After Hao Yun used his probe, he discovered that both of them were poisoned and their health bars were almost depleted.
The three clumsily administered the antidote to the Time Machine and the Sixth Brother, and also fed them a healing pill. Only after realizing that the two were no longer in danger did they have time to observe where they had fallen to.
"Have we fallen to the fourth level of the ruins?"
Leaf, holding a torch, began to walk along the wall.
"It doesn't seem like it. If it's the fourth floor, this fourth floor is too small."
Hao Yun shook his head, feeling that this didn't seem like the fourth level of the ruins. The space where the five of them were located was at most a little over two hundred square meters.
"There are murals, but what are they depicting?"
Sun Wukong looked at the abstract murals on the wall and felt that they were not as good as his own doodles.
The mural on the wall appears to be a comic strip. Although it is abstract, you can still roughly tell from a close look that the mural depicts a hunting scene.
Chapter 204 Collecting Relics
"Does this mural depict a demon?"
After observing carefully, Ye Zi turned to look at Hao Yun.
"Yeah?"
Hao Yun also went over and took a closer look; it really did seem to be a demon.
The predator depicted in the mural has horns on its head and a tail behind it. Although it is not obvious, you can still see it if you look closely.
As for the prey being hunted, it should be humans, because apart from humans, other races rarely wear armor.
What does this mural mean?
When Ye Zi asked him about the mural, Hao Yun shook his head. The mural was not complete; part of it had been damaged due to a landslide.
"Let's find an exit first."
After saying that, Hao Yun carried the sixth child on his back, and handed the time machine to Sun Wukong.
The roads surrounding this secret room are interconnected, leading to countless smaller rooms.
"Won't we get lost?"
Looking at the marks she had left behind, Ye Zi felt very uncertain.
Hao Yun frowned slightly. The underground space was very large. They had been walking along the left-hand path all along the way, and there were already sixteen small rooms they had passed.
"Let's keep going. We didn't originally plan to get out of here in one day."
Seeing that everyone was a bit tired, Hao Yun suggested that they stop and rest, and have something to eat to replenish their energy.
Walking along the road to its end, another small room of over 100 square meters appeared ahead.
"There are bones!"
Ye Zi exclaimed in surprise, pointing to a corner of the room and yelling.
Hao Yun followed Ye Zi's gaze and, sure enough, saw a skeleton dressed in armor in the corner.
"I'll go take a look."
After putting down the six children, Hao Yun walked up to the skeleton.
The completely decayed skeleton crumbled into pieces with a light touch from Hao Yun.
"Feel sorry."
With his hands clasped together, Hao Yun bowed and then removed the items from the skeleton's body.
A well-preserved set of light armor, two daggers, an adventurer's nameplate, and a completely corrupted and broken backpack.
Hao Yun cast a probe on the armor and couldn't help but marvel. It was actually a divine artifact-level light armor, which would sell for at least three to five thousand gold coins.
As for the daggers, both are of excellent quality, but the daggers are damaged, so the price should drop considerably, though they can still sell for four or five hundred gold coins.
Putting away his armor and dagger, Hao Yun looked at the nameplate: Will Smith.
"Don't worry, brother. Now that I've accepted your gifts, I will report your death to the Adventurers' Guild."
Hao Yun definitely couldn't bring the remains back, since the bones were all shattered into dust.
Use the dagger to pry open the shattered backpack, and bottles of various colors rolled out.
Hao Yun picked up a bottle at random, opened it, and smelled it. There was no strange smell, but he didn't know how many years these medicines had been stored. Who knew if drinking them would cause diarrhea? So Hao Yun decided to throw them away.
As for the other items in the backpack, they had long since turned into a pile of mud due to the erosion of time, with only a handful of coins remaining intact.
There were sixteen gold coins, forty-five silver coins, and eight copper coins.
After carefully collecting his spoils, Hao Yun bowed again before returning to the group.
When Ye Zi saw Hao Yun return, she hurriedly asked him questions.
What have you discovered?
"Nothing much, just some coins, a piece of light armor of divine artifact quality, and two fine-quality daggers."
Hao Yun spoke casually, and Ye Zi responded with an "oh."
A few seconds later, Ye Zi finally realized what was happening.
"What! A divine artifact-level armor! I'm rich, I'm rich!"
Hao Yun smiled slightly and patted Ye Zi on the shoulder.
"Calm down! It's only a few thousand gold coins, no need to get so worked up."
The armor worn by the three of them was legendary; if they were sold, each piece would fetch tens of thousands of gold coins.
"No wonder everyone says the ruins are full of treasure; we're really going to get rich!"
Ye Zi was still very excited. They had only just entered the ruins and already had a harvest. Who knew what else they would discover on the way forward?
"Get rich? Get rich in what way?"
The time machine, now awake, rubbed its head and got up from the ground.
"You're awake."
Hao Yun looked at the time machine, and then at Six-Wa.
Still not quite understanding what was going on, the two woke up looking wary, fearing a spider attack.
"Don't worry, we're no longer on the third level of the ruins."
Hao Yun was initially unsure, but after exploring the site, he realized that he and his companions had likely already entered the fourth level of the ruins.
The five people gathered together and began to discuss their next steps.
"Now that this is the fourth level, should we return the way we came, or continue exploring?"
The attack by the poisonous spiders served as a reminder to Hao Yun that although they had upgraded to advanced equipment, they were not invincible.
Due to their level, the group didn't learn many skills, making it quite difficult to deal with large groups of monsters.
If they encounter high-level monsters, Hao Yun even doubts whether anyone other than himself can damage them.
"Let's continue exploring, but we need to be careful. We were attacked by a swarm of spiders just now. If we had discovered them earlier, we could have taken advantage of the terrain and slowly eliminated them."
Time Machine remained calm. After analyzing the situation, he felt that his five-person team had a chance of winning against the Poison Spider and could even level up in the process.
And you?
Hao Yun looked at the other three.
"Continue exploring."
Ye Zi was blinded by money; she still wanted to continue exploring the ruins.
The other two had no objections, so Hao Yun finally decided to take a break and continue on his way.
After a quick meal of dry rations, Hao Yun and his five-person team set off.
The fourth level of the ruins was very large and complex. After walking for several hours, Hao Yun began to simulate the underground terrain map in his mind.
According to the simulation, Hao Yun believes that the fourth level of the ruins is a honeycomb-structured underground space.
Because they didn't enter the fourth underground level through conventional means, Hao Yun couldn't determine their exact location within the Hive.
If the fourth layer of the ruins is a honeycomb structure, then the most important place must be the center of the honeycomb.
"So many bones!"
The time machine exclaimed in surprise; the small room they had entered seemed to have witnessed a great battle long ago.
There were hundreds of skeletons on the ground, but upon observation, only seven of them were identified as human corpses.
The rest should be wild monsters. Judging from the size of their skeletons, the wild monsters are about 1.3 meters tall.
There was also a skeleton, exceptionally tall. Hao Yun estimated that the monster was about three meters tall when it was alive.
"We're rich! We're rich!"
Ignoring the bones, Ye Zi waded through them, beginning to scavenge the relics left behind by the dead adventurers.
"Hao Yun, come and take a look! What grade are these weapons and armor?"
Standing in the center of the skeleton, Ye Zi kept waving to Hao Yun, leaving the other three dumbfounded.
Isn't she afraid?
Six-Wa shrugged and replied to Time Machine.
"Who knows? Let's go take a look."
The three walked over and then they understood why Ye Zi was so excited.
"Three divine artifacts, and the rest are all high-quality equipment."
Hao Yun sorted the items on the ground, then put them into his system backpack, preparing to take them out to exchange for money.