"No need to remind me, my eyes are fine... I didn't expect that a rune related to space would be needed to open it, which is why the Church couldn't find it. If you hadn't hinted that elements were gathered nearby, I wouldn't have found this place."
Xia De speculated inwardly, then looked down at the passage in front of him, but the bloody footprints didn't extend into it:
"Two Nine Ring Ring術士 a hundred years ago, at least one of them knew about this place and tried to open the passage with blood, which is why the bloodstains on the wall look like they were smeared. But in the end, they couldn't get in, because the method of opening it had nothing to do with bloodstains. Did they fight for this secret? But why did they die together? Were they really crazy?"
【You have touched a Miracle.】
"Are you sure there's only a Miracle ahead, and no blasphemy elements related to an evil god? Or whisper elements related to a relic?"
Xia De asked, the woman's whisper in his ear was actually very useful.
【At least not yet.】
After some thought, he bent down, picked up the oil lamp, and carrying Mia, walked into the passage that had appeared on the basement wall. After passing through the hidden wall, the wall became solid again.
The passage was not long, and the other end was an open space.
The oil lamp illuminated the area, a standard circular space, only slightly higher than the basement outside. A strange orange scent permeated the air, not the musty smell of a long-unoccupied basement. Miscellaneous items and books were piled against the curved walls, and a white stone statue stood in the center of the space.
The base was a circular platform, and on the platform stood a statue of a man with two heads, both without faces. His left hand held a book, and his right hand pointed forward. The direction his finger pointed was towards Xia De and Mia.
The two-headed man wore a flowing, floor-length robe and was barefoot. Due to the style of the sculpture, he appeared exceptionally sacred.
Under the dim light of the kerosene lamp, time seemed to have left no trace on the statue. When Xia De looked at it, the statue actually emitted a soft, sacred white light on its own, gradually becoming brighter than the oil lamp's light, illuminating the entire space.
A surprised Xia De took a step back, not because of the light, but because he had seen this two-headed statue before.
In the hall on the first floor of the Prophet Association, among the thirteen oil paintings of the Founding series rhode cards, there was indeed an image of this statue.
However, the card face was not a statue but a real man, with his back to the outside of the card, one hand holding a book and the other pointing to the "inside" of the card. The background of the card was a kaleidoscope of Bubbles in the infinite starry sky.
"I remember that card was named—founding: space... Is this an Old God's statue? And it's under my house?"
He thought with surprise, still only hearing the prompt for the Miracle element, so Xia De didn't retreat. He placed Mia and the kerosene lamp by the wall, instructing Mia not to wander off. Mia instinctively felt uncomfortable in this space, so she just watched Xia De approach the statue with concern.
He felt nothing standing at the edge, none of the discomfort he had experienced when touching the pseudo-god Vampire Duke Loyaer's statue not long ago.
But the closer he got, the more his head swelled, countless overlapping whispers echoed in his mind, and at the same time, his skin felt a tearing sensation, like a dull knife lightly scraping his skin.
In the end, it even made Xia De feel like he was seeing a saint again, but fortunately, the "Divine Radiance" state was enough to counteract this discomfort.
Just a statue of an Old God, and it had the same oppressive feeling as an Old God saint.
"The original Old Gods and the later Old Gods are indeed different."
He thought to himself.
On the base beneath the white stone statue was a clearly engraved inscription. Xia De, having experienced the darkness box incident, should not have tried to decipher it. But as soon as his gaze touched it, he involuntarily began to understand the sentence. This was beyond his control; the Old God's statue resonated with Xia De's power.
His hand involuntarily touched the slightly warm base, the sacred white light shone on his face, and Xia De uncontrollably recited the sentence:
"cracks of origin, bless you in infinite space."
After reciting it, the peculiar state disappeared. Xia De quickly retreated two steps and, seeing that nothing had happened, his panic subsided. He frowned and looked at the statue in front of him:
"This sentence sounds familiar."
He murmured, thinking of the sentence engraved on the time key, "World Tree blesses you in time," and the incantation for using the time key was "World Tree blesses me in time."
"Could it be?"
Xia De suddenly had a bold idea.
He immediately moved away from the statue, then picked up the somewhat frightened Mia by the wall, and carrying the oil lamp, left the place. After passing through the hidden wall, the wall automatically returned to its original state.
Xia De left the first floor, returned to Room 1 on the second floor, left Mia there, and then retrieved his weapons and relics. He took a deep breath at the staircase, and after preparing himself, returned to the basement.
Passing through the hidden wall, the moment he looked at the statue, the two-headed statue lit up again. Xia De stood against the wall and recited the incantation, but nothing happened, so he nervously approached the Old God's two-headed statue. He placed his hand on the base and whispered:
"May the cracks of origin bless me in infinite space."
Less than a second later, thick white mist rapidly surged, engulfing Xia De.
Standing in this somewhat familiar thick mist, Xia De, as expected, heard the whisper in his ear:
【Outsider, you have entered the Space Labyrinth.】
【A message from the Old God "cracks of origin":】
【Existing Space direction: 1.】
"It really is!"
A blurry path appeared in the hazy white mist. Xia De saw a bare wooden direction standing in the path. The wood was broken and crooked, as if it had endured a hundred years of wind and sun in the wilderness. The direction was ordinary in style, and besides the arrow pointing a direction, several crooked letters were carved on the wooden stick supporting the arrow.
These were ancient characters, and the meaning of the word formed by multiple letters was "1."
He felt a slight excitement as his eyes scanned the not-so-long path in front of him:
"This can be teleportation? The Old God of Time's key can enter past time, and the Old God of Space's statue can perform spatial movement?"
He dared not easily step into the surrounding white mist, but walking into that blurry path was possible. After some thought, he walked over and reached out to touch the wooden direction at the end of the path.
The woman's voice gently reminded him in his ear:
【cracks of origin will guide your direction.】
The white mist swept over and covered the path, completely enveloping Xia De, who was touching the direction. He felt a wave of dizziness, and when the dizziness ended, he found himself back in the circular space with the white stone two-headed statue.
An excited expression immediately appeared on his face:
"Is this a new statue? Was I really teleported? Where am I now? How long is the statue's cooldown?"
He asked in his mind, but instead heard the woman's laughter.
He then thought of a possibility, so he immediately checked by the wall. The oil lamp he had put down a few minutes ago, and the miscellaneous items piled there, were all in their original positions:
"So, this is... Saint Delan Square transmitting to Saint Delan Square? The existing space direction is actually here?"
He didn't know what expression to make.