Long Riverside Town.

In the early morning, the blue waters of the bay are dyed orange-red, and the rising sun shines on the shoreline, covering the sea like a soft palm. The white waves were nudged forward, and the snow-white waves crashed against the shore like jubilant elves.

A ball rolled to the edge of the coast. The little boy chased after him as if he were flying, leaned down to pick up the ball, and suddenly noticed a shadow covering the sky, like a thundercloud.

When he looked up, his mouth opened in shock, and the ball he had just picked up snapped twice and fell back to the ground.

Then he hurriedly turned his head and shouted: "Mom! Mom! There was a man flying in the sky with a boat on his back."

"How many times have I told you? Don't lie! ”

Not far away, a middle-aged woman turned her head impatiently, and then her pupils suddenly closed at the moment she raised her head, and her mouth also opened into an O-shape.

They saw a ship that looked like a ship in any way, but it cast doubt on the obvious.

Because it's flying in the sky.

At this moment, a beautiful boy carrying a steamer passed by and smiled kindly at the stunned people in greeting.

A great man once said that appearing in front of people is like walking in brocade at night, and it is rare that such a big battle would be too much of a loss if no one saw it. Jiangbei deliberately planned a route with the most passers-by and the highest storage value, flew back to the port, and put down the giant ship in countless pairs of shocked and worshipful eyes.

Countless people around activated their cameras and pressed the shutter frantically at the dock. Optical fibers and electromagnetic waves carry the shocking images, which are transmitted to all corners of the world along the medium of the Internet.

After a brief greeting and making sure that the crew were all right, Jiangbei took off again and flew back towards the mysterious sea.

The storm has not dissipated. And the situation is quite eerie, the sky is almost cloudless, and the whole area is extremely clear. However, only the designated sea area was full of wind and rain, and the stormy waves seemed to swallow the heavens and the earth.

The climate is quite unusual, and it's almost certain that there is definitely something in the area.

Jiangbei flew in against the torrential rain, and the dense raindrops and strong winds poured on his body, but he didn't seem to be aware of it.

The location of the island in the note is not far from the storm. After flying for only a few moments at a speed of Mach 1, the coastline appeared in front of Jiangbei's eyes. Stone pillars covered in seagrass rise tall like clouds, and dead buildings perch on lonely islands.

Jiangbei fell.

The notes indicate that it was on this island that the crew of the Return suffered an accident. And it looks like the center of a storm.

After landing, the air seemed to become humid, and water vapor filled the forest in an unknown year. The further you go, the higher the humidity becomes, and the air is filled with a salty and humid smell.

But there is also a way that the dark and damp depths are the cradle of life, and there will always be times when a man needs to bravely explore the forbidden land, and the slightest bit of pretending to be a ghost can't frighten him.

An ancient building, like a town that has long been forgotten. The white megalithic temple is magnificent, but the style of its carving and creation does not resemble any known system at all.

Jiangbei turned on the X line of sight, and after scanning it from the microscopic level, he quickly became convinced of his intuition.

This is not a delusion, and it should not be any earthly creation. The raw materials of the building are mixed with trace amounts of unknown elements, perhaps from the abyss.

An ancient being from the abyss has arrived, to this nightmarish dead city, somehow forgotten by the world for endless years. Until now, for some reason, there are also signs of regaining the light of day.

Of course, Jiangbei guessed.

And whether he admits it or not, he knows that his speculation may have been influenced by some of the stories he had read in his early years. After all, most of the stories about mental pollution related to a big octopus with tentacles between the stars will always start with a less-than-ideal experience at sea.

The shore is covered with mud soaked in seawater, and you can even see some fresh footprints when you walk inside. It's easy to imagine that it might have been the marks left by the sailors of the Return who had landed a few days earlier, and it was obvious that they had not had an easy journey along the way, and that every step was like to be covered by mud over their knees.

The footprints of their efforts can be seen on the slopes of the rocks ahead.

Fortunately, Jiangbei can fly.

Jiangbei followed these traces all the way up, and saw those "crazy and terrifying demonic buildings" described in the sailor's notes, as well as "evil reliefs unimaginable to man".

But to be honest, he didn't see it much.

These things may be a little weird, but to say how crazy and evil they are, it seems to be an exaggeration. He could only guess that maybe it was the water vapor and miasma that had an unforeseen effect on the sailors' spirits, at least in terms of Jiangbei's personal experience, this place was a little weird, and the atmosphere was a little weird, but it didn't seem to be to the point of making people go crazy on the spot.

He flew a little higher, and through the vapor he saw the huge gate that stood in the middle of the island.

It is also the "maddeningly grotesque gate" in the notebook, and the relief carved on the door is, in the sailor's description, "a terrifying face that mortals are forbidden to look at". It seems that all the sailors present at the time agreed that this was a great horror that should not exist on earth, and that it was something in hell that no one should see.

However, Jiang Bei stared at this relief for a while, looked left and right, and even looked directly at the eyes of that thing.

There was only one thought in my heart.

It's ugly

No way, he really just thinks it's ugly. The strange body resembled some kind of deformed animal, and the writhing tentacles were a little like an octopus. But I really didn't feel how terrifying it was, and I even thought this image was a little funny.

And the protagonist of the relief seems to be not only this deformed animal, but also another subject.

Huge and heavy shells, with rows of connected mothers cast in the protrusions of the shells, like carriers of some kind of mystical ritual. The carved body was sinking, the agate-like skin was smooth and tough, with a faint red and dark blue light, and three strong legs poked out of the shell and dragged the whole body.

It is also a casting type that conforms to the relief style, but although it is dignified and majestic, this image looks more like

A mutated giant turtle?

Jiangbei was a little dazed, so he naturally sought insights from Xiao Qi.

"I don't understand." Xiao Qi didn't think twice.

Jiangbei: "? ”

"I'm not a jack of all trades, eighty percent of what is engraved here is what happened in the past in your present life, how can I know." Xiao Qi thought for a moment and added, "But if you want me to say, the information contained in it should be that this turtle and that deformed octopus are hostile relations." ”

Jiangbei studied this composition for a while, and felt that it did seem to have a little bit of this meaning.

Staring at this image, it was as if a story suddenly appeared in his mind for no apparent reason, as if this strange artwork was telling outsiders in some silent way.

The distorted octopus is an outsider, perhaps from the abyss. It came to this world in antiquity with untold horrors, but was met with the resistance of the creatures who inhabited it.

This weird three-legged turtle may be one of them.

In the end, it failed, and the world was not dyed in its colors. Its terrifying name has been forgotten, and along with this nightmare dead city, it has been stagnant for thousands of years.

"I can't see through this door."

Jiangbei tried to use perspective, but was blocked by the giant gate of unknown elements.

"Extraordinary material with barrier effect, normal." Xiao Qi said, "Your X sight hasn't been mastered yet, so it's normal that you can't see through it." ”

Jiang Bei heard the meaning of her words: "Can you see through this?" ”

"Of course. This level of material is not enough to shield my eyes. Xiao Qi was a little proud.

Sure enough, the perspective effect is also related to people. The so-called "lead element can block perspective" is just for the state when the sequence is low, as long as the level is in place, there is nothing that cannot be seen through theoretically.

"What's behind this?" Jiangbei asked.

"There's a big baby." Xiao Qi said casually, "If you want to know, just open it and take a look." ”

"Uh, isn't that good?"

Although Jiangbei seems to feel that he doesn't feel anything abnormal or crazy when he comes here, he hasn't read the investigator's story, and it's often easy to get into trouble if he touches casually in the story.

"It's fine, it's not a big deal." Xiao Qi said firmly.

Since she said so, Jiangbei didn't say more, and reached out and grabbed the two door panels.

On the other side of the giant door, a pair of terrifying eyes opened in the dark space.

Ancient beings have been sealed in this land of eternity, and for many years there has been only eternal darkness. When it sensed that there was someone outside the door, it couldn't help but lazily open its eyes.

Then I saw a tiny human, dressed in a ridiculous cloak, holding the sealed door with both hands.

Looking at this posture, you want to break this door with your bare hands?

It almost burst out laughing.

No, there has to be a limit to what you can't do, right?

I don't know how many years it has been, and how many times it has tried to open this door. It mobilized all its might, tried again and again, but each time it was in vain.

It has also tried to gather helpers, breaking through the seal and unleashing its power to gather believers. Some ancient pagan religions have tried again and again to open this door by means of transcendent rituals or special secret methods of oracles, but they have always failed.

This door is the moat that separates it from the whole world. Once opened, the whole world will be a ravaged plaything, and it will appear in person to declare its supreme authority to a world that has long forgotten it.

Of course, only if the door is open.

It sneered in the darkness at this human, who was completely unaware of the height of the sky, and found it amuseable. It had tried millions of times, and if only a single human could get out of it, it would drain the entire ocean out there on the spot

it!

Those terrifying and weird eyes almost flew out directly.

For a moment it thought it must be its own delusion.

Because of that door. It seems to have really moved!

(End of chapter)