Of course, Fangzheng did not care what the lizardman thought. In fact, the reason why he asked the lizardman to lead the team was that, compared to letting the Zerg conduct a carpet search, it would be faster and more convenient to let the locals follow them.
Therefore, when Horned brought the Zerg swarm to the doorstep of the tribe, it was already useless to Fangzheng.
Right now, Fangzheng had already controlled a Xenomorph to enter the lizardman tribe through the top of the cave and began to carefully observe their ecology and culture.
The civilization of this lizardman tribe was very primitive. Perhaps it was because they had been isolated from the world, but in Fangzheng's opinion, the whole tribal civilization was only slightly better than that of a primitive society. From the lizardmen's situation, they mainly relied on planting fungi for a living. Furthermore, they knew some basic mining methods. At the very least, Fangzheng saw the shadow of a mine in their tribe. There were also lizardmen transporting ores back and forth.
Fangzheng carefully sensed and found that the physique of these lizardmen was not bad. Apart from the young lizardmen, the physical fitness of the adult lizardmen was about the same as that of a beginner-level professional. They also had spellcasters who looked like "elders", but the mental power in their bodies was at most at the level of a level-three mage …. They were the spellcasters with the highest status that Fangzheng had seen in this lizardman tribe.
It could be said that a lizardman tribe like this would not have any sense of existence on the surface. The reason they could live in this damn place for thousands of years was probably because they had no enemies. After all, Chaos Creatures wouldn't venture deep underground. Besides, the underground here wasn't filled with Dark Elves like in the Eastern Continent. Perhaps it was due to this reason that the lizards were able to survive until now.
Fangzheng had no intention of disturbing the lives of these lizardmen. As long as they did not take the initiative to find trouble with him and the Zerg, Fangzheng would not look for trouble with them. The reason he came here was for the so-called … Land of Origin.
Since Fangzheng's intuition told him that there was a "trigger point" here, Fangzheng naturally did not mind coming to check out the situation.
Not only that, but the place where the lizardmen lived was also unusual. Just as the lizardmen said, this was originally a huge city, but now, most of the city's body had been buried in the soil, and the parts that were exposed were also dilapidated. The lizardmen themselves didn't seem to care. They just numbly moved in and out, living their own lives.
But to Fangzheng's disappointment, he didn't see any warped scenes like the bathhouse of the Northern Goddess. Or rather, after so many years, the city that was half-buried in the soil no longer had any distinguishing features.
But since his intuition was effective, it meant that there must be something here that was related to him, or something related to his goal. So what was it …?
Fangzheng maneuvered Xenomorph and quietly shuttled through the dome of the lizardmen city, observing the situation of the lizardmen tribe while searching for possible information.
Not long after, Fangzheng suddenly saw a bright and dazzling light in front of him.
What was that?
Feeling the light, Fangzheng hurriedly maneuvered Xenomorph to turn around and look at the place where the light came from. Then he soon saw a tower deep in the lizardmen tribe. It looked like the top part of a building, but unlike the other buildings around it that had broken walls and could not even see the overall shape of the building, this tower was incredibly intact. Previously, because most of the lizardmen tribe was dark, Fangzheng did not notice the problem at first.
But now, he soon found that the tower was a little unusual.
Even that beam of light seemed a little unusual.
Fangzheng was sure that it was not some kind of stone that glowed, nor was it fire, but the light of magic.
The light shone out from the tower, like the light of a lighthouse shining on the square of the lizardmen tribe.
"Clang clang clang —!!"
At the same time, Fangzheng saw a lizardman beating an iron gong not far below him. Hearing this sound, Fangzheng saw the lizardmen put down their work and walked into the tower one by one. Soon, a voice that sounded like a chant came from the tower.
Are they worshipping? Do the lizardmen also have a religious tradition? Do they also believe in the Goddess of Order?
At this thought, Fangzheng's curiosity was piqued. He controlled Xenomorph to do a somersault and landed lightly on the second floor of the tower. After easily evading the two lizardmen guards on duty at the door, he climbed in through the window on the third floor. Shortly after, Fangzheng saw the situation inside clearly.
In this worship hall, groups of lizardmen were kneeling on the ground. Standing in front of them was an old lizardman wearing a tattered robe and holding a wooden staff in his hand. He seemed to be the leader of this group of lizardmen. At this moment, he was facing the statue in front of the worship hall and chanting loudly.
"Thank you, great God, for giving us darkness! Avoid the vicious curse! Thank the great gods for giving us a place to live and hide from the evil of the outside world! Oh God, the omnipotent and omniscient God, please bless your people so that they can safely pass through this endless test of darkness and be reborn!! "
What kind of nonsense is this prayer?
Listening to the prayer of the lizardman elder, Fangzheng secretly curled his lips. When he looked ahead and saw the statue, Fangzheng could not help but be stunned.
What the hell is this thing?
The statue in front of Fangzheng was not the statue of the Goddess of Order that Fangzheng had imagined, nor was it the symbol of other gods that he had seen when he studied in the temple. On the contrary, it was a strange monster with the head of a crocodile and the body of a jackal, with angel-like wings on its back.
It stood upright on two legs like a human, but it had four arms. Two of its arms were holding a shield and a longsword respectively, while the other two arms were raised high and clasped together. There seemed to be something on them. That strange white radiance was also emerging from it.
It doesn't look like an upright god, nor does it look like an evil demon. What the hell is this?
Carefully looking at the statue in front of him, Fangzheng could not figure out what kind of god this was. He had also learned about the gods of the main world in the temple. In addition to the Goddess of Order, who was the "highest god", there were also some secondary gods such as Gerryn, the God of Forests and Elves, Gond, the God of Blacksmiths and Dwarves, and so on. However, these gods were generally the guardian gods of various races. Among these gods, Fangzheng had never seen anything similar.
Of course, the demon kings in the ninth level of hell looked very similar to this thing, but Fangzheng did not find any symbol that matched the characteristics of a demon king on this statue, and he did not sense any evil aura here.
Maybe this guy is the guardian god of the lizardmen?
Fangzheng thought for a moment, then shook his head and threw the doubts in his mind aside. He then controlled Xenomorph to climb up the wall to the ceiling again. This time, Fangzheng finally saw what was in the statue's hands.
It was a small bottle that looked like an urn. On the bottle, there were two intertwining, winged snakes carved on it. The whole bottle looked like a special handicraft. It was milky white in colour, and the magical light that Fangzheng saw came from this small bottle ….
Huh? Wait, why does this bottle look a little familiar?
When Fangzheng carefully looked at the "bottle", he suddenly felt that he had seen something similar somewhere before …. Where was it?
While Fangzheng was thinking hard, the light emitted by the bottle gradually dimmed. The lizardmen seemed to think that the prayer was over. It did not take long for Fangzheng to see the lizardmen leave the chapel and return to their posts. Only a few armed lizardmen guards remained.
At that moment, Fangzheng saw a wooden door behind the statue quietly open, and a lizardman tiptoed in …. Isn't this the guy who acted like a chuunibyou in front of me before?
What does he want?
Fangzheng watched the lizardman named Holder hide behind the statue and slowly climb up. For a moment, he could not figure out what he wanted to do.
Clang!
Although Holder was very careful, he obviously could not move as silently as Xenomorph. When Holder was halfway up, he accidentally stepped on an empty space and kicked an ornament next to the statue. The ornament was kicked to the ground by Holder, making a loud noise.
"What's wrong?!"
"What's going on?! Who's there?! "
This, of course, attracted the attention of the lizardmen guards in the chapel. They raised their weapons and shouted as they ran over. They soon saw Holder hanging on the statue!
"Holder, what are you doing here?!"
"How dare you blaspheme the gods! The elders will not let you go!"
"Get down here!"
But in the face of the lizardmen guards' roars, Holder had no intention of going down at all. Instead, he jumped between the hands of the statue and picked up the small bottle whose light had almost dissipated.
"I'm going to prove to you that my bloodline and my title are not illusions!!"
While shouting, Fangzheng saw Holder holding the strange small bottle tightly and raising it. Following Holder's action, the originally dim light on the small bottle flashed again ….
In the next moment, Holder stabbed it heavily into his body.
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