Chapter 241 The true face of [City of Giant Woods]!
After throwing himself into the sea.
Xian Ge suddenly frowned his little bronze eyebrows.
With the keen instinct of the bronze dragon, she noticed that there was a mysterious force spreading in the sea water, which made her feel slightly uncomfortable.
Then, Xiange lowered his head and looked at the [City of Giant Woods] below, with a flash of surprise in his eyes.
Is there such a dense and vibrant forest under the sea?
I have to say.
Judging from the appearance alone, the scenery of [City of Giant Trees] can be described as spectacular.
Like a miracle from the Creator.
Even though Xia En had briefly introduced the city to Xian Ge before, Xian Ge couldn't help but marvel a little when he suddenly saw this scene.
However, Xian Ge certainly did not forget the task assigned by Xia En.
After a brief surprise, she became serious and whispered the mysterious Elvish language in a low voice.
This ancient language has been lost today.
Just like those older dragon languages.
Even when Xian Ge recited the incantation, he seemed a little slow and jerky. He was probably worried that he would miss some syllables and cause the spell to fail.
On the side, Xia En silently listened to the recitation of Xian Ge, feeling both familiar and strange at the same time.
It seems that each individual syllable can be understood, but when combined together, it becomes a completely unfamiliar language.
Xia En suspected that he had not completely forgotten the skill of Elvish.
It just cannot be used normally due to some unknown restrictions.
As for why Xian Ge can cast spells in Elvish language, it is probably inseparable from the race of its ancient dragon.
While Xia En was thinking, Xian Ge had undergone miraculous changes.
A dark golden light gradually lit up in her pupils.
In the depths of the light, there seems to be an ancient rune spinning, deep and thrilling.
It also gave Xian Ge's face a mysterious temperament that was different from usual.
"Rune?"
Xia En's heart moved.
He knew from a very early age that language and writing itself possess magical and mysterious powers.
Moreover, runes seem to be closer to the essence of the secret power than ordinary spells.
For example, when Xia En was plundering the [Magnetic Thunder Storm], he faintly came into contact with the runes suspected to represent "Thunder".
However, the time when he came into contact with the runes was too short at that time. Before Xia En could delve deeper, the runes disappeared.
But now, looking at the rune in Xian Ge's eyes, Xia En inexplicably understood its meaning——
[Real! 】
The existence of this rune is the cornerstone of the [Eye of True Sight] spell.
Realizing this, Xia En inevitably thought more deeply.
Could the specialness of Elvish language be that it is closer to the essence of the secret power than ordinary languages?
But that's it.
The expression on Xian Ge's face suddenly changed. Her face became pale, her pupils dilated, and her whole body trembled violently.
"Xian Ge, what's wrong with you?"
Xia En frowned and immediately realized something was wrong, and quickly asked: "What did you see?"
I saw Xian Ge's face getting paler and paler, and he murmured with his mouth.
"Run...run away! This city..."
Seeing this, Xia En made an immediate decision, holding Xian Ge's little hand and swimming quickly towards the sea.
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A moment later.
The two returned to the deck of the [Black Swan], but Xian Ge still had a frightened look on his face, as if he had been greatly frightened.
Xian Ge’s nature has always been out-of-the-box. At best, he is unrestrained and optimistic; at worst, he is arrogant.
Even if she showed such an expression, it could only mean that Xian Ge was really frightened.
Seeing this scene, Joey immediately asked with concern.
“What happened to Xiange?”
"Mr. Captain, what happened to you in the sea?"
Xia En was also very strange.
To be honest, Xian Ge just glanced at the [City of Giant Woods] with the [Eye of True Sight].
Did this distant glance scare the always bold Xian Ge into this?
At this time, Joey softly sang an unknown ballad, using the secret power in the singing to soothe Xian Ge's frightened soul.
After obtaining the profession of [Deep Sea Singer], Joey gained more power from the Storm Goddess.
This includes calming the mind, a basic ability that a storm priest must master.
As the gentle and soothing sound of the waves rang in Xian Ge’s ears, her panicked spirit quickly calmed down.
Xian Ge opened his eyes again and said seriously.
"Captain, that city... is definitely scarier than you expected?"
"I suggest you not to explore there again in the future."
Xia En raised his eyebrows: "What's going on? In [The Eye of True Sight], what does the [City of Giant Woods] look like? ?”
“Wait a minute, I also have a magic called [Memory Sharing]”
Xian Ge tried to calm down and cast a spell again, and said, “Please take a look.”
Immediately, a thin light curtain appeared in front of everyone.
The above shows the scene that Xian Ge saw from the first perspective.
At first it was the scene of entering the sea water.
Then there is the endless, lush and vibrant underwater forest.
Joy was a little surprised: "What a big forest!"
"The vitality here is not much worse than the [Rhine Secret Realm], right?"
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Xia En had already regarded the crew as life and death partners, so he naturally told them about the existence of the [Rhine Secret Realm].
In fact, in their spare time, the crew will also go exploring in the [Rhine Secret Realm].
On the one hand, it is to help Xia En explore this vast secret realm.
On the other hand, it is to pass the boring time while sailing and hone your combat skills.
——Sometimes it is not a good thing for a captain to be too capable. Sometimes the naval battle does not require their action, and the battle is over.
There is no sense of life-or-death crisis in the sparring between crew members.
It just so happens that there are many unknown and novel species in the [Rhine Secret Realm], which can be used as a whetstone for them.
Next to her, Fei Ya looked at the underwater forest in the light curtain and looked surprised.
"Strange...how did such a large forest survive in the sea?"
Tracy asked curiously: "What is so scary about this forest?"
Xian Ge didn't explain much, just sighed and said.
"Soon you will understand."
As the time in Xian Ge's memory progresses, a faint dark golden light appears on the light screen, and the scene in the field of vision suddenly begins to resemble water waves. It started to tremble.
Obviously, this is the memory of Xian Ge using the [Eye of True Sight].
When the scene turned from blurry to clear, everyone present could not help but widen their eyes.
Wherever there is life, there is no forest.
In the depths of the sea below, there is a layer of filthy things similar to a carpet, exuding a rotten atmosphere all the time.
There is also a withered and decaying tree man on the fungus blanket. If you insist on saying so, it is already equivalent to a mummy-like existence.
The branches of the tree-man mummies are like distorted flesh and blood, with sunken eyes and distorted faces, which seem to be telling endless pain.
And in the center of the entire city, the god known as the "Giant Tree God" is not a huge tree at all.
And a huge, rotting heart of flesh and blood!
Countless red and black flesh turned into tentacles, suckers, mouthparts... The surface was also covered with various beating internal organs such as stomach, heart, liver and kidneys.
The jet-black liquid, which was like substance, slowly flowed out from those mouthparts, dripped onto the seabed, and instantly spread into a twisted carpet of flesh.
Making this jungle of flesh and blood continue to expand outwards.
As the heart beats again and again, it stimulates the tree man mummies on the meat carpet to let out crazy and painful silent roars.
"This..."
Seeing this scene, not to mention the crew, even Xia En was deeply shocked.
“Is this the real [City of Giant Woods]?”
Even though he had seen the true face of [Seed of Life], he had some expectations in his heart.
But this city made of rotten, filthy flesh and blood still gave him a strong mental impact.
Xia En's scalp felt numb and his back felt chilly when he thought that he had stayed in this city of flesh and blood for so long.
And this is still the scene after [Memory Sharing], and the impact itself has been reduced a lot.
You can imagine how frightened Xian Ge was when he saw this scene.
No wonder it became so flustered.
The crew members were also greatly shocked by the changes in the scene in the light curtain.
The main thing is the comparison before and after, it is too obvious.
One second it was a forest full of life, the next second it became filthy and blasphemous flesh and blood.
Joy couldn't help but worry: "Mr. Captain, do you have to explore this city?"
"I think... it's better for us to leave as soon as possible."
Shane shook his head: "I have a reason to explore it."
"But don't worry, I have a unique way of exploring, and everything will be fine."
That's it for now. , most of the crew actually vaguely guessed the secret of Xia En's [Deep Sea Diving], but neither party revealed it.
The crew only regarded this as Xia En's special secret method and did not pursue it excessively.
As the captain, Shane’s power on the ship is unlimited.
He had already made up his mind at this point, and the crew would naturally not try to persuade him any further.
Yan Yan, who was wearing a robe, suggested: "Captain Xia En, why don't you let me accompany you down there."
"Let me burn this forest clean! "
Yan Yan's expression is very cheerful and sunny, but what he says is a little scary.
However, Yan Yan rarely takes the initiative to request combat.
After all, when that mysterious and powerful flame burns the enemy, it also burns his body.
Yan Yan can finally control his own flames a little now, but he doesn't want to fall into the hell of being tortured by flames every day.
So, Xia En was a little curious about why he took the initiative to ask for a fight.
Yan Yan said directly and frankly: "I don't know why, I feel very unhappy when I see that huge heart, and I always want to burn it."
Unhappy?
This is indeed a reason.
But Xia En inevitably thinks of Yan Yan’s mysterious past.
The origin of Yan Yan is also unusual. Xia En can only reluctantly guess that he may have some connection with the legendary "King of Salaries".
Maybe, in his lost memory, he had contact with the [Giant Wood God]?
Xia En's eyes swept over Yan Yan, Xian Ge and An.
So far, these crew members have deep-hidden secrets that have not yet been discovered.
All of them have a distinguished background, and each of them has a unique bloodline.
It seems that he is the only one who has made it this far with his own efforts and a little help from the [Eye of the Secret Sea]...
Xia En put aside the distracting thoughts in his heart and decided to bring Yan with him on his next dive. Yan.
It’s not that he really wants to burn this rotten city down.
——Although most of the tree people in the city have converted to the [Giant Wood God], there are still a small number of tree people who insist on their beliefs and are still lingering.
We can’t burn them completely as well, right?
Xia En decided to use Yan Yan as a "backup hidden energy source."
When it was really necessary, he released Yan Yan and exploded with the group of trees.
At this time, Xia En remembered something again and asked Xian Ge.
"Can you take a picture of this memory?"
Xiange said uncertainly: "If there is a picture stone, it should be possible, right?"
The picture stone is a special kind The alchemical product can temporarily record part of the image.
Most of the time, it is used by federal law enforcement officers to collect evidence.
Sometimes it is also used for some fun purposes.
Coincidentally, there is actually a photographic stone in the Duke of Nova's legacy.
Thinking of this, Xia En took out the photo stone and handed it to Xian Ge.
Xiange immediately started operating.
The reason why Xia En wanted to record this video is simple.
At this time, there are still some conservatives in [City of Giant Trees].
It was only because the reformists were growing stronger and the temptation of "rebirth" was too great that they were forced to fall into the arms of the [Giant Wood God].
If the truth can be revealed to them, although not all the tree people will change their minds, it will at least change the views of some tree people.
Of course, Xia En has not forgotten that his ultimate goal is to find the Elf Temple.
With this image, we might be able to get help from some tree people.
“We have to talk to that old Hunter again.”
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"Grandpa Hunter was taken away by the executioner!"
The next day, Xia En and Yan Yan came to the underwater forest and just found Shuren Mumu heard such news.
Mumu’s face was full of anxiety, even crying.
"Yesterday, not long after I told Grandpa Hunter about Uncle Farner's betrayal, the executioners came!"
"Grandpa Hunter took the initiative to confront them in order to make me hide. "
"The result...the result..."
Xia En frowned and reassured: "Don't panic yet."
"It was taken away. What is it?”
With yesterday's experience, Xia En also had a certain understanding of this small kingdom of tree people.
He knew that the "Executioner" was actually an existence similar to the "Law Enforcer", used to manage order in the [City of Giant Woods].
But with the defection of Elder Fana, the executioner gradually became a sharp knife to persecute the conservatives.
Mumu stared at Xia En and whispered.
“It’s, it’s a human being who hides aliens…”
Xia En raised his eyebrows. Could it be that he was exposed?
But then I thought about it, this was probably an unwarranted frame-up.
No matter whether Hunter has anything to do with him or not, once he is taken away by the executioner, the initiative is already in the hands of the other party.
Whether Hunter is hiding himself or not is not important at all. What is important is whether the executioner thinks he is hiding it!
(End of this chapter)