In the previous life, the word "ruins" would instantly catch many people's eyes.
Because ruins contained countless treasures.
Building Blueprints.
Various precious materials and furniture.
Various items, runes, and so on.
Some ruins even had sleeping wanderers who could be recruited.
This showed how valuable ruins were.
Legend said ruins were buildings left behind by some people from those worlds before they completely fell into darkness, meant to preserve the legacy of civilization.
Ruins varied in size — some as large as empires' constructions, filled with treasures, possibly even divine artifacts.
Smaller ones were left by powerful figures hoping to help future generations.
Whether the current building was a ruin or not was uncertain, but judging by its size, it surely held great value.
"But if it is a ruin, it must be dangerous — need to be careful," Bai Ye murmured.
Ruins contained not only opportunities but also traps set by their builders to prevent the legacy from falling into the hands of dark creatures.
Bai Ye took a deep breath, prepared himself, and pulled open the entrance, revealing a dark corridor, then jumped in.
Inside, no floodwater had entered; it remained dry but pitch black, visibility poor.
Bai Ye took out a rag from his backpack, cast Divine Flame Spell to light it, bringing illumination to see ahead.
It was a straight passage downward.
Dust hung in the air; the walls were black and well-built but bore ancient traces.
Nearby were some pottery jars.
Curiously, Bai Ye opened one and found coins — gold and silver.
No surprise, these were currencies once used by empires in Land of Darkness, now worthless.
Still, Bai Ye collected them — gold and silver were good metals, useful later.
"Before exploring, let's check what I just collected."
Bai Ye murmured and opened his Backpack.
From killing Deep Divers, he mostly gathered Deep Sea Scales and Polluted Blood.
Both were decent materials.
[Deep Sea Scales]
[Description: Scales from Deep Divers, hard yet flexible, with good waterproof properties.]
[Polluted Blood]
[Description: Blood from the deep sea tainted by Evil God's power, containing madness and frenzy.]
"All good materials."
After reading, Bai Ye sighed.
Deep Sea Scales were obviously equipment materials.
Polluted Blood was uncertain — he had obtained it last life but heard no use.
Still, he kept it; everything had potential use.
He had killed around twenty Deep Divers so far, so had about seventy or eighty scales, and twenty drops of polluted blood.
Today's synthesis attempts were used up, or he would try combining now.
Shaking his head, Bai Ye closed his backpack, gripped the Rotten Tachi, and stared into the corridor.
Now the exploration began.
The building was silent except for the echo of footsteps.
Bai Ye stayed cautious.
Based on past experience, such buildings were full of traps.
Sure enough, after a few steps, a mechanism was triggered.
A "click" sounded.
Suddenly, hidden slots appeared on both walls, shooting out many sharp arrows.
"I knew it."
Bai Ye's face changed as he dodged frantically.
The arrow barrage lasted a full minute before stopping.
The floor was now littered with many arrows.
[Poisoned Arrows]
[Description: Arrows infused with deadly poison, though weakened by time.]
"Though I don't have a bow, arrows can't be wasted."
A minute of firing shot hundreds of arrows.
Bai Ye hated waste, so he swept them all into his Backpack.
Even if he didn't use them, others might need them.
The arrows were quality, with iron tips and poison.
Crafting arrows in the game wasn't easy; selling them would be profitable.
He smiled, continuing cautiously forward.
No further traps were encountered, and he reached the end — a closed obsidian door.
Heavy and thick.
Bai Ye pressed his ear, trying to hear beyond.
Nothing.
The door's soundproofing was strong.
"Forget it. I'll just rush through."
"Besides, I won't die."
"Even if I die, I'll come back tomorrow a hero!"
Bai Ye smirked.
He pushed the heavy obsidian door.
At the touch — a vibration.
A red flash appeared — his character was injured.
Bai Ye's face darkened.
Before he could react, the light dimmed visibly.
Then — thud — the character collapsed.
[You have died of poison.]
"Damn!"
Bai Ye was stunned.
He thought he'd break in and kill everything.
Instead, he died before opening the door — poisoned!
"So my game character was poisoned."
"The only poison I encountered was the arrows, but I dodged all of them. How?"
He scratched his head, puzzled.
Then he recalled the obsidian door at the end and had a suspicion.
"Could the door itself be poisoned?"
The more he thought, the more likely it seemed.
Touching the door probably triggered sharp spikes coated with poison, causing wounds and poisoning.
Bai Ye swore under his breath.
"Damn, these builders were tricky."
He felt he had been cautious but was still outwitted.
He'd learn from this death and continue tomorrow.
But his interest was piqued.
"The more dangerous the defenses, the more valuable the treasures inside."
"Tomorrow, I will take it!"
For now... he'd pet the cub instead.
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