Three days later.
Noon, Pompeii.
Richard came here, standing at the foot of a volcano, raising his head slightly and trying to take in the entire volcano.
This is Pompey. He has been here before and is not very unfamiliar. However, there are some differences between vision after leaving the body and physical vision. Now that it is the first time to look at it with physical eyes, it feels a little different. In addition, he noticed that Pompeii had changed a lot compared to what he saw before when he was out of the body, especially the mountainside and top of the mountain in front of him. He didn't know what happened specifically.
Rommel stood next to Richard, wearing a similar golden robe as before. He glanced at Richard who was looking up at the volcano, and introduced with a smile: "Wizard Richard, where you are now is where I said I would take you. You have come to Pompeii.
The mountain you are looking at is called Vesuvius. It is an extremely ancient volcano that is still active today. You don't have to worry about her breaking out because she has been tamed by us. "
"Tamed?" Richard looked at Rommel and asked, not understanding what he meant.
"It's like an animal that has been tamed by us. Now the other party serves our organization wholeheartedly." Rommel said, without explaining in too much detail, and instead said, "The many buildings built on her are Pompeii's. You can call the central area of Pompei Town. Well, it doesn’t make much sense to say more now, so let me take you to see it in person and experience it up close.”
"Go this way." Rommel waved his hand to the side and walked onto a mountain road paved with steps.
"Okay." Richard nodded, followed Rommel, and climbed up the stairs with him.
During the march, a faint smell of sulfur came, which is the breath of life belonging to the volcano.
The smell of sulfur gradually became stronger, and as Rommel climbed to a new level, Richard felt that his eyes suddenly became brighter. He raised his head and glanced around, and found that he was already halfway up the mountain. There was a huge flat land with many buildings standing there, which looked like a small town. In the small town, people were coming and going, and it was very lively.
However, the buildings in the town are a bit unusual. They look like stone buildings. Some are two stories high, some are three stories high, and a few are four or five stories high.
Every building is square, with no columns or decorations, and all have vertical and smooth walls. A low exit was opened on one wall, which was very inconspicuous. Apart from that, there were almost no windows.
At first glance, the building looks like a box with a hole in it, placed on the ground.
After a few more glances, Richard suddenly felt a little creepy because he found that these buildings were all painted gray and black. It looked more like a coffin painted with antiseptic paint than a box with holes, and the whole thing exuded a dull, eerie air of death.
The appearance of this building, the name of Pompeii, the name of Mount Vesuvius... put together, it really doesn't feel very auspicious... If I remember correctly, there was a very famous ancient Roman city in the history of the earth. Pompeii was destroyed due to the eruption of the nearby Mount Vesuvius and was directly buried in volcanic ash.
Of course, this Pompeii is not that Pompeii, and there are differences between Mount Vesuvius and Mount Vesuvius. The members of the Society of Truth living here are definitely not citizens of ancient Rome. If a real volcano erupts, there will be sufficient means of resistance or avoidance. However, there is always something unlucky about it.
As Richard was thinking about it, Rommel spoke up and asked, "Why, Wizard Richard, you seem to be very interested in the houses here and have been looking at them."
"Well, that's it, Director Rommel. I think they are a bit special compared to other houses I have seen. Although they are different in height, their shapes are too consistent." Richard said, only half of what he said What was in my heart, I didn’t tell my other half.
Rommel listened and nodded and explained: "You are right. The houses here are indeed very similar because they are all planned uniformly. The reason why they are specially shaped is to ensure maximum efficiency and utilization. , all unnecessary decorations removed.
The reason why they are black is also simple: they are originally the color of stone - off-white, but due to volcanic activity, black volcanic ash falls from time to time, contaminating the surface of the stone, and is extremely difficult to fall off. Over time, Just make the whole building black.
To be honest, they all look ugly, but believe me, they are sturdier than any other house in the world. They are so strong that they can easily withstand attacks from first-level spells, so even if volcanic activity causes earthquakes, they will not be affected. "
"That's really solid." Richard nodded and agreed. He didn't discuss this topic any more. He shifted his gaze to other parts of the town.
He noticed that there were some cylindrical metal towers scattered near many buildings. The appearance is silvery white, carved with dense magic patterns, flashing with colorful arcs, and has strong energy fluctuations. Each one is more than three meters high, tall and vertical. It doesn’t look like a landscape when it comes to landscape, but it doesn’t look like architecture when talking about architecture.
As for the statue totem... Unless the truth society has a fanatical belief in paternal reproduction, it is totally unreasonable.
It looks a bit like a telephone pole on the earth, but a little shorter... Richard thought doubtfully, pointed towards the metal tower, and asked Rommel: "Director, what is that?"
"Well..." Rommel spoke up and introduced with some seriousness, "That is the most important thing in our entire Pompeii. It is a node. You can think of it as a human organ."
"Human organs? What exactly are they?"
"To put it simply, they are energy transmission points that can gather energy transmission and then release it to the outside to provide it to people or things in need." Rommel said, taking the lead and walking forward.
After walking a certain distance and pointing towards the upper part of the volcano, you can see silver-white metal ribbons half a meter wide hanging on the mountain. The surface is also engraved with magic patterns, flashing with colorful electric arcs, and with energy fluctuations.
"Those are channels, which can be regarded as blood vessels of the human body. Specifically, they are tubes that transmit energy." Rommel continued, "They are responsible for transmitting energy to various nodes."
"Okay, let's continue going up. You will see the most important things." Rommel said, and then walked towards the crater.
Richard followed, and after a while, he reached the crater, his eyes widening slightly in surprise.