Chapter 237: Dead Relics (I)
As for the traces of the other two gems, there is no record in the information of the Tree of Wisdom, and it is estimated that the ancient Menes have done a very good job of secrecy, and there is no leakage of the slightest rumor. This attitude to work also indirectly deceived their descendants, so that when Evan wanted to collect gems, there was no clue at all.
However, there was one thing he could be sure of - the soul gems and energy gems did stay on the planet Hyperion.
In this case, we can only wait patiently.
With the current exploration intensity of digging three feet into the ground, it will not take 10 years for all the ruins of Hyperion to be explored, and I am afraid that I will not be able to find two gems by then?
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In many cases, a certain attitude adopted by the authorities is easily transmitted to the public.
The same is true of this mega-project of heritage exploration, and under such a vigorous exploration movement, a similar atmosphere has been caused among the people. Many collectors like to pay a high price to buy one or two pieces of the collection in the ancient ruins as heirlooms, or bury them in the cemetery to accompany them to eternal sleep.
As the saying goes, where there is demand, there is a market, and the demand of these bigwigs has concocted a group in disguise: a criminal group specializing in exploration work and looking for ancient ruins.
In the Underworld, these people are known as rangers or explorers, a profession with both risk and benefit, and they usually act in small groups, with some specialized exploration knowledge, and can deduce the location of the primeval ruins from the specific actions of the mechanical engineers.
Once they find an unexcavated primeval ruin, the Ranger will take action on the ruins before the authorities can do anything, take some light items, and bring them back to the black market to sell them to the needy bigwigs.
Of course, at best, they only dare to steal unexcavated ruins, and these rangers are afraid to avoid any ancient ruins that have been discovered by the authorities. After all, the majesty and power of the Sun King are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, even a strong enemy outside the sky would not dare to make a move against that majesty, and they natives naturally have to show more humility.
In addition to making money, there are also some rangers who don't come for money, these people are some strong people with good strength, and money doesn't mean much to them. The reason why they are willing to do this kind of thing is only to seize some treasures from the ruins to strengthen their strength.
This group of people belongs to the radical faction among the rangers, in addition to respecting the rules of the strong, their legal and moral consciousness is equally thin, and even their respect for the Sun King is based on the law of the jungle.
- You are the strongest person in the world, so we respect you and avoid all your territory. But those ownerless things, but each according to his ability, first come, first served!
For rangers who have been licking blood for a long time and are on the fringes of society, as long as they can see the hope of improving their strength, they are willing to fight with their lives.
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The eastern part of the empire, the land of quicksand.
The sunset painted the desert a dark red, and the scorching heat slowly subsided, replaced by a bone-chilling cold. The dim canopy of the sky slowly opened
The whole desert was covered, and the evening glow was fleeting, and the sky receded, and soon it was completely dark.
At night, the faint light of the fire flickered in the desert, and green smoke rose in the clouds.
Around a throbbing campfire, three rangers sit together, comparing the map to the surrounding terrain. All the members of this small group of rangers are male, and each of them has a certain combat ability, and in terms of weapon types and equipment, it is also a relatively common combination of melee, range, and support.
A strong man with a thick beard and a leather armor on the left side is named Lawson, who used to be a priest in the Storm Temple, but he resigned voluntarily because he couldn't stand the rules and regulations, and after changing several jobs, he finally found this career he liked.
The man on the right, who is thin and tall, with long legs, purses his mouth all the time, and looks like he is sullen all day long, is Mirande, and the former witcher, after the end of the demon disaster, changed to post-war syndrome, and could not return to a normal life, so he simply became a ranger.
In the middle of them sat a silver-haired boy who looked like he was still in his teens, shrouded in a dark robe with pale green patterns, his skin slightly pale from the black fabric, and his hood so deep that only a pointed chin could be seen.
But a pair of red eyes gleamed in the shadows, a light as dangerous and cold as a beast, and one could not help but think of a hungry wolf or a mad bullfight.
"Can't be wrong! where we are now is on the edge of the ruins!" Rosen said, holding the map in his hand, and swearing.
"Don't be too confident, this so-called treasure map is probably forged by those profiteers. They dare to do anything to make money...... We said in advance that if we can't find the ruins tomorrow, we'll evacuate here immediately. "Mirande doesn't seem to be bullish on the operation, so he's been backing down.
"Hurry up and rest, we must find the ruins before those machines...... We don't have much time left. The silver-haired boy stirred the fire a few times to make it burn a little brighter, then turned and went into his tent.
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Before dawn, the ranger trio boarded the desert airboat and sped towards the core of the ruins.
The jets of air from the motorboat dragged across the sand, leaving a deep trail. The desert wind whistled and swept in the face, and although the desert day was unbearably hot, it was shivering cold at the moment, and the hot air spit out from the corners of his mouth turned into white mist in an instant.
In the silent trek, I don't know how long it took, the sky was slightly clear, and the desert was still stretching endlessly, and in the yellowish sand, the cacti trembled and were full of sharp thorns, and a few black shadows swept by at an alarming speed under the blue sky—it was a bald eagle foraging in the desert.
Time had passed imperceptibly, night had fallen again, and the rangers had been heading east for a whole day and a night, and the dunes were undulating and undulating as if they were taking over the entire sky.
"The ruins should be around here...... We'll have to look for it. ”
With that, Lawson handed the steering wheel to his companion, held up a telescope himself, and stood up from the motorboat to look around.
At that moment, the steamboat slammed to the brakes, plunged forward into the sand, and almost threw Lawson out. Rao is this man agile, or hit his head on the steering wheel, and bulge a big bag on the spot.
"What the hell are you doing, Mirande?" the man roared angrily.
"Not me...... I didn't...... The motorboat was planted on its own. Mirandre glanced at his companion and raised his hands innocently.
"!" Rosen scoffed at his argument.
"Miranda is not lying...... In the case just now, it was the desert that stopped the motorboat. The silver-haired boy's eyes flashed with excitement, and his voice was slightly hoarse because of the excitement:
"We found ...... The ruins must be around here!"
As if to confirm his words, the yellow sand near the motorboat actually boiled like boiling water!
The desert at night was originally silent and boundless, but now it was like the sea under a storm, and there was an uproar - with the motorboat as the center, the sand actually churned, and it was only the nearby sand that fluctuated, but it seemed that the water rippled in circles, and the scope expanded rapidly, and at last the whole desert was like boiling water!
The strange sight made the three of them hold their breath and look at each other as if they were ecstatic.
"The treasure map is really real, I didn't spend 10,000 Deben in vain!"
Lawson couldn't help but grin as he pressed the panic button to activate the powerboat's protection, and with a dazzling burst of disintegration and reorganization, the open-top powerboat instantly changed shape and transformed into a light submarine.
In the process, the quicksand quickly sinked and swirled like a whirlpool into the deepest darkness - like an abyssal mouth suddenly opened in the ground, swallowing all the submarines.
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Underneath the desert, the submarine sank about 1,500 meters and fell into a dark tunnel.
After making sure that the air inside the tunnel was non-toxic, the trio reduced the submarine to an airboat and lit a searchlight.
As the glow of the searchlight lit up the tunnel, the dark metal walls around it gradually became clear. On the glass-smooth walls, silver linear notches stretched forward into the endless darkness in front of the tunnel.
"For the treasure of the ruins, let's go!"
Rosen screamed before slamming on the accelerator, and the steamboat suddenly let out a dull roar and rushed out as a vague phantus.
After about two minutes of travel, a thick fog filled the tunnel, surging towards the three people on the motorboat like a torrent. They hurriedly retreated, put on protective suits and gas masks, and then rushed back into the thick fog in a fierce manner.
Sneer——!
The motorboat was moving quickly through a gloomy fog, the two searchlights were glowing milky white at the moment, but the light could only shine through a short distance, and all around were the muffled sound of a hurricane passing over the walls, like the terrifying cry of a giant beast, and there was still no end in sight in front of the tunnel, only the eerie darkness filled all the vision.
Occasionally, a group of bats would strike like lightning in the dark fog, and from the appearance, these bats were no different from the bats in the outside world, but they seemed extremely flustered. Each time, many bats rushed straight at them, avoiding crashing into the windshield of the motorboat, splashing clumps of plasma in front of the three of them.
Other than that, there is nothing out of the ordinary.
But they won't just take it lightly, in the depths of this super-large ruin, there is no anomaly, which is the biggest anomaly.
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After about thirty minutes, the motorboat finally made its way through the tunnel and stopped in front of the rusty steel gates.
Thirty meters high, the steel gate was shaped like a, guarding the cavern behind it like a bloody mouth, and in the wide open space in front of the cavern, the broken corpses of countless deformed monsters were stacked in a staggered manner, and these corpses were of the same size and volume, and they seemed to have been stirred by a huge mixer.
At the entrance of the cave, a giant claw more than seven meters long, full of deformed tumors, and at this time, the flesh and blood were blurred across the door. The surface of the giant claw was covered with neat incisions, deep enough to the bone marrow, as if they had been cut by the same weapon in succession.
Seeing this scene, the faces of the three turned pale, and their stomachs cramped violently.
"What's the matter with the corpses of these monsters, are they dreadbeasts!? Aren't those damn monsters exterminated by the Sun King?"
Mirandé looked at the hellish scene around him, his pupils dilated, and dark memories surged up from the depths of his consciousness, making him mistakenly think that he was back in the era when monsters were rampant.
"Calm down, this isn't a dreadbeast...... There are also no traces of negative energy on these monsters. Rosen patted him on the shoulder and comforted him gently.
"Not long after they died...... The corpse was not decomposed, and even the blood was still flowing. ”
The silver-haired boy looked away from the pile of corpses, past the bloody claw, and threw himself at the steel gate directly in front of him: "Whatever these monsters are all about, the fact that we are now in front of us is that there is a great risk hidden behind this door. ”
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