"Let's go in and take a look." The leader found the entrance to the trapezoidal building, and they were ready for battle.
But what surprised them was that they walked around in the trapezoidal building and found nothing of value.
Except for the stones of the trapezoidal building itself, there is nothing there, not even murals. Maybe there should be, but it may be that the paint technology is not up to par, and the paint has evaporated over time.
Everyone found the stairs going up in the trapezoidal building, and then kept going up, and finally reached the top floor of the trapezoidal building.
The top of this trapezoidal building is flat. After coming up, the space here seems much smaller, only about 500 square meters, so they saw at a glance that in the middle of the top floor, there was something like a sacrificial platform.
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They walked around and found that the middle of the altar was empty, like a large water tank.
On the top, bottom, left and right sides of the water tank, there are patterns of the 'Tree of Life' engraved on it.
At this moment, the braided man who was the team's atmosphere team suddenly pointed to not far in front of him and said, "Brother, there is a small stone monument there."
After hearing this, everyone turned around and looked over, and found that there was indeed a gray stone tablet standing there with words written on it.
The leader walked over, squatted half-crouched, and read the meaning of the words above.
"In such-and-such a year, a certain kind of so-and-so suddenly appeared in the city. Who will save our city?"
The leader frowned. It wasn't that he couldn't pronounce "someone", but that he couldn't see it clearly at all, as if there was a layer of dust blocking these words.
He couldn't help but reach out and pat it, trying to brush away the dust blocking these words.
But the moment his fingers touched these words, the gray stone tablet emitted a dazzling pale golden light.
The leader was startled by this abnormal situation. He immediately retreated, drew out the spiritual sword on his back, and activated the spiritual energy in his body. At the same time, he shouted to his companions, "There is a trap, everyone, be careful.
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The leader's eyes were filled with golden light. He squatted half-crouched and listened quietly to the movements around him. After all, if an enemy attacked, they would probably make a sound.
Immediately afterwards, he heard the exclamations of the braided man and others, and then heard the noisy voices, and at the same time, a comfortable breeze swept over his face.
"What's going on?" The golden light in the leader's eyes gradually dissipated, and then he saw a bright and vivid world.
Different from the dark and lonely world just now, this world now seems to be alive.
His eyes were filled with light, not the pale white light of the light ball created by the spiritual weapon, but full of natural sunlight.
The leader subconsciously looked up to the sky and saw the blue sky and white clouds.
"Aren't we underground? Why...how did the sun appear?"
Then, the leader's attention was attracted by the sound in front of him. He saw a group of people in front of him, pointing and chattering around the sink with the 'Tree of Life' pattern engraved on it.
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"It's not good. If the clone of the mother tree continues like this, it will definitely die."
"It was fine a few days ago, but why did it suddenly become like this? Does anyone know what is going on?'
"Maybe the mother tree gave up on us!"
"We are all children of the mother tree, and she will never give up on us."
"Then what should we do now! We can't just watch the clone of the mother tree die!"
"It turns out that there is a small snow-white sapling planted in that water tank, and this small sapling is actually a branch of the Tree of Life." The leader looked at the sick clone of the mother tree in the water tank, and listened to their chatter from behind.
Discuss eloquently.
At this time, his companion, the braided man, and others also quietly gathered around.
Just when the leader was about to speak, a middle-aged man with a mustache spotted them.
Because the five people looking for the ruins dressed in a different style from the people in the city, when the middle-aged man with a mustache spotted them, he had a strange look in his eyes.
"Are you... strangers?" the middle-aged man who came over asked.
The leader had seen an introduction about this city in a book, but because it was so long ago, a lot of information was missing, and no one knew why this prosperous city died.
The middle-aged man asked, and the leader responded quickly. He nodded and said, "Yes, we heard that there is a clone of the mother tree here, and we wanted to come and have a look to gain some knowledge."
"How did you get in?" the middle-aged man said in surprise, "I remember there were guards down there..."
When the braided man and others heard what the middle-aged man said, their eyes immediately became sharp and they were ready to fight.
But at this moment, the leader took two steps forward, held the middle-aged man's right hand with both hands, and said with a smile, "It's nothing, just a few friends, you know."
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment and was about to withdraw his hand, but he immediately felt some familiar round metal objects in his palm.
Then he understood immediately, his expression suddenly became enthusiastic, and he said to the five strangers with a smile, "Hahaha, I understand, and now we are friends too."
After letting go of the leader's hand, the middle-aged man flipped his palm and put the three gold coins into his pocket at an extremely fast speed. Then he put his arm around the leader's shoulders and said.
"Yes, you are also my good friends now. Come on, let me introduce you to the clone of this mother tree."
While he was talking, he led the leader and his group to the water tank.
The group of people watching the water tank were all well-dressed and appeared to be rich or noble. Besides, there were more than a dozen soldiers in armor next to the water tank, who looked like they were the guards of the clone of the mother tree.
All of these guards are practitioners at the beginning of the third level, and one of them has the strength of the peak of the third level.
As soon as the leader's eyes fell on the guards, these people reacted, so the leader had to retract his eyes.
Many people were curious about the sudden appearance of the leader, but seeing the leader being hugged by this middle-aged man with a mustache, who looked quite familiar, they were just curious, not interested.
Say something more.
The leader looked towards the water tank. At this time, he discovered that some leaves of the sickly mother tree clone were slowly exuding transparent liquid. The most interesting thing about it was that this liquid had a lot of spiritual energy coming from it.
to leak out.
"It's incredible that a clone of a mother tree can produce such a magical liquid." The leader and his companions were dumbfounded, looking at those transparent liquids that contained a large amount of spiritual energy. Needless to say, they knew their value.
, practitioners are bound to flock to it.
Seeing the leader and the others staring blankly at the spiritual liquid produced by the clone of the mother tree, the middle-aged man with a mustache said with a proud smile.
"Isn't it amazing? This is the miracle of our Louman City, the gift of the mother tree. I don't know how many people want to take a sip. After drinking the gift of the mother tree, the efficiency of practice will be greatly improved."
"Friend, can I take back some of the gifts from this mother tree?" the leader asked.
The middle-aged man with a mustache smiled and whispered, "I know you got together for this purpose, but it's a pity that you can't do it now.
If you had come a month earlier, I could have helped you find a solution, but now... the clone of the mother tree is slowly dying for some reason, and the condensed gifts are getting less and less. Because of this, the elders in the Presbyterian Church are all worried.
It’s almost gone.”
As if thinking of the bald appearance of the elders, the mustached man laughed happily, causing many people nearby to look at him with displeasure.
The man with the mustache immediately smiled apologetically at the people around him, then he hugged the leader and walked towards the steps of the trapezoidal building, and said at the same time.
"But don't worry, things will always work out. Stay here for a while, make more friends with me, and I will find a way for you."
The subtext of this mustached man is that if the gold coins are in place, the gift of the mother tree can still help to get some.
The leader understood quite well. He nodded and smiled, "Don't worry, I will be very sincere."
It would indeed be a good thing if you could use gold coins to buy some gifts from the Mother Tree.
Going down to the inside of the trapezoidal building again, the leader found that it had become very lively.
There are staff walking around or chatting everywhere, and there are also a lot of furniture and appliances. This is in stark contrast to when I came before, when all the corners were empty.
There were guards guarding the entrance to the trapezoidal building, but because a mustache came out with the leader and others, he was not questioned by the guards.
The city is filled with summer sunshine, and the temperature in the streets is quite high, even if you think about it, you are in the desert after all!
There were many pedestrians coming and going around. When they saw the leader and others wearing different styles, they would look at them a few more times, but they would not stay for too long.
Taking the leader to the shade of a tree, the man with the mustache let go of the leader, then put his hands on his hips, looking quite heroic, and asked, "Have you found a place to stay?"
"We just arrived here, not yet!" the leader said with a smile, "My friend, do you have any recommendations for good places?"
"Then go to my inn." The middle-aged man with a mustache laughed loudly, "My family runs an inn."
The leader was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then smiled and said, "Okay!"
After that, several people were taken to stay in an inn not far from the trapezoidal building.
The leader opened five rooms, and the mustache was a good man. Five pretty good rooms only cost the leader two silver coins a day.
The middle-aged man with a mustache chatted enthusiastically with the leader for nearly an hour, and also told the leader his name.
"Kekan, I'm going to prepare something to eat for you."
"Alisha, I'm sorry to trouble you."
After the mustachioed boss Alisha left, the four friends of the leader Kekan gathered in the leader's room to discuss matters.
The second braided man was the first to speak and said, "Brother, on the way to the inn, I looked at the proportion of pedestrians on the street, and there were especially many men."
"Isn't it strange that there are so many men on the street?" said the third child.
The braided man shook his head and said, "They were in a hurry, and most of them were carrying medicine bags. They looked like they had just come out of the pharmacy and rushed home."
The fourth child shrugged and said, "If someone in your family is sick, of course you have to rush home if you need medicine. This is normal."
"That's true." The braided man nodded.
At this time, the leader Ke Kan put one hand on the table and tapped his index finger lightly on the table, thinking about something.
Lao Wu noticed this and asked, "Brother, what are you thinking about, or have you made some special discovery?"
The leader thought for a while and said, "Compared with the ruins illusion we have encountered before, this ruins illusion is too real, and there is something wrong with this Alisha."
"Brother, why do you have such thoughts?" The braided man and others asked curiously.
Kirkan explained to his companions, "The first person to discover us was Alisha. This is not normal.
It stands to reason that the first ones to discover us should be the third-level guards guarding the mother tree clone. You know, how can the reaction speed of ordinary people be faster than that of practitioners."
After listening to Kekan's explanation, the four braided men all felt that it made sense.
"In addition, Alisha is actually the one who runs the inn. This is an extreme coincidence. How can an inn owner be qualified to be near the abnormal mother tree clone, unless he has another identity?" Kekan said.
"Brother, what should we do next?" the braided man asked.
Kankan pondered for a moment, and then said to his companion, "This illusion is too unusual. Don't act rashly yet."
"At most half of the illusions we encountered before were shattered. No matter how powerful this illusion is, we will give it a day to see if it can be broken." Lao Wu said with a smile, not really caring about this illusion in his heart.
Treasure hunting teams like them who explore ruins are most afraid of the ferocious beasts that live in the ruins, or the unpredictable traps. As for things like illusions, they are the least to be afraid of.
"What Lao Wu said is that we stay in this inn first and get through this illusion first." Lao San agreed with a smile.
Afterwards, the five people chatted again and discussed how to explore the east side of the ruins after the illusion was shattered, but...
"Hoo, ho, ho..."
The breathing became more and more rapid.
Seeing the sudden abnormality of the third child, the fourth child, the fifth child, Kanqi and the braided man, their expressions changed greatly, and they asked anxiously, "What's wrong with you? What's wrong with you?"
"Brother, I don't know what's going on. I can't breathe all of a sudden." The three people who had the abnormality covered their hearts with their hands and breathed heavily. Big beads of sweat appeared one after another on their foreheads.
"Damn it." Seeing the uncomfortable look on his companion's face, the man with the braid felt very anxious. After yelling, he went out to find the troubled Arisa, whom he thought was the murderer.
"Second brother, don't go out." Kekan quickly called to the braided man. Now that there is such an abnormal situation, it is very dangerous to act without permission.
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