Seven-colored treasure light surged into the sky from the ancient building, but under the foundation, blood-like liquid seeped out. The underground river flowed through the foundation and brought the blood-like liquid out, immediately turning it into a blood-colored river.
Now, Zhou Wen finally knew why the river outside had turned blood-colored. It was because of this strange building.
After carefully sizing up the blood seeping out of the building's foundation, Zhou Wen's expression changed slightly. The bottom of the foundation was actually made up of countless skeletons and withered bones. It was as though countless skeletons had been poured into cement. Just looking at it made his scalp tingle.
"Climb down the mountain wall. Remember, don't leave the mountain wall. Don't fly. You have to have your feet on the ground." The Thearch's voice sounded, but this time, it wasn't a real voice. Instead, it sounded in Zhou Wen's mind.
"Don't tell me the flower you mentioned is in that ancient building?" Zhou Wen tried whispering.
The Thearch indeed heard him. "That's right. After you reach the bottom of the mountain wall, swim down the river. Remember not to take the stairs in front. Swim from the left. There's a hole there. You have to enter from there."
"Don't tell me there are any strange creatures in the river?" Zhou Wen looked at the blood-colored river below the ancient building and felt uneasy.
"Of course. You haven't used that bone flute, right? When you enter the water, use your teeth to bite the bone flute and swim forward. No matter what you see or feel, don't panic or speak. Just follow the path I point out and swim forward. "
"What else do I need to take note of? Can you finish it all at once?" Zhou Wen said gloomily.
"There's nothing else. You can go down now," The Thearch said straightforwardly.
Zhou Wen took out the bone flute and bit it with his teeth. Then, he climbed down with his hands and feet.
Outside, although the river was blood-colored, it was only the color. There wasn't the smell of blood. However, it was different here. The more Zhou Wen climbed down, the stronger the smell of blood became. It was unbearable.
When he reached the bottom, the smell of blood almost made him want to vomit.
Looking at the river that looked like real blood and the blood-seeping skeleton foundation in the distance, Zhou Wen gritted his teeth and jumped into the water. His poison resistance was high enough, and he had been injected with Doctor Darkness's venom several times. He wasn't afraid of the poison in the river.
Even so, Zhou Wen felt his skin itch after entering the water. Although he had already put on the Mutated Stone Chi armor, there were still some gaps in the armor. It couldn't stop the blood-like river water from seeping in.
Thankfully, apart from feeling a little itchy, there was no other reaction. Zhou Wen felt a lot more at ease as he sped up and swam towards the left side of the building.
As he swam, Zhou Wen suddenly felt that something was floating up from beneath the blood-colored river. Furthermore, it was approaching him.
It was a massive object. Its entire body seemed to be trembling with some kind of power. Truth Listener could hear its existence, but it was affected by the tremors. It couldn't hear its exact appearance, but it felt that it was very, very big.
"Don't stop. Don't speak. Continue swimming. Don't panic unless you want to die." The Thearch's voice sounded in his mind again.
At this point in time, Zhou Wen could only continue swimming forward. However, he kept pricking up his ears to listen. He felt that the thing underwater had already reached below him. The thing was unimaginably huge. It was probably a hundred meters long, but he didn't know what it was.
Darn flower, don't harm me! Zhou Wen thought to himself. He felt that the thing was about to touch his body. Furthermore, there were many things that looked like seaweed or tentacles that had already touched his body.
"Don't stop. Continue swimming. Ignore it." The Thearch's voice sounded again.
Zhou Wen could only listen to her and continue swimming forward. However, he soon realized that many red things had drilled out of the water beside him. They were as thick as a pinky. They looked like seaweed or tentacles that drilled out of the water, occupying nearly a hundred meters of the river.
When Zhou Wen's body touched those things, he felt soft and sticky. He had no idea what they were.
"Continue swimming. Ignore them. It's fine even if you touch them." The Thearch's voice sounded in Zhou Wen's mind again.
Zhou Wen felt his entire body itch. He knew that it was definitely not fine as The Thearch had said. At the very least, these things were definitely poisonous. It was fortunate that his poison resistance was high enough. If it were anyone else, their corpse would have long sunk to the bottom of the river.
He bit the bone flute and swam with all his might through the red objects. This was no longer swimming. It was as though he was crawling on the red objects.
Thankfully, apart from feeling itchy, the things didn't attack him. Zhou Wen crawled all the way to the left side of the ancient building's base. After crawling for a few hundred meters, he didn't see the hole The Thearch had mentioned.
"We're here. It's here. About three meters underwater. Dive down from here," The Thearch suddenly said.
Damn it. Even if I have to sever all my limbs, I'll definitely not come again. Zhou Wen gritted his teeth and pushed away the red things that resembled seaweed. He crawled into the blood, and the smell of blood made him have the urge to vomit.
The red objects constantly trembled, severely affecting Truth Listener's hearing. Zhou Wen crawled down the red seaweed and after searching for a while, he finally found the hole The Thearch had mentioned.
The hole was about the size of a dog hole. Zhou Wen's head could barely fit in. After barely squeezing in, there was a passageway behind him that was flooded by the river. Thankfully, there were no red seaweed-like things inside. Truth Listener could roughly hear the situation inside.
"Don't surface for now. Swim underwater according to my instructions. Now, you have to be careful. You have to stick close to the stone slab at the bottom. If those things outside discover you, you're dead."
F * * k you! Zhou Wen had the urge to curse.
However, at this point in time, he had no other choice. All he could do was carefully swim forward while sticking close to the stone slab at the bottom.
The passageway below led in all directions. Zhou Wen followed The Thearch's instructions and swam forward. At the same time, he remembered the path he had taken so that he could come again.
He definitely wouldn't come again in person, but in-game, he still had to continue exploring this place.
Thankfully, Zhou Wen had learned the Nine Dragons Art. The amount of time he could hold his breath underwater was much longer than the average Epic. If it were an ordinary Epic human, ignoring the poison in the water, they probably wouldn't be able to help but surface to take a breather after swimming underwater for such a long time.
Alright, there's a stone staircase ahead. I'll go up the stone staircase. After swimming for quite a while, he passed through many submerged passageways. Just as Zhou Wen was about to suffocate, he finally heard The Thearch's voice telling him to leave the water.
Zhou Wen rushed out of the water along the stone steps and panted heavily. However, as he panted, he couldn't help but hold his breath when he saw the scene in front of him.
At the end of the stone steps was a stone platform. On the stone platform was a small mountain of dimensional crystals that emitted a rainbow-colored glow.
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