There is no doubt that Zhang Cheng's words completely subverted the image of a friend he had built up with great difficulty in Celine Baratheon's mind, and the relationship between the two quickly fell to the freezing point.

Even after dinner, the little one never said a word to him again, and hid alone in the corner sulking, and secretly wiped away his tears.

In fact, the girl didn't know that in fact, callousness was Zhang Cheng's true face, and what she had seen before was just an illusion, a disguise that made herself look harmless in everyday life, similar to a chameleon constantly changing the color of its body to blend into the environment.

However, Zhang Cheng didn't pay attention to a troubled child, to be exact, he no longer had the energy to care about anything.

Because not long after returning to the tent, the magic addiction that had not been committed for a long time suddenly began to flare up, and the whole person was suffering unimaginable pain.

In order not to be noticed by his men outside, he had to bite a piece of wood, force himself not to make a sound, and huddle tightly in a ball to resist this indescribable torture, and fell into a semi-comatose state of confusion several times, until it was getting dark.

Knowing how long it was, maybe minutes, maybe hours, he was woken up by a cacophony of shouts outside the tent.

Dragging his tired body, Zhang Cheng struggled to get up, simply washed his face with the water in the barrel, lifted the curtain and walked out.

I saw that the originally calm sea surface suddenly began to boil for some reason, just like boiling water, which not only emitted a large amount of white water vapor, but also showed a strange black and gray color.

The sailors and soldiers were terrified and gathered to discuss the implications of this incredible phenomenon.

Others knelt on the ground and prayed to the seven gods, eager to be protected by the gods.

"Eric, what's going on?" Zhang Cheng asked directly at the team leader with a not very good-looking face.

"Oh my God, you're awake! Just five minutes ago, the whole island suddenly began to shake violently, and then the water was just like what you see now. I think it's probably a precursor to a volcanic eruption, and we'd better get out of here or ......."

At the end of the day, Eric couldn't help but shudder, even a person as bold as him didn't want to encounter one of nature's most terrifying disasters - a volcanic eruption.

You must know where the ruins are located, which itself is a large active volcanic group, and the Valyrians have long ago forcibly sealed all the volcanoes with their powerful magic, and only then did they create the glorious civilization that later came.

"Volcanic eruption?" Zhang Cheng subconsciously frowned.

As a lover of half natural science, he knew more or less about volcanoes, but from the reactions of the surrounding seabirds, as well as the smell of the air, it was not too obvious, at least for the time being, he could not smell the sulfur.

Normally, no matter what volcano it is, it emits a lot of sulfur-containing gas before it erupts, and animals and birds become restless, so it is easy to notice.

But now, the birds and small animals are still doing what they should do, there is no panic at all, and the smell in the air is very normal, and it does not look like a volcanic eruption.

After pondering for a few seconds, Zhang Cheng immediately shook his head: "No, no, this is not a volcanic eruption, but the result of some other force. Organize a team of people right now, and I'm going to go down there and have a look. ”

"Go down, you mean......" Eric's eyes lit up with excitement and anticipation.

He had long since learned that a secret passage had been found inside the ruins of the tower, but he had not been allowed to enter.

"Yes, let's go in and see what's hidden under this tower. Remember, it doesn't take too many to pick the bravest and most experienced players, about thirty is enough. With that, Zhang Cheng turned around and went back to the tent and stuffed everything that could be used into his backpack.

In about half an hour, an expedition team consisting of twenty-five heavily armed soldiers, five sailors with a lot of experience in expeditions, and thirty-seven people from Eric and Zhang Cheng left the camp and headed deep underground.

Passing by the room with Valyrian ingots, no one realized how valuable the dusty strips were.

After about fifteen minutes of progress through the narrow, sweltering tunnel, almost everyone in the team was sweating profusely, and they kept drinking water to make sure they didn't die of dehydration.

Glancing at the multi-function watch thermometer he was wearing on his wrist, Zhang Cheng found that the ambient temperature had reached forty-five degrees Celsius, and most people couldn't last long at such an ambient temperature.

Just as he began to think about whether to return the way he came, the soldier who was walking in front suddenly stopped, knelt on the ground with a thud, and trembled all over his body, as if he had seen an incomparably terrifying scene.

Eric was keenly aware of this, and immediately rushed up to cover his opponent's mouth, dragging him behind him, and then popped half of his head to look around the corner.

Moment!

His pupils dilated and contracted suddenly, followed by a retraction of his head, his back pressed against the wall, his bottom lip biting his lower lip and panting violently, his face full of horror.

"What's going on, what's inside?" Zhang Cheng hurriedly asked in a low voice.

Eric didn't reply, just shook his head desperately, signaling not to pass.

However, he obviously underestimated Zhang Cheng's courage and incomparable thirst for power.

Without any hesitation, Zhang Cheng directly pushed the other party away and walked through the corner alone.

Before he could take two or three steps, he saw a fiery red color in front of him, a large pool of hot magma to be exact.

In the very center of the magma pool, stands a stone tablet five meters high and three meters wide, filled with various high-grade Valyrian characters and unknown symbols, exactly like those on the horn of the Dragonbinder.

You don't have to ask, but what is recorded above is the powerful blood and fire magic of the Valyrians.

Of course, if it was just the stele and magma, it wasn't enough to scare a guy like Eric.

What really scared him was a red dragon lying in the magma!

One with its tail is probably more than 250 meters! Like a mountain of desolate beasts!

The most important thing is that it does not die, but constantly snores slightly, and from time to time its nostrils spew out golden sparks.

In addition, in front of its mouth, there is a lens that emits strong energy radiation, which is the meteorite that caused the apocalypse recorded in the books......