After entering the water, Linton realized that the situation under the lake was somewhat complicated. Linton drove all the way down in a circle, and first he found that the depth of this lake was really a little terrifying, and it was simply not normal for a lake. From the outside, it seems that the surface of this lake is only the tip of the iceberg of this lake, and it is estimated that not many people know about the following situation.

Linton then discovered that the lake was not a backwater lake at all, and as he had previously suspected, the lake had passages underwater, and some of the cracks were clearly flowing in and out of the water, and the location leading to it was beyond the scope of Linton's circle, and he did not know where to go. Because of this, the water flow under the lake is very chaotic, and there are undercurrents everywhere, and it is estimated that ordinary people may be in danger at any time, and they will not be able to go up if they are sucked by the undercurrent.

Linton's swimming skills are not good, although he can't hold back, but he can't swim fast. Yes, here Linton found another aspect that he is not good at, it seems that he is not very good at flying, and swimming is also a weakness. Fortunately, the octopus he brought with him was very good at swimming, and although most of the tentacles were cut off by Linton, leaving only three or four tentacles, it didn't seem to affect his speed, or that he could swim faster.

Of course, Linton didn't worry about him running away, because the mark had already been marked, and if this thing wanted to run, Linton would definitely be able to catch up and kill him. However, the octopus here seems to know the gap, and now it doesn't plan to run, and has been holding Linton with its tentacles and diving down smoothly.

Soon, Linton was at the bottom of the lake. The bottom of the lake was not a flat field, and the space below was very rugged, and as Linton suspected, it might have been part of a mountain before. And by the time Linton got to the bottom, Linton probably knew what was going on.

Yes, what appeared in front of Linton was an underwater ruin, and from some of the circumstances that were swept around, it was obviously a man-made ruin of a city or something, and after many years, most of the buildings were no longer recognizable, but some remnants could still be seen.

Seeing the ruins of this city, Linton also guessed that this might be the disappeared ancient empire that Yalan and the others mentioned before, and it seems that the legend is actually true. From what was discovered before, Linton speculated that the real reason for the disappearance of this ancient empire should be natural disasters such as major earthquakes.

As mentioned before, Linton saw the pebbles around the lake and thought that the lake might have been a river before, but now it seems that this guess is correct. This lake-bottomed city was probably an important city of this ancient empire, built on the riverside. One day, a major earthquake suddenly came, and the surrounding mountains were shaken and collapsed, blocking the river, causing the river to backflow and directly flood the entire city.

As for the cultural relics and other things found by those adventurers before, Linton thinks that they may also flow from here, as mentioned before, there are a lot of undercurrents under the lake, and there are some rivers outside the passage, which may be some undercurrents that roll up the cultural relics under the water, and then rush to the outside through the passage, and are picked up by the adventurers who come in.

As for the other cities of this ancient empire, it is estimated that they were annihilated in history. Maybe it's because of this big earthquake, maybe it's something else, but what's on the ground is dying much faster than here, and it's because of this lake that this underwater city has left its mark.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Linton, he just came down to find the core of the world. However, the results were somewhat disappointing for Linton.

According to the previous situation, if there is a world core after Linton comes down, he should be able to sweep it directly. Because the steel giant was controlled by an octopus before, it was theoretically an octopus's weapon, but after getting close to the other party, Linton directly got a hint, so Linton boldly guessed that there should be no ownership of the core of this world, and this aspect should be different from valuables.

However, as he walked around below, Linton didn't get any hints. The octopus also took Linton to the place where he found the iron giant, this place is a palace, but the remaining wreckage Linton can't tell whether this is a palace or a temple, it should be a very magnificent building before it was destroyed, it can be judged from the size of the area, but now there is only a pile of broken clods left.

Similarly, Linton around the palace didn't get any hints, and swept it with a circle, but there was nothing suspicious. I don't know how many years of silt had been accumulating at the bottom of the lake, because they were swimming here, the silt kept going up, and the visibility was getting lower and lower, and Linton could barely see anything.

After a little sweeping, Linton still gave up, probably without what he was looking for. But you can't just give up, after all, you don't have any clues about the core of this world, and now you only find a fragment here, so you can only find it from here.

After thinking about it, Linton felt that the only way was to study this ruin, or to study the dynasty of this hour or something, to see if the other party had any records or clues about this. However, Linton is not prepared to do this work on his own, he is not involved in archaeology, and he does not know how to start in this area at all.

After thinking about it, Linton decided to mobilize the power of the masses, as long as he made this place public, maybe someone would come here to study. Of course, if it was made public, Linton needed something appealing, so after thinking about it, Linton decided to move something back.

Yes, Linton swept a whole bunch of strange things underneath, most of them were metal-type things, and there were treasures or something, and Linton felt that bringing these things back would definitely cause a sensation, so many people should pay attention to this place.

Secondly, the things that Linton brought back can also be studied by someone, maybe some things can be analyzed, for example, Linton found some metal pieces with obvious engraved things on them, or there are still a small half of the stele-like things left, these things may be the text recorded by this dynasty, anyway, it looks like it, Linton decided to take it back first.

Even though he couldn't see anything, Linton was able to lock down the position of these things by leaning against the circle. After swimming around below, Linton quickly received some things and put them in the package, of course, Linton didn't have to float up anymore after completing them, and returned to Garsern's side on the shore with a flash of white light. As for the octopus, Linton also said that he let it go, and the other party was indeed quite obedient.

Linton, who returned to the shore, sighed, saying that it was really comfortable on the shore, because there was mud underneath, but Linton held his breath until now, looked at the situation on his body, and sure enough, his whole body was covered with mud, and the whole person became a lump of black.

"Wow, you're digging up the river mud?" Garsein, who was next to him, couldn't help but say.

"Dig for treasure." Linton said as he threw out a large pile of fished items from his bag, although most of them were wrapped in mud and sand and turned into a black thing, but everyone knew at a glance that it was really a treasure.

"Is there really a treasure?" Garseen said with a look of surprise.

"Yes, there is a flooded city in the lake, which is probably the ancient dynasty you said a thousand years ago." Linton said.

"Is there really an ancient dynasty? I always thought it was a legend. Yalan next to him said.

"Do we have an archaeological team in the royal family?" Linton asked.

"You're going to study this site? Or are these artifacts? Arlan asked.

"This dynasty may have information on some of the things I want, but I'm not sure, find a group to study and see." Linton said.

"There is no archaeological team in the royal family, but there should be among the people." Arran said.

"Okay, when you go back, publish an article in the newspaper, saying that we have found ruins here, and the royal family is going to organize an archaeological team to investigate and see if we can recruit similar talents." Linton said, "If there are so many treasures, it should be able to cause a lot of conversation, and it is estimated that there will be a lot of attention, and if you cast a wide net, you should be able to recruit the people you need." ”

"Understood." Arran nodded, "Does this have anything to do with the Church of Cthulhu?" ”

"Yes, something has to do with it." Linton didn't know how to explain it, but he didn't expect Yalan to take the initiative to help Linton explain, and Linton of course also responded, "But don't make this matter public for the time being, I need to investigate it myself first." ”

"Okay." Arlan nodded, she also knew that Linton was very attentive in investigating the Church of Cthulhu, and if she could help, she would definitely do her best.

"Let's talk about this later, let's have a barbecue party first, I'll go to the hut and take a bath, you bake first." Linton said.

"Uh...... About this......" Speaking of this, Yalan hesitated slightly, "That...... Can you let that dragon go. ”

"Huh? Why? Linton asked curiously.

"Because the dragon is willing to make a pact with me." Garsein, who was next to him, said.

"You want to be a dragon knight too?" Linton asked.

"No, it's my ......," Arlan said.

"Huh?" Linton was slightly stunned.

"Actually, it's a matter of rebirth potion, the dragon's essence blood is very valuable, and Vikna can't provide new essence blood now." Garseen said.

"You want a potion of rebirth?" Linton asked Arran, "Ascend to the Holy Rank?" ”

"You forgot? This rebirth potion has other effects besides this. "That Iglis lived to be 145 years old......

Linton suddenly understood that the rebirth potion also had a seemingly useless passive effect, which was to delay aging. Yes, Iglis lived to be 145 years old, still in his forties, and was strong and strong, and he couldn't see the meaning of aging, and it was estimated that he would live for a long time. So why did Arlan want the rebirth potion Linton of course understood, after all...... It's a woman.

It seems that when he went into the water, the dragon also reached a consensus with several people in order to save his life, doesn't that mean...... Can't eat dragon meat again? But...... After all, it was his wife, and Yalan rarely made requests, and this Linton had no way to refuse, although he had other ways.

"That'...... Forget it, let's eat grilled squid today. Linton pointed to the tentacles of the octopus that were still bouncing on the shore next to him.