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Chapter 250 Lunar Eclipse, Lunar Eclipse (asking for monthly tickets!)

"At the next point in time, will we be able to witness with our own eyes the entire process of the ruins turning into a desert?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Zhu showed excitement and curiosity.

"Yes." Yu Zhun nodded. "According to my previous experience in simulating the strategy, this square is the last square where the [Time Monster] appears."

"The next square is the point when the ruins turn into a desert, and the one after that is the 'cliff' leading to the next stage."

Having said that, Yu Zhun couldn't help but glance at Yu Zhu.

In my eight simulations of choosing the "future" route, the best one was just enough to get me one square forward.

Then, under the "assimilation" power of the [Time Beast], he turned into a wisp of dust in the long river of time.

But this time, it was completely different.

With Yu Zhu's [Poison Medical], a large number of [Time Beasts] were killed quickly, and the two were not "assimilated" by time throughout the whole process.

And this is a necessary condition for safely reaching the next stage.

"Let's go." Yu Zhun smiled, "Let's go and see the culprit who turned this place into a desert."

As he spoke, he had already taken that step, pulling Yu Zhu.

Entering a new time point, Yu Zhu couldn't help but look around curiously, but all he saw was the same quiet night as before. Under the moonlight, he could vaguely see the outline of a lush forest.

She couldn't help but squat down and touch the slightly slippery soil on the ground, then stood up and looked at Yu Zhun in confusion.

"What about the desert?"

Could it be that Yu Zhun remembered the time sequence incorrectly?
Or is it that the route on this chessboard of time is different every time?

"Don't worry." Looking at the puzzled Yu Zhu, Yu Zhun smiled dumbly, "Feel it carefully and see if there are any changes?"

Variety?

Hearing Yu Zhun's confident tone, Yu Zhu temporarily put aside his doubts and began to concentrate on sensing his surroundings.

Time passed minute by minute, and the surrounding forest was still quiet, but as time went by, it became darker and a faint sound of wind could be heard, which was the rustling sound of the breeze blowing through the branches.

Wait... wind?!
Yu Zhu's pupils suddenly shrank.

This stage map called [Quiet Ruins] has never had any wind before!
This is also the origin of the word "quiet". Apart from the movement of the [Time Beast], there is almost no other movement here.

But now, the wind is blowing in the quiet ruins!

Besides that, there is one more thing!
That is, the forest becomes darker as time goes by.

In the [Tower of Eclipse] dungeon, the full moon always hangs high in the same position in the night sky and does not change over time.

Therefore, the scene here should not have changes in light and dark!
Yu Zhu suddenly raised his head and looked directly at the bright moon in the sky, but couldn't help but exclaimed, "The moon..."

“It’s changed!”

Yes, before I knew it, the bright moon in the sky, as bright as a disc, had a gap in it, as if a piece of it had been bitten off.

And it was because of this that the surroundings became darker than before.

With the new discovery, Yu Zhu stared at the moon in the sky. Under her gaze, the gap in the full moon spread rapidly, and it had already eaten away nearly half of the area, turning the full moon into a crescent moon.

"Is this... a lunar eclipse?"

Yu Zhu couldn't help but speak.

If it were a blue planet, then solar and lunar eclipses would be just natural astronomical phenomena and would have no meaning.

But here is a copy.

There is a god here named "God of Lunar Eclipse", and according to the legend, he is the incarnation of the moon!
In this situation, the appearance of a lunar eclipse is extremely terrifying when you think about it carefully.

The wind around them was getting louder and louder. The stronger wind blew Yu Zhu's skirt and hair, and also blew on her cheeks, making her delicate skin feel painful.

Yu Zhu's expression gradually became serious.

This is definitely not an ordinary wind!
If this highly corrosive wind blows over this land for a long time, it will be enough to turn the oasis into a desert in a short time and turn this lush forest into a barren land!
The two stood there quietly.

As time passed, the remaining area of ​​the bright moon in the sky became smaller and smaller, and finally only a crescent line remained.

The wind is getting stronger and stronger.

The sturdy trees around them were shaking in the strong wind. Yu Zhun and Yu Zhu were in the increasingly powerful erosion force of the wind that swept through the forest, making their exposed skin feel as painful as if it were pricked by needles.

But the two had no time to care about these things. They just raised their heads and stared at the bright moon in the sky until the last trace of it disappeared.

"Om-"

A low humming sound was heard, and vaguely the two seemed to hear some hideous laughter hidden in the strong wind.

The corrosive force of the wind also reached its peak in an instant.

Yu Zhun and Yu Zhu's health bars began to slowly decrease!

The strong wind that neither of the two top-level players above Lv50 could withstand had a devastating impact on the surrounding environment.

Yu Zhu saw with his own eyes that a sturdy tree in the forest collapsed with a loud bang, like the last straw that broke the camel's back, triggering a domino effect, causing the surrounding trees to break and fall to the ground.

The whistling wind passed through the branches and leaves, making a sinister wailing sound, as if countless invisible beasts were devouring everything. In the blink of an eye, a fallen tree turned to ashes in the eyes of Yu Zhun and Yu Zhu.

"Such a terrible wind..." Yu Zhu took a deep breath.

After witnessing this shocking scene, Yu Zhu finally understood how a lush forest could suddenly turn into a desert.

According to the legend in this copy, the God of Lunar Eclipse has the ability to "grant life to all things on earth"!

Now, a lunar eclipse has occurred due to unknown reasons, which means that the God of Eclipse can no longer protect this area.

Perhaps there were some other dirty things waiting in the wings, eventually causing a primeval forest to turn into a desert.

But at the same time, new questions emerged in her mind.

If a lunar eclipse occurs, the God of Eclipse will not be able to protect everything in the dungeon. So what is the situation with the moon in [Dune of Sighs]?
Logically speaking, even if everything has turned into a desert in this catastrophe, the reappearance of the power of the God of Lunar Eclipse should be able to turn the desert into an oasis again in a short period of time!
"We should leave now." Yu Zhun patted Yu Zhu's shoulder gently and said in a deep voice, "The erosion force in the strong wind will continue to increase. We can't stay here for long."

"I know you have a lot of questions, but these questions may be answered in the third stage [Tower Ruins]."

"Yeah." Yu Zhu came back to his senses and nodded slightly.

The two men took a quick step forward, and the next moment, their location was engulfed by the sweeping gale.

After all life on earth was annihilated, strong winds blew over the exposed ground, and the fertile land quickly dried up. The rich organic matter in it was transformed into inorganic matter under erosion and finally broke into gravel.

More and more broken sand and gravel were carried by the strong wind and swept into the sky, forming a sandstorm that covered the sky and the sun.

In the wind and sand, there seemed to be a pair of sinister eyes, silently looking at the direction where the two people disappeared.
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After taking a step forward, the harsh environment just now disappeared. Yu Zhun and Yu Zhu looked around at the same time.

The broken and mottled trees rustled around them, and under the big trees were countless large and small pebbles scattered left and right.

Some of these gravels are as big as a person, while others are only the size of a fist. The uneven surface is full of edges and corners, and some of the gravels have scratches that look very fresh.

"Where is this..." Yu Zhu looked around curiously, "The time point before [Quiet Ruins]?"

"Yes." Yu Zhun picked up a stone from the ground and observed it carefully.

There are also rubbles in the [Quiet Ruins], but in comparison, the rubbles in front of you are obviously more. Moreover, compared with the two, the rubbles here have an obvious feature: there is not much soil attached to them, and the cross-section of the cracks looks very fresh.

More importantly, in the [Quiet Ruins], the jungle and vines have already covered up most of the rubble of the ruins, but here the rubble is mostly exposed.

"The time node of [High Tower Ruins] is before [Quiet Ruins], and..." Yu Zhun's voice paused slightly.

He raised his head and looked at the tree closest to him. The tree was so thick that two people could hug it together, but there was a clear cross-section where the trunk and branches forked, as if it had been suddenly cut in half by some force.

At this moment, some tender buds have just grown on the cross section.

Yu Zhun followed the gap in the tree trunk, his eyes gradually moving downwards, finally landing on a huge rock.

If nothing unexpected happens, this is the culprit that caused the tree to become its current miserable state.

He soared into the air on the spot, looking beyond the tall treetops, and all he saw were broken walls and ruined forests.

A picture emerged in Yu Zhun's mind.

A giant tower that seemed like a pillar of heaven and reached into the clouds with an unknown height suddenly collapsed. The noise was so loud that it almost shook the entire map.

The rubble from the collapse of countless towers scattered all around, indiscriminately bombarding a dense and lush forest like a meteor shower.

One of the boulders, which was as tall as a person, brushed past the trunk of the tree in front of it at an extremely fast speed, like a sharp knife, directly cutting off the missing part of the trunk.

Thinking of this scene, a smile appeared on Yu Zhun's face.

"If I'm not mistaken, this place is not just the 'past' before the [Quiet Ruins] appeared, but it is very close to the day when the [Eclipse Tower] collapsed."

"What this means is that if we follow the time grid, we will soon reach the day when the Eclipse Tower collapses?" Yu Zhu said in surprise.

"In theory, that's right." Yu Zhun nodded, but his brows were quietly frowned.

Is it really that easy?

According to the normal rules of the dungeon strategy, the difficulty should increase as you progress through the later stages. The difficulty comparison between [Sighing Dunes] and [Silent Ruins] has already verified this.

If the punished third-level expert does not want to be easily achieved by players in the first round of perfect clearance, he will definitely design the copy according to this rule.

But so far, they have not seen any difficult areas in the ruins of the Quiet Ruins.

"Let's go and take a look at the surrounding situation first." Yu Zhun took a deep breath, found a stone, and carved the number "0" on the ground.

Then, the two of them chose a direction and took a step forward.

"what?"

Yu Zhu suddenly exclaimed, causing Yu Zhun to stop abruptly.

"What's wrong?" Yu Zhun turned to look at Yu Zhu with a look of nervousness and anticipation on his face.

Could it be that Yu Zhu has made a new discovery?
"You just..." Yu Zhu took a deep breath and spoke slowly, "You didn't disappear."

Yu Zhun's pupils suddenly shrank.

According to the two people's previous actions, every time they took a step, Yu Zhun would land faster than Yu Zhu and enter the next time point to help Yu Zhu explore the way and avoid unexpected dangers.

So in the eyes of Yu Zhu who was following closely behind him, every time Yu Zhun took a step, there would be a brief process of disappearing and reappearing.

But just now, such a brief disappearance did not occur.

Now they both knew very clearly that they couldn't see each other because they were in different times.

Then when this disappearance no longer occurs...

It means there is something wrong with the time chessboard!

Yu Zhun had a solemn expression on his face. He stared at Yu Zhu and moved quickly, even turning around in a big circle.

Looking at Yu Zhu who was always in his sight, he took a deep breath, "It seems that there is no time chessboard in the [High Tower Ruins]."

"At least, not in this area."

Normally, this should be a good thing. After all, the time chessboard will bring new difficulties. If it is not there, the difficulty will be further reduced.

But Yu Zhun and Yu Zhu both looked unhappy.

All the clues collected before and the copy introduction when entering the copy clearly told the two that if they wanted to pass the level or even pass it perfectly, they had to go back to the day when the Eclipse Tower was built, find the reason for the collapse of the Eclipse Tower, and prevent it from happening.

In this way, the time chessboard became their support.

The current time point is obviously after the collapse of the Eclipse Tower. Without the help of the Time Chessboard, how can they continue to travel through time?
"There should be other ways." Yu Zhu said softly, "At least there is no problem with our previous strategy."

"That's right." Yu Zhun nodded slightly after hearing that.

With the [Strategy Simulation Card], he can be sure that there are no omissions or oversights in his strategy for the [Quiet Ruins].

As for the [Sighing Dunes] further ahead, its difficulty is even lower than that of [Quiet Ruins]. As long as you are aware of the existence of the Time Chessboard, it is not difficult to successfully conquer it.

Therefore, their previous strategies were all correct.

Although we haven’t found a way to the “past” yet, there is always a way when we reach the mountain, and we will always find a way.

"Shall we go directly to the tower?" Yu Zhu turned to ask Yu Zhun for his opinion.

Just now, when Yu Zhun took off into the air and looked into the distance, she also flew up. Although everything was ruins of decay, the locations of the tall tower and the seven cities surrounding it could still be vaguely identified.

Yu Zhun thought for a moment after hearing this, and then shook his head slightly.

"No." His eyes flickered slightly, "Let's go to the ruins of the seven cities first and visit all seven cities."

"You want to..." Yu Zhu's expression changed slightly, as if he understood Yu Zhun's thoughts.

"Yes, I want to see if there are any survivors!" Yu Zhun said in a firm tone.

Since there is no time chessboard here, it means they can act freely for the time being.

Judging from the degree of sprouting on the young branches, it has not been too long since the collapse of the Lunar Eclipse Tower, only a month at most.

So, there may be survivors here!
(End of this chapter)