Yuan You looked in the direction of Shen Qian's finger and was also stunned.
I saw many dark shadows appearing on the grassland, but I couldn't see what they were because they were far away.
"Strange, why didn't you see it just now?" Yuan You asked puzzledly.
"These dark nights don't seem to move. Let's go and take a look."
Shen Qian sensed it and saw that the black figures were still, so he pulled Yuan You forward.
After walking for about two kilometers, the black figures gradually became clear, and they were clearly stone statues standing on the grassland.
The stone statues look like ancient soldiers, with their hands folded. They are about three meters tall, and each face has a giant upright pupil.
Seeing Yuan You looking thoughtful, Shen Qian couldn't help but ask, "Have you seen this kind of stone statue?"
"I have a little impression, but I'm not sure which book it is in. I need some time to find the memory."
Yuan You nodded.
Shen Qian also understood what Yuan You meant. After memory or mental power reaches a certain level, especially when a person can remember everything that happened, the operation of the mind will enter another mode.
It's a bit similar to the memory palace shown in some detective movies.
All the pictures you have experienced will be stored, but they will not occupy the memory of your brain on weekdays. You can browse and search them when you need them.
Seeing Yuanyou closed her eyes and started to reminisce, Shen Qian did not disturb her. He slowly let go of her hand and saw that nothing unexpected happened, so he felt relieved and went around to check around.
Looking up, the sky is dim but clear, not at all like the usual chaotic appearance of the restricted area.
Surrounded by rolling grasslands, there are some faint peaks at the end, but the distance seems to be at least hundreds of kilometers away.
Other than that, the entire grassland is empty, except for the statues of soldiers standing quietly.
"Is this an illusion or something? I'm definitely not far away from Jingcheng, but the surrounding scene has become completely different."
The feeling of being displaced in time and space gave Shen Qian a desire to explore.
Is this the projection world of "Gate"?
So what will it look like inside the real "door"?
Shen Qian thought of the "door" he saw in Buya Valley. There was heavy snowfall all around at that time, and he believed a bit of Yuan You's story.
Perhaps, the environment around the "door" will really be affected by the world inside the "door".
While thinking, Shen Qian walked up to a stone sculpture and tried to touch it with his hand.
A cold yet real touch came to him, and he intuitively felt that everything here should be real.
"Huh?"
Shen Qian's ears suddenly twitched, as if he heard something, and he lay down directly on the grass.
Buzz!
A strange, vague roar seemed to come from deep underground.
While Shen Qian was frowning, the giant-eyed statue in front of him suddenly trembled.
Boom!
The stone statue collapsed suddenly and fell heavily on the grass, revealing a bottomless pit.
The "buzzing" sound becomes clearer and clearer.
Before Shen Qian could react, the surrounding giant-eyed stone statues began to collapse one after another, revealing more potholes.
Yuan You also woke up from her memory, and no matter what the situation was, she ran to Shen Qian's side immediately.
Buzz!
Accompanied by the extremely dense flapping sound of wings that made one's scalp numb, a large black shadow suddenly emerged from a pothole not far from the two of them.
With such sharp eyesight, Shen Qian could clearly see at a glance that it was a mosquito as big as a thumb.
In the darkness, their long and slender mouths still shone with a forest-blue light.
"Murderous grasshopper!"
Yuan You also exclaimed.
This should be an unpopular monster, at least Shen Qian hadn't seen it in the "Basic Monster Illustrated Book", so he looked at Yuan You with confusion.
Yuan You pulled Shen forward to signal him to run away, and at the same time introduced him very quickly.
"A kind of rare monster insect that cannot be determined whether it is a mutation of an ordinary mosquito or comes from another world. It is a Z-level monster. It is common in the southwest, but... usually there are only a few dozen at most gathered together. They usually feed on other Z-level monsters. Live on the blood of beasts."
Dozens?
Shen Qian was stunned for a moment and then glanced back. There were at least a thousand of them in the area that was rushing toward everyone at this moment!
What's even more terrifying is that just as the two of them were escaping, a second group of murderous grasshoppers also emerged from another hole.
Buzz!
There was a sound from the front right, and soon the third group of murderous grasshoppers emerged from the ground.
Shen Qian and Yuan You both realized the seriousness of the problem and glanced at it. At this moment, there were more than a hundred giant-eyed statues falling on the grassland.
This means that at least hundreds of groups of murderous grasshoppers will appear.
Z-level monsters are only comparable to the early stages of novice warriors and are not worth mentioning, but if the number reaches hundreds of millions...
Not even mountains and seas dare to despise it.
Fortunately, Shen Qian was fast enough and picked up Yuan You. With a few quick dodges, he quickly escaped from the encirclement and suppression of three groups of murderous grasshoppers.
But no matter how fast Shen Qian is, unless he can escape from this area instantly, as new groups of murderous grasshoppers continue to join, the area he can escape will only become smaller and smaller.
When the number of murderous grasshoppers on the grassland exceeded 20, it became a little difficult for the two of them to escape.
"What should I do? It must be ugly to be bitten to death like this..."
Although Yuan You turned pale with fear, she was still thinking of ways.
"It's a pity that I didn't bring a flamethrower, but flamethrowers don't work either. How much energy does it take to kill so many murderous grasshoppers?"
Seeing that Yuan You was actually worried about an ugly death, Shen Qian was a little bit dumbfounded, but when he heard the other person's last words, his heart moved.
"Are they afraid of fire?"
"Yeah, but ordinary fire won't do it..."
After Yuan You finished speaking, Shen Qian's eyes flashed, as if he was caught in some kind of tangle.
After a few seconds, Shen Qian suddenly stopped.
Yuan You looked at the murderous grasshoppers getting closer and closer around him. He was almost driven crazy by the buzzing sound. He couldn't help but urge, "Shen Qian, what are you doing in your daze? Why didn't you run away?"
Shen Qian took a deep look at Yuan You, and when Yuan You was confused, Shen Qian suddenly spoke softly.
"In the future...if you can't think of a way to make me trust you, I will kill you."
"Ah?"
Just when Yuan You was stunned, Shen Qian put her down, then opened his hands and pointed at the sky.
Buzz!
The first swarm of murderous grasshoppers poured down from Shen Qian's head, and when they were about to drown him, a glimmer of light appeared in Yuan You's eyes.
The light came from Shen Qian's palm, which turned into red and white flames after a brief blazing moment, and spit out.
Tsk!
A heart-wrenching sound was heard, a burning smell resounded in the air, and pieces of mosquito corpses fell from the air.
Yuan Youxiao looked at this scene with her mouth slightly open. It was obviously a scene that should be disgusting, but at this moment, she felt a sense of relief for no reason.
When she came back to her senses and looked at the man bathed in flames, Yuan You felt a little lost again.
...He is actually an original warrior.
Yes, she knows that there is original energy in this world, which should belong to the category of mountains and seas, but there are always some geniuses who can break this restriction.
But when it comes to Shen Qian, Yuan You doesn't feel weird about it.
At this moment, she suddenly understood why Shen Qian said those words first.
Gain trust...
Yuan You pursed her lips.
From Shen Qian's point of view, it is understandable that she knows too many of his secrets, and even ordinary close relatives and friends would not share them easily.
Yuan You, who had a headache, sighed, feeling that she had sold herself this time.
She stopped worrying about it for the time being, and quickly took out a shorthand notebook and a silver pen with a strange pattern.
This pen is famous and is also the most famous "weapon" of scholars. It is called the "Questioning Heart Pen" and can only be obtained by scholars who have passed a specific test.
It is said that the lines on the pen are the blessings of the princes. They contain certain principles and can be used in many places.
For example, at this moment, as Yuan You's thoughts started to change, the pen began to write on his own in the shorthand notebook.
"On July 13, 2297, at the boundary of Xiaowang Village in the East District outside Jingcheng, with coordinates of 26° north latitude and 106° east longitude, heavy fog suddenly filled the air. When I followed Shen Qian to explore inside, I saw..."
I've omitted some details, but just recorded the incident in a moment.
"Stop writing now and think of a solution later."
At this time, Shen Qian, who raised his hands to the sky like a god of fire, suddenly spoke.
"What's wrong?"
Yuan You stood up and looked at the corpses of murderous grasshoppers piled on the ground around him. He was still frightened. In mid-air, there were still countless murderous grasshoppers attacking like moths to the flame.
"There is no way to continue like this. The number of these murderous grasshoppers is endless, but my vitality... is limited."
Shen Qian said in a deep voice.
In fact, he also brought a lot of elixirs to replenish his vitality, but Shen Qian didn't want to waste them here.
Yuan You frowned when he heard this and fell into thinking again.
Perhaps because she was far away from danger, Yuan You's thoughts became brighter again. With the help of the firelight held up by Shen Qian, she looked around carefully, especially focusing on what she had just ignored.
"You said...could this be a formation?"
Yuan You said slowly.
Shen Qian was startled for a moment and then looked around carefully, and finally smiled a little self-deprecatingly, "As for the importance of experience, I didn't even think about it just now."
"But it's useless to know the formation. I know a little bit of Feng Shui at most. If you are a formation warrior..."
Yuan You suddenly shut up mid-sentence because she remembered all the magic that Shen Qian had done before, so she looked over with strange eyes.
The meaning is obvious...you can't really do it, right?
"Qiannan, Kunbei, Lidong..."
Shen Qian answered her with practical actions. He glanced around with sharp eyes and kept calculating. The positions of all the giant-eyed statues gradually became three-dimensional in his mind.
"Over there, over there is the Shengmen!"
Shen Qian quickly locked his eyes in a certain direction, withdrew the flame in his hand, and the next moment he picked up Yuan You and ran away.
Yuan You leaned on Shen Qian's shoulder as if resigned to his fate, already becoming numb.
Shen Qian quickly traveled a thousand meters and came to a statue with giant eyes standing alone. Surrounded by a group of fallen statues, this statue was particularly conspicuous, but Shen Qian had not noticed it at all before.< /p>
Boom!
After kicking the statue down, Shen Qian jumped down with Yuan You.
The pothole was very deep, and it dropped more than twenty meters before sinking to the solid ground.
After landing, Shen Qian raised his head and looked at the bright hole.
Buzz!
All the murderous grasshoppers that followed just hovered at the entrance of the cave, but seemed to be subject to some kind of restrictions and did not fly down.
"Finally out of trouble."
Yuan You breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, but then his face turned red and he said in a low voice, "How long are you going to hold me?"
Shen Qian was surprised at first, and then realized that the position of his hand was wrong. He quickly coughed and put Yuan You down.
Yuan You straightened his wrinkled tactical uniform, but his expression quickly became serious, "I probably know where this place is."
"Oh?" Shen Qian saw Yuan You finally remembered and showed a curious expression.
"Although the information on the three 'gates' in the east of Jingcheng have been sealed, there will be different signs when each 'gate' appears. If you look up some past records, you can still get a rough understanding."
Yuan You explained, "In my impression, a 'door' that was sealed twenty-three years ago once turned day into night in a certain area, and many ghosts and ghosts appeared at that time."
"Gods and ghosts?"
Shen Qian frowned, he still hated these supernatural things.
"There is a legend that the 'door' leads to the underworld."
"Underworld?" Shen Qian frowned, "Is there really a place in this world where people can be reincarnated?"
"I don't know about this, but I am more inclined to think that this is a boring guess by some middle-level warriors. If it is really related to the underworld of life and death, it will definitely cause a big commotion, but it seems that only one prince took action at that time."
Shen Qian nodded and Yuan You continued.
"There are different opinions about the origin of 'door', but I have always been interested in one of them."
"Which one?"
Shen Qian also read through some records of the Tower of Babel, and was not as unfamiliar with the "door" as before.
"Have you ever heard of the 'will of all living beings'?"
"Well, there are many ways, and some of them are related to the will of all living beings, such as the city master's way of following the will of the people."
"It can be regarded as an explanation, but the term 'will of all living beings' actually has a more vague concept. I interpret it as a mysterious force formed by the convergence of the spiritual will of many people."
Yuan You sorted out her thoughts and said, "This mysterious power could be called faith in ancient times, but after the spiritual energy was revived, it has been distorted and strengthened, and maybe... maybe it can be realized."
"The most understandable way to put it is this. The grasslands, stone statues and murderous grasshoppers we just experienced. If you have read a novel before the disaster, you will find that these elements are all in that novel."
Yuan You smiled bitterly and said, "I read it before when I was bored, so I just couldn't remember it for a moment. I thought I was reading some classic book."
"Then this novel should be very famous, right?" Shen Qian thought thoughtfully, "If the theory of 'will of all living beings' you mentioned is true..."
"Well, it's very famous and has huge influence." Yuan You took a long breath and said, "Of course, to verify whether this is true, it will be clear if we take a look at where we are now."
"Where should we be?"
Fire lit up in Shen Qian's hands.
"A place called...the Tomb of the Goddess."
As Yuan You finished speaking, the fire in Shen Qian's hand flew forward, getting bigger and bigger, illuminating the surrounding darkness.
This is a long and narrow underground tunnel, and at the end more than ten meters away, as the firelight falls, a giant bronze door ten meters high appears in front of the two people, with stone beasts standing on both sides, impressively...