"Is this the key hidden in the diary?" Elena wondered.

"That's right. Magic circles usually have an eye for the array, and the magic array can be dissolved through special magic items. With that, Vane inserted the metal key into the keyhole in the middle of the disc. Everyone was amazed that a key had been inserted into the surface of the disc that had just been tightly sealed.

"Click. "Something seems to have been touched, and the key disappeared from the keyhole. Immediately afterwards, the entire wall emitted a pale blue light, slowly turning from weak to strong, illuminating the surrounding rock walls.

Accompanied by a booming sound, the intense blue light made it impossible for everyone to open their eyes. Soon the blue light disappeared, and when everyone saw the ruins in front of them again, their hearts were full of shock.

In an instant, the scenery in front of me seemed to have passed for thousands of years, and the former gorgeous temple was no longer there, and it was a ruin that was indistinguishable from other ruins. Cracks and potholes appeared in the flat walls, the gray rock turned yellowish-brown, and the wall in front of it was torn in half from the keyhole in the middle of the disc. Strangely, there was a ray of light in the cracked crack.

When Grimm saw that Wayne and the others had opened the gate of the ruins, he was about to return to the tribe, and everyone took out half of the food and gave it to the fishmen, although it was not much, Green was still grateful. Let's hope they can stay strong and alive, Vane said silently as he looked at the direction of their departure.

With Simpson's help, a small door was formed in the middle of the ruined wall for everyone to enter. After passing through the door, there were a few steps down, and soon everyone entered the inner hall of the ruins, and the entire hall was immediately unobstructed.

In the middle of the hall stands an obelisk, seven or eight meters high, pointing to the top of the hall. Looking up, the gray-black stele is wide and narrow at the bottom, the four sides are angular and angular, and the surface of the stele body is engraved with strange symbols. A yellowish glow flowed through the dented notch, and the hall was somewhat illuminated by the faint light.

"Wow, what is this?" Ise looked curiously around the obelisk.

"Obelisk? I've heard people talk about steles like this before, which were used in ancient times to commemorate important events. Elena paused and said.

"I'm afraid this is no ordinary obelisk. Vane said, reaching for the obelisk. Just when his fingertips touched the stele, the stele made a soft "buzz" sound, and the side where his fingers touched it glowed with a pale yellow light, just like those strange symbols before.

"What is this?" several other people gathered around, looking at the glowing surface of the monument in amazement. Vane then touched the other three sides of the obelisk, but nothing happened.

"What does that mean, what does that mean?" Vane wondered.

At this moment, a "buzz" sound sounded again, and the entire surface of the monument on the right side also lit up. Turning his head, Felder still had his hand on it, looking at Vane innocently: "I just touched it lightly and it lit up." ”

But again, Felder could no longer light the remaining two sides of the obelisk. It would take about four people to light up the entire obelisk, Vane thought to himself. Sure enough, as he expected, Elena and Ace succeeded in lighting up the remaining two sides of the monument.

In an instant, the obelisk bloomed with a dazzling pale yellow light, bright but not dazzling, filling the entire hall, and everyone seemed to be in another world. Then the light began to fade, and darkness fell again.

But soon everyone was surprised to find that the obelisk was gone. And the darkness around them was not the same as before, but completely dark, and Vane found that except for a few of them who could see each other, they could no longer see anything else, including the ground beneath their feet, as if they were in nothingness. At the same time, weapons and other items on everyone's body were missing.

"What's going on? where are we now?" Felder took two steps forward and two steps back, but he found that no matter how he moved, there was the same darkness all around him.

As if in response to Felder, a female voice that seemed so flat that it seemed to have no emotion sounded: "Welcome to the Expeditionary Force Combat Simulation System." The crowd was startled by the sudden sound, but they did not see the one who spoke.

"Now it's time to choose a weapon, and after sixty seconds enter a random combat field. With the female voice sounding again. A circle of weapons suddenly appeared around the crowd, suspended in the darkness of the void, but the impossible scene was incomparably clear, indescribably strange. What's even stranger is that among these weapons, in addition to common weapons such as swords, axes, and staffs, there are also some strange weapons that have not been seen.

"Who are you, where are we now?" Felder shouted as he looked around, and the only thing that met with silence was frightening.

"We may be in big trouble...... But don't you think she's weird?" said Eth, a little nervous.

"Anyway, let's do what the woman said, get ready. Elena said as she picked up a wooden bow from the side and carried the quiver on her back. The bow, like the sword, axe, and staff next to it, looked unremarkable.

Vane picked up a short, wooden staff, which looked very ordinary, even a little rough. There was no inscription on the staff, it looked like a child's toy, and Vane was very worried about whether it could be used. Eth frowned, too, and picked up a staff and flipped it in her hand. Simpson didn't know if he had come to his senses after listening to Vane's advice, and he chose a pair of wide plate axes to wield in his hands.

Felder had long been attracted to those strange weapons. I saw him bent over, holding a long metal weapon in his hand, which looked a bit like a musket made of goblins, but it looked more complex, and the pitch-black body of the gun glowed with dark blue. He fiddled with it twice, shook his head slightly, put the gun down, and picked up a metal cylinder with a handle next to him and fiddled with it.

"Countdown to 10 seconds, 9 seconds ......"

At this time, everyone had already chosen their weapons and stood in place and waited anxiously.

"Felder, why did you take such a strange thing?" asked Elena, curiously looking at the half-man-long jet-black metal cylinder in Felder's hand.

"I don't know, it looks a bit like a goblin with a cannon. The weapons here are really eye-opening, and the sword is shabby in comparison......" Felder nagged excitedly as he strapped his bulging backpack.

“......”

"Three seconds, two seconds, one second, ready to enter the actual combat field, the mission objective - to defend the city of Salento......" As the words fell, a soft pale yellow light filled the entire space again.