"It's very possible." Xu Dingjia said: "No one can answer the specific reason yet. However, senior cultivators have also made conjectures. They believe that the strangers came into contact with forbidden knowledge, which attracted the ancient gods. . The ancient gods not only caused the decline of the strangers, but also brought great catastrophe to the world. Even now, the remnants of the ancient gods still remain in the dark corners of the world, threatening people's safety at all times."
"I never expected that my ancestors would make such a terrible mistake." Chu Xueying was also someone who had come into contact with the ancient gods' messengers. Even so, she could not imagine how horrific the catastrophe must have been.
Xu Dingjia shook his head and said: "Everything is in the past. Now the glory of the ancient strangers has dissipated. Only the ruins in front of us are left, and there are still some scenes of the past. I only know this from the classics. , perhaps by walking through the passage, we can intuitively feel how far that so-called glorious civilization has reached."
While talking, the three of them gradually entered the depths of the passage, where there was no longer any light from the outside world. They also didn't notice that the cave entrance behind them seemed to be closed together as if there was a spatial distortion. From the outside, it looked like an ordinary mountain wall.
As he gradually went deeper, Jiang Cheng began to feel an inexplicable sense of depression. Although he was still in the passage, he could vaguely feel a desolate and empty feeling coming from the end of the passage. There was also a feeling of déjà vu mixed with it. Jiang Cheng couldn't tell what it was, but he just felt inexplicably flustered.
His vision was completely dark. Fortunately, Xu Dingjia was prepared and turned on the flashlight he carried. The elliptical light moves in the passage and finally settles at the exit.
Jiang Cheng suddenly realized that before his vision was completely dark, the passage seemed to be more than ten meters away from them. At this time, he turned on the flashlight, and the exit suddenly shrank, only a few steps away from them.
"What's going on?" Chu Xueying also noticed something unusual and couldn't help but ask.
Xu Dingjia noticed this and said: "From this, we have officially entered the ruins. There is a certain degree of spatial distortion here. Although we don't know the cause, it's better to be careful."
Jiang Cheng also turned on the flashlight, took a deep breath, and finally walked out of the passage.
The beam of light stirred in the darkness, but it seemed as if it was surrounded by endless darkness. It didn't illuminate any real objects at all, except the ground beneath its feet.
The three of them felt increasingly uneasy and hesitant to see what was ahead, and they didn't know how to move forward. The three of them just stood at the exit of the passage, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was very depressing for a while.
"What should we do next?" Chu Xueying was the first to ask, unable to hold back.
Jiang Cheng remembered that the measuring ruler was still in his hand and said, "Let me see how the measuring ruler reacts at this time. Maybe we can..."
When the flashlight's light shone on the celestial ruler, Jiang Cheng was stunned for a moment. At this time, the measuring ruler swayed like a destination, without pointing out a clear direction.
After Chu Xueying saw it, she couldn't help but asked in confusion: "Why did the measuring ruler react like this?"
Xu Dingjia speculated: "The last time there was such a change in the sky measuring ruler, it was because we were in a place where the space changed very far. When we came in before, there was indeed a distorted space. Is it the same reason this time? Could it be that, we Is there a twisted space all around?"
Jiang Cheng thought for a while and said: "This is unlikely. If the surroundings are distorted space, how should we move forward?"
Xu Dingjia said: "This may be the protection mechanism of the ruins. Just like the blood of strangers was required to open the ruins before, it is to prevent outsiders from entering and to avoid damage to the ruins."
"Since the blood of strangers can open ruins before..." Chu Xueying said while thinking, "Maybe the key to unlocking the protection mechanism has something to do with strangers?"
Xu Dingjia nodded and said: "It is indeed possible, but the information is limited now, and I don't know what to do specifically."
"Perhaps, if we look around again, we might be able to find something." Jiang Cheng said this and kept shining the flashlight on the surroundings. However, as before, they saw nothing but the ground beneath their feet.
Chu Xueying became a little impatient and said: "If you are so hesitant at the beginning, then you will waste more time in the future! You continue to look for the so-called clues. Even if I try it myself, I still want to see what is ahead. ."
Regardless of Jiang Cheng's stop, Chu Xueying walked straight ahead.
The sound of footsteps echoed emptyly in the darkness. Suddenly, the three of them felt a cold wind blowing slowly from the front almost at the same time.
Almost at the same time, Jiang Cheng felt a warning sign in his heart, and his ears recalled Xu Dingjia's scream: "Thread! How could it be a thread!"
"Thread?" Jiang Cheng seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly ran towards Chu Xueying. While running, he vaguely felt that while the sinister wind was blowing, there were also some frightening things following him. Jiang Cheng didn't have time to think too much and rushed to protect Chu Xueying, trying to use his body to block the mysterious object floating in the cold wind.
Just now, when Chu Xueying was walking forward, facing the endless darkness, she suddenly felt in a trance. Then, she noticed that the temperature of the surrounding air seemed to suddenly drop a few degrees, and Jiang Cheng suddenly appeared in front of her at some point.
"What do you want to do!" Chu Xueying screamed, subconsciously trying to push the other person away.
"Don't touch..."
Jiang Cheng shouted in desperation, but stopped abruptly in the middle of his words.
Chu Xueying didn't care what the other party said, she already pushed her hand forward. She didn't see that Jiang Cheng's expression was dull at this moment, as if he had lost his soul. When Chu Xueying realized something was wrong, her hands had already touched Jiang Cheng's, and then she fell into the same predicament as Jiang Cheng.
On the other hand, Xu Dingjia had already seen the strangeness between the two of them, but the evil wind had blown, and he had no place to hide. He could only be like the two before, his expression became dull, and he fell into an unknown situation.
sun.
This was the first time Jiang Cheng saw the sun after arriving in Yilin City.
But Jiang Cheng knew that this was not the real sun. This is the hallucination he saw after being involved in the chaotic "line". The sun is shining brightly in the valley, and everything looks so beautiful and harmonious. However, Jiang Cheng felt frightened for no reason, as if he was so weak at this moment that even a breeze could blow him to pieces. He felt that this feeling was more and more familiar, and he also knew that it was an illusion caused by entering a hallucination. Jiang Cheng still didn't have time to think about why he felt such a familiar feeling at this time. It took him too much time to suppress the unreasonable fear in his heart. Moreover, the hallucination in front of him was not just scenery, but also many people. .