Today's weather is not good. The wind is whistling, dark clouds are everywhere, and the gloomy sky is exactly the same as when Duan Qing first entered the forest, as if heavy rain will pour down from above in the next moment.
The five-man team and the two mages from the Mages Council packed up their gear a little and went out according to the planned plan. Freya took the lead, Christine came in the rear, and Duan Qing and his five-man team walked in the middle. Although the formation was strict,
, but in fact it doesn’t mean much anymore - if yesterday’s exploration was correct, they would arrive under the tower soon.
But before that, they wanted to study the human skeletons.
According to Freya's description last night, the skeletons were located not far in front of the tower. You can see them by walking along the road along the river bank. Yesterday, she and her sister had conducted a careful investigation.
Later, they heard the sound of fighting in the ruins, so they turned back and did not continue forward. However, according to their thoughts at the time, there was nothing interesting about some bones. However, after some analysis last night, the existence of these bones became clear.
Especially important.
The banks along the river have obviously been artificially repaired. Although they are covered with moss and the gaps are full of weeds, the blue stone slabs are still neatly and orderly laid on both sides. The clear river water flows quietly among them.
, there was almost no loud noise - the terrain here was already very gentle, and the water flow was not as violent as before, but the bluestone slabs near the river bank had still been washed away by the river water for thousands of years and became very smooth, so they
When walking, you still need to be attentive.
Snow Ling Huan Bing in black cloak was walking at the front of the team, probably because it was finally the harvest season, so he looked excited and eager to try. A Niu, who was walking behind Duan Qing, was yawning as if he had done it yesterday.
After not sleeping well at night, Mengzhu and Duan Qing were walking side by side, with a tangled expression on the refreshing girl's face.
Duan Qing smiled bitterly, it seemed that she was still thinking hard about what happened last night.
During yesterday's discussion, Duan Qing also took out the badge he found and asked Christine to "appraise" it. The answer he got was a bit surprising - one of the seven members of the Mage Council, Water Elemental
The spokesperson of the company, the water mage Christine known as "Fiery Ice", also did not recognize where the strange emblem came from.
"It was probably the symbol of that ruined village at that time." The generous woman didn't care that her knowledge could not solve such a problem. She waved her hand casually and came to this conclusion.
Duan Qing himself will naturally not give up on such a vague conclusion, but he cannot solve such a problem by himself. The things in this game cannot be checked online, even the senior "Bai Xiaosheng" of major platform forums
"I guess I don't know about such a thing - you know, these people are probably the first batch of players to arrive here.
Even though I didn’t get any treasure... fairy tales are indeed lies.
But a moment later, the girl gave Duan Qing a surprise: after looking at the badge for a while, Mengzhu held it in his hand and raised his eyebrows and looked at it for a long time, and then muttered, as if he had seen this somewhere.
pattern.
"Well..." The girl's expression at that time was the same as the one standing next to Duan Qing now, and she said intermittently: "I should...have seen this somewhere...
It's a symbol, but I can't remember it now... uh..."
Everyone waited for a long time, but Mengzhu still didn't think of it. Duan Qing comforted the girl for a while, and had to temporarily put aside the most likely source of the ruin's life experience. But later, a few people still made random guesses, such as A Niu guessing this
The logo is the emblem of a certain gang, and Duanshanyue guessed it was the emblem of an evil force that exterminated people and left a standard or something like that. Xue Ling Huan Bing thought for a while and chose to remind the girl from another angle: "
Why don't you think about where we met, when, and what happened recently?"
"I don't remember..." The girl was still thinking about it, wrinkling her nose and looking confused.
"This kind of thing is like this. The more you want to remember it, the less you can remember it; when you don't think about it, you may remember it." Duan Qing shook his head and reached out to rub the girl's head.
"But if this is the case, it means you did see that thing inadvertently, such as the advertising logo when you were watching TV, or the background picture in the animation, or the necklace around your neck or the metal buckle on your belt in real life.
, the patterns on the sheets, the toilet paper in the toilet, uh...why are you looking at me..."
"Uncle, you're so disgusting...and don't touch my head! I'm not a child anymore!" Mengzhu shook his head and began to protest, so Duan Qing rubbed it harder for a while, removing the silk on the girl's head.
Several more were scattered, causing the other party to yell again.
But even so, Mengzhu was still very sad that she could not help the team in this matter, so until now, she was still in a state of recollection. Duan Qing tried to continue teasing, but found that the girl who was thinking seriously did not accept
So I had to let her go.
Freya, who was walking in front, moved quickly and seemed to be familiar with this journey. Thinking of what Christine had said before, Duan Qing suddenly remembered something: "Freya... Your Excellency, you have explored before
Have you ever been through this area?”
The red robe was swaying in front of her, but in the fiery red woman's reply, she seemed to see what Duan Qing wanted to ask: "I was separated from my elder sister before, chasing the restorationists here, and was discovered by them. In the end, I
There was a fight."
"Restorer?"
Realizing that something was wrong with her, the woman in front paused for a moment, then continued her pace: "You just need to know that they are not good people, and the rest... it is best not to know."
Tsk, that doesn't sound like good news... After scratching his head, the stone in Duan Qing's heart became a little heavier, and even he didn't know that the weight came from those unknown powerful enemies.
, or from the tall tower standing in front of him.
After turning a corner again, the front finally became clear. The branches of the giant trees swaying on both sides could no longer block the scene ahead, because the intersection was already several meters wide. The gentle water continued to extend, and then turned in front of the road.
, people who see this scene can already determine that that is the end of the river, because in front of it is a high gray-black wall blocking the flow of water.
The high wall is so high that it is difficult to see it all.
If they are not mistaken, this is the end of their journey.
"It's right there." Not far ahead, a plain voice belonging to Freya sounded. The others looked in that direction, and sure enough, they saw a pile of white bones in the corner under the tree next to the road.
"We initially judged at that time that these humans should be the aboriginal people here. It seems that our guess was not wrong." The blue-robed mage also raised his finger and pointed in that direction: "They should have experienced similar experiences in the last moments of this place.
It’s like a war, and he died here in the end.”
Except for Mengzhu, who stood far away because he was more courageous, several other people in the team were squatting next to the remains, inspecting them carefully, with Christine's explanation in their ears.
"How do you know what they went through in the last period of their lives?" Xue Ling Huan Bing asked first: "His Excellency the Great Magician is indeed extraordinary..."
"Silly girl, take a good look at these bones." It was Broken Mountain who answered her question: "Look at this."
He picked up a bone - technically half a bone: "This bone should have been broken. Look at the stubble... He couldn't have broken it like this." He threw the bone again.
He turned back and chuckled: "And I don't believe that someone would be stupid enough to break off his own arm..."
"And this, this skull has been broken." It was Duan Qing who spoke this time, but he would not touch these things casually. He just pointed to a place on the ground: "In this situation, it is probably the head.
He suffered a heavy blow and died. If you look at the posture of this skeleton, you can probably understand this..."
Perhaps because the scene in front of them was too heavy, a few people checked the condition of the bones and returned to the bluestone road beside the river. Standing there was Mengzhu squatting on the ground, and the woman in red robe accompanying her.
.
Freya raised her finger and pointed to the ground in front of her, indicating if they wanted to continue their investigation. There were more bones lying on the ground. Some bones were still in their last state of life, but more of them had been aged for thousands of years.
The inhuman shapes destroyed by the wind and rain were scattered all over the place. It is estimated that some of them fell into the river and were washed away to unknown places.
Death without a burial place is nothing more than this situation, and there are still so many people...
Maintaining respect for these last deceased people, everyone avoided these remains and slowly approached the foot of the tower. When the girl walked past, she still had her hands clasped together and kept bowing down, muttering something in her mouth.
Duan Qing did not tease her about her superstition this time, but walked silently.
Several people followed the river and finally reached the foot of the tower. The river flowed into the wall from one side, and then circled around the tower. This circle walked for more than a hundred meters, and then it flowed to no one knows where.
This is already the lowest place, and it probably flows into some crack in the ground...
Duan Qing and others also circled around here, but found no way to cross this "shaped moat" normally - there is not even a bridge in this place.
What's even more strange is that they didn't show up at the entrance.
Looking at the bare wall on the other side of the river, several people were dumbfounded. Xue Ling Huan Bing even gritted her teeth bitterly: "What kind of setting is this? Are we supposed to climb up..."
"You want us to climb such a high tower? Do you think we are all masters..." Duan Shanyue, who was responsible for the objection, immediately spoke up.
"Maybe the entrance is in the first grade of high school, or in the first grade of lower school..."
"It may be somewhere else. When we came here, were there any other man-made buildings nearby..."
Freya stood aside and looked at everyone, her face as expressionless as ever. Christine walked to the river and looked at the tall tower, as if she wanted to see something from high up. The two great magicians
The teacher just let these players continue to discuss without any intention of stopping them.
"Then how do you get in, punch a hole and then get in?"
"Hey, don't think you can hurt me. I don't think there are any strange magic or devices in this place. What if I hit it with a punch and the tower collapses? This thing doesn't look like a well-maintained thing.
..."
"Can you smash me? Don't joke, okay? How powerful do you think you are..."
"Okay, okay, stop arguing, guys." Duan Qing, who was also standing by the river, looked at the calm river water and interrupted the endless argument: "Come and take a look, I seem to have seen...
..."
He pointed to the river: "The entrance is underground."
"Oh? Really?" The silence only lasted for a moment, and Aniu on the side ran over excitedly: "Do you want us to swim down? I am good at this, I won the swimming championship when I was in school...
..”
"A swimming champion is not a diving champion, idiot!" Mengzhu patted his head, then walked to the water next to Duan Qing and squatted down, looking around: "Is it true? Why can't I see it?
....."
"Well, I seem to have seen it too..." The soft voice of the blue-robed mage standing on the side came over. Several people looked at her, and they saw that Christine had just withdrawn her gaze upwards:
"I saw... there was indeed a passage under the water."
Did you really see it? You must have been looking at it just now...
"... Do we really want to swim down?" Xue Ling Huan Bing behind said hesitantly. Duan Qing looked at her face and found that her eyes were also flickering.
"What's wrong, girl? You sound unsure of yourself? Can't you swim?" Duan Shanyue caught the cowardice in the other party's words and wanted to laugh at her again, but the stubborn woman immediately woke up.
Taking it out, the tall chest hidden under the cloak stood proudly.
"Who... who is scared? I was just thinking... whether there would be any danger... in this process..."
"That's not necessary."
As soon as the elegant and melodious words fell, a huge rumbling sound of water suddenly sounded.
When a few people retreated hurriedly, the sound of the churning water filled everyone's ears. In the moat in front, everyone watched the calm water rise up with Christine's white hands, and then followed her movements.
Spread your hands outwards and apart.
Countless glowing magic lines are constantly entwining on those white hands, shining on one wrist, and then disappearing into the blue sleeves on the back of the hand. The colorful flowing light occasionally becomes intense, and then
The water wall formed by the flowing water will also rise a little higher.
Except for Freya, all the players present had their mouths open enough to stuff eggs. Looking at the scene in front of them that looked like the sea was opening, their eyes almost dropped.
"This is magic..." Duan Qing came to his senses first, and then saw Christine looking back at a few people, with a blue light emitting from her beautiful eyes.
.
"Okay, no need to be surprised." Her voice became a little hollow, as if she no longer belonged to the world: "Go in quickly and hurry up."
"Uh... Okay." Duan Qing responded, then pulled the other team members who had not yet reacted and slid down the bank where the river water had been removed - it had even become a little dry.
"He is indeed a master... He has a level of control over water flow that I have never seen before." Duan Shanyue was the first to come down. He patted the wet slope next to him and sighed.
"That is the strongest water mage in the Free Continent. I guess you will never see such a high level in the future." The Snow Spirit Huanbing on the side slid down and walked over without looking back: "So we are now
, it can be regarded as the right time, right place and right people. If we can't seize this opportunity..." She crossed to the front and walked in along the hole formed by the separation of the water. As expected, there was a hole in the wall there.
There are traces of the door shaft next to it, but the original door can no longer be found.
Duan Qing was the last person in the team to jump. By some strange coincidence, he looked back.
Christine raised her hands on the side, occasionally shaking them slightly, as if commanding something. Feeling Duan Qing's gaze, she looked back at him with blue eyes, and then nodded slightly. The red figure behind her
His face was still expressionless, but Duan Qing could still see a hint of encouragement in his eyes.
Then she gestured with her head.
Duan Qing's eyes continued to look back. The river, the river bank, the road made of bluestones, then the giant trees on both sides, and the scattered skeletons lying on the ground not far away.
Now it seems that those skeletons are all tilted this way...but no matter what, they did die here in the first place.
Are they from the village? Why did they gather here? What happened here?
Duan Qing's mood was like the gloomy sky at this time - along the way, there were more and more unusual places. Even the scene before him seemed like countless question marks painted on the ground, which were deeply reflected in Duan Qing's eyes.
fundus.
He remembered something, opened the map in the adventure notebook, and saw the name displayed on it.
"Emerald Tower".
Duan Qing no longer thought about it. He signaled to the two great magicians, then turned around and jumped down, heading into the tower.
There should be an answer there.
This chapter has been completed!