Mechanical Alchemist

The next day, the first ray of sunlight in the morning shone into the forest.

The bonfire had been extinguished, and smoke billowed from the burnt ashes. The breeze blows, and the red light can still be seen on the charred firewood.

Uta opened his eyes, refreshed. These days of vigilance, it's rare to get a solid night's sleep. She didn't disturb Su Lun, who was meditating beside her, and silently packed up the animal skin mat for sleeping.

Not long after, the crisp sound of birdsong broke the silence, and Su Lun slowly opened his eyes from his meditation.

After digesting it all night, he has almost figured out the effect of the new colony outfit.

"woke up?"

Yuta glanced at him with a smile, took a wooden stick out of the campfire and took out some cassava that had been cooked by the residual heat.

"Um."

Su Lun nodded and cleaned his mouth.

I picked up the roasted cassava again and ate it with relish.

It was dawn and there was no need for a bonfire, so Utta covered the fire completely with soil. Fire must be used very carefully in the forest, the Daru will not cause trouble to the forest.

While she was fiddling with the soil, she said, "It's not far from here to the 'Cursed Valley'. From here, there's a pass to the north. Last time the clansmen came here, they encountered a lot of weird creatures. We have to be careful. "

"Um."

Su Lun nodded.

He didn't want Uta to take risks with him, but Uta insisted.

She said that the ancestors in the clan would take risks for the continuation of the clan, so naturally she could too. Now that the ethnic group has reached the most critical time, what does she plan to do.

Su Lun had nothing to say.

The Dalu people have their own beliefs, and Uta has his own beliefs.

She is brave, persistent, kind, and sometimes silly. It was like she was at sea once, she knew she might die, but she came back to meet him without hesitation.

Su Lun also felt very good.

The two packed up the temporary camp and set off again.

The entrance to the Cursed Ancient is about twenty kilometers north of the Skull Crypt.

Because they walked very carefully, Su Lun and the others walked for half a day before arriving at a cliff pass.

The ground seems to have suddenly cracked a big crack, extending far away towards the north, and getting wider and wider.

Standing at the pass, the vision is very limited, and only some blurred mountain shadows can be seen in the distance.

The pass is very windy, and there are eagle nests on the cliffs on both sides of the canyon. From time to time, the high-pitched and distant eagles can be heard resounding through the mountain stream.

Uta pointed to the misty canyon in front of him, and said with a solemn expression: "The cursed valley is ahead. The information left by the ancestors of the clan said that this fog will make people irritable, and monsters of warcraft will also be affected. So the monsters here are all It's brutal. The deeper you go, the more dangerous it is."

"Um."

Su Lun looked at the fog in front of him and appraised it.

【Necro Mist】

Detailed explanation: The mist mixed with the negative emotions of the deceased has a small amount of toxins and a strong necromantic atmosphere; breathing for a long time will lead to mental confusion, resulting in mania, hallucinations, coma, etc. Negative states;

"Aura of death?"

Su Lun looked at the fog and guessed that the ruins might be some kind of undead plane?

The fog is thin, so if you pay attention, it is not too dangerous. He gave Uta a gas mask and put on the crow's mouth mask himself.

Thinking of being on the safe side, Su Lun psychically made the sue-morning bird again.

Black Crow liked such a canyon full of dead aura, so Quack flew down.

After waiting for a while, the crow saw no danger in his vision.

Only then did Su Lun and the others climb down the cliff.

After going down, he immediately understood why this place was called "Cursed Valley".

The wind whistling and whistling in the valley echoed in my ears. The voice sounded like someone was cursing in the ear, which made people feel inexplicably irritable. But I want to listen carefully, but I can't hear what to say.

Utaxiu's is the force of nature, and it is obviously very uncomfortable to be in such an environment with a strong atmosphere of death.

"Is this 'Whispers of the Dead'?"

Su Lun frowned slightly.

His mental power was very sensitive, and he immediately realized that this was not just the wind, but the whispers of the dead.

This sound is actually not heard by the ears, but the influence of mental power.

Could it be because of the great battle back then, when a large number of strong men died, and the ghosts of the dead lingered?

Or is it because of the ruins?

Su Lun guessed two possibilities in his mind, but he hadn't gone deep into it yet, and there was no way to confirm it.

Thinking about it, he opened the black umbrella to cover himself and Uta beside him.

The black umbrella of human skin can absorb the substances of the necromantic system, and holding the umbrella is like opening a barrier, immediately isolating the two of them from the sound.

Uta's complexion improved a lot in an instant.

The canyon was formed by an earthquake hundreds of years ago, so a dense jungle has long grown under the canyon.

However, the trees here are generally gray-black, whether the leaves or the trunks, giving people a lifeless feeling.

The fog would restrict the perception of most normal people, but Su Lun's soul perception was not restricted at all. Even necromantic monsters have some thin "soul bodies". What's more, there are black crows in front of them to open their vision. Be careful, it is not difficult for them to see the monsters in the valley.

The two gradually went deeper into the canyon, and the fog became thicker and thinner.

He walked a long way without encountering any danger.

However, this cursed valley caused heavy losses to the team of the Dalu people who came to explore, so it must not be that simple.

No matter how careful Su Lun was, they still strayed into the territory of a [Human Face Rotten Flower] monster.

To be precise, the tentacles of that monster are buried in the ground for several miles, like fishing nets in the canyon to catch prey. If you want to pass, you can't avoid it.

Those roots have no soul, Su Lun didn't perceive it.

The two stepped into its hunting range, but immediately came alive, wrapping them tightly.

Fortunately, Su Lun found that there were no normal creatures around, so he was prepared in advance. No matter how high the monster itself is, it only has the "weird" strength of Tier 3 silver.

[Phosphorus fire doll] A large area is burned fiercely, and the tentacles can't avoid it, so it's not a big problem to kill.

It was a near miss.

Su Lun also discovered that the environment here is very similar to that of Old Lingdon.

That [Human face rotten flower] has flesh and blood, has the characteristics of animals and plants.

This is not a normal creature, nor is it a creature from another plane.

To use the description of the monster system of Old Lingdon, this is the "abnormal monster".

It was a native species that was deformed because it couldn't bear the pollution of the dead spirit.

Encountered a small accident, Su Lun and the two became more careful.

I encountered a few monsters with strong breaths later, but they all avoided them.

Because the walking is not fast, the progress of the itinerary is very slow. It got dark very early in the canyon, and the two chose not to take the risk of a night walk, but found a cave for the night.

The next day, after the sun shone into the canyon, they continued on the road.

At noon, they finally found traces of the ruins.

The last time the Daru people came to curse the valley was decades ago. There are no roads in the jungle at all, and there is no talk of routes at all.

The only things that can be distinguished are a few big landmarks, such as "Bitter Spring", "Goutouyan", and "Korean Pine Forest".

Although Su Lun has a strong perception, in the jungle, Uta's observation ability far surpasses him.

When the two came to a charred forest area that looked like it was struck by lightning, Juta suddenly exclaimed: "Mr. Su Lun, look there!"

Su Lun walked over to take a closer look, only to find that the unremarkable stone was a man-made stone pillar.

Because time is too long, the stone pillars are covered with green moss.

Su Lun was also overjoyed. Seeing the stone pillar meant that they were very close to the ruins.

He identified the lines on the stone pillar, and said in an uncertain tone, "This seems to be the totem worshiped by the giants. According to myths and legends, the giants worship the earth, so the totems often have patterns of mountains."

Uta also nodded in agreement, "Well! The old people in the clan also said the same."

Su Lun identified it by himself, and found some other artificial buildings in the soil layer.

The scale is so large that it looks like a collapsed temple.

The two of them didn't stay long and continued to move forward.

After a while, they were blocked in their way.

I thought it was a mountain, but when the fog cleared, Su Lun realized it was a high wall.

Even if it collapsed, it would still be a jaw-dropping miraculous building.

The city wall is a hundred meters high only exposed to the soil, and it is constructed of huge white stone strips like trucks. There were marks on the walls that looked like they had been ruptured by an earthquake, and rubble was scattered all over the jungle.

Today's weather is very good, the sun suddenly shines into the canyon, and the visibility becomes very high.

There was a little excitement in Uta's eyes, and he pointed at the city wall and whispered: "Mr. Su Lun, we found it!"

Behind the city wall was the turning point of the decline of the Dalu tribe.

They still don't know what happened there.

"Um."

Su Lun nodded, but did not jump over the wall rashly.

In the memory he harvested, the Holy Judgment Legion of the Elu British Empire should have arrived in the ruins.

He released the crow and flew over the wall.

Just at this time, the wind blew and the mist drifted away. The crow had a wide field of vision, and just had a glimpse of the whole scenery behind the wall.

But just looking at it, he was immediately shocked by the shared vision!

"That is.!!!"

Su Lun originally thought that the ancient ruins were ruins of urban buildings, but he never thought that what he saw behind the wall was a super giant tree.

A big tree that blocks out the sun like a mountain!

It was a giant gray elm that was beyond Su Lun's cognition, and it was the same species as the one in the holy land of the Dalu tribe.

However, the size of the two is vastly different.

There is indeed a huge relic behind the wall.

Tall stone pillars, ruins of palaces, and unique style of giant stone statues can be seen everywhere.

But all these architectural traces are on the giant tree with intertwined roots!

"how could this be?"

Thoughts raced through Su Lun's mind.

He immediately judged that this giant tree grew after the ruins. Therefore, those buildings are guessed to have grown on tree trunks, and were washed to pieces.

Juta looked at Su Lun with a different expression and asked, "What's the matter, Mr. Su Lun?"

Su Lun looked slightly complicated, and said, "I saw a giant tree."

When Uta heard the description, he was immediately shocked.

When the ancestors of the Dalu tribe came, it was full of mist. They only found some traces of the ruins and monsters, and then they retreated without seeing the whole picture of the ruins.

I didn't think about it, the ruins they thought were on the mountain were actually on a tree?

Suddenly, Uta thought of something, and said excitedly: "I think, I might know what it is!"

"oh?"

Su Lun listened and looked sideways.

Uta's eyes were trembling, and he said complicatedly: "Then that may be a lost magic technique of our Dalu tribe - [Seal of the Tree Realm · Burying the Gods]!"

"Spell?"

Su Lun keenly grasped the words, and said in surprise, "You mean this giant tree was transformed by magic?"

"No, not a spell."

Uta shook his head and corrected: "[Buying God] is a sealing magic that can only be performed by at least an eighth-level archdruid. But the power of the magic is beyond the control of ordinary people. After stepping up and performing it, the body will irreversibly tree. .So... that tree may be the body of the archdruid!"

After a pause, she seemed to have guessed the tip of the iceberg of some secrets back then, and said in a trembling tone: "Such a huge seal, I'm afraid it was only possible for many top arch druids to perform it together."

When Su Lun heard this, various clues appeared in his mind and connected together, and he seemed to understand why the top Dalu tribe's top powerhouses were wiped out in the original battle.

So it turned into a tree after casting this magic spell?

But at the same time, problems also came.

What kind of terrifying thing is there in this ruins that requires the entire Daru clan masters to use divine magic to seal it?

What is the "source of disaster" in the legend of the God of Nature oracle?

The situation of the ruins in the Cursed Valley is obviously more complicated than expected.

Encountered something he didn't understand, Su Lun still decided to ask for help off the court.

He picked up the communication ring and contacted Mr. Mirror.

After coming to the Dalu tribe before, and knowing the ruins of the cursed valley, Mr. Jing seems to have some guesses. She specifically asked him to confirm some information for her if he wanted to come.

Seeing this situation now, Su Lun contacted directly.

"Sister, I have a question to ask you."

He succinctly stated all his findings.

Mr. Jing is in retreat, and Su Lun thought he would not get a timely reply.

Unexpectedly, not long after, Mr. Jing's slightly dignified response came from the communicator, "You mean, the aura of necromancy is very strong in the valley, and there are high-level distortion monsters?"

"Um."

As Su Lun said, he also told the situation of the giant tree and their guesses.

Listening to the lack of response from the communicator for a long time, Mr. Jing seemed to be lost in thought.

After thinking about it, he asked again: "Senior sister, is there a plane channel under this ruin?"

After pondering for a while, a complicated tone came from the communicator, "It's not that simple."

After a pause, Mr. Jing continued: "My father always wanted to find out the real reason that led to the collapse of civilization in the Dawn Era. Later, he traveled around and found sporadic clues from some ancient ruins. He speculated that on the ice sheets of the Northern Continent, Near the current Silent Forest, there should be a 'place of burial'."

"The place where the gods are buried?"

Su Lun became interested.

My senior sister has seen a god-level powerhouse before, and she even made up a knife.

She has such a tone, it is definitely not as simple as an ordinary god.

"Um."

Mr. Jing responded: "According to legend, the collapse of Dawn civilization was caused by a war. The top powerhouses of many planes encircled and suppressed the alchemy civilization, and a 'Battle of the Gods' took place. The details of which will never be known to the world. .My father did not find any definite clues. However, he reversed the cause and effect from the law of fate, and determined that the shocking battle must have happened. The battle of the god-level powerhouse is very terrifying, and it can even cause the plane to collapse. Now we The lack of plane laws is most likely the reason for the collapse of the Great War."

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When Su Lun heard this, he finally understood why his senior sister cared so much about this relic.

There are ancient treasures everywhere in this world. Mr. Jing originally came out of the ruins of Liming City. Naturally, it cannot be any treasures from the ruins.

At this time, Mr. Jing said again: "The fall of the god-level powerhouse will lead to the collapse of matter and law, which is very terrifying. Those chaotic high-level laws, necromantic energy, and dark energy will overflow uncontrollably. For For those who transcend the mortal world, it may be a chance. But for mortals, it is a disaster like the plague. The best way is to seal those things. Once leaked, it is like the source of disaster , that would be devastating to human civilization."

How did the spirit of death in the Cursed Valley come from?

That being said, everything seems to make sense.

Back then, the deep-sea giant came to the ruins just to grab the opportunity left by those fallen ancient gods in the Dawn Era?

Su Lun suddenly understood why the ancestors of the Dalu tribe sacrificed their lives to seal this relic.

It turned out to be like this.

However, the problem came again.

The Dalu people don't need to covet the treasures in those ruins, now it's the Luying royal family who are developing the ruins!

Greedy nobles can even be slaves to humans, and can they give up relics and treasures?

In case Mr. Jing guessed it, it was the "place of burial of gods". Isn't their behavior playing nuclear bombs, and everyone will finish playing together?

Obviously, Mr. Jing also thought of this.

In the communicator, her solemn tone came: "I will come over as soon as possible."

"Sister, are you coming over?"

Su Lun knew that her senior sister was at the critical moment of retreat and recovery, and she said that it would take about half a year before she could leave the retreat.

Now you say you want to come?

"Um."

Mr. Jing's decisive words came from the communicator

After a pause, she said solemnly again: "Su Lun, do what you can to prevent those people from the Luying army from destroying the seal. I will arrive in three days at most."

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Su Lun's eyelids twitched as he listened.

The opponent has an elite royal army led by the head of the sixth-tier army.

Are you so optimistic about your junior brother?

For a moment of stupefaction, a caring voice came from the communicator, "Well, be careful."