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"Hmm?" Liu Nian looked in the direction indicated by the echo and saw that the rock wall was covered with thick, glowing moss and fungal patches that were no different from those in other places.

Wu Zhan also noticed the unusual echo and Liu Nian's gaze: "Have you found anything?"

Liu Nian walked to the rock wall and reached out to touch it.

It felt cold and hard to the touch; it was undoubtedly rock.

But he felt the echo was so unusual that something was definitely wrong.

He gestured for everyone to step back, then took a deep breath, lowered his waist and stood up straight, pulled his fist back, and punched the rock wall!

Boom!

A muffled thud, and rubble flew everywhere!

To everyone's surprise, Liu Nian's tentative punch actually blasted a hole in the "rock wall"!

Behind the hole was not solid rock, but a skeleton.

In other words, what looks like a rock wall is actually the body of some kind of monster.

Perhaps due to its great age, it has weathered into something similar to a rock wall.

After the explosion, everyone could see that the monster had gotten stuck in the cave entrance and died there.

The human skeleton lay right in front of the blocked opening, as if it were trying to crawl in before it died.

Everyone was stunned by this unexpected discovery.

Mekkatorque's eyes widened as he looked at the map in his hand, then at the hidden cave entrance, and muttered, "It's definitely not the original path..."

Behind the cave entrance is a sloping, deep natural rock crevice that leads to an unknown destination.

At first, the crevice was no different from the outside world, but as you went deeper, the rock walls on both sides began to undergo strange changes.

The originally dark, ordinary rock was gradually replaced by a turbid, milky-white crystal that seemed to be filled with countless tiny bubbles and flocculent matter.

These crystals are not regular geometric shapes, but rather twist, intersect, and spread like the veins of some living thing, eventually completely covering the rock walls and ceiling of the entire passage, forming a naturally formed milky white crystal tunnel.

The crystal itself emitted a faint, soft white light, barely illuminating the path ahead, creating a hazy and mysterious halo within the passage.

"Oh my god!" Mekkatorque suddenly exclaimed, his voice echoing somewhat muffledly within the crystal passage. "This...this is magic-suppressing rock?! So much of it???"

As if drawn by a magnet, the short engineer lunged at the rock face, excitedly stroking the milky-white crystal with his heavily gloved hands. He even pushed up his goggles to examine it closely with his naked eyes, his face filled with unbelievable ecstasy.

"Anti-magic rock!! A legendary rare mineral that can absorb, disrupt, and even completely annihilate magical energy! A fist-sized piece, after being processed by a master craftsman, can sell for hundreds of silver coins! It's an essential ingredient for crafting anti-magic equipment, anti-magic cores, and anti-magic fields! This place... could this entire mountain be made of this stuff?!"

After much effort, Wu Zhan managed to calm the master craftsman down from his frenzy. After questioning him carefully, his eyes suddenly lit up with a light as if he had discovered a priceless treasure.

According to Mekkatorque's description, the Anti-Magic Rock has an extremely powerful effect, with three aspects:

Firstly: Magical suppression.

Within the area of ​​effect of the Anti-Magic Rock, the power, range, and stability of all magical effects will be weakened to varying degrees, with the weakening effect being stronger the closer one is to the Anti-Magic Rock.

Secondly: energy absorption.

Pure magical attacks are quickly absorbed and disintegrated upon contact with the magic-suppressing rock or when flying within its area of ​​effect, making it difficult to cause effective damage.

Thirdly: physical properties.

Its texture is exceptionally hard, comparable to fine steel. It not only has extremely high resistance to elemental damage, but its defense against physical damage also far exceeds that of ordinary rocks.

"This thing... if used to build city walls and buildings..." Wu Zhan's breathing became heavy.

Imagine a main city constructed from anti-magic rock. Enemy mage legions would be rendered useless, and magical siege weapons would be greatly reduced in effectiveness. What a terrifying defensive advantage that would be! It's practically a natural barrier born for war!

"I'm rich... I'm rich..." Mekkatorque muttered to himself, already planning how to safely mine and transport these priceless ores.

Liu Nian and the others naturally understood the strategic value of this thing, and their breathing became heavy.

Echo seemed quite curious about this place as well, gently tapping the milky white crystal wall with its front pincers, producing a crisp "knock knock" sound.

Composing themselves with excitement and anticipation, the group continued their exploration downwards along the strange, magic-suppressing rock passage.

This time, Wu Zhan took the lead, shield in hand, with Liu Nian close behind. Zhao Xinchun, Sun Yao, and Chen Suan followed in turn, while Mekkatorque and his two dwarf guards stayed behind, keeping watch for any movement from behind.

The passage was winding and narrow, only wide enough for one person to pass at a time. The deeper they went, the thinner the magic in the air became. Sun Yao and Chen Suan even felt as if they had fallen into a "magic vacuum." The blue spell had turned gray, meaning that they could not cast spells here.

This distance is over a hundred meters long, and it's all made of magic-suppressing rock!

Wu Zhan became more and more excited as he walked!

This terrain is amazing!

Isn't this the kind of naturally perfect defensive terrain where "one man can hold off ten thousand"?

Magic is ineffective; we can only attack with physical attacks. If we place a super tank here, it will be extremely difficult to get through!

Finally, after traveling a considerable distance, the light of the exit appeared ahead.

As they cautiously stepped out of the passage, the sight before them once again left everyone speechless with shock—

They were standing on the edge of an underground cavity that was larger than anyone could imagine!

The hollow dome soared into the "clouds"—a "sky" composed of countless even larger, purer clusters of anti-magic rock crystals. These giant crystals emitted a stable and soft milky-white glow, illuminating the entire space.

In the center of the cavity, there was a magnificent ancient city ruin!

The dilapidated yet still magnificent white stone buildings stand side by side, the crisscrossing street framework is clearly discernible, the central square is as large as several football fields, and at the end of the square, a giant spire ruin, which has collapsed nearly halfway, still points to the dome like a divine sword reaching to the sky, silently telling of the unimaginable civilization and power of the past.

The entire city, from its main buildings to its street paving stones, is mostly constructed of magic-resistant rock!

Over the centuries, the entire city has been covered by a thick layer of dust and a kind of luminous, inert moss, deathly still, yet filled with a breathtaking grandeur and vicissitude.

The exit they were at was located on a steep, magic-suppressing cliff on one side of the cavity, a hundred meters away from the city below. The only way down was a narrow, zigzag stone staircase carved into the cliff, just wide enough for one person to pass at a time.

"My... God..." Zhao Xinchun's voice trembled, "A city was built... with anti-magic rock?!"

"An ancient city forgotten deep underground..." Sun Yao was also shocked by the scene before him.