Chapter 21: The Lost Land
"Teacher Gucci, what is the Borderless City?" Si Xingfeng asked suspiciously, even Xiao Cong and Ergou looked at him with puzzled expressions, obviously, they had never heard of any ownerless city.
"I'm not sure if this is the Borderless City, which is just a way we call a mysterious ruin, or the Magic City or the Lost City." Gucci said.
"Didn't you say that magic has always been widely spread in the Western Continent, why did such a relic appear in our far east?" After all, Xiao Cong is also considered to be in a high position in Shura, and compared to Si Xingfeng and Ergou, he can also get in touch with more secret information.
"Snake Lord, do you know, there are many kinds of ruins, and one of the more special ruins will constantly change its location with the change of time and space, and the Borderless City is one of the most famous." "A large part of the reason why magic is more spread in the Western Continent is because the places where the magical ruins of the Borderless City appeared in the West were all in the West. ”
"I'm not going to hide it from you, in the past ten years, many magical transcendents have come to our Far Eastern Fortress from the far western continent. Although they never said their purpose, the old man of the fortress commander had told us that the reason why these transcendent beings were willing to travel through mountains and rivers and risk countless dangers to come here must be due to something important that related to the cultivation of their own transcendent powers. ”
Gucci squatted on the ground and casually took a rough road map, "Otherwise, at such a long distance, how could these self-respecting magicians be so tireless." Especially a few years ago, I heard from the Central City-State that the most magical ruins in the Western Continent, the Magical Capital, which is revered as a holy city by the magical transcendents, has not appeared in the Western Continent for several years, and many people speculated that this ruin will appear in our Eastern Continent. ”
Although Si Xingfeng didn't know much about the West Continent and the East Continent, he probably guessed that what Gu Qi was talking about was the East and West Plates of the Asian, Eurasian and African Continents that he knew. "But what is magic?" Si Xingfeng was puzzled, in his memory, magic was the product of artists' fantasies, and he didn't understand how such a thing could exist as an independent system of transcendent power in this era.
Gucci was silent, as if organizing his own language. "I don't know much about magic, but it is rumored that the library of the Fortress War College has an introduction and explanation of this power system. All I know is that magic is a rare, complex but powerful supernatural power, and as a result, a unique system of supernatural power has been formed, which seems to be highly correlated with the degree of development of the human brain. However, it is well known that the degree of development of each person's brain is almost impossible to achieve significantly under the acquired human intervention, and the breadth of each person's brain domain is determined by their own innate genes. ”
"I know a little bit about some magical transcendents, you should remember the stinging snake from before." Xiao Cong looked at Si Xingfeng.
"Snake Lord, I remember you told me about the magic mark and the magic seed, and the death of the stinging snake was also caused by the complete dissipation of the magic mark in the body." Si Xingfeng had an excellent memory, and immediately remembered the man with the strange assassination technique.
"He's a follower of a shadow mage, and a member of the magical transcendent system. Of course, he is not a pure follower of magic, because the magic mark in his body is not given by the magician on his own initiative, so his power is not very strong. Xiao Cong said, "In fact, most of the transcendents in the powerful sequence have fused the peak abilities of several transcendent power systems at the same time. ”
Si Xingfeng spread out his hand, "Snake Master, I don't understand much......"
"You will understand in the future, with your natural qualifications, you are destined not to be an ordinary person in the future, and even among the powerful transcendents, you have the hope of impacting the high-level sequence." Xiao Cong smiled, "But don't think about magic, unless you have a magic seed from the beginning, try not to touch the power of magic." The magical power system is famous not only because of its unique and complex power, but also because it often brings great ominousness. ”
Ergou listened to it for a long time, and then muttered: "What's wrong with being an ordinary person, I haven't heard of any transcendent person who ended up with a good end!" ”
Xiao Cong gave him a blank look, "What do you know, it's because you don't know how powerful the transcendents of the high-level sequence are, so you think it's not a good thing to have extraordinary power!" Do you really think that Jujing City is big? Or do you think Dongjiang is big? Don't think that the savages are arrogant when they worship us as gods, how do you know that we are not ants in the eyes of others! ”
Gu Qi heard that Xiao Cong was able to say such a remark on the side, and he couldn't help but secretly admire, his heart was worthy of him, I am afraid that only a person like him, who is objective and calm at all times, can see the essence of a part of this world! Gu Qi thought about it silently again, and always felt that if he was not born and raised in the Far Eastern Fortress, but was born at the bottom of the giant capital like Xiao Cong, I am afraid that he would never be like Xiao Cong.
Ergou rarely saw his brother scolding himself like this, and he didn't dare to come out at this time. On the contrary, Si Xingfeng listened to Xiao Cong's words, and couldn't help but feel a tingle in his heart. Although he was able to gradually understand Xiao Cong's rules of doing things, he still felt a little uncomfortable for no reason, because he once again thought of the wild mother who saved him, Xiong Lan......
To tell the truth, Si Xingfeng really doesn't like this era, the superior kills the inferior, the law of the jungle of the weak and the survival of the fittest runs through almost every moment of life, the weak have no right to speak, and survival is so difficult.
But what could he do, Si Xingfeng himself didn't have an answer, he didn't feel that he had the ability to change the world. In the memory of thousands of years of civilization, it is not that no one has tried to change an era by himself, but without exception, they all end up just becoming slightly more conspicuous passers-by in a certain era.
It is precisely because he understands that he is different, Si Xingfeng actually knows his ordinary, he is not a proud son of the sky who has constant adventures, he is just a young boy with a cautious personality and some cowardice, he also longs for himself to have the ability to change everything, but he still lacks some courage to dare to be the enemy of the world.
Gu Qi also felt the change in the atmosphere at this moment, and hurriedly spoke to break the temporary silence, "In other words, the question we should be thinking about now should be how to pass through here and enter this ruin, which is very likely to be the Borderlands!" Or should we get out of here? ”
Although Gu Qi asked two questions, in fact, there was only one person he asked, and that was Xiao Cong, who was actually the master of the four.
Listening to Guqi's question, Xiao Cong was also silent, he was analyzing the pros and cons of different options. In a short moment, he had the answer in his heart, but he didn't reply to Gu Qi immediately, but looked at Si Xingfeng, as if he knew everything well, and said: "Xiao Ming, born as a human being, it is instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, but we often have to make ourselves stronger in order to protect the people we care about." ”
"It doesn't matter what kind of borderland he is, the City of Magic, there must be a ruin here that hasn't run away, since we have run into it, how can there be a reason to bypass it directly without exploring!" Xiao Cong's words were naturally said to Gu Qi. "Ergou, don't care about this iron gate, try if you can use a knife to dig out a passage in other places, be careful not to use brute force, the ghost knows if these broken cars will fall down directly, if they hit us, it will be a big loss!"
"Okay!" Ergou obeyed Xiao Cong's words, he directly bypassed the passage that was artificially built many years ago, and gently slashed at the high wall of the car on the side.
"Snort, snort......" The rusty iron sheet that had been rusted for many years could not effectively hinder the sharp alloy war knife at all, and it didn't take long for Ergou to use the knife to dig a circular hole in the middle of the high wall made of this car. Obviously, only the vicinity of the iron gate was special, I don't know what strange magic had been applied to it, and although it was also heavily corroded, it was able to be damaged by the knife in the slightest.
Seeing that he was working at this time, Ergou hurriedly increased his strength, continued to expand the hole, and tried to completely open it up. However, I don't know how thick the car barrier is, Ergou has been busy all morning, and there are other people in the middle to help, so it is not easy to open this channel.
Xiao Cong and the three of them saw that there was finally light in this deep passage, so they hurriedly packed up their equipment, held their weapons, and walked along the passage, wanting to join the two dogs.
After a while, the three of them saw the two dogs sitting at the end of the narrow passage, wiping their sweat. Seeing this, Si Xingfeng hurriedly took out a water bottle from the backpack behind him and handed it to him. Ergou was indeed thirsty, and almost half of the entire passage was opened by him alone.
"Goo Dong Dong, Goo Dong Dong...... A pot of water was drunk by him in the blink of an eye.
"Eh, Uncle Ergou, you can't drink slowly, you're full now, can you still eat?" Si Xingfeng was originally digging out dry food, but he didn't want Ergou to drink a full pot of water in an instant, and asked a little embarrassedly.
"Hiccup...... Ergou took the dry food in Si Xingfeng's hand and gnawed on it, but maybe he was in a hurry to drink water just now, and he also burped at the right time, "It's not in the way, it's not in the way, I didn't expect this wall to be so thick, but it makes me tired!" I'll tell you, Xiao Ming, hiccup, now there is another pot of water, and I can drink it......"
Before Ergou's words fell, Si Xingfeng just took out a pot of water from his backpack, and when he heard Ergou say this, he subconsciously handed him this pot of water.
However, where did the second dog still drink, he looked at the kettle in Si Xingfeng's hand, and at this time, he didn't even pick it up, and he didn't pick it up.
"Hahaha!" Gu Qi, who was watching the two of them from the side, laughed out loud, and hurriedly took the water from Si Xingfeng's hand, "We have limited resources, we should save some water and drink it slowly!" ”
Si Xingfeng also came back to his senses at this time, and realized that Ergou was bragging just now, so he had to touch his head in a scornful manner, but he still suffered a big white eye from Ergou. "Ahem......" Si Xingfeng hurriedly coughed twice, and quickly distributed food for everyone.
After a while, the four of them quickly finished eating and drinking, packed their bags again, and prepared to explore the long-lost old city in front of them.