High Above

"Is there a monster? Then why didn't I see it?"

With that said, Ian turned his head and looked behind him - on the other side of the floor-to-ceiling windows was the deep black center of Lake Ryan.

Under the glow of the sunset, the edge of this meteorite lake reflects the purple and red brilliance of the sunset, making it look extremely gorgeous.

To the north of Laian City is Lake Laian, while the west side leads directly to the depths of the Baisen Mountains. The other two sides are filled with seas of rosy flowers. However, it has gradually entered late autumn, and coupled with the harm caused by the mountain people, most of the sea of ​​flowers is hidden and invisible.

The castle is built on the top of a high cliff by the lake, and you can see the beautiful scenery of Lake Ryan at any time.

So when Scott reported to him that there was a monster in Lake Ryan, even Ian, who believed Scott, couldn't help but feel a little funny: "What if it's some mutated and ferocious little squirrel, a bloodthirsty cat-eating little raccoon?" , I may have missed it, after all, even I can’t see the rabbit jumping thousands of meters behind me (actually I can).”

"But the huge monster you're talking about lurking in the depths of the lake...what, a water monster or a water monkey?"

This is a joke that only people on earth can understand. Naturally, Scott can't understand it. He just thought about it seriously and then reported: "Sir, we are not sure about this, but many people did see it. There seems to be something strange in the water - and it has never been seen before, only in the past few days."

"In the past few days, the people who discovered it thought they were hallucinating, so they didn't pay much attention to it, but today too many people encountered 'hallucinations', so someone reported it to us."

"That's a good thing."

Putting down the design drawings in his hands, Ian became serious: "This proves that the residents of Ryan City think that we are the local leaders - they are willing to work with us and report some abnormalities to us, which is a proof of trust in itself. .”

"Let me think about it... In this case, whether it is true or not, we have to take a look at the situation."

——And you have to look at the situation seriously.

Just do what you thought of, and Ian and Scott led the two White People's Guards to the shores of Lake Ryan.

Several women gathered here, and they were communicating with the guards stationed nearby, describing in detail the abnormalities they saw in the lake.

"There was a flash of silver light, and it felt like there was a very big fish tumbling inside..."

"Yes, I know there are no water waves, but there are many magical beasts that can control water!"

They were all people who had seen hallucinations when they went to the lake to fetch water. When these ladies fetching water saw Ian and others walking towards the lake, they immediately stopped talking.

After Ian and others walked away, he sighed: "The new lord is really doing something..."

"I went to check it out so quickly. The former Baron Ryan didn't talk about cults. He was really too lazy..."

"After the mountain people's rebellion is over, Ryan's understanding will probably become better..."

It can only be said that a high-charisma lord is still very useful at certain times - at least the people will remember you for reasons other than policies, and as long as you do things well, you will get a lot of extra points.

Ian came to the lake.

Ordinary people may have to pretend to take a water sample, ask about the situation or other random things, and do some bells and whistles.

But he directly turned on the precognitive vision and silver chip scanning!

Now that Lai An is busy with affairs, where can I find the time to do a formal inspection - check the silver chip for me!

The results did not reveal any abnormalities.

However, according to data, the source material content in this meteorite lake is indeed more than that of ordinary lake water, and the amount is not just a tiny bit, but seven or eight times more.

It's no wonder that the psychic plant planting area around Laian City can be cultivated. It can only be said that there is a reason why the soil and water support the people.

"Isn't it really mass hysteria?"

After waiting for a long time, even Scott suspected that he was too nervous and wasted Ian's time, but the young man raised his hand to signal his lieutenant not to speak.

"There is a situation." Ian narrowed his eyes slightly, blue light flashed in his eyes, and he said softly: "Wait and see."

So Scott was quiet.

After another ten minutes of silence, Ian and Scott saw it.

I saw the ‘silver light’ floating in the water.

Under the setting sun, in the dark lake, a flash of light is like a star rising from the bottom of the lake. There is only light here in the endless darkness. It expands rapidly, and then draws an arc in the darkness, like a winding line. Python.

But soon, this huge fluorescence circulated throughout the center of the lake and turned into a huge totem pattern.

That was exactly what everyone saw, what they called 'giant fish', 'monster' and 'demon'.

The phantom of a...silver dragon!

"Qiang Steel Dragon——"

Ian opened his eyes wide and exclaimed in his heart: "These descendants of mountain people, can't even recognize their Dragon God?!"

Of course it is unrecognizable - it has been hundreds of years, and people have changed countless times. The young man also knew this, he was just complaining.

But the question is, why? Why does the phantom of the Steel Dragon suddenly appear in Lake Ryan? And it only emerged after he arrived...

"The Book of Silver Glory?!"

Ian suddenly thought of the only thing that made him different from other lords... Is there any need to think about it? Of course it's the mountain people's holy book that he brought to Leian!

And not only that, although Ian has never cared about it, he also knows that Ryan Territory has indeed been the holy land of mountain people since ancient times... Even the empire made concessions and let Baron Ryan, who is of mountain people's blood, manage this place for generations. .

So... is this place of love really the holy place where Qiang Ganglong was worshiped?

"Scott, wait here for a while."

Ian calmed down, his expression remained unchanged, and his tone was calm, but Scott seemed to notice something and solemnly promised: "I understand. I will tell everyone else to stay away from Lake Ryan."

"Um."

Ian patted him on the shoulder, then returned to the castle and took out the Book of Silver Glory from his luggage.

And this book actually shines with a faint silver light like the vision of Lake Ryan.

In the past few days, I have been busy with issues related to municipal administration and magnetic storm generators. When I have time, I also practice to refine the source of essence and strengthen my soul - the three stages of the second energy level. Ian has reached the last stage. According to a certain According to a traditional saying, after the blessing of the Dead King and the Awak Territory incident, he had awakened half-step of his spiritual body and reached the second level of peak Dzogchen.

As long as Ian continues to strengthen his soul and find his own answers about the Heart Light Body, he can even enter the third energy level of the 'Terra Ascended One' before taking the lead in entering the 'Pre-Era Civilization Ascending One' The third level!

As long as he can reach this state, then as long as Ian takes the magic potion, he may be able to directly enter the third-year intermediate level.

Compared with the third-level magic potion that is difficult to obtain, this path is more suitable for Ian who is currently developing his territory.

It is precisely because of this that Ian hasn't been reading much recently... Anyway, he can't unlock the secrets in the Book of Silver Glory, so he might as well wait until he meets the elder Manya of the Dragon Worship Sect before making any plans.

"I didn't expect... the Book of Silver Glory to actually have such an effect."

Staring at the Book of Silver Glory in his hand, Ian couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that you may be a precious book that can only reveal corresponding information in a specific area or even a specific time..."

Shaking his head slightly, Ian took the Book of Silver Glory to Lake Ryan.

The closer to Lake Ryan, the stronger the light emitted by the Book of Silver Glory. If it weren't for Ian's speed and the fact that he was also an Ascendant, no one would think it was strange that he was shining, and he might have attracted unnecessary attention. .

After arriving at Lake Ryan, Ian just gave Scott a look, and then rushed into the lake as fast as possible.

Lake Ryan is very deep, a thousand meters deep. As a meteorite lake, it is deep enough to be called a deep abyss. Except for sublime people, it is impossible for anyone to dive into the deepest part of this lake.

But this also just shows that its existence itself is the best hiding spot.

There are no fish in Lake Ryan. It would be better to say that it is a bit unusually clean. Most of the ecology is concentrated in the shallow water area. The deep water area 200 meters below is extremely cold and a bit abnormal.

Ian's eyes lit up with light, and with the blessing of the silver chip, he could see extremely distant scenes with only a dim light.

Therefore, he noticed that there were strange patterns on both sides of the lake wall. Most of these patterns were sacrificial words, which should be the prayers engraved on them by the mountain people in the past.

But in addition, there are also some seemingly meaningless metal lines. These lines are extremely old. The identification result of the silver chip is that these lines were all formed more than 1,200 years ago.

The ‘Lost Age’ before the Age of Terra.

"Ancient ruins from a lost era after the previous era?"

Ian's heart moved slightly, and he suddenly had the feeling that what he was going to see next might be far beyond his imagination - some secrets about the real dragon would be revealed to him unexpectedly and within reason.

Soon, he landed at the bottom of the lake.

Facts also proved what he thought.

Because, at the bottom of the lake that exudes a faint silver light... is indeed an extraordinary 'relic'.

The bottom of Lake Ryan is not a complex terrain like ordinary lakes filled with sedimentary sand and biological remains. In fact, it is very clean and tidy. It is just a flat piece of silver sand with irregular light patterns flowing in it, vaguely outlining a totem. shape.

This light is the prototype of the 'giant beast' seen by the people of Lian City on the lake. Because this light has extremely strong penetrating power, it can actually reach the lake surface across thousands of meters of lake water.

Slowly landing on the silver sand, Ian sensed that the Book of Silver Glory in his hand began to react very obviously - layers of silver-gray light nets were intertwined on the book, making it levitate. In the lake, I quickly and automatically turned through the pages of the book.

The light network appeared from the Book of Silver Glory, and then formed an extremely strange pattern in front of Ian...so much so that Ian didn't realize what it was for a while.

It looks like a side view of a meteorite impacting the planet, but... this planet doesn't seem to be Terra?

Along with the mysterious pattern, a large row of mysterious words appeared.

Theoretically speaking, it is absolutely impossible for Ian to understand this mysterious text that has never appeared before - if he wants to understand it, he must first increase the favorability of the Dragon Worship Cult and Elder Manya to full, and then Go on a few tasks to prove that you are indeed one of their own, and then you can learn this extremely ancient Dragon God text from the other party's hands.

But that’s where the world gets mixed up.

"Silver chip, translate!"

Immediately, in Ian's eyes, this row of extremely complicated words, which may even be written in some kind of three-dimensional structure, and which must be projected with light to get a glimpse of the full text, were all translated into the common language of Terra.

There is even a Chinese switch logo next to it.

Ian couldn't help but sigh: "Every time I see this, I feel that the silver chip is really a bit too strong - what is its origin?"

Then he carefully observed the inner meaning of these mysterious words

[Core...lost contact...request...interruption, escort mission...aborted]

[Requesting instructions... invalid... free movement... damaged! 】

[The highest mission... core... engine...]

【Waiting for instructions】

It's very strange. There is obviously a large amount of mysterious text, but after being translated into Terran Common Language, there is only this little information.

Ian frowned slightly. He switched to Chinese again and found that it was the same, and even the meaning was exactly the same.

However, even so, Ian can be sure that this mysterious text was definitely created by some extremely advanced civilization - because Ian can detect that just the projection of these words has some kind of power that can trigger the source. Some kind of fluctuation in quality.

In other words, it is a text that can directly trigger the power of sublimation with its pure imprint! It is very similar to the prototype 'inscription' of Terra Common Language, but its power is greater than the inscription. It can achieve the same effect without the help of psychic field and light ink.

In other words, its own existence itself can constitute a spiritual field.

This is a higher level of 'inscription'!

If this is the language of dragons, then the civilization level of the clan to which the true dragon belongs is probably unimaginably high.

A large amount of mysterious text flows out of the Book of Silver Glory like a waterfall, resonating with the silver sand at the bottom of Lake Ryan, but the meaning is almost exactly the same. It repeats a large number of invalid instructions, just like running a program with a bug.

Ian stared at these words, and with his wisdom, of course he came up with the only reason that could explain the small amount of information in this mysterious text.

"This thing..."

The young man murmured to himself: "Should I use my soul to see it?"

"Only beings with souls, or even spiritual beings, are worthy of 'reading' words?"

Ian pondered for a while, his eyes flashed with a silver-green halo.

The boy floated up to an area close to the lake surface and observed the fog on Scott's body.

"Dark blue with a little red..." He murmured to himself: "It proves that he should have a chance to take the magic potion, but he will still encounter danger. War is normal."

After confirming this, Ian immediately returned to the bottom of the lake.

He used his soul to touch the 'Book of Silver Glory'.