Everything before him was far too strange!
The entrance that had suddenly sealed shut, the flames that had flared up, the strange fragrance within them, and the door at the end of the passage-all of it had unfolded far too naturally, leaving no time to think. It was as though everything was designed to make anyone entering the passage instinctively rush toward the only exit: the door at its end!
Especially that strange fragrance in the flames.
It was incredibly strong!
Not only could someone with S+ Perception like Qin Ran smell it clearly, but even an ordinary person could.
It completely violated the principles of poisoning someone silently, with something colorless and odorless.
Moreover, the poison itself was not instantly lethal.
"Paralysis, hallucinations..."
Even after the -1 penalty, Qin Ran still possessed Master-level [Medicine: Pharmaceutical Knowledge], allowing him to easily identify the poison's ingredients.
Although prolonged exposure would cause adverse reactions, that only applied to people with average constitutions. For someone like Qin Ran, whose Constitution exceeded A, such poison could hardly cause any harm.
A poison that could hardly inflict real harm, yet had such an obvious smell...
"Was it just meant to lure anyone entering the passage into pushing open the stone door?"
As though sensing the murderous danger behind the door, Qin Ran carefully took two steps back, distancing himself from it.
Clearly, the door before him was the key to the trap.
Both the entrance that had suddenly sealed shut and the fragrant poison were parts of the trap. Their purpose was to make whoever entered the passage push open this door.
Or, more precisely, the Marilin Church's last head monk had arranged an "insurance policy" for the successor who had never appeared.
Considering that war-torn era, what couldn't have happened?
Even the "successor" being