Chapter 348: Ruins
"Here it is...... Where? ”
Looking at the surrounding scenery suspiciously, Duan Zilian expressed his doubts from the bottom of his heart.
At this time, he was standing on a mountain cliff, in a dreamlike environment.
The sky was yellow, and it was obvious that the time was twilight, but compared to the previous twilight, the twilight he saw this time seemed a little strange.
As far as the eye can see, there is a dense wood, overgrown with shrubs, and a light breeze blows through the forest, making the woods rustle and large leaves fluttering down.
In the sky, dark crows soared in the yellowed sky, flocking and flying into the distance, leaving only a strange "quack" sound.
Standing on the cliff, Duan Zilian looked into the distance and saw that opposite him, in the dense woods, stood a strange-shaped peak.
The reason why this mountain peak is strangely shaped is because it looks like a trident, and Duan Zilian took a look at it and found that it was very similar to the shape of the Stone Wing.
In addition, Duan Zilian also saw several huge monster statues, which seemed to symbolize xenobiological beasts, but they fell horizontally around the Trident Mountain Peak, and they were incomplete, looking very weird.
But one thing is the same, whether it is the trident-like mountain or the monster statues around it, it looks very old, through the vicissitudes of life, I don't know how many years of baptism.
In particular, the Trident Peak, which looks ancient, is very solemn.
Squinting his eyes slightly, Duan Zilian looked around the surrounding environment left and right, as far as the naked eye could see, there were dense bushes and jungles, as if the whole world was covered by this dense forest, and nothing could be seen.
Birds and finches continue to fly overhead, and the setting sun softly sprinkles down, making the world seem warm and harmonious, but also revealing a hint of weirdness.
In this world, it seems that there are no other figures except Duan Zilian standing on the cliff, which makes the whole world very quiet, even a little frighteningly quiet.
And the sound of birds and finches and the rustling of leaves reflects the strangeness of this world.
Being in such an empty and strange environment, Duan Zipian couldn't help but feel his heart beating faster and feeling a little nervous.
At the same time, he was more puzzled in his heart.
He remembered that when he was there, he lay down in bed and went to sleep, but when he opened his eyes, he found himself standing on a cliff, in such a harmonious but somewhat strange environment.
Moreover, Duan Zilian touched his pockets and found that the Evolution Truster and the Energy Blaster were not on his body, even if he wanted them to appear in his hands immediately, there was no movement at all.
As a result, he felt even more nervous.
"It's a feeling...... So, is this a dream? ”
However, although she was nervous, Duan Zilian did not panic too much because of this.
Because, he knew, he was just in a dream now.
Although it sounded incredible, he did have this feeling, even if the environment he was in now was extremely real and basically indistinguishable from reality, he still knew that everything in front of him was just a dream.
Based on this, Duan Zilian remembered a theory he once saw in a scientific research magazine, which is called "lucid dreaming".
Under normal circumstances, the vast majority of people do not know that they are dreaming when they dream, no matter how illogical and absurd the dream is.
But this theory is that under certain conditions, people can stay awake in a state of sleep and clearly realize that they are in a dream, no matter how real the dream is.
There is no doubt that Duan Zilian is now dreaming lucidly, and she can clearly recognize that she is in a dream now, and she can also think and act normally.
But why do you have such dreams?
On the day of his eighteenth birthday, he suddenly had such a dream, Duan Zilian felt that this was not an accident, it must have some meaning.
"Is this dream, everything here, a ruin?"
After pondering for a while, he already had some clues.
According to Noah's memory, Duan Zilian learned what was going on in this dream.
The fittest people who are chosen by the light will have similar dreams before they officially inherit the power of the light, and even the content of each dream is still coherent, which is simply a follow-up to the previous dream.
The content of this dream is an ancient ruin, and in this ruin, there is a stone monument similar to the Stone Wing.
And that stele is the container of light, and only the chosen fittest can find and touch the stele to officially inherit the power of light.
Of course, if the chosen fittest person is not determined and gives up halfway, he will leave the remnants of this dream and wake up completely oblivious to the content of this dream.
The chosen fittest must have a good reason to fight and a determination to protect everything in order to go to the deepest part of the ruins, find and touch the stele, and officially inherit the power of the Light.
According to Noah's memory, Duan Zilian knew what this dream was all about, but immediately after, new questions came to his mind.
"Since the remnants of this dream are a test of the fittest of the light, why is it only appearing now? And, for me, this test should be useless, right? ”
This is where Duan Zi is puzzled.
It stands to reason that this dream should appear before inheriting the power, which is equivalent to the screening step of the light for the fittestable, and it is the test of the light for the fittestable, and only when the test is completed can the fittest officially obtain the power of light.
But the problem now is that Duan Zilian has already obtained the light given by Noah, and directly omitted the steps of the test, so no matter how you think about it, this dream is meaningless.
However, Duan Zilian still dreamed of this ruin, and only dreamed of it now, does this phenomenon have any special meaning?
Or is Noah trying to tell himself something through this dream?
"Forget it, I can't figure it out, I don't want to."
After thinking about it for a while, he couldn't figure out what was going on, Duan Zi shook his head helplessly, let go of his frowning brows, and put down this question for the time being.
Looking down, he saw that there was a path in front of him, which stretched out, as if to make him through the woods below to reach the peak of the Trident on the opposite side.
Looking at the Trident Mountain opposite seriously, Duan Zilian's expression became solemn.
Since they have all come to the ruins of dreams, then, as a person of fitness, he naturally has to go to the end of this ruins, find and touch the stone tablet, and maybe he can know the reason why this dream is now appearing.
At the same time, this is also the proof that Duan Zilian wants to prove to himself, whether he has the determination and belief to shoulder the power of light and protect everything.
"Anyway, let's go and have a look, at least to prove yourself, if you don't make it to the end, maybe the next time you go to bed, you'll still dream of this ruin."
Speaking to himself, Duan Zilian immediately took steps, followed the path under his feet, walked down the cliff step by step, and entered the dense forest below.
The trail is narrow, but there is only one path along the way, there are no turns or forks, just climb over the bushes, through the jungle, and go all the way through the dense forest.
Walking in the dense forest, Duan Zilian walked forward along the path under his feet, I don't know how long he walked, and even his legs and feet were weak, but he hadn't reached the end yet.
He felt that he should have been walking for three or five hours, but the strange thing was that the sunset still hung in the sky, as if it was a beautiful picture that had been frozen in a certain moment, and it was spread out and used as a background board, pasted in the sky.
Moreover, walking in such a lonely and uninhabited dense forest, as if you are the only one left in the world, this feeling is quite permeating.
Just don't worry about that much and just keep going.
It was only until his legs and feet seemed to be unconscious that Duan Zilian finally reached his destination and came to the trident-shaped peak.
Finally arrived at the peak of Trident Mountain, Duan Zilian couldn't help but take a deep breath, but this was not the end.
In front of him was a dimly lit cave, which did not know where it would lead, and looked as if it was bottomless.
Without much thought, Duan Zilian walked into this cave.
Suddenly, the torches on both sides of the road spontaneously ignited without wind, illuminating the cave as if to welcome him, and the flickering light of the fire cast his shadow on the stone walls on both sides.
Duan Zilian continued to go deeper into the cave.
At the same time, on the way, and then the firelight, he could see that the stone walls on both sides were carved with frescoes.
Out of curiosity, he walked over and looked at the mural on the stone wall, only to see that on the stone wall, there was a picture of a giant fighting a giant beast.
Although these murals are like graffiti by elementary school students, this does not prevent Duan Zilian from understanding the content of the murals.
It seems to be an image of the Fittest who has gained the power of Light fighting Xenobiotic in ancient times.
In addition, on the murals, you can also see some ancient people kneeling on both sides, kneeling to the giants and praying for blessings.
Duan Zilian didn't know whether the content on these murals was true or false, but he understood the message that these murals were trying to convey.
Capable people who have inherited the power of light will fight at all costs to protect important people, even if it is at the cost of their own lives.
"Guard...... couldn't help but mutter, and Duan Zi couldn't help but ponder.
In order to protect important people, even if he sacrificed his own life, he did not hesitate, and he didn't know if he had such an awareness.
But he knew that since he had gained the power of light, he had to work hard to do what he was supposed to do, do his best, and at least make himself have a clear conscience.
Shaking his head, he stopped looking at the murals, Duan Zilian turned around, walked out, and continued to go deeper into the cave.