Near the entrance, Xia Yanzhen saw many people kneeling on the ground, they were standing upright, holding their hands high, looking like they were worshipping.

These people were all dead corpses, the same size as an ordinary person.

It doesn't match the huge buildings around it.

"A temple palace built to worship giants?" Xia Yanzhen walked in through the stone pillar gate.

Along the way, there are such kneeling corpses.

Soon, he came to the inside of the building.

It was an empty hall, and on the flat ground, a large number of dried corpses were kneeling on the ground, their hands stretched upward, as if they were embracing something, and as if they were praying and calling.

And after seeing the thing in the main hall, Xia Yanzhen knew why these dried corpses were in a posture of raising their hands upwards and opening their arms.

Because they're really worshipping some giant thing.

Inside the main hall, there is a huge stone seat.

On the stone pedestal, a behemoth of more than ten meters sits.

At the foot of this behemoth, a large number of dried corpses were gathered in circles.

These dried corpses are all in the same posture, worshipping the behemoth on the stone pedestal.

This behemoth is also a dried corpse.

The head has a peculiar appearance, and the upper part resembles the head of a deer, including the antlers are clearly visible.

And the bottom half, it's a person hanging upside down.

The upper part of the body is indistinguishable from a human, with human-like hands - but there are six fingers.

In the lower part, the legs are recurved and shaped like animal hooves.

In the hands of the huge deer head corpse, there is also a dried corpse, looking at the action, it is stuffing it into the mouth.

"Eating?"

Xia Yan really couldn't help but think.

Maybe he was mistaken, the lower part of the head was not growing a person, but eating a person.

It's just that before it was completely swallowed, a huge accident happened, taking the lives of everyone and the giant deer-headed human monster in an instant.

Everything is frozen here, faithfully presenting the picture of the past.

For Xia Yanzhen, the problem is that the ancient ruins, as well as the ancient people and ancient monsters, have all been found.

And what about ancient relics?

This hall is spacious, empty, and free of frills.

Xia Yanzhen walked behind the stone seat and didn't see anything more than the worshippers (food).

Behind the stone seat is a wall.

Turning back, Xia Yanzhen put his gaze back on the deer-headed monster.

He walked over and slammed his fist into the hoof of the deer-headed monster's corpse.

Whether or not the deer-headed monster was strong in front of it, it was now a dried corpse, and after years of devastation, it had become quite fragile—

At least in front of Xia Yanzhen, this corpse was fragile.

The hooves shattered, and cracks ran up the legs, covering the deer's body.

Xia Yanzhen came to the other hoof and punched again.

Under this punch, the entire deer-headed monster shattered and turned into real corpse fragments.

“…… Is this a living thing? ”

Looking at what appeared in the corpse, Xia Yanzhen frowned.

Among the corpses of the deer-headed monsters was a black object.

At first glance, it looks like a box, and there are even lines on it.

In a normal organism, there is such a thing?

Could it be a special stone of the deer's head?

Xia Yanzhen jumped onto the wreckage of the stone seat and reached out to touch something about half a meter long.

Information emerges:

【Ancient Relics】

[A mysterious thing from the ancient ruins, it contains a powerful power, and it is the crystallization of a certain power. 】

[It can be used as an energy core, providing energy for many devices and equipment, or upgrading and strengthening them.] 】

"Sure enough, it's an ancient relic." Xia Yanzhen tried to pick up the "black box" in front of him, and after dragging the bottom with his hand and lifting it, even he felt a good weight.

Jumping from the stone pedestal, accompanied by a sound.

The level ground beneath his feet was shattered.

It can be seen the weight of ancient relics.

"If you think about it, isn't this just stone and coal?" Xia Yanzhen glanced at the wreckage behind him and suddenly thought.

When he saw the ancient relics, his first reaction was that he felt that this thing was quite "technological", not naturally formed in the body of a living organism.

But after reading the information introduced, I felt that ancient relics and oil and coal were actually the same in essence.

The theory of oil formation, which is currently widely accepted, is that biodeposition is converted into oil.

Organisms are often thought to have been found in ancient oceans or lakes.

Coal evolved from plants buried in the ground.

All three can provide energy and be used as "energy".

The difference is that ancient relics can also be used to upgrade and evolve - I don't know how this was done.

In short, as long as it is treated as something like oil or coal, the sense of disobedience of "technological creation" in the original living thing disappears.

When animals and plants die, the carcasses turn into oil, coal, and the like.

After the death of the deer-headed monster, isn't it normal for there to be "ancient relics" in the corpse?

Once you accept this premise, everything becomes reasonable.

Because the space was blocked, it was impossible to put this thing in, Xia Yanzhen put the ancient relic on his shoulder, and walked all the way back to the steps with a water-resistant posture.

Putting on his helmet, he climbed up with a little effort from his free hand on the steps above.

The weight of the ancient relics is indeed not light, but it does not reach a position that Xia Yanzhen can't bear.

All the way up, climbing hundreds of meters in height, Xia Yanzhen returned to the top.

"Whew-"

Putting down the ancient relics, he moved his slightly sore right hand and right shoulder.

Subsequently, Xia Yanzhen picked up the ancient relics again and continued to move forward.

Soon, he returned to the place where the mining machine was, and after putting the ancient relics into the cockpit, Xia Yanzhen started the mining machine and found that the speed at which the thing was moving was almost zero.

And, the metal casing on the outside of the cockpit didn't move.

This layer of metal shell is the key to mining and is equivalent to a drill bit.

Without this bit, none of the miners could return to the cave hall.

You know, the miner is dropped.

You have to dig back through the rock wall next to it, so that you can go back through the passage that you dug when you came.

"Looks like we're going to have to move back a little bit."

Xia Yanzhen came out of the mining machine.

Suddenly, he saw a round ball in the middle of the mining machine, which opened on its own, as if inviting Xia Yanzhen to put the ancient relics inside.

The ball on the back of the miner, which itself is used to store ore, is never opened.

Xia Yanzhen walked over, and the light of the helmet shone on the inside of the ball, which was hollow.

As he had guessed at first, this was the place where various ores were stored.

"These red imprints ......"

Through the light, Xia Yanzhen could clearly see that there were red traces inside the black ball, which was very similar to the red traces left in the camp.

It's just that these traces are much fresher.

Xia Yanzhen put his hand in, and just touched the inside of the black ball, the black ball that was originally open suddenly closed.

Xia Yanzhen withdrew his hand and was not caught.

The sound of collapsing and colliding echoed through the underground space.

Xia Yanzhen took a step back and watched as the mining machine moved on its own, squirming in the direction of the ancient relic he had placed next to him.

The impact of the fall damages the miner's power, movement or system, causing it to move very slowly.

Grandma Li is here, and she is also walking faster than the current mining machine.

Xia Yanzhen watched the mining machine move forward with difficulty, "walking" towards the ancient relics.

He walked over and changed the ancient relics, and the miners followed suit.

Change again, change again.

After walking the dog for a while, Xia Yanzhen came to the area around the mining machine and took a closer look.

He saw some cracks on the black ball, and in the cracks, a red liquid seeped out, and soon dried outside to form red marks.

The red marks in the camp are not left by the red monsters.

It's the liquid in the various devices in the camp!

"The red liquid will still move on its own now, and these machines will be 'alive' for a long time?"

Xia Yanzhen looked at the self-occupied mining machine in front of him.

The equipment in this camp is not the "black technology" he thinks, but the "flesh and blood technology"?

Well, flesh technology is also considered black technology.

To be sure, it's not pure mechanical technology, it's more in an eerie direction.

This combination of machinery and flesh and blood, Xia Yanzhen had seen in the Lilong Dynasty.

What the Great Priest ordered to do.

There should be no connection between the two mission worlds, but the path they follow is similar.

The appearance of ancient relics seems to awaken the "activity" in these flesh and blood machines.

Xia Yanzhen kicked on the mining machine.

The miner was kicked and rolled away.

After stopping, the mining machine changed direction and squirmed towards Xia Yanzhen.

Xia Yanzhen moved to the side, and the mining machine also moved.

"Well, hostile awareness." Xia Yan really knew that this mining machine couldn't be wanted.

Ancient relics have the effect of upgrading and strengthening.

If you put it in a miner, you might get a super miner.

But this is of no use to Xia Yanzhen.

He's here to get the job done.

Coming to the other side of the mining machine, Xia Yanzhen stepped out.

Accompanied by a toothache-inducing sound of metal deformation.

The miner tumbled and plunged into the underground river.

There was a splash of spray, and the miner disappeared into the dark water.

The river is not shallow, and with the degree of damage to the mining machine, it is impossible to climb out.

It's no longer working, so let's just stay underground.

Xia Yanzhen picked up the ancient relics again, came to the bottom of the passage dug by the mining machine, jumped up, and jumped directly into it.

Before he could fall, he slammed his foot on the wall of the passage.

While kicking down a large amount of gravel, the whole person tilted upwards due to the reaction force.

He jumps left and right to climb the wall.

It was only by being able to do this that Xia Yan Zhen kicked the mining machine away.

Without it, he could still leave the mine and return to the surface.

After jumping for a while, Xia Yan Zhen jumped into the downward slope of the mine.

"Whew-"

Even Xia Yanzhen, who kept jumping continuously while carrying heavy ancient relics, felt quite tired.

The slope angle of the mine is not very large, and it forms a slope of 30° with the horizontal plane.

Xia Yanzhen put down the ancient relics and sat next to him to rest.

(End of chapter)