The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 661 Ancient Ruins
Passing through the dense jungle, the expedition team came to a secret entrance hidden under the trees, vines and dead branches.

After removing the debris from the cave entrance, a thick metal gate blocked the expedition team's way. Under the light, the gate was dotted with blue light.

"It's doped with lanthanum metal," said a member of the expedition team.

Lanthanum metal is a special mineral in this world. As a material, it possesses quite good anti-magic properties and also has a very strong inhibitory effect on mental power.

This unique feature allows the Four-Eyed People to use it extensively in safes, vaults, and certain secret places.

Even before the Cataclysm, lanthanum artifacts were found in important locations across the world, large and small.

"Measure the content." said the team leader.

A team member came forward with a camera-like device in his hand. He pointed the device at the door and turned it on.

A purple laser shot out from the machine and hit the door.

Soon, a data appeared on the display at the back of the machine.

[30%]

"Thirty percent?"

Looking at this data, the expedition members present were all amazed. Although lanthanum metal is widely used in various places, lanthanum metal itself is not a common material.

There are only a few veins of this metal in the world of the Four-Eyed People, and most of them were mined before the Cataclysm. A considerable part of the lanthanum metal used by the Four-Eyed People now comes from the recycling of waste metal from the ruins before the Cataclysm.

Generally speaking, even the lanthanum metal content in bank vaults is only about 10%. Only some unknown and top-secret institutions use lanthanum with a content of more than 15%.

For example: The Bureau.

The lanthanum content of the door in front of us was as high as 30%. Even if there were portable instruments and errors in the measurement, the error of 30% would only be 20% at most.

Twenty is also a very high number.

"We've encountered something big this time." One team member murmured to himself.

The team leader looked at the data from the instrument and carefully measured it twice more, again at different locations. But the results were the same.

"It's still 30 percent... wow, this time the ruins are a bit tricky." The team leader muttered to himself.

In the world of the Awakened, those who can take over a private expedition team of more than 100 people are basically well-known figures. If these people were placed in ancient times, they would have a more well-known title - mercenary leader.

But because he is well-known, the leader knows how troublesome this ruin is. Although some people often say that there are no laws in the world of awakeners, those who have really reached a certain level know it.

The world of the awakened is not without rules.

A huge shadow is always watching over every awakener who shows up. Once someone crosses the line, they will be met with death and disappearance.

Unfortunately, this shadow is very interested in historical relics from before the Cataclysm.

There are often rumors in the underground world that someone who obtained a historical relic from before the great disaster was visited at night by someone and his things and his life were taken away.

But as the leader of the expedition, he knew he had no choice. He had already signed the contract and spent so much money on the sponsor. If he backed out at this time, he would have to pay off the debt for decades, not to mention anything else.

"I hope the sponsor's background is strong enough this time."

The leader sighed and walked slowly to the front door. The team members saw this and stepped back. Those who were working with the leader for the first time also stepped back even though they didn't know what the leader was going to do.

"Brother Loren, what is the leader doing?"

In the crowd, Bal asked Professor Loren, whose face turned a little pale.

Professor Loren is a long-term partner of this expedition team, and he knows much more about this expedition team than Bal.

"Unlock." Loren replied weakly.

Suddenly, a feeling like wind passed over Bal.

He suddenly looked at the leader, who was pressing the door with a discus-like machine, his eyes were tightly closed, his eyebrows were trembling constantly. And inside him, there seemed to be light flowing.

"Is this a source energy fluctuation?" The thought suddenly popped into Bal's mind.

Apart from this explanation, he really couldn't find a second reason.

The leader's expression kept changing. At first, he just frowned, but as time went by, his expression became more and more strained. Later, the leader's expression could only be described as painful.

His facial features were almost twisted together.

Suddenly, a muffled sound came from deep inside the gate.

The leader let go of the machine and let it fall to the ground. It was like taking a sauna, and sweat was pouring down my body.

"Phew, this door is really not easy to open. Fortunately, I have better skills."

The lanthanum metal door slowly opened, but there was no foul air coming out of the ruins. On the contrary, the passage behind the door was filled with dust and looked like it had been abandoned for thousands of years.

It seemed as if thousands of years had passed by in just a breeze. Soon, the leader recovered, stood up, and said to everyone, "Come in. Professors, it's up to you guys."

Entering the ruins, under the protection of the guards, the two professors and several of their students entered the ruins.

The interior of the ruins was completely dark, even though the street lights on the walls were intact - without civilized-level technology, it would be a fantasy to create a power source that could function stably for thousands of years.

The guards walked in front with flashlights, and all the energy guns in their hands were turned off. Although most of the ruins did not have alien creatures, no one could say whether this base was one of the few.

Among the guards, two professors with their students - mainly Professor Loren's students - were trying to determine which dynasty before the Cataclysm this relic belonged to based on its characteristics.

The ruins were huge, with many floors, and the doors to each floor were tightly closed. And the most strange thing was that there were no bodies inside the ruins.

Not a single one.

"Teacher, come and look at this."

Suddenly, one of Professor Loren's students cried out in surprise. Everyone looked over and saw a line of almost erased black text at the fork in a passage.

"This is... Kelvin!"

After seeing the text, Bal immediately shouted in shock. Professor Loren took a closer look with a magnifying glass and showed a shocked expression on his face.

"It's really Kelvin! I didn't expect this area to be the territory of the Kel Dynasty!"

In pre-Cataclysm historiography, the Kyle Dynasty is the most mysterious dynasty.

The territory of this dynasty is unknown, the text is incomplete, and the relics are pitifully few. However, in the many documents found before the Great Cataclysm, the Kyle Dynasty was a powerful dynasty that made the four barbarians submit.

There is even such a saying in the historical community that the only dynasty before the Great Cataclysm was the Kyle Dynasty, and the rest were just vassal states and tributary states of the Kyle Dynasty.

Of course, this statement is generally regarded as a joke by historians.

"What does this line of words say?" the team leader came over and asked.

Professor Loren looked again and again, then said uncertainly, "The lighthouse...turn it off."

"lighthouse?"

Everyone was a little confused. They were inland now. Where did a lighthouse come from? If it was used as a metaphor, what did this lighthouse represent?

Bal had no objection to this translation, but he couldn't guess what this lighthouse was.

"Keep going," said Professor Loren. "That alone doesn't tell you anything."

As they continued to move forward, they passed many rooms. The doors of the rooms were all closed. After opening them, they found that these rooms were all dormitories. After looking through them one by one, the expedition team found two diaries with writings on them.

According to the diary, the ruins they are currently in is a branch of the Supreme Research Institute. In this branch, they are studying an ancient heritage called the Relics of the Supreme.

"The Most High!?"

Looking at the contents of the diary, both professors exclaimed. They didn't know what this name meant, but they knew that this discovery meant that there was a more distant history before the catastrophe.

This was a huge discovery, enough to earn them a place in textbooks.

"Keep going!"

Professor Barron's face was unnaturally pale blue. He had fallen ill during the journey a few days ago and had not yet recovered. With such a great harvest, he was a little dazed.

"The research area is further in." The leader looked a little nervous. "You two, I have something to say. We may encounter danger next. You must follow us and don't run around."

"clear."

Continuing down, everyone soon entered the research floor along the stairs. The door to the research floor was thicker than the door to the accommodation floor above, and the team leader took a lot of effort to open it.

The moment the door opened, a wave of energy like a breeze instantly swept through all the members of the expedition team.

"What's this?"

Bal looked at the scene in front of him in amazement.

In front of him, a huge crystal ball was suspended in the air, emitting a soft glow as regular as a heartbeat. But outside of it, countless vine-like flesh and blood stretched out from the void, as if trying to snatch the crystal ball away and devour it.

But as the crystal ball shone brighter, all these tentacles were annihilated by the seemingly soft light.

Suddenly, the flesh and blood seemed to notice the expedition team that opened the door. A piece of flesh and blood stretched out from the void and did not wrap around the crystal ball. Instead, it pounced on the nearest expedition team member like a poisonous snake.

Its speed was so fast that even the leader of the second-level creatures couldn't react.

The next moment, the explorer's body began to swell rapidly, and the energy in the air also gathered towards him.

He seems to be... growing!
"Retreat!" the captain exclaimed.

At the same time, a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly came from behind them.

(End of this chapter)