Although the sudden change interrupted the original plan, Chen Ziyan was not too surprised by it.
He had been mentally prepared for this as early as when he heard from the blue-robed Tibetans that they might encounter additional strange things in the Demon Kingdom ruins because of the glacier crystal corpse.
After taking one last look at the yak hanging in the air by the wooden fence, Chen Ziyan left with the others.
They did not stay nearby, but went directly to the nearest city wall and found a place to rest with a wide view.
While eating, everyone was also talking about what happened before.
After Wang Kaixuan looked around mischievously, he asked in a low voice: "Do you think there is something weirder in this shabby place?"
According to his idea, he planned to go directly out of the city to spend the night. This ancient city could not give him any sense of security now.
But after a final discussion, everyone else agreed to repair the city wall, which made Wang Kaixuan always a little suspicious.
Hu Bayi saw the fat man's thoughts at a glance, patted him on the shoulder and said: "There should be more weird things, but I don't think this weirdness is limited to this ancient city. Who knows about the wind-eroded caves outside? Could there be something more penetrating hidden inside?"
He actually felt that the location was good, with a wide view of the surroundings and a thick city wall to protect him from the wind. It made people feel safer than the cave outside, which was uncomfortable to see during the day.
And just like what Hu Bayi said to Wang Kaixuan, now they can't tell whether there are weird things outside. Instead of going out to test, they might as well stay here.
Chen Ziyan didn't pay attention to the words of the two brothers. Instead, after swallowing the food, he looked at the blue-robed Tibetan sitting opposite and asked: "Friends of Kangbalo, what do you think we should do better next?"
He was just trying to make a fool of himself, so it would be better if he could get something genuine from this person. He had nothing and no loss.
"We still have to continue our previous idea and find a way to get into the depths of the ancient city to find the altar."
The blue-robed Tibetan thought for a while and then said.
He has put aside the matter of Xue Maitreya for now, thinking in his heart what secrets this ancient city hides.
And if you want to know the secrets hidden here, finding the altar as the core is a necessary step.
Perhaps because he felt that his words were a bit absolute, the blue-robed Tibetan added: "According to the experience left by our tribe's predecessors, we may have entered a special space now. If we cannot explore the secret that keeps this place as it is, I may never leave this place again."
Hearing his words, everyone except Chen Ziyan suddenly looked at him.
Can't leave here?
"An ancestor of our tribe entered a similar place a long time ago. He was trapped in it for more than ten years before he discovered the secret and came out." The blue-robed Tibetan people all looked at him and said quietly.
He was speechless when talking about this. If he knew what was going on here, he would rather find the larvae of the King of Hell by himself than follow Chen Ziyan and the others.
Regardless of the information left by the predecessors, you can leave by finding the core that led to all this, but this is not that easy to do.
This is why he said he still wanted to find the altar. The blue-robed Tibetan felt that even if the core here was not the altar, it must be closely related to the altar.
But now that things are like this, he doesn't feel sorry for himself, but starts to actively think of solutions.
Wang Kaixuan was the first to jump out and retort: "No, why can't we get out? We can get out now if we want!"
He didn't understand what the Tibetan people in blue robes said about being inseparable from here. There was no mechanism here. Their legs were on their bodies, so they could go wherever they wanted!
Hu Bayi vaguely understood something, but his face changed uncertainly and he didn't say anything.
"Let's try tomorrow. I think we should be able to go out. I have heard of the kind of things this friend said, but they all happened in a very small area. The area here is so large. Even if there is a situation, the power It’s not stable either,” Black Glasses said.
He didn't veto this, but he didn't fully believe it.
He had heard this kind of thing many times before, and even experienced it personally once. It was really uncomfortable to be in that kind of environment, but with such a wide scope covered in it, he didn't believe it when he hacked someone.
"That's right! Wait..."
Just when everyone was about to fall into silence again, Shirley Yang seemed to have thought of something and quickly rummaged through her backpack.
Amid the puzzled looks of others, she took out a piece of rubbing paper from her backpack, pointed to the pattern on it and said to everyone:
"Look at the terrain above, does it look like the ancient city we are in now?"
After others came over to take a look, they found that this was indeed the case. Although the pattern on it was seriously damaged, it could still be seen from the remaining parts that the drawing was the ancient city where everyone was.
"Although the terrain map above is less than 30%, as long as time permits, we can simply repair this map based on the environment here." After everyone had finished reading, Shirley Yang said excitedly .
This is not a small discovery, and it can even greatly speed up their subsequent actions.
"This is a good idea." Chen Ziyan was the first to agree.
The complexity of this ancient city can be seen. If there is a reliable map to refer to, then their next journey will undoubtedly be much easier.
"Look here." But before anyone else could express their opinions, Hu Bayi suddenly made a new discovery. He pointed to a certain location on the map and motioned for others to take a look.
Chen Ziyan and the others looked at the location pointed out by Hu Bayi and saw that it was an area on the side of the ancient city. It looked like a door.
"This is a connection point!" Hu Bayi pointed at the sign on the door and said affirmatively.
Then he pointed to the area behind the door and spoke again: "This ancient city is not as simple as it seems. Its complex structure is completely rare in the world. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is an enlarged version of a honeycomb."
When he said this, his face was full of emotion.
This is because he had been engaged in construction work for many years. Otherwise, others might not be able to discover the mystery in this map.
Chen Ziyan seemed to understand, and couldn't help but ask: "Old Hu, what exactly did you see, please tell me in detail?"
Wang Kaixuan also chimed in beside him: "Even so, you are not a cultured person. Don't mess with those useless things. If you see something, say it quickly."
Hu Bayi rolled his eyes at the fat man, then pointed to the incomplete map where the door was located and said: "If you look carefully, you will find that the houses above are not integrated, but are separated in the middle. This shows that we are now The ancient city where it is located is probably divided into an inner city and an inner city that is even more hidden!"
Hu Bayi pointed out the incomplete map to everyone while talking about his findings.
Everyone saw the area he was pointing to. Although the pattern on it was very blurry, dividing lines could really be seen in some places.
This shows that the fact is probably as Hu Bayi said, there are inner and outer cities here, and there is a more hidden inner city inside.
"Our current goal is to find this door connecting the inner and outer cities and enter the inner city. If nothing unexpected happens, the inner city can directly reach the deepest part of the ancient city." Hu Bayi finally concluded.
"Indeed, look here, the main road above seems to run directly through the entire ancient city." Shirley Yang was inspired and made new discoveries.
She was talking about a pillar that ran through the entire ancient city on a small fragment of the map.
It originally seemed like something like a pillar, but now after what Hu Bayi said, it was most likely a road that ran through the ancient city.
Shirley Yang then found some new discoveries, and then she simply started drawing them directly on the manuscript paper. It seemed that she wanted to make a simple road map.
Chen Ziyan didn't understand the significance of her doing this at first. The map on it was not only incomplete, but also partially blurred. But after seeing that the first thing Shirley Yang drew was the city wall, he immediately understood Shirley Yang's intention.
Although the map on this kind of rubbing paper is incomplete, it is not useless at all. Now Shirley Yang uses the city wall as a mark. Although she cannot accurately find the location of the door, she still has no problem determining a rough range. .
More importantly, she was able to deduce the location of herself and others, so that she could get the route to the door.
Shirley Yang draws sketches very quickly. It seems that she has learned this specifically. She drew a simple and practical route map in just a few strokes.
"We walk along here and turn here twice in a row to get to the door. But when we get to that area, we can only explore a little bit." Shirley Yang showed the map she drew to others Finally, he said with some reluctance.
If only it could be more accurate!
Chen Ziyan studied the simple map carefully for a while, then looked up at the others and suddenly asked: "How about we leave later?"
He thought that now that he had this map, he might as well strike while the iron was hot and move on.
Anyway, they didn't suffer much serious wear and tear along the way. The seventy-seven or eighty-eight people who had recovered just now were fully capable of continuing their actions.
Shirley Yang was the first to react. She showed a slightly moved expression, but made no sound.
She can understand other people's thoughts, so she doesn't want to give guidance at this time.
After thinking for a while, Hu Bayi said: "Let's go to where the door is first and see what's going on behind the door. Then we'll decide whether to continue taking action."
He actually felt that continuing to explore was a good choice, but considering what he had just experienced, he still didn't speak too firmly.
If the inner city is full of strange things, you can't go in recklessly and you must be fully prepared.
Wang Kaixuan also calmed down now, crushed the cigarette butt in his hand, and said: "Then go and have a look. If it doesn't work, come back."
Others have an indifferent attitude. After all, they are either here to make soy sauce, or they joined in halfway. They just follow the crowd in everything they do.
Even people with strong opinions like Chen Wenjin only occasionally express their opinions now, and these opinions are mostly of a discussion nature.
These few people are very clear about their positioning, and naturally they will not do anything unnecessary at this time.
After successfully reaching a consensus, the team followed the simple map drawn by Shirley Yang and began to head towards the location of the door on the map.
There were no difficulties or obstacles as they imagined, and it took them less than half an hour to reach the door easily.
However, it is not accurate to say that it is a door, because what appears in front of everyone is only the door frame, and there is no actual door.
"There really is an inner city here." Wang Kaixuan sighed after just taking a look after entering the door.
Because everything in front of him proves that Hu Bayi's speculation is correct, and there is indeed something inside this ancient city.
It looks very similar to the outside shape, and the inner city has the same structure, but the difference is that the houses here are not built as a whole, but more like they are carved out of the rock wall.
"It seems that this ancient city may have started out as a mountain peak, and was later built into what it is now." Chen Ziyan said after looking around for a week.
If this is not the shadow Eluohai City, but the real Eluohai City, once it is excavated, it can definitely be called a major historical discovery, and it can even become another miracle in the ancient building.
After all, such a building is of a type that cannot be copied even today!
Without staying too much at the connection, the group of people sighed for a while and then moved forward along the largest passage.
As they went deeper, they could feel the road began to tilt significantly. Obviously, as expected, this was a road that could go straight to the ground.
The inner city is as brightly lit as the outside, but this also saves lighting. Shirley Yang has not forgotten her previous plan. Every time she walks, she not only has to mark a conspicuous place, but also records the specific terrain on her own On a portable notebook.
Unlike the outer city, the depths here are no longer so quiet, probably because of the humidity. After reaching a certain level, Chen Ziyan and the others began to see more and more cockroaches.
The appearance of these cockroaches is the same as that of the outside world, but they are much larger in size. The ones encountered later are no less than ordinary mice, and some are even two times larger than mice.
But such a discovery is a good thing for them. Regardless of whether it is a cockroach or a mouse, at least there are signs of life here.
Compared to the ghost town-like emptiness outside, this sign of life makes people less frightened.
Advancing in such terrain, everyone had no specific concept of time, and just when they began to feel tired in their hearts, a striking building appeared in front of them.
(End of chapter)
