"This seems to be that place. Following the guidance of the power, we've arrived here."
"This seems to be … a very special place."
Stars twinkled in the sky.
However, that was not the actual starry sky. It was only an image reflected on the roof.
Under the starry sky, the Scholar and Scorpion came to a halt. This was because a small town had appeared before them.
To be more precise, it was the ruins of a small town. It was also a very … pompous place. Green plants climbed up the cracked buildings, and from the collapsed doors and shattered windows, it was clear that there were no living creatures living here.
The Scholar had never seen something like this before, as all the towns they had come across were inhabited by creatures who loved peace. This was the first time they had seen ruins like this.
"That's right … The power that made that idiot love peace came from here!" Scorpion pointed at a relatively large building in the ruins and said, "Let's go check it out. We're about to uncover the secrets of this world!"
"But …" The Scholar was still rather hesitant, "If there are … devices that cause peace here, then there must be a Primordial realm expert watching over this place …"
"Don't worry about that. We need to advance!" Scorpion jumped down from the Scholar's head and ran into the ruined town. The Scholar immediately followed when she saw that. "Wait!"
"I can't wait any longer. My great mission is calling for me!" Scorpion ran to the largest building she had pointed at earlier. The building seemed like a warehouse. The two thick metal doors opened slightly, revealing a gap. Looking inside, it was completely dark.
"Pitiful mirrors, I'll be the one to reveal your secrets!" Scorpion called out as she entered through the gap.
"This is …"
When the Scholar approached the building with Scorpion, she suddenly felt a very strong feeling. This feeling … gave her a very strange feeling. She felt like she did not want to enter the building at all. Instead, she wanted to lie on the ground and enter a peaceful dreamland.
However, the Scholar's rationality told her that she had to resist this feeling. She could not give in. As a result, her hands trembled. Two thoughts constantly clashed in her head. One told her to ignore everything and just live peacefully, while the other told her to continue exploring like this, to catch up to Scorpion and uncover the secrets of the Primordial realm …
"Activating … completely sealing off the system …"
As the emotions in her mind churned, the Scholar uttered those words … Instantly, she felt the 'power' that was calming her down become much smaller.
"Phew …" The Scholar let out a sigh of relief, even though it did not need to breathe now.
This kind of completely closed system allowed the scholar to shut off all contact with the outside world except for sight and hearing. Functions such as smell, touch, and receiving signals were all shut off.
As a result, the Scholar could no longer receive any signals from the outside world, and it could not use its various detection functions. It could only see and hear through its eyes.
It seemed that the power of tranquility would weaken under such circumstances, allowing the Scholar to continue moving forward.
"Speaking of which, the scorpion seems to be fine. Why isn't it affected?"
Puzzled, the Scholar opened the door of the building in front of him and walked inside …
As soon as it went in and turned on the light, it found that the scorpion was lying on the ground in front of it, motionless. The scholar was shocked. "This is …"
Soon, it saw that the scorpion's body was still moving. It heaved a sigh of relief and said, "So it's not dead. But why is it lying here? Could it have … fallen asleep? "
Then, the Scholar walked to the scorpion's side. It could be seen that the scorpion's eyes were still open, but the compound eye structure did not have the function of closing.
The Scholar first poked the scorpion, then shook it. The scorpion's body curled up a little. After confirming that the scorpion was indeed asleep, the Scholar knocked on its back hard.
"What? We were ambushed! " The scorpion suddenly jumped up. It first looked around, then looked at the Scholar. Then, as if it suddenly remembered something, it quickly said, "I wasn't asleep. I was just checking the composition of the soil!"
"There is no soil on the ground here," the Scholar said.
"…" The scorpion looked at the ground and found that it was made of stone, so it said, "I was just checking the composition of the stone. Okay, let's move on."
After that, the scorpion continued to walk deeper into the building. The Scholar followed and said, "Why did you fall asleep? Are you okay now? "
"I said I wasn't asleep!" The scorpion said, "But the power here is too strong. I fought fiercely with it. I was too tired to fight, so I took a break. But now, I have activated my protective ability, so I'm fine!"
"Protective ability … Does your protective suit have the ability to block information?" the Scholar asked.
"You could say that."
The scorpion and the Scholar talked as they came to the end of the building. They saw a wall and a large hole under the wall, which seemed to lead to a very deep place.
"The secret is in this place!" the scorpion said, "The skeleton of this small dinosaur can prove it!"
Next to the hole was a skeleton … the skeleton of the Emerald Dragon. The Scholar squatted down, picked up a piece of bone, and put it into a small groove on the gauntlet to examine it. "This bone is relatively new. It may have died a few days ago … and there are a lot of fungi on it."
"It must have wanted to come here," the scorpion said. "But it has been lying in this place forever. We will see what it wants to see!"
After that, the scorpion ran into the hole. The Scholar looked at the skeleton for a while and then followed.
The Scholar felt that it was a little strange. How did the Emerald Dragon get here? Was it a newcomer, so it wandered around and came to this place? Or …
They walked all the way into the dark depths of the cave. The first ten meters of the cave was still made of rock, but when they reached twenty meters, the Scholar found that the surrounding walls had suddenly changed into crystals that reflected light. And then, they saw … a skeleton.
This time, the skeleton was not as complete as the previous one. Only a few small pieces of bone were left. The Scholar examined it and found that it belonged to another multicellular organism, which was also one of the residents here.
However, this organism died after reaching this place … and its body was almost completely devoured.
There was a type of fungus here. Normally, there would be many scavenging fungi on corpses, but there was only one type of fungus found on the remains here. Moreover, this fungus had a very strong ability to decompose. The scholar believed that it could devour a corpse completely, including the bones. Most of the fungi that the scholar knew could not do this.
"Don't worry about these things." The scorpion, on the other hand, was not interested in the Scholar's fungus discovery. It kept moving deeper into the cave.
Soon, they found that the place was getting wider and wider, and there were more and more bones on the ground. Most of the bones were … incomplete, as if half of them had been eaten by the fungus.
There were so many of them that they could be described as' covering the ground '. Every step the Scholar took, he would crush some of them.
However, there were still some … living things among these bones.
"This …"
The Scholar's footsteps came to a halt as she looked at the Emerald Dragon lying on the ground. The Emerald Dragon had a smile on its face, and its eyes were tightly shut. It seemed to be sleeping comfortably, but its body was thin. It looked as if it had not eaten for a long time.
And it was not the only one. The Scholar looked around and quickly found that there were other creatures lying in the pile of bones. They all looked like they were sleeping.
"Why are there so many creatures here?" The Scholar asked. "Have they been …"
"This place is indeed very strange." The scorpion crawled to the Emerald Dragon lying on the ground and pinched it. It immediately woke up with a loud cry.
"Gaaaaaaah!" The moment it opened its eyes, it saw the Scholar and the Scorpion, and it screamed even louder. At the same time, it retreated continuously.
"It doesn't look calm at all," the scorpion said to the Emerald Dragon. "Hey! What are you? Why are you lying here sleeping? "
The Emerald Dragon was shocked. It looked at the scorpion and said, "You … can talk?"
"I didn't want to learn your stupid language," the scorpion said. Scorpion said, "Hurry up and tell us why you are lying here, or I will let you continue lying here!"
"I …" The Emerald Dragon was stunned for a few seconds. Then, it cried out, "This is a crazy place! Everything here is a trap, I … "
Although it was incoherent, it still said a lot of useful things. After it finished, the Scholar said, "… In other words, you were originally a resident of this town. One day, you suddenly felt that this place was strange, so you started to wander around … Finally, you found the ruins, found the hole in the building, and came here. Then, you've been sleeping here ever since."
"Yes … Yes!" The Emerald Dragon said. "I … I found it! There's a strange power here. This power will occasionally … 'explode'. The moment it explodes, I will fall asleep, and it will take a long time for me to wake up! "
"But after I woke up, I didn't run away … I wanted to go to the deepest part and unlock the secret here!" The Emerald Dragon said. "But when I reached here, it exploded again and made me fall asleep. If you didn't wake me up, I might have slept until I died … Thank you so much, but I still want to continue …"
With that, the Emerald Dragon stood up, swaying its skinny body as it continued to walk deeper into the forest.
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