Leaving the other entrance of the Windmill Village ruins, you will see a winding forest path. The widest part can only accommodate two people, and carriages and carts cannot pass. At the end of the road, you will see
A large, bottomless rift valley, as if the flat land had been torn apart by brute force. The edge of the rift valley showed a ferocious appearance of intertwined canine teeth, quite like the open mouth and sharp fangs of a wild beast.
It will bite off everything that falls into the abyss.
After approaching the rift valley area, noticeboards can be seen everywhere, reminding tourists to "watch your step". It is said that due to the expansion of cracks, the nearby strata are torn and the soil is loose, so it is easy for accidents such as depression or collapse to occur. p>
The most serious accident occurred in the 17th century. It is said that the most terrifying typhoon disaster in the region originated from this rift valley, which attracted many idle idlers and tourists to visit. As a result, the crowds gathered overwhelmed the fragile nearby
The layers of soil and collapsed mudstone instantly swallowed up those tiny figures, just like swallowing hundreds of black ants.
Fortunately, the collapse area was only local and did not affect the nearby rift valley, so the damage did not expand. Despite this, this unexpected disaster still caused dozens of people to be injured and three people died. Afterwards, Yawei
The Ong City Government urgently sent people to put up railings in the most dangerous sections of the Rift Valley, but it still couldn't stop the curious people. Afterwards, it was expanded several times and even a special "Rift Valley Security Patrol Team" was established.
The situation improved after Japan sent people to patrol nearby areas to dissuade tourists trying to approach dangerous areas.
However, at that time, there were already dozens of slips and falls. This slow and delayed response and better-than-no remedial measures led to a local joke specifically mocking the administrative efficiency of the city government: Whenever someone slips and falls into the rift,
The government sent people to erect warning signs at the place where he fell; a few years later, when they realized that they had to solve this problem once and for all, they discovered that the warning signs had surrounded the rift valley.
It saved them money on building railings.
When Ringer told this joke to everyone, Alice's first reaction was: I really didn't travel through time!
Whether it is the earth world or the mirror world, political jokes about the ruling party are an enduring repertoire.
She sighed repeatedly, showing concern for the country and the people, but unfortunately no one paid attention to her.
The real windmill village ruins are located in the most dangerous area of the rift valley, only tens of meters away from the bottomless abyss. But what is amazing is that the tearing of the rift valley did not affect the nearby villages at all.
, and even bypassed those fragile buildings as if on purpose, accurately retaining the area they originally occupied. Therefore, after hundreds of years, these ancient building ruins can still lie quietly on the left side of the rift valley, looking at them silently
The empty and lonely forest on the other side.
For some reason, the real windmill village ruins are also surrounded by a circle of iron railings. The sentry of the Rift Valley Security Patrol and a two-story wooden and stone building are located on the only way to the ruins.
, a total of six members, all natives of Avion, patrol the area three times a day, with two people in each round, to prevent tourists from overcoming obstacles and entering dangerous areas that are prone to collapse.
According to the information Ringer heard, the current captain of the patrol is the Mr. David mentioned by the old gentleman. His full name is Arthur David. He is not usually responsible for patrol duties, but is stationed inside the guard post.
, to persuade tourists who want to go deep into the Rift Valley to return. If someone tries to break in by force, they will be arrested on the spot and sent to jail to calm down. He is a rather unkind guy.
Moreover, among the patrol, he was the only one who was not a native of Avion, but a Nimscher. It was said that he came from the prestigious David family, but for some reason he came to this remote town, in front of an ordinary person.
Wuqi Sheriff. Local residents have been talking about this and have many speculations.
"In general," Alice said, "he is a suspicious guy."
Medien said weakly: "It seems that we are more suspicious now, sister Alice?"
There is no need to say which one is more suspicious, a police officer who is unkind but conscientious and dedicated to pulling ignorant tourists out of the abyss of danger, and a group of sneaky outsiders who try to sneak into forbidden areas and do some sneaky things?<
/p>
"Nonsense!" Alice angrily scolded the pink-haired little girl for her vacillating thoughts. She actually allowed others to subjugate her prestige. Her position is so unstable that she won't give you a penny after finding the treasure. Let Alice, the diligent maid,
I’ll keep it safe for you first.
The true intention is clearly revealed.
Although there is only one road leading to the old site of Windmill Village, and it is monitored by the sentries of the Rift Valley Security Patrol Team, it is not difficult for Linge and his party. Saint Xalia pulled a thread of fate as a cover, and let
The patrol team members ignored the outsiders under their noses, openly pushed open the locked iron gate, and entered the real windmill village ruins.
Compared with the ruins of the windmill village that was later rebuilt outside the city of Avion, the buildings here are obviously older, and the regional planning is not that reasonable. There are sheep pens, vegetable fields and dry wells mixed between the houses, which is closer to the simple appearance of the primitive countryside.
. Moreover, this ruins seems to have never been cleaned up, so it has inevitably been eroded by nature. Various plants grow wantonly in this ruins far away from human traces. The branches and leaves of wisteria and ivy cover the surface of the damaged buildings.
It looks scarred by the frost and snow in the late winter; dark green lichen and moss grow in the dark corners of walls and along the walls of dry wells, and occasionally a few insects scurry by quickly; as for the country dirt roads that connect all parts of the village
, it has long been occupied by large areas of shrubs and weeds, and sometimes you can even see rusty red ferns - the common local red tail grass.
Next to the village is the bottomless Ronin Rift Valley. The strong wind that pours into the valley bottom roars and roars, as if it has been blowing since the beginning of the world and has not stopped until this century, blowing towards the rock walls on both sides.
There were dense scars on the body, each of which was deep into the bones. This roaring scene made it easy for people to mistakenly think that this was the source of the wind.
Standing more than ten meters away from the edge of the rift valley, I feel dizzy at a glance. Occasionally, the wind blows a few gravels on the edge of the cliff and falls. The sound of falling to the ground is not heard for a long time, which makes people feel even more dizzy.
He was falling downwards along with the gravel, his head and feet were reversed, and he felt weightless.
Even the bravest Alice only glanced at it and hurriedly stepped back, then beat her chest and shared her feelings with her friends in fear: "It was so dangerous! I almost fell!
Ringer ignored her and tore off a large piece of dead vine clinging to the surface of the building. He saw that underneath was a gray-white exterior wall. There were mottled cracks on the bricks that made up the wall, but it didn't look like the result of natural erosion.
Rather, it looked like marks that had been slashed by some kind of metal weapon. Looking up again, the highest point of the tower house was the long-decayed windmill wings and huge wooden supports. There were also climbing vines, and the exposed parts were covered with insects.
There were obvious holes and the whole structure was in a dilapidated state. People were worried that if there was a little bit more movement, the windmills would be scattered and fall to the ground.
According to the records in "Avignon Antiquities", the sinner David hid the secret passage to the bottom of the rift valley inside the windmill tower where three summer cherry trees grew. But looking around, there were skinny summer cherry trees everywhere.
Trees are clustered near windmill towers and weed fields. Their bare branches are intertwined and growing at random, looking like patches of unique thorn bushes.
It is indeed difficult to distinguish the three most special ones among these summer cherry trees. However, seven hundred years have passed, and it is normal for the records left by the ancients to be different from the current situation.
.Fortunately, the village is not big. Even if we search each tower house one by one, we still have no time.
So Ringer asked everyone to spread out and search individually, and sternly warned them not to get close to the rift valley. If they were blown down by the wind or had a collapse accident, it would not be fun.
After searching for more than ten minutes in these old and damaged windmill towers, there was still no clue. Just when Ringer wondered whether the so-called "three summer cherry trees" had some kind of metaphor, Metien suddenly ran away in a hurry.
Come over and tell him the unexpected good news: "I found it, Ringer!"
……
"This is it!"
The pink-haired little girl pointed to a half-collapsed windmill tower house and said to her companions. In the direction of her finger, the gray-white stone wall exposed after tearing away the withered vines and ivy was painted with dull black lines.
It shows the appearance of three trees. Only one of them is complete, while the other two trees are partially missing due to broken stone bricks, but the shape of the trees can still be barely seen.
"Is this the meaning of the three summer cherry trees?" Alice blinked: "Not real trees, but paintings?"
It makes sense when you think about it. How could a tree from seven hundred years ago still be alive today?
Pushing open the rotten old wooden door, shaking off the dust that had gradually accumulated over the dry years, it was like smoke and sand rising up all over the sky. Alice, who excitedly rushed to the front, was caught off guard and choked and coughed several times. The furnishings in the tower room were unexpectedly simple, and all the furniture had become disfigured by the corrosion of time. Ringer even saw a thick layer of feathers piled in the corner. It must have been occupied by turtle doves or bullfinch.
Such birds used it as their nests, but now those birds have disappeared and I don’t know where they went.
The desolation and desolation that hit us made people hold their breath involuntarily.
He rummaged in the tower room for another ten minutes, searching the narrow space, but found nothing. In the end, Metien was still keenly aware that the corner of the tower room was covered by a pile of scattered stones.
There was something wrong with the place covered by bricks and knotted spider webs. So Ringer cleaned up all the debris, revealing a piece of wood that could be lifted. Below was a dark hole, invisible in depth, which seemed to lead all the way.
Going to the bottom of the valley.
Ovela instinctively felt scared when she saw such a dark and deep hole, but at this moment, an unknown hand reached out and held her hand, conveying a silent comfort, which was magically calming.
The princess' uneasiness was relieved and her mood gradually calmed down.
She slowly turned around and met a pair of clear and bright golden eyes.
"Don't be afraid." The other party said softly: "We are all with you."
I will accompany you too.
Olivia was stunned, then nodded vigorously: "Yes!"