Chapter 205: The Keeper of the Ruins
Since there was nothing to be found in the dense forest, Gao Huan rode the Nightmare War Horse towards the ruins of the city in the hazy fog in the distance.
When passing by the wreckage of the civil aircraft on the way, Gao Huan temporarily stopped, walked around the civil aircraft, and found a huge wound on the side of the aircraft.
The gap seemed to have been forcibly torn open by some large beast's claw, and mottled blood could still be seen in the gap.
Gao Huan kept the Nightmare Warhorse in place, while he himself walked into the wreckage of the plane alone, hoping to find some valuable clues.
But this plane really seems to be just a simple civil airliner, in addition to the luggage carried by passengers, there are only rotten bones scattered in the cabin.
Gao Huan vaguely remembered that in the history class, hundreds of years ago, before the appearance of fog and fierce beasts, there was no place on this vast land on this planet that could not be reached by human footprints.
Humans are firmly at the top of the planet's food chain, building their own cities wherever they can live.
But one day afterward, an endless fog filled the depths of the earth.
The fog that can erode plastic, rubber, cement, and other artifacts has almost inexplicably and rapidly destroyed the achievements of civilization that humanity has built, displacing thousands of people.
After that, the strange beasts that appeared immediately took the surviving humans by surprise, causing the global population to plummet.
In the midst of this genocidal crisis, the region of China has been fortunate to have been barely touched by the slightest fog.
It became the ark of the surrounding area.
The civil airliner that Gao Huan inspected should have tried to escape with the passengers before the fog spread here, but it was attacked by a fierce beast before taking off, resulting in the death of all the passengers.
Gao Huan sighed softly, and after confirming that he couldn't find any valuable information in this cabin, he saluted respectfully to the full warehouse of corpses, apologized for his rash interruption, and then retreated lightly.
With the exception of civilian airliners, the place is full of scrapped cars with empty shells, the front of each car facing the opposite direction of the city, and a few quiet dry bones lying quietly in each car.
At that time, there must have been an unimaginable disaster in that city, and these people would rush to drive away from the city.
How many people escaped at that time, Gao Huan couldn't guess. But those who remain here are those who have not been able to escape.
Instead of fleeing death, they all died on the way.
Gao Huan summoned the Nightmare War Horse to walk towards the empty city in the distance again, and a strong desire welled up in his heart for no reason, making him eager to go to that city and uncover its secrets.
Find out what happened in the city before the fog fell.
However, at this moment, a stone statue that had fallen to the ground, half-buried in the dirt, suddenly stood up from the woodland next to the road, holding a rusty giant sword, blocking Gao Huan's path.
"This is a resting place, you wait to leave quickly, otherwise you will blame me for being ruthless under the sword!" The tall stone statue pointed at Gao Huan's face with the sword in his hand, and said in a thunderous voice.
Gao Huan was slightly startled by the sudden appearance of the giant stone statue, but quickly calmed down and looked at the giant stone statue from beginning to end.
The shape of the giant stone statue resembles that of the terracotta warriors and horses on display in museums, its pale body is carved with intricate magical runes, and its eyes are shining with light, apparently made using some kind of crystal nucleus embedding.
"This is a resting place, you wait to leave quickly, otherwise you will blame me for being ruthless under the sword!"
Seeing that Gao Huan did not retreat, the giant stone statue repeated what he had said before, and at the same time took a big step, and the long sword in his hand was about to poke Gao Huan's eyebrows.
The Nightmare War Horse took a few steps back with Gao Huan flexibly, and two black smoke erupted from his nostrils.
In the scene mission of "Changping Battlefield", Gao Huan had already seen the super-large war golem beckoned by Ge Muchen, and even if the stone statue in front of him was about three meters tall, it was difficult for him to make waves in his heart.
"What does resting place mean?" Gao Huan touched his chin and muttered to himself in a deep voice.
What he didn't expect was that when he asked this sentence, the giant stone statue that had been repeating the previous sentence actually got stuck, and then explained quietly: "The resting place is the place where the gods return and sleep, and it is also the place where the gods are born." I am here to guard this place, and except for the gods themselves, only those who have been pardoned by the gods can enter. Thou shalt leave as soon as possible, or else Hugh will blame me for being ruthless under my sword. ”
Hearing the return of the giant stone statue, Gao Huan's curiosity grew stronger and stronger.
"Really? Okay, then I'm leaving. Gao Huan glanced at the giant stone statue, said with an extremely disappointed look on his face, and pretended to make a look like he was going to turn the horse's head.
The giant stone statue watched Gao Huan turn around, believing it, and his defensive posture was slightly relaxed, as if he was ready to sit back in the dirt again.
Who expected Gao Huan to wait for the moment when he relaxed his guard.
The black nightmare war horse suddenly turned around again, and its slender body was like a gale, carrying Gao Huan across the ground at a rapid speed, and was about to force its way towards the ruins of the city in the distance.
But what Gao Huan didn't expect was that the reaction of the giant stone statue that seemed to be clumsy was not slow. At the moment when Gao Huan rushed towards the city, the giant stone statue picked up the giant sword in his hand and swept it fiercely, and the blade turned into a series of afterimages and slashed towards Gao Huan.
is going to cut Gao Huan into two pieces along with the nightmare war horse.
At the moment of life and death, the nightmare war horse let out a neigh, jumped high, and after the horse's hooves tapped on the sword body of the giant stone statue, it climbed up along the arm of the giant stone statue, all the way to the ground, and after crossing the shoulder of the giant stone statue, it was about to walk away again.
"The thief is gone!" The giant stone statue shouted, and actually gave up the heavy long sword in his hand, and reflexively turned around with a palm, facing Gao Huan under the hood.
Gao Huan's face remained unchanged, and he manipulated the Nightmare War Horse to accelerate a sideways movement, just avoiding the culling of the giant stone statue. At the same time, the direction remained the same, and continued to run towards the ruins of the city.
"Little thief! You're going to die! I can't complain about it! The roar of the giant stone statue shook the sky, and suddenly pinched out a trick, pointed at Gao Huan, and said: "Sword trick!" Chase for your life! ”