Pollution throughout the territory

At the beginning of the story, a group of creatures with star-shaped heads waved huge membranous wings and shuttled among the stars. They possessed extremely advanced scientific knowledge and social form, and their body tissues were extremely tough. They had conquered several planets. Later, a branch of this ancient race came to Blue Star.

At that time, most of the Blue Star was still covered by the ocean. They lived at the bottom of the ocean, and in order to satisfy their own needs, they created the first Blue Star life.

They also created a multicellular body of protoplasm, using a crystal to control each other, as slaves for the Ancient One to command.

These slaves were called Shoggoths.

The Shoggoths are formless, consisting of an amorphous green gel with eyeballs covering the surface. Precisely because the body has no fixed shape, the Shoggoths can control the cells of the body to transform into any desired form to complete the task. Various jobs.

Relying on their super technological power and tough bodies, the Ancient Ones once built their own cities in various places on the Blue Star. Judging from the images on the reliefs, their group is likely to have a socialist form. The old ones live long lives, reproduce through spores, and rarely die. Whenever someone of their kind dies, they bury the body upright on a five-pointed star-shaped mound.

Seeing this, Xia Ren's face turned pale with fright.

He recalled the six monster corpses buried vertically under the five-pointed star's grave yesterday afternoon. Those were the Ancient Ones! And this proves that there are still awakened ancient beings in the mountains!

This huge palace was built by the Shoggoths to please the ancients, so the reliefs were not completed at the beginning, and were added later with supplementary carvings.

Later, Xia Ren and the others saw a tragic war broke out between the ancient ones and some other strange races that came to Blue Star later. Due to the damage of the reliefs, they did not see clearly the appearance of those races later, but then, in the ancient times, After the warriors defeated other races, a rebellion broke out among the Shoggoths.

Although this rebellion was eventually suppressed, the ancients also lost part of their technology. What's more serious is that due to being in the comfortable environment of Blue Star for a long time, their body functions have seriously degraded, and they have lost the ability to travel through space. ability.

In the Jurassic period, the Ancient Ones were once again invaded by races from space. The new invader was a strange creature that was half fungus-like and half crustacean-like. The Ancient Ones had been weakened several times, and in the final battle Defeated by the invading race, he had no choice but to retreat to the South Pole of Blue Star. After surviving for a while, he fell into complete silence.

The story of the relief comes to an end here.

Xia Ren and Lanaya were still immersed in their thoughts and could not calm down for a long time.

Some of the knowledge on the relief was beyond the understanding of the two of them, causing varying degrees of terrifying hallucinations to appear in their minds, making it difficult to escape. Fortunately, Professor Ford reminded them, and the two of them came to their senses.

Xia Ren looked at the scene around him and suddenly felt a little strange. The land where he had always lived still hid so many terrifying secrets.

At the same time, another question arose in his mind. According to the description on the reliefs, the ancients had a special living habit. They were used to piling items in the center of the room and then using the walls as decorations. However, this palace was empty. It means that the ancients have a plan to evacuate here, then...

Who completed the relief above the head?

Various clues indicate that this palace was abandoned after the defeat of the Ancient Ones. Then the only ones who recorded the demise of the Ancient Ones were the slave race - the Shoggoths.

In other words, in addition to the other eight awakened ancients, there may be another terrifying monster in the mountains.

Xia Ren looked at Professor Ford. Whatever he could think of, the other party must have thought of it too.

He received confirmation. Professor Ford nodded and said: "I just told you some secrets that may be helpful to us, not only this relief, but also other things."

"Come with me."

He said.

Lanaya held Xia Ren's hand tightly, her expression showing some resistance.

Xia Ren gently squeezed her palm and comforted her: "It's okay. The worst result is that we both die together."

In addition, he still remembers that he is now in an ancient dream. Although everything is so real, it is still false. Even if he is unwilling to face it, he cannot change this fact.

His mission was to glimpse the Old Ones in order to obtain controllable distortions. This mission had been deliberately ignored by him, but now he had to face it.

After walking out of the palace, they discovered an underground cave at the other end of the square.

There is a broken flashlight on the edge of the cave.

"This is obviously something in the base. Something brought them here. The only guess I can make is that the ancient ones have awakened and took some of the things they thought were novel for research. Because of fear, I I have never dared to go down, but now that you are here, or maybe I have a companion, I am suddenly not so afraid. There is the smell of gasoline in it, indicating that the ancients may have brought some of the fuel from the plane over. As long as they can be found , we have hope of survival, but before that, we are more likely to be killed by the Ancient One. You should consider whether you want to go down."

Professor Ford calmly analyzed the situation at hand and spelled out the pros and cons.

Xia Ren didn't hesitate too much and said: "As of now, we are all dead, but there is still a glimmer of hope."

This is consent.

After Xia Ren finished speaking, he looked back at Lanaya. Unlike him and Professor Ford, Lanaya's sanity was obviously not high. The monsters last night alone almost caused her to have a nervous breakdown. If she went down and saw the ancient Or Shoggoth, she might go crazy directly, so she must not be allowed to go down.

"Just wait for us here. Those things are too scary for you."

"No, I want to go with you, and you are still injured..." Lanaya looked anxious.

"I know it's hard to wait outside alone, but we may not encounter anything unexpected. We're just looking for gasoline. Once we get it, we'll run. Don't worry, I'll be back."

He said the last sentence very firmly and could not be refuted.

Lanaya also knew that she might be held back if she went in. Last night Xia Ren asked her to untie the dog leash. She made one mistake after another out of fear, almost wasting precious time. If she saw a more terrifying creature...

She didn't dare to think about it, so she didn't insist anymore, but her eyes were still worried and reluctant.

"You must come back."

"Will do."

Xia Ren turned around and walked into the cave with Professor Ford.

With the help of the light of the flashlight, they discovered that this was a cave with obvious architectural traces. The surrounding rock walls had been eroded and their original appearance could not be seen. However, they may have been smooth and clean passages eons ago.

They didn't go far when they heard a rustling sound, as if something was sliding.