Chapter 1494 Desert Ruins
Bing Zhixie and Alice have been deep into the desert for more than ten days. They have traveled more than a thousand kilometers in total and have entered the depths of the desert. During this period, they mainly used the desert doodles as a means of transportation. Until two days ago, because there was too little food in the deep desert, the two doodles were exhausted. Alice couldn't bear to see them die here, so she told her master I told them to let them go.
After that, the two mainly relied on walking and the water demon Gulap to move forward. However, Gulap lives on the edge of the ocean tide and is accustomed to humid air. It is extremely disgusted with the dry desert climate. In addition, it is not the guardian monster contracted with Alice. Gulap refused to come out and take her several times. them.
Fortunately, we are almost here. According to the map and the reference objects discovered before, we can be sure that the Tomb of Glonus is right in front. Bing Zhixie held the map, compared it, and said: "Calculating the distance, there should be a ruins nearby. Once you find the ruins, you can tell where the ancient tomb is."
In such a deep desert, even if it is The sand thieves who have been living in the desert for many years rarely come. The surrounding area is desolate and there is no life, so how can anyone come. However, although the sun is still very poisonous today, it is a better weather compared to the past few days, with only a gentle breeze blowing. You must know that in the desert, a strong wind is not a good thing. The scalding hot wind blows on the body, holding back the sweat in the body, and the heat cannot be discharged, which is very uncomfortable.
The two of them took advantage of the fact that the wind was light and the sand could not be blown up. While they were eating, they separated to look for the ruins. However, they were not too far apart and could see each other. Bing Zhixie took two bites of the dried meat, drank some water, looked around, and then continued walking forward. In addition to tents and sleeping bags, the rest of his big backpack was basically food. He and Alice had prepared food for almost a month. In addition to their backpacks, there were also other things stored in his different space. . On the way, I met the Black Flag Gang and replenished food with them for a few days, so now I still have plenty of food left. It is no problem to return after finding the ancient tomb.
Coming down a very gentle sandy slope, Bing Zhixie saw a small hill in front of him and was about to go there to have a look. After walking a few steps, he stepped on something hard and dug it out. Pottery fragments. The pottery surface of this fragment is black in color, and there are figures painted with gold paint on it, depicting soldiers arrayed in formation.
Bing Zhixie tried to judge the size of the pottery from the fragments, but the fragments were not large enough to distinguish. However, judging from the mottled marks on it and the gaps in the damaged areas that had long since been smoothed out, it was thought that it was old. Something long lasting. He searched in the sand again, but didn't see any other fragments, so he stopped paying attention.
At this time, Alice shouted from the other side: "Master, I found it, the ruins are here~!"
Alice indeed found the location of the ruins. The broken walls have blended in with the color of the desert and are almost covered with yellow sand. If Alice hadn't been careful, it would have been hard to spot.
Bing Zhixie found a corner with a relatively high broken wall and set up camp. It was only a few hours before nightfall. It would probably take this time to find the location of the ancient tomb. By the time he found it, it would be dark. Simply spend the night here to find out what's going on nearby.
The tent was pitched down, and Bing Zhixie rebuilt the remaining wall he was leaning on. There is a big difference between a stone wall erected out of thin air using magic to condense earth elements and a real wall, that is, after the magic stone wall loses the maintenance of magic power, it will disintegrate after a period of time and turn into elements again. How long will it last? If it is scattered, it depends on the ability of the caster. The wall erected by Bing Zhixie can last for more than one night.
The broken wall was repaired and the fire was lit. Since there were no fire-making materials nearby, Bing Zhixie made a simple magic circle on the ground and took some useless scattered fire magic crystals. Burn, and the flames that come out will be fiery red. After eating some hot food and cooked food, they were basically full. The two of them checked around the ruins, and soon they made new discoveries.
The thing was found in the corner of the broken wall. It was a mummy buried by the wind and sand. The skin and flesh of the corpse had long been rotten and cracked, forming a waxy dark gelatin film attached to the skeleton. There was also a piece of iron armor on the outside, and in the palm was a broken knife with a black light. However, the iron armor broke into pieces at a touch, and it had been rotten for who knows how many years.
Such a mummy is probably left over from ancient times. Bing Zhixie is not an archaeologist. Although he knows some ancient knowledge, he cannot tell which era it is from the patterns and other features on the broken knife. , it may be from the Glonas period, or it may be left over later. But there was one thing about the mummy that caught his attention, that is, the skeleton of the mummy was actually purple-black.
Generally, bones that turn purple and black may be caused by poisoning, but this skeleton can be said to be completely black, as if it was soaked in poisonous water. Bing Zhixie did not dare to touch these things directly, but formed a dry icicle to fiddle with it. The bones looked extremely poisonous, but Alice was bolder and got closer, but she did not use her hands. To touch. The two studied it for a while and couldn't figure out its origin, so they had to bury it with yellow sand. Bing Zhixie checked the surroundings again and found nothing else.
The night is as quiet as water, with a cold moon in the sky, and no other stars can be seen. Two small tents stood next to each other. The people in the tents were already asleep, sleeping peacefully. Suddenly, a dim blue will-o'-the-wisp suddenly appeared in the quiet night. It floated faintly from a distance, and slowly flew towards the direction of the tent, getting closer and closer, and soon it flew in. He entered the ruins and stopped above the tent.
In the tent, Alice opened her eyes and already had a short knife for cutting food in her hand. Suddenly, a fishy wind blew outside the tent, and Alice quickly jumped out of the tent with a look on her face. She was still lying in the air, and the short knife in her hand was ready to be thrown. But at this moment, a faster figure swooped down from the air. The silver moonlight dragon suddenly rushed towards the fist-sized blue fire. Under the blue fire, a monster with an ugly face and yellow skin suddenly appeared. This image It flashed away, and then disappeared again, leaving only the blue fire floating in the air.
"It's an invisible guy." The speaker was Bing Zhixie. He had already heard the sound of broken sand when the blue fire floated into the ruins, even though the sound was very light.
The silver moonlight dragon dragged the invisible monster under the blue fire and flew far away. Although the moonlight dragon was small, it was very powerful. It threw the invisible monster high under the blue fire, spitting out a ball of dark blue dragon flames. The dark blue flames burned the invisible monster, forcing it to reveal its form, and it fell to the ground with a "click" sound. He screamed and struggled hard. After a while, he became frozen and motionless. He was slowly burned by the fire, and finally burned into a ball of ashes.
Bing Zhixie raised her right hand into the air, and the silver moonlight dragon in the distance quickly flew over. Every night he would release the Moonlight Dragon so that it could absorb the moonlight and accelerate its growth, while also being able to warn the surroundings.
The Moonlight Dragon flapped its wings and hovered in the low altitude. Bing Zhixie originally wanted to praise it and stroke it, but found signs of poisoning on its silver body. But the silver moonlight dragon didn't seem to care at all. Seeing that its owner didn't come to hold it, it flew into the air again, spreading its wings and flying under the moonlight.
"Master, what kind of monster is that?" The sight that caught my eye was actually short-lived. Even in this dark night, Alice remembered the ugly appearance of the monster immediately. She looked through it before entering the desert. Among the types of monsters that may exist in the southern desert, I have never seen such an ugly monster.
"I don't know either." At that moment Bing Zhixie also saw the monster clearly, and he was sure he didn't know what it was. And it can poison the silver moonlight dragon. The poison must be very powerful. He immediately thought of the mummy buried in the sand in the corner. Could it have anything to do with this monster?
After experiencing this brief turmoil, the rest of the night passed peacefully. When dawn broke, Bing Zhixie took back the silver moonlight dragon, and the black signs of poisoning on its silver armor had receded.
The next step was to find and explore the ancient tomb. Bing Zhixie rubbed his slightly sleepy face, preparing to face this new challenge.
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(End of this chapter)