Chapter 246: Exploration (Part 1)
At this time, the communication between the Titans and the outside world has returned to normal, and they have truthfully reported their previous experiences and the place they are now to the sixth layer, but unexpectedly, the other party said that they did not see the so-called ninth layer, and after the field survey of the Titan fighters, they did not find that there was a new layer above the dragon god Shuragos. If the eighth layer is a one-way space, then it is normal not to see it, but as the fertile country of the ninth layer, such a large area of the land is not discovered, which seems a bit unbelievable.
A breeze blows, the petals are flying in the sky, all the colorful butterflies flutter in it, the end of the endless plain is intertwined with the blue sky, forming an incomparably clear horizon, the sun is shining in the sky, floating white clouds, everyone looks at such a beautiful scene in front of them, sighs deeply at the same time, and mutters in their hearts.
"Horizon ......?" Zhou Jialiang felt that something was wrong, and then looked at the ascent height displayed on the screen in front of him, and asked the others, "Don't you think it's strange?" You can't see the edge at all from here. ”
"This is normal, it means that the country of fertile fields is indeed very large." Clair was dismissive, "Now we should be concerned about figuring out how to bring them here." ”
"But every layer of the Divine Tree we encountered before is flat, since it is a plane, looking at it from our current height, we should be able to see the scene around the Divine Tree, instead of seeing the edge at a glance like now, even if the area of the ninth layer is large, it can't be bigger than Serania, right?"
Reminded by Zhou Jialiang, Bai Muquan also said: "Indeed, everything here is too ordinary, just like in a beautiful place in the real world. ”
"In that case, how about we split up and explore the way?" "Maybe we'll find some clues," Billiz suggested. ”
Everyone agreed, and then the eight Titans galloped in different directions, Zhou Jialiang to the east, Tetsuko to the southeast, Klar to the south, Sayama to the southwest, Meixing to the west, Lima to the northwest, Kashiwagen Spring to the north, and Billez to the northeast, and made an appointment to finally return to the Sage Altar to gather.
After Zhou Jialiang flew the Thunder Titan for a while, he saw a village in front of him, and the shape and arrangement of those houses were exactly the same as those on the fourth floor, and even the archway was there with the pestle intact.
Could it be that this is actually the fourth layer, not the ninth layer of the Fertile Country? Zhou Jialiang couldn't help but be suspicious, and then he landed the Titan near the village, walked out of the broken Titan's head, and descended to the ground through the lifting rope, intending to find out.
Approaching the archway and looking up, the plaque on it was no longer blank, but written in four incomprehensible Serranian characters, which convinced him that this was not the fourth floor, and that everything else was exactly the same, and it was very likely that what appeared in the fourth floor at that time was only a reflection of the mirage of this place, that is, a mirage formed by the refraction or reflection of light.
He kept in touch with the other seven people through the bracelet as he walked, and also reported the current situation to the sixth layer, when he asked about the voting results, Shi Zhen seemed to be deliberately avoiding this topic, of course, this also made Zhou Jialiang guess nine times out of ten, but he was very curious about how Shi Zhen would respond, in Zhou Jialiang's opinion, that Mr. Lu is by no means a good type, and the previous "Shenmu Zhi" is very likely to be what he left behind, which shows that he once stayed in the Holy City, and later went to the Gilta clan in order to explore the whereabouts of Shenmu, the purpose is obvious, that is, after getting the Divine Tree, waiting for the day when someone restarts the country of the fertile field.
After stepping into the torii, this time it is no longer a white fog, but the same as seen from the outside, it is a wide main road, and the houses on both sides are arranged in a tight and orderly manner, which feels a bit like the previous Brahma Maru, but the building here is not a Japanese-style wooden structure, but a traditional Chinese Jiangnan water town style, and people who don't know still think that they have stepped into which homestay block.
The deeper he went, the scene in front of him was different from the quiet and beautiful before, it was an incomparably desolate, because Zhou Jialiang found that the whole village was empty, and when he walked into one of the quaint teahouses, he saw that on the table of the Eight Immortals, the tea bowls and utensils were placed very casually, the tea leaves in the teacups that had been completely dried up were still there, and all kinds of shellfish were scattered on several of the tables, and there was a stage in front of the teahouse, and some unknown musical instruments were placed in the corners. Looking at the whole environment, you can imagine the lively scene at that time, but the people here seemed to have suddenly left collectively because of some unexpected situation, but if you look closely at the ground and the door, it is clean and tidy, not like the situation after leaving the scene with a bang.
After leaving the teahouse, Zhou Jialiang came to a grocery store, although the store is very small, but all kinds of goods are dazzling, dazzling, but also very neatly placed, on the front desk, there is a small gadget on the shelf, it is a beautifully made porcelain doll, in the shape of a fat boy, the bottom can be opened, there are all kinds of candy-like food inside, you can imagine the scene when the store and customers are doing business.
Observing all the way, every place or thing here seems to tell the prosperity of this place in the past, and through those identical on-site conditions, one thing can be inferred, that is, the people who originally lived here disappeared in an instant!
When he told the other companions about the situation, the reply he received was very similar to what he had encountered, among which Miyuki went to an Arab town, in her words, like the scene in the book she had read before, very beautiful, but the whole town was also deserted; In addition, Kashiwagi Spring went to a town dominated by square and white buildings, and the other five people went to places with very different styles, but the similarities were the same, but they didn't see a single person.
Zhou Jialiang carefully analyzed through their descriptions, and according to the direction, the architectural style of each town can just correspond to the real world.
For example, if you go to the east, the ancient country of the East is naturally China, so the architecture here is mainly Chinese, and Meixing goes to the west, which is the style of the Western Regions, and as for the north of the cypress spring, it is actually an obvious Nordic style. The situation reported by the other five people can basically be met.
What kind of existence is the Land of Fertile Fields? What is the relationship between it and the real world? What's even more puzzling is what kind of situation did the people who originally lived here encounter before they suddenly disappeared? ……
With these many questions, Zhou Jialiang left the village, returned to the Thunder Titan, and began to continue exploring......