Treasure hunter, sailing on the blue sea

"Did you find anything?"

Alka looked at everyone and asked first.

This place is either big or small.

But if you look at it in terms of depth and height, it's obvious that this place is very big.

But there was only so much they could explore, the platform in the middle and the auditorium on the other side.

Xia Detti first said: "I checked the surrounding situation and found that we are indeed underground, not in the mountains."

Her silver ripples can penetrate the soil, and Xia Daiti can also distinguish whether the surrounding is deep soil or rocks.

From this she came to this conclusion.

"And after walking around, I really didn't find any exit passages around, or even signs of excavation."

What puzzled them the most was that there was no way out of this place.

"I observed those seats. It's not that no one has been there, but there are a lot of signs of being used." Jason continued.

When he looked at the seats, he found that many seats had different signs of wear and tear.

These marks are caused by accumulated use over time.

For example, the stone bench that I sat on under my buttocks had already been dented in some places, and some of the armrests used to rest on it also had different dents.

It's all wear and tear that occurs over time.

It shows that this is not a decoration, but it was indeed frequently used during a certain period of time.

Simon was the one who spoke next. He had these two flying balls in his hands, and seemed to be using them to help him explore.

"I used these two objects to explore the height and depth here."

"The height of the cave roof above our heads from the platform is about 16 meters, and the surrounding pits are quite deep."

"Due to the control range, I can only see a distance of more than 100 meters below, but the pit does not rise all the way, but has irregular stone protrusions.

The longest of these four stone pillars is actually only 80 meters, and the shortest is only 60 meters. They are all built on these irregular stones. "

Hearing this, Alka nodded with understanding.

In other words, the deep pit he just saw was not as deep as he thought. He might just happen to throw the stone into the deepest direction.

However, it is outrageous to be able to build stone pillars up to 80 meters long in such an irregular and extremely dangerous pit.

Really outrageous.

"In other words, if the people who built this place want to come here, they all come in through the way we just did?" Juanlu asked uncertainly from the side.

Alka nodded and kicked the stone platform beneath their feet.

Most of the dust on it had been cleaned up by them during the previous exploration.

A large number of long-term trampling marks can be found on these stones, especially in the circle where they just fell.

The marks are deepest there.

It shows that basically everyone who comes here appears at this location and then goes to their respective locations.

Only a large number of people using it regularly would leave such obvious marks on such a stone platform.

Then others began to add to their findings.

You and I almost said all the problems that can be discovered in one sentence.

Finally everyone turned their heads to Lucilia, who was sitting on Alka's shoulder.

Because there are many carving patterns and things like words around, whether on the seats next to them or on the stone pillars of the statues.

They couldn't understand it, but apparently Lucilia should be able to.

Looking at the gazes cast by everyone, Lucilia, who had been silent until now, coughed.

"Well, now it's my turn to speak."

As she spoke, she stood on Alka's shoulder and began to talk about the information she had obtained from constantly checking these words and patterns.

"This is the real temple. The ruins we saw outside before are just a kind of... passage or slide leading here."

"And I just read the name of this temple in their language. Maybe it's the secret language to enter here. It can't even be called a secret language."

Lucilia complained a little.

After all, who would write the secret word directly into the name of the building in front of them? How can it be kept secret?

You only need to look up at the name on the temple, chant it gently, and you will be sent directly in.

"From the written words and patterns in these records, I roughly know what this place is used for.

Various festivals, prayers and sacrifices, even large-scale meetings, funerals of famous people, or speeches will all be held in this place. "

As she spoke, she pointed to the stone pillars and the densely carved words on them.

"Every activity is recorded there, and I also learned from it that this temple should originally belong to a certain city-state. This city-state is called Vastva and believes in a god called the God of Four Quarters."

As he spoke, he looked up again at the humanoid statue that was about ten meters tall and wrapped in robes.

"These four statues are symbols of that god."

Then, he briefly listed a few conferences and ceremonies held in this place.

After listening to Lucilia's story, everyone knew more about this place.

Then Alka looked at her.

"So...how are we going to get out?"

This is the main problem now.

"have no idea."

?

Everyone looked at Lucilia with confused eyes.

Lucilia looked at everyone's gaze and spread her hands: "I really don't know. There is no record of this information at all. It's like no one would write down how to open the door in an important place."

...That said, although it is very reasonable, it is also too difficult for people to accept.

"Would you like not to repeat what you just said when we came down?" Alka thought for a moment and said.

After all, they came down here because of these words.

"I actually tried it, and it didn't work at all."

As she spoke, Lucilia read out the name of the temple in that unknown language, but there was no response.

Seeing this situation, the expression on Jason's face fell.

"It's over, we won't be trapped here, right?"

Alka frowned and thought for a moment, then touched Xia Detti next to him with his elbow.

"Do you have any map drawing tools?"

Xia Detti, who turned around, heard this and roughly understood what Alka wanted to do, and nodded.

"Yes, I've finished exploring this place. Do you want me to paint now?"

Alka nodded: "Well, let's draw it and see if we can find any clues."

Jason also looked at Lucilia and said, "Would you like to use some words, such as going home and leaving?"

"I just tried everything, and it didn't work."

"I don't know how long the food I brought will last." Huanlu said, and began to check some dry food carried in his pocket ring.

Just when Xia Daiti had just taken out the drawing board.

Julia suddenly raised her head and said, "The concentration of magic power has increased."

These words attracted the attention of everyone present.

Then a circle of energy ripples passed down from above and fell on everyone.

Their bodies were frozen again, and then disappeared.

A feeling of being dragged appeared, but it only lasted for a few seconds, and light returned to the dark vision again.

This time, they once again appeared around the ruins outside in the same position they had just dispersed.

But there were other people around.

Alka looked at the group of humanoid races that appeared in front of him.

Everyone was instantly ready for battle and alert.

The unknown race in front of him had gray skin and orange-red eyes.

They were the ones Alka saw in his dream last night, the intelligent race on this island.

The leader, a man wearing leather armor and holding a bow, looked at them.

"..."

The words were unintelligible again, but the tone and tone seemed to be very similar to the unknown language Lucilia had just used.

"He said he didn't expect it to be a group of outsiders." Lucilia translated.

But not before she could speak on behalf of everyone.

The foreign man at the head thought Lucilia was talking to him, but it was in a strange language.

After a slight adjustment, he spoke the language used by Alka and others.

It is also the language used in most areas of Homeland.

"Do you understand?" Although the tone is a little awkward and sounds a little weird, fortunately, I can understand it.

Alka nodded and said, "No problem, we can understand."

The man in front of him acted quite friendly, and in addition to some information that Alka asked for in his dream yesterday, he raised his hand slightly to signal his teammates not to be too vigilant.

"That's good!"

He seemed to be able to understand the vigilance of Alka and others.

"Although I don't know who you are, where you are from, and what you are doing on this island, I welcome you." The gray-skinned man in front of him said with a smile, acting very friendly.

"Let me meet you. My name is Shiraishi, a patrol captain."

"Alka, the leader of the treasure hunting group."

Hearing Alka's answer, the patrol leader named Shiraishi nodded.

"Someone in your team must know Sava, otherwise this temple will not be activated."

Sava should be the language Lucilia just spoke, and Alka nodded.

When Shiraishi heard Alka's admission, he said: "This is the first time I have seen an outsider speak this language, but you can't speak this language randomly on the island.

Especially around such ruins, you must not say it, because these ruins will always be activated by inexplicable word combinations, which will bring unexpected effects. "

As he spoke, he shook his head and motioned for everyone to look.

I saw a person of the same race as him above the ruins. His hands were wrapped with magic power, and he seemed to be using a spell.

The energy created by the curse penetrated into the ruins.

"These ruins will bring about good or bad effects. If you want to turn them off, you have to reverse the spell you activated. If it can be turned off.

Or use the power of a spell to reverse it, but this effect needs to be maintained for a long time. "

After speaking, he looked up at the people on the ruins and said in their language: "Log, that's it. The effect of this ruins is teleportation, and the people have returned."

As for why Alka understood it, it was because Lucilia translated gently in his ear.

Then he saw Alka and others and said, "If you don't mind, you can come to our town. Don't worry, outsiders often come, and we also have normal trade relations with some outsiders."

"Of course, it's okay if you don't want to come. Just remember what I just said and don't talk nonsense next to the ruins.

This time you are activating only these innocuous ruins. If you activate any ruins that will cause serious disasters, then don't blame us for being rude.

If you can survive until then. "

Mainly because he didn't expect that there would be outsiders who could speak their language. They never had to worry about these problems before.

After speaking, he waited for Alka and others to answer.

Alka thought for a while and said without too much hesitation: "Of course, I am still very interested in this island. If you don't mind, can you take us to your town?"

"Well, you are so brave. Do you know anything about this island?" Shiraishi didn't expect Alka to agree so easily.

If they are strangers, they will generally refuse, unless these strangers know something about the island.

"This is the first time we know about this island, but we still have some confidence in our own strength, and you seem to be quite kind." Although Alka said this, he actually made an excuse casually.

He can't say that he walked around a lot in your dreams last night, so he knows this island fairly well.

"Haha, you are a very confident person. Okay, come on, it's still very dangerous around here."

With that said, he led his team members and began to walk forward, while Alka and others followed behind.

It was obvious that they could walk in a straight line while moving forward, but this man kept leading Alka and the others around in seven and eight directions. There was obviously a forest that they could go straight through, but they had to lead Alka and the others around from the nearby hillside.

As if he could feel the doubts of Alka and others, Shiraishi answered them as he walked: "The environment on this island is not safe. There are too many monsters and various dangerous plants. There are often spaces. The broken cracks bring some strange monsters.”

“There are still many ruins that were activated because of random talk, and the person who activated them died. I don’t know how to close them, and the spells can’t be closed.

So in many cases we have to go around, otherwise it will be very troublesome. "

The people following him nodded.

It seems that this island is really unsafe.

Alka finally understood why he saw many children in his dreams who wanted to go out but were afraid of going out.

Every time I ask, the answer I get is that if I sneak out, I will definitely be beaten severely by my parents.

It seems that this is the reason.

After all, children will definitely gather in places like ruins. In addition, the language of opening ruins is their common language, and they may open ruins inexplicably at any time.

These are all lessons.

While walking, you can still see patrol members on both sides taking out some kind of pollen and scattering it around.

As a result, their actions along the way were quite fast even though they were going round and round, and there were no monsters to stop them.

It seems to be the cause of the pollen.

Soon they saw a wooden sentry tower. Shiraishi said hello to the people on it and then moved on.

Passing by one sentry tower after another, I finally saw the gathering place of the island in the distance.

Although the city wall made of stones and wood looks a bit crude, it seems to be quite strong.

There are people dressed similar to these team members patrolling above.

You can see the side of the town, and there seems to be some areas used for planting.

Some people with the same gray complexion were farming on it.

Since the height of the outer wooden wall reached five or six meters, no one could see what was going on inside from the outside.

Moreover, the sea not far away can be seen from this place, indicating that it should be built on the seaside.

Maybe this place is close to some places that are more suitable for making ports.

Alka and the others circled most of the circle yesterday but did not come here, so they did not find it.

At this time, Shiraishi said: "This is the place where we have lived for generations, Broken Town. Looking at the direction you are coming from, it should be the bay over there, right?

If you are lucky enough to come back to this island after you leave, you can go there. There is a small port we built there.

Of course, if you can bring some supplies we need, then we will welcome you even more. "Shiraishi turned around and said with a smile.

I have to say that he seems to like chatting with outsiders. He has been communicating with Alka and the others in uneasy language along the way.

Listening to his words, Alka nodded and said with a smile: "Of course, if I come again next time."

But what does it mean to have luck?