The temperature around him gradually increased, and Twilight Star walked on the bare hard soil step by step, just like before, when approaching the buildings of this ancient civilization, it was as if there was no sign of life, and no dinosaur would approach it.

Although the volcano is still emitting black smoke and is full of energy, and it looks like it is going to erupt at any moment, Twilight's observation of its surroundings concludes that the volcano has not erupted in a long time.

The volcanic rocks on the ground have been buried, and the vegetation in the distance is so dense that if it weren't for the high temperature here and the volcanic rocks underneath that make it impossible for vegetation to grow easily, I'm afraid this still active volcano would have become a jungle.

Twilight climbed the not-so-tall volcano step by step, and standing in the crater, Twilight poked his head out to take a look at the interior.

Seeing that the rock walls in the volcano stretched down like a staircase, Twilight couldn't figure out whether this was a naturally formed environment or artificially excavated, after all, it was not strange that the ancient civilizations on this planet had done anything.

Skimming over the rock wall, there is a dark red billowing lava below, and from time to time bubbles bubble up and burst open, lava splashing everywhere, and the rock wall around the lava is a fiery red, as if it will melt at any moment.

The most peculiar thing is that there are square pillar-shaped platforms above the lava against a rock wall, and the distance between each platform is fixed, which seems to be a completely man-made road, and the statues standing between these platforms all indicate that this was built by that ancient civilization.

Twilight walked all the way to the volcano along the spiral rock wall, the temperature getting higher and higher, the scorching air rushing to his face, breathing in the hot air mixed with dust, Twilight's body was constantly sweating, soaking his clothes, and even his lungs and throat felt a little uncomfortable from the air here.

When Twilight finally made it to the end of the path on the rock face, he was finally able to get a glimpse of the buildings.

The lava path leads to a nearby cavern, which starts in front of Twilight, and there are humanoid statues standing next to them, all holding unusually sharp-looking axes.

These buildings were built on the side, perhaps because the lava in the center was bottomless, and only the surrounding area could be shallows, allowing these buildings to gain a foothold.

Or maybe there was originally a rock wall next to it, but it was chiseled open by that ancient civilization, and they built the building first, and then dug it to bring in lava, otherwise there is no reason to be able to work under the lava.

"So, the key must be in that cave? I need to go through these platforms to get into the cave, and I don't know if it's reliable, and if I fall, I'm going to fall. Looking at the tumbling lava, Twilight was a little uncertain.

"There are mysterious underwater creatures in that reservoir, and I don't know if there are any strange things in this lava, probably not, after all, this is not a magical world."

It's useless to think more, and he'll have to go eventually, unless Twilight plans to abandon the mission, he'll have to get all the keys together anyway.

Twilight Star cautiously stepped on the platform in front of him with one foot first, he planned to test the temperature first, after all, these platforms were all set up in lava, and he didn't know what the temperature was, if the temperature was very high, wouldn't it turn into a fried steak?

"Smack~" Twilight stepped on it with one foot, well, the temperature is not high, through the shoes I feel that my feet are a little warmer, I don't know what material these things are made of, they can withstand the high temperature of lava, Twilight Star stepped forward and stepped on the other foot, and the whole person stood on this square platform.

"Boom~~" At the same time, a strange low sound was heard, and a statue holding an axe in front of Twilight suddenly moved.

"Huh? What happened? Twilight nervously summoned a long knife and shield to stand on guard, only to see that the statue holding the axe had changed from the original left side to the front of Twilight, and the right arm and the axe in his hand had changed from drooping to holding the axe upright, like a guard standing guard, with his head held high, full of majesty and seriousness.

Twilight waited for a moment, but the statue remained in its same position, and there was no other movement around it, only the lava beneath its feet still churning bubbles.

Looking at the platform that was a little farther away in front of him, Twilight jumped forward again, separated by a distance between them, and could only reach another platform by jumping.

"Boom~~" When Twilight Star jumped onto the platform, the humanoid statue in front of him began to move again, only to see that he had changed from standing upright to slightly to the right, and the giant axe in his hand had been raised high, looking like it would be split at any time.

Looking at the statue's reaction, Twilight instinctively felt that he should step back and watch its reaction before making the next move.

Twilight takes a step backwards, jumping back onto the platform where she was standing.

"Boom~~" The statue unexpectedly swung its axe, swept across the three platforms in front of it like lightning, and then regained the same appearance as Twilight Star had when he first saw it, leaning sideways, the axe in his hand drooping.

"Looks like it's a little hard." Twilight looked at the statue and felt a little confused, it seemed to be a mechanism, and every time he stepped on the platform, the statue would move according to the planned behavior, and this kind of thinking was really something that Twilight was not good at.

Summoning his longbow, Twilight pulled his bowstring and aimed it at the statue in front of him and shot an arrow of light that condensed thirty percent of his magical power, and the pure white arrow of light hit the statue's chest and shattered into bits of light as expected.

This statue was actually built from the material used for the stone platform on the altar, which was not at all something that Twilight Star could destroy now, and if you looked at it this way, the weapon used by this statue was probably extremely sharp, and if it was slashed, there would be absolutely no way to survive.

The plan to destroy the statue went bankrupt as expected, and Twilight glanced around helplessly to find another way to get through.

With the dark red lava and a burning red rock wall around them, Twilight had to give up on these unrealistic ideas and focus on the platform again.

Each platform has sharp spikes like spears on all sides, which is to prevent passers-by from passing through the platforms without following the rules and choosing to jump diagonally.

Now Twilight can only pass through the platforms squarely, which seems to confirm the style of this civilization, square.

Extinguishing all pretentious thoughts, Twilight stood on the first platform and began to think about how she was going to get through.

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(PS: The second contract application was also rejected and lost.) ）