Chapter 53 The Lost Civilization (Monthly Pass in Large Chapters)
The cave was dark and pitch-black, with only the faint light from fluorescent moss dotting it, making it almost impossible to see. However, Lucien had moonlight blood and had dark vision. As long as there was no light at all, he could see clearly.
Angeus's spirit body was reflected in the dark and deep pupils. It was like a candle that had shed tears, swaying and finally extinguished.
"The Lord has returned from resuscitation?" Lucien repeated in a low and solemn tone. This was the most profound memory besides Angius's anger.
Along with this sentence, its emotions fluctuated violently, full of awe, piety, excitement and joy.
"There has really been a change deep in the realm of the dead...is a truly immortal existence about to resurrect?"
Of course Lucien would not think that the "Lord" in Angus's mouth is the God of Truth of the Church. He must be the object of worship for these high-level undead in the world of the dead. But is this "Lord" the true God, or something similar to
It is unknown whether the existence of Etna, the ancestor of vampires, or whether she is simply a fictitious creature that represents some kind of change in the world of the dead.
Without the ability to manipulate souls and memories like the Undead Lord, it is absolutely impossible to obtain all the details from the "mind" of a high-level undead. Even because Lucien is not very different in level from it and is not good at this aspect of magic, even a slightly detailed
None of the memories have been read. The only thing that is certain is that great changes have indeed taken place deep in the realm of the dead. If it is allowed to develop, very bad consequences will most likely occur in the future.
The acquisition of this information dispelled most of Lucien's doubts about Rhine, but he still had an attitude towards this mission that he would do it if he could, and if he couldn't do it, he would not force it. After all, he was only a high-level magician, Vol.
It is too reluctant to enter this kind of legendary event that seems to be able to overturn the world. If the danger is too great, it is better to take the risk and submit it to the Supreme Council. There are seven great arcanists and eleven legendary magicians standing on top of it. I will also feel that
Much peace of mind.
"This high-level undead turned out to be Felipe's summoned creature. Hey, he still doesn't know the weirdness of the undead world and his contracted creatures..." Lucien smiled and shook his head. In addition to the message that "the general has returned from resurrection"
, Angus's most profound memory is laughing at Felipe's arrogance and stupidity, and cursing another high-level undead named Adol who was purified by the Cult of Truth and tortured to death by the legendary magician.
Thinking of this, Lucien couldn't help but sneer in his heart, "It seems that the Pale Hands do know that the world of the dead exists, but they concealed this information and wanted to explore on their own. Unfortunately, it seems that they were used and exploited by the high-level undead."
Cheated."
"If this mission cannot be completed, we will find a way to induce the high-level undead hidden in the Pale Hand, and expose the existence of this strange world to the rest of the Magic Council, thus unveiling it. Only
But if you do this, you will end up offending the Lord of the Dead and the demigod lich. If you have other options, don’t take such a risk."
Of course, in comparison, it would be much safer for Lucien to report the situation directly during the meeting of the Supreme Council.
He slowly held it with his right hand, and a bright flame burned silently in Lucien's palm, completely burning away the remaining spiritual dust of Angus. Then Lucien carefully cleaned up the traces of the nearby battle, so as not to
Recovered by other high-level undead in the undead world.
After doing all this, Lucien continued to move towards the depths of the earth with the help of the "Peeping Demonic Eye" to explore the way and be vigilant.
In the flickering darkness, Lucien walked along countless forked roads for more than ten minutes. Gradually, the air became a little warmer, and the sound of rushing underground rivers could be heard in his ears.
Knowing that he was approaching the underground city of the dwarves, Lucien became more cautious and cautiously turned the fork in the road. His eyes suddenly brightened.
This is a huge passage, seven or eight meters high and twenty or thirty meters wide. The ground and the walls on both sides are covered with large gray stone bricks. Dark black stone pillars stand in the center, supporting the top and dividing the passage into
There are three of them, and at a glance, it gives people a sense of grandeur and shock. The dwarves actually dug such a huge passage underground, what would their city look like?
According to historical documents, the ancient dwarves did not have any magic, nor did they have strong bloodlines!
Pieces of fluorescent moss grow wantonly on the ground and on the walls on both sides, reflecting the passage with a dim blue light. It is trance-like and hazy, as if a corpse will crawl out at any time, and a ghost will float out, full of...
Quiet and eerie atmosphere.
After carefully exploring with his voyeuristic eyes, Lucien stepped into the passage. The footsteps were unusually light, but they were clearly audible. The echoes echoed in the passage, which was empty and deserted.
After controlling his body, Lucien sped up, the sound of footsteps disappeared, and he started running quickly without leaving the observation range of the Peeping Demonic Eye.
There were two black metal tracks on both sides of the passage, which seemed to be used for special vehicles transporting goods. Lucien quickly moved forward along them, and soon he could vaguely see the exit of the passage.
Lucien subconsciously slowed down his pace and was cautious, and from the news coming back from the Peeping Demon Eye, he could see that there was a group of dead buildings in front of him, which were located in a huge artificially transformed cave.
The rock walls or stone pillars deliberately left to support the roof of the cave naturally divide the cave into more than ten blocks. The tall stone houses have collapsed or are overgrown with weeds, overlooking the streets that have not been walked by their owners for thousands of years.
What makes people's heart palpitate is that these stone houses are connected by metal pipes. They protrude from any position of the house, intersect in the huge metal pipe on the roof of the cave, and then extend to the sky above tall buildings with countless chimney-like things.
Then climb up and plunge into the roof of the cave, not knowing where it leads.
Walking on the dead and cold streets, Lucien occasionally saw bearings, springs, pistons, gears and other familiar metal objects appearing on the ground, as if he had returned to the earth and entered a machinery factory.
A faint light flashed in the black grass ahead. Lucien bent down and picked it up like an archaeologist. It was a huge steam rifle as thick as a rocket launcher. Although the gear structure was rusted and corroded, it could still be seen.
They are complex and exquisite, and are also connected to a half-human-sized steel high-pressure steam backpack.
Stroking the cold, rusty gun body that was about to break, Lucien sighed softly, because this represented the disappearance of an ancient civilization.
Before humans developed and expanded, dwarves who were good at crafts invented various steam engines and established a brilliant steam civilization.
Compared with their small stature, that one airship loomed large, the steam engine ship that sailed in the Storm Strait and the endless ocean, and the terrifying cannon that could fit several people into it, and all kinds of powerful weapons.
Steam rifles, steel smelting plants that keep spitting out black smoke like monsters, and machinery manufacturing plants are all so huge, as if they were specially made for the dragons.
The dwarves did not have in-depth theoretical guidance. They just relied on the talent of smelting and manufacturing and the summary of experience to slowly and miraculously develop steam civilization. With the knowledge of various mechanical forging and design, even the legendary alchemist Crow
The improved magic steam trains and the airships used by the Church and the Magic Council refer to the heritage of the dwarves in part of their structure, but are driven by magic and divine power instead, turning the huge airships and steamships into huge ones.
Trains became normal-sized, more practical, and cheaper.
It's a pity that this civilization has been lost. If he hadn't read the records in the Advanced Arcane and Magic Library, Lucien would have no way of knowing about it. Even Lazar, a knowledgeable magician who grew up in the Magic Council, had never known about it.
I have heard that it is believed that humans were the first to invent steam trains and use them to transport goods. Of course, the magic steam train was indeed the first invention of Cross.
Without a figure like Douglas to ask inspiring questions, the dwarves' steam invention stalled after reaching a certain stage. The periodic expansion of magical creatures in the Dark Mountains taught them a bloody lesson. These terrifying high-level people
The creatures were completely different from the low-level and middle-level magical creatures they bullied before. It was impossible to fight against them simply by relying on steam rifles and giant ship cannons. In less than twenty years, the once glorious steam civilization retreated underground.
However, the underground is not suitable for the development of steam civilization. Coupled with the existence of many monsters and hunters, after experiencing the era of dragon rule, natural elf civilization, and the rise of werewolves, probably in the early days of the ancient magic empire, steam civilization completely died.
The dwarves remaining on the ground were transformed by crazy magicians and gained blood and spiritual power, and redeveloped their country.
But compared with the dwarf civilization of the past, they are fundamentally different. Although they are equally good at smelting, it is equally easy to give birth to alchemist masters.
"If you don't have the power to protect your own civilization, you can only perish in the long river of history. Except for the learned magicians, immortal vampires, dragons, etc., who will remember?" Lucien sighed softly, with a rather complicated mood.
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The water of the long river of history seems to be clear, but under its water surface, countless glorious civilizations and powerful figures have been submerged.
Putting down the huge steam rifle, Lucien continued to move forward, bending down from time to time to pick up the relics of this lost civilization, including silver coins with strange hammer and gear patterns, "Elementary Mechanical Forging", "Steam Rifle Manufacturing Methods", "
Dwarven books such as "Detailed Explanation of Several Steam Engines" and "Anatomy of a Steam Engine Ship" were scattered on the floor covered with dust and almost decayed. There were also various mechanical creations full of unique styles.
"Fortunately, the dwarf writing is relatively well preserved. Today's dwarf language is not much different from these writings." Lucien flipped through a few books and saved them in the Soul Library according to his habit.
After walking for a few more minutes in the "Lost Civilization", Lucien saw a huge metal "golem" lying on the ground, half leaning against a tall factory building, so he stopped and carefully observed its exposed internal mechanical structure.
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"Golem", the last refuge of the dwarves of steam civilization.
They wanted to create such a powerful war weapon to defeat the terrifying magical creatures, but unfortunately the slow golem failed as they wished and failed miserably. Instead, it inspired the later magicians to develop various powerful golems.
Suddenly, a sharp sound echoed into Lucien's soul, and the crystal ball in his palm dimmed suddenly.
A voyeuristic eye was *lost!
Woo hoo hoo! A cry that sounded like weeping was heard, and the sound of footsteps that was dense enough to make one's scalp numb came from afar.
Lucien raised his head and saw thick pale tentacles extending out of a factory in the distance, and then a disgusting monster came out.
Its upper body is like a plump old woman, fat and ugly, its two small slit-like eyes shine with a ferocious light, its huge naked breasts are densely covered with black and white eyes, while its lower body is like a white octopus, with sprouts
Tentacles with suction cups appeared one after another.
"Nest Mother"!
This is the terrifying and disgusting "nest mother".
One of them can create thousands of fallen monsters, and if there is not enough food, the fallen monsters will eat each other or develop toward the ground.
Under its summons, a flood of fallen monsters came from all directions. It was hard to count the number. There were even many shooters and talented warlocks who could attack from a distance.
Lucien raised his right hand and rubbed the badge on his chest. Suddenly, a crystal halo spread vaguely around, and soon developed to a range of 500 meters.
A terrifying blizzard kicked up, and frost condensed on the bodies of the fallen monsters, and then fell apart like ice sculptures falling to the ground under the strong wind.
As soon as the bone arrows shot from a distance entered the range of the ice and snow halo, they froze into layers of ice and fell to the ground helplessly.
The incoming missiles, spider webs, rays and other magic spells were either directly crushed by the blizzard, or were distracted by the waves and deflected.
Lucien moved forward quickly, and the aura shifted as he ran wildly. The tall buildings of the dwarves were frozen by the frost, and the fallen monsters fell to the ground like grass in the strong wind.
The nest mother sensed something was wrong, stretched out her tentacles, and began to climb and jump. Acid, cobwebs, fog, etc. came out of her dense black and white eyes.
But these supernatural powers solidified and fell to the ground and shattered into powder as soon as they entered the range of the frost halo.
A few seconds later, Lucien caught up with the nest mother, and its movements immediately became sluggish, as if its tentacles were frozen into ice.
At the same time, under the influence of the blizzard, frozen scars appeared on its body, and the black juice turned into ice as soon as it flowed out.
Bang, thirty seconds later, the struggling nest mother was completely shattered.
When Lucien stopped running wildly, the effect of the frost halo disappeared, and the entire dwarf city was covered with frost, some black and some white, and became empty and silent again.
"This magic is very effective at clearing the field, but it can easily injure teammates accidentally." Lucien nodded lightly and shook his head.
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After searching for more than ten minutes, Lucien finally found the space node in a hall of the dwarf city.
It turned out to be a twisted space crack, surrounded by something that looked like a magic circle or an altar that the dwarves had clumsily arranged.
"It seems that at the end of the steam civilization, the dwarves began to learn from magical creatures like humans, but under the influence of 'inertia', the effect was not great." Lucien sighed again, witnessing the loss of civilization, he had a deep appreciation for the learned
For arcanists, I always have mixed feelings.
After carefully looking at the clumsy magic circle, Lucien took out the materials and drew and carved it again. At the same time, he was worried that if he relied on this kind of magic circle to enter an alien space, would he get lost in the turbulence of space?
Like the alien space occupied by the Magic Council, there are nine-ring magic "doors to other worlds" arranged near the nodes, which can facilitate the stable exchange of a large number of people and materials, and the worst node teleportation array that uses space gaps is at least
It belongs to the middle level, so when seeing this clumsy magic circle that seemed to be a low level, how could Lucien not be a little worried.
After careful study and confirmation that the space gap was stable, Lucien took out the materials and rearranged the node teleportation array. At the same time, he was glad that he had thought of the worst-case scenario beforehand.
This arrangement lasted for three days. Lucien got up and moved his body, and then put on layers of defense for himself, because he didn't know what the situation on the other side would be after teleportation. You must know that Rhine has not been used for hundreds of years.
Pass this node.
Be prepared, Lucien stepped into this alien space that was once occupied by dwarves but was soon conquered by vampires - "Night Plateau"! (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)