Mana, the name of the little white beast was temporarily changed by Longgang, and it was clear that the little beast was well accepted. The little tail was wagging from time to time, and it looked quite comfortable.
The hidden passage is vertically downward, about thirty meters deep.
After that, Longgang fell into a stone passage. The walls were criss-crossed with a kind of luminous stone... It was not dazzling, it could even be called soft, but it made the whole passage look pretty.
bright.
Long Gang continued to go deeper and found a small hole on the road, just enough for Mana to pass through. I guess it was made by this little guy.
"What's in here?" Long Gang asked, looking at the little guy lying on his shoulder.
Of course he couldn't get the answer... The little guy couldn't speak. Even if Long Gang could communicate with it, he could only feel some vague thoughts, which was actually quite confusing.
But no one has been here for a long time...not even a mojito. It must have never discovered this place.
Even Long Gang himself would probably have missed it if he hadn't had the ability to communicate with living beings and hadn't sensed mana.
This was once a herdsman's village... Why did they build such a passage underground in the village... Where does the passage lead?
Soon, Long Gang found the answer.
What he saw at the end of the passage was another village!
Its area is at least half smaller than the one on the ground, the roads are narrower, and the houses are closer together... At the same time, it still looks empty here, and it has been abandoned for a long time.
As soon as he walked in here, the mana on Long Gang's shoulders jumped down, and then ran quickly into the underground village.
Long Gang subconsciously looked above... The top was already filled with luminous stones, which illuminated the entire space here. Returning to the problem of the herders building this underground village, Long Gang felt that it was very likely that the herders were trying to hide.
What to open.
Everything here looks quite primitive, whether it is houses, tools... everything is made of the simplest materials, without any tools with any technical content.
"Are they trying to avoid the surveillance of the central tower?"
Suddenly, Long Gang seemed to realize something and he soon caught up with the little white beast Mana... Mana was stopping in a small circular square at this time.
What shocked Longgang was that he found many sarcophagi in this small square!
At first glance, these sarcophagi appear to number at least one hundred, fifty or sixty... They are arranged neatly, just surrounding the entire circular square, forming a radial pattern.
And in the middle of all this, in the very middle of the circular square, stood a huge square-pointed pillar...a white pillar.
Long Gang couldn't help but feel shocked. He had seen such pillars, but they were obviously much smaller than the other pillars he had seen. The square-pointed pillars that existed in this underground village square were obviously much, much smaller!
That is the White Tower that exists in the Undersea City!
Yes, the shape of the square-pointed pillar is the same as that of the giant white tower in the Undersea City... Long Gang was shocked by what he found here, and subconsciously moved closer to the square-pointed pillar.
However, the moment he stepped into the circular square, an unknown feeling of fear suddenly filled his whole body, making Long Gang couldn't help but shiver, and he subconsciously stopped in his tracks.
Long Gang looked around... At this time, with his ability to listen to the sounds of all things, he felt what the thoughts on the thick sarcophagi were saying.
Whispers, but unfortunately they can no longer be distinguished carefully... The only thing that is certain is that they do not want Longgang to get close.
"I just want to find the truth." Long Gang said softly: "Even if you are buried here, you still have such awe of it... Maybe it is your belief?"
These thoughts have not dispersed.
Long Gang couldn't help frowning... Immediately, his heart moved, and he said seriously: "I am also a descendant of the herders. If you are really the original herders, then I can also be regarded as your descendant. If you,
You are really my ancestor, then...please let me know everything about you. Shepherds...why do we exist!"
More than a hundred thoughts became much stronger in an instant... The surroundings of the square began to emit a faint blue light. From a simple thought, to now, Long Gang actually saw a stream of light blue air appearing.
.
These air currents did not disperse, but instead began to search for something... At this time, they actually began to flow towards the small white hand mana.
Finally, without knowing it, a thin dark blue rhombus crystal formed on Mana's forehead, and his body began to slowly float vertically.
"Sure enough, there is a reaction... You are really herders!" Long Gang's eyes lit up at this time.
So, the suspended Mana looked at Long Gang like this. At the same time, a sound that seemed to be a blend of many voices naturally emerged in Long Gang's heart.
"We are the last shepherds. This is a collection of our thoughts... You can call me, or us, [Tomorrow]."
"Tomorrow?" Long Gang couldn't help but be startled, and subconsciously said: "Hope? Your hope is tomorrow?"
"You can understand it this way, but we are not waiting for the arrival of tomorrow." [Tomorrow] said slowly: "We do feel that you have a little bit of shepherd blood left in you, but it is not very strong... Come to think of it, you
They should be the descendants of those guys who escaped."
"It's probably like this..." Long Gang also had to face up to his identity. At the same time, something moved in his heart: "What are you talking about, those guys who escaped? In this way, not all the herders left.
Central Tower?"
"It's not much different. Those who stayed are all here." [Tomorrow] said calmly: "We did not choose to leave because some of the herders did not have completely unified views. Of course, those who chose to leave were
The vast majority.”
"Why don't you leave here?" Long Gang couldn't help frowning and asked: "Do you know that those herdsmen who left fell to the ground outside and created a brilliant civilization... Although, even though this civilization has been destroyed now,
Those that remain can only survive in the deep sea."
"Our roots are here, and we don't want to go anywhere." [Tomorrow] was still quite indifferent, "There are things we protect here."
Long Gang subconsciously said: "This pillar? There is an identical pillar in the Undersea City, but it is much larger than this one... What exactly is it?"
"It's inheritance, it's us." [Tomorrow] said slowly: "It's the resting place of the soul. Even if the body of the shepherd dies, the spirit will not be extinct. The holy tower can rest our souls."
"It still has power." Long Gang was silent for a moment and suddenly said: "I can feel that it still contains the powerful power of the deceased... just like the White Tower of Undersea City. But the White Tower of Undersea City,
Only the emperor of Undersea City can use it."
"The emperor of the Undersea City you mentioned should be a descendant who has fully awakened the power of blue blood." [Tomorrow] thought for a while and said: "This is not very strange. In our era, basically after adulthood,
Shepherds can all use the power of the Holy Tower. You can feel it because you have a trace of blue blood in your body. However, according to your situation, under normal circumstances, you will probably never be able to awaken the blue blood.
Power."
Long Gang smiled bitterly and laughed at himself: "Maybe it's because I'm just a mixed race? If it's not high, it's not high. I've never had any dissatisfaction with my bloodline... It has brought me to this place.
This world has given me life."
"Your ability is induction?" [Tomorrow] suddenly said at this time.
"Induction?" Long Gang was startled and said subconsciously: "You mean my ability to communicate with you? I will call it [listening to the voice of all things]."
"Listen to all things?" [Tomorrow] seemed to have a smile, "Do you know what it is to truly listen to all things? Your ability is, at best, just the prerequisite ability to listen to all things. You are still far behind in truly listening to all things.
Far."
Long Gang suddenly felt flushed.
The blue crystal on Mana's forehead suddenly flashed, and then [Tomorrow] suddenly said: "What's your name?"
"Longgang."
"Longgang, now come to the front of the [Holy Tower]." [Tomorrow] said calmly: "Although it is only a very thin bloodline, it is indeed a descendant of blue blood. As a descendant of a shepherd, you
You should show your awe in front of our faith."
Long Gang frowned.
He hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to walk into the square, approaching the obelisk step by step. This time, he did not encounter any obstruction.
Standing completely in front of the obelisk, Long Gang looked up and saw that there seemed to be a flash of light on the pure white tower... The awe in his heart reappeared, and Long Gang subconsciously knelt down and worshiped.
Before entering the holy tower, he closed his eyes and showed a pious expression.
At this moment, when he closed his eyes, in the darkness, Long Gang actually saw a blue flame...it ignited in the darkness.
From weak to strong.
Among the blue flames, Long Gang even "saw" a blue crystal long sword... As if it was a call, he subconsciously reached out to hold it.
hold!
The moment his palm grasped the hilt of the blue crystal sword, Long Gang also opened his eyes... and at this time, a blue crystal sword actually appeared in his hand!
A happy thought came from the blue crystal sword.
"It seems... very happy?" Long Gang looked at [Mana] subconsciously, "Is it happy for my arrival?"
"I'm not happy for your arrival, just happy for the arrival of blue blood." [Tomorrow] said calmly: "If the arrival is a shepherd who has fully awakened the blue blood, he will be truly happy."
"...Okay." Long Gang smiled awkwardly, feeling that he might have been despised by his real ancestor?
"This is the shepherd's holy sword." [Tomorrow]'s voice sounded again, "There is also a pair of holy armor... At the beginning, the shepherd who left took the holy armor away, and the holy sword was kept by us. You know
, what is your mission, Longgang."
Long Gang opened his mouth subconsciously. He just held this blue crystal sword, but he never knew that he had a mission.
[Tomorrow] said: "You have an obligation to bring the souls of the shepherds who are wandering outside back to the holy tower... This is the place where we sleep. Although they left at the beginning, one day they will
Those who came back. We stayed and took care of the holy tower in order to one day bring their souls back for burial. We are herdsmen, and we are also gravekeepers... Longgang, are you willing to become a guardian?
Tomb man?"
"If I refuse, are you going to recycle this... [Holy Sword]?" Long Gang frowned.
"No, I can't recycle it." [Tomorrow] said something that made Long Gang quite depressed, "In fact, as long as you didn't stop and came directly to the Holy Tower just now, you would still get the [Holy Sword].
"
Long Gang shook his head and frowned again: "So you...you just watch it like this and I take it away? What if I refuse?"
"You won't refuse." [Tomorrow] shook his head at this time, "Remember, the [Holy Tower] is a heritage, the Holy Sword is a heritage, and the [Holy Armor] is also a heritage. They will guide you to do what you should do.
Things to do."
"What should be done... what should be done?" Long Gang suddenly raised his head: "What, is what I should do?"
This time, [Tomorrow] did not respond.
Just walking with him, the [Holy Tower] suddenly shot out a ray of light and plunged into Longgang's body... He felt like bathing in warm water, and the feeling of comfort all over his body even made him nostalgic.
"Your bloodline is too thin... accept the gift from us." [Tomorrow]'s voice echoed in Long Gang's heart: "Remember, you are the shepherd and the keeper of the tomb... our tomb
, what is buried is our tomorrow.”
"etc……"
The light of the holy tower disappeared, and the light surrounding Longgang also disappeared... Even the little white beast Mana had fallen to the ground at this time, seeming to have passed out.
However, the dark blue crystal on Mana's forehead did not disappear, and seemed to be completely embedded in its body.
Long Gang subconsciously mentioned the audience's blue crystal sword... At this time, its light was no longer there, and his mind could no longer feel it, but it became dim.
However, as long as a thought occurs to him, this [Holy Sword] will instantly release a bright light.
