Chapter 44: The Lost City
The ice bridge created by the Enchanter, Yihao and Arashi were able to step over the shimmering end of the cliff.
The place where the glitter appears to be the end of the stalactite cave, and as you walk there, the surrounding cave walls gradually transition from natural rock walls to artificially corrected walls. The exit of the cave is a stone door made of heavy black stone, which is beautifully carved with fine lines, and a stone slab on the left side has a few words written in incomprehensible characters, although it is quite weathered, but Yihao still tries to identify them.
“…… Last...... Refuge? ”
"Yihao, do you know this kind of writing?" Arashi looked surprised.
"Well, like I've seen it somewhere......" Yihao nodded, his knowledge of the words came from his experience in the sea of consciousness, but he couldn't think of a specific fragment.
"What does the final shelter mean......" Arashi frowned, thought for a while to no avail, and decided not to dwell on it any more. Forget about these unclear things, let's move on, since there are words written here, there should be people living in it. ”
"It would be nice if that was the case......" As he caught up with Lan, Yihao looked back at the slate and glanced deeply, although he couldn't say why, but he always felt that the chances of Lan's hope to achieve it were very slim.
If the road conditions in the stalactite cave are described as muddy, then the road behind the black stone gate can be said to be a flat river.
The blue sea floated above, and some invisible force supported it, and the bright sunlight shone through the sea. If it weren't for the fish swimming around, the shadows would look like the sky, and the manicured pavement beneath your feet would be quite comfortable to walk on, and there were many plants that had never been seen before growing in the crevices of the weathered masonry. Yihao looked at the bright fruits on the plant, and although he wanted to replenish his empty stomach with a little energy, Arashi warned him not to eat these fruits that she couldn't distinguish, so Yihao had no choice but to give up.
After walking for about half an hour, the two of them finally walked out of the valley behind the black stone gate and came to an extremely open high cliff. And when looking down from the top of the cliff, Yihao instantly lost his words.
Below the cliff is the outline of a huge city, stretching from the bottom of the cliff to the end of the horizon. The buildings in the city are all in a style that Yihao has never seen before, and most of them are low-rise bungalows. The natural and regular shape is a bit of a coral reef shadow. Towering over the center of the city is a pyramid-like megastructure that is more than 200 stories tall. From such a height at an angle of forty-five degrees down to the ground, one can imagine the enormity of its volume.
Both the surrounding bungalows and the central giant pyramids are highly civilized, but they are very different from modern civilization.
"Could it be ......" Yihao thought of a certain possibility. And Arashi next to him spoke out on his behalf. "Atlantis."
"Is Atlantis lost to the big 6......" Yihao came out with a wry smile. Do you think that's possible? ”
"The legendary Atlantis sank at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean...... Arashi said softly. He shook his head in confusion. "Anyway. We're all going to go down and see. ”
"yes...... "Yihao tried to make himself think in a positive direction." If you do meet the Atlanteans. I'm going to take a shower and water and bread. It would be great if there were a few more beautiful mermaid girls to serve...... Uh, did I say something wrong? ”
Noticing that Lan's eyes suddenly turned cold, Yihao asked in a panic.
"It's nothing, it's just ......," Arashi said coldly. If I were an Atlantean, I would have chained the dangerous beast first. ”
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Although Arashi's words made Yihao worry about how to deal with being rude to the Atlanteans, it turned out that his various concerns were obviously overthinking. When the two of them descended the cliff and reached the middle of the magnificent city, not to mention the Atlanteans, they did not see even the shadow of half a sapient being, but nothing that could move, only the strange plants that flourished all over the city, and the many reptiles that seemed to have evolved from fish.
When Yihao stepped out of the sixth empty bungalow, he confirmed his suspicion.
"Looks like the city is abandoned......"
"Well, and it's been abandoned for a long time." Lan's observation was obviously more detailed than Yihao's, and she held a weathered stone tool in her hand. "I've consulted with archaeology professors about how it will take at least thousands of years for the stone tools to be weathered like this, and the people here have been gone since a long time ago."
"Have we come to a ruin...... "Yihao shrugged his shoulders and smiled wryly as he looked at the sea overhead. If providence wants us to be Aden and Eve here, we don't have to worry about the children's residence in the future......" Yihao said to Arashi as he joked.
"That's not bad." Lan responded to Yihao with a smile, but her expression followed with a stern expression. "But then we have to eliminate the danger here first, and besides, in fact, I have felt a lot of danger in my eyes since just now."
"What a coincidence, I have it too
It feels like it's going to be more and more, and it's better to solve it here first, right? Yihao picked up a stone and threw it at the dense grass not far away. The stone whistled and fell into the grass, causing a low roar, and in the next moment, many black shadows burst out from the hidden places around them, surrounding Yihao and Lan in the middle.
"These things...... Evolved from fish, right? Arashi looked in amazement at the reptiles about the size of a domestic dog, and although they had sharp teeth that were visible to the naked eye, they still had fish-shaped scales on their bodies. It appears that during the disappearance of the Atlanteans, the creatures here had evolved their own system of demeanor.
"Whatever it is, I'm not interested in them." Yihao rarely showed a cold expression. Ever since he was a child, he has had a strict aversion to fish. At this time, the hostility was undisguisedly released. "Hey, little minion, if you don't want to die, just step down!"
Yihao's rebuke made the reptiles cringe, but since they had never seen such outsiders, their predatory instinct prevailed in their hearts. The group of fish beasts the size of domestic dogs let out a strange low whistling sound, and then one of them quickly rushed towards Yihao's back against the ground, apparently intending to test the strength of the outsiders first. As it approached Yihao, the dogfish beast suddenly jumped up and bit straight at Yihao's neck, but its unskilled predatory movements were too clumsy in the eyes of the two human powerhouses. Yihao didn't even move a finger, and the heroic spirit that appeared out of thin air directly cut the dog fish beast in half.
Cut in half, the dogfish splashed viscous liquid and fell to the ground, emitting a thick fishy smell, Yihao frowned on the spot. But before he had time to complain. The surrounding dogs, fishes, and beasts attacked in unison as if they had received a signal.
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"Wait, wait......" Yihao stopped Lan with an ugly face, but Lan simply swung a few swords, and dozens of dogs, fishes, and beasts were already covered in corpses. An increasingly intense fishy smell creates a disgusting mist in the air.
"Yihao. Do not have the kindness of a woman at such times. Arashi admonished Yihao. However, the latter's face became more and more ugly, and finally he couldn't help but kneel on the ground and retch.
"Yi, Yihao? How about you? Lan's voice suddenly panicked.
"Please...... You're going to slaughter them all, and I'm not against it......" Yihao covered his nose. I struggled with the impulses that poured out of my stomach. He has severe allergies to fish, and his current condition is almost like falling into a salt heap for him. "But don't leave a trace! This damn taste...... Phew! ”
"Hug, I'm sorry, I forgot you're allergic to fish......" Arashi looked apologetic, and then swung the Demon Slaying Sword with great force as if he wanted to practice his words, and slashed out in the surroundings.
The exploding sword wind set off a small-scale shock wave in a corner of the city, and the corpses of dozens of dogfish beasts were destroyed into powder, along with the fishy smell they scattered, and the remaining half of the dogfish beasts that were still alive also disappeared with the shock wave, although it was not known whether they were dead or alive, but at least it was certain that they would not have the courage to come to challenge after witnessing the strength of Lan Feiren.
"Whew, ......" Yihao breathed greedily in the fresh air like a person who was about to drown, and his face was obviously much better.
Lan next to her was also relieved, she showed a look that she wanted to comfort Yihao, but her eyes unconsciously glanced into the distance. "Yihao seems to have guests!"
"And?" Yihao's expression suddenly distorted, and he looked in the same direction as Lan, but in a coral house on the left, a xenomorph fish beast similar in appearance to a shark and a body comparable to a polar bear was surging out. The shark beast stared at Yihao in the distance, and the two of them let out a sharp low whistling sound and rushed towards this side with a running degree, no matter how they looked at it, their attitude had nothing to do with "amiability".
"Hey, even the sharks have escaped......" Yihao couldn't help but moan
"Do you want to kill it?" Lan asked Yihao with the Demon Slaying Sword.
“…… Well, let me do it. Yihao shook his head, barely suppressing the conditioned reflex in his stomach and focusing his attention on the Heroic Spirit. Come out, shattered demons! ”
Fueled by the hatred of natural predators, the Norse warriors ignited pitch-black flames and evolved into Demon Breakers in the flames. The demon raised his hand, and a flame blade immediately took shape in his palm, and with the movement of Yihao's hand, the flame blade roared and pounced towards the shark beast. Before being seen by Flame Blade, the sharkmon leaped to the side with sharp movements, and although it managed to avoid the fate of being more direct than Flame Blade, it underestimated the power of Flame Blade. The flame blade that landed on the ground exploded violently behind the sharkmon, and the explosion set off a gang wind that blew the sharkmon all away.
The shark beast was at a loss to Xiang Yihao
The direction fell before Arashi swung his demon-slaying sword. Yihao took the lead and kicked the sharkmon's back with a fierce force of hatred. I heard the crunch sound of broken bones, and the shark beast wailed and fell to the ground, unable to get up again.
"Hmph, the fish dare to be arrogant, you know how powerful Uncle Ben is, right?" Yihao raised his middle finger at the shark beast on the ground, as if to vent the depression of his childhood.
"Yihao." At this time, Arashi pulled the corner of his coat and told him the unfortunate news. "I remember. Some sharks seem to live in packs, right? ”
“…… It seems so, yes. Yihao nodded with difficulty, his gaze swept around, and the number of shark beasts that came out of the coral house was more than twenty just in front of him.
"What to do? Destroying them won't be a problem, but it might attract more fish and beasts. Arashi waited for his decision.
"Ugh. At this time...... Okay, let's retreat strategically! Yihao decided and turned his gaze to the giant pyramid in the middle of the city. I'm going to open the way! Run there! ”
Driven by Yihao, the Shattering Demon clasped his hands to his chest. Twelve blades of flame emerge from its back. While Arashi and Yihao were running, twelve flame blades slammed into the left and right of the two of them one after another, and the light and heat of the violent explosion blew a street in the city into ruins, and also blocked the pursuit of the shark beast. The shark roared angrily. The whistling sound spread outward in waves, as if stimulated by the whistling sound, and all kinds of xenomorph sea beasts rushed out of the streets. The ruined city, which had been silent, turned into a sea of fish and beasts in an instant.
The alien fish beasts that came out began to fight each other. They emitted an aura that made Yihaodi's face crumple.
"It's a nightmare...... Yihao subconsciously shook Lan Di's hand. At the same time, the pace was accelerated. "I'm going to rush!"
"Hmm!" Arashi's gaze fell on the hand being held, although he was in danger. But there was a happy look on his face.
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Yihao and Lan Xun rushed through the streets of fish and beasts and rushed towards the giant pyramid in the middle of the city. Along the way, the two of them were surprised that the closer they got to the location of the pyramid, the rarer the traces of the fish beast became, and when they stood in front of the pyramid, the fish beast had completely disappeared from their vision, and the disgusting smell that filled the air was also like a forgotten nightmare.
"It's heaven...... "Yihao sighed. After experiencing the catastrophe of the fish beast, his requirements for Elysium seem to be much lower.
Hearing this, Lan Yan shook his head silently and pointed to the entrance of the pyramid in front of him. “…… Anyway, let's go in first. ”
"Anyway, don't the Atlanteans have any sense of precaution?" Yihao followed Lan into the pyramid, looking at the huge door carved out of stone overhead, and wondering that there was no door here.
"I guess this is a place to worship the gods, right?" Arashi speculated. "If it's a temple, it's natural that there is a god's protection, and it's not surprising that there is no door."
"So that's the case that the Atlanteans believed in gods?"
"I don't know, but there should be an offering in it, right?"
Arashi's answer drew Yihao's attention to the interior of the temple. The lighting system inside the temple allows the light of the outside world to naturally spread to every corner of the temple, and the surrounding stone walls and ground are completely untraceable to see the slightest trace of joints, just like a complete rock carved out of the inside. From this point of view, it seems that the level of civilization of the Atlanteans has reached a level that can be admired by mankind. When he was lamented by the civilization of the Atlanteans, Yihao couldn't help but have doubts.
"The Last Shelter......" he muttered as he read the words he saw at the exit of the tunnel. Since the Atlanteans were able to make these things, did they still need to take refuge? ”
"Maybe, even with the current level of human technology, there are still things that can't be handled, so there is an institutional existence for this, right?" Arashi stopped in front of a spiraling staircase, noticing what seemed to be carved into the stone wall that surrounded it.
"Yihao, come and see, there is an upward passage here, and there is something carved on it."
The stone walls of the staircase are inscribed with huge frescoes. Unlike the weathered buildings outside, the murals in the pyramids have not been eroded by the years at all, and Yihao carefully examines the contents of the murals, revealing many surprising things. The mural depicts a vast galaxy map of the galaxy and a huge saucer-shaped spaceship, as well as the appearance of a lifeline extending from one planet to dozens of other planets, the scene of the Atlanteans landing on Earth, airships and huge high-rise buildings towering like clouds...... The two of them climbed the spiral staircase for about thirty minutes, and what seemed to be recorded was the peak prosperity of civilization.
"Suddenly I feel like we're involved in something terrible......" Yihao looked up at the staircase with no end in sight, confirming Arashi. Do you want to keep reading? ”
"Well, read on." Arashi nodded. "Maybe what we want to know is up there."
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