Chapter 233: Chapter 233: A Treasure Trove Gathered for Auction

Everyone quickly reached an agreement.

Under the Starweaver’s lead, they all entered the elevator. Whatever material this thing was made from, even after three thousand years, it was still perfectly intact and could even draw magic power from this magical anomaly zone to operate.

When the elevator doors opened again, everyone froze.

Compared to the first floor, the second floor was way too... plain. Pitch black all over, not a single bit of light anywhere. The whole place was packed with massive magical devices of various purposes, with only enough space between them for maybe two people to walk through.

What really blew their minds though—some of these magical devices were actually still running, like they were recording something.

"Unbelievable... this is absolutely unbelievable."

Even the Starweaver couldn’t help but gasp when he saw what was in front of them. "Everyone stay alert. If these magical devices can still operate, then maybe the defense systems or other things can too."

At his words, everyone got on guard. But in the end, they realized they’d totally overthought it. How could a place like the Eternal Night Dome have any defense mechanisms left?

Aside from that illusion trap on the first floor testing stargazers’ abilities, they didn’t find anything dangerous in the rest of their exploration.

The second floor was all huge rooms filled with large magical devices. After finishing there, the third floor had rows and rows of small rooms.

These rooms had complete equipment. Various office areas were perfectly preserved, and personal belongings of the stargazers were gradually discovered in this area.

"Why does it feel like they left in a huge hurry? They even left behind daily items and magical devices they’d definitely carry with them in their offices?"

Finally, after exploring several rooms, Edwin couldn’t help but sigh: "This weird situation makes me think... maybe they were suddenly killed, rather than leaving this place on their own."

The livestream viewers, who’d been absorbed in shock and curiosity, felt a chill run through them the moment they heard Edwin’s words.

"Whoa—that actually makes sense!"

"If it were me, I’d definitely take this stuff!"

"What the hell did they go through? So many legendary magicians and high-level magicians—they couldn’t have all died without a sound, right?"

"I don’t know why, but I feel like they evacuated in an emergency, like they encountered something terrifying!"

"Are you kidding? If they encountered something, wouldn’t they leave with their weapons? I think it’s more like they all mysteriously died. Could it be infighting like that first-floor video showed?"

"What kind of infighting kills literally everyone?"

"The key thing is, don’t you guys think the decay rate of everything here is kind of off? Over three thousand years have passed, and wooden tables and chairs haven’t changed much. Plus this is a dark magic anomaly zone—things should corrode faster here!"

As they explored, more and more questions arose in everyone’s minds.

While they were discussing frantically, suddenly the Starweaver up ahead spoke: "The biggest prize of this trip should be right here. The magic warehouse. All the magical devices belonging to the Eternal Night Dome collectively should be in this warehouse."

People whose attention had started to wander immediately refocused at his words.

Sure enough, there was indeed a warehouse up ahead, and it looked like a pretty high-spec one... except the entrance was blocked by an incredibly thick metal door.

This was some kind of metal they’d never seen before. It could actually absorb magical attacks. Even a legendary magician’s magic seemed powerless against it.

"I don’t believe this. Everyone attack together—everything has limits..."

A legendary stargazer tried twice in a row to open the metal door without success, his brow furrowing. But before he could finish speaking, the Starweaver had already raised his hand.

BANG—

With a huge crash, the metal door was still the metal door. But in the wall next to it, a passage big enough for people to walk through had been blasted open. "Sometimes you need to think about problems from a different angle."

With that, he walked inside.

However, the moment they entered the warehouse, everyone froze.

Corpse after corpse was neatly arranged in the warehouse. These people had clearly been dead for a long time, but maybe because of some special magic array here, they hadn’t turned to bones. Instead, they’d become like... mummies without the bandages.

"No, these people were drained!"

The Starweaver observed carefully, then spoke with some shock: "This is a special ability combining magic and natural divine arts. It can link everyone’s brains together to think about one thing, speeding up deduction... They seem to have been deducing something incredible. All of them... every single magician was completely drained of mental energy. Their consciousness couldn’t return, leading to death!"

What could possibly drain so many top magicians?

The more the Starweaver learned, the more terrified he felt.

What the hell happened in the Eternal Night Dome?

Was it that mysterious signal too?

Whether on site or in the livestream, all the magicians fell into silence, everyone starting to think, showing expressions of disbelief.

"Why worry about all that? The most important thing now is to finish exploring everything, figure out exactly how many treasures there are, and dig up as much information as possible. Let’s get our investment back first, then slowly research the rest!"

An archbishop from the Hunting God Society thought for a long while without coming up with anything, so he just urged everyone to keep exploring.

The whole exploration process was eventful but not too dangerous, taking about two days to complete.

For supernatural beings like them, that was nothing.

During this time, news of Edwin’s livestream exploring legendary ruins, discovering a series of bizarre events, and constantly finding exquisite ancient artifacts and powerful Magic Conductors spread like crazy across various apps. More and more people entered the livestream.

Even the gods who felt their faith power absorption efficiency dropping turned their attention to this livestream.

When the exploration ended and items were piled mountain-high in front of that dragon—various magical devices, strange materials, exquisite antiques, ancient magic puppets, and more—even a dragon as wealthy as a nation and battle-hardened fell silent.

In that instant, he had the thought of killing them all and taking the treasure.

But looking at all the legendary magicians present, then thinking about what he actually wanted... though reluctant, he still carefully began his evaluation.