Under the moonlight, the ruins that almost merged with the rock peak were covered with moss. If you didn't look carefully, you might not be able to find them.
Huge root-like objects climbed out from the ground, appearing and disappearing among the ruins and rock peaks. The originally hard rocks were completely vulnerable in front of it. Bai Luo could even see traces of wear and tear on the rocks caused by this tree-root-like thing.
Is it the root system of the earth's veins? Or something else
This kind of plant's roots were not the first time Bai Luo had seen them in the ruins.
Chapter 609 Who in their right mind would pretend to be an executive officer
From the very beginning, Bella never trusted Bai Luo.
That's right, even though Bai Luo had shown his mask and revealed his symbol of the Fatui, Bella still didn't believe him.
The torture that Osel brought her had made her nerves extremely sensitive, and she would not believe anyone who came.
She would tell Bai Luo these things, but she actually had her own little plans.
First of all, she didn't think Bai Luo could activate the machine set up by their Fatui.
Because these machines were built personally by the second executive officer, Lord Dotore, outsiders cannot use them without the corresponding authority and instructions.
The most important thing is that the disorder of the earth veins here is getting worse and worse. If he rashly touches the instruments related to the earth veins without the instruction to turn on the instruments, the energy of the earth veins will definitely leak out.
This phenomenon, called "Revelation," will bring out a person's will to fight from the earth's veins.
Simply put, a battle that a powerful person had experienced in the past will reappear because of the energy of the earth veins.
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This is Guyun Pavilion. It goes without saying which person's battle will be recreated by the energy of the earth veins, right
At this moment, Bai Luo had no idea what Bella was thinking.
He has walked into the ruins.
Before he even walked near the machine for detecting the earth veins, Bai Luo had already felt how abundant the elements were here.
There are even a few strange elemental creatures flying around here.
This creature, called the Rock Crystal Butterfly, is a pure elemental creature formed by the gathering of rock element particles floating in the air, and it floats as leisurely as a butterfly.
This kind of elemental creature is different from slime. They are not very aggressive. They are the product of the rising and condensing of elements and will only reside in places where rock elements are relatively abundant.
In the endless eternity that is difficult to fully appreciate, even rocks dream. It is said that the flying butterfly condensed from the rock element is the dream of the rugged mountain rocks.
After sensing Bai Luo's approach, these crystal butterflies became like frightened little animals. They had originally gathered together, but now they flapped their wings and scattered, flying towards the safest place possible.
When most adventurers encounter this kind of elemental creatures, they will take the initiative to capture them.
The crystal cores they produce are rare materials in the eyes of many alchemists.
They usually sell for a good price.
What's even more valuable is that this kind of elemental creatures will be born periodically in places where elemental energy is relatively abundant. Unless the elemental energy of the entire continent is exhausted, there is no need to worry about their extinction.
However, Bai Luo didn't care about the small amount of money. At most, he would help Yin catch a few to do research.
Although there are crystal butterflies on the Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain, there are only ice-attributed crystal butterflies there. It is still difficult to encounter this pure rock crystal butterfly.
Compared to the crystal butterfly, he cared more about the ruins itself.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that he had been here before.
After fetching a fire source from outside and lighting the torches inside the ruins, Bai Luo finally understood why he felt this place looked familiar.
"Where the lonely cloud soars into the sky?"
Looking at the door that seemed to contain countless starlight, Bai Luo recognized it at a glance.
Having said that, some people may not know where this place is.
In layman's terms, this is Iwamoto.
The two holy relics, the Ancient Rock and the Falling Star, all originated from here.
However, this consecrated secret realm has not yet been activated, and there are warnings specially posted by the Fatui, which roughly means that no outsiders are allowed to enter at will.
The instrument that Bella mentioned was in a position that surprised Bai Luo.
That is the location right in front of the Iwamoto entrance.
If Bai Luo remembered correctly, this seemed to be a limited-time challenge in the game.
Could it be that it is because of the Fatui's instrument that there is an extra challenge here
That’s right, most of these so-called challenges are caused by the overflow of earth veins, which is not surprising.
When Bai Luo tried to activate the instrument, he found that he still needed to enter a password.
Hey, what a coincidence, as the executive officer of the Fatui, Bai Luo has a series of special instructions.
He can open and close any Fatui instrument or door that requires a password with his own special commands.
Except for the gate to the Queen's bedroom.
After inputting the command, the instrument, which looked much more perfunctory than the doctor's real skills, gradually unfolded, and things like joysticks appeared in front of him.
But looking at the instrument in front of him, Bai Luo fell silent again.
How should this thing be used
As the twelfth executor of the Fatui, it seems a bit outrageous that he can't even use his own things.
In fact, this has something to do with Bai Luo himself.
The power that Bai Luo possesses is very different from the elemental power of this world.
In a nutshell, although he can feel the energy of elements and even use elemental vision, he cannot master the power of elements.
In the early years, Bai Luo was afraid that the Queen would know this, so he always carried a fake God's Eye with wind attributes as a pretense.
When he encountered some tasks that required the use of elemental power, or were related to earth veins, elements, etc., he would push them forward if he could.
Although he later realized that the Queen included him in the executive officers because she knew his special characteristics, his caution in the early years made him completely helpless when faced with some of the dark technologies of the Winter Kingdom.
Or... ... just try pulling a few levers
If it were someone else's technique, Bai Luo would just be reckless.
But after recognizing that it was the doctor's work, he didn't dare to test it.
Having followed the doctor for some time, he knew this guy's character very well.
With such a perfunctory machine, who knows what will happen if you press the wrong button? What if the earth energy explodes and something strange happens
After staring at the operating panel for a while, Bai Luo finally turned his gaze to Bella outside the ruins.
A few minutes later, Bai Luo carried the confused Bella and stood in front of the instrument.
"Activate this thing and help me find where the ley lines are most active."
After untying one of Bella's arms, Bai Luo gave the order.
Bella stared at the operating table in front of her, then looked at Bai Luo who was carrying her.
After hesitating for a while, he asked carefully: "Are you really the executive officer?"
As the operator of this equipment, Bella knew very well that without the corresponding authority, this equipment would never be able to be deployed.
The biggest problem was that not only was the device deployed, but some permissions that she had not had the right to use before were also released.
This is enough to prove that the young man in front of him who looks like a Liyue person may really be an executive.
"Nonsense, who would pretend to be the executive officer of the Fatui?"
Bai Luo said unhappily.
Chapter 610: The Altar of Guyun Pavilion
No matter how abnormal Bella's behavior was before, her smooth movements when operating the instrument made Bai Luo feel that it was a little unreal.
Some of the buttons were so worn out that the markings were no longer visible, but she still knew what the button did and pressed it without hesitation, almost forming muscle memory.
“Has this been lying here all along?”
As the instrument started up, Bai Luo, who had some free time, asked aloud.
Although no one can use this thing before entering the command.
But this so-called instruction is only intended to prevent adventurers and fishermen who have strayed here.
There are many low-IQ Hill people in Guyun Pavilion. If these Hill people saw these instruments, they would probably use their wooden sticks to smash them into pieces and transport them back to the tribe as building materials.
"Yes, it has always been left like this. This ruin has a strong elemental aura, and the Hillbillies will not come here."
Bella explained aloud while operating the instrument.
Although there are shamans among the Hillichul people who can control elemental energy, they do not like places with strong elemental aura.
If they stay in such a place for a long time, they will feel uncomfortable.
It just so happened that this relic was such a dense place that rock crystal butterflies could appear, so the hillbillies were even more reluctant to come here.
Unless the Abyss Mage drives them here.
But the Abyss Mages entrenched here have other purposes, and they don't want to make enemies with the Fatui, so they rarely let the Hillichurls get close to this side.
This is also one of the reasons why the instrument was placed here.
"Okay, the steps have been completed, just waiting for its feedback."
When Bella pressed the last button and pulled the patinated lever next to it, two things above the instrument that looked more like big spoons than radars began to rotate like propellers.
Bella, who was originally sitting next to the instrument, quickly squatted in the corner, closed her eyes, covered her ears, and curled up into a ball.
Looking at the skillful movements, he must have done this many times before.
But after a while, she stood up again, looking a little confused.
"Why is there no movement?"
Whenever this instrument was turned on in the past, there would always be small earthquakes, thunderstorms or inexplicable noises near Guyun Pavilion.
But this time, after the instrument was turned on, there was nothing unusual.
Originally Bella thought there was something wrong with the machine, but looking at the data given by the machine, it was clear that it had begun to map the fluctuations of the energy of the Guyun Pavilion's earth veins.
"Perhaps Osel slept a little better today than usual?"
As if he had thought of something, Bai Luo spoke out.
If he guessed correctly, Osel should have fallen into a deep sleep after transferring the feeling of Bella eating half a sunset fruit to himself.
I guess even if Morax himself came, it wouldn't be woken up.
"That doesn't make sense..."
Scratching her butt and her messy hair, Bella took out a pencil tied with a worn red rope from her empty chest and began to record today's situation as usual.
After she entered the state, her appearance was in stark contrast to her previous crazy appearance when she attacked Bai Luo.
"How is it, is there any result?"
Bai Luo did not explain that these were the effects of his sunset fruits. He looked at the feedback from the instrument in the other party's hand and asked aloud.
Osel is definitely in a very weak state now.
It is also the best opportunity for Bai Luo to meet him.
At least his current condition is beneficial to Bai Luo.
“Yes, there is, but I don’t know if it is accurate.”
After handing the drawing in her hand to Bai Luo, Bella took out an old map with a milky scent from her ordinary chest. There was a layer of transparent tape on it, but the creases still caused some damage to the drawing.
This blueprint marks the conditions of each island in Guyun Pavilion, such as which island has more abundant geomagnetic energy, which island has richer minerals, and even which monsters live on them. All are clearly marked.
Although the elegant handwriting formed a sharp contrast with the handwriting Bella had just marked on the feedback drawing, Bai Luo, who had read her diary, knew very well that these were the notes she had made before.
"Where is this place?"
Comparing the drawings that Bella took out, Bai Luo pointed to one of the smaller islands and asked.
According to Bella's records, the island's geomagnetic energy has become extremely active.