With such emotion, Ian now has considerable strength. He can defeat powerful enemies that were originally unimaginable to face, and an ancient and mysterious relic of the previous era is right in front of him.
And this relic was even entrusted by his teacher to explore and try to stop its mutation.
--Yes.
——This is...the life I want.
——This is the day I long to experience.
With such a mood, the sound of lonely but not lonely footsteps sounded in the water-shaped cave deep underground. The increasingly shining spiritual light in the young man's eyes illuminated the complicated but smooth rock formations.
wall.
He just strode forward happily, with expectation, joy and even gratitude.
till the end.
The small cave is about to reach its end.
A light far brighter than the inside of the cave appeared at the end of the cave entrance, making the exit look like a door made of light.
Taking a deep breath, Ian stared at the end of the long corridor in front of him and strode forward.
Then step through the door of light.
As a result, a whole new world appeared before his eyes.
——A huge semi-circular cave, nearly a thousand meters high and no one knows how wide, appeared in this extremely deep underground.
Densely packed cave entrances are distributed on the wall of this semicircular giant cave, with a steady stream of seawater flowing out like a waterfall, making a noisy tidal sound.
Ian walked out of the cave entrance, and the fluorescence in his eyes was not refracted by the reflection on the smooth calcified rock wall. The warm and watery spiritual light seemed to have broken through some constraints and began to spread in all directions.
Finally, blending with the light in the cave, the boy could clearly see the new world behind the door.
What he saw in front of him was a vast underground cavity that was so open that it almost made him feel like he was back on the surface. Rows of rock pillars stood in the deep darkness.
The fluorescence in the boy's eyes can only illuminate a small part of the area around him. What really makes the entire cavity bright is a layer of luminous clouds located at the top of the cavity's dome.
It was a ball of water vapor that was constantly being discharged violently. The seawater flowing out of the cave slapped on the ground, stirring up large swaths of water mist. These water mists converged upward, stirring the psychic field, forming such a continuous creation.
Clouds of light with small lightning flashes.
The floor of the cavity is very flat, and even the rock pillars seem to be man-made. Their surfaces are covered with a layer of stalactite-like calcification, making them crystal clear and pristine.
But this is just an illusion.
As if he noticed something, the young man raised his head.
Then, hold your breath.
Because he saw what exactly supported this super giant underground cavity structure.
That's metal.
The dark metal grid dome and the towering rock pillars supported this huge underground cavity from collapse.
This is not a naturally formed underground cavity... this is a magnificent man-made dome, a magnificent palace that celebrates the wonders of civilization!
"OMG……"
Sighing and lowering his gaze, Ian looked towards the center of the cavity along the direction of the rock pillars spreading forward.
There is a square black stone tablet covered with cracks and missing marks.
There are several large characters written on it in simplified common language of inscriptions.
【Sequoia Base】
In the huge underground cavity, there is a tall stone monument. It is in the shape of a standard golden ratio rectangle. It is dark and full of cracks. It is simple and simple, but also gives people a sense of solemnity.
【——I would like to use this monument to commemorate all those who have watched it over the past 3,400 years. 】
【——From today on, we will no longer need to look away】
【——3472.5.27】
This is the text on the stone tablet, inscribed in the same common language as Terra today. As long as you are literate, you will definitely understand the meaning of the words on this stone tablet, but the luminous clouds lingering around it make this ancient and majestic
The stone tablet is filled with an illusive and hazy feeling. Looking at it is like looking at another era thousands of years ago from an extremely far distance.
Ian stared for a long time before slowly lowering his gaze and looking behind the stone monument... The gurgling water followed the road behind the stone monument, leading to a huge stone arch bridge. At the other end was a rotten door that had long been destroyed.
The open metal door and the mottled rust on the door describe the long flow of time.
The years have traces, and the seasons flow like a stream. Thousands of years of flying light have suddenly passed.
"Even if it is a creation of a pre-era civilization, it has not been able to remain intact over the past 1,600 years."
Ian couldn't help but sigh: "Besides, three thousand and four hundred years? The recorded history of pre-epoch civilization is three thousand and four hundred years, which is also a long time."
He knew that he most likely relied on his psychic instincts and chose to walk through a cave that happened to lead to the gate of the pre-era civilization ruins - of course it could also be the back garden. That cave really looked a bit like a man-made backyard.
Scenic.
In short, judging from the complex underground structure of this area, those strange cave tunnels can probably lead to every corner of the ruins.
But this doesn't mean anything. For a prophet, starting from anywhere will not waste time.
On the contrary, Ian felt that in this way we could better understand the entire underground redwood ruins group.
Withdrawing his gaze towards the distance, Ian looked carefully at the entire dome.
Let’s not say much about the discharge and luminous cloud above the head. It looks mysterious, but in fact it is just the physical manifestation of natural spiritual energy, and it is not surprising.
What's really surprising is the strange blue river under the arch bridge.
The sea water merges into the river, and wisps of translucent smoke rise up, shrouding the entire stone bridge, making it ethereal and mysterious, but also a little weird.
There are marble guardrails on both sides of the river, and many of these guardrails have collapsed.
Ian can tell that this is probably an ornamental man-made river. This kind of thing will exist on the earth or in any civilization... Intelligent life cannot always remain absolutely sane. Sometimes they just do it for the sake of beauty.
Come up with something like this.
But what is really strange is that there are many signs of fighting around these collapsed guardrails.
Squinting his eyes, the boy approached. He observed the traces of fights on the ground and found that most of them were scratches and teeth gnaw marks from animal fights - some were very old, some were very new, and even happened recently.
"It's not surprising. After all, it's almost all sea water. If the moat is fresh water, it wouldn't be surprising to see wild animals fighting for the right to drink safe water."
Ian can't be said to be well-informed, but he has at least seen the animal world. The struggle between wild animals for drinking water is just like the struggle for water sources in modern rural areas. Life-and-death fights may occur at any time.
Fighting with weapons.
This was not a big deal. Ian planned to continue moving forward, but he suddenly heard a noise coming from the cave behind him.
Pat pat pat pat... It was not the sound of human footsteps, but the footsteps of some kind of beast.
Ian thought for a while, then disappeared, hiding in the shadow of a stone pillar, waiting quietly.
Not long after, several green-armored lizards walked out of the cave with cautious expressions and walked very carefully.