As they were talking, the three of them had already walked to the depths of the ice cave entrance. A dark building stood quietly in the huge underground cave.
The building is equally huge, made entirely of black boulders with intricate carvings seen everywhere on it. These carvings have patterns, designs, and depict people and objects.
Ancient, heavy, weathered, and exquisite, this is the feeling this magnificent giant gives people.
Climbing up a row of huge black stone steps, Luke exclaimed: "This discovery will surely shock the world, right?"
The two people on the side remained silent, obviously agreeing.
He thought for a moment and said, "This thing looks a bit like a pyramid?"
It was Stafford who answered again: "Yes. According to experts, it includes the styles of three pyramids: Aztec, Cambodian, and Egyptian. It is very likely the first pyramid."
Luke understood what this meant.
This also means that the other pyramids only imitated part of this pyramid.
Soon, the three of them reached the top of the stairs and looked at a magnificent stone door there.
Stafford looked at the prompt on a small instrument beside the passage and said, "The expedition team has arrived below the ruins and is searching the core of the building complex deep underground. We need to hurry over and make our rounds."
Luke nodded.
Operations chief Stafford and big boss Weyland had just come in, and they had already started to touch the core part of the ruins.
It is hard to say whether the people below will do something tricky when the person in charge is not here.
The three of them quickened their pace and hurried downstairs.
At this time, Weiland also realized the benefits of hiring Luke.
Luke was very strong. He held the rope buckle on Willand's back and took on most of his weight, but he was still able to move forward quickly.
Weiland himself didn't have to put in too much effort, he just had to follow the steps lightly.
He didn't know that this was Luke's daily routine, and he only used strength within the normal human range, otherwise he would be able to drag him and security chief Stafford all the way down.
The three of them had only walked down the winding passage for more than a hundred meters when the entire palace suddenly began to shake.
Luke frowned.
Not an earthquake.
His powerful three measurements gave him extremely sharp senses. From the details of the vibration, he could feel that this was not the vibration of an earthquake.
Suddenly, a heavy stone door behind the three of them fell evenly and quickly, and after a few seconds it made a bang, blocking the way they came.
There is also a protrusion on the surrounding stone wall.
Luke grabbed Stafford, who was walking in front, and pulled him back to the two of them.
After a few seconds, their way was also blocked by the protruding stone wall, but another cave entrance appeared on the side.
Luke waited for a moment before he said, "Stafford, is your navigation equipment still usable?"
Stafford just looked at the watch on his wrist for a moment, then compared the data on another instrument in his hand and shook his head: "No. The map that the team members explored before does not match the depth coordinates we are at now. The changes in the ruins just now have made the map invalid."
Luke: "Where's the communication equipment? Can we contact the expedition team down there?"
Stafford activated the intercom on his shoulder, adjusted it for a moment, and still shook his head: "No signal, there are too many obstacles here."
Luke looked at the old man Weiland: "Mr. Weiland. Keep going, or just quit? This requires you to make a decision."
The recent shock and changes in the ruins have dramatically increased the risk of the operation, and he must get to the bottom of it.
Weiland hesitated for a moment and said, "Keep going."
Luke was not surprised by Weiland's choice.
The thoughts of a dying person cannot be guessed by common sense.
In fact, at this moment Luke also became curious about this underground relic.
As for danger? There is no absolutely safe place in this world. Who knows, someday an alien fleet might come to conquer the earth.
The three of them walked into the newly appeared passage and walked around for a few minutes. Then Luke stopped and signaled for silence.
From a gap on the side, there were faint sounds of screams and gunshots.
This is an echo coming from a relatively far distance.
Luke listened calmly until he heard the noises a moment later, then he said softly, "There were at least five people firing guns, and five to seven people screaming."
Weiland frowned, but after a moment he made a decision: "Go and have a look. If I can help..."
Luke nodded slightly. "If I can, I'll help, but I can't guarantee it will be of much use."
Weiland said nothing more.
If Luke dared to make boasts when everything was unknown, he would really doubt his character.
After the changes in the ruins just now, the originally wide passage of the ruins became narrow and tortuous.
Among the standard equipment of the expedition team that Luke received was a multifunctional watch with a very high technological content that could display a lot of information, including a record of his own location.
He checked his watch and said, "We have been going in circles. We are moving too slowly now. We cannot be sure how long it will take to reach the core area below."
Stafford: "What do you propose?"
Luke sighed and said, "I will carry Mr. Weiland on my back. You follow us, but don't go too far away. Just keep a distance of about two meters."
As he said that, he threw Weiland onto his back and said, “From now on, try to stay quiet and don’t speak unless necessary.”
The two just nodded silently.
Without Weyland, the serious burden that was holding them back, the three of them immediately sped up their progress.
Luke's movements in the ruins passage were not particularly fast, but he rarely hesitated.
At most, he would slow down slightly before each fork in the road, as if he was determining the direction, and then continue to move forward quickly.
Stafford also had a multi-function watch, and he checked the positions of the three people from time to time to determine their direction and speed, and he couldn't help but admire them in his heart.
At the snail's pace at the beginning, the three of them had to rely on luck to get out of the ruins early this morning.
Now it may only take an hour or two to reach the bottom core area and return, provided that nothing unexpected happens.
Of course this is impossible.
The unexpected has happened, and this underground relic has begun to reveal its mysterious qualities.
An underground palace that can drastically change the terrain is extremely difficult to achieve even with modern technology.
The test results of this relic show that it was created at least thousands of years ago, which is incredible.
Luke ran for a few minutes, then stopped again. He raised his left hand to signal to stop, frowning.
Wilander and Stafford said nothing.
Luke closed his eyes and used his keen sense of smell to its full potential.
A thick smell of blood, mixed with a strange, sour, and fishy odor, appeared in the distance of the passage.
But there was no one there, and nothing else there.
What made Luke even more alert was that both the smell of blood and the strange sour smell were present in more than one place.