Chapter 60: Ancient Ruins
By the seclusion of the jungle, I descended to the basin under the octopus saucer, and in the center of the basin was a temple built of a boulder, and in front of the temple there was a huge statue of a mermaid. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć The temple is surrounded by a river about ten meters wide, which is supposed to function similarly to a moat.
The temple's megalithic gates had been destroyed, and several spider-like mechanical monsters up to two meters tall were constantly carrying huge stones outside.
There seems to be an underground palace underneath the temple, and it seems that the target of these Mega People is what is under the temple.
From time to time, the mutilated corpses of hunters are removed by mechanical spiders, so it seems that the temple should belong to the remains of the Atlantean civilization, and these hunters should be the guardians of the temple.
The temple was surrounded by Mega Man's flying machines, suspended in the air in a way I couldn't understand, with eight stout robotic arms trailing behind their huge heads, completely enlarged versions of the octopus.
The enemy's defenses were so tight that I would not be able to find a way to infiltrate for a while, so I had to circle around the basin in search of an opportunity.
There was a small river on the east side of the basin, and the water of the river was connected to the temple "moat", and my eyes lit up, and I thought of a way to enter the temple.
I tied up my shirt and muzzle, threw away the backpack that had affected the dive, and entered the icy water.
The river flows smoothly and darkly, so you don't have to worry about the enemy seeing what is going on underwater. With a bent plastic tube in my mouth, I slowly dived from under the water into the "moat".
The temperature of the water in the "moat" is strangely more than ten degrees higher than that of the river outside, and it feels like soaking in a hot spring, but the water does not have the sulfur smell of a hot spring.
The two sides of the "moat" are also made of stone strips, which is very smooth. With the cover of the high rock walls, I was finally able to peek out of the water.
I'm looking for a drain, and if there is a dungeon under the temple, then there must be a drain, because this is on an island, and the groundwater is very high, and if you can't dig it deep, the water will come out.
After less than ten minutes of swimming along the stone wall, I came across a stone bridge with a black hole underneath. When I dived down, it was an underwater gate.
The Mega People did not understand the legends of Atlantis, and in some legends the Atlanteans entered the sea, and the statues at their gates could tell that this civilization may have lived underwater.
I don't know how deep the waterway is inside this gate underwater, I have an airbag in my combat suit, and the air inside can allow me to check for ten minutes, if the waterway is too long, then I may drown in the waterway.
When I was in a daze at the underwater door, a group of dark shadows silently surrounded me. I made a huge mistake, since it's a "moat", how can there be no defensive creatures in it!
A strong sense of crisis made my whole body tense, and I looked around behind me, a large group of "dead wood" was approaching me at high speed!
The Atlanteans actually raised a large group of freshwater giant crocodiles in the water!
I was no match for these killing machines in the water, and I took a deep breath and swam full speed into the waterway of the gate. The crocodile's tail swayed violently, and its body shot at me like an arrow off the string, and the baring teeth made me shudder.
At my speed, I would be caught up in a few seconds at most, and I didn't care about alarming the Mega Man above, so I swam in it on my back as I pulled out my rifle and fired.
The DC-100 is completely unaffected underwater and can still be fired, and the bullets hit the pursuing crocodiles with bubbles, and the red blood stained the small "moat", which also made these killing machines even more furious.
A few swimming crocodiles stopped and tore at the dead crocodiles, these cold-blooded killers would not spare any food, not even their own race!
The underwater movement alarmed the Mega Man above, and several mechanical octopuses plunged into the water from the air, and these strange flying machines can actually dive!
The large octopus that fell into the crocodile school was immediately besieged, and several crocodiles bit the swinging mechanical arm, and their bodies rolled violently under the drive of their tails.
Under the huge bite force of the crocodile, the mechanical arm of the big octopus was torn off, and the electric sparks at the fracture were bursting.
A row of launches stretched out from under the big octopus's head, and green light shot at the crocodile school, and the high temperature caused a large number of bubbles to be produced underwater, and huge holes appeared on the body of the crocodile that was hit, and the flesh and blood tissue instantly vaporized.
I dodged the green light of the big octopus flying around, and took advantage of the scuffle to go into the depths of the waterway.
There was no light in the dark water, the waterway seemed to have no end, and the air in the airbags was getting less and less, and it could last another five minutes at most, even if it was going back.
Finally the waterway came to an end, the outlet was above the waterway, and by the buoyancy of the water, I finally came out of my head before suffocating.
Taking a big breath of fresh air, I dragged my tired body ashore.
I took out my flashlight, and the space became larger, and there were many murals carved into the stone wall next to it.
Most of the paintings are war scenes, the two sides of the war are Mega and Atlanteans, and the battle is mostly a draw, and the strength of the two sides is evenly matched.
There are also human beings, and the humans in the frescoes worship the Atlanteans and Mega Man, who are gods in the eyes of humans.
In the last few murals, the situation has changed. Humans found a blue crystal and offered it to the octopus.
The Octopus people who got the crystals have greatly improved in strength, and the power of the Atlanteans has continued to shrink, and finally they are forced into a desperate situation.
A ship picked up some of the Atlanteans, and the rest went to the sea.
I didn't expect that the hatred between the two parties can be traced back to ancient times, no wonder it is endless.
There were a lot of bubbles on the water behind me, and I quickly ducked into a corner.
A blue octopus head popped up, and the hole in the waterway was too small for the mechanical octopus to enter, and the octopus man himself came into play.
The true face of the octopus people is disgusting, their heads are octopuses, their gills have a large mass of fleshy whiskers, and the lower body is fortunately similar to that of a human, not the eight tentacles I thought.
The octopus man is slow, almost moving. Where he walked, he left a stench trail.
I couldn't ask for someone willing to explore the way, and when he was far away, I quietly followed.
After walking for a short while, many dry bones appeared on the ground, and a fierce hand-to-hand combat broke out here, and the two sides of the battle were actually humans!
It seems that there are many unknown secrets buried here, and the more you go to the back, the more dry bones there are, especially at the intersection, where the layers almost block the road.
The octopus man in front dutifully drove the road, and the laser gun in his hand kept firing, emptying the blocked road, and piling up a thick layer of ashes on the ground.
After walking in the dark for an hour, the eyes suddenly opened up, and the hall of the underground palace appeared.