Lolisa obviously knows a lot, and Hao Ren has heard countless clues and doubts from her few words, but this "Elf Queen"'s mental state is obviously not suitable for long talks, especially after knowing ten thousand years After the truth of how time flies, her spirit was greatly shocked, and the mental state and soul structure that had finally stabilized showed signs of confusion again—Hao Ren had to interrupt the conversation in advance so that this "time-space disordered" The ancient elves" take a break.
While Lolisa was resting, he returned to the central laboratory with his hands, trying to find the "energy source" that should exist in theory. In any case, he didn't think that the thing that carried the divine power of the goddess would be wiped out so easily: after all, even the rebellious runes on the wall of the laboratory were still intact, so the container of the divine power of the true god couldn't be inferior to that, right?
A group of people searched for a long time but found nothing. Lily, the impatient one, yelled: "Landlord! Could it be that the energy source you mentioned doesn't exist at all? We've been searching for a long time, that thing You deduced it again..."
"It's really just my deduction," Hao Ren raised his eyebrows, "but it's completely logical, isn't it? The ancient magic emperor wanted to infuse the power of gods into mortal cells, the first step must be 'divine power', and if Without such an energy source, the state of time stagnation in this ruin cannot be explained."
"The most important thing is those runes," Vivienne raised her head from a pile of twisted metal fragments, and a few small bats flew around her to help, and the little bats held a few fragments in their claws. "Although the runes on the wall can be used to enhance protection, the most important function is to resist the divine power of the goddess of creation. Since such runes are everywhere in the central laboratory, it means that the laboratory stores supernatural energy."
"Okay, okay, you guys make sense." Lily raised her fire and waved it happily, and muttered in her mouth, then bent down and continued digging, but just as she plunged her claw blade into the metal ruins again Suddenly, a strange impact came from the tip of the blade, which made her stunned for a moment.
"Landlord! Landlord!!" The husky girl yelled suddenly, "I dug it, I dug something!"
Hao Ren was taken aback by Goumei's movement, and after he understood it, he looked at Vivienne in dismay: "It's so fast for a dog to dig things!"
The "baby" buried under the wreckage was quickly dug out. The husky girl put it on the ground, and then squatted beside it with a face full of vigilance like a guardian of the bones. The nearby knights wanted to come and open their eyes. Frightened back by her low growls, only Hao Ren, Vivian and Betsy were allowed to watch closely.
Hao Ren leaned over and took a look, then he was stunned: because this thing is familiar to him, he has seen a piece of it before!
It was an irregularly shaped "stone slab" whose material was between metal and stone. There was a dense light floating on it, and various mysterious runes were engraved on its surface. There seems to be no connection between those runes. Ordinary people will feel dizzy even just looking at these things, but the translation plug-in can still decipher some messy and seemingly meaningless words from them. The moment Hao Ren saw this thing, he knew why Lily would steadfastly wait beside "Baby" to prevent others from approaching. The ordinary people present accidentally saw the symbols on the slate.
Mantra tablet, the record of words left by the Goddess of Creation.
This kind of stone slab is more dangerous than ordinary "divine objects", because not only has it been touched by the gods, it has divinity, but it also directly carries the powerful ideas of the gods. direct impact. However, the "strength" of the slate in front of him is obviously not as good as the mantra slate that Hao Ren found in Keluo's Asuman spaceship. It does not radiate much divine power, and Hao Ren has not been able to pass the demigod's perception before. I feel its existence, but the divine power runes that seem to be swimming at any time on it can prove that this thing is indeed a tablet of truth.
It seems that this kind of slate also has different functions and different energy levels. Asuman's slate is used to suppress Lokmarton, so it has extremely strong offensive and radiation capabilities, and the one in front of me is mostly reserved for mortals. Its lethality has been greatly weakened, and trained or talented mortals may be able to touch it safely—but the ordinary knights and mage apprentices around are obviously not among them.
"Woo... what is this thing... I feel dizzy..."
Becky leaned over to take a look, then covered her eyes and muttered - she did have a certain resistance to the words condensed by divine power, after all, she was one of the people who ate and drank at Hao Ren's house back then, but she ate and drank The level is obviously not enough, so when I barely read the divine text, I still couldn't help feeling dizzy. But at least this is much better than ordinary people: if it is the knights around, I am afraid that they will faint on the spot just by looking at it.
"This is a divine text, and it is a divine text with 'meaning'. Don't read it rashly." Hao Ren said to Becky, then bent down, and slowly reached his hand towards the mantra stone.
Messy and broken fragments flashed across his mind quickly, but after the fragments dissipated, he did not find any meaningful information from them.
"Landlord, what's written on it?" Lily leaned over curiously.
"I'm afraid the 'Oracle' in it has been extracted by the magic emperors to create the original cells of the demon hunter." Hao Ren shook his head and stood up, "Now this thing is just an empty shell with the properties of an artifact. But It can also be confirmed that the time stillness of the ruins is indeed due to this stone slab: I can observe that it distorts the surrounding time and space, although this distortion has been calmed down, the incongruity left after the change of time flow rate is still there."
"So the magic emperors really started making demon hunters after receiving the oracle from the Goddess of Creation?" Lily scratched her hair. "Then did they follow the Goddess of Creation or the Godslayer?"
Vivian looked around - on the wall of the hall not far away, those profane runes were still shining.
The oracle of the goddess of creation and the runes of the god-killing race appeared in the same place, and they turned out to be part of the same plan. This incredible situation was absolutely unimaginable before today.
"Don't forget what Lolisa said before." Hao Ren glanced at Vivian and Lily, "She said the oracle was false."
"Is this mantra slate fake?" Lily pointed at the "baby" she had dug out in disbelief.
"No, the Mantra Tablet is real, but the information recorded in it is not necessarily true. Even if the information recorded in it is true, the process of interpreting it may be fake." Hao Ren shook his head, "Ordinary people cannot read this thing directly after all. There are too many links that can go wrong in using the mantra tablet to convey the oracle."
Vivienne sighed: "Actually, what I don't understand the most is why the Goddess of Creation uses such a mantra tablet to deliver the 'oracle', which is obviously a 'letterhead' that is only used between gods and demigods." , It is not suitable for mortal society at all. According to the teachings of the goddess sect and their previous experience, the goddess can communicate with her believers directly through spiritual dialogue. She can convey the oracle in a clearer and clearer way. , so this stone slab itself is a suspicious point.”
Lily blinked: "Didn't you say that there is a need for a 'carrier' to transmit the divine power? So use a solid mantra slate."
Vivienne glanced at the husky spirit indifferently: "Can't you write the express mail and the message separately when you send the express? Do you have to engrave the words on things?"
Hao Ren felt that Vivienne's explanation was as incisive as a thunderbolt, and the husky girl was stunned and speechless.
"The 'Elf Queen' should know the inside story," Hao Ren put the "Mantra Tablet" into his portable space, and took a last look around the central laboratory: this time, he felt that there should be nothing missing here, " We can study this matter carefully when we go back.”
When he returned to the capital again, there was one more person in Hao Ren's team: the magic emperor from 10,000 years ago, Lolisa.
Because there were some matters to be discussed on the way, they did not use space to teleport back to the city, but teleported out of the city first, and then boarded the carriage sent by Marshal Ophra to welcome them. Lolisa and Hao Ren rode together.
Their discovery in the Dark Mountains has been sorted into a report and sent to the capital immediately through the communication technique of the Royal Mages Association. Both Marshal Ofra and King Moron have become very interested in the secrets buried in the ruins. , and was shocked by the "representation" of an ancient magic emperor, so Hao Ren planned to take Lolisa to meet them.
After a period of rest, the "Elf Queen" looked much better, but there was still a trace of fatigue in her brows. When the carriage passed the city gate, she looked out through the window of the carriage, and the majestic fortress of King Holleta's capital was reflected in her eyes, which made the ancient elf's face look shaken and bewildered for a moment. .
Along the way, she showed this expression more than once. When she left the ruins and saw the dark mountains that had completely returned to barbarism, when she climbed to the top of the mountain and saw the former prosperous capital turned into fertile land, and now, she saw When this city built with stones.
In the end, all the emotions converged into one sentence, and she sighed softly: "Ten thousand years..."
Hao Ren just looked at the "Magic Emperor" who looked too young quietly, and then suddenly said after a long time: "Are you really Lolisa? That Elf Queen Lolisa?"