Just as Tianyang expected, the fire forced out the yellow and green little people hiding in the jungle. However, with the presence of Tianyang and Yueguang, and the small number of these things, they soon all fell in the flames and turned into filthy mud, some of which even had remnants.
But thinking of the rotting bodies and pus splattering around, Tianyang didn't want to touch the remains at all.
"It turns out I'm a bit of a germaphobe." He chuckled and looked ahead. After the fire, the weeds and bushes in the jungle had been almost burned, and there was black ash and sawdust everywhere.
The field of vision suddenly became much wider. Except for a few particularly sturdy trees that were still standing occasionally, there was nothing in front that could block the view.
In this way, the team's progress was not only smooth but also rapid.
When they arrived at the foot of the mountain on the island, they found some buildings, small stone buildings of different heights scattered around.
But there were not many of them, only a dozen or twenty, and most of these stone houses had collapsed. In the cracks of the ruins, weeds and black vines grew.
There were obvious signs of life here. The team found several wells, a square for activities, and something similar to an altar built with stones.
They did not stay in the area for too long. After a brief search and finding nothing of value, they began to climb the mountain.
This mountain is bare, unlike the dense jungle below, there is no grass or vegetation on the mountain, only various strange-shaped rocks. Fortunately, the mountain is not too steep, and after walking for a while, I actually found a staircase extending upwards buried by sand and rocks!
"It seems we have found the right place." Longdan said excitedly, "Look, there are stairs here. There are buildings at the foot of the mountain. I guess there must be something like a temple on the mountain."
"The houses at the foot of the mountain should be inhabited by people who guarded the forest. These people were watching over the 'legacy of God'. But later, this world entered the 'Great Sea Tide' era, and finally slid into the eternal night, so those guardians also died."
Moonlight glanced back and said, "Maybe he's not dead, but he's turned into a monster."
Tianyang knew that she was referring to those yellow-green little men. In the reverse world of Skyfort, through a large amount of information, Tianyang had learned that humans could be transformed into dark people.
This is the case with the Reverse Realm No. 127, and the Reverse Realms with other numbers will probably be no exception.
Moreover, it is not an isolated case that during the exploration process, humans have been contaminated by dark particles and turned into indescribable horrible monsters.
Therefore, Moonlight's guess is most likely the truth.
Tianyang couldn't help but sigh when he thought that those guardians still lived in this area after being transformed into black people.
Although, that was probably not their original intention, it still had a sense of fate.
"Okay, forget about it, let's hurry up. I think this mountain is not high, we should be able to climb it soon."
"Come with me, the ancient wealth is waiting for us." Longdan smiled and trotted quickly, climbing up with two scouting soldiers, keeping a short distance from Tianyang and the others.
Yue Guang snorted, looked at Tian Yang and said, "That guy is not lying to me, right? Look at him, he doesn't look like someone who is about to die."
Tianyang spread his hands and declined to comment.
Walk
When we reached the middle of the mountain, the team stopped, and it was here that we began to discover the "mist crystals".
Tianyang was not unfamiliar with this kind of thing. When he was still a Night Walker, he accidentally fell into the valley during the battle in Huanggu Town. When he woke up, he and Xiaoniao found this black crystal on the nearby rocky beach.
Misty crystals are the "specialty" of the Reverse Realm and the source of the black fog. They continuously release a special energy, thus transforming the surrounding air into black fog.
If mist crystals exist, then it is basically certain that there are huge crystal veins under this mountain.
"No wonder the concentration of dark particles on this island is so high. It turns out there are 'fog crystals'."
There was a look of disgust in Moonlight's eyes. High concentrations of dark particles would weaken the star essence and suppress the sublimators. Naturally, Moonlight did not like these things.
Tian Yang half-jokingly said: "It's fine if it's just mist crystal or crystal veins, as long as there's no 'Well of Darkness'."
The Well of Darkness is a super-large underground cave that releases black fog continuously like a volcano. Each Well of Darkness means that there are a lot of fog crystals under the ground of that area. In fact, after years of immersion, the land near the Well of Darkness has turned into fog crystals.
"Currently, the 'Well of Darkness' has only been found in the inverse realms numbered 10 or less. The inverse realm of Deepsea Castle is numbered 78, so there shouldn't be anything like that."
"Besides, your joke is not funny at all." Moonlight drew out the 'Full Moon' and shattered the mist crystal next to it with one sword.
Not sure if it was an illusion, but when the peak was in sight, Tianyang found that everything around him was silent. There were people around him, but he could not hear their breathing or footsteps.
Moreover, except for him and Moonlight, everyone else felt very tired. Even Longdan, a low-level Ascender, had a numb look in his eyes.
It’s like a person who has been walking for a day and has no energy left, and can only move forward numbly.
"Wait." Tianyang held Yueguang back, "It's a bit strange."
Yue Guang looked at his hand, gently pulled it out and asked, "What's wrong?"
"It's too quiet, and they all look very tired." Tianyang looked towards the sea. In the light of the flares, he could see the waves constantly hitting the rocky beach, but no sound could be heard.
The moonlight also felt it was very strange. At this moment, a soldier in front of him fell to the ground with a thud, and then strangled his neck tightly with his hands, as if in the dark sea, responding to those sounds that came from nowhere.
Tian Yang immediately approached the soldier and tried to pry his hand open, but found that he was very strong. Although this was not a problem for Tian Yang, if he tried to pry it open by force, he would break his hand.
The moonlight also came nearby, thought for a moment, revealed the star energy, and then pressed his hand on the warrior, allowing the star energy to spread over and cover him.
At this time, Tianyang heard the warrior making a strange "ho ho" sound, but before that, he could hear nothing.
Then, under the cover of moonlight and star energy, a scream was heard, and a faint shadow like mist emerged from the warrior's body.
In the starry sky, a pale-faced woman could be vaguely seen. Her figure and facial features were extremely blurry, and soon disappeared into the air under the illumination of the starry sky.
"What is that?" There was finally a hint of life in Longdan's numb eyes.
“A little bit
Like the 'ghost' I encountered before." Tian Yang said, "But not quite, just similar."
'Ghosts' are dark creatures in the secret realm of the netherworld. They have no physical form, can penetrate obstacles, occupy the bodies of ordinary people, and control them.
Additionally, ghosts are capable of emitting heart-shattering screams, and they travel in large groups, making them very troublesome.
But the image of the ghost is different from that of the "woman" just now. The "ghost" has no fixed form, and its shape is always changing, but it generally maintains a human form.
Their translucent bodies are black-blue, their facial features are blurred, and their expressions may be sad or angry, but they have no obvious gender characteristics.
At least, it’s not like the figure just now, who was obviously a woman at first glance.
Moreover, the figure of the 'woman' was not black and blue, but misty, as if it was formed by black fog.
In order to prevent other warriors from being possessed by the same thing, Tianyang and Yueguang joined forces to release the star energy. Silver starlight spread across the stairs, enveloping everyone in a white world.
At this time, wisps of black aura appeared on the bodies of those warriors to a greater or lesser extent. They floated like mist, but did not form a specific shape like the "woman" just now.
Moreover, after the star energy unfolded, Tianyang heard the breathing of the crowd and the sound of footsteps when they walked.
It seems that there should be some kind of abnormality in this area, which will eliminate sounds and accelerate fatigue. Then when the mind is extremely tired, the body will be occupied by the mist-like shadow, and do things that cannot be controlled.
However, in this case, the team would have to reach the top quickly. After all, in an environment with high concentrations of dark particles, the star energy of Tianyang and Yueguang would be greatly consumed.
"Go up quickly."
Tianyang waved his hand and commanded the team to reach the top quickly. After a while, they saw the top of the mountain and saw that there were indeed buildings on it.
But here, the last section of stairs was extremely huge, buried in sand and stones, with a drop of at least half a meter on each level. For this team with an average height of 1.8 meters, it was very difficult to walk up such stairs.
By the time they climbed up the huge staircase, the warriors could no longer walk, and even Longdan was gasping for breath.
When he reached the top of the mountain, Tianyang felt that the concentration of dark particles had reached normal levels, as if the fog crystals here only existed in the middle section of the mountain.
However, the decrease in concentration was good news for them. Tianyang tried to put away his star energy and found that he could vaguely hear the sound of waves. As for Longdan and the others' heavy breathing, it was even more clearly audible.
There was nothing unusual on the top of the mountain.
“You can put away the star essence,” Tianyang said, then he took out an energy storage ball, told Yueguang how to use it, and threw it over to let Yueguang replenish some star essence.
Moonlight tried to absorb star essence from the energy storage ball as Tianyang said, and the energy she had just consumed was immediately replenished.
She said with surprise: "How did you get this treasure?"
Tian Yang smiled and said, “It’s amazing what I got in the world of adversity.”
Then he looked towards the building.
It was also a stone building, and was much more majestic than the house at the foot of the mountain.
However, no matter the style or the size, it doesn't look like it contains the 'legacy of God'... ... ... ..