Chapter 226: Broken Town
"Did you find anything?"
Alka looked at everyone and asked first.
This place is neither big nor small.
But if we talk about depth and height, then it is obvious that this place is very large.
But there was only so much space they could explore: the platform in the middle and the auditorium on the other side.
Xia Daiti said first: "I detected the surrounding situation and found that we are indeed underground, not in the mountains."
Her silver ripples can penetrate the soil, and Xiadaiti can also tell whether the surrounding area is deep soil or rocks.
From this she came to this conclusion.
"And after walking around, I really didn't find any exit passages around, and there were no signs of excavation."
What puzzled them the most was that there was no way out of this place.
"I observed those seats. It's not that no one has been there, but there are many signs of having been used by people," Jason said immediately.
When he checked the seats, he found that many of them had different signs of wear and tear.
These marks are caused by long-term use.
For example, the stone bench where you sit on has already sunken in some places, and some of the armrests used for placement also have different dents.
It's all wear and tear that accumulates over time.
This shows that this place is not just for decoration, but was indeed frequently used by people during a certain period of time.
The next person to speak was Simon, who had two flying balls in his hands and seemed to be using them to help him explore.
"I used these two objects to explore the height and depth of this place."
"The top of the cave above us is about 16 meters above the platform, and the pits around it are quite deep."
“Due to the control range, I can only see a distance of more than 100 meters below, but this deep pit does not rise all the way down, but has irregular stone protrusions.
The longest of these four stone pillars is actually only 80 meters long, and the shortest is only 60 meters long. They are all built on these irregular stones. "
Hearing this, Alka nodded in understanding.
In other words, the deep pit he had just seen was not as deep as he had imagined. He might have just happened to throw the stone into the deepest direction.
However, it is already outrageous that a stone pillar as long as 80 meters could be built in such an irregular and extremely dangerous deep pit.
It's really outrageous.
"In other words, the people who built this place wanted to come here, all came in the same way we just did?" Juanlu asked uncertainly.
Alka nodded and kicked the stone floor beneath their feet.
Most of the dust on it had been cleared away by them during the previous exploration.
A great deal of evidence of long-term trampling can be found on these stones, especially in the circle where they had just fallen.
That's where the marks are deepest.
This means that basically everyone who comes here appears at this location and then goes to their respective locations.
Only if a large number of people use it frequently will such obvious marks be left on such a stone platform.
Others then began to add their findings.
You and I talked about all the problems we could find.
Finally, everyone turned their heads to Lucilia, who was sitting on Alka's shoulders.
Because there are many carved patterns and things that look like words on the seats next to it and on the stone pillars of the statues.
They couldn't understand it, but Lucelia obviously should be able to understand it.
Looking at the gazes cast at her, Lucelia, who had been silent all this time, coughed.
"Well, now it's my turn to speak."
As she spoke, she stood on Alka's shoulder and began to tell him the information she had obtained from constantly looking through the words and patterns.
"This is the real temple. The ruins we saw outside before were just a kind of... passage or slide leading to here."
"And I just read out the name of this temple in their language. Maybe it's the secret code to enter here. It can't even be called a secret code."
Lucelia made a small complaint.
After all, who would write the secret code directly as the name of the building in front of them? How can it be a secret?
All you have to do is look up at the name on the temple, read it out loud, and you'll be sent straight in.
"From these recorded words and pictures, I roughly know what this place is used for.
Various festivals, prayers, sacrifices, even large meetings, funerals of celebrities, or speeches will all be held in this place. "
As she spoke, she pointed to the stone pillars with densely carved words on them.
"Every activity is recorded there, and I also learned from it that this temple should have originally belonged to a certain city-state. This city-state is called Vastwa, and it believes in a god called the Four-Part God."
As he spoke, he looked up at the human-shaped statue that was more than ten meters tall and wrapped in robes.
"These four statues are symbols of that god."
Afterwards, he briefly listed several meetings and ceremonies that had been held in this place.
After listening to Lucelia's story, everyone knew more about this place .
Then Alka looks at her.
"So…how are we going to get out?"
This is the main issue now.
"have no idea."
?
Everyone looked at Lucelia with confused eyes.
Lucilia looked at everyone and spread her hands. "I really don't know. This information is not recorded at all. Just like no one would write down how to open a door in an important place."
...Although this makes sense, it is too hard to accept.
"Would you like to repeat what you said when we came down here?" Alka thought for a moment and said.
After all, they came here because of these words.
"I actually tried that and it didn't work at all."
Lucilia then read out the name of the temple in that unknown language, but there was no response.
Seeing this situation, the expression on Jason's face fell.
"It's over. We're not going to be trapped in this place, are we?"
Alka frowned and thought for a moment, then nudged Xiadaiti next to him with his elbow.
"Do you have any tools for drawing maps?"
Xia Daiti turned around and heard this. He roughly understood what Alka wanted to do and nodded.
"I have brought it. I have also explored this place. Do you want me to paint it now?"
Alka nodded: "Well, let's draw it and see if we can find any clues."
Jason was also looking at Lucilia and said, "Do you want to change the words, such as going home and leaving?"
"I just tried everything, and it doesn't work."
"I don't know how long the food I brought can last." Juanlu said, and began to check some dry food in the ring in his pocket.
Just when Xia Daiti took out the drawing board.
Julia suddenly looked up and said, "The concentration of magic power has increased."
These words attracted the attention of everyone present.
Then a circle of energy ripples came down from above and fell on everyone.
Their bodies were once again frozen and then disappeared from where they were.
A feeling of being dragged appeared, but it only lasted for a few seconds, and light returned to the dark vision again.
This time, they appeared again around the ruins outside in the same positions as before.
It's just that there are other people around.
Alka looked at the group of humanoid creatures that appeared before him.
Everyone instantly prepared for battle and became alert.
The unknown race in front of him had grey skin and orange-red eyes.
They were the same intelligent races on this island that Arka had seen in his dream last night.
The leader, a man wearing leather armor and holding a bow, looked at them.
“…”
It was another incomprehensible word, but the tone and intonation seemed very similar to the unknown language that Lucelia had just used.
"He said he didn't expect it to be a group of outsiders," Lucelia translated.
However, before she could speak for everyone.
The foreign man who was in the lead thought that Lucilia was talking to him, but it was a strange language.
Then, after a slight adjustment, he spoke the language used by Alka and others.
This is the language used in most areas of the Home Sea.
"Do you understand?" Although the tone was a little awkward and sounded a little strange, fortunately I could understand it.
Alka nodded and said, "No problem, we understand."
The man in front of him was quite friendly, and with some information Alka had inquired about in his dream yesterday, he raised his hand slightly, signaling his teammates not to be overly vigilant.
"That's good!"
He seemed to understand the vigilance of Alka and others.
"Although I don't know who you are, where you come from, and what you are doing on this island, you are welcome here." The gray-skinned man in front of him said with a smile, being very friendly.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Shiraishi, and I'm a patrol captain."
"Arka, leader of the treasure hunting team."
Hearing Alka's answer, the patrol captain named Shiraishi nodded.
"There must be someone in your team who can speak Savoyard, otherwise we can't activate this temple."
Savoyard should be the same language that Lucelia just spoke, and Alka nodded.
When Bai Shi heard Alka admit it, he said, "This is the first time I've seen an outsider speak this language, but you can't speak this language on the island.
Especially around ruins like this, you must not say it, because these ruins will always be activated by inexplicable word combinations, and then bring unexpected effects. "
As he spoke he shook his head, motioning for everyone to look.
Above the ruins, there was a person of the same race as him, with magic wrapped around his hands, and he seemed to be casting a spell.
The energy of the curse penetrated into the ruins.
"These ruins will bring about effects that are unknown whether good or bad. If you want to shut them down, you have to reverse the spell you activated, if it can be shut down at all.
Or you can use the power of a spell to reverse it, but such an effect would take a long time to maintain."
After saying that, he looked up at the people on the ruins and said in their language: "Log, it's OK, the effect of this ruin is teleportation, the people have returned."
As for why Alka could understand, it was because Lucelia translated softly in his ear.
Then he saw Alka and the others and said, "If you don't mind, you can come to our town. Don't worry, there are often outsiders coming here, and we also have normal trade with some outsiders."
“Of course, it’s okay if you don’t want to come. Just remember what I just said, don’t talk nonsense next to the ruins.
This time you activated only these harmless ruins. If you activate ruins that will bring serious disasters, don't blame us for being rude.
If you live to see that time.”
The main reason was that he had not expected that there would be outsiders who could speak their language. They had never had to worry about these problems before.
After that, he waited for Alka and the others to answer.
Alka thought about it and said without much hesitation: "Of course, I am still very interested in this island. If you don't mind, can you take us to your town for a visit?"
"Well, you are really brave. Have you learned about the situation of this island?" Bai Shi didn't expect Alka to agree so easily.
If it is a stranger, they will generally refuse unless they know something about the island.
"This is the first time we know about this island, but we have some confidence in our own strength, and you seem to be quite kind." Although Alka said this, he actually just made up an excuse.
He can't say that he walked around the island many times in your dreams last night, so he knows the island quite well.
"Haha, you're quite confident. Come on, follow me. It's still very dangerous around here."
As he spoke, he began to walk forward with his team members, while Alka and others followed behind.
They could obviously walk in a straight line while moving forward, but this person kept taking Alka and the others in detours. There was a forest that they could go straight through, but he insisted on taking Alka and the others around the small hill next to it.
As if sensing the confusion of Alka and the others, Bai Shi answered them as he walked: "The environment of this island is not safe. There are too many magical beasts and various dangerous plants. There are often cracks in the space that break apart, bringing some strange monsters."
“There are still many ruins that have been activated because of nonsense, and the people who activated them have died. No one knows how to shut them down, and the spells can’t be shut down either.
So in many cases we have to take a detour, otherwise it will be very troublesome."
The people following him nodded.
It seems that this island is really unsafe.
Alka finally understood why he saw many children in his dreams who wanted to go out but were afraid to go out.
Every time I asked, the answer I got was that if I sneaked out, I would definitely be severely beaten by my parents.
It seems that this is the reason.
After all, children will definitely gather in places like ruins. What's more, the language used to open ruins is their common language, so you never know when the ruins will be opened inexplicably.
These are all lessons.
While walking, you can see patrol members on both sides taking out some kind of pollen and spreading it around.
As a result, their movements, although circuitous, were still relatively fast, and there were no monsters to stop them.
It seems that it is because of the pollen.
Soon they saw a wooden watchtower. Bai Shi greeted the people on top and continued moving forward.
After passing one watchtower after another, I finally saw the gathering place of the island in the distance.
The city wall made of stone and wood looks a bit simple, but it seems to be quite solid.
There are people patrolling there who are dressed similarly to these team members.
You can see the side of the town, and there seem to be some areas used for planting.
Some people with the same gray complexion were farming on it.
Since the height of the outer wooden wall reached about five or six meters, people could not see what was going on inside from the outside.
Moreover, from this place one can see the sea not far away, which means that this place should be built on the seashore.
Maybe this place is also closer to some places that are more suitable for manufacturing ports.
Alka and his friends walked around most of the way yesterday and didn't come here, so they didn't find it.
At this time, Bai Shi said: "This is where we have lived for generations, the Broken Town. Judging from the direction you are coming from, it should be in the bay over there, right?
If you are lucky enough to come back to this island after you leave, you can go there, where there is a small port we built.
Of course, if you can bring some supplies we need, we will welcome you even more." Bai Shi turned around and said with a smile.
I have to say, he seemed to like chatting with outsiders. He kept communicating with Alka and the others in a language that was not very fluent.
Listening to his words, Alka nodded and said with a smile: "Of course, if you come again next time."
But what does it mean to be lucky?
