As Reynaud touched the door of the Exhibition Room, an Authority Eye slowly emerged.
When the Authority Eye locked onto Reynaud, his mood became unusually uneasy.
On the first floor, he wasn’t too worried, but after the ambush on the second floor, Reynaud became somewhat apprehensive, fearing that his permissions might be altered by a higher order.
Fortunately, after two or three seconds of identification, the Authority Eye smoothly transitioned from yellow to green light.
The door opened.
Reynaud’s permissions were not revoked, at least he could still enter the second-floor Exhibition Room.
As Reynaud breathed a sigh of relief, Nis also let out a long breath, he was actually more worried than Reynaud about being unable to enter the Exhibition Room, after all, the Exhibition Room held visible gains. It seems that luck was still on their side.
The layout of the second-floor Exhibition Room was exactly the same as the first floor, except the exhibits were different.
Nis learned from the first-floor experience and didn’t waste even a second. After entering the room, he walked among the exhibits, filtering and selecting quickly.
However, only after a minute of screening, Nis knew that rapid selection would be difficult.
Because the number of exhibits here was significantly more than on the first floor, and many had bizarre limb shapes. Identifying the sources in a short time was not that simple.
Just like the container on the metal platform to Nis’ left, it contained a slender fleshy tendril, apart from being a dull gray, it had no other obvious features. At first glance, Nis thought it was a kind of deep-sea fish lure, like the little lantern atop an anglerfish.
If it was a lure, it wouldn’t hold much value, so Nis quickly moved past it, but after a few steps, he came back because he suddenly remembered a type of gray-skinned ghost from the Abyss, namely the Obscure Demon, which also had similar tendrils atop its head.
So, it was possible that this was a demon tendril. If it was indeed a demon tendril, its value would instantly rise, excluding the internal Soul Arms, its outright value would be higher than the three items he acquired on the first floor.
Nis then stood beside the container, contemplating, and he found that the more he thought, the more inspired he became.
Not just as a lure or demon tendril, he also thought of several other creatures with similar tendrils, of which the highest in value was the Void Angler, and the lowest was the cardiac tentacle of a certain Ghoul.
This left him in a dilemma, what exactly was this tendril?
Such situations didn’t just occur with the tendril, there were many exhibits like this on the second floor, which displayed only part of the organs with no obvious characteristics, making it quite difficult to determine their value.
Ultimately, Nis could only ask Kanter for help.
But Kanter couldn’t identify everything either, at best, he was slightly better than Nis. Moreover, Kanter discovered that some extra-territorial creature organs had been added to the second-floor Exhibition Room.
For example, a two-meter-long, white-furred thick arm that Kanter recognized as belonging to a snow creature from the Northern Territory Wizards’ Realm.
Many non-Southern Domain native organs that Kanter could recognize were due to luck.
Even with their combined efficiency, they weren’t very fast.
"Forget it, we’ll just stay longer if needed, at worst, we’ll face the hunting sequence again." In the end, Nis accepted the situation, surpassing the time limit didn’t matter anymore.
After switching to meticulous selection mode, Nis didn’t forget to ask Reynaud, "Is the limit on the second floor also three items?"
Reynaud thought for a moment, then nodded, "It should be three items."
Nis sighed, murmuring quietly, "If it weren’t for worrying about the Magical Energy Array, who would follow the rules..."
Just then, a familiar voice echoed from the Mind Ribbon.
"It’s not three items, here you can only take two."
Nis was taken aback, "Angel?"
Angel: "It’s me, I heard your conversation just now, currently on the second floor you can only take two items."
Nis: "How do you know?"
Angel: "I saw it, of course."
Saw it? Nis immediately thought Angel might have discovered a clue through the Magical Energy Array. But soon, Nis realized something was wrong, he clearly remembered Angel mentioning that his control node only managed the first-floor Magic Pattern layout. If Angel discovered it through the Magical Energy Array, how did he find the second-floor’s Magical Energy Array information?
While Nis was filled with suspicion, Angel’s voice sounded again: "Oh right, the container on the metal platform just to your left turn, where you stood for almost a minute."
Nis looked over in confusion, and Angel was indeed referring to the tendril from earlier.
"That’s an Obscure Demon’s tendril. They can sense external malice through the tendrils’ vibrations, it’s an organ that can compensate for reconnaissance capabilities, it’s supposed to be quite valuable."
Nis looked at the limp tendril in the container, feeling a mix of sentiment and perplexity:
"So it really is an Obscure Demon’s tendril!"
"But how did you know I stood here for a minute?"
Angel: "I told you already, I saw it. Turn your head forty-five degrees to the left, then look up..."
Not only Nis, but Kanter and Reynaud looked over too. They discovered that the direction Angel indicated was exactly where the Exhibition Room’s door was.
At this moment, above the Exhibition Room’s door, an Authority Eye was faintly hovering on the nameplate, winking at Nis.
"When did this Authority Eye appear?!" Reynaud exclaimed in surprise.
Nis glanced at Reynaud, saying softly, "You shouldn’t be so surprised about when it appeared, but rather... is it being controlled by Angel?"
"It’s me." Angel manipulated the Authority Eye to nod up and down, also emitting a little green light, "I used it to observe your side of things."
Nis walked near the Authority Eye, curiously asking, "How did you do it?"
Angel: "Are you sure you want to hear it now? You have three minutes remaining, after three minutes, four Magic Pattern nodes will be triggered, three should be the hunting sequences you’ve encountered before, and another seems to be some kind of remote transmission switch."
This meant that exceeding the time limit on the second floor not only involved facing the hunting sequences but also possibly being discovered by others.
For Nis, if it were just the hunting sequences, it would be manageable; but being discovered by others could mean he might not get ahold of the items on the lower floors, especially the information he most desired.