Volume 1 The Land of the Dead Chapter 119 Wrong Reasoning
"The last ray of sunlight fell on the earth 5,600 years ago, because the ignorance of the creatures angered the sun god, and we were abandoned by the gods, and the sun god withdrew his eternal splendor and so on, and for three hundred days there was no day or night, and the world fell into eternal night.
And thus the age of the sun is over, and we should remember the cause of the wrath of the gods, though we have forgotten that all I can do is record that history.
At first, it was just cold winds, blizzards, and the resulting hunger that raged in the kingdom, but fortunately, the kingdom survived the first harsh winter with early preparations, but soon, after the consumption of supplies, the people fell into an even worse panic, and we were beyond our ability to recover.
Most importantly are the monsters born of the wrath of the gods, pouring out of the rifts of nothingness, bringing a biting cold, they have completely destroyed the Third Kingdom, and the survivors are less than 10% of the kingdom's population, and the cold temperature is killing more people.
In order to survive, our last survivors will make their way from the western realm of the Glow Plains, where the Viku people were born, to the warmer west, which is bound to be a difficult one,......"
Hearing this, Roger couldn't help it, and pulled his hand out of Andrea's warm fur, interrupting Usugru's narration.
"I'm sorry, High Priestess, now that you've forgotten what angered the gods, how can the kingdom prepare for the sun's disappearance in advance?"
Usugru temporarily took his eyes away from the obscure ancient scrolls, first glanced at the restless Senna, and the more frightened boy, before looking at Roger, and said lightly: "Perhaps it is the last mercy of the gods to our group of ignorant people, the gods are angry that we have touched the forbidden knowledge, but they have given us the ability to deal with disasters, but it is a pity that the priests of the kingdom are lucky, trying to reverse the judgment of the gods through incantations, which obviously angers the gods again, and those divine servants are born in this way." ”
Forbidden knowledge?Even the condensation of his own concept can tell me with a big grin, what forbidden knowledge can the gods have?Roger wrinkled his brows, and couldn't help but think of the scene when he met Rust in the underground tunnel, and then he shook his head, either the people here misunderstood, or ...... The so-called forbidden knowledge probably represents something deeper.
"Sorry, you continue. ”
Usuglu bowed his head and continued to speak in as calm a tone as possible, "...... Trekking through the barren hills and through the crevices of the twisted boulder rifts, our ancestors could finally see the sacred tree 'Nuratis' standing on the earth in the depths of mist and chaos in the barren wilderness, the primordial plant planted by the sun god himself.
The ancestors prayed at the foot of the holy tree, the cold was behind them, the clansmen lost their vitality one by one, the sages offered offerings, and finally woke up the eternal sleeping holy tree, the holy tree bloomed with thousands of feet of heavenly light, as if the sun reappeared, the biting cold dissipated in an instant, and the holy tree also consumed the accumulated energy and fell into a deep sleep again.
The ancestors religiously prostrate at the foot of the sacred tree Nuratis, thanking for the gift, but the power of the sacred tree is limited, it only inherits part of the divine power of the sun god after all, and the great freeze will still strike, and then it will be the end of the world. ”
"This is the scroll left behind by the last High Priest of the Third Kingdom, Black Gru. ”
Roger's eyes lit up, to be honest, there were not as many as his last sentence before.
"I'm sure you still have questions, but we shouldn't have much time, please come with me. ”
As he spoke, Usugru clasped the ground with his scepter, and an obscure spatial fluctuation instantly enveloped several people in the room, and by the time Roger reflected, there was already a completely unfamiliar area in front of him.
"This is ......."
"The core area of the sacred tree, where we call the area of the Holy Spirit. With his back to the huge flat-topped pyramid, Usuglu said lightly.
The pyramid was made of heavy white stone bricks, and the side of the pyramid facing the wilderness was smooth and stepless, and the side facing the city had an unusually wide staircase that led from the base of the pyramid to the top of the flat tower. With this staircase as the dividing line, the towers on both sides of it are covered with huge and mysterious ancient reliefs.
Roger was silent, the others were silent, and the last few were led by Usugru to one of the reliefs, which was tilted and inlaid on the base of the pyramid, and in the center of the picture depicted a round of the sun shining on the earth. Search
Usugru's fingers brushed over the rough lines that represented the sun: "The sun, the symbol of the old world, in this world, the 'sun' is synonymous with 'ancient secrets', so it takes ...... to open this place"
"The edict has been given, and be ready to listen, the evening bell announces your death. ”
A dull bell rang out from the sky, mysterious and primitive, and countless ancient runes appeared on the pyramid, and then a low rumbling sound came from inside the pyramid, the sound went from low to high, and finally the whole ground began to shake.
The secrets of this world are hidden under everyone's noses.
A low rumbling vibration came from the pyramid, as if a large number of tons of boulders were rolling everywhere in this magnificent ancient building, and a large amount of crushed limestone fell from the pyramid in the tremor, and as the dust that had accumulated for tens of thousands of years shook off, the shell of the pyramid opened.
It was originally a building without doors and windows, but now a series of boulders on its side have been detached from the tower by the impetus of ancient devices, and those boulders weighing more than a dozen tons floated into the air as if they had lost gravity, and mysterious runes glowing with blue and red light could be seen at the bottom of the boulders.
The entire pyramid split in two from the middle, and slowly slid open to both sides with a thunderous roar, and the relief stone slabs on the base fell off one after another. Roger was amazed to find that the entire pyramid was now floating in the air!
There was an inch between its base and the ground, and from the slit emanated a magical glow of blue and red, and a powerful anti-gravity spell was activated. It lifts the heavy ancient structure and opens an entrance to the underground!
After the roar stopped, the pyramid had become two equal parts. In the middle is a gap more than ten meters wide. Roger saw a deep passage sloping downward, and the lights in the passage were gradually coming on.
Roger stepped forward and looked in both directions, and he saw that the pyramid had opened to reveal the building's internal structure, with a large number of bulky-looking bearings, gears, hinges, and magical hammers creaking beneath the rock shell, pushing the lenses and other pyramids outside to calibrate. The combination of crude and clumsy ancient machines and magic in a wonderful way makes it look dizzying.
He then strode towards what appeared to be a ramp that led deep underground. Others followed.
The ramp to the underground is unusually wide, and the walls along the way are depicted with a large number of glowing runes, making the passage appear brightly lit. Taking advantage of this convenience, Roger observed the decoration and arrangement of the passage as he walked, and he saw frescoes on the walls on both sides, depicting life in the ancient kingdom in a rugged style. In addition to these murals, you can also see some beautiful statues standing on both sides of the corridors, and humans are only a part of this statue, most of them are images of various animals and plants.
Unfortunately, even though they are kept underground, even with the protection of magic, most of the statues and murals have been damaged to varying degrees, and these magnificent ancient relics are now in a worrying state.
The hallway continued downward, and soon the entrance was out of sight. The lights ahead were still bright, the air wasn't cloudy, and while it was unknown how the lighting and ventilation system for the underground facility was maintained, it looked like it was working well, even when it was just activated.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, the ramp finally came to an end, and they came to an open platform.
A huge and magnificent underground "city" is presented at the feet of all.
I saw that in the vast underground cave, countless huge stones like buildings were lined up one after another, these huge stones had no doors and no windows, and they were obviously not really inhabited houses, they were just placed here to form a model similar to a city. A dark blue and red glow fills the space, and there is a strange sense of floating in the light. And in the middle of the city, there stood a circle of huge stone pillars, which were wrapped with powerful electric light, and the blinding arc of electricity constantly jumped between the stone pillars with a crackling and popping sound.
Roger was not surprised by the tentacles, and he was even a little relieved when he saw them: he had known that the world was built on the foundation of the sacred tree, and seeing the traces of the sacred tree at this time was just a progress in things for him. He looked around, and found a downward ramp at the edge of the platform that led to the strange city.
He led the team towards the city, Glam following with his sword clenched.
The team reached the depths of the city, close to the most electric boulder pillars, the crackling of electricity creating an unsettling atmosphere, and the smell of ionized air in the air. However, Roger noticed that the currents on the boulder pillars were controlled: they only jumped and passed at a height of more than ten meters above the ground, and seemed to have no need to worry about them suddenly clashing down.
The ground here is almost entirely covered by the tentacles of the sacred tree. Countless huge black tendrils stretched out from the ground and poked out into the surrounding pillars of electric light, and there was a faint glow of electricity floating on the roots. Roger cautiously reached the edge of the crater, and when he looked down, all he could see was a bottomless chaotic darkness, and a faint red light in the darkness: it was either lava or some large organ of the sacred tree.