Chapter Forty-Seven: The Vanishing Hanging Garden
Water vapor filled the sky, there was only one road in front of him, this passage was winding, I don't know where it leads, the stone steps less than two meters wide can't even stand two people side by side at the same time, Mu Fengye and Sakura stepped on the stairs one after the other, because the water vapor above the head obstructed, the sun's rays could not completely penetrate down, which also made the surrounding environment extremely dark and damp, as if some monster could come out at any time. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
There is no end to the stone steps, you can only take one step at a time, for the unknown ahead, Sakuruma's heart is both nervous and excited, she has never seen her have such an expression, her body trembled weakly, and her steps became much faster unconsciously.
"Sakura, wait a minute!" After walking up about a few hundred steps, Sakurama's speed did not slow down at all, which made Mu Feng tired and breathless, the air quality under the water vapor was very poor, the moisture in it was very heavy, and there was almost no oxygen for humans to absorb a large amount, just walking for a while, there was a feeling of lack of oxygen.
"We're getting closer and closer to the vapor, and we're probably a few dozen meters away from this place. Sakuruma glanced back at Mu Fengye, his appearance was indeed a little worrying, and his face was almost purple.
There was water all over the eyelashes, the hair was slowly getting wet, and the clothes were a little wet against their bodies, all signs that they were about to leave the vapor cover and reach the top of the puddle, where what was the building?
On the grassland next to the cliff, everyone has been waiting for about twenty minutes, and still don't see any news from Mu Fengye, Gao Zhi tried to shout his name loudly below, but no one responded at all, and the sound of water vapor seemed to swallow people, like a mud cow entering the sea.
"Mu Feng, damn it, there's no movement yet, nothing will happen to the two of them. ”
"Gao Zhi, can you say something nice!" "Serina punched Gao Zhi's head, and at the same time noticed that she hadn't spoken for a long time and had been staring at the fourth palace in the distance, "Qiye, what's wrong?"
"Aini-sama, Mu Feng-sama, are they going to the building over there, that place always feels eerie......" The sentimental Shinomiya has been staring at the ethereal silhouette behind the fog, if there is a place that resembles that in the present world, I am afraid that there is only a cemetery.
"It's okay, with Sakuruma by his side, nothing should happen. Serina comforted the four palaces and tried her best to convince herself that she couldn't let everyone's time be wasted here, the building behind the fog was the only hope, even if there was no food, at least there was a place to live.
The water vapor is pressed on the body, and the whole body is almost soaked in water, and the air here is not circulating at all, and the most terrible thing is that this layer of water vapor is about dozens of meters thick, and I am afraid that I can't even get out in the state of extreme hypoxia.
"Mu Feng, you're okay. ”
"Well, I can barely hold on, this place is too evil......"
"There are still ten meters left, take as many breaths as you can, we have to rush out immediately. Sakurama took a deep breath, but this breath only inhaled about one-sixth of the usual oxygen, which was probably the limit, and it was necessary to quickly rush out of the water vapor layer without running out of breath, otherwise it would be impossible to get the much-needed oxygen supply after holding his breath for a long time.
Mu Fengye took a sharp breath, and immediately followed Sakura towards the top after holding it back, and when he fell just now, he could clearly feel that this water vapor layer was indeed very thick, and after walking for so long, it was time to come to an end.
After running for a while, I felt like my lungs were about to explode, there was so little oxygen here, I really didn't know how they should rush through this water vapor layer after contacting Silina, there were sixteen of them, and they needed much more oxygen than Mu Fengye and Sakura, and when they passed through the water vapor layer together, it was equivalent to suicide.
"Whew, ......" The two people who had passed through the water vapor layer fell down the steps in front of them at the same time, and with only one-sixth of the oxygen, they really rushed out of the water vapor layer, and breathed a big mouthful of air again, as if they had flown from hell to heaven.
"It's finally coming out. When Mu Fengye was still looking at the water vapor layer below, Sakuruma had already stepped on the stone steps in front of him quickly, and a faint mist began to surround it, and it was impossible to see it from a distance, and similarly, no one else on the cliff could be seen from here.
After another twenty minutes, the winding stone steps finally approached the center of the puddle, which should have covered a thousand square kilometers from the distance they had traveled, and they had only walked half the distance to reach the center.
"Ah...... I'm tired!" Following Sakura to the last stone step, Mu Fengye lost all his strength, bent down and gasped for breath, at the end of the stone steps was a huge rock that was completely overhead, it soared in mid-air, neither touching the stone steps, nor other supports, just floating out of thin air.
"That's ......" Sakuruma slowly approached the mist, this is supposed to be the building you saw on the cliff, but there is nothing here, except for a few pillars standing on top of a boulder floating in the air.
Looking up along the pillar, Sakuruma's expression froze.
At the top of those towering pillars stands a building that resembles the palace of an ancient Greek king!
"What is this?!" Mu Fengye then discovered the building hidden in the mist, and the fog was slowly dissipating, revealing the full picture of this "palace".
The palace is so high that it is divided into three floors, supported by the same stone pillars in between, except for the pillars below that support the platforms. The entire palace is made of stone bricks and is older, but in order to stabilize the structure, it was common for people in ancient times to strengthen it with asphalt. Judging from the platform below, these palaces should be square, and the length of one side is about one hundred and twenty meters to one hundred and thirty meters, and there is a faint fragrance from the top of the palace, which is the fragrance of flowers!
Sakurama carefully observed for a long time, this architectural technique is indeed very old compared to the current building, and in terms of appearance, it should not be an oriental building, the style stays in the ancient Greek period, this is probably the work of that era, is it that God deliberately put it here?
"Let's go up and have a look. ”
In the center of the platform there is a spiral staircase that leads to the top of the platform, which is about 25 meters high.
The moment he stepped onto the platform, Mu Fengye was almost stunned by the scene here, not only him, but even Sakura didn't expect it.
What looks like a palace on the outside is actually like a large garden inside, with courtyards and walls, and the moss that was originally thought to be left over from the past is green plants and flowers!
"This ...... What the hell is this place? "There is a constant stream of water on the walls outside the courtyard, which irrigates the flowers and grasses, and is so clear that it should be drinkable, if you guess correctly.
Sakuruma came to the end of the palace on the first floor alone, she stood by the guardrail and looked back at the entire castle in the sky, and she seemed to think of something, this architectural style, as if she had seen it somewhere......
"The Hanging Gardens of Babylon ......"
"What did you say?" Mu Fengye only cared about admiring the strange flowers and plants in the flower bed, and didn't pay attention to what Sakura said, the flowers and plants here are all varieties that have never been seen, but the appearance is very pleasing.
"You can't go wrong...... It was built in the Neo-Babylonian period in the 6th century B.C., and was built by the king of the time, Nebuchadnezzar II, who built the hanging garden for the princess Mitis, and it is believed that it was built by Sennacherib, the king of Assyria at that time. But when Neo-Babylon fell, the hanging garden disappeared with it, and no one has ever found its location, and there is no information about it in the literature. ”
I think I've seen this name in a book, and Sakurama's words are similar to the words I saw at the time, but I didn't expect that kind of legendary building to appear here, and it is not much different from the description in the text and the real scene in front of me.
The garden hanging in the sky, the ingenious water supply system, and the entire sprawling garden, which were not originally products of this world, were unexpectedly moved here, and the ruins that had been buried in the yellow sand were revived, but this is not exciting in any way.
"Text them, this place should be safe. Confirming that this was the Hanging Garden of Babylon that had disappeared, Sakuruma seemed to have other things to do, and she shook off her words and walked to the courtyard of the garden.
"Will there be a signal in this place?" Mu Fengye tried to edit a text message, which noted the precautions when passing through the water vapor layer, they had better pass through one by one, otherwise it would be impossible for the thin oxygen in the water vapor layer to supply so many people at the same time.
"Didi. ”
"Failed to send the message? There is really no signal in this damn place...... Mu Fengye slapped his mobile phone, and shook it in the air to find some weak signals, God did not completely block the signal of this world, but this gave them the opportunity to contact each other.
"Ding Dong!"
"Huh?" stared at the screen in disbelief, and the text message that had failed to deliver the message just now was suddenly sent!
"Sakurama, next...... "Sakuruma didn't know where she had gone when she turned around, but no matter how much she ran, she wouldn't leave the Hanging Garden, it was the only human building they had come to this world, and there didn't seem to be any monsters around, and even if there were, it wouldn't have been possible to appear here out of thin air.
Sakuruma alone doesn't know if Ann is safe, but with her skills, she won't be in danger, Serina should have received a text message by now, she must find some food in this place, I hope these flowers can be eaten, but the more beautiful things are, the more dangerous they are, and I don't know what kind of plants these plants are, even if I am hungry, I can't try that kind of thing.
"Huh, is this...... Footprints?"