"I already know something about the situation in the capital. If I must express my opinion, then I would like to say...it is best not to interfere in these matters. After all, we are still newcomers here, and we are rashly involved in this. Among these things, not only is it not conducive to the progress of the matter, but it is also too heavy for us little adventurers. You can continue to observe the situation, and if necessary, you can communicate with other forces and listen. What do they think...I think, besides those few people, other people’s thoughts should be the same as mine.”
"The journey back to Falling Star Mountain is going smoothly so far, and there have been some breakthroughs. I believe that soon... we will make new discoveries and end this journey perfectly."
"Don't jump in anger when the time comes."
Imagining the figure of the little blond girl who had always wanted to run over to join the adventure, Duan Qing couldn't help laughing, then closed the message window and entered the game - inside the cave entrance of the rock wall , the young man sitting obediently opposite Xueling Huanbing, was listening to the woman's explanation of the so-called inheritor together with Nan Tieshan.
"...So that was just a special trial for me. I passed the trial, got these items that Shirley left behind, and gained the respect of your tribe." The woman's words were still brief, But with a hint of helplessness: "That's it."
"That's an amazing achievement." The young man's voice was still full of longing: "People like us can't even complete ordinary trials..."
"It's just you!" The big man in black armor laughed and patted his head, then put on a serious expression: "Well, judging from what I just explained, there seems to be nothing wrong with your situation. A normal place…”
"Brother, we are all good citizens. We never do anything sloppy... How can you, who is as tolerant as the sea, have any strange thoughts about us?"
Under Xue Ling Huan Bing's glare, Duan Qing walked up to several people and said these words in a haha manner. However, the other party seemed to be very impressed by Duan Qing's praise, scratching his head and laughing again.
"Hahahaha, it's easy to talk, we are all brothers, let's talk openly! Hahahaha..."
"Can we continue?" Seeing Duan Qing coming back after taking a break for a while, Xue Ling Huan Bing pinched his eyebrows and decided not to pay attention to these two inexplicable men: "Anyway, we have already entered the cave. During the day It’s no different than at night.”
"I agree." Duan Qing spread his hands: "In other words, I don't care...it's always up to the eldest brother to decide what the younger brother should do."
"Does that need to be said? Labor and management can't wait for a long time." Nan Tieshan slapped his thigh and stood up from the ground. While slapping the dust off his body, he moved his arms: "Let us see it. .....”
"What's it like behind this door?"
He shouted loudly, lifted a boulder under his feet, and threw it backwards.
"Hey, won't it trigger some strange mechanism?" Looking at the dust falling on the corridor due to the rumbling earthquake, Duan Qing looked at the rubble in front of him, which was still being removed with some fear. Big man: "Maybe it will collapse this place or something..."
"From a structural point of view, this place shouldn't collapse easily." The woman put her hair into the cloak, and then hid her face under the hood again: "And... you Look at his energy."
She turned around and stood quietly aside: "I guess I won't stop easily."
"well......"
After a period of shaking, Duan Qing finally heard the whistling of wind and snow coming from behind again, and then waved the dust floating in front of his eyes: "How is it?"
"Huh, huh... there are many more, let me recover my strength." The big man in black armor took two breaths, and then stepped into an open space exposed due to the transportation: "And I thought of it. ..."
"As long as it's enough for us to get through... we don't need to clear it all, right?"
He lowered his waist, raised his breath, and punched out.
There was an explosion of impact in the air. The punch seemed ordinary, but it felt like an explosion. Duan Qing and the woman standing aside were blown up by the blast of air, and as the weakest person in the field, they raised their arms. The young man was so frightened that he fell to the ground.
"Huh...ha, it feels much more refreshing now."
Looking at the big hole on the left side of the stone door in front of him due to the big man's punch, Duan Qing shook his head helplessly, and then asked the woman next to him: "I forgot to ask you... before Have you studied this stone gate?"
"Of course." The woman looked back at the young man who fell on the ground. After confirming that there was nothing wrong with him, she slowly walked forward: "It's an ordinary stone door. There should be something on it, but... can not tell."
"Huh? What does that mean?"
"Remember those stone pillars from before?" The two people had already reached the stone door, so the woman stretched out a finger and pointed at the other half of the stone door next to her that was still intact after Nan Tieshan's blow and said: "At that time, we felt that there was something on those stone pillars, but we couldn't see anything..."
"Is this the same?"
"It should be." The woman stopped looking at the stone door and stretched her head to look at the big hole next to it: "We have no way to trigger them, so we can't see anything."
"Well, is the greatest use of mages in this game..." Duan Qing covered his forehead: "Is it for taking risks?"
"God knows, but I'm relatively confident about taking risks." The woman pulled her body back: "That person has passed. It sounds like... he's fine."
"As expected, you still treat me as an experimental subject to explore the path." Duan Qing sighed, and then moved closer to the entrance of the cave: "Brother! How about it? Is there any mechanism?"
The woman rolled her eyes at him, thinking how could I be as direct as you?
There was no answer inside for a long time, but after a while, a beam of light suddenly appeared in the darkness inside the cave entrance - Nan Tieshan climbed up from the ground, finally lit the torch in his hand, and saw everything around him clearly.
"Wow..." From an angle that the two of them couldn't see, the big man's mouth opened into an O shape: "This time it's really..."
"What a discovery."
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Due to the previous violent breaking of the door, the hole that appeared in the rubble was still not very smooth, which made the people who climbed over from behind - especially Art - spend a lot of effort. When they climbed over, the first thing they saw was a pile of rocks scattered on the ground, as well as the nearest stone pillar that was damaged by the rocks that were knocked away by the previous punch.
However, at this time, they no longer paid attention to this little bit of damage - in front of them, things that were the same as the stone pillars that fell on the ground were neatly arranged in front of them, along an obvious line on the ground. On both sides of the stone road, it extends forward into the darkness deep in the cave.
"This..." Ignoring Art beside him who was speechless with excitement, Xueling Huanbing said with some surprise: "So many stone pillars..."
"If the ancestors of the Nosier tribe can find this place, they won't have to worry about their mission." Duan Qing snapped his fingers: "Just one person and one person will be fine, and maybe there will be more money left." Just a few..."
"Hey guys, look over here."
In front of them, Nan Tieshan, who was holding a torch, had walked to the wall on the right side of the stone road and seemed to be looking at something: "What is this?"
Several people approached the wall one after another, and then discovered some patterns carved on the wall.
"Come on, come on, this is indeed the trick." Duan Qing clapped his hands: "Murals, this thing is found in ruins, right? Or should it be said that it is found in every game... eh."
Remembering that there was an NPC present, he hurriedly closed his mouth, and then pushed Art forward: "Come on, professional scholar, what are the paintings on this?"
"Uh..." The young Nosier man hesitated for a long time while looking at the murals on the wall, and finally lowered his shoulders feebly: "I don't know..."
"What? Are you fucking kidding me..." Duan Qing rolled up his sleeves.
"Don't worry, these are just some murals, not incomprehensible words." Xue Ling Huan Bing raised her hand to stop the opponent from pretending to fight, and then looked at the wall for a while: "Well... ....”
"The painting here is probably 'Peace in the World'." Nan Tieshan suddenly said.
In that mural, a group of people gathered around the central square of a huge city, raising their hands together as if they were celebrating something. Several people could also see from the detailed carvings that the square on the front of the square On the tall building, some people stood on it waving and celebrating together. At the height of the mural, there were many birds representing freedom, and... patches of white clouds representing auspiciousness.
But what caught people's attention was what was depicted on the mural, the round spheres floating in the air around the city.
"It's a normal picture, but I don't know... what these balls are." Duan Qing rubbed his chin and also looked at the mural: "The rest can't be seen. It's a special place, they should be holding some kind of celebration..."
"Come on, look here." The big man in black armor said again with a loud voice: "This painting is more interesting."
"What is this? Fighting monsters?"
"Yeah, what a concise and clear picture." Nan Tieshan pointed to the scene on the mural next to him: "This is a group of people, um... a group of warriors, they are fighting monsters from all directions. Look at the sky, wow... what kind of creature is this? Are there dragons in this world?"
"Strange." Duan Qing walked forward and looked up and down, then stretched his head and looked back: "What does this mean? There was peace in the front, but there is a war behind you? And... it's still a war. A bunch of monsters?”
"No matter what, they seemed to be fighting fiercely." Xueling Huanbing said: "Those in the middle seem to be using magic to provide support, but their magic..."
"It doesn't seem to be good." Duan Qing shook his head and continued.
"Huh huh huh." Nan Tieshan in front suddenly sneered: "You have drawn too early a conclusion!"
The three people looked at each other and then followed again: "What's wrong?"
"look at this!"
Of course, there is another mural in front of him, but unlike the previous two murals, what is painted in this mural is very simple: a human holding a staff, using a spell that is almost devastating to the world, destroying someone. A huge beast in the sky with an ugly face was burned to ashes. The staff pointed upwards and sprayed out a huge ray of light. The only thing left was the grimace of the giant beast, which was about to be burned to nothing. The remaining body.
"What is this, diffusion-type turtle Qigong?" Duan Qing pointed at the screen and said.
"What is that?" The other two people looked at him with doubtful eyes.
"Uh... forget it, it seems you haven't done much research on animations from the past era." Duan Qing waved his hand helplessly, then pointed at the mural and said, "Anyway, that's a very powerful move. , don’t ask if you don’t have chuunibyou.”
"What this picture is trying to express...should be magic. It's very similar to that move."
"Whatever." Nan Tieshan shook his head: "Anyway, it tells me that their magic level must be very high."
"Agreed." Xue Ling Huan Bing nodded and said, "But let's take a look at the other paintings before we talk. By the way, we can understand the stories they want to tell us... clearly."
As they continued on, more murals were revealed by the light of the torches. Some paintings depict a human being holding a weapon high, with countless crowds accepting the call below; some depict a warrior who knocks away a huge beast with one punch, making Nan Tieshan nod his head as if that warrior is himself; Some are paintings of many people in different clothes and looks, gathered around a huge round table, seemingly discussing something; some are paintings of people holding various tools, gathering together. The feeling of trying to build something.
At the end of the mural, a picture representing the savagery and primitive nature of nature is presented in front of everyone. There are countless beasts on it, strange and unrecognizable plants growing everywhere, and a river winding to the horizon. There are countless birds in the sky, the sun hanging high above your head, and... the towering mountain in the distance of the picture.
However, there seems to be no one on this mural.
"What... does this mean?" After looking at it for a while, Duan still said, "Return to the prehistoric times?"
"They worked hard for a long time and finally discovered the new world?" Nan Tieshan also tried to guess: "Did the earliest humans in the Free Continent cross over from other places?"
"Have you not noticed the mountain in the distance?" The woman in the black cloak suddenly pointed to the middle of the mural: "That mountain..."
"It should be the Falling Star Mountain where we are now."
"After a long time of quarrel, does this story tell us the origin of Falling Star Mountain?" Duan Qing made a concluding speech: "Anyway, if this piece of history is posted on the forum, it should be enough to make a big news. .....”
"Hey, do you only have such ambitions..."
"Don't get excited, it's just a metaphor..." Duan Qing pushed his hands: "I mean, these things..."
"No one has ever discovered this before."
"Huh huh huh... Hahahaha, of course! We are the first people here!" The big man in black armor laughed, clenching his fists and waving them in front of his chest Ichiban: "I'm getting more and more excited now... Let's go in quickly, the ruins and treasures are waiting for us!"
He raised the torch again and continued walking along the road lined with stone pillars.
"Where exactly will this road take us?"
Duan Qing said with a sigh, and then looked at each other with Xue Ling Huan Bing. In the end, the other party took the first step and followed behind the fire: "This is not easy..."
"Just go and take a look and you'll find out."
