[Once Eugene stepped away, you made sure no one was around and took out the Pumpkin Lantern...]
[Pumpkin Lamp Special Effects, Activated!]
[Under the illumination of the soft light, you saw the stone wall was transparent, revealing some light spots. This made you realize that there seemed to be additional space behind this wall. You choose...]
The special prompt appeared again at this place. Mu You tried using the Pumpkin Lantern, and just as expected, its special effects were instantly activated.
The Pumpkin Lantern generally triggers positive events, so Mu You hastily chose ’search’.
[You searched around but found no entrance.]
[In the center of the wall, you saw seventeen flame stone sculptures invisible to the naked eye. Under the Pumpkin Lantern, they revealed their outlines. However, only one flame was lit, the rest were dim.]
"Flames? Seventeen, with only one lit..."
The new text prompt gave Mu You an idea, and he quickly remembered the fire basins he’d encountered along the way.
He had lit only one fire basin, and here, just one flame was lit.
So, if he lit all the fire basins, would there be some kind of change here?
Mu You was unsure but was interested to try it, despite the risks involved...
Mu You made his decision without wasting time and immediately directed his character to turn around. He found several fire basins he’d encountered on his path and lit each one in turn.
This time, perhaps because he’d discovered a connection with the stone wall, a more detailed description appeared as he lit the fire basin.
[You have lit the ’Pilgrimage Fire Basin Number Twelve’]
[Pilgrimage Fire Basin: a special structure used by the Ancient Elves to welcome and offer to the deity. It extinguishes automatically an hour after being lit, and cannot be lit again for week.]
A fire basin used for worshipping the deity, and he could only light it once a week for each hour. That meant he had to find all seventeen fire basins within an hour.
Otherwise, once an hour passed, the front basins would extinguish, and then he would not be able to gather all the fire basins within the coming week.
Mu You quickly sped up his movements, hoping that these goblins usually did not have the habit of lighting the fire basins. Otherwise if even one had been lit recently, his efforts would fail, even if he found all the others.
Next, Mu You moved at his fastest speed, searching back and forth in the temple. He managed to find all seventeen fire basins within an hour.
Fortunately, these seventeen fire basins hadn’t been touched before and were all successfully lit now.
Unfortunately, the high number of lit fire basins eventually aroused the goblins’ suspicions. The temple was now on alert, with goblins shouting and patrolling through the corridors, seemingly searching for an intruder.
However, Mu You couldn’t worry about that right now. His earlier search for fire basins had taken over fifty minutes, and the first basin would go out soon. He had to quickly go back to the stone wall and check.
[You returned to the wall.]
[Through the illumination of the Pumpkin Lantern, you saw that all seventeen flames on the wall are now lit.]
[At the same time, the wall itself also appeared to change subtly, becoming more transparent. You stretched out your hand to touch it, and your palm passed through the wall without any hindrance.]
As expected, after lighting all the fire basins, this wall seemed to ’open’ directly, allowing unobstructed entry.
[You were about to step into the stone wall when you suddenly heard shouting from afar.]
[The sound came from a distant place, apparently from the direction of the Dark City. The shouts soon coalesced, growing clearer as if a large group of people were quickly approaching.]
"Mu You, what did you do?"
Lin Xue’s voice came from the headset.
"What’s wrong?" Mu You asked.
"I just got a notification. The Dark Elves in Dark City seem to have suddenly rioted..."