Basement Level Two of the ruins, bedroom.
Or rather, the study.
Angel and the Tree Spirit stood before a wall covered in mottled patterns, with bookshelves they had moved aside on either side.
"Behind this wall should be the hidden room shown on the map." Angel reached out and touched the wall. His spiritual power turned into fine threads and tried to bore through it, but just like everywhere else in the ruins, after probing about a meter past the wall, it could go no farther.
Angel helplessly withdrew his spiritual power and looked at the Tree Spirit. "Tree Spirit Lord, since we know there's a hidden room behind this wall, can't we just smash it open?"
Angel asked because he had once considered smashing through a wall himself. But back then, the Tree Spirit had said that the ruins themselves lay in the void. To remain suspended in the void for so long, unafraid of erosion from void energy and void creatures, the ruins' outer shell had to possess special properties. In other words, the ruins were a seamless whole. Any damage to their integrity would expose them directly to the void, making them an easier target for void creatures.
Moreover, destroying ruins like these was extremely difficult.
Thus, Angel's earlier suggestion to break through the wall had been rejected.
But now, Angel thought that since the hidden room lay behind this wall, smashing it open should not affect the void outside. That was why he raised the idea of breaking down the wall to search for clues once more.
After hearing him out, the Tree Spirit shook his head. "According to the map, although the hidden room is adjacent to the study, they are not directly connected. There is a large blank area between them, which is still