Standing in place looking at the burning city in the distance, he was dazed for a while, then Jenkins sighed regretfully, turned around and squatted down, trying to find the remaining materials in the ashes.
Unexpectedly, just as the palm touched the ground, the gravel beach "disintegrated" with a crash, and Jenkins and his Mu Xin swirled and fell into the dark abyss.
After waking up again, the surroundings were pitch black, and there was no light when I looked up. He faintly understood in his heart that his potion had not failed at all. Although a large number of evil spirits were summoned for unknown reasons, the so-called "hole under the flame" still appeared.
It’s just the note left by Mr. Salamanda. It’s not configuring the so-called potion at all. It’s a ceremony to open the space hole. The nausea and dizziness now are undoubtedly the feeling after the space movement.
"Why did he lie to me..."
He raised his own miner's lamp in his hand, but it still couldn't illuminate the surroundings. Bounty fire, candles, and a monocle were tried later, but none of them helped Jenkins regain his vision.
He didn't understand what Mr. Salamanda wanted to do, but when he remembered the note, he naturally remembered the code word in it. So he whispered in Elvish language:
"The sunset by the Yinma Lake is the love of my life."
There was a soft bang, and a happily dancing flame ignited on the lamp holder beside it. But just a few seconds ago, Jenkins confirmed that there should be nothing around him except three wooden hearts.
He looked around in surprise, behind him was a towering rock wall, and under his feet was a stone avenue. The avenue is suspended above the abyss, and the lights on both sides are lit up in sequence with Jenkins' voice. Jenkins looks into the distance along the direction of the lights, and sees a full-length wooden statue at the end of the road.
With some hesitation, he walked forward with his Mu Xin, and then quietly observed in front of the statue. It was a typical image of an elf, wearing a light robe and a pointed hat with green leaf patterns on its head.
The hands are in the state of lifting, but there is nothing in the hands.
"See clearly?"
Startled by the sudden sound, Jenkins took a jerk back, realizing it was the statue speaking.
"It looks like you don't know where you are."
The voice was very calm, but no gender could be discerned.
"So, where is this place?"
Jenkins tried to be polite, at least until he asked what was going on.
"The vicissitudes of life, I haven't met the elves who came here for a long time. I don't know how to describe this place. After all, the material world has passed for so long, and the past naming should have long since disappeared. I can only say that this is the bottom of the material world. deep, and where the ground corresponds, I cannot tell."
The statue replied that Jenkins, feeling no lie, thought for a moment and asked again:
"Sorry, I don't know how I got here. So, can you tell me what this place is for? My friend gave me the way to get here, but didn't tell me why."
"Here... a long, long time ago, so long ago that I can't fully recall the era, here is the root system of the World Tree..."
It spoke intermittently, leaving no time for Jenkins to think because of his surprised expression:
"This is the place where the essence of life gathers, and it is the core altar under the World Tree. But everything has changed. The World Tree will eventually wither, and the elves will eventually leave. About tens of thousands of years ago, The elves followed the great one to leave the material world and took away the most vigorous branch of the world tree. The elves who left the material world can no longer come here, so since then, you are the third elf to visit here... Sorry, I haven't seen an elf for a long time, I misunderstood, you are a half-elf, this bloodline is... "
He stopped talking after that, and Jenkins thought the statue was immersed in reminiscing about the past, so he didn't care.
"But Mr. Salamanda went to great lengths to get me here for what?"
That potion made him curious for half a year, but in the end it wasn't a potion at all. He didn't understand the meaning of all this. He was still ignorant when he met Mr. Salamanda in the fake world of creepy things at the end of autumn. Even though he knew his elven blood, he still didn't know what the elf Salamanda wanted what to do.
"Why didn't he just tell me that this ceremony is to open the door of space... Well, if he said so, I would definitely not hold the ceremony, after all, space movement is extremely dangerous, not to mention that I didn't have a priesthood at that time, so I couldn't do it." Judging whether what he said is true... In this way, if you want me to come here, Mr. Salamanda must use lies such as 'this is an unknown potion, you can not drink it when it is formulated' to lure me into the bait... "
He pondered in his mind, then looked around. The underground abyss is extremely cold, if it weren't for the friendly elf-style decorative patterns around it, and those candles, he would not stay here for a second.
"So who are you? The remaining consciousness of the World Tree?"
Jenkins asked again, such a guess is reasonable, after all, this is an altar.
"No, I am not that noble. You can understand me as a memory imprinted here. Although the elves knew that they would not come back before they left, not all the elves left with the great one, and the elves who left did not I know whether I will come back and what it will be like when I come back, so I was created to guide the elves who come here...or half-elves, and tell the latecomers the glory that their ancestors experienced. What you just said That code word is the secret word to close the protective measures here, which only the elves know."
"Past glory?"
Jenkins moved in his heart and immediately asked:
"I have something to ask, can you tell me why the elves left the material world back then?"
There is expectation in the tone.
"It's an interesting question."
The tone of the other party is refined and easy-going.
"Is it the end of the era again? Sorry, half-elf, I can't talk about this kind of thing. Since you asked this question, you should understand that there are some things that you can only understand by yourself."
The statue replied that of course Jenkins was disappointed, but this wasn't the first time something like this had happened, so the disappointment wasn't too serious. He thought about it, and there was no point in staying here. Although the secrets the statue knew were interesting, he missed Luen's affairs even more. Now that you know the way to get here, you can come back when you have time.
PS: Added [doomsday document] in the information chapter, which is independent from [protagonist ability]. Those who are interested can check it out.