Takeyaman gave Keli and the others a map, and then waved his paw to send them off.

The dragonmen may be accustomed to the departure of aliens, and even if they do a little favor, no dragonmen come to greet them warmly and say goodbye, just take care of their daily life.

Flanders: "Now that our team is back on our way, let's discuss how to get there, and it will take 1~2 years to explore these locations."

"Plan your route well, and you can go back to camp to rest after exploring for a while, and going out for a long time is purely a drain on supplies, especially when passing through barren wasteland, which can be consumed very quickly."

Colley: "If you really want to say that, the best route in the early days would first need to avoid troublesome terrain, try to pick up the towns and villages of the Dragonmen, and use the traveling beasts they provide to reduce consumption."

"Comparing Camp Harbour to a nail, our first phase of exploration was to tie ropes around the nail and make circles to calculate a balance in terms of time and energy."

"When it was too time-consuming and laborious to return to the camp, we packed up our supplies and went deep into the hinterland in one go. The previous detailed map is a reference for us to estimate the time and energy consumption, and we can use it directly after verification."

After communicating with Takeyaman, Enzo handed over the dried corpse in the suitcase.

In response, Takeyaman and the other dragons did not react too violently, but decided to re-hold the funeral.

"Did the corpses attack you? Very well, if this happens in the future, you should be brave enough to fight back."

"We'll keep the rest, goodbye."

Ke Li and his party left the desert town, found their way back to the camp to resupply, and set off again.

When Colly and the others returned to the harbor camp, they found that the Traveling Merchant and the rest of the competitor team were still there, and they felt that the other party had been trapped by their strange operation, so they ignored them.

The first point of interest is related to the Ancients, because Colley is more concerned about the ruins of the Ancients, as well as the camp, characteristics, and spiritual conditions of the Ancients, so he can't wait to get to know them.

Unfortunately, the road is very long, according to the map algorithm, it is at least 28 days, and you have to trek through mountains and rivers through the terrain.

In short, the silent journey began.

No matter how many topics and goals there are, they will pale in the face of repetition and distantness.

However, this situation is not difficult for Ke Li, because his material reserves do make it seem like he is here for an outing.

For the first 3 days, nuts and hot cocoa were served in the morning, flavored jerky and preserved fruits were served at noon, and fruit vinegar and cheese cubes were served in the evening.

For another 3 days, in the morning it was baked thin slices and coffee cakes, at noon it was multi-flavored meat cubes and sweet salad, and in the evening it was hot pot stew and salty noodles.

Although he wanted to save things and eat them when he couldn't hold on, Ke Li seemed very calm, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with maintaining the team's full morale at any time.

"Anyway, with Flanders' supplies, hunger will not cause problems, and the extra resources on my side should be regarded as a small surprise every day."

After a month of such an outing, and no beasts or insects were encountered on the way, Ke Li and the others climbed to the top of the mountain with a hook rope, and finally found the records of the ancients in the ruins of the dragonmen.

The image of the Ancient One is painted on stone frescoes, indeed the kind of tall human in strange robes.

However, their image and costume details do not deliberately show the characteristics of the constellation, it should be that the dragon people do not pay so much attention, or the ancients hide this.

The reason why the image of the ancient man is recorded is also because of a story that the dragon told to the dragons back then:

The Ancient One attends the banquet of the Dragons, saying that he is the master of the world and wants to meet the gods.

The dragon introduces the ancients to the gods, the gods on a whim, willing to give the ancients a chance to prove themselves.

As a result, the ancients failed to answer the question of the gods, and the gods did not recognize the identity of the ancients, nor did they give them the corresponding priesthood and status

The mocking and humiliating scene was recorded by the dragon who loved to watch the excitement and told it to the dragons.

According to the story of the dragon, the gods asked the ancients what the end was, what was the origin, why the time of the gods would pass, and why the old problems would be repeated.

The Ancients could not answer this question, only that they had experienced the end of the world, resisted it by their own means, and paid a great price, and they wanted to become masters of the world and gain support and ensure the prosperity of the times.

The gods do not surrender their authority, and the ancients have little ability to convince many gods, and the historical picture painted on this mural is a scene of failure in storytelling and painting, which is obviously used as a laughing stock by the dragons.

Because Colli had come into contact with two Ancients, one was the skinning angel with the most information, and the other was the skull-blooming angel who was kicked out of the summoning queue before he could show his face, and the other members did not know about it.

As can be seen from the murals, the number of Ancients is indeed small, and the body movements of their collective conversation are also very similar to the description of nerds, and the images used are similar to those described by Takeyaman, which are all enlarged versions of the Terrans.

So the situation of the modern material plane is that the gods choose to develop the branch after kicking away the ancients?

Colly searched around and found that there were indeed some gold threads hidden in the mural, which could be interpreted for additional information:

The Ancients claim to be creators and witnesses, but part of their power fails, like a magician standing in the realm of magic, confidently chanting a spell, but the realm rejects them, so nothing happens.

Extraordinary power comes from the origin, and extraordinary power disappears naturally?

The situation of the Ancients is different from ours, their extraordinary power seems to be limited and disappears when they are used, while our extraordinary power is like the divinity itself, as long as the spirit, body, and soul do not die, our power is endless, in contrast, we feel that the Ancients are inferior.

It is worth mentioning that the ancients said that they found many interesting ancient ruins in the starry sky and outside the sky. The dragon's wings don't work over there, and only by forming a barrier to isolate the astral plane with extraordinary strength can it travel safely.

The Ancients had invited the gods and dragons to explore the ruins, but no one had promised them.

Let them find it themselves, and if they do find something good, we can also convince them to hand it over, because we are the masters of the world.

Colly withdrew his hand after reading the golden thread.

It seems that the ancients did have the habit of talking and negotiating with people, but when they first explored the ruins, they may have been a little self-conscious, and their self-confident progress was polluted, which led to the slumber and madness that followed.

(End of chapter)