Chapter 18: The History of the Burial

"You know what? I've had enough of these two days! Standing outside the stone gate, Longbottom said breathlessly.

"I'm the same, anyway, I just played around from outside, and I just came back and came out with you again! I can't take it anymore! Looking at Longbottom's appearance, Karel also gritted his teeth and said.

"Well, I hope there aren't any more cavemen or stone elementals running out of behind this door."

"Again, let's open this door now."

With the rumbling sound of the stone gate opening, the world behind the stone gate also appeared in front of the two of them.

"Oh, what old air." Sniffing the air, Longbottom sighed.

Behind the door is a stone chamber with an altar in the center and a huge stone statue standing at each of the four corners of the stone chamber.

Looking at the four stone statues, Karel immediately put the two dragon tooth daggers in his backpack into the mouth of the backpack, and he could pull them out as soon as he stretched out his hand.

Longbottom, on the other hand, ignored that, and ran straight to the altar to observe the patterns on it.

After looking at it for a long time, Longbottom began to feel and pinch it on the altar again, and then the thing came across a blue gem.

"Buzz~" The buzzing sound began to sound, and the four strange human faces under the altar suddenly grew into mouths, and there were purple flames shining in their mouths.

β€œοΌοΌβ€ The startled dwarf drew his pistol and aimed around with both hands, while Karel focused on the four stone statues around him.

Fortunately, Karel and the others were lucky, and the altar buzzed for a while before it became unresponsive, and the four stone statues around it did not move at all.

After being nervous for a while, the two of them let down their guard and walked forward together to observe the reaction of the altar, and at this time, no matter how much they touched the altar, it had no effect.

"That's it? What about exports? Where is the exit? Seeing that there was no response, Longbottom couldn't help but start to get anxious.

Ignoring him, Karel circled around the altar and then around the wall, and finally, Karel spotted a crack in the wall facing the entrance.

"Seams? Is this behind it empty? Karel thrust the Thunder Dagger into the slit and began to wrench to the left.

It was the rumble of the stone door opening again, but this time the sound was more hoarse and obscure, and the stone door was more difficult to open. With great effort, the stone door was finally opened, and the two of them entered the deeper stone room, and as soon as they entered, the two of them were startled.

There are all sorts of dwarves lying on the ground!

Of course, it's just the shape of a dwarf, and the material itself is made of stone, and I don't know how long I've been lying here, and there's a thick layer of ash on my body.

"God, what are these guys?" Longbottom crouched in front of a stone dwarf, gently wiped the dust off the dwarf's face with his hands, and let out an exclamation as he looked at the lifelike face.

"I don't know, maybe there will be an answer if you go down."

Along the aisle, the two walked down, and there were more and more dwarves on the ground along the way, not only white, but also black, and curiously, there was no trace of a fight or struggle here, just like a group of people who were tired and fell asleep.

Finally, Karel found something different on the second basement floor.

Like the previous floor, there was a huge stone chamber, not only that, but in the middle of this stone chamber were four huge platinum discs, each disc was engraved with various unknown characters and regiments, and when Longbottom touched these discs with his hand, Karel felt a slight shock in this stone chamber, and on the left hand side of the stone chamber, the image of a huge stone guardian appeared there.

"Holographic projection?" Looking at the projection of the blue stone guardian, Karel said incredulously.

"Hello, I am the keeper of knowledge. The knowledge of this race left behind by the creator of the earth spirit has been stored on this platinum disk. The projection spoke, Karel and Longbottom looked at each other, and suddenly, they consciously discovered the most valuable intellectual wealth in the world!

"Hello, token of the Earth Spirit, my duty is to provide relevant information to visitors with permission, based on the Creator's analysis of the Earth Spirit, and I can share this information with you wherever I go."

"Earth spirits? What is Earth Spirit? Feeling that this projection was talking to himself, Longbottom asked curiously.

Stone Guardian Projection: "The Earth Spirit is a synthesis of the Creator's design, and as one of several races at the beginning of this world, the Earth Spirit was used to help the Creator transform this world. They are an improved form of the standard Underground Parent designed by the Creator in other worlds, and this prototype has undergone many changes since the original structure was determined. ”

Longbottom: "So what is a 'subterranean parent organism'?" ”

Stone Guardian Projection: "The Underground Matrix is one of the earliest species created by the Creator when he founded the world. Each creature created by the creator has a certain mission, and for this world, it is necessary to modify the original standard underground biological structure to adapt it to life deep underground, and the earth spirit is the product of this transformation, after the earth spirit was created, due to the huge environmental pressure, they have many changes that cannot be foreseen in advance. ”

Longbottom: "Change? What happened to them? ”

Stone Guardian Projection: "Before we can answer this question correctly, we need to give you more background information about Earth Spirits. Data processing. In order to understand the changes in the Earth Spirit, it is first necessary to understand the design characteristics of the Earth Spirit. The purpose of the Creators was to increase the viability of standard subterranean parent organisms, so they incorporated into them the elastic structural base associated with the entire world, and the Earth Spirit appeared to achieve this purpose. ”

Longbottom: "So what is the 'elastic tectonic foundation'?" ”

Stone Guardian Projection: "The so-called elastic structure foundation refers to the basic material used for racial synthesis, and the creator abandoned the basic material that had been used in the previous creation of the zΓ o world when creating the zΓ o earth spirit, and instead used this material that is common in this world. Through GuΓ²'s analysis of the composition of the world, the Creator believed that it was possible to synthesize a creature that had always been strengthened as a microcosm of the essence of the world, and the Creator eventually mixed the different stone components of the world to form the structural basis of such a creature. ”

"What? Are earth spirits made of stone? Hearing this, Longbottom was stunned in surprise, he never thought that he could create a race like this, how powerful is that creator? ”

Stone Guardian Projection: "Simply put, it's true. Although the Earth Spirit appears to be a small humanoid creature on the outside, they contain ingredients from various stones in this world. They maximize their strength and stamina without sacrificing their sensitivity, their skin and muscles are designed to be almost completely immune to physical damage, and with very minor changes, Earth Spirits can display amazing magical resistance. ”

Hearing this, Longbottom was a little disappointed, this is a completely unfamiliar super powerful race, what can it do with dwarves, "Is there any other information?" Longbottom tried to see if he could skip this paragraph and see if he had anything else to learn.

Stone Guardian Projection: "All of the above is meant to help you understand the motivations of the Creators. They created a species such as the Earth Spirit so that after they left, the Earth Spirit could become an important part of this world, and to ensure that the Creator's grand plans in this world could continue. The Creator was very pleased with the name 'Earth Spirit', as it reflected the basic characteristics of the race. ”

Hearing this, Longbottom basically lost interest and began to study the wrinkled walls, and Karel, who was listening with relish, suddenly thought of a question, this guy said that the earth spirit had some changes before, so he asked: "You said that the earth spirit has some changes before, what do those changes refer to?" ”

Stone Guardian Projection: "The only anomalous change in the Earth Spirit is the tendency to disturb the Mother Body in a high-pressure environment. Addendum: The purpose of the design is to allow the race to adapt to life deep underground, which is not sufficient to meet the requirements of adaptation in a high-pressure environment. This disturbance was not discovered until after the Earth Spirit entered the main cycle of the world as planned. The creator did not recall the earth spirit and re-transform it, but directly transformed it in real time. ”

"So, why does a high-pressure environment cause the instability of the earth spirit?" Chewing on the projection, Karel asked his own question.

As Karel asked the question, the Stone Guardian projection paused visibly.

Stone Guardian Projection: "I apologize for the fact that the information you need is not available in this library. You can query this information again after the number jΓΉ is updated, or get more information from the other information in this world. ”

Karel, who didn't get an answer, was not satisfied, so he asked another question: "What happens when the earth spirit is unstable?" ”

Stone Guardian Projection: "When the Earth Spirit's synthetic matrix is unstable, two variants are produced, and the number one tutorial image is being initialized. "The companion is buzzing, and an image of a caveman appears on the stone platform in front of the projection." The first variant is called the caveman, this variant retains the strength and stamina of the earth spirit, but its perceptual power is completely lost, and ** and cunning become the instinct of the caveman. ”

"Cavemen? Are the cavemen you are talking about the same kind of cavemen that you have now? Hearing the information about the caveman, Longbottom jumped over directly and opened his mouth to ask. Although the image of the caveman on the stone platform is a little different from that of the current caveman, the general outline is very similar.

Stone Guardian Projection: "Sorry, I can't sort the existing records in chronological order. While cavemen still contain the various stone core components of this world, the loss of their ability to perceive is unacceptable to the Creator. Cavemen can reproduce alone, and they will use everything as food, including stones, and even another caveman, and such cannibalism is extremely disgusting to the Creator. ”

"You mentioned that there are two variants when the earth spirit is unstable, so what is the second one?" Karel asked, as Longbottom listened quietly.

Stone Guardian Projection: "Tutorial number two image is being initialized. "Accompanied by a faint blue light, the image of each dwarf appeared on the stone platform." The second variant of the Earth Spirit Mother retains many of the necessary elements compared to the standard Underground Mother, and this race is known as the 'Dwarves'. This variant also retains the strength and stamina of the Earth Spirits, and in some ways, the Dwarves even surpass the perception abilities possessed by the Earth Spirit Matrix. However, the body structure of the dwarf variant is completely devoid of stone components. ”

At this moment, Longbottom's mouth grew in surprise, this news was simply too exciting. "Dwarves!! Could it be that the dwarves originated from the earth spirits?! Earth spirits are those stone people lying on the ground outside? ”

Stone Guardian Projection: "Your question is related in the number jΓΉ library, the dwarves are still closely related to the various stone components of this world, but due to the mutation of the earth spirits in the high-pressure environment, the structure of the dwarves' domain is the same as that of the underground parent organism. So, as you might guess, the dwarves did mutate from the mother. And outside the data room, there is indeed a pair of earth spirits guarding it. ”

Longbottom: "So are these dwarves the same creatures as the current dwarves, i.e. me?" Do the dwarves have any other connection to the earth spirits? ”

Stone Guardian Projection: "Sorry, I can't sort the existing records in actual order. Although the dwarves still have some connection to the various stones of this world, they are more interested in the development of ordinary underground species. Dwarves live and reproduce in the same way as other standard creatures, and the Creators believe that Dwarves are an acceptable variant that can be used to continue to develop. ”

"Who, then, is the Creator?" Hearing this projection call the Creator many times, Karel was already full of questions.

Stone Guardian Projection: "The Creator is ...... The Creator. They create zΓ o and change the world based on their own designs. They are the reason for the emergence of this world, and they are the creators of this world. ”

"So, what is the maternal perturbation?" Karel thought of a key question, these changes are all tending to parent perturbations, so what is this so-called parent perturbation?

Stone Guardian Projection: "I apologize for the fact that the information you need is not available in this library. You can query this information again after the number jΓΉ is updated, or get more information from the other information in this world. The Creator also knew that this library of numbers contained a great deal of information, so if you had a platinum disk, you could get a copy of all the information. Please make sure you don't have any questions about this information now, and feel free to come and make a copy of the platinum disc once you find it. With that, the projection was silent.

In the middle of the four large platinum discs in the center of the stone chamber, Karel and the two found a stack of small platinum discs, and each of them took one to copy, and when the platinum discs passed through the blue stone platform, Karel and Longbottom knew that they had one of the greatest knowledge in the world.