If such a place did not really exist, it would be hard for ordinary people to believe that there would really be a rather huge old house in this dense forest—although this ancient house has been completely abandoned and has been turned into a place for more than two hundred years. There are a pile of ruins, but from its remaining structure, Hao Ren can still see its splendor and splendor back then.
To build such a thing in the forest, the rich people really can't figure out what they think.
The remaining ruins of the ancient house are located on a hill less than five kilometers northeast of the village. The distance from the village is unexpectedly close. It is a large mansion with a main house and two auxiliary buildings, but due to various Due to the same reason, the two annex buildings have completely collapsed, and only the east side of the main house is still intact. However, there is a tall tower behind the main house, and this tower is preserved. It was even more intact than the main house, and even looked quite solid—from the normal architectural structure, it was hard to understand why such a tower was built in the family house, and it was built stronger than the main house, which made Hao Ren Subconsciously looked at the tower a few more times.
The mansion itself was built on a hill, and the tower was the tallest building here. If there were no trees around the village, standing on the top of the tower might overlook the entire village.
"No matter how brilliant it was back then, it's nothing more than ruins in the end." Vivienne looked at the wreckage of the buildings that had been completely occupied by vines and shrubs, and couldn't help shaking her head and sighing, "I just don't know if there is really anything to be found here clue."
Hao Ren took out the data terminal: "Scan it, is there any space-time distortion similar to the village around here?"
The data terminal flew over the ruins of the building, scanned the two outbuildings on both sides of the main house with light beams, and then detected the main house and the tower behind: "We can detect weak fluctuations in magic energy, but no Distortion of time and space. After two hundred years of dissipation, the remaining energy is too little."
Hao Ren took out the God Slaughter Sword from his portable space, and the latter's noisy voice immediately rang in his mind: "Ah, this sword has seen the light of day again, but to be honest, I don't really expect this. It is only used to kill and destroy, why should I be born as a weapon? Sword bearer, can you realize that this world cannot be solved only by killing... "
Hao Ren swung his long sword to cut off the vines and weeds in front of him: "Shut up, I'll use you to cut grass."
"oh."
The murderous soldiers who used to kill the gods are now weeding things. If the gang of godslayers in the past knew about this, they would cry, but Hao Ren's only feeling about this is that this thing is pretty good when cutting It was easy to use—and soon he made a way through the vines and bushes that had grown over the years, and came to the abandoned old house.
There is nothing left of the completely collapsed part of the building. Two hundred years of decay and weathering can turn all the exquisite decorations and high-end furniture into fertilizer for the forest. Among the broken bricks and broken tiles, only some high-end porcelain can be vaguely seen and fragments of metal ornaments. The ancillary buildings on both sides should be nothing to be concerned about, but Hao Ren still released two autonomous machines from the portable space, let them check for possible magic items or hidden mechanisms, and he himself came to the relatively well-preserved In front of the main house.
The wall on the west side of the main house has completely collapsed, and you can directly see the crumbling stairs inside and the wreckage of the floor hanging in the air-Hao Ren is very curious how these things can be maintained in such a way under the wind and sun. century, and only the power of magic could explain it, if the owner of the place had not used extraordinarily expensive and strong materials to build the house.
An indistinct voice suddenly came from somewhere: "Go back...you don't belong to this place..."
The voice seemed to come from the abyss underground, with a hollow echo and a chill that made people's skin crawl, Hao Ren instantly withdrew his legs that were about to move forward: "Did you hear any voice?!"
"No." Lily shook her head. She poked her head and glanced at the part of the main house that hadn't collapsed. "Landlord, you must be nervous. By the way, the inside looks quite unstable. If we make too much noise, it will cause trouble." Will it collapse?"
"I heard someone talking just now." Hao Ren frowned. "The voice seemed to come from underground."
"It's probably something like undead." Vivienne waved her hand nonchalantly, "It's normal for a lot of undead to appear in such a ghostly place."
Hao Ren was stunned, and suddenly realized that he and Vivian came together to explore this kind of haunted house, so don't expect to develop according to the normal style of painting. What is eerie and indescribable is a fart in front of this 10,000-year-old vampire ancestor. ——She has seen a lot of old people, let alone come to see a mere haunted house, even if the Night Walk of the Hundred Ghosts is here, she will probably watch it as a life movie...
So this painting style can't adapt to the atmosphere at all!
And just when Hao Ren was feeling emotional, the ethereal and cold voice came from the ground again: "Leave here, go back to where you should go... The secret ahead is not a field that living people should set foot in..."
"I heard it this time too," Hesperis nodded, "It seems that it is indeed an undead, and it is a woman."
Hao Ren shook his head. Since the undead didn't want to show their faces, he didn't intend to listen to the ghost's nagging warnings. After gathering his composure, he walked directly across the broken porch to the interior of the ancient house.
Speaking of the interior, in fact, half of the outer walls of the mansion have collapsed, and the outer walls that are open everywhere and full of holes do not give people the feeling of walking inside.
"It seems that there was indeed a fire here," Vivienne observed the wooden porch fragments and the scorched black marks on the wall. "That Pierre's investigation is quite accurate."
The ruins of the dilapidated mansion are crumbling. Even if you just walk on the pine and rotten floor, you will have the illusion that you will stumble and fall at any time. However, according to the detection of the data terminal, the remaining structure of the house is unexpectedly solid. There was no risk of collapse in a short period of time, so Hao Ren walked to the depths of the ruins while checking the scattered artifacts around, and a crooked corridor appeared in front of him.
This corridor should have once been the central axis of the house, but now a third of it has been exposed, and the ornate drapery that once hung on the corridor is now a charred fragment, and the fragments that have not been fully weathered are scattered on the ground. On the ground, Hao Ren's eyes were attracted by a wooden board covered with sundries. It looked like it was once a photo frame, but the portraits on it had long since been weathered.
"There is still time to turn around now," the voice came again, "O overly daring intruders, your curiosity will bring disaster... A forbidden secret is buried here, and this secret has come too close to the other side of the 'border' Those evil forces, you will stumble and fall into that abyss... Turn back, while you are still standing outside the border..."
Hao Ren ignored the nagging voice, but bent down to pick up the photo frame: "Terminal, restore it."
The data terminal floated over and scanned the portrait with a beam of light, extracting and reorganizing the remaining chemical traces. With the support of powerful computing power, it can handle this almost impossible restoration work.
"What do you want?" The undead voice continued, "Treasures? Gone with the wind, knowledge? Burned to the ground, money? There is nothing here... You can only find death and curses here..."
"Excuse me. If you don't want to come out and explain the situation to us, just watch quietly." Hao Ren stomped his feet and talked to the mysterious voice carelessly. "If you really want to help, come out and let's talk face to face. Let’s talk, we can’t communicate with you talking like this.”
The mysterious voice was silent for a moment, and sure enough, he responded: "Are you fearless? There have been many intruders here, but the ordinary intruders should have fled in embarrassment at this moment..."
"Nonsense, I have witnessed the life and death of tens of billions of people, recorded the rise and fall of an entire civilization, and ended the fate of stars!" Hao Ren folded his arms, "I don't want to destroy the environment, otherwise I will wipe out all my grievances, you know No?"
The mysterious voice fell silent completely, probably because she had never seen someone who could play it so well, and she didn't know how to answer.
At this time, the data terminal floated over: "The image is not very clear, but it is enough to distinguish."
While talking, it turned on the holographic projection to present the restoration results.
An aristocratic lady wearing a gorgeous dress more than two centuries ago appeared on the projection. She stood there dignifiedly and elegantly, with her hands folded on her abdomen, her light golden curly hair scattered behind her, looking graceful and luxurious.
The mysterious voice sounded again: "Ah, I was so beautiful when I was alive."
Hao Ren: "...are you annoying?"
"Oh, I couldn't hold back just now."
Hao Ren: "..." (To be continued~^~)