Boom... Boom... Boom...
This time it was no longer a hallucination, but a real pulsating sound coming from the front. Hao Ren couldn't help but get goosebumps when he heard this sound. The intuition that he was approaching some ancient horror made him almost subconscious. Confidently confirmed the capacity of his shield.
He knew that his sixth sense was always accurate, but this time he hoped that his sixth sense was wrong.
Lily was still at the front of the line. This husky, who always remembers to eat but not fights, forgot what was worrying about him in a blink of an eye. At this time, he bravely opened the way ahead again, and was the first to exclaim again. Get up: "Wow!! This, this... what is this?!"
Hao Ren stepped forward cautiously, and was almost suffocated by what he saw when he saw the scene outside the cave exit:
At the end of the cave is an unprecedentedly huge ellipsoidal cave. There are countless openings distributed almost symmetrically along the rock wall of the cave. The place where Hao Ren and the others are standing is only one of the openings. Countless roots spread out from the openings around the cave, poked out from the stone walls in all directions, hung down from the dome above the cave, and entangled in the center to form a large group of indescribable whole. The raised thing is probably a kilometer wide, shaped like a pitted meteorite, lying prone in the middle of the cave with a majestic momentum. The surface of this mass is covered with thorns and vines, and dark red cortical tissue can be seen between the gaps in the roots. These dark red tissues emit a flickering red shimmer with the sound of heavy "dong dong", Like a heartbeat, but also like breathing.
This huge "heart" just lives in the center of the cave, and countless roots spread out from it, piercing the walls of the cave, and extending to the surface.
And around this "heart", you can see a circle of water pools, in which dark red liquid is surging, somewhat similar to the lake water in Beinz Blood Lake, but the color is obviously deeper, and the constantly surging The appearance of the water also makes people suspect that this "water" may also be some kind of creature.
Even Y'zaks' breathing couldn't help but stagnate slightly. It took a long time before he let out his breath: "My hometown... there is no such exaggeration."
Everyone knew before that the entire Twisted Woodland was a whole creature, but at that time they only saw scattered trees and roots scattered underground. The direct impression of those things is not strong, but the roots in front of me are entangled to form a heart-shaped core, coupled with the strange atmosphere in the entire cave, and the gentle and low "dongdong" sound, finally Let people directly realize how terrifying the body and incredible structure of this ancient creature.
Betsy subconsciously clenched the long sword in her hand. But soon, for the first time, he had doubts about the weapon in his hand: "Do you think this thing can break the defense with a poke... I guess even that layer of skin is tens of meters thick!"
Hao Ren's forehead was sweating: This girl's thoughts at critical moments are also quite surprising. Why did she think of poking him first...
There was a slight golden light in Lily's eyes, she drew out her ice and fire blades and carefully followed behind the bearded man: "Are you sure this is the sacred cave?"
The four bearded people remained calm. Although they paused for a few moments when they first saw the spectacular thing, they immediately re-armed their minds with the belief of the goddess: "It is completely consistent with the records in the ancient inheritance. It is here that His Majesty the First Pope found the sacred inheritance of the goddess, and he drew the appearance of this ancient creature. Put down your weapons, this should be a sacred ancient, let us not offend it."
Vivienne thought about it. Suddenly he took out a small bat from his body and stuffed it into Hao Ren's hand: "Put this in the portable space."
Hao Ren was taken aback: "Why?"
"In case something happens, your personal space is the safest," Vivienne said seriously. "At that time, I will directly transfer my consciousness to the little bat. Although it will take a lot of blood and energy to revive it later. But this is a life-saving means."
Hao Ren didn't expect Vivienne to have this ability, the vampire girl's little bat is simply a fetish. He squeezed the little bat and threw it into the portable space, but saw Vivian's expression change subtly: "Separate the bat from Doudou, that child seems to be grinding his teeth..."
Hao Ren: "..."
He really wanted to know what the world looked like in Vivienne's eyes, and how much schizophrenia it was when this group of bats dispersed!
Everyone cautiously came to the huge "heart" in the center of the cave, and only when they got closer could they feel more clearly how much pressure this colossal monster can bring to people, the extremely slow and low "dong dong" The sound seems to be directly hitting the person's chest, and it is endless. People with weaker minds may lose their minds just being disturbed by this sound. And the red shimmering light slowly flickering on the heart was even more ominous. What's under that light? Could it be blood
There is a pool of water around the "heart", or it is completely immersed in such a pool of water. Those slowly surging viscous liquids are the most curious things other than the "heart". The young nun among the ascetic monks took out a palm-sized crystal bottle and carefully collected some liquid into it.
Even if it is placed in a bottle, the viscous liquid is still surging slowly, and maintains an inexplicable synchronization with the beating of the "heart".
"What is this thing?" Hao Ren frowned and looked at the liquid constantly surging in the crystal bottle, "Creature?"
"It's a living thing, a kind of liquid life." The data terminal floated out of Hao Ren's pocket, scanning the things in the pool, "It's amazing, it's also a part of the Twisted Woodland, and it's a component of this 'heart', but It can survive outside the body, and after leaving the water pool, it becomes a living organism on its own."
Hao Ren suddenly felt his scalp tingle, and subconsciously took a step away from the pool: he always felt that the surging things in it would suddenly rush up, even if they didn't rush up, this strange life form would still make people shudder.
Vivian gave Hao Ren a half-smile and said, "As for what? I have the time to show you my blood magic. My blood is much more versatile than this thing."
At this moment, the young monk in the four-member group of ascetic monks suddenly shouted: "Here! I found something!"
Everyone hurried over and found that there was an obviously man-made stone pier beside the pool...or an altar. It's just that the "heart" in front of me is too huge, and other people's attention is not on it for a while.
This is a well-shaped altar carved out of gray-white rock, with a diameter of about three meters. The surface is covered with mysterious symbols and the representative chaotic reliefs of the Glory Sect. There are still some black remnants that have been severely weathered and damaged on the altar. It may be something that was once used in a ritual. In the center of the altar, there is a small black box. It seems that the box is miraculously preserved, but there is a thick layer of dust on it.
"This is what the first Pope left behind!" The bearded man couldn't help exclaiming after seeing the altar, "Sure enough, as the oracle said, he left a copy that can only be made public after three thousand years. Inheritance!"
Hao Ren immediately became excited when he saw this: "What could it be? Forbidden spell? A new magical technique? Another ancestor of life?"
The bearded man rubbed his hands excitedly, and the ascetic temperament finally disappeared: "I don't know...but we have to open it, and then give the contents to the current pope...this is stipulated in the oracle...the goddess has mercy, other things on the altar Everything is destroyed, only it remains, this is God's will!"
Hao Ren rolled his eyes: Can you stop everything from being connected with God? This is obviously because the first pope was just a box that was stronger...
At this time, the bearded man had picked up the box tremblingly, and opened it without much effort. What lay in the box were only a few pieces of leather that had been severely discolored, but were still intact.
On the leather, faintly recognizable black writing can be seen, which seems to be a message left by the first pope.
The bearded man and Hao Ren's breathing became heavy at the same time, one thought of a new oracle or oracle, and the other thought of the secret book left by the old man with the white beard.
Vivian was not interested in these musty things, she wandered thoughtfully along the pool next to the "heart", looking at the surging red liquid was quite interesting, which reminded her of He cast his own blood magic.
She released a little bat, and let the little guy carefully drink the liquid in the pool. She wasn't worried that the strange life in the pool would launch a counterattack, because the liquid seemed to be no different from blood when controlled.
A little salty—Vivian frowned.
At this time, Hao Ren and the bearded man finally deciphered the first line of text from the old yellowed leather. The bearded man read out in a low voice:
"We... come from the starry sky..." (to be continued~^~)