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Chapter 156 City-States
This island not only has the forbidden magic domain, but even confuses Ryan's perception, so that he completely loses his sense of direction, and can only confirm the direction with his naked eyes.

Looking from a distance, there is a circular valley in front of him. On both sides of the valley are densely planted mountain ranges. He can even see traces of many birds and beasts moving in the forest. This place is obviously stronger than the one he had seen outside the island before. The taboo island he saw was more vibrant, not the Jedi he imagined at all.

"Did I enter the secret realm again?" Ryan frowned, and walked towards the city in the middle of the valley step by step.

If he entered a secret realm, he couldn't possibly feel nothing at all. To some extent, the sensitivity of the fourth level to the rules is even stronger than that of the ordinary fifth level.

To use an inappropriate metaphor, Tier [-] is like the period when you are choosing a "volunteer" after graduating from high school. The so-called volunteers are the rules of the world. Although it is not as good as the fifth-level specialization, it is very extensive.

Although the demigod powerhouse is far superior to the fourth-order powerhouse in the field of rules he specializes in, in other law fields, his sensitivity is not even comparable to the fourth-order powerhouse who is about to break through.

Although there is a magic-forbidden domain here, if this is a secret realm, he cannot be unaware of it the moment before entering the secret realm.

But in fact, he didn't realize that he had traveled through the space just now, and there was not even a wave of waves around him, as if the frame of the flowing video was suddenly cut.

That's why Ryan judged that he was still in the forbidden island, rather than being pulled into a secret place.

As the distance gradually approached, he also gradually saw the "city-state" in the distance.

Standing at the intersection of the valley, looking down at a glance, you can see that all the buildings in the valley are made of stones, and even the ground of every street and alley is paved with stone slabs.

The entire city-state is roughly in the shape of a circle, with a small circle nestled within the outermost circle. In the center of the small circle is a huge temple made of stone pillars. Each circle is divided by a ring-shaped river. , like a moat separating the outer and inner cities of Layton.

The overall style is very primitive, as if returning to the city-states of the ancestors in ancient times, which is why the first thought that came to Ryan's mind was the city-state, not the city.

In ancient times, there were at least hundreds of countries, large and small, distributed on the entire continent, but in fact, these so-called countries did not have a large territory. Basically, a city was a country.

These countries united together to form the largest force on the mainland at that time - the Federation of Gods.

This is completely different from the current mainland. There are only seven countries on the mainland, and Gwen is also one of the kingdoms. According to Ryan's understanding, in ancient times, almost every city-state had its own gods.

In other words, at that time, there were at least hundreds of true gods with honorable names on the mainland.

Most of the names of these true gods are no longer detectable, and Ryan only saw part of the records in some miscellaneous records of the church.

After tens of thousands of years of development, hundreds of gods have almost disappeared in the torrent of history. Up to now, only a few dozen gods still have their own churches and believers.

However, there are only four major churches that are truly recognized as righteous gods, and at the same time they have the highest status. The Church of Dawn is one of them. To some extent, the Kingdom of Gwen is the back garden of the Goddess of Dawn.

But why are there ancient city-states on Forbidden Island?

Moreover, this city-state is even more prosperous than the Taixi Island in the west. At a glance, Ryan saw that there were at least tens of thousands of people living in this city-state. It is a small town with a name.

Ryan looked down at his current attire. He was wearing a dark robe, a bowler hat on his head, and a long sword in his hand. This attire looked a bit nondescript, and it was different from the attire of the residents in the city-state below. In comparison, it is very conspicuous.

In ancient times, there was no talk of dresses, or in other words, their dresses were completely different from what they are now. Regardless of men and women, everyone wore a kind of strange robes. The robes worn by men seemed to be folded from a whole piece of cloth. Only one shoulder is covered, the other side is completely naked, and what they wear on their heads is not a top hat, but a headband or crown, decorated with garlands, leaves and a few gems.

As for women, they are also robes, but their styles are a little more complicated. Most of them are decorated with rich colors, embroidery, or patterns. They also wear belts around their waists, and their hair is usually tied up and fixed with headbands.

It can be seen that people living in this city-state pursue simplicity and comfort in their clothing, which is far less complex and changeable than Gwen's current style, and the aesthetics are still in a relatively simple period.

After observing the clothes of the people in the city-state from a distance, Ryan hid behind a boulder and began to think about how to make his dress more reasonable.

Entering the city-state with his current clothes will definitely attract everyone's attention.

After searching for a long time in the warehouse, but failed to find suitable clothes, Ryan turned his attention to the remaining sheepskin bags, searched for a long time, and finally found a white plain cloth carpet with light patterns on it Decoration. He even forgot when he got the loot. Every time he checked the loot, he would throw the temporarily useless things into the sheepskin bag. He didn't expect this carpet to come in handy today.

The clothes of ordinary people in the city-state are relatively simple. Ryan fiddled with the carpet for a while, and cut and folded a robe that looked similar in style with the carpet.

Putting on the robe, Ryan was somewhat satisfied with his masterpiece.

As for the rest of the headband, it is easy to deal with. There are materials everywhere. Ryan found a plant that looks like a willow without much effort, and used its branches and leaves to make a head that is exactly the same as everyone in the city-state. The ring is worn on the head.

After confirming that his attire was okay, Ryan threw the long sword and shoes into the warehouse, and walked barefoot to the circular city-state.

He still doesn't know where he is now.

If this is not a secret place, it means that he is still on the taboo island, but how can there still be a city-state tens of thousands of years ago on the taboo island, and it seems that this city-state seems to have not been "polluted" by modern culture at all, still Maintain the style of tens of thousands of years ago.

Most importantly, the temple in the center of the city-state.

It was a building that Ryan had never seen before. There was also a strange mark on the top of the temple, which looked like a shield, and there were two hands in the center of the shield that seemed to be holding something.

Looks... like the holy emblem of a church of some deity.

How can this be?

All the orthodox churches that exist today, Ryan has a little understanding. There is no holy emblem of any church with this pattern, and even "cults" such as the Calamity Church do not have similar patterns.

Could it be that he traveled back to the ancient times tens of thousands of years ago?

"No, it's impossible. There is no magic of going back in time in this world." Ryan shook his head, throwing this absurd idea out of his mind.

The rule of time does exist, but it can only accelerate in a small range or slow down the flow of time, and it is impossible to reverse it. This is common sense among high-level transcendentals.

Time is like a river, and superhumans are fishes flowing down this river, and everyone can only keep moving at a constant speed in this river.

The demigods who specialize in time have a certain ability to move, can speed up their swimming speed, or slow down their own swimming speed, and high-level angels can even do small-scale countercurrents. Of course, this This kind of countercurrent is only for oneself, and for the river of time, the so-called countercurrent is actually equivalent to staying in place, that is, to achieve the so-called "time stop".

As for the time reversal, it is absolutely impossible.

It is impossible for time to flow backwards, and he has not felt that he has traveled to other spaces. Could it be that this place, which is called a forbidden island by the outside world, is actually a "Xanadu" that has not communicated with the outside world for tens of thousands of years?
Excluding all possibilities, it seems that Xanadu is the most realistic possibility, but this possibility is obviously full of doubts.

With doubts, Ryan slowly walked into the city-state.

Unlike Layton, there is no city wall or yard here. At a glance, most of the houses have basically the same structure, all of which are one- or two-story small buildings made of stones. adhesive stick together.

From the outside, the entire city-state looked neat and orderly, but after entering it, he discovered that the roads here were narrow and intricate, and the stone-paved streets were full of mottled marks.

There were various shops and markets on both sides of the street. While the stalls were filled with similar handicrafts, the air was also filled with the tempting aroma of food stalls, but he didn't recognize what kind of food these were.

Ryan couldn't help but feel a meal in his heart when the people around him shouted and shouted.

"Well, the language here is very similar to Gwen's, and it seems to be mixed with the accent of the Loen Kingdom." Ryan frowned slightly: "No, not only Loen, but also accents from other places."

This can fully prove that his coming here has nothing to do with going back in time.

The ancient city-state tens of thousands of years ago used the Gewen language?How can this be!

Thanks to the disguise he prepared in advance, after entering the city-state, Ryan did not attract the attention of the people around him, and he wandered the streets like an ordinary passerby.

It took less than an hour for Ryan to go all the places in the city-state, and he had a general understanding of it.

The entire city-state can be roughly divided into three areas, bounded by the river, and the outermost circle is the urban area, which is also a residential area for ordinary citizens. The infrastructure is very complete. Not only are there shops for all daily necessities, but also the most common The arena, which seems to be the stadium of the entire city-state, because there is something like a circular track inside.

In addition, there are even public baths, bars, and theaters here. If it weren't for the extremely primitive architectural style, he even had the illusion of returning to Leighton. You know, there are no such things as theaters in ordinary small towns.

As for the inner circle of the river, it seems to be the same residential area, but it looks obviously more luxurious. Ryan guessed that it should be the place where the nobles of the city-state live.

The last inner circle is the temple area.

In addition to the tallest stone pillar building in the center, there are many temples and altars of different sizes around the temple.

Between each ring of the river, there are four stone bridges made of stones, and ordinary people can also enter the aristocratic area, and there is no guard handle that prevents them from entering.

Ryan was in a daze. The sun that was originally hanging in the center of the sky suddenly appeared on the other side of the valley. The golden sunset sprinkled on the city-state, illuminating the details and lines that made up the ancient buildings, as if soaking in the entire city. Top with a layer of golden tulle.

"It's coming again." Ryan's face was a little ugly.

This is exactly the same as when he entered this world. Without any warning, it was as if the frame of the video had been cut, and the whole world suddenly changed.

This kind of change should have been blunt, but the people around them didn't see it, as if they were used to it, and even Ryan himself didn't feel uncomfortable.

This strange situation made him feel a little terrified.

Up to now, he still doesn't understand what's going on here, and he's not even sure whether there are people behind the scenes. The only thing he can be sure of is that this place is definitely not as calm as it looks on the surface.

After the sun set on the other side of the valley, they didn't stay where they were, but started to set at a speed visible to the naked eye. At the same time, the surrounding citizens also started to walk towards the temple in the center of the city-state.

Ryan stood by a bridge on the third ring and watched them walk into the second ring one by one. The nobles on the second ring were faster and had already reached the foot of the temple.

Seeing Ryan standing unmoved by the bridge, many people around cast strange glances, but they just glanced and continued to walk towards the location of the temple, ignoring him.

Just when Ryan was hesitating whether to follow the crowd to take a closer look, a faint sound of mosquitoes and flies suddenly came from behind him.

"Outsiders, don't go in with them, you won't be able to get out again."

The voice was a little hoarse, and it could be clearly heard that it was a breath coming from the mouth, and the other party seemed to not want to attract other people's attention.

Ryan turned his head to look in surprise. At the entrance of the alley behind him stood an old man dressed similarly to an ordinary citizen. At this moment, the man was hiding in the shadow of the alley, looking at him anxiously, but he didn't dare to show his face.

"Outsider? How does he know that I'm from outside?" Ryan thought, and walked towards the old man in the alley.
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