From the time Joshua decided to go to the giant pyramid until he arrived, to be honest, it didn't take much time, only a few minutes in total.
The golden powerhouse flew at a speed that could break through the sound. With the fluorescent white mist as the coordinates, everyone did not have to worry about losing their bearings, and naturally quickly arrived at the side of the huge pyramid.
From the side, you can see that there are obvious traces of weathering and erosion on the tracks of this miraculous mobile fortress. The erosion of magic and material by the surrounding environment has inevitably turned these once perfect creations into rusty ones today. It looks fine from a distance, but up close, there are obvious cracks in many parts, and yellow and black stains are everywhere.
However, in contrast, on the huge silver-white trapezoidal pyramid, Joshua surprisingly did not see any traces of time erosion. Flying with Rin on his back, he even noticed that on the smooth three sides of the pyramid without steps, In fact, there are countless reliefs, but because the reliefs are too huge and there is no bright light source in this world, it was completely impossible to notice them when looking at them from a distance.
At the top of this relief are white cloud-like waves, and below are countless totems of various types of birds. At the bottom are patterns of the earth and the ocean, with mountain peaks, cities, crowds and huge ships among them, like A whole world was drawn.
The crystal ball suspended at the bottom of the tower naturally symbolizes the sun - just like this world, the sun is shrouded in darkness and the sky is dark and dull. The golden light in the crystal ball is also extremely weak and seems to be extinguished at any time. , but even so, it still vaguely exudes a sacred and orderly power, maintaining its own shape.
"It's indescribably spectacular... However, it has been more than a thousand years, so why can it still maintain such a intact appearance?"
Joshua stopped in mid-air. He looked at the huge building in front of him and thought seriously: "Such a huge fortress was not destroyed by the God of Desolation. It must have some self-defense means. There are certain dangers in approaching rashly." Danger... You need to test it first."
Without hesitation, he immediately gathered a ball of red fighting energy in his hand, and then sent it to the vicinity of the pyramid from a distance. But strangely, the group of fighting energy did not encounter any obstacles, but slowly shrank by itself. Then it naturally dissipated before it came into contact with the silver-white steel relief.
"Is it an energy-grabbing defense... In this case, it's not really harmful."
Joshua nodded thoughtfully, and learned a lot of information through the test just now: "The reason makes sense."
Rin, who was carried on his back, hesitated for a while, and then said softly: "Master, I feel that the aura of the divine machine I felt before did not come from the remains of the divine machine underground, but from here."
As he spoke, he pointed at the middle area of the huge pyramid: "The breath is inside, and it's very obvious."
"Inside?"
After pondering for a while, Joshua turned sideways and said to Moria and Claire behind him: "You two, we are preparing to land."
This was originally everyone's goal, so it didn't take long for everyone to land on the base of this mobile city.
Mottled rust is spread all over the huge base made of a single piece of steel. On this metal slab, which is huge enough to hold a city, there are clearly visible traces of decay. It is covered with dense and weird cracks. Even the moss and old moss and The traces left by the mold can be clearly seen.
While admiring, Joshua also found that since he came to this base, all the negative states on his body disappeared immediately. At this time, the warrior felt as if he had returned to the normal world and no longer needed to expend energy to deal with the chaotic forces outside. of invasion.
But just as he was carefully observing his surroundings, looking for some possible clues, a loud voice suddenly came from behind him.
"I found a complete skeleton here, come and take a look."
Moria's voice is as loud as all the other dwarves. Even though it is a little hoarse due to his age, it is still enough to be heard in all directions. Of course, Joshua walked over quickly. He followed the old dwarf's gaze and looked down, and saw a corpse that was almost turned into bones in the gap between the steel and the earth on the base.
Claire also came here. Looking at the skeleton, she used magic power to transform into three phantom rattans, carefully reached into the gap, took them out, and sent them to everyone.
Joshua squatted down and carefully observed the skeleton without any remaining clothing. Within two seconds, he roughly restored the image of the owner of the skeleton in his mind.
This is a race that looks very similar to humans, with similar facial features and bodies. However, this race has one or more pairs of wings, and its bones are more fragile. As for the internal organs, based on the distribution of bones, the position and performance of the other party's organs should be very different from humans. This can be seen from the fact that the other party's ribs are a plate of bones instead of strips.
"This skeleton is a bit like the Yarong-winged people who were extinct due to drastic changes in the environment before the glorious era of legend."
Claire also saw a hint of familiarity: "In the Druid History Witness Hall in the far south, there is a collection of skeleton fossils of the Yarong Winged Man. There are indeed similarities with this skeleton."
"But that doesn't help our current situation."
Standing up slowly, Joshua frowned. Just when he was about to say that he would look for other peculiarities, Joshua's eyes suddenly froze.
He could vaguely see a few characters in the stains next to the skeleton.
"etc."
He immediately put the skeleton aside, and then used his fighting spirit to brush the surface of the steel base, sweeping away all the stains, rust marks and all kinds of messy dirt. Suddenly, dozens of extremely obvious The characters appeared in front of Joshua's eyes: "There are words here... This is an iron plate that collapsed many years ago. If you don't look carefully, you really can't find it."
Without saying much, Joshua simply swept away all the dust and rust on the iron plate. Suddenly, a small, extremely smooth stone slab, about three meters long and two meters wide, appeared in front of everyone.
"I can't understand the text."
After looking at it for a while, the old dwarf simply shook his head and said: "At first glance, it does look similar to Common Language, but in fact it is completely different."
Claire hesitated for a moment and read out one or two words: "Even though, Crystal Sun..." But it was only one or two words. The elf also shook his head and said: "This language is slightly similar to Astral Language. There is only a trace of it.”
Of course, Joshua couldn't understand it at all. He was originally the son of an earl from a rural place - Northland was indeed a rural place. Even in his previous life, he was just a legendary player specializing in PVP. How could he be able to tell the difference between a different world? Language is such a high-end thing
But if you don’t understand, you don’t understand—but he has a system!
"System, translation."
As Joshua gave the order, a progress bar appeared loyally in front of his eyes.
40%, 42%, 46%… 100%
The progress bar jumped rapidly, and after just a few minutes, the system prompt showed that the translation was successful.
"It's not a magical language, it's just a common language. It's not difficult to translate at all."
Joshua looked at the translation results given by the system and read them out:
"Even if the radiant sun of the sky is extinguished, we will use the elements as a furnace to recast the crystal sun."
"Even if everything in the world decays, we will use steel as the dome to reshape the land of vitality."
"The people of Kallis never give up. Even if the world is destroyed, we will still struggle to survive on the bones of the world."
Except for the slogan-like sentence at the beginning, there are many words and sentences of praise written here and there on the steel plate at the back, as well as the general process of their history. This is consistent with the secret letter Joshua received from the old housekeeper. He knew pretty much what he knew, and even if there was a slight discrepancy, he didn't pay much attention to it.
In general, after roughly looking at this iron plate, Joshua finally understood why the mobile fortress under him was built.
The Kallis - let's call them that, were once a magical civilization race with extremely advanced alchemy. Their void spaceships could travel in and out of the astral void and travel to multiple worlds, and they also had a reputation in the multiverse. Their great alchemy could theoretically destroy the entire earth's surface and reshape the world's ecosystem.
However, due to a sneak attack by a certain Void Evil God, the essence of their civilization was destroyed. In addition, the civilization style was restrained, and pure energy magic firearms could not do as much damage to the Evil God's Familia - Aragami as fighting spirit and live ammunition firearms. The killings caused them to be defeated again and again in the process of resistance. After the decisive battle on the plains, they were unable to hold on to their mother world and could only retreat to various mobile war fortresses to resist the tide of Aragami's army.
In the process of resistance, their alchemy has advanced by leaps and bounds, the completion of the divine machine has become higher and higher, and the mobile fortress has become larger and larger. To some extent, they can fight back a little, but because the entire world of Kallis has been eroded by Chaos , [Fire of the Sky] the sun gradually extinguished, causing the earth to fall into a cold winter, all things decayed, and could no longer survive, causing them to almost become extinct... At this time, someone proposed to create a new ecosystem in the artificial environment - that is, The source of this huge pyramid fortress is at the feet of Joshua and others.
The subsequent history was not described much, but Joshua knew that this move did not lead them to success. In the end, when the Kallis people finally saw a glimmer of victory, the body of the Void Evil God was finally able to extend a branch. The tentacles descended on this polluted world and completely crushed their resistance. The divine machine was cast with the Aragami crystal as its raw material, and it did not have its own will like Joshua's Hotaru and Rin. How could they resist the call of the evil god? Naturally, he turned against the enemy in the face of war.
"It seems that the giant crystal ball should be the 'Crystal Sun' in the inscription."
After reading all the words written on the slate, Joshua looked up at the huge crystal ball at the top of the pyramid that shone with a faint golden light while Moria and Claire looked at the alien creatures. He murmured He murmured to himself: "Based on the energy fluctuations I feel now, it is possible that in its heyday it could really emit light similar to the sun... And the nature Claire feels should be the artificial ecosystem within its body. "
There are some contents behind the stone slab, but let’s not talk about those contents - they are nothing more than road signs that guide the way. The location where Joshua and the others are now is the place where the Kallis people landed airships and transported people. This stone slab It is used to introduce the history of the fortress and guide the way.
Ignoring the old dwarf and the elf, how could he understand? ''Is this person human? After waiting for the incredible look and Rin's adoring look, Joshua pointed to the crystal sun at the top of the pyramid in front of him and said to everyone: "If you want to enter the pyramid, you must first go to the top sun and accept the blazing sun. For the purification of the Glory, make sure there are no seeds of chaos in your body, and the entrance is also above."
"What are you waiting for."
Sighing deeply, Moria, who felt that she was really old, said, "Let's go."
So, everyone walked on the steel base and walked towards the steps of the pyramid.
Joshua could feel that the closer they got to this silver-white pyramid, the stronger the power of order was, and the less negative state the gray fog caused to them, and there was even a vague positive state emerging. However, in contrast, the fighting energy in his body became less and less able to be released outside, and the order around him was strengthened to a terrifying level. Without permission, he could not use it outside at all.
As a warrior, Moria was okay, but as an elf druid who was half a legal profession, his face was a bit ugly, and Rin, who was a psychic creature in human form, was currently being carried on Joshua's back. He looked weak.
Everyone moved forward at a slow pace, and soon they reached the top of the pyramid.
Rin and Claire took the lead in following Joshua's instructions and spoke their praises in front of the huge crystal sun. Then, a few strands of golden light shot out from the crystal and submerged into their bodies, expelling a wave of A large black mist. Later, Claire felt that she could use spells again, and Rin regained her energy.
The old dwarf and Joshua purified their bodies one after another, but the strange thing is that there is no trace of chaotic filth in Joshua's body. It is clean, as if he is not in the same world as Moria and the others. General.
After everyone was successfully purified, they arrived at the entrance recorded on the iron plate.
After trying it for a while, the old dwarf faced the tightly closed steel door in front of him and said strangely: "What's going on? We obviously followed what was written on the iron plate. How come it doesn't work?"
"I sensed that there was actually an energy reaction inside."
Claire whispered: "But something seems to have happened, and the door did not open."
"strangeness."
Moria tried several times, but could not open the mechanism. He suddenly became a little annoyed: "What on earth is going on? Why are the mechanisms of these Kallis people not as good as those of goblins? Although the gadgets of those dwarves occasionally It will shock people's hearts and explode for a while, but at least it still has some use!"
He completely ignored the fact that he wasn't much taller.
"Master Moria, please step aside for now and let me try."
Joshua pushed the old dwarf aside. He took a deep breath, then circulated the fighting energy in his body, and exploded to the limit of his body's power!
[Power of God!]
The shock wave overflowed with infinite energy, and blood rushed like a river. Under the astonished eyes of others, Joshua shot out both palms and hit the steel door of the integrated structure, and immediately made two sounds like a big bell. There was a dull knocking sound, and when he looked closely, he saw that the soldier had inserted his ten fingers into the crack of the door like a steel drill!
boom! Boom boom boom!
The muscles were pulsing, accompanied by harsh scraping sounds. This door, which was more than ten meters tall and close to the height of three or four stories, and could enter and exit the huge alchemy machine, was slowly being moved bit by bit by the warrior who was extremely small compared to it. Turn on!
Joshua exerted force one after another, and his energy spread out. Translucent air turbulence even appeared around his body. Accompanied by the whistle-like whistle and the harsh sound of metal twisting and deforming, the original mountain-like sound The immovable steel door was suddenly and completely opened by Joshua with brute force!
"call."
Taking a breath, Joshua dissipated the power that exploded in his body, and the skin that turned red due to the blood flow returned to its original color. He looked with satisfaction at the door in front of him that he had torn open and the entrance behind it. , nodded and said: "I say so. What mechanism can maintain a perfect state for hundreds of thousands of years? Even if it can, it is impossible in this decadent fireless world."
He greeted the people behind him who looked almost like monsters: "Let's go quickly. We have to buy time to explore the inside of the pyramid as soon as possible... It's best to find some supplies."
Recommend a book and the God of Dharma comes. I believe everyone has actually heard of this book. After all, the hand speed of updating 200,000 words in 15 days is incomparable to me, a scumbag who writes 120,000 words in 30 days...
I went drinking with my dad during the Mid-Autumn Festival, so it was a bit late. Sorry, I merged the two chapters and posted them together.
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