Chapter 312: Sinking Ruins
If the Land of Spirits is considered a country, it can basically be called a religious country.
The powerful institution that manages daily affairs is the church.
The person in charge of the Green Fortress is called the Gardener.
It's a bit like a bishop's position.
The old woman in religious clothing is the gardener of this island.
During the defensive battle, Alka and his team confirmed that it was indeed in the fifth stage.
The strength is enough to be called powerful.
According to this logic, the person who coordinates the entire area is the person responsible for the Land of All Spirits.
The one called the Great Gardener must be at least a sixth-level strength being.
It may even be higher.
After all, this is Zehai, and there are all kinds of monsters and demons here.
These followers of Xinyang Flower Fairy can live relatively peacefully in this area, and even have the strength to revive the fallen god.
This means that they have enough strength to deal with external threats.
There are too many forces interested in this swamp area.
Not to mention that this damn place has become a hiding place for the villains on the east side of several landmark islands around here.
Various treasure spots, hiding places, and habitats.
Without any strength, we can't protect the safety of this place.
This can be seen from the strength of some of the soldiers on this island.
Alka and his companions saw at least 30 soldiers with strength above the third stage in the battle, most of whom held minor positions.
I also saw several people whose strength was at the fourth stage.
Alka and his companions followed Xiadaiti all the way to explore the surrounding terrain, and along the way they met many soldiers who had fought side by side with them.
The soldiers would greet them with a smile.
But if we were to ask who is the most popular among them, it would definitely be Mathilda.
After all, who doesn’t like a doctor who can treat injuries quickly?
The overall area of the island is not large, and the most eye-catching building is the huge flower in the center of the island.
The huge bouquet of flowers was seven or eight meters tall, and the closed stamens alone were as big as a person.
There is a faint shimmer all over the surface of the bouquet.
You can tell at first glance that this thing must have some connection with the flower fairy.
However, since the island was not big, they quickly checked the terrain. After all, Xia Daiti had already started checking during the battle.
After completing the detection, they began to move slowly around on the Feiyan.
The circle drawn by Alka also included a large swampy area.
The swamps around the island are not as endless as the previous places, but there are one kind of trees.
This tree does not grow in the land, but in the swamp vines of the sea water.
The tree's root system was unusually developed, binding and entwining the vines below, tightly binding them.
And the roots of the trees are also bound to each other.
This causes these trees to grow in large patches, and the surface of the trunks looks like gray vines condensed and entangled.
Such trees gathered in groups of three or two, becoming the only conspicuous things in the surrounding swamp.
You can even see a large forest like this in the distance.
This kind of grove is surrounded by relatively abundant plants and some fish, and seems to be a good fishing spot.
Because their roots will pierce the vines and build a large hole leading to deep water, but it will not make the surrounding area too fragile and still remain stable.
"There's something hiding under this swamp."
The ship was spreading silver ripples downwards, detecting its surroundings, Xiadaiti suddenly said.
Hearing this, the three people next to her immediately turned to look at her.
Xia Daiti closed her eyes, and the silver ripples radiating from her body were no longer hidden.
It was very obvious that it was detecting the surrounding underwater, penetrating the sea surface and the foothold formed by plant vines to explore deeper places.
"It should be some kind of stone building. The ruins of these buildings are entangled by plants and have merged with the entire swamp."
"Poloro." Hearing this, Alka shouted directly.
Porro nodded, squatted down, and kicked hard at the vine he was standing on.
He found a relatively weak spot, exerted force, and created a gap.
The vines in this weaker area were not densely intertwined, and a hole was easily torn open.
Porolo dived directly into the cave entrance.
As soon as Pororo dived underwater, he discovered the differences in this area.
Some kind of man-made building rubble was hanging and floating around, and the ruins were entangled by plant vines and were dragged and floated in the sea.
Many seaweeds, mosses and corals are attached to these plants, and various kinds of sea fish swim around. This place has obviously become a home for marine life.
Moreover, what Porro saw in the sea was clearer and more. The area of this ruins was not small at all, it could be said to be very large.
In addition to the pile of tied stones in front, there are many places where the vines are unusually thick, and countless vines hang down into the sea.
These vines have been sinking to a depth of more than ten meters or even dozens of meters. You can see these vines hanging down densely, still binding countless stone ruins.
Those stones, big or small, and these vines have long since merged into one and become part of the swamp.
After looking at the underwater scenery, Porro swam upstream, found the hole he had torn open before, and drilled out again.
Seeing Polo coming out again from the gap, several people immediately looked at him.
"There are indeed the ruins that Xiadaiti mentioned below. There are quite a few, or even a lot of them... In the deeper waters, almost all of them are ruins of various kinds and entangled with vines."
Hearing this, Alka frowned.
"Did you see any patterns or words on those buildings?" Lucelia asked impatiently.
Pororo thought about it carefully.
“There should be some, but not many. There were many plants and various corals attached to the rocks, but they have long been destroyed.
I think it’s better not to hold out too much hope.”
Lucilia nodded: "It's good to have it. At least I know something."
Then he jumped from Alka's shoulder to Pororo's shoulder and said, "Take me down to have a look."
Alka also nodded and said, "You two go explore the ruins below, Xiadaiti and I will continue to monitor the surrounding environment."
Pororo nodded.
The two sides were divided into two groups and began to carry out their respective tasks separately.
"Hold on tight, the current down there isn't calm, don't get swept away."
Lucilia nodded: "Don't worry."
Then the two of them dived down again from the gap.
Because of the thick layer of vines, even though the sea below is probably less than four or five meters from the sea surface, it is still pitch black.
It's like being in the deep sea, you can't see anything.
Since Pororo is a marine race and a fishman, he can naturally make clear .
Lucelia was unable to do so and could only use a light source to allow her to see the situation in the sea more roughly.
But visibility was very low and the best you could do was to see what was around you.
"I can't see far away clearly, take me over there to have a look. I want a place that is well preserved and has pictures and texts engraved on it.
Even if some are almost destroyed, don’t let them go.”
Hearing Lucilia's request, Pororo nodded and began to swim around.
After circling around for a long time and disturbing countless schools of fish, I finally found a broken square stone pillar. Here I saw some blurry words and pictures.
Lucelia immediately used the light in her hand to move closer for a closer look.
"Hmm... the damage is quite severe. It has been soaked in sea water and corroded quite badly."
Fortunately, the stones in the ruins seem to be made of good material, and the traces of carving were once very delicate.
Even though a long time has passed, they can still be distinguished with a little cleaning.
"The common writing system of the Sea of All Living Things... No, it's just somewhat similar. An ancient version?" Lucilia muttered to herself as she watched and recorded.
Porro didn't understand any of this and wasn't interested in it either. He just stood by and watched the situation closely.
This place doesn't feel very comfortable, and it always feels a bit dangerous.
It was only a dozen or twenty meters underwater, but it was as dark as the deep sea, and the environment was extremely cold, which made people feel uncomfortable.
I always feel like there is something malicious in the dark sea.
"There are too few records. Let's go somewhere else after we finish reading them."
Pororo nodded and took Lucilia to some peculiar ruins with words and pictures on them.
There are quite a few ruins hung by vines in areas close to the sea.
However, there were not many with pictures and texts, and it didn’t take long before I had basically looked at all the ones around.
Pororo prepared to take Lucelia to dive deeper, where there would be a lot more entangled plants and building ruins.
"Be careful, something weird is coming."
Porro, who was swimming with Lucilia, stopped where he was. The blue electric light activated the lightning patterns on his body, emitting light that was extremely conspicuous in the deep sea.
Seeing Pororo like this, Lucilia immediately entered into a fighting state.
But Lucilia's own fighting style is more inclined to covert sneak attacks.
The environment in the sea water affected her performance.
Even though she has become a doll, she is still not as good as a pure marine race in fighting in the sea.
A red aura began to surround her.
“Here I come.”
With his clear perception in the water, Polocha sensed the arrival of the enemy.
The enemy's hostility was not concealed at all, and it was obvious at first glance that it might be some kind of sea monster.
Sure enough, a black shadow emerged from the deep sea.
A snake-like thing swam towards them quickly.
It opened its bloody mouth and bit towards Porro without hesitation at an extremely fast speed.
Faced with the giant teeth that suddenly rushed towards him, Porro quickly raised his hands to block the enemy's huge mouth.
The slightly sharp teeth on it cut his skin.
Lucilia suddenly appeared on the head of the giant snake, and a red blade appeared in her hand and inserted it directly into it.
Red energy gushed out, and immediately the tiny wound turned into a long penetration.
The giant snake struggled frantically, the muscles on Porro's arms bulged, and the lightning patterns on his arms flickered. A sense of desolation and decay appeared in the water.
The surrounding sea water couldn't help but form crystal ice flowers.
Porro tilted his head back slightly, and suddenly spit out something forward?
A large amount of gray-black lightning spurted out from his mouth and poured directly into the giant snake's mouth.
As the lightning poured in, the giant snake immediately began to struggle frantically, but his mouth was firmly pinched above and below by the pineapple, and he could not move.
Lucilia was still on him, slicing furiously with the long, thin blade.
With the combined efforts of the two, it only took about a minute for the giant snake that wanted to eat them to die in the water, and blood began to spread in the sea water.
"We can't watch any more. Let's go up quickly."
The surrounding environment was completely contaminated by a large amount of blood. Lucilia nodded and immediately climbed onto Porro's body. The two of them swam upwards quickly.
The large amount of blood and the bloody smell in the sea water began to attract all the predators around and on the surrounding seabed.
They began to gather.
A brutal fight is about to take place here.
The monsters attracted here are not as weak as the giant snake just now.
The two men crawled out through the hole and stood on the swamp again.
He ran quickly towards the place where Alka had left before.
Not long after they left, the swamp where they were just now began to shake slightly.
It can be seen that the sea water in that area began to fluctuate abnormally, indicating that the battle below was very fierce. Even the surrounding sea water had been dyed red.
Seeing this situation, Polo left quickly without even looking back.
Since they didn't stay underwater for a long time, Alka and his team were not moving very fast. It didn't take them long, only about half an hour, to quickly catch up with Alka and his team.
"Why are you back so soon?"
Hearing Alka's words, Pororo could only shrug his shoulders helplessly: "I encountered a blind sea snake. Although it is not very strong, its death attracted too many marine creatures."
At this point Alka nodded and understood in an instant.
Who knows if there are any powerful sea beasts hidden in the sea below.
For these marine creatures, the smell of blood is the most likely to attract them.
"We are almost done with our exploration here, so let's go back together later."
After saying that, they gathered together and didn't walk around for long before they had almost finished exploring the surrounding area and started to return.
I saw a hint of blood red appearing in the sea water.
The battle in the area where Pororo and the others are located has begun to spread.
But it has nothing to do with them.
Drive the boat back.
The Feiyan was parked in a small port around the island.
All that's parked here are small fishing boats and the concave wooden boards that were previously used to transport goods.
Returned to the three-tree seat prepared for them.
After returning, they simply ate the food Juanlu had left for them and cleaned off the stains left by the sea water on their bodies.
Xia Daiti once again devoted himself to his work and found a quiet place on the second floor to start drawing a map.
The other three sat in the living room in the lobby on the first floor.
Julia was also reading a book quietly beside him.
"How's it going, Lucilia? Have you found anything interesting?"
Lucelia nodded at Alka's question.
He said: "Although the ruins were severely damaged and there were too few clear texts and pictures, we still gained something.
The above pattern does not find any matching text. But if it is similar, just some of the text is different or simplified.
There are still discoveries.
The text is very similar to the Sea of All Living Things, which is a similar written version of the lingua franca I used before.
It should be handed down from generation to generation, but the writing has changed a little over time."
From what Lucelia said, it was clear that the characters she was using now might have evolved.
The evolution of characters has obvious characteristics. Generally speaking, they become simpler and easier to write.
Through the changes in characters, we can discover which characters are from earlier periods and which are from later periods.
And the words that Lucelia saw today were from even earlier.
“So I speculate that this ruin is most likely the ruins from before the war of gods.
Plus some of the things we have discovered in Zehai during this period. This place is likely to have a certain origin with the Sea of All Living Beings. "
The relics and texts on the ruins in this area are good proof of this.
But this world is originally broken and pieced together, so it is difficult to judge its connection through some geopolitical conditions, which is almost impossible.
Maybe they were once one continent tens of thousands of years ago.
But in the end they broke into pieces, one was pieced together to form the safe Four Gods Sea, and the other was thrown into the boundless ocean.
It can only be judged by other conditions.
"This is what I know. We saw too few ruins. Our exploration deeper was interrupted by the sea snake. We can only find a way to explore it later."
Hearing Lucilia's words, Alka nodded, there will definitely be a chance.
The reason why he asked Xia Daiti to draw a map of the surrounding area was mainly because there were quite a lot of white and blue dots around and they were not far away, and the number was sufficient.
And they do need more normal treasures to supplement the funds needed for their subsequent activities.
If he doesn't add more, Jason will have to beg for food.
As a treasure hunting group, the normal wealth on the ship does not seem to be much and does not meet the expected standards.
After all, Alka and the others had been targeting treasures before, but sometimes the treasures don't bring you any amazing wealth.
Over time, the treasures they had originally stored were consumed more and more.
It's time to add some more.
By the way, you can also use these treasures to understand some of the conditions of the entire Zehai.
Understanding the surrounding environment can unlock more treasure information.
The more detailed the treasure information is, the more Alka and his friends will have a certain understanding of the area where the treasure is located.
The two complement each other.
