Chapter 195 The Black Emperor's Tomb
Ymir apparently realized something, and her crystal eyes flickered.
Then they quickly found several other [Navigation Logs].
Sure enough, they found what they wanted to see!
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"Eh... according to their records, the airship seems to have come down from a very high cliff?"
The picture shows a fly-sized airship flying down from the top of a cliff somewhere.
Unable to decipher the text for the time being, Ryan and his team could only rely on the sketches drawn in the notes to confirm a cliff that they had no impression of.
Comparing the scale of the mountains depicted in the log, they discovered that the "cliff" seemed to be much higher than the Alcolon Mountains?
The feeling it gives people is... this foggy Bingji wasteland is in a super deep pit?
The more Ryan looked, the more solemn his expression became.
Ymir also frowned and murmured, "No wonder an airship mechanical city is needed. It turns out that it came down from such a high place... If I remember correctly, the cliff should be deep in the large desert area east of Oma. It's such a barren place that hunters rarely explore there, so it's not recorded in the empire's territory."
Ryan also said: "Even if someone discovered it before, they probably thought it was a very high mountain. Anyway, such a steep rock wall cannot be climbed without a mechanical airship..."
The road is shrouded in fog all year round, and even the top of the Alcolon Mountains cannot be seen, let alone such a high "cliff".
Besides, the scale error on the hand-drawn sketch must be very large, and no one knows how high the "cliff" is.
Marfa, who was standing by, saw the cliff sketch and suddenly spoke up, saying in Coleman: "This reminds me of the 'Eye of Hell'."
It was just these few simple words, but when Ryan heard it, his eyes lit up!
yes!
Now that he knew there was civilization outside the fog, Ryan instantly thought that their current situation was very similar to the previous "Eye of Hell".
After going down, there is an endless deep pit with the remains of an ancient civilization inside.
Could it be that the people on the airship mistook the Ice Ridge Wasteland for some ancient relic and suddenly came here by mistake?
"That's not right! The route in this log seems to be very purposeful and straight. It doesn't look like they got here by mistake..."
Ryan suddenly frowned and talked to himself.
He thought of something else and said, "Also, whether they came here by mistake or on an expedition, why didn't they stop along the way, but directly crossed the Ice Ridge Wasteland and came to this basin?"
Turning the page further, the navigation log in the notebook suddenly broke off.
It must be because the attack happened so suddenly that I didn’t have time to continue writing.
When Ymir heard this, her eyes turned and she immediately realized, "They must be looking for something, so they came directly to the 'Kalatwa Basin'! So you can see that the last few pages of the notebook seem to be wandering around the basin, as if they are looking for some coordinates..."
Hearing this, Ryan blurted out: "Treasure hunting?"
Ymir also acknowledged this and said , "It's very likely!"
Although Marfa didn't understand what the two said, his wisdom enabled him to instantly figure out something.
Ryan said excitedly, "Let's look around. Maybe there's something like a treasure map here!"
"Um."
Ymir looked at him and nodded.
Although Princess Omar was used to seeing treasures in the world and ordinary treasures would not catch her eye, now her eyes were full of anticipation.
The treasure that can make those guys outside with super high technology run so far must not be an ordinary "treasure"!
But before they found the "treasure map", they found something else.
Those were the "potion formulas" recorded on several special animal skin scrolls and two potions!
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"Eh... this potion formula is so complicated? Could it be... a potion formula above level five?"
Although he didn't recognize the words above, Ryan recognized the refining process that looked like an equation at a glance.
The complexity of the formula before him far exceeded all the fifth-level formulas he had seen.
Then... there is only one possibility.
This is a sixth-grade, or even high-grade genetic potion formula!
It was just a guess before, but now after seeing the formula, he can be sure that there are indeed higher levels above the fifth level of transcendence!
When Ymir heard this, her eyes lit up with surprise, "Beyond the fog, is there really a way to advance beyond level 5?!"
“It’s very likely .”
Ryan nodded.
He said the same thing to Marfa, and the old man's wise eyes also flashed with light.
Although they had previously speculated that these people coming from outside the fog might include transcendent beings above the fifth level, after all, the genetic chain of the corpses found in the wreckage was only at the fifth level at most.
Now that they see the actual formula in front of them, they can be sure that the world outside the fog really does have a "sixth-level" extraordinary power above the fifth level.
Having the formula means that extraordinary people can advance to a higher level with the help of this formula!
Ryan might not feel it strongly, but Ymir and Marfa, two fifth-level transcendents, have already been in turmoil.
I originally thought that level five was the end of the extraordinary, and "legend" was the ultimate.
Unexpectedly, a higher path to advancement suddenly appeared before his eyes!
Considering the conclusions drawn from the previous meeting, the three of them came to a guess that was infinitely close to the truth, which was... It's not that there is no existence beyond the fifth level in this world, but that in this foggy space, no "high-level law power" beyond the fifth level is allowed to exist, otherwise it will cause space to tear!
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They did not touch the two potions of unknown use and put them away.
The excitement of finding the potion formula had not yet dissipated when Ymir found a small silver cylinder among a pile of small objects.
When I opened it, I saw another map with strange words on it.
Ymir didn't understand, but guessed something and handed it to Ryan beside him: "Doctor Ryan, take a look, this looks like a treasure map."
Before Ryan could take it, he only caught a glimpse of it and his pupils suddenly shrank.
Ymir doesn't recognize the words above, but he does!
This is a map recorded in the "Monkl Ancient Language".
The conspicuous line of words on it clearly read [Tomb of the Black Emperor]!
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The high priest Mafa, who was standing nearby, also got a stern look when he saw the words on the map.
Among the civilizations that have been lost in history, there may be several who can be called the "Black Emperor". But the most famous one is naturally the "Black Emperor" Moises of the Monk civilization who created the seventy-two sequences of magic potions that can communicate with the gods!
Ryan couldn't hide his excitement, and communicated with Marfa beside him in Coleman: "Master Marfa, could it be that... the treasure map really refers to the legendary person?"
Marfa touched the texture of the map, looked at some special symbols on the treasure map, nodded and said: "This is an ancient map that has existed for at least tens of thousands of years. And judging from the information and symbols recorded on the map, they are indeed a special style of the Monk civilization period..."
Hearing this, Ryan said excitedly: "Really?!"
The "Monkr Civilization" suddenly disappeared from history, but the 72 gods could still find some temples or temple ruins left behind. But the "Black Emperor" Moises seemed to have completely disappeared, leaving no clues for future generations.
Now, a treasure map marked with [Tomb of the Black Emperor] has appeared. How can people not be shocked?
Only treasures of this magnitude would probably attract those guys from the world outside the fog to take risks and search for treasure!
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Ymir on the side was completely confused, she couldn't understand the text, but she understood that Ryan and Marfa beside her understood the text on the treasure map!
It seems, judging by their expressions, that this is still a big secret?
She asked curiously, "Ryan, do you understand the words on it?"
Ryan nodded. "This is the ancient language of Monk..."
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Hearing this, Ymir looked at Ryan with a strange look.
Why does this guy seem to know everything?
If she remembered correctly, even the most knowledgeable archaeologists in the Imperial Library seemed to have no knowledge of the ancient Monk language.
How come he... has so many weird skills?
She was still in a state of confusion . At this moment, she saw Ryan looking at her with a gleam in his eyes. He said to her, "Your Highness Ymir... It says here that somewhere in this 'Kalatwa Basin' there is the tomb of the [Black Emperor]!"
"ah?!"
Although I was mentally prepared, this treasure map might contain a big secret.
But when she heard the name of the great god in the legend, Ymir still couldn't hide her shock.
She confirmed with an incredulous look on her face: "The Black Emperor Moises who created the Monk civilization?"
Ryan nodded and said, "Not necessarily. But it's very likely!"
Upon hearing this, Ymir was struck by lightning and froze for a moment.
She suddenly realized what this treasure map meant.
A temple of the "Seventy-two Generals" can cause the top masters of the two empires to fight over it, let alone the mausoleum of the great emperor?
There are many shrines (temples) of the Seventy-Two Gods in existence, and the total number of those discovered in history is estimated to be over a thousand. There may be even more that have not been discovered in this misty continent.
But the Black Emperor’s temple or tomb has never appeared!
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Ryan studied the coordinates marked on the map in detail and said, "This map only roughly marks that the mausoleum is in this basin, so the people on the airship lingered around here for many days..."
After a pause, his eyes sparkled, and he added: "The coordinates they couldn't find ten years ago, we may be able to find them easily now!"
Ymir obviously understood something, "You mean... Black Tide!"
Ryan nodded, unable to suppress his excitement: "If there was no [Black Tide], it might be difficult to find the tomb, but now... it's very easy!"
The two looked at each other and saw the trembling gleam in each other's eyes.
Countless civilizations are buried on this continent, like a thousand-layer cake, stacked one on top of the other. Perhaps there is another layer of ruins beneath the ruins, and no one knows which layer the ruins of civilization are buried in...
The Karathewa Basin is so vast that if we dig every inch of the land, we will probably never find the whereabouts of the tomb even if we dig till the end of time.
But now, a special situation has arisen.
Because of the black tide, the corpses buried underground have resurrected and come to the surface!
This basin is also a paradise for dinosaurs. There are few human remains, but they are not absent.
The presence of human remains means that there must be ancient relics underground.
Once you find a place where there are a large number of human zombies, there must be large ancient ruins underneath.
Once we judge the style of the personal belongings on the skeletons, we can immediately determine that they are corpses from that civilized era.
In this way, even if the basin may contain the remains of other civilizations, Ryan and his team can easily determine where the remains of the "Monk civilization" are, and they don't even have to dig! Because building the emperor's mausoleum requires a lot of manpower, and corpses are definitely indispensable!
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Because of the emergence of the [Kuroshio], this "treasure" that originally required countless time and manpower to discover suddenly became very easy.
This "treasure map" can attract those extraordinary people from high-level civilizations outside the fog to travel long distances to search for treasure. For their "Black Dragon City", it may be an unpredictable super opportunity!
After all, the [Black Emperor] Moises was the founder of the god-level civilization "Monkr Civilization"!
