The long fairy road is wonderful

Chapter 241 Dusty Ruins (4)

Why can't I move between planes?
Meili couldn't explain this question clearly, and no one could.Magicians who have spent their lives studying this matter are even more puzzled.

Obviously, the portal is open normally, and items can be sent or returned, but people and any living creatures can't.

How can Lin Tianci, an outsider who has only been here for a day, understand things that even experts can't explain clearly.

But don't worry too much, anyway, Lin Tianci himself can go back through the Three Realms Map, and he doesn't have to worry about being trapped and unable to go back, although the premise is that he must first get a gemstone of the right size.

After less than half an hour of rest while chatting, Meili proposed to continue exploring.

It stands to reason that killing the two ghosts should be considered as completing the commission, because the commission is to find out the situation of the mine and the reason for the appearance of the undead creatures.

Ghosts have the ability to transform killed creatures into undead creatures, and they also have the habit of devouring each other, so it can be said that they have not encountered any souls of the dead along the way.

But Mei Li said that she would continue to investigate so as not to miss anything.

It's right to think about it, they only explored the first floor almost, and basically didn't look at the second floor.Besides, if you kill two ghosts casually, you can get [-] gold coins, which is too easy to earn.

What's more, this is not a game. After killing the target monster, it will prompt 'mission completed, go get the reward'.Naturally, it is necessary to explore completely and make sure that there are no omissions.

Thinking about it this way, it was much more normal for Meili to propose to continue exploring, and Lin Tianci did not object. He patted the dirt on his buttocks, got up and followed Meili to continue exploring the dark mine.

The second floor is much smaller than the first floor. This is because the gold mine veins are almost hollowed out by the time the second floor is reached, and the time required for exploration is much less than that of the first floor.

The enemies encountered on the road are just the same zombies as on the first floor. They almost don't need Lin Tianci's magical support.

—although it would be disgusting to let her handle zombies.

The only difficulty is that it took them a little longer to determine their position on the map, after all, they fell directly from the first floor.

After more than an hour of rushing like this, they have almost seen the second floor, leaving only the last fork in the road.

As soon as you step into this fork, you can find that it was excavated recently, because the excavation traces are still very new, and the wood used to support the cave roof in some places is also very new.

After walking along this passage for less than 5 minutes, they saw the end of the tunnel under the light of the talisman.

There are still some gold ores that have not been dug out. Simple digging tools such as mining hoes and shovels are scattered around, and some trolleys full of ore and gravel are discarded aside, as if some unexpected accident happened to let the miners They were in a state of panic.

The two got a little closer, and the things that were originally hidden in the dark corners were also included in the lighting range of the Talisman of Light.

They saw an irregular hole wide enough to accommodate two people in the lower left corner at the end of the tunnel. They hadn't seen it before because of the gravel, and they could only see the clue when they got closer.

Mei Li was about to walk over to have a look, but Lin Tianci reminded:
"There is something wrong with the situation. The level of ghost energy, that is, negative energy, has decreased."

Meili knows very little about this, and Lin Tianci is indeed an expert in comparison, so she asked:

"Is this a good thing or a bad thing?"

"I don't think it's a good thing."

Generally speaking, the deeper the underground, the higher the level of negative energy should be, gradually increasing.

However, the depth of this mine is not too deep. Under normal circumstances, the concentration of negative energy should be slightly higher than that of the surface, enough to cause corpse change, but not as high as the first floor.

The higher the negative energy density, the higher the possibility of ghosts living nearby, and vice versa.

But the specific situation needs to be analyzed in detail. Obviously, the concentration of ghost gas above is almost catching up with the mass graves.

As the saying goes, if things are abnormal, there must be demons, so be more careful.

Meili listened to Lin Tianci's warning, and cautiously approached the entrance of the cave. As a thick-skinned heavy-armored unit, she was the only one to do such dirty work as pathfinding.Brother Lin is also holding a few commonly used talismans, and he is ready to save people at any time in case of danger.

Rubbing near the entrance of the cave, Mei Li carefully moved a lot, and waved to Lin Tianci, indicating that there was no danger.

He followed closely, and Meili asked in a low voice:
"It looks like a miner accidentally broke the hole when digging. Can you see if there are traces of magic spells underneath?"

Mei Li knew nothing about supernatural powers such as magic, and she couldn't be sure with her naked eyes alone.

Lin Tianci had luck in his eyes, his eyes flashed, and he checked whether there were traces of spells.

Looking down from the entrance of the cave, you can see the flat rocky ground. There seems to be a large space below, and the height is not high, only about three or four meters.

He didn't see the danger for the time being, but he still reminded:

"The concentration of negative energy near here drops very quickly, as if something is absorbing it, you'd better be careful."

If the concentration of ghost gas in the first layer of the mine is like a mass grave, standing in front of the cave, it feels lower than the concentration outside, and even Lin Tianci, who is not particularly sensitive to ghost gas, can detect it. Seems to be sucked into the hole.

Mei Li looked around and found a very strong raised rock, hung the rope around her waist on it as a cable, and then said to Lin Tianci:

"I'll go down and have a look first, and come down if there is no danger."

Lin Tianci has already proved that he has good melee combat ability, but Meili always holds the idea that a monk is basically equal to a magician, and habitually regards him as a fragile long-range unit, after all, he does not have any armor.

He raised his hand and pasted a Vajra Talisman on Meili to strengthen her protection. The latter nodded to show that she was ready, and then grabbed the rope and jumped down.

Mei Li stayed on guard below for more than ten seconds, making sure that there were no traps or monsters attacking suddenly, and Lin Tianci followed.

It was only when I got to the bottom that I realized that there was something wrong with it.

A tunnel with obvious traces of man-made repairs stretches out, turning at a distance of more than ten meters, and it does not know where it leads.

There was a stone double door that had been completely damaged at a position slightly in front of them. However, the door looked like a natural collapse, and it was not destroyed recently. It has been around for a long time.

"The church once wondered whether these miners dug an ancient tomb and let the undead creatures inside escape and cause tragedy. Now it seems that the possibility is very high."

"Shouldn't I meet a thousand-year-old ghost?"

Lin Tianci retreated a bit, mainly because he couldn't do it.

As long as the ghosts appeared, they would be killed by the monks who heard the news, and it was almost impossible for ordinary ghosts to wait until the day they became thousand-year-old ghosts.

Therefore, the thousand-year-old ghost can only appear in ancient tombs, and is awakened when it is accidentally dug up and rediscovered.

The strength of this kind of ghost is between the 4th and 3rd human ranks, that is, the kind that can hang Lin Tianci up and fight.

"What is a thousand-year-old ghost? Is it an undead creature unique to Eastern China?"

"Forget it, that thing is more than ten times stronger than the ghost we killed just now."

To say it is ten times stronger is still modest, but if it is a thousand-year-old ghost who has awakened some supernatural powers, it will be even more ridiculous.

"However, the level of ghost energy around particularly powerful ghosts is usually particularly high, and the stronger the ghost, the more so. However, the concentration of ghost energy here is pitifully low. I can't say for sure. It can only be regarded as a reference."

The knowledge of Eastern Shenzhou may not be applicable to this plane, so Lin Tianci did not dare to guarantee it.

In any case, the probability of danger ahead is relatively high, so the two of them should be more careful when they continue to move forward.

Going forward along this passage, after two [-]-degree turns, an arched doorway appears, and behind the doorway is another scene.

An underground cavity with a height of 30 meters or even 40 meters appeared in front of the two of them. The area of ​​this cavity was about two to three thousand square meters, and it was obviously built artificially.

The entire hollow ground was covered by flowing water, and the stone bridges that seemed to have some rules and order were stretched across the flowing water, which also allowed the water to appear in areas of rapid or slow flow.

And in the middle of this underground cavity, there is a space formed by a wall in the true sense, but it is invisible from their current position.

Mei Li carefully identified the patterns on the stone bridge, and confirmed:
"This should be the style of the ancient ruins, but I can't tell which generation it is. Experts need to judge it."

By 'generations' she meant the years before their civilization developed.

It is said that every once in a while, a fault will suddenly appear in this plane civilization, and most of the creations of the previous generation will be wiped out, leaving very few records.

At present, the oldest information on their plane only records more than 1000 years ago, and the time further back is almost blank.

When Lin Tianci came to this plane before, he gave him a look of 'the technology here is very advanced'.

In fact, this is also an illusion. The magic technology of this plane cannot simply be said to be developed or not. Out-of-the-ordinary things like magic locomotives are basically technologies dug out of ancient ruins.

It is precisely because these lost ruins appear from time to time that they know that there are more advanced civilizations before them, maybe there are several.

Compared with Eastern China, the history of civilization here can be said to be quite young.

Mei Li found these on a pattern, which can be said to be good news, because every time this kind of relic appears, it will bring some innovations to the current technology. If the location of the relic is exposed, there will definitely be a large number of scholars flocking to it.

But as the saying goes, fortune and misfortune depend on each other, if there is good news, there will naturally be bad news...

(End of this chapter)