Our family is in decline

Lance finally understood why he didn't encounter any monsters along the way. It turned out that they already knew that they were invading, and then found that they couldn't win, so they chose a favorable location to set up an ambush.

They want to lead Lance into the water. Once a person enters, the shaman can stir up the water and easily drag him into the bottomless abyss, which is a dead end.

Who knew that the smell in the air exposed them, and Lance blew them all up with a bomb.

The shaman wanted to stir up a surge to swallow up the entire space, and those warriors rode the waves just like how one hundred thousand heavenly soldiers besieged Sun Wukong in Huaguo Mountain.

It's a pity that Lance ran away decisively, using space to exchange their advantage and drag the battle to the ground.

In the passage, three or four of them can rush up together, and the result is that they will be mowed down by Lance. But now in this wide place, they can make full use of the power of the group.

Although the grass was also cut, the few cuts made Lance bleed.

But it's all over...

Lance still had the good virtue of frugality and quickly cleaned up the flesh and blood at the scene, leaving a few uninjured salted fish for research later.

After the matter was completed, he recalled Wangcai, and then used the perspective of the helmet to observe the surrounding situation.

Lance's eyes fell on the building opposite the puddle, and then he took a step. His whole figure was swallowed up by the black flames that instantly ignited. However, when the fireworks dissipated, only the slight ripples of the puddle were left.

Walk in the void!

The next second, Lance's figure appeared on the other side, and the meteor armor also turned into black flames and dissipated, shrinking into a unique ring, but the strange light on it looked a bit evil.

Lance's skin was covered with strange burn-like scars, and there were even tiny black flames that refused to subside. This was why Lance didn't like to use this trick.

The killing just now didn't satisfy it. When he stopped, he could even feel that it was still urging him. If his soul hadn't been [protected], it would be really difficult to get rid of it.

The wounds healed under the reconstruction of flesh and blood, and Lance focused more on those buildings.

Basically, they are built on the mountain, or even carved directly from it. It is precisely because of this that they have not been completely destroyed by the erosion of the long river of history.

But some have collapsed, some have been buried, and some have been flooded. Fortunately, most of them have been preserved.

After entering it, I found traces of deep divers living there. This discovery broke Lance's previous conjecture that these guys lived in the sea.

If so, they should be amphibious creatures, living a life of fishing and hunting, and usually rest in such an environment...

So this is their dormitory? Or a town?

Unfortunately, precisely because of living in it, Lance could not find anything of value other than garbage. That is to say, only the rocky buildings have survived, and the rest were destroyed.

Lance knew that there should be a part under the water pool, because he found that part of these buildings were exposed, and it was vaguely visible that the lower half was still in the water.

The water level back then was definitely not what it is now, but no one knows what happened.

The risk of entering the water was too high, and Lance did not dare to explore rashly. He could only have a chance by clearing out the deep divers later.

Lance is just an ordinary archaeologist. He has no research objects, so he can only focus on those buildings exposed to the water.

After walking around in a circle, Lance selected some distinctive patterns and textures and drew them, planning to go back to Alhazred or Amanda to study them.

What is the reason why an ancient civilization chose to build and carve so many buildings here?

If this was an ordinary residential area, then according to the usual divisions of human beings, there would definitely be rich areas, religious areas and the like deeper down.

With strong curiosity, Lance chose to leave here and continue deeper.

Walking down the dark and winding passage among the buildings here, Lance soon realized that something was wrong.

Because he soon felt the sea breeze blowing, not the kind inspired by deep-sea shamans, but the natural sea breeze, and he could vaguely hear the sound of crashing waves.

This discovery made Lance change his direction and follow the direction of the sound and the wind.

Sure enough, he soon saw the white cave entrance, which was the exit to the outside world!

After staying inside for too long, Lance couldn't help but speed up and rush towards the bright light. As he got closer, the bright light became bigger and bigger, until that moment finally came and broke through the light barrier.

The intense bright light made him close his eyes and raise his hands to cover the light in front of him. It took him a moment to adapt and slowly opened his eyes to look at the endless sea ahead.

The sea breeze blew away the salty and humid water vapor that enveloped his body, and his whole body felt refreshed inexplicably.

"I'm out! I'm finally out! Hahaha!!!"

Lance opened his hands and raised them toward the sea, laughing maniacally.

It's like a prisoner who has been locked in a prison without seeing the light of day suddenly escapes from the prison, like Sun Wukong breaking away from the Five Fingers Mountain...

It has to be said that after staying alone for such a long time in such a complex environment, which is dark and humid inside the bay, full of enemy traps and ambushes, it can only be said that Lance has a strong will even if he is not under pressure.

After all, he is just an ordinary person.

After yelling a few times to vent his anger, Lance felt a little chilly, and then he discovered a very embarrassing thing.

After taking back the armor, I was busy exploring and forgot to put on my clothes. Now I have been screaming strangely for a long time, and I only realized it when I was blown by the sea breeze.

Quickly finding a pair of shorts and putting them on, Lance glanced around. Fortunately, no one around had seen what just happened, otherwise he would have to kill them all.

Lance's mood quickly stabilized after being disturbed by this, and he began to study and observe the surrounding situation.

He found that this was not the place where he entered, but on the sea cliff on the other side. It was not as steep as before, but there were also rocks of different sizes standing upright.

That is to say, cross the sea cliff by yourself and then come out in the other direction.

The bay, which is so complicated that it can be called a fantasy, is actually a place based on various fissures and caves eroded by nature on the sea cliffs.

So what should I do now?

Go home to rest and fight again tomorrow?

Don't be in a hurry, just have a good meal and take a rest first, then nibble on some bread and dried meat, which will almost give you an ulcer in your mouth.

Lance found a shady and leeward corner to light a bonfire, set up camp and lay down to recover.

Use [Messenger] to call Grendel back to exchange information about the bay and obtain Hamlet's current situation.

After eating and drinking enough to eliminate mental stress, Wangcai stood sentry to guard against sneak attacks by deep divers. When he woke up again, it was already evening. After a short rest, his condition was obviously much better.

Those deep divers were probably really scared of him and didn't come over to disturb his sleep.

After using the messenger to receive the message, Lance's expression calmed down.

The town is fine, but the deep divers swarming Hamlet's shores haven't retreated.

This situation cut off Lance's desire to go back.

The strategic goal has not been achieved. Going back now will give the deep divers time to react. What if they invade Hamlet again and bring the battlefield back to their hometown?

Still not hurting them, they must be given a heavy blow!

Lance got up and peeed directly into the wind and rushed into the sea.

"It's cheap for you idiots. Fortunately, I don't have diabetes, so I can't give you any sweetness."

After shaking his shorts and pulling them up, Lance turned around and entered the bay again.

Either don’t fight, or you must destroy them if you want to fight!

Returning to the dim bay, Lance continued to look for a deeper route.

Then he was blocked by piles of garbage, most of which seemed to be shipwrecks, large wooden boards, thick masts, damaged canvas, ropes and other debris.

You must know that there is a crack leading to the outside world. From the looks of it, the waves should be pouring in during high tide, constantly washing in the garbage from the outside. If there is a little bit stuck here, it will continue to accumulate until the channel is blocked.

But Lance discovered something very interesting, that is, these shipwrecks are quite new. They should have been piled here recently, otherwise they would be covered with barnacles.

But why are there ships passing by near the ruins of the old city? Does the Ascension Sect still have a waterway?

Lance immediately stepped forward to rummage around, pushing aside the debris blocking the road, and soon discovered something.

This is a pirate ship, and it is weather-beaten, because there are many marks left by cuts and axes on the hull plates, as well as the blood that seeped into it. The blackened wood is impossible to clean, even if it is washed by sea water.

However, the cooperation between the ancestor and the pirates did not last for a day or two, and Lance was not sure what the specific situation was.

After all, pirates can't come here to plunder, right? It's all in ruins...

Lance searched nearby, but couldn't find even a damn copper coin. The poor guy deserved to be on the rocks.

With no more information and no benefit, Lance naturally simply cleared the passage and left.

After passing through, I pushed open the stone door at the end. It was like a huge cavity. After going a few steps deeper, the ground suddenly stopped. Most of the area in front was a bottomless pool. No one knew what was going on underground. Leading to somewhere.

There was no external light source, but the pool of water gave off a faint blue glow, vaguely illuminating the surroundings and allowing Lance to see the general outline of the entire space.

The most eye-catching thing is a collapsed pavilion on the edge of the pool. It is shaped like a round vault and supported by six multi-faceted stone pillars.

I just don’t know what happened. Half of the pavilion was tilted and buried in the sand, and the stone pillars were also broken into pieces.

You can see a lot of stone materials around, but unfortunately they have collapsed long ago and become a ruin. I don’t know what they once looked like. Only the dilapidated pavilion is still standing.

As he said he was an archeologist, Lance held a torch and approached to study the buildings. Unfortunately, the architectural style above could be seen to be similar to those of those buildings, but other than that, he really couldn't see anything else.

Suddenly, the flickering light of the fire revealed a horrifying scene, as if a giant monster was standing in front of the dim side. Even Lance subconsciously took a few steps back, with his wolf fangs unsheathed in front of him.

But Lance reacted the next second, and instead of retreating, he approached with a torch. Only then did he realize that the ghost just now was actually a giant pattern carved on the stone wall.

Relying on a huge stone, the statue is five or six meters high, and the human facial features are clearly visible, but the face is elongated, making the facial features elongated and exaggerated, making it look weird.

It was another strange place that made Lance feel uncomfortable.

Why do I feel like I am useless as an archaeologist? I can't see anything.

The idiot predecessor spent all his time picking up girls and having fun, so he spent all his college studies in vain...

Seeing that he couldn't find any clues, Lance could only push the torch to the other side.

Based on the previous information, Lance also roughly knew that most of the rooms blocked by brick walls and stone doors had water pools of varying sizes.

Because he was worried about being ambushed when he entered the water, Lance did not dare to go down, but chose to avoid it.

But this place is very strange. The water pool covers most of the area in front of us, which means there is no road ahead.

And a more special situation is the fluorescence emitted by the water surface. This thing has not been available before?

Lance wandered around the waterhole, trying to find a way around it, but unfortunately they were blocked by the waterhole, completely blocking the way forward.

While Lance was still hesitating, the water pool suddenly erupted with a stronger light, which was beyond fluorescence, but was short-lived like a flash, and at the same time there was a strong sound of electricity.

One hundred thousand volts!

Although Lance did not enter the water, he stepped on the edge of the pool, and a strong current suddenly washed through his body.

Even Lance found it difficult to resist that situation. His heart tightened as if it was being grabbed, and his whole body twisted and twitched uncontrollably.

The intense paralysis took away control of his body and held him in place.

What's more important is that the torch fell from his hand, making the surroundings suddenly dark, making it even more terrifying.

Only then did he realize that strange fluorescent tentacles stretched out from the pool and rolled towards Lance, trying to drag him into the water.

In such an emergency, Lance, who was paralyzed, heard a loud shout.

"Kouya!"

Lance's tenacious will broke through the limits of flesh and blood and broke free from the control of the strong electric shock on his body.

He directly reached out and grabbed the tentacles sticking out from the edge of the pool. The thing hiding under the water also noticed this and pulled with considerable force.

"Wake it up for me!"

No one can resist Lance's power, not even the Deep Ones.

A large pile of things was pulled out of the water by Lance like pulling out a carrot. At the same time, Lance, who had suffered a loss, quickly retreated and left the edge of the pool.

But I didn't expect that as soon as I left the water, the thing in contact with my hand burst into light again like a stress.

Electricity visible to the naked eye was stimulated, and Lance, holding the tentacle, received the electric shock again... (End of this chapter)