This game is so weird!

After quickly cleaning up the carcasses of the bone sharks, hanging them on the ram or hooks and securing them with wire, I also repaired the damaged ship.

After recovering, the four piloted the Sea Moth towards the canyon entrance.

Upon reaching the seaweed thicket, limited by the size of the canyon crevice, the group decided to find a secluded spot to stop the three Sea Moths, allowing only one Sea Moth to enter at a time, with the four of them taking turns to enter the Sea Moth for fresh air.

The other three followed closely behind the Sea Moth, each holding a flashlight in one hand and a dagger in the other.

After all, there is still one bone shark that has not appeared.

Everyone was cautious and didn't want things to go wrong at the last minute.

Following the crevice of the canyon, we soon arrived at the plaza in front of the ruins.

A spacious cave appeared before the four of them.

"Wow!!"

Looking at the enormous biological skeleton, Er Miao couldn't help but exclaim in amazement. Ye Yu and Mu Yu also stared motionlessly at the center of the square, imagining what it looked like when it was alive.

Last time he was too flustered, this time when Pineapple Bun approached the basalt gate, he discovered something extraordinary.

The ten-zhang-high black basalt gate is covered with bronze taotie door knockers. The cracks in the gate are covered with moss, and the characters on the plaque shift between two unfamiliar characters.

The surface of the giant gate is covered with golden cloud and thunder patterns. When touched, the patterns seem to move as if they are alive, and a bone-chilling cold air seeps out from the cracks in the gate.

Pineapple Bun reached out to touch the giant door, and a bone-chilling cold surged through her. Before her fingers could even be frostbitten, ripples spread across the thick doorway as the golden patterns flipped, and a vortex suddenly appeared, sucking Pineapple Bun inside.

"!!??"

They were still exploring the remains of the creature, trying to break off a couple of bones to take back and study.

They could only see ??? when they scanned with a scanner. They're all veteran players, and they immediately recognized the value of this information.

They tried to break it for a long time but couldn't, it was practically bone, yet each piece was still tightly connected, which made the three of them even more excited.

Of course, they also wondered if the game had never made it into a disassembleable bone at all.

But what if it succeeds?

The exploration missions also offer a chance to draw a prize (for research) by providing your own materials. If you happen to get a legendary material, you'll be rolling in it!

Unfortunately, the mining gun was malfunctioning here; the screen was flashing red, and pressing the trigger had no effect. Otherwise, they would have already hollowed this place out.

Fortunately, they also found several small crystals that had fallen off from the giant yellow crystal cluster. The cube-shaped crystals were exactly the same as the yellow crystal they had found before, even in size.

The last one was used to exchange for contribution points, but I still don't know what it's used for.

Seeing that the pineapple bun had been sucked into the door, the three of them stopped worrying, put away the crystals they had picked up, and walked towards the door.

As the palm touched the door, a suction force came, and it instantly disappeared into the seabed.

Three more people emerged from the quiet passage.

The oxygen restriction suddenly disappeared, and I went from the seabed to the air. The cool air, after being tested by the diving helmet, entered the helmet through the snorkel valve, carrying a slight earthy smell.

The passageway was wide enough for four trucks to drive side by side, earning it the name "Giant's Corridor." The walls on both sides were covered with many yellow lines resembling circuits and bizarre runes, interwoven with yellow cubic crystals to form intricate patterns.

The yellow stripes and crystals emitted a light yellow glow, illuminating the ground and extending to the end of the passage.

"Pineapple Bun?"

"Wait a moment."

Er Miao walked over to Pineapple Bun, who was squatting down, and she was struggling to pull things out of a little figure lying on the ground.

The little man has a shape similar to a pineapple bun, wears the general uniform of the pioneer base, and has several huge wounds on his left hand, from which the blood has long since dried up and stopped flowing.

The blood that had flowed out had disappeared without a trace, and the floor of the passage remained clean and spotless.

The shape of the little man is familiar to everyone. After a player dies, their size will shrink to a certain percentage depending on the severity of their injuries, as if they were a balloon that was inflated before death and then deflated and shrunk after death, eventually turning into a little man.

Previously, when fishing was the core gameplay, some mischievous players even used player corpses as bait, attempting to catch a sea monster.

However, the disappearance of blood is rather strange.

After Pineapple Bun collected his lost equipment and stuffed the little man into his backpack, the group carefully walked forward along the corridor.

Compared to the wide corridor, the four figures appeared exceptionally small.

After walking for about four or five minutes, the passage suddenly opened up, and after crossing a threshold that was half a meter high, a wide square appeared in front of us.

The square is laid out in the shape of the Bagua and the Nine Palaces, and the ground is paved with 36,000 five-colored stones.

A dim golden light peeked through the cracks in the stone, rippling with each step, as if walking on a sea of ​​stars. The pillars of the surrounding corridor were carved from coiled black serpents—the serpent's scales were inlaid with gold fragments, its head held high atop the corridor, holding a bronze mermaid lamp inlaid with yellow crystals in its mouth. The soft golden light illuminated the entire square, dispelling the surrounding black mist.

The pillars support the entire plaza space, and the rock walls at the top are engraved with celestial star patterns made of yellow crystals. The soft light of the stars shines down on the ground, shimmering slightly from time to time.

As the light flashed, a small amount of black mist surged inward, attempting to enter the center of the square, but was repelled by the light that shone again.

Five figures were kneeling in the center of the square. The one in the center was the tallest, with his muscles naturally bulging. He sat upright in the center, his head slightly lowered, facing the entrance of the passage.

The other four people sat facing the person in the center, each on one of the four pillars. The five of them sat inside a circle of golden patterns on the ground in the center of the square.

The group of people cautiously approached.

As the distance decreased, the five figures grew taller and taller, sitting motionless in place, seemingly holding something in their hands.

Sensing the approach of living beings, the black mist at the edge of the plaza surged and churned, occasionally coalescing into a mass that attempted to enter the plaza.

Er Miao stared nervously at the surrounding black mist. Compared to the fixed human figures, these amorphous things made her even more nervous.

Especially when the black mist converged into tendrils of black liquid, it evoked many memories of previous games.

It's fine to play games in front of the computer, but it's unacceptable to be played in a game!

Er Miao stared nervously at the black mist, checked the emergency exit button, and prepared to run away immediately if anything went wrong. She even quietly warned herself not to eat pineapple buns.

As for the night rain and the wooden fish, what are grown men afraid of?

There always has to be someone to take the fall for you to escape, and who's more suitable than a close friend?

Night Rain, Wooden Fish: Hmm?

Fortunately, the starlight in the sky was very powerful, and although it flickered from time to time, it did not allow the black mist to get any closer.

The four arrived at the center of the square and stood outside the golden circle, observing the five figures inside.

The five people were sitting on the ground. The shortest of them was 1.78 meters tall, similar to the height of the wooden fish. If they stood up, they would be more than three meters tall, far exceeding the human limit.

The figure, dressed in plain clothes of an unknown material, knelt motionless, its eyes showing no emotion whatsoever.

The male giant in the center had a calm expression and held a crystal ball in his hand. From a distance, it seemed that something was hidden inside the ball, and it would occasionally ripple.

The four giants around him, both male and female, had solemn expressions. They clasped their hands together in front of their chests, holding yellow crystals the size of human heads, facing the center, as if they were suppressing something.

Ye Yu frowned, took out a portable scanner, and scanned the figure in front of him with his back to her.

Scan successful

[Unknown humanoid life form, life state unknown. No signs of active biomass detected. Elemental analysis indicates it has existed for over 1 million years. For further analysis, please upgrade your scanner or use advanced equipment.]

"What kind of prehistoric humans are these...?"

Listening to the information about the scanner, Er Miao and Pineapple Bun stared in astonishment.