Even Zhang Chulan can feel the strange power isolating this place, how could he not feel it?
Not only can he feel it... he can also confirm that although there is still a gap in strength compared to the divine power of the 'Quitian Holy Blood' he possesses, the gap is only in 'strength' and not in 'property'. In other words... ...This power is indeed a real 'divine power'.
Yes, although this place is a bit shabby, it seems to be a temple, a place where the real 'gods' lived.
"It should be that this temple has activated its self-protection system."
Sun Haoran also reached out and touched the light curtain that bounced Zhang Chulan away, but due to the blessing of divine power, he was not bounced away.
"If my estimate is correct, this power should really belong to the power of 'gods'."
"The power of God? Is there really a God here!? Then aren't we doomed!?" Zhang Chulan became nervous after hearing this.
"No, this power should be ownerless."
Sun Haoran shook his head slightly and explained, "I think this is probably part of the power left by the owner of this temple, just like the temple's self-protection system, used to prevent outside invasion."
"Um...if it's to prevent outside invasion, isn't it too gentle?" Yuan Zhisheng on the side was a little confused.
"Remember those blood stains on the door?"
Sun Haoran explained calmly, "I think before we came here, there should have been an attack here. If the 'god' living here has died, then the power he left behind cannot be replenished after being used. Therefore. The little power left now cannot stop us, and can only be used to protect the temple from being swallowed by the water outside."
"But it's still wrong..." Hearing this, Zhang Chulan seemed to feel that something was wrong.
It can be judged from the contact between the two people just now that the intensity of this light curtain at the moment may not be able to block the monster Sun Haoran, but it is more than enough to block himself. So if it is really for the enemy to resist the invasion of foreign enemies, why did it appear when they entered? Which was activated later?
"If this thing is really used to protect the temple, then even if you can force your way in, brother, I should be kept out! And now that we have entered, this light curtain was only activated after we entered. Yes, that's why it only blocked the water flow outside." Zhang Chulan expressed his opinion.
"That makes sense."
Sun Haoran nodded slightly when he heard the words. As he spoke, he turned to look at the shrine deep in the cavity, and guessed thoughtfully, "Then we cannot rule out another possibility. The 'defense system' of this shrine can be It’s artificially controlled, someone deliberately activated the defense system after we came in.”
"You mean... there are probably living 'creatures' in this shrine?" Hearing this, Yuan Zhisheng also looked at the shrine at the end of the stone path, frowning slightly.
"We don't rule out this possibility, but the guy waiting for us there is definitely not a god." Sun Haoran smiled lightly, "Otherwise, he should replenish the remaining power of the defense system and turn us all into blood stains like those on the door. Same."
"This..." Zhang Chulan felt a chill running down his spine.
"I guess the people staying here at the moment are either the priests who originally served the gods here and are still alive, or the intruders who broke in here before have usurped control of the temple." Sun Haoran continued to speculate, "As for what kind of situation it is, we can only find out after going there."
With that said, Sun Haoran was ready to go there without hesitation.
Yuan Zhisheng and Feng Baobao followed suit in silence without saying anything.
"Ah...wait a minute! Brother!"
Seeing that several people were starting to move, Zhang Chulan followed cautiously, "Is there really no problem?"
He didn't panic at all at first. After all, his elder brother was responsible for everything he encountered, but... when it came time to face it, he still felt a little panicked. In addition, Sun Haoran said just now that this place was indeed a real 'temple'. Even the power guarding this place was 'divine power', which made him even more flustered.
In direct proportion to the volume of the stone gate, the space in this underground cavity is huge, and the length of the stone path is naturally not short.
On the way, Zhang Chulan looked around, and when he accidentally raised his head, he was stunned.
"What happened?"
Seeing Zhang Chulan stop, Feng Baobao asked curiously.
"You guys... look up there!" Zhang Chulan raised his finger with a slight trembling and pointed at the stone wall of the dome.
"This is……"
Everyone followed Zhang Chulan's gaze and their eyes were fixed.
As this stone path leads to the higher-lying shrine, the stone wall of the dome is getting closer and closer to them. At this moment, the searchlight on them is just enough to illuminate the stone wall.
Perhaps because there was no light before, no one noticed that the stone wall on the dome looked like this.
Above this is what looks like a scroll, depicting a battlefield where demons danced wildly during the ancient Kingdom of Gods. Countless gods fell in this battle, and the battlefield was littered with corpses. In the clouds at the highest point of the picture, there seems to be a figure shrouded in the void looking down at the gods. That is probably the final winner of this war, but this is already a distant past, and no one knows who is there today. The war that almost destroyed the gods was won.
"Haha...this may be our biggest gain from coming to Japan."
Sun Haoran looked at the murals on the dome and felt a little headache.
Now they can probably clearly tell the guys at the top of the company after returning to China... They don't have to be suspicious all day long, because gods really exist in this world, and this painting is the evidence.
In a more distant past that has not been recorded in human history, this world was once dominated by 'gods'.
It's just that almost all of them perished in a 'Twilight of the Gods'-like war.
"Suddenly it feels like... humans seem really small."
Yuan Zhisheng couldn't help but sigh when he looked at the magnificent picture scroll above.
He never expected to be able to confirm the existence of the 'god' with his own eyes. This relic was originally just an ordinary relic discovered by the family accidentally. It was a bait thrown to the company to cover up the 'god' of the eight Sheqi families. No one was interested in it. I am looking forward to what discoveries will be made in this ruins. As for saying this is a 'temple'? Of course it was a lie, including the photos of blood stains on the stone door that he showed Sun Haoran and others before and the so-called blood sample comparison results, which were all fake.
The purpose is to make people in the company think that this place is a 'temple' related to the guy who claims to be a 'god' who attacked Zhang Chulan and others.
In the end, who knew that this damn thing really seems to be related?
If Dad knew that it was so self-defeating and allowed a few people in the company to take advantage of the opportunity to explore the 'Ancient God Ruins', would he be extremely regretful?
"Small?"
Sun Haoran shook his head slightly when he heard this, moved his eyes away from the picture scroll above, and looked again at the shrine with a shimmering light in the distance.
"Why belittle yourself, so what if you are small? The species that dominates the world today is still 'human', which proves that the era of 'gods' has passed. Those who sleep, sleep forever."
With that said, he took steps towards the shrine again.
"What about 'gods'? If they dare to wake up with the illusion that they don't matter, then we should put a gun to their heads and tell them 'the times have changed'."
"Forehead……"
Hearing this, Yuan Zhisheng couldn't help but be slightly startled.
What kind of man is this? Even if he knows about the existence of 'god', he still has no awe at all, and even attempts to 'kill the god'?
He wanted to say, 'This guy is a lunatic,' but the other party seemed to have the ability to defy the gods.
Not only this man, but also Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao seemed to be influenced by this guy, and they were not afraid of what they might face when they went to the shrine.
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Soon, everyone finally arrived at the shrine.
They understood why they and others could see the shrine at the end of the dark underground cavity from a distance. It was not because there was any special power emitting light, but...the shrine was lit with candles.
Through the gaps in the wooden window, Sun Haoran and others could clearly see the flickering lights.
This situation seems extremely strange.
No one knows how long this shrine has been here, but the only thing that is certain is that there cannot be candles that have been burning from the beginning to the present. It is obvious that someone is continuing the lights in it.
If the priests of the shrine who guarded the 'gods' here had survived from ancient times to this day, they would continue to light up the lights every day and consume no one knows how many candles. Obviously, this is illogical. So there are probably only two situations now, either the priest has been sleeping with the god, and today he sensed an intruder, so he woke up and lit a lamp to welcome them; or the person who is waiting for their arrival in the shrine at this moment is The outsiders who invaded and occupied this place not long ago.
Click——
The answer was revealed when Sun Haoran pushed open the old wooden door of the shrine.
Candles were lit on all four walls inside the shrine, but for some reason there was no lamp in the center.
The dim candlelight was unable to illuminate everything near the central altar. The entire internal environment made people feel that there was no sacredness and solemnity that the shrine should have. On the contrary, it looked extremely strange and eerie.
"welcome……"
The sound came from a central location just beyond the reach of the surrounding candlelight.
The surrounding candlelight allowed everyone to see that there was a shadow in a dark robe standing in the untouchable shadow. On the face of this figure, a mask that was completely inconsistent with the solemnity of the shrine could be seen. A pale white Noh mask, and the smiling face carved on this mask is so ferocious that it makes people feel deeply chilled.
Obviously, just from the other party's clothes and the words used to welcome them, everyone can judge that this is definitely not the person this shrine should have.
Like them, this should be an intruder.
"As expected..."
Looking at the figure in the shadow in front of him, the ideas in Sun Haoran's mind suddenly became clear.
When he met those snake-man Deadpools and the other four of the Seven Gods of Fortune outside, he almost knew that it was Herzog who was up to something.
Obviously this is a trap.
Herzog probably discovered this 'temple' a long time ago and took it as his own as a secret experimental base. The so-called 'Seven Lucky Gods' were probably created by this guy using the things he found here.
The situation at this moment is that it is probably of no use to Herzog anymore, so he is planning to abandon it with the help of the Sheqi family. At the same time, he also wants to try to solve some of their 'trouble' from the company.
Sun Haoran didn't need to think about it to know that the 'king general' appearing in front of them at this moment could not be Herzog's true form.
Herzog seems to have made a good plan.
Want to exchange a few of them for a stronghold that has lost its use value and a puppet? And even if it fails, Yuan Zhisheng can still witness the death of the 'King General' with his own eyes. It can be said that he has used every available place to the extreme.
"oh?"
As if he heard the murmur in Sun Haoran's mouth, a hoarse voice of doubt came from under the mask of the 'King General' opposite, "It seems...Sun Jun seems to have thought of something?"
"..."
Yuan Zhisheng was silent for a moment after hearing this, his eyes wandering back and forth between the two of them, "You... know each other?"
"..."
Sun Haoran felt helpless when he heard Yuan Zhisheng's doubts.
Yuan Zhisheng is actually not stupid. If you want to blame him, he must blame Herzog for being too cunning.
Look at this poor child, he still doesn't even know what the 'King General' looks like. He is completely treated as a toy by Herzog and played with at will...
"If I said that you should also know the person in front of you, would you believe it?"
"I know him too?"
Yuan Zhisheng frowned slightly when he heard this.
But no matter how he thought about it, there was no memory of this figure in his mind.
"Are you introducing yourself, or should I help you?" Sun Haoran did not answer Yuan Zhisheng's question, but calmly stared at the dark figure looking at them not far away, and asked lightly.
"It seems that Mr. Sun... knows more than I thought?"
There was a smile in the hoarse voice of the 'Oshou,' but the golden eyes revealed under the Noh mask became dangerous.
"hehe……"
Sun Haoran responded with a disdainful smile.
Now is not the time to reveal the true identity of this old Yinbi, after all, the person in front of him is obviously just a puppet.
At this moment, the enemy is in the dark, and he is in the light. If he scares the enemy, he might make this old guy jump over the wall and do something unexpected. It doesn't matter to Yuan Zhisheng. He doesn't want to bet on Eryi's safety unless it is already determined. If you can catch this old thing by the fox's tail, otherwise it's better to stay calm first.
"Respected head of the Yuan Family of the Eight Sheqi Family, Director of the Executive Bureau, the next head of the family, and all our friends from the east..." 'Wang General' seemed to have finally chosen to accept Sun Haoran's suggestion, gently stroking his hand on the He bowed to his chest and said, "Let me introduce myself...I am the most evil ghost in your eyes, the most fierce ghost...'King General'."
(End of chapter)
