As Ash teased the little treeman, there was a sound of thumping footsteps in the distance. Accompanied by the sound www.biquge.info of footsteps, there are countless sounds like children running back and forth.

Without the need for feedback from the eyes of the dead, several people could already see the object that made the sound with the naked eye. Or rather... It was a wooden man more than three meters tall.

It's like a puppet scarecrow made of a truncated piece of wood, and it's like a stout version of a wooden doll for painting reference, and the wooden figure walks cautiously in the direction of several people with a thump of steps. When he entered, they saw a group of small stumps around him, one by one, like happy mice, clattering around him and following him.

The wooden man strode long, careful not to step on the small stumps that swirled under his feet, and at the same time he had to keep reaching out to gather the small stumps that were about to run out of the area. It's like a worried aunt in a kindergarten who manages the children not to run around, and it's no wonder that he walks staggeringly.

The happiest little tree stump in the lead spotted the monster holding their companion hostage at the front, and the rhizome and calf suddenly braked, and the small stumps behind crashed into each other, covering their heads one by one. Finally waited to stand firm, after seeing those few strange creatures, a group of small stumps opened their eyes one after another, and the branches patted me, I patted you, pointed and looked at each other.

Their branches and leaves touched each other lightly, as if they were talking to each other, and it took a few moments for a group of small stumps to realize that they were monsters they had never seen before, and each of them ran clumsily and hid behind the big wooden man. But they didn't seem to be afraid, but they looked out from the wooden man's legs and waist one by one.

The small stump that Ash was holding on to finally found that his companions were coming, and he wanted to run to his companion's place in a daze, but he forgot that his branches were still being pulled by Ash, and suddenly fell on the ground and touched the bottom of his flat stake stupidly. Erzhang was confused.

The little devil covered his eyes with a pair of wings, and his expression was completely miserable, while Pink Jingjing giggled, flew to the head of the little stump, pulled the only branch and leaf on his head, and said, "Ash, let him go." ”

The small stump was lowered and he stayed there for a moment, making sure that his branches could be flung at will. Then he ran towards the big wooden man with small steps.

The big wooden man carefully enclosed the small stump into his protective circle, and then looked at the strange creatures.

"Hey, hello. My name is Pink Jingjing, what's your name? ”

Pink Jingjing liked the wooden man in front of her, who looked huge, but exuded a woody aura all over her body, and flew forward to say hello.

The wooden man's palm stretched out, and Fan Jingjing did not shy away from standing on his palm. also pulled the corner of the skirt and turned it around, so that the other party could see it more clearly.

"Master, you don't stop it?" Sigma Road.

"Well, he has no ill will."

Pixies are nature's darlings and are born to distinguish between good and evil in various creatures, since Pink Jingjing likes each other. Then the wooden man would not be a threat.

Ash put away the weapon he had been guarding and led Sigma to the wooden man's feet.

At this moment, a pair of black glazed eyes embedded in the wooden man's head suddenly emitted a white light. The whole body of the pink crystal was scanned, and the ash and sigma were shrouded again.

Grabbing the little devil's tail to escape, he said lightly, "Don't move, he's just identifying our identities." ”

The behavior of the wooden man resembles that of an interstellar identification machine. Ash's eyes changed when he looked at the wooden man, so it seemed that he was not a pure tree man. It's an alchemy puppet.

The combination of elves, demons, and humans made the wooden man's discernment a little stuck, but he still remembered the orders of the people who had left him to guard, and his black glass-like eyes flashed.

He bowed half down to Ash, which was a friendly courtesy, and suddenly the little tree people did not hide, but all ran out with a click, and surrounded Ash, as if watching some rare animal, one by one they carried their vertical bodies, making people worry about whether they were going to fall backwards and fall down in the next moment.

They have never seen a creature that can move other than the wooden man, and when they see the wooden man expressing friendship to the ash, they know that there is no danger, and they are pulling and pulling, and I am pulling, and they are obviously very curious.

"You can't speak?" Pink Jingjing tilted her head, sighed with some regret, and then said, "Then do you understand what we are saying?" Can you write? ”

The wooden man nodded.

The group found a bench and sat down, and the wooden man brought back a few small stumps that had run a little farther away, and then sat down on the ground as they did.

"My name is Pink Jingjing, you already know it just now. This is Ash and Sigma, my friends. Do you have a name? ”

Shake one’s head.

"None? Shall I get one for you? ”

Nod.

"Hmm... Seeing that your whole body is made of wood, why don't you call it Mumu? ”

… Nod.

"Then, Mumu, we're friends now."

Pink Jingjing happily flew on Mu Mu's shoulder, patted it, and said, "By the way, do you know where this is?" We were teleported here, and we're lost. ”

Mu Mu nodded, his fingers slowly gesturing.

Although he couldn't speak, a half-day of gesturing and even guessing was enough for Ash to understand something.

The city was built by the original creator of Mumu, and for unknown reasons sank into the depths of the sea here, and it has been tens of thousands of years.

And in these tens of thousands of years, the Ash they were the first guests to come to the city.

Pink Jingjing wanted to ask something, but Ash stopped her and said, "Someone's coming." ”

"Let's get out of here first."

Compared to their confusion, the soldiers with their ears were well aware of their purpose, but... Is this city in the sea really the city in the sky that they are looking for, not an underwater city built by some sea tribe?

"Your Highness, is it really here?"

"You can't go wrong with a map."

Lufis looked at the ruined building, and although he was sure that his judgment was correct, he also faintly felt a trace of anxiety.

Contrary to what he had imagined, the green was scarce and pitiful, with no living creatures, no books, and no magic items left behind. Except for a few Eyes of the Dead that were shot down before, all the palaces were empty, empty, empty along the way!

Could it be that those ancient magicians even emptied everything here before the fall of Sky City?

For this exploration, he brought all his henchmen with him, and he owed several favors, not to mention the various resources he mobilized and the rare magic props he used. And he also made a promise in front of his father and important ministers that if he didn't get anything from this expedition, it would inevitably affect his prestige... It even affected his status as crown prince.

No, in any case, he must find something of sufficient value in this exploration, otherwise...

"Go to the Magic Tower in the city center. It's the hub of the whole city, and there should be something left. Lufis rubbed his headache temples and gave the order.

"Yes, Your Highness."

"They went towards the square."

The Eye of the Dead faithfully reported everything she saw, and Pink Jingjing wondered, "That's His Royal Highness the Prince!" Are they also lost? ”

"No, it looks like they're looking for something."

"So, he knows where this is?"

"Maybe."

"Master, since they can come here, then we can follow the place where they entered, and maybe find a way out!"

"Ahh Sigma is right, Ash, let's go find out, shall we? ”

"Hmm."

"Then Mumu, will you come with us?" Pink Jingjing turned around and grabbed Mu Mu and asked.

Mu Mu looked at the longing Pink Jingjing, and then at the group of small stumps that were obediently gathered in his arms, hesitated slightly, and nodded again.

What the host said... Take a good look... Mankind.

The direction they came from was in the west, and they searched all the way, and there were Mu Mu who was familiar with all parts of the city, and with a little identification, they could tell which places had been walked around and which places had been destroyed by talents, and it was easy for them to find the road where Lufis and them came.

Before, they weren't really in the square, and they didn't really see the city, but now, as they head west, they see more of the city.

The streets are lined with elaborate street lamps made of unknown metal, and at intervals, flowers or wings are carved into the ground. The emerald eaves, the rose-red tiles, the strange gardens, the carefully carved transparent corridors, the water-glittering columns, and all kinds of buildings full of various styles are beyond the imagination of the gray people.

It seems that everything here contains a peculiar charm, even after tens of thousands of years of precipitation, even in this quiet and uninhabited city, which has been broken in time, it still has a quiet and elegant beauty.

It's like a beauty in a deep sleep, quietly waiting for someone to wake her up.

In the same way, in addition to these beautiful buildings of various styles, they also saw many traces of alchemical products. A little puppet with a crooked head and scattered parts on the ground, a flower that changes color on the top of the eaves, a little robot that cleans, a beautiful puppet that sings and dances on the street... However, these alchemy products have either lost their brilliance in the crystal nuclei inside, or they have fallen apart and cannot be restored without drawings, and have lost their use value.

No matter how nimble and vibrant they were 10,000 years ago, they are now just a pile of broken copper and iron, which has lost its original role and has become a pile of metal garbage.

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