Pah pah pah...
Several glow sticks were thrown into the passage and bounced down the stone steps. Suddenly one of them bounced out of the steps, and the glow fell into the darkness, and no echo was heard for a long time.
At the entrance of the passage, Long Dan, who was squatting on the ground, gasped: "Oh my god, there are no guardrails on both sides of the stairs? And the space below is too deep and too big. If I fall down accidentally, I will be smashed to pieces."
Tian Yang took the searchlight and walked down to the first step first: "Just don't fall down, come down one by one, three steps apart for each person, don't panic, take your time."
He walked down the stairs holding a lamp in one hand and his Ice Soul Sword in the other.
After walking down a few steps, I realized that there was a rock wall on the left side of the stairs, and a dark void on the right side, with a faint orange-red light occasionally appearing in the depths.
As long as you walk along the rock wall, there is no danger.
As he walked, Tianyang was thinking about the question just now.
This passage seemed to appear too easily... .
If the designer wanted to prevent people from obtaining the "legacy of God", he should not have designed the passage so simply. Just insert the "key" and activate the gem with energy, and the passage will appear.
If it were that simple, then the "legacy of God" would have already been taken away by someone.
The most likely possibility is that the person who took the 'key' out of the Deep Sea Castle probably got the 'legacy' and also made some money from the 'key'.
Of course, this is just assumption.
Tianyang thought of another possibility, that this was a trap.
They use the 'legacy of God' to lure explorers like them in, so the passage is designed to be relatively simple and easy to find, so that all the explorers can be lured in and then wiped out.
However, since he was already here, Tianyang would not be willing to leave without finding out the truth.
I think the same is true for Longdan Yueguang and the others.
If there is any real danger, the worst that can happen is that you open the door and leave, so Tianyang is not too worried.
After walking for a while, Tianyang felt that the air around him became humid. He swept the searchlight around and found that fog had formed on the stairs at some point.
The mist was illuminated by the orange-red light below, emitting a hazy red glow. It was relatively thin at first, but after walking a little further, the edge of the stairs could no longer be seen clearly.
"Everyone, please pay attention. Please keep to the left side. The road is slippery and you should be careful not to fall." Tianyang turned around and shouted, his voice echoing on the stairs.
Walking behind Tianyang, Longdan suddenly said "Eh" and called out, "Tianyang, look down there, is there anyone?"
Tianyang shone the light and looked down, but he could see nothing except the fog.
"No, I didn't see anyone."
"No."
Long Dan looked horrified, not joking: "But I saw a palm, it looked like a woman's hand, but it seemed to have been in the water for a long time and was swollen."
"Look carefully. The third step is right under your feet. Hiss, it seems to be climbing up."
Tianyang frowned and signaled the team to stop moving forward. He shone the searchlight and counted the steps, but he did not see the swollen palm that Longdan mentioned.
Tian Yang simply communicated with the black fog, extending his thoughts and perceptions, which surged downward like a tide. Not to mention a few steps, he stretched his thoughts to nearly a hundred steps at once, and did not find anything.
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Longdan exclaimed, "Tianyang, it's standing right in front of you. It's a monster. Although it looks like a woman, its whole body is swollen. My God, its stomach is split open and a hand is sticking out."
"Can't you see? It's reaching out to touch your face!"
Longdan screamed and raised his pistol, pointing it at Tianyang.
Tianyang quickly lifted Longdan's hand and fired the shot into the sky.
Longdan cried out with a pale face: "Help me, Tianyang, it grabbed my hand, damn it, there is something like an umbilical cord sticking out of its stomach, and it is covered with mucus, I want to vomit."
Tianyang suddenly slapped Longdan in the face and shouted, "Calm down, there is no monster, it's me!"
Long Dan was stunned for a moment, then he said, "Why is it you? I clearly saw a monster that looked like a pregnant woman holding my hand just now."
Tianyang looked at the thick fog and said, "It should be because of the fog."
He raised his hand, and the 'Wild Wind' ring on his hand lit up. Suddenly, the air vibrated, forming a strong wind, whistling and blowing around. The violent wind swept up the mist and blew it away without a trace.
"Look again, are there any more monsters?" Tianyang put down his hand and asked.
Long Dan looked around and finally shook his head: "Nothing, strange, is there really something wrong with the mist?"
"It's very likely. In addition, the lights below may also be related. They are refracted by the fog, forming a certain spectrum, which may cause an illusion."
Tian Yang raised his voice and said, "In short, everyone, please be careful. If you encounter any strange phenomena, don't panic, stay calm."
Next, they did not encounter the same fog as before. After walking for a long time on this staircase with one side suspended in the air, they finally saw the ground.
Tianyang was the first to step onto the ground. Looking forward, he saw a forest all around him! Tall trees several dozen meters high, one after another, three or five trees clustered together, forming a forest, an underground forest!
By comparing the time they spent climbing the mountain, Tianyang roughly estimated that the depth they were now at was already below the surface of the island.
In other words, they had come to the submerged part of the island, and if they were to cut a passage out of the rock wall now, they would probably be able to reach the sea directly.
This forest and these trees are not real plants. They are more like fossils. The trunks, the densely textured skin, and even the tangled branches and leaves are all in the state of hard rock.
From time to time, orange-red lights would light up among these stone trees. These lights were very weak. There were too many stone trees here, so when they lit up, they would connect into one, allowing Tianyang and the others to discover something when they were high up.
"There is a forest underground?" Longdan also came down and even walked to a stone tree to observe, but he did not dare to touch it casually for fear of triggering something.
"Look over there." The moonlight pointed deep into the forest. Deep in the petrified forest, the outline of a building could be vaguely seen. It looked like a building that was more majestic and spectacular than the temple on the top of the mountain.
A building of that standard is worthy of being called 'God's Legacy'.
"Let's go quickly." Longdan urged excitedly, "I have a hunch that we are going to get rich this time."
Tian Yang shook his head and poured a bucket of cold water on him: "The passage we came in through was so easy to find. In my opinion, either the 'legacy' has been taken away, or this is a trap."
"Don't be happy too soon.
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After saying this, he continued to walk ahead, going deeper into the petrified forest.
"You say, since there used to be a forest under this ground, could there have been animals or something like that? Maybe there were even people. If so, would those things have turned into fossils now?"
Long Dan said as he walked: "Don't think I'm annoying, it's just too quiet and depressing here. If I don't say something, I feel like I'm going crazy."
Moonlight sneered: "So you know you are annoying, that's not bad, people, the most important thing is to have some self-knowledge."
The two chatted with each other, which made the atmosphere of the team not too dull. After all, they were underground now, and walking in a petrified forest. The trees were emitting orange light.
Such an environment can easily make people feel depressed. Talking can help distract the mind and reduce psychological pressure.
Tianyang did not join their conversation. He looked around. It was hard to tell what kind of trees these were. From time to time, orange-red light shone through their interiors, lighting up stripes. Although the light was dim, the color was strong, like flames.
Tianyang already felt that the light was caused by some kind of overflowing energy, which was neither star essence nor dark particles. It should be a kind of power that existed before this world slid into the eternal night and belonged to this world alone.
Even though the world has slipped into darkness and no one knows how many years have passed, the power of this world has not been completely exhausted.
At least, in this petrified forest, it has been tenaciously preserved, even though it is so weak that it may disappear at any time.
The forest was eerily quiet, without a trace of living creatures. As one went deeper into the forest, the depressing atmosphere became more and more obvious and intense.
Even Longdan, who was always trying to find something to talk about, lost interest in talking due to the atmosphere. He just kept his mouth shut and walked on in silence.
Following Tianyang, a soldier suddenly felt as if someone blew breath towards him in his ear.
He immediately got goose bumps all over his body. You know, he was wearing a full body protective suit with no gaps exposed, so how could someone blow air into his ear
He instinctively turned his head and suddenly saw a blurry shadow lying on his back. It seemed to be a wild beast, a wolf or something similar. However, its outline was extremely blurry and he could only barely make out its limbs and head.
However, the soldier could clearly feel a fishy smell coming from the beast's nose. Then, the beast, whose shape could not be seen clearly, opened its mouth and bit the soldier's neck.
With a whoosh, the ice sword emitting a chill passed by the side of the blurry and distorted figure. The figure immediately stretched and deformed, and disappeared into the air like mist.
The soldier finally took a breath, his legs went limp, and he sat down on the ground.
It was not until then that people around him noticed the soldier's abnormality.
"What's going on?" Moonlight walked over.
Tianyang looked around and said, "There is something in the forest."
As soon as he finished speaking, behind the surrounding trees, on the treetops that emitted an orange-red glow, a series of blurry black figures that looked like beasts and humans gradually appeared... ... ... ..
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