Holy Country, Michel, Black Cave Plain.
Relic Cave.
This place is rumored to be the origin of the "Ashes", the first dynasty that ended the "Wasteland" five hundred years ago.
In the countless burrows and caves under the plains, in addition to the kobolds, the descendants of the mutated monsters that were infected by "Zhuohe", legend has it that there are also the remains of the "Ember Emperor".
Anything that has even the slightest connection with the "Ember Emperor" will make everyone crazy and flock to it.
After all, if five hundred years ago, the Ashes Emperor had not unified the wasteland, integrated the power of the entire continent, led the coalition of various races to penetrate into the deepest part of the "Abyss of Turmoil", and completely purified and eliminated the source of pollution...
I am afraid that the current world will still be shrouded in the fear of "Zhuohe" pollution, and it is devastated. All living beings are shivering in the shadow of Zhuohe monsters and natural disasters, struggling to survive.
But now, even though five hundred years have passed since the "disappearance" of the "Ember Emperor", no one has ever reached the height of the original Ash Emperor. No, not even half of it. This highlights the greatness of the Emperor. legendary color.
Therefore, on the Black Cave Plain, there were rumors of the Great Emperor's "legacy", attracting countless people and causing them to flock here.
It's a pity that so much time has passed, and I don't know whether the "legacy" has been secretly snatched away by a big force, or whether the rumors themselves are false, or whether it has been moved deeper underground by those kobolds.
In short, there has never been any public official news that someone actually found the so-called "legacy" inside.
Over time, people finally lost their enthusiasm for the Black Cave Plain, but there are still many archaeologists, explorers, and gathering places around the Black Cave Plain every year. Many local forces and scavengers are mixed together. Will try to go deep into the underground cave to try his luck.
At this moment, in a cave somewhere under the plain, a small team was meandering forward.
Most of them look unfriendly and are holding guns. A uniform "Sand Rose" logo pattern can be seen from the back of their jackets or cuffs. They should be gang members.
One of the leaders, a man with a scar, seemed a little impatient and shouted to a woman dressed as a standard "scavenger" at the front of the team:
"Hey, how long does it take to get there? We've been in this damned place for almost two hours. Aren't you familiar with this area? Can it be done?"
The scarred man scolded her harshly, but the female scavenger seemed to have a good temper and responded truthfully.
"You have the nerve to say that!? This treasure map of yours is so shoddy and vague, and there are even ** in several places - it's wrong!"
The scarred man was scolded a lot, and his face was a little ugly. Several of the boys behind him also became angry, but in the end the scarred man still gave him a look and swallowed his anger for the time being. After all, this was the best local they could find. With human guides, whether we can find the legendary "heritage" depends on these "rats" who are familiar with the cave.
But, after that...
Jason looked at the female scavenger in front of him who was holding a torch and looking at the map intently. He snorted in his heart. It would be better for the mouse to stay in the gutter forever.
Probably another few dozen minutes passed.
Just when Jason's patience was about to run out...
Sudden.
"We're here." The female scavenger leading the way stopped.
Jason and others who were following behind were overjoyed at first, but then they looked at the surrounding rock cave walls. Jason was just about to ask the female scavenger if there was any "heritage" here...
"According to the marks on the map, I should just touch a certain mechanism here..." The female scavenger stretched the torch towards the cave wall and began to explore.
Accompanied by a "click" sound.
Before the female scavenger and Jason and the others behind her could react, the ground beneath their feet collapsed instantly.
"I**--"
The feeling of weightlessness came immediately, and the female scavenger's curses were mixed with a "bang" sound, and everyone fell downwards.
After a while, the large smoke and dust dissipated.
The disgraced people coughed, stretched out their hands to disperse the dust, and slowly got up from the ground one by one.
Fortunately, the bottom was not very deep, and most of them only suffered minor injuries, but this was enough to make Jason extremely angry, but his voice stopped abruptly just after he uttered a syllable.
because...
When his vision became clear again, Jason discovered that the place where they fell was... a little different.
The surroundings are no longer ordinary rock walls, but more like a secret room.
There were many intricate murals and textures on the masonry walls that he couldn't understand.
Looking around the space, one can see many artifacts piled up here. Although most of them have become decayed, there is a thick layer of dust on them, and spider webs can be seen everywhere.
But this still cannot conceal their former delicacy and nobility. On some of the utensils and reliefs, Jason can even see some dark red light. Although it is very weak, it is the "detector" hidden in his cuffs. There has been a clear response.
So Jason immediately understood that these were...
Ruinous items!
Being robbed on the black market, these unfortunate items are hard to find!
These evil items alone were enough to make Jason ecstatic.
But it seems...
They're just appetizers.
Everyone in this secret room soon unanimously shifted their sights to, in the center of the deepest place, a thick and simple thing that exuded brown-red light in the darkness...
Sarcophagus.
The sarcophagus looked very simple at first glance, without too many decorations or carvings. There were only some textures on the coffin walls. The brownish-red light they had seen before was emitted from the gaps in these textures.
But as long as you look at the sarcophagus a few more times, you will be overwhelmed by the strong sense of vicissitudes on the sarcophagus, and you will feel a faint shudder deep in your heart, as if compared with the sarcophagus, they are so small and unbearable, like ants.
The sarcophagus still stayed there quietly.
But it has made it clear to everyone that probably all the things in this secret room combined are not as important as this "sarcophagus".
Or...
It is what is stored in the "sarcophagus".
Jason gasped excitedly, his pupils dilated, and his hands trembled with excitement. The turbidity detector in his arms showed that the concentration of "turbidity" in the sarcophagus had exceeded the limit, and the pointer showed the greatest swing.
This means that at least the evil pollution of this "sarcophagus" is above level A.
And you must know that A-level "disaster items" are beyond the scope of money. Each of them has terrifying abilities and needs to be carefully contained in the most tightly sealed room.
no doubt.
heritage.
This is what they are looking for...the "legacy" of the Great Emperor!
Hold back the boiling emotion that makes you want to turn it on right away.
Because before that.
Jason had one more thing to do.
The scarred man took out a pistol from his waist and pointed the dark barrel at the female scavenger who had led them before.
"What...what do you mean?" Erin stared at the barrel of the gun and took half a step back.
"That's what you see. Thank you very much for finding the "legacy" for us, but I'm sorry, in order to keep this secret, we can only let you stay here forever. "
Jason finally broke his skin and showed his ferocious side to the female scavenger.
He looked at Erin's shocked expression and sneered.
"Do you think that we won't do anything to you at least until we go out again? How naive! After I get the inheritance later and absorb "Zhuo E" and become an evil changer, will I still need you to lead the way?"
Erin's face paled a bit under the first half of Scar Man's words, because he was indeed right.
But when the second half of Jason's sentence came out, the expression on Erin's face turned into shock.
"Wha...what!? Absorbing evil spirits? Evil transformers? You are crazy! You are committing suicide!"
It’s not unreasonable for the female scavenger to call Jason a madman.
after all...
The doomed one.
In the old era, this word was the hope of people in the wasteland, but now in the new era, it has become the source of fear and nightmare for everyone in major cities and countries.
It boils down to one reason.
Ever since the great emperor disappeared five hundred years ago, to this day, no one can control the power of "turmoil" as perfectly as the great emperor did at that time.
The Evil Transformer is the product of the fusion of human beings and the Evil One. Although it brings powerful power and abilities, it can also corrode the mind and spirit. If you are not careful, you will run wild and lose control and become a Evil Evil monster.
The higher the level of the doomed one, the easier it is to lose oneself and the greater the destructive power it causes. In more serious cases, under the influence of its rampage, it can even cause the horrific "natural disasters" in the wasteland of the old era to reappear. now.
Countries, independent cities and alliances in the post-waste era have finally reached a unified understanding. They can no longer cultivate doomed ones who are extremely stable and will not have any sequelae like the "Ember Emperor".
On the contrary, the frequent misfortunes out of control, and after the "Abyss of Turbid Disaster" was purified, the remaining "turbid misfortune" has been sharply reduced, which increases the risk of the doomed converts wanting to advance.
All these factors combined eventually led to the "evil-changer" being included in the "wanted" list by various countries. Once discovered, they must be immediately arrested and controlled.
The same goes for the "bad things" mentioned earlier, which fall into the category of serious "contraband".
But now, Jason actually said that he wanted to absorb the evil spirits and become an evil transformer.
No.
He's not crazy.
Erin finally set her sights on the reddish-brown sarcophagus.
If this is really the "legacy" of the legendary emperor, maybe... it really can.
Damn it!
The female scavenger quietly put one hand behind her back and raised the other hand.
Yilin tried to make a final struggle: "I promise you, I will not tell anyone what happened here! I don't want the remaining balance, please let me go."
Unfortunately, the one who answered her was Jason's index finger that started to pull the trigger.
and his disdainful sarcasm.
"The dead never speak."
Bang!
...
...
It wasn't a gunshot.
Before Jason could pull the trigger, there was another sudden sound in the secret room, beating him ahead of him.
At this moment, everyone present subconsciously looked in one direction, where the real source of the muffled sound was.
There is...
The maroon sarcophagus in the deepest part of the chamber!
Bang...bang!
The sound of impact kept coming from the sarcophagus, as if something was trying to come out.
The maroon lines on the coffin wall flashed crazily as the coffin lid trembled, and the red light spread, as if it was going to dye the entire secret room with blood.
When everyone was enveloped by these brown-red ripples, they all held their heads involuntarily in pain, their faces twisted and their expressions ferocious.
Because it's in their ears.
Cries... roars... screams... laughter...
All kinds of chaotic sounds converged into murmurs of madness. Even though they had tried their best to cover their ears, these crazy and demented sounds still continued to echo in their minds and wreak havoc in their spirits.
The pointer of the Zhuohe detector in Jason's hand was swinging wildly with everyone, and cracks appeared on the glass wall of the display. This meant that the concentration of "Zhuohe" here had gone from "exploding" at the beginning to now causing the instrument to completely collapse. Malfunction.
Good thing.
The next second later.
Bang!
Bang!
It was a louder sound than before.
After this sound, everything stopped.
Whether it's the chaotic voice in everyone's mind, or the random needles on the detector's dashboard, or... the flashing maroon lines on the sarcophagus that dye the secret room red.
Jason was like a man who had just been rescued from drowning. What happened before might only have been a few seconds, but to him, it seemed like a whole century of suffering.
He can be 100% sure that it is what everyone fears - pollution.
And as the source of strong "turbidity".
At this moment, the texture on the sarcophagus has dimmed and no longer glows with maroon light. Even the sense of mystery and vicissitudes that gave them at the beginning has disappeared, as if it has turned into an ordinary coffin.
Of course, these are not the point.
The point is...
One of the most important things is also missing.
The lid of the sarcophagus.
Hold your breath.
Cold sweat broke out on everyone's forehead, chills ran down their backs, and a creepy feeling quickly crept into everyone's hearts.
In the eyes of Jason, the female scavenger, and all the gang members were stunned, stunned, shocked, and frightened.
Only the outline of a young man slowly emerged from the shadow of the deep sarcophagus.
The black-haired young man who got up from the sarcophagus seemed confused for a moment. Then when he looked around, especially the layout of the secret room, the young man seemed to suddenly wake up.
The next moment, the young man became inexplicably angry.
And followed by some strange words that they didn't understand at all.
"Blank!"
"This is the second episode!?"
