hole at the bottom. It feels like it will become exhausted soon.

Wayne tried to infuse spiritual power into the "wall" of the dark space, hoping to blast an opening.

This is a simple question: "If a pool is drained with two drain pipes at the same time, by what time will it not be emptied?"
But Wayne no longer had the energy to think about it.

Anyway, in the end, Wayne didn't even have the energy to retract his finger before the "explosion". He only seemed to hear a sound like glass shattering, and the "darkness" suddenly burst after being blown out.

Just before his spiritual strength was exhausted, he returned to the "surface" like a drowning man and began to gasp for breath.

Inissa, who had her arms folded, saw this scene, and the scarlet in her eyes gradually faded. Together with Lina, who had given up praying, she bit her lip and dragged Wayne out to the storage room outside.
Even the big spider Peter came over to help dig a few times, and his long legs poked Wayne's flesh so hard that it hurt.

(End of this chapter)