The end of the world: mountain and sea disasters

A bronze door buried in the mountain.

The long black insect that blocked the remaining door and the statue in front of me were fighting against the forest spirit.

Yu Ke's mind couldn't help but think of the special events mentioned in the information sent by Ye Yingtong:

A disaster occurred in Jinghu Forest two hundred years ago. Since then, the forest spirit has disappeared and never appeared again.

Is the cause of all this close at hand?

This place was supposed to be a temple dedicated to the forest spirits, but now faced with the return of the forest spirits' will, its statues are resisting fiercely.

No, it has nothing to do with the idol.

It's the talismans and incantations carved on the statue that are causing trouble!

The tomb robbers who broke into the temple a hundred years ago set a trap on the surface of the forest statue. They seemed to foresee that the will of the forest would return here at some point in the future, trying to regain control of the temple.

How could anyone plot against the gods?

Yu Ke half-closed his eyes, staring closely at the two energies entangled around the statue.

Facts have proved that extraordinary power has long existed in this world, but the advent of the era of cataclysm has brought to the surface many things that should have existed in the dark, such as the red ghost mask that Ye Yingtong's exploration team unearthed not long ago.

These things that should have been buried underground with the dust of history seem to have been summoned from the era of cataclysm and reappeared in the world!

Even the emergence of the will of the forest spirit benefited from the era of cataclysm to some extent.

Otherwise, how could it reappear in Jinghu Forest in the near future after being dormant for more than two hundred years?

It's a pity that its current ability has been weakened to the extreme. Even to eliminate the aberrant beasts, Shadow Moon Leopard and Yu Ke have to help, and most of the time it can only serve as a guide.

Facing the scarlet light on the surface of the statue, the forest spirit was defeated not long after.

The light group entrusting the will of the forest spirit was forced to withdraw from the statue.

Yu Ke approached the statue with a bow and arrow in hand, wanting to help the forest spirit. The searchlight on his helmet illuminated the surface of the statue, and he discovered that the body of the statue was actually covered with various strange dark red scriptures. Wen, the thick smell of blood hit his face.

No matter how much time and materials it takes to achieve this level, what kind of tomb robber can be proficient in these sinister scriptures and go out of his way to carve them into the statues of forest gods to desecrate them?

It stands to reason that those local masters who break into temples or tombs are just asking for money and just take things away. Why bother?

There is only one explanation.

They want so much more than money that they resort to such sacrilegious means without fear of retaliation.

No matter how capable Yu Ke was, he couldn't restore the statue to its original state. He couldn't use the Leviathan ax to scrape off these fonts. It was obviously not just these bloody evil scriptures that really suppressed the forest spirits.

I'm afraid this is one of the main reasons why Senling has never thought of cooperating with the official government so far.

With this thought in mind, Yu Ke used a camera to record part of the scriptures.

He will not disclose the things here to anyone, which violates the trust of the forest spirit in bringing him here. It is feasible to find the culprit that caused all this through these scriptures. It can be regarded as helping the forest spirit find it for a hundred years. former enemy.

"What do you need me to do?"

Yu Ke photographed some of the bloody scriptures in front of the forest spirit, then turned to look at the latter and asked.

The forest spirit specially brought him and the Shadow Moon Leopard into the temple because it must have wanted to do something. Considering that the forest spirit was the protector of the Mirror Lake Forest, Yu Ke was willing to assist it in its actions to the best of his ability.

The fluorescent green light circled around the statue, as if looking for a flaw in the trap, and finally collected the flames on the bronze pillars, fell back in front of Yu Ke and Shadow Moon Leopard, bypassed the statue and continued walking inside.

In Yu Ke's view, this move undoubtedly meant that the forest spirit had temporarily given up on regaining control of the statue.

Are there other important things behind the temple?

Following the forest spirit, Yu Ke walked around the statue and came to the space behind it. He thought it was a polished rock wall, but he didn't expect that there was a magnificent bronze door behind it, with two stone statues squatting at the door. beast.

Nearly three meters high and five meters wide, the surface is also covered with exquisite reliefs like the main entrance. They should be made by the same group of craftsmen. The only difference is that this side has not been destroyed, and no sinister traps have been laid. It still looks like it is It remains as it was a hundred years ago.

Could it be the inner hall of the temple?

Yu Ke stood in front of the bronze door, feeling increasingly confused.

The specifications of the ruins in front of him were somewhat beyond his imagination.

But we were already here, so there was no reason to retreat. He turned sideways and glanced at the fluorescent green light group stopping in front of the bronze door. Yu Ke put away his bow and arrows, pressed his hands on the bronze door, gave a low drink, and his whole body burst with energy.

Boom~

Following two muffled sounds, floating dust rustled down from the gaps.

Yu Ke could feel the heaviness of the two doors, so he gathered all his strength. The Shadow Moon Leopard quickly stood upright and joined the push of the doors. Finally, he pushed the bronze door open, and the forest spirit couldn't wait to fly in. .

The crack in the central door gradually widened, and the falling dust blocked his view. Yu Ke waved it away and stepped into the space behind the bronze door.

The forest spirit seemed to want Yu Ke to see the inner scene clearly, so it rose into the air and increased the brightness of the light group.

The sight that caught his eye made Yu Ke stop where he was, looking around in astonishment.

This is not the inner hall of a temple at all, but a casting workshop hidden in the mountains!

The first thing that caught his attention was the giant blast furnace in the center of the entire space. The furnace filled with firewood or coal at the bottom was half a person's height. There was a hill-like pile of coal next to it, and there was an iron railing at the front. There were several copper chains tied to it, and the ends were connected to several strange-shaped animal skeletons. Their heads were facing the furnace, and they didn't know what they were used for.

There are also buildings with different functions scattered near the blast furnace.

In front of the rock wall on the left is a two-story house made of stacked stones, molds required for casting bronzes, and utensils with exaggerated specifications.

Yu Ke did not have any research on the process of casting bronzes and could only speculate based on some things.

But even so, he was still certain that there was a team living here in seclusion hundreds or even thousands of years ago, making bronzes day and night.

The question is why choose such an inconvenient place?

You must know that casting bronze requires a lot of equipment, and it goes without saying that it consumes manpower and material resources. Site selection is extremely important.

As a result, these people chose the place behind the Forest Temple to cast bronzes, which is really incredible.

Yu Ke stepped on the bluestone bricks and kept moving forward, thinking about what was hidden here and what the forest spirit's purpose was in bringing him here.

Dang~

Suddenly, there was a crisp sound in my ears.

Yu Ke suddenly looked up and looked in the direction of the sound. It was a bronze chime hanging on a wooden frame, but it showed no signs of moving. How could it suddenly make a sound?

Bow and arrow, Yu Ke's eyes wandered around until a green light flashed on the right side of the chime. He was about to open his bow and kill it, but he saw that the light was actually outlined into a blurry figure, holding an object like a mallet. , striking on the chimes.

clang!

Fluorescent green light spreads with the chime as the core.

The dark and quiet interior of the mountain suddenly became noisy.

The sound of people shouting, the sound of clanking, the roar of wild animals

Noisy noises reached his ears, and Yu Ke felt his scalp numb. He could not hear clearly what those people were shouting. Everything in his field of vision seemed to have remained unchanged, or there seemed to be some kind of change that he could not detect. .

At this moment, the forest spirit suspended at a high place fell back behind Yu Ke, pushing him forward. At the same time, some light spots covered the front of Yu Ke's eyes, as if a special pair of lights were set up on the bridge of his nose. Glasses.

Realizing that this was the work of the forest spirit, Yu Ke did not resist its guidance and walked towards somewhere ahead.

In an instant, the scene in his field of vision suddenly changed.

As if traveling through time and space, after a brief trance, Yu Ke found himself inside a workshop thousands of years ago.

Although the scenery was still blurry because the power of the forest spirit had not yet been restored, this did not prevent Yu Ke from observing their actions.

Someone rang the chime, which was like a signal to start construction, and hundreds of people walked out of the stone building.

The body shape of most of them was not much different from that of modern humans, except for the last group of people who appeared particularly tall.

They are generally close to two and a half meters tall. They wear exaggerated bronze masks, and their torsos are even bigger. They are shirtless and have only two cloth belts crisscrossing each other. Their lower bodies are in baggy trousers that are only tightened at the ankles. , a very obvious look of a strongman.

This is obviously beyond the scope of ordinary people. Yu Ke has no idea about the history of this world, let alone where these giants come from, and what special race they are. He can only try to remember their appearance and characteristics.

As these people entered their respective positions, Yu Ke, who was traveling, had a panoramic view of their work.

He saw a team of more than a dozen people digging prepared soil from the distant rock wall and walking to a high platform under the guidance of the supervisor; he saw the strongmen carrying shovels and walking towards the coal mountain, constantly pouring coal into the mountain. The furnace was burning brightly; he saw five ferocious beasts that looked like cattle and horses, covered in flames, crawling in front of the blast furnace. Someone was waving a whip next to them, causing them to spit hot flames into the blast furnace at a specific rhythm.

Everything here is not only orderly, but also tells Yu Ke everywhere about the special nature of this foundry. Extraordinary things can be seen everywhere here, giants serve as strong laborers, and ferocious beasts are just tools for burning the stove.

When Yu Ke walked near the blast furnace, his sight was attracted by the pipes behind it.

There are two blast furnaces nearby, which refine the copper ore into liquid and lead it somewhere ahead.

Yu Ke quickened his pace. He was eager to see what kind of artifacts these strange people and beasts could work for.

The fluorescent green light was still spreading, gathering in front of Yu Ke into a crowd of people dressed in luxurious clothes. They were on the ground, wearing masks made of gold and jade, holding bamboo slips, sometimes shouting and kneeling, and sometimes chanting obscure mantras.

Looking past them, Yu Ke noticed that the bluestone bricks under his feet became more regular and arranged in a specific pattern, and a large number of exquisite patterns appeared on the surface. If you look closely, you will find that they are all mountains, rivers, birds and beasts, and Every piece is different.

Obviously this was a sacrifice that took place thousands of years ago, and they were praying for the items that were about to be born.

Yu Ke continued to move forward, his eyes moving along the copper liquid flowing high up, and finally landed in front of the mold in the center of the sacrificial site. The copper liquid was poured into it from the top, and two birdmen with wings on their backs were on the top of the mold. Wander around and sprinkle some broken soil into it from time to time.

Yu Ke, who became more and more curious, took a few steps closer to find out what they were refining. It was at this time that he was shocked to find a large number of cracks on the outside of the mold, as if something was trying to Breaking free may also be caused by an accident during the casting process, causing problems in the casting process.

The majestic energy gathered and detonated the mold in an instant, and the contents inside were probably difficult to retain.

Not to mention clearly seeing what was inside, Yu Ke quit the observation state. The light and shadow in front of him disappeared without a trace, the noisy noises became quiet, and he unknowingly arrived at the center of the deserted sacrificial site.

What you see in front of you is only a broken mold base, and the rest has long since been worn away over time.

Wait, what is this?

Before he had time to lament the past history, Yu Ke keenly noticed the modern tools scattered in the core area of ​​the sacrificial site where the mold was located, as well as a large number of battle traces and more than a dozen skeletons with different death appearances.

A few oil lamps, broken talismans, and pen and paper for drawing.

Based on these things alone, Yu Ke already knew what the tomb robbers who broke into the temple were really after.

They want to seize the bronze vessel that the ancients cast here!

Obviously this process was not smooth. They encountered fierce resistance in the ruins, resulting in heavy casualties. They should have won in the end, otherwise they would not have had time to carry out activities around the mold.

Yu Ke squatted down and carefully looked at the remaining mold base. From the smooth and flat gap, it could be seen that the intruders must have moved the entire incomplete mold away from here. Therefore, there was a high probability that they would not get what they wanted, so they could only retreat. And seek the second best.

Judging from the image transformed by the forest spirit, the casting was a failure. It is impossible to leave a complete vessel after the explosion.

Frankly speaking, Yu Ke knew nothing about the bronze casting process. He couldn't even identify those utensils, so he could only speculate based on the rather poor knowledge in his mind.

Apart from this, Yu Ke still could not understand why bronzes were cast here.

His intuition told him that such a location selection should have some internal connection with the forest spirit. The forest spirit statue outside was the most direct evidence. The forest spirit brought him here to convey relevant information.

"There is still a key link missing. What is the connection between the forest spirit and the bronze?"

Yu Ke frowned, thinking back on what he had seen along the way, wondering if there was anything else that he had overlooked.

As a result, he hasn't figured out the reason yet.

The Shadow Moon Leopard that had been following him suddenly jumped out and slapped away a skeleton in the sacrificial hall with his claws!

Happy Lantern Festival!

Huh~ finally caught up~