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The discovery of the ruins resulted from the excavation process of the shelter.
After moving into this new shelter, they have not stopped exploring the underground to find new lands. Neither the supporters nor the opponents have any objections to this. As we all know, the further underground, the less weird things become.
The ruins were discovered a year ago.
It has some connection with the above-ground ruins. The same marble columns and the same stone statues, but the underground ruins are better preserved, including the dug-out faces of the stone statues.
Eileen ordered to exit the ruins and blocked the dug passage with stones and mud. Fortunately, nothing happened and the ancient existence sleeping in the ruins was not awakened.
"What's inside?" Lu Li asked.
"We, or rather you, call it the guardian of the stone statue."
Erin found the information about the ruins from the documents from the time when the refuge was established, and the existence of the ruins was recorded on it.
Exorcists who clean up ruins call them guardian stone statues to distinguish them from guardian ancient statues that can become fragments of ancient statues.
They will attack those who step into the ruins at night, but as long as the body is destroyed or the face is gouged, they will lose their weirdness and turn back into ordinary stone statues.
The reversal of day and night in the shelter prevents residents who stray into the ruins from being attacked.
"If you want to go to the ruins, now is the time, but there may be other dangers."
"What danger."
"It's not mentioned in the information, but I guessed it." Irene tilted her head and looked at Lulu who came back with a stack of parchment. "Although the two ruins are related, they are obviously different. Otherwise, why would one be on the ground and the other several hundred meters away?"
Deep underground.”
"Information about the merchant's body." Lulu handed the parchment to Lu Li.
Lu Li's eyes fell on it. The yellowed parchment recorded the entire process of how the residents of the shelter discovered the merchant's body.
It suddenly appeared in the woods outside the ruins, and the discoverer was a resident named Vianney Simmons. He was lucky enough to be selected to observe the outside world, and went to the observation port closest to the ground in the early morning to observe the outside world.
It's the way Lu Li and the others came in.
Vianney Simmons discovered the body on the edge of the woods, or the large dark green backpack conspicuously behind the businessman.
The shelter recognized it but did nothing but continued to observe.
The businessman's body did not decompose for the next three months, but was gradually covered by dust, until residents of the gathering place hiding in the woods discovered it and dragged it deep into the woods, and the observation ended.
Looking at the next piece of parchment, it records observations about the gathering place in the Quiet Whispering Forest.
They migrated here after the strange era, only hiding in the depths of the forest, and would explore the surroundings of the forest during the day. At first, they bypassed the ruins and went to the coastline to fish and feed, but after discovering that the ruins were safe, they no longer took the long route and went straight through
Pass the ruins.
The unsuspecting residents of the gathering place stayed with the shelter for half a year, but one day it suddenly stopped appearing.
That was already five months after they found the businessman's body.
The parchment finally recorded the sentiments of the residents of this gathering place. He wished that the residents of these gathering places would just migrate and not have any accidents.
"It's noon now, you still have time to explore the ruins."
Irene said to Lu Li who handed the parchment to the merchant.
"The shelter will also help you, or help ourselves." Irene's hoarse and lazy voice did not lose its directness: "After all, the ruins have blocked us for a long time. If we can occupy it, we will gain another piece of land."
"Can."
Perhaps the ruins predicted by the Ever Dreamer are this underground one.
"Lulu, tell Finn that we will restart the exploration of the ruins, and if there are any objections, you can deal with them." Irene breathed a sigh of relief, leaned into her seat and said.
She knew that Lu Li didn't like to talk, and no one would bother him unless he was in the supervisor's cabin.
Lulu left again.
After finishing her steak, Catalina put down her knife and fork, wiped her lips and said, "You have many homologs, and you want outsiders to help solve the problem?"
"The situation in the shelter is very complicated... As fire, we must preserve the purity of human blood." Erin's eyes fell on Lu Li. "We are more afraid of pollution than the people on the ground. For you, the side effects of pollution on your sanity value
There are only visual and auditory hallucinations, and for us, there is an increase in the rate of deformities in our offspring."
The cumulative effect is that one day, the shelter will lose its usefulness.
While waiting for the passage to be opened again, Lu Li and Irene talked about many things from the past. Irene was mainly talking, and Lu Li listened again. Catalina and the others had difficulty interjecting. Only Ophelia, who also belonged to that era, occasionally stumbled into the conversation.
.Her erudition always makes conversations interesting, but the language function limits her words.
Lulu returned to the supervisor's cabin in the afternoon and brought back the news that the passage to the ruins had been opened.
In the afternoon, Lu Li and his group reappeared in the eyes of the residents of the shelter.
Irene changed back into the shelter supervisor uniform, but kept her stunning makeup, and was pushed by Lulu to walk with Lu Li.
The adults pulled back the naughty children who were crowding forward, and kept a wary eye on the outsiders following the supervisors.
"It's really unpleasant."
The disgust, vigilance, and angry gaze made Catalina couldn't help but whisper.
Even the cheerful Pusius tucked his tail between his legs and hid behind Lu Li's legs.
But until they entered the newly opened passage, no fool jumped out to challenge them.
A middle-aged man named Finn stood in front of the entrance to the ruins, waiting for them. His hair, face, and body were covered in dust. As a supporter of Irene, he didn't have any objections to Lu Li and others.
Before entering the passage, Lu Li and the others brought the sanity counters, homologous daggers, and an ancient statue fragment prepared by the shelter.
Ophelia was still the first to step into the dark underground space, followed by Lu Li.
Bright torches illuminate the surrounding area, but the distance beyond is still occupied by darkness.
The counter on his wrist was silent. Lu Li raised his arm and held the fragment of the ancient statue tightly.
The warm rays of sunlight seeped out from between Lu Li's fingers and illuminated the entire underground ruins.
The residents of the shelter in front of the passage stared at the light with tears streaming down their faces.
I wonder if it’s because of the dazzling light or the sunshine deep in my memory?
"Master Regulator..." Finn suddenly exclaimed and found Lulu pushing Irene into the ruins.
He gritted his teeth, grabbed a sanity counter and stepped in.
The light that descended on the ruins illuminated everything, including the nearly complete marble pillars, the tower-shaped platform guarded by the stone pillars, and the tall dead corpse lying on the top of the platform like an altar.
"That body... it, it wasn't there last time!"
Finn exclaimed and called Lu Li's attention. He held up the light, tilted his head and asked, "What do you mean you weren't there last time?"
"The body...it was lying under the high platform before!"
Lu Li frowned and looked at the dead body on the high platform again.
The light between the fingers casts its long and slender shadow on the rock wall.
"Has anyone come in?" Erin came to Lu Li's side.
"Absolutely not. We spent a lot of effort to re-drill the passage."
"What could happen to cause a corpse to change position?"
