The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Something's wrong!" Sylvia suddenly whispered after walking a certain distance.

"I found out too." Leo responded briefly.

What the two of them said was wrong was not in the three Powell family members, but in the surrounding environment.

They all found that the surrounding space is different from the normal space. A seemingly short distance actually takes a long way to reach it, as if the distance of this road is being pulled unconsciously when walking. long.

If calculated in this way, the foot of Truber Mountain, which seems to be only one day away to the naked eye, may actually be farther than they estimated with their eyes.

Obviously, this situation should be caused by the special power shrouded in Truber Mountain.

The three people leading the way in front obviously also heard the conversation between Leo and Sylvia. They were afraid that the two of them would think it was the ghost of the three of them, so they quickly explained: "There are endless ridges from here to the foot of Mount Truber. , the environment here is very strange, the distance between the eyes and the timing is completely different, like our lumberjack family, it takes about two days to walk this way, but ordinary people need more time to walk this way Time, even completely endless."

Another person went on to say: "In the past, the Otter Federation sent many people here to explore Truber Mountain. Few people finally reached the foot of the mountain. Most of them died on the road to the endless ridge. They His bones are still on the road, and the two of you will be able to see them when the time comes."

Another person continued: "I heard that all this seems to be because a certain god offended the mysterious existence on the top of Truber Mountain and was killed here. His body turned into endless ridges, and everyone who entered here Only those who have the seal of the holy deed can avoid this curse."

When talking about this, the three of them seemed to realize something, and they looked at Leo and Sylvia at the same time. Obviously, the performance of Leo and Sylvia along the way is completely different from the ordinary people they know , they don't seem to have been influenced by Trube Mountain at all, and it feels like they are members of the lumberjack family.

At this time, someone couldn't help being curious, and boldly asked: "Which family do you two belong to..."

"We're not from the lumberjack family," Leo denied.

Although Leo denied the speculation of the three, obviously none of the three took it seriously. They all thought that Leo and Sylvia were the illegitimate children of some lumberjack family members outside. Those who want to settle accounts with their father or mother.

These three people wrote all their thoughts on their faces, and they were naturally seen by Leo and Sylvia. They didn't intend to explain. At this moment, their minds had already fallen on the legend about the endless ridge mentioned by the three.

Although this legend sounds a bit exaggerated, it seems that the lumberjack family is deliberately improving the mysticism of Truber Mountain, so this legend has not spread outside the world, but if you think about it carefully, it will return, and this legend seems to make sense , Leo can even infer that the time when the god fell was the time when Truber Mountain and its main mountain range were broken.

According to the normal situation, natural disasters that can cause the link between the two mountain ranges to break will inevitably affect the surrounding areas, causing changes in the topography of the surrounding areas.

For example, the big impact that formed Lake Beruk directly changed the topography of that area, the hills turned into lakes, the hills turned into plains, and that big impact was definitely not enough to completely break the connection between the two mountain ranges, so The force that caused the mountain to break was far greater than that big impact, and the impact caused by the fall of a god was almost the same. The fall of the eagle god in the world of Velen is the best example.

However, judging from all the records about Truber Mountain, when there was a link fault in Truber Mountain, there were no other natural disasters caused by the aftermath, and there were no major changes in the terrain, which is obviously counterintuitive. , the only thing that can be explained is the mysterious and powerful force that controls the aftermath of the shock.

Now bring in the legend of the lumberjack family about the endless ridge, then everything will be a matter of course. A god recklessly launched an impact on the mysterious existence on the top of Truber Mountain, and as a result fell, the impact caused by the fall made Te Rube Mountain and the main mountain range were broken, but the aftermath was limited by the mysterious existence of Trube Mountain, and the corpses of the fallen gods formed the current endless ridge.

For people in this world, it is absurd and ridiculous that the gods turned into ridges after the fall of the gods, but for Leo, he has seen the hills turned into giants, so naturally he would not think that the corpses of the gods turned into ridges What is the problem.

And the reason why Leo was sure that this endless ridge was transformed from the corpse of a god was because there seemed to be an extra wave of energy in the unknown power he felt here, and this energy wave gave him a decayed, decayed look. It feels like in the mountain streams of the Dibia Mountains, the corruption of the corpse of the Eagle God is very similar.

As for why the corpse of the god on the endless ridge did not become like the corpse of the eagle god, it is also easy to explain, because this corpse has been washed by the mysterious power of Truber Mountain at all times, no matter how much corruption it produces It will also be neutralized quickly and will not cause any trouble at all.

As for the neutralized corruption, it is likely to be the cause of the space stretching phenomenon of endless ridges. After all, if the unknown power of Truber Mountain also has the ability to space stretch, then it will definitely be in the previous forest. That happens, not just on this endless ridge.

The three guides led the way in front, while Leo was thinking at the back while walking unhurriedly, and Sylvia at the side did not disturb Leo's thinking, but walked aside, from time to time He squatted down and picked up a strange-looking stone from the ground.

The reason why Sylvia picked up this stone was mainly because she sensed through the instinct of the abyss dragon that this strange-looking stone was not just a stone as it looked. He felt that these stones There may be powers in them that even she doesn't know, so she picked up these stones and was going to show Leo what they were after a while.

After walking for several hours, the group came to a temporary rest hut built by the lumberjack family.

It is said to be a hut, but it is actually more like some kind of primitive cave house. They used the existing cave on the side of the ridge, built it with bricks and stones, and then added a wooden door to make such a temporary rest hut. .

The hut doesn’t look big from the outside, but it’s actually very spacious inside. It’s more than enough for a dozen people to live together. The lumberjack family has prepared some necessities for life here, and there’s also a water tank in it. Some water was collected, but these were not transported from other places, but condensed water dripped from the top of the cave.

"It will take about half a day to walk to the next rest point. It must be night by then. Walking at the endless ridge at night is very dangerous. Not only may you step on the empty ridge and fall off the ridge, but you may also encounter some monsters that come out at night , For example, the big monster, that kind of monster is very immune to our power, so we'd better rest and go tomorrow during the day." A member of the Powell family tried his best to explain.

"Okay." Leo didn't force them to travel overnight, and he wasn't in a hurry to reach the foot of Mount Trube. In fact, he didn't mind staying on the Endless Ridge for a few more days.

Hearing Leo's words, the three of them all heaved a sigh of relief, and then began to prepare food, light the fire in the fireplace, and prepare for the night.

Leo and Sylvia also went to the stone chairs in the corner of the cave and sat down.

"Take a look at what this is?" Sylvia showed Leo the strangely shaped stones she saw just now.

Leo recognized at first glance that these stones should be some kind of animal bones, and they also contained some power. After the analysis of the spiritual network, he found that there was also a trace of energy fluctuations unique to the abyss hidden in these powers.

This trace of energy fluctuations may not prove that these fossilized bones are creatures from the abyss, but it is very likely that these bones were some kind of creatures infected by the abyss during their lifetime. The Karita demon echoes.

Leo told Sylvia his analysis and judgment, but Sylvia did not fully accept Leo's statement, because she felt that the trace of abyssal energy contained in the bone might not be what Leo expected That is just the abyssal energy generated after being infected by the power of the abyss.

So, she asked Leo to find a way to extract that trace of abyssal energy from these bone fossils. She felt that perhaps after being exposed to the purest abyssal energy, the inherited memory of the abyssal dragon could inspire more useful knowledge.

Although the surrounding environment is not suitable for casting spells, things like extracting energy are not too difficult, so Leo agreed to Sylvia's request, put away the Twisting Power Amulet, and then cast a spell to extract it.

During the extraction process, the surrounding unknown forces also caused some interference effects, but because he was holding the fossil, he did not keep the spell he cast away from his body at all, so the interference he received was not too great.

Soon, Leo extracted all the fossils that Sylvia saw. After the trace of abyss energy was extracted, all the fossils immediately turned into dust, as if this trace of abyss energy was supporting these fossils shape.

At the moment when all these abyssal energies were extracted, Leo did not hand over the extracted and imprisoned abyssal energies to Sylvia, but looked at this mass of energy with all his thoughts, as if he had been captured by this mass of energy. Like sparking certain memories.

Sylvia also noticed Leo's abnormality, she didn't bother Leo, and quietly waited for Leo to return to normal.

While the three guides on the side were doing things, they looked this way from time to time. They didn't understand what Leo and Sylvia were doing, but they saw the stones that they thought could be seen everywhere when Leo took them in their hands and turned into stones. It turned into powder, and at the same time, a silver-gray light ball appeared in the palm of Leo's other hand, and when they saw the light ball, they kept having some inexplicable thoughts in their hearts, such as turning that light ball Taking it away, the light group can give them incredible power and so on.

If it was in the past, the three of them might have rushed forward to take away the light ball without hesitation, but now the three of them dare not make any actions that would cause people to misunderstand, even if they keep having similar thoughts in their hearts, because this The allure of things is far from being able to compare with the oppression brought to them by Leo and Sylvia, and they naturally know how to make the right choice.

After a while, Leo came back from his contemplation, handed over the abyss energy in his hand to Sylvia, and said to Sylvia, "Do I know where the abyss energy comes from?"

"Where are you from?" Sylvia asked curiously while taking it.

"Holy Ruins." Leo said a name he hadn't mentioned for a long time.

When Leo said this answer, there was still some confusion on his face. He didn't expect to see products from the Holy Ruins here, although he didn't know where this trace of abyssal energy came from. But it was impossible for him to recognize the unique dead silence and despair in the energy breath of the holy market.

"The holy ruins where everything ends?" Sylvia confirmed.

Leo didn't answer, just nodded.

At this time, Sylvia also untied Leo's ban, absorbed the mass of abyssal energy into her body, and used her own abyssal dragon power to assimilate and absorb this abyssal energy.

Just after she fused this abyssal energy, the inherited memory of the abyssal dragon seemed to be touched by a certain mechanism, and a lot of knowledge poured into Sylvia's mind.

Although Sylvia also received the instillation of the memory of the abyss dragon's inheritance when her bloodline evolved to a higher form, but that kind of instillation was always within her tolerance range and would not bring any burden to her. But this time, the inheritance knowledge she acquired was completely beyond her tolerance, and she couldn't have as much experience as Leo, so she built a database in her mind, which could not analyze the knowledge pouring in from outside. She stuffed it into the database and analyzed it slowly. She could only bear it passively. For a while, her mind seemed to be swollen. Couldn't help but groan out in pain.

Leo on the side naturally also noticed Sylvia's abnormality, and deduced what might have happened to Sylvia, so he put his hand on Sylvia's forehead, and imitated Sylvia's appearance through the power of nightmare. Sylvia's abyssal dragon power linked her own spiritual power with Sylvia's spiritual power, sharing the pressure of knowledge instillation and the severe pain that Sylvia is currently undergoing.