Map.

A few minutes later, as Ian and Isengard walked around the edge of the makeshift camp, he had been staring at the map in his hand.

The people in the camp are recuperating from their wounds, they have been fighting for too long and are in dire need of rest.

In fact, even Esengard injected himself with two injections of stamina potion, and Ian had an ancient dragon heart core, so he only slept in the giant mushroom cave for a few hours halfway, but he was still full of energy.

Of course, he also took a bottle of stamina potion, and used the nutrients in it to completely heal the dark wounds left by the previous battle with the indigenous great shaman.

With the map, it is not surprising that the interior of the Sequoia base is indeed like a labyrinth, especially after many classified areas are blocked, many passages cannot be connected to each other, forming an artificial dead end.

"The Priest's Lodge is the closest to us, or rather, at the end of this 'Old Way' mural corridor, just a few more turns and forks in the road."

Pointing to the dots on the map, Ian explained the meaning of each sign to Esengard with a serious face: "And the exit is very far away from us, and it can even be said that ...... Uh, that's too far, right? ”

Just when Bai Zhimin frowned and wondered why the exit of the ruins was so far, Isengard raised his hand and pointed to the location of the 'Holy Land' sign: "Why is the Holy Land so close to the exit?" Theoretically, shouldn't the Holy Land be located in the middle of the ruins? ”

"On the contrary, the sacrificial site is the closest to the center, and I thought it should be next to the holy place."

Ian knew why, because the Redwoods' door to the outside world was sealed, and it could only be unlocked with a four-color card key if the four leaders agreed together.

But no one knows if the natural disasters and mutations outside have ended, so no matter how much the Sequoia people miss the outside world, they can only linger at the entrance and exit gates.

Over time, with the accumulation of thoughts and the inheritance of rituals, it is not surprising that the area around the entrance and exit has become a sacred place for the Sequoia people to worship.

However, Ian didn't know why the sacrificial site was closest to the center of the ruins.

According to the experience of the year, could it be a material transit center? The central control room should be further down and more secure......

"I'm going to go to the sacrificial site to see how it's going."

Putting away the map and returning it to Isengard, Ian had copied the entire map into the silver chip, and he instructed, "You can stay and take care of Master Gossai and keep an eye on the situation in the camp." ”

"Wouldn't it be too dangerous? And already knowing where the exit is, why not leave? ”

Isengard's thoughts are more cautious, he was originally quite a heartless person, but after being betrayed by his uncle, he was a little worried: "In this situation, it shouldn't be wrong to leave early." ”

"Patrick is in collusion with the natives, and I'm afraid he's waiting for us at the exit. Not to mention this, the exit is too far away, God knows what will happen on the way, and besides, we don't have the key, and we can't open the door to the ruins. ”

Ian wasn't so optimistic, leaving the ruins was obviously not an easy task to do by finding the map, which is why Master Gosai didn't release the map in the first place.

At the end of the day, who knows if this prehistoric map can still be counted now? There is a high probability that it can't, at most it is a reference.

"The sacrificial site is the closest, and it is well connected, and it is likely to connect to the center of the ruins or other key areas, and that is my goal."

Saying this, the young man didn't intend to hide anything: "Since they are all here, we have to go and see." It's easier for me to go alone, and if the others want to leave, you can lead them away. ”

After thinking for a while, Ethan shook his head slightly: "The teacher has recovered some of his strength, and there is no problem in taking care of himself...... I'll go with you. ”

- I can play more alone than you and I combined.

Although he thought so, Ian thought about it for a moment, thinking that Master Gosai already knew his identity, and the person with the best eye in the entire camp was no longer a threat in essence.

Isengard's lack of combat experience may not have been able to see how he used the skills of an apprentice in sand armor...... What's more, the strength of the other party is indeed not weak, if there is really a danger of exposing the sand armor apprentice, bringing him can indeed reduce a lot of crises.

Not to mention, if they really encounter Patrick, the other party can at least interfere with the operation of the Aether Force.

"You have to listen to my command, whatever I say, you have to do it, you can't hesitate."

So Ian nodded: "We'll respond to a few gestures later, and deal with different ways to deal with it - if you agree, then let's go." ”

Isengard hurriedly nodded in agreement.

The fact that the two of them went to explore the road ahead did not cause any change in the camp, after all, it does take someone to explore the surrounding area, and Ian, who is the strongest person in the camp today, is willing to explore the road, which is also the guarantee of the safety of the entire team.

In disrepair, coupled with the abnormal heat dissipation caused by the recent ruins, there are all kinds of cracks around the road in front of the mural passage, and the crack that Ian and the others walked out of the ice abyss of the ruins before is the largest of the many cracks, and the kind that allows many people to walk side by side.

Thankfully, the passage was solid and there was nothing wrong with the whole, at least Ian didn't see any obvious danger of a collapse.

Walking through the area of dense cracks, there are several forks in the road, at first it is not obvious from a distance, but the closer you go, the more you can perceive, this place is indeed the remains of an advanced base in the previous era.

The sturdy white tempered building materials on both sides of the walls have not decayed until now, and the design of the portals and windows of each room is very futuristic and minimalist, with occasional hollow pattern decoration, which is also extremely fine, and even a high-level inscription group itself, showing the superb technical strength of the civilization of the previous era.

"The effect of this inscription group seems to be to prevent metal oxidation over a large scale?"

Along the way, Ian recorded this huge combination of runes into the silver chip, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Moreover, it seems that it doesn't need light ink to keep running?" ”

"That's not right." But soon, he shook his head and denied: "There is also an energy source behind these inscription groups - it is estimated that it is provided by fusion power generation units, but there is no need for such primitive means as injecting light and ink." ”

For the inscription group, light ink is a must, and the absence of light ink is equal to an engine without gasoline.

But just as gasoline-burning cars will be replaced by electric vehicles, Ian believes there will definitely be other ways to replace the light and ink effect in the future...... And it is not particularly inconceivable that the pre-epoch civilization could directly replace light and ink with power stations.

"This, this is Mithril?!"

Compared to Ian, who paid attention to the inscription group, as an alchemist, Isengard was shocked to find that those seemingly ordinary openwork coating materials had an extraordinary origin in the process of inspecting along the way: "Ian Ian! You see, the silver coating on these inscription sets - these are all Mithril! ”

Looking around the dozens of rooms in front of and behind the entire fork in the road in shock, the blonde boy only felt incredible in his heart: "Although it is only a thin layer, but when it is all collected, it weighs at least dozens of kilograms, right?" That's enough Mithril to make several Aether Hearth......"

As a furnace that requires extremely high efficiency to transmit natural psionic energy, the ether furnace naturally needs a high-efficiency energy transfer substance like Mithril, which is almost a normal superconducting material, but the materials used are not large, even if the entire furnace core plus the whole body conduction route is only twenty or thirty kilograms.

"Don't get the idea of these materials."

And Ian was a little calmer: "These anti-corrosion inscription groups are extremely critical, which may be the reason why the passages and buildings in the entire ruins can be preserved for thousands of years - if they are really pulled out, this area will probably collapse." ”

"No, I know very well how important they are - but unfortunately I can't rub them this time, if I can rub them, take them back and study them well, it will be of great help to Ming literature."

After calming down, Isengard understood the key, but the extravagance of the pre-era civilization still made him feel extremely emotional: "That being said, Mithril is indeed not the most important material in the heart of the Aether Furnace, but it is so precious...... But there is spare energy to make a pattern finish. ”

"It's hard to imagine what kind of disaster can destroy such a powerful civilization."

The emotion did not affect the two of them to continue to move forward, and after a few more turns, they saw a huge metal door in front of them.

This metal door is supposed to be a kind of blockade partition door, like an iron wall, once it is closed, even a heavy artillery attack cannot open it.

But Ian raised his hand and motioned for Isengard not to come forward.

"Something opened the door." The boy whispered, "Not long ago. ”

The metal door in front of him seemed to be closed, but there was a gap in the middle that was insignificant compared to the whole - a gap that was enough for a human to pass through.

Knowing this, Ethan stopped talking, but cautiously stepped back, making sure they hadn't revealed any trace before signaling Ian's ring.

Nodding slightly, Ian opened the Silence Ring, then cautiously walked forward, through the gap.

Behind the partition door is a large hall, the edge of which is surrounded by a small river of living water, the water is normal and free of parasites, and the floor is paved with a layer of silvery-white metal, and the dome is shining with a fluorescent lamp that seems to be eternal and never extinguished.

There are many complicated things in the hall, but most of them have been weathered or decayed, reflecting the power of time.

But in the center of the hall was a spherical metal device two stories high, extremely smooth on the outside, almost like a mirror, a bit like an MRI machine, but much larger, and especially dazzling in the light.

Time has no effect on it, and thousands of years have passed, and it still shines brightly.

The silver light in Ian's eyes flickered, and he had swept the information of the machine into his eyes.

But neither he nor Isengard had time to care about the machine's information.

Because the eyes of the two were locked on the figure in front of the machine.

The blonde man stared at the huge machine in amazement.

- It's Patrick.

Lewen