The feeling of being spied on from all directions by a grand consciousness came and went quickly. By the time Hao Ren reacted, the feeling of prying had disappeared, leaving only the hairs on his body standing on end to remind himself that it was not an illusion just now. Lily is a girl with keen senses. At this moment, she leaned forward and stared at Hao Ren's face: "Ah, landlord, you also blow up your hair? You blow up one more..."
Hao Ren felt that he couldn't communicate with this husky who was surprised and nervous...
He pulled Lily aside, recalling the feeling just now and the feeling when he entered the Twisted Woodland for the first time, and finally determined that the two were the same thing. Looking at the huge, complex, and tangled roots in the cave, he felt more and more that they were sending out endless thoughts. He recalled the legend about the dwarf miners who dug out the tentacles and made them go crazy, and then thought about Vivian's guess... a An ancient creature that has transcended the distinction between plants and animals, perhaps it has really noticed the arrival of its own group.
And it's thinking, it's watching, it's just not acting yet.
"What's the matter?" Vivian noticed Hao Ren's movement, and looked over with worried eyes.
Hao Ren repeated what he felt just now, and looked at the others strangely: "You didn't notice it?"
"No," Becky scratched herself with goosebumps, "Don't be scary, this place is already weird enough..."
Exploring such a gloomy cave deep underground has already made everyone highly nervous. At this time, Hao Ren mentioned a huge consciousness that covered the entire cave and was watching from the side. It immediately made everyone feel hairy, and Lily felt that she was hairy. of—because she's about to blow up again.
This husky should also be unlucky, since she came to the dream plane, she has always encountered unexpected things. If she continues to blow up like this, she really feels that sooner or later she will get a big fluffy tail like a vixen... Uh, This seems to be a good thing too? Big tail!
"In short, this place is very weird, so be careful," the bearded man said in a deep voice. He didn't regard this place as a safe place because it was the sacred cave where the church originated. The more ancient and mysterious a place is, the more dangerous it is. He still knows this truth. It's just that as a devout believer, he regards the crisis here as the test of the goddess, "Everyone has the means of emergency escape, right? We have divine teleportation."
"I brought the teleportation stone." Elson the old werewolf nodded and replied.
Of course, Hao Ren and the others are not worried: they announced their identities as university students specializing in space magic, with particularly fashionable hands...
The team left the big cave in a dull mood, and the bearded man discerned the next step based on the knowledge he had obtained from the ancient inheritance, and led the crowd into one after another of the tortuous caves. The shadows of those huge roots can be seen everywhere in the caves and grottoes further ahead: some of them faintly emerge from the rocks, and some of them pass through the stone walls and lie in front of everyone. Some have even completely encroached on the surrounding soil and rocks, and the entire cave is formed by entangled roots.
This is an underground world completely ruled by tree roots. Hao Ren felt that he was gradually stepping into the heart of an ancient plant. He could almost hear some kind of beating sound from the thick roots around him.
At this moment, a light suddenly appeared in front of everyone, and a stone door with obvious man-made traces suddenly appeared at the end of the cave.
This stone gate is integrated with the surrounding cave walls, almost giving the illusion that it was carved directly from the rock formation. It should be the result of the fusion of the stone gate and the surrounding rocks by a magician who is good at the earth system. The stone gate is five or six meters high and nearly ten meters wide. The door frame was carved with chaotic patterns and reliefs of different shades. Even thousands of years had passed, these reliefs had not diminished. After seeing these patterns, Hao Ren first thought of the patterns he saw in a small church. The "Holy Painting" of the Glorious Sect. He guessed that this pattern was what the Hui Yao sect used to symbolize the goddess. The most special thing about this stone gate is that it has no door panel at all: there is only a chaotic white light mist in the door opening, and the scene on the other side cannot be seen clearly amidst the clouds and mist. I can only vaguely feel a sense of spatial disorder and displacement.
No matter what, Hao Ren has experienced many brands of teleporters, and tried all the knockoffs of magic technology. He is also known as the little prince of the space magic world, and he still has this sensing ability. I'm afraid it is the core of the sacred cave.
Hao Ren, the others and the bearded four had expected this, but the old werewolf Elson, who had been kept out of the circle, couldn't help exclaiming: "Man-made? Here..."
"I'm afraid we have encountered the relics left by the early days of the Hui Yao Sect," the young monk among the ascetics said firmly. "This is a holy lake. It is not surprising that there are some ancient relics. When the sect was founded in the early days, it was catching up with the turmoil in the world. Underground strongholds have been established in many places. Perhaps this is one of the abandoned ones."
This reason came out of nowhere, and Hao Ren's understanding of the ascetic monks' lip service was brought to the stage again: Don't look like they are usually a piece of wood, but they really deserve to be from a religious background. They really want to talk about it. It is not necessarily possible for these people to be so quick-spoken...
Sure enough, the old werewolf did not suspect him, but looked at the magic door that was still in operation with a bit of trepidation: "This may be a space device, which has been in disrepair for a long time, so if you touch it rashly... I am afraid it will be teleported to an abandoned space, but just look at it." I can't get out."
The bearded man nodded, and went forward to check the space door with a serious expression. At the same time, a layer of light golden light lingered on his body, faintly echoing the relief on the stone door, and then he stood up: "The space door is operating normally, it should still be It works. This is a sacred relic. As believers, if we hesitate in front of the gate, we will be ashamed to face the goddess. You can find another way, we must go in and have a look."
As soon as the words came out, of course everyone said they wanted to go in and have a look. The bearded man took this opportunity to "remind" everyone: "Most of the internal portals left by the Holy See in the early days are somewhat special, and it may send people who fail some kind of test People are randomly teleported to other places, but basically harmless, if anyone finds himself teleported away alone, don't be nervous, you should be able to return here along the route with specific marks."
Hao Ren immediately knew that this sentence was meant for the old werewolf... the bearded man is not kind!
Facts have proved that this is the case. When everyone walked into the portal, Hao Ren only felt slightly dazzled for a while. After the dazzle was over, there were only four bearded people and his little friends left in front of him. The old werewolf Elson had already Being fooled and teleported to an unknown place...
"Is it appropriate for us to fool the old man like this?" Hao Ren had a strange expression on his face. He didn't mind shaking Elson's tail off, but he felt that the majestic General Canglang was sent to an unknown place by a few words from the bearded men. Where, I feel dumbfounded.
In the end, Vivienne just waved her hand nonchalantly: "Anyway, I'm not under pressure, so I'm just fooling the kids."
Elson's hundreds of years old should be just enough to learn to walk upright in Vivian's place...
Hao Ren suddenly had nothing to say, and the bearded man smiled: "It's okay, according to the inheritance records, the cave he was sent to is safe, and with his strength, he will not be in danger. Now we can hurry up and go to the sacred cave deep."
After passing through the portal, everyone arrived at an unfamiliar cave. This cave was obviously several times wider than the tunnel they had passed through before. Huge root systems and luminous fungi could be seen growing on the surrounding stone walls everywhere, making the surroundings bright and full of light. Great eerie atmosphere. Hao Ren couldn't help reaching out and touching a root that passed by him. He didn't know if it was an illusion. He felt that the root was trembling slightly, and at the same time it was expanding and contracting like breathing.
But if you feel it carefully, it seems that there is no movement at all.
"Why only the pope and a few ascetics can come here?" Becky was nervous. She was born as a small person, and she didn't dare to touch this kind of secret that she thought was extremely dangerous before. Now, as she is getting closer to an ancient secret , She became more and more worried, "This is a secret that even the rector can't touch... Is it okay to let us so-called 'chosen souls' know?"
"What are you worried about?" the bearded man asked without looking back.
Becky had a bitter face: "I'm afraid someone will beat you to death after going out..."
The bearded man: "...you think too much. The main reason why this matter is kept secret is that the secrets passed down directly from the goddess are sealed in the sacred cave, and many such secrets are not suitable for direct disclosure. They must be extremely firm believers and people from Only the "chosen spirits" outside the world can accept these inheritances. They are likely to subvert your cognition, and even bring enough power to change the world—just like when the first pope obtained divine magic as a mortal three thousand years ago Shocked the whole world, maybe we will find some new miracles from the core of the cave this time. We are here to discover them, but also to 'test' them, to put it in an extreme way... "
The bearded man paused at this point, and then continued: "Even if you can't bear the inheritance of the goddess and die, it's enough for us to die."
Hao Ren understood why the bearded man would boldly lead such a team to the sacred cave: the people present were either ascetic monks with firm beliefs, or "travelers" from outside the world, regardless of whether there were any big or small people in the cave. He doesn't have to worry about leaking any benefits or secrets.
If any native of the Dream Plane came here, even the king of Holletta, I am afraid that he would have to go through many tests, but for a group of passers-by who do not belong to this world at all... the four characters of foreign residence registration are the most trustworthy reason!
For the first time in his life, he felt that a foreign hukou was a good thing...
At this moment, he noticed that the cave had come to an end, and there was a brighter light in front of him. At the same time, a sound like a heartbeat came faintly:
Boom... Boom... Boom...
(It is said that there is no double monthly ticket during the Spring Festival, so everyone who has a monthly ticket should vote = .=) (to be continued~^~)