The sun is high - #446 - Chapter 445 Traces of Civilization

“How’s it going? Did you gain anything?”

Azifu’s voice penetrated into Shuge’s ears, but Shuge had no time to respond at this time.

Now, Xiuge’s eyes and brain could only accommodate the “spectacle” in front of him.

Yes, “spectacle”.

Xiuge finally decided to use this word to describe what he was seeing now.

Dark metal, thick chassis, and a structure with a heavy industrial aesthetic… coupled with the heavy weapons that have been completely destroyed, anyone can see that this thing must have been a war machine that exuded a sense of terror and oppression. machine.

Aziv’s judgment is actually very accurate.

Although he had been far away from his hometown a long time ago and could no longer detect the changes and development of Fan’en, with his wisdom and extraordinary imagination, Azifu still successfully transformed Xiuge into his own family. The novel scenes he describes are connected with things he has seen with his own eyes.

Of course, what Azifu didn’t know was that even what the most daring weapon craftsmen, scholars, and designers in Van En had worked together would never be comparable to what was in front of them.

At this time, Xiuge had already placed his palm on the surface of the metal shell of the huge vehicle in front of him.

As the contact occurred, keen perception immediately emanated from Xiuge’s body, and the surging magic power turned into thousands of invisible tentacles, weaving into a huge net out of thin air, covering all directions of this huge, scrapped vehicle. The earth enveloped and wrapped it up.

Azifu sat quietly in his seat, but his face became solemn. As an outstanding spell caster and scholar, Azifu could fully feel the fluctuations of magic power emitted by Xiuge at this moment.

He realized that the power possessed by this special young man far exceeded his expectations. I am afraid that it was precisely because of this that he was able to travel in the Dark Abyss Wasteland with such a “high profile”, and even directly took the initiative to hunt down the Dark Abyss Palace. of minions.

“Has Van En changed so much? Can he actually train the younger generation to be like this?”

Surprise and confusion kept beating in Azifu’s head, but now, he obviously had no way to get the corresponding answer. If he wanted to ask questions, he could only wait until Shuge finished what he was doing.

It didn’t take long for Xiuge to make a new discovery.

With his extremely keen perception, he clearly captured the traces of magic and ritual in the machine in front of him.

In the interior of those layered thick metal plates, as well as the complex mechanical structures that interlock and relate to each other, Xiuge found many hidden and delicate patterns.

The complex and secret textures have been completely combined with these metals. This combination provides extremely exaggerated stability to those fragile textures, and even now, they are still quite intact.

This discovery is remarkable.

Although Xiuge himself is not a particularly professional master craftsman, he has accumulated enough comprehensive knowledge in his spiritual world. Part of this knowledge tells Xiuge that if he wants to make the detailed magic circuit complete and thorough, Integrated into these parts, then the engraving must not be done after the parts are formed, but these circuits should be imprinted during the production process of the parts.

What is even more astonishing is that these circuits, which appear to be divided into parts and modules, actually belong to the same whole, and they are completely connected and related to each other.

This means that all the magic circuits in front of Xiuge are completely matched with this huge machine. They have an extremely rigorous overall plan, and during the manufacturing process, every detail in the plan has been paid close attention to. Perfect implementation!

There are actually similar cases of this kind of craftsmanship in Fanen, which are widely used in permanent ceremonies in city fortifications and large buildings.

However, the implementation difficulty between the two is not at the same level.

Although the construction of the permanent ceremony also requires a considerable investment of manpower and material resources, during the construction process, the casters often face large pieces of bricks, the entire foundation of the building, or even an entire section. section of wall.

The so-called bigger the stage, the lower the difficulty, refers to the construction and inscription of such ritual patterns. Until now, Fanen’s scholars and craftsmen still have no way to apply stable and reliable permanent rituals to ordinary people in batches. on the vehicle, let alone putting it directly into the production process of parts.

To achieve this goal, Van En must not only achieve breakthroughs in magic theory and industrial technology, but at the same time, Merlinle and the Legal Committee must also export countless valley-level and lake-level mages to various parts of Van En to act as support. Workshop masters of this craft.

The latter point alone is enough to be a fantasy.

After analyzing these subtle and rigorous magic lines, Xiuge’s perception began to deepen further, and he soon came to those weapons. Then Xiuge discovered that these weapons were as special as the vehicles carrying them. special.

At a certain moment, Xiuge even doubted his own perception, because he found that the weapons in front of him were highly similar to the same type of things in another world in his memory.

The heavy minigun, the launch chamber of unknown purpose, the long and short barrels installed on those mechanical arms…

Weapons like this shocked Shuge.

Similar to the scrapped vehicle itself, these powerful heavy weapons were also engraved with corresponding patterns by their manufacturers. These magic circuits belonging to the same system make all weapon accessories and the vehicle itself integrated – Although their appearance is highly similar to those heavy weapons in Shuge’s memory, they can be driven by magic circuits.

“This is really…”

The successive discoveries made Xiuge’s expression extremely complicated. Now, he was extremely curious about the past of this dark abyss world and the civilization that created everything in front of him, so he quickly changed his target and focused on his perception. Placed in the destroyed cockpit.

However, what he regretted was that the force that penetrated the vehicle was obviously too strong. Everything in the cockpit had been completely destroyed, and the entire cabin was turned into a mess like a piece of metal melted by high temperature. , everything inside has been twisted and fused together. Xiuge can neither find any remains nor any valuable objects. As for the magic circuits set up in it, it is naturally destroyed.

Xiuge still didn’t give up. He summoned the lighting trick and circled the wreckage twice, trying to find more useful information on it. However, the result was really disappointing. Perhaps to keep it secret, or perhaps because of Due to the erosion of the Dark Abyss itself, he could not find any patterns, words or numbers on the surface of the vehicle in front of him.

Seeing that Xiuge’s research on the wreckage had come to an end, Azifu said: “When I first saw it, it was already like this… I have observed it countless times, but in the end I couldn’t Find more useful clues, come on, let’s continue going deeper, maybe the answer you want is deeper inside.”

Shuge sighed heavily. He finally followed Azifu’s advice, climbed down from the wreckage of the vehicle, and returned to the simple “rat cart”. Soon, the giant rats once again The vehicle started to move, but due to the impact of the wreckage on the ground, the vehicle’s speed slowed down significantly.

During the bumps of the vehicle, Shuge asked Azifu: “You must have a deeper understanding of the Dark Abyss than I do. I want to know, before the world became like this… what kind of civilization did it have?” What does it look like?”

“You are asking me questions.”

Azifu shook his head helplessly: “I do know a lot about this place, but what I have been exposed to in the past is actually not fundamentally different from what you have seen since you came here. As for this ‘mountain’ and The secrets hidden within it, what I have discovered are very limited.”

Probably because he felt a little cold, Azifu covered himself directly with the blanket he had used to pad his waist, making him look like a poor old man hitching a ride in the cold winter.

Azifu continued: “Since I came here, I have been thinking of ways to explore everything here. However, the more I explore, the more confused and scared I feel… This mountain, or in other words, this ‘miracle’ It feels to me like a…well, a sanctuary.”

“refuge?”

“Yes, shelter.”

Aziv repeated the word once, and then he explained: “These high walls, these huge divided rooms, those huge warehouses with countless scraps piled up, and the wreckage we just saw… A series of signs indicate that the civilization that built all of this once tried to achieve certain goals by relying on this place, but judging from the results, they probably failed.”

Having said this, Azifu raised his sharp claws and pointed upward twice: “If they succeed in the end, I think the dark abyss will probably not appear, right?”

“You mean, the builders of this place once tried to fight against some of the forces that led to the birth of the Dark Abyss?”

“At present, this is the only explanation.”

Aziv said: “This place is different from the wilderness outside. Although the concept of time is still very vague inside this ‘mountain’, the boundaries of space are basically stable. It is through the study of this place that , I deduced the ritual that allows the hunting team to identify the direction in the wilderness. Not only that, ordinary Dark Abyss creations will not easily approach this place, even the hounds and the ‘gods’ who control the hounds are the same. “

“It’s no exaggeration to say that I think the last vestiges of a normal world from the past are preserved here.”

Xiuge looked at the tragic marks on the wall next to him and asked, “Have you seen other places similar to this one inside the Dark Abyss?”

“there is none left.”

Azifu shook his head firmly: “Before…well, before I became their prophet, I had been wandering in the dark abyss for a long time. These people should all know it, and after the tribe chose to settle here, I Many teams have also been sent out to try to find a second ruin similar to this place, but unfortunately, we have not found more.”

He spread his hands helplessly and said: “In fact, neither I nor our entire tribe are any different from ignorant newborns in the face of this terrible world. We only rely on our current abilities and consumption in this world.” The time is simply not enough to further prove those conjectures.”

“What about other ethnic groups? I mean the native ethnic groups of Dark Abyss.”

Xiuge recalled for a moment, and then asked seriously: “In your records, you mentioned the ethnic groups and traders wandering in the wasteland more than once.”

“Well, they must know a lot more things than me, but unfortunately, I haven’t been able to see them again. Even the merchant tribes who once lived at the foot of this ‘mountain’ have now completely disappeared. ”

Azifu sighed a little: “Maybe they were forced to migrate, or maybe they were completely extinct. This is a wilderness after all, and anything can happen. If you are lucky enough to encounter these groups in the future, you might as well try to interact with them. Let’s talk.”

During the conversation between the two parties, the vehicle continued to deepen, it drove through wide passages and intersections, and the wreckage similar to the previous scrapped vehicle began to gradually increase, just like Aziz As Fu said, the builders had a fierce confrontation with the enemy here, but in the end they all met an extremely tragic ending.

“Okay, we’re almost there… Our destination is ahead of us, right behind this ‘battlefield’.”

Azifu shook his sharp claws, and the lighting trick light ball that had been hovering next to the vehicle immediately became brighter. It flew forward quickly, hovered directly in mid-air, and turned into a light. Bright magic chandelier.

So Xiuge saw that right in front of him, behind several severely damaged “war machines”, there was a huge door, a metal door that was as high as the surrounding walls!

There are many very obvious pit marks on the surface of this gate. Next to these pits, there are countless dazzling claw marks. Under the illumination of magic light, these claw marks look extremely ferocious. With his magic vision, Xiu Ge Ze captured some very familiar residual shadows within these traces.

“Looks familiar, right?”

Azifu raised his walking stick and pointed towards the claw marks: “Those resisters are most likely to be destroyed by the current Dark Abyss Palace. They have attacked here and also attacked this gate, but in the end I still haven’t been able to open it… I’ve tried it countless times myself, but I still haven’t been able to find the corresponding method.”

“You mean that behind this door, there may be key secrets, or there may be a passage or method that allows me to leave the Dark Abyss?”

“maybe.”

Azifu smiled: “Want to go over and give it a try?”