Almost as soon as Hao Ren and his entourage stepped on the ramp leading to the grand temple, all the stone colossi that had been wandering stopped at the same time. Then the surface of the huge, jellyfish-like spiritual body in the sky shimmered. The electromagnetic shield created by Vivian began to crackle and disintegrate at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The colossi instantly regained their coordination ability. As if enraged by the blasphemy of the invaders, they began to rush madly in the direction of the grand temple. Standing on the ramp and looking around, they saw countless huge, swaying figures destroying all the obstacles in front of them. Countless ancient houses and towers were overturned, and the solid slate ground was trampled into powder. The footsteps of the colossi swept through the city like rolling thunder. Even the entire highland where the grand temple was located was slightly shaking.
"The stone legion is crazy!" Lily's ears stood up. She scurried behind Hao Ren. "Mr. Landlord! Are you sure these guys won't go near the grand temple? "
Hao Ren did not say anything for a while because he was not 100% sure of his guess. When he saw the stone soldiers swarming in, he pulled Lorissa and Hessiana, who were a little stunned, and said, "Let's retreat into the grand temple first. At least the building looks strong. Even if the stone soldiers continue to move forward, we can rely on the walls of the grand temple to fight them for a while."
Hessiana did not have much experience in dealing with this kind of situation. She was particularly nervous. "Are you sure? If you are not, Lady Vivian is with you!"
"Don't worry, I have dealt with more dangerous things than these things," Hao Ren said with a smile. "And even if I can't stop so many stone soldiers, I have a way to bring you all out of this different dimension safely. There is nothing in this world that can stop an inspector."
"Tsk, he sounds quite arrogant," Hessiana muttered to herself, but she still followed behind Hao Ren and climbed up the ramp of the grand temple.
The entire central temple was built on a high platform higher than the city. Several pyramid-shaped buildings and rectangular palaces scattered between the pyramids formed this magnificent ancient building complex. The high platform they were on was not a 'natural terrain' but a bone plate on the head of the behemoth Ertos. In this city built on the head of the behemoth, there was no such thing as a 'natural terrain'.
This terrain also led to a long ramp around the grand temple. The numerous steps on the ramp were a striking boundary between the temple area and the surrounding ordinary urban areas.
The colossi stopped in front of the ramp. Everything was as Hao Ren expected.
More and more of them gathered at the foot of the grand temple. The stone guards gathered from all over the city almost formed a dark sea under the ramp. These 'golems', which were supposed to be emotionless, were now like angry creatures. They pushed, shook, and even demolished nearby buildings to vent their anger. But in the end, none of the stone statues crossed even one step at the bottom of the temple.
"Phew, you guessed it right," Hessiana breathed a sigh of relief. She wiped the fine beads of sweat on her face and glanced at Rollie on Hao Ren's back. "How is the cat?"
"She suffered an internal injury from the stone statue's kick, but I gave her some biscuits from the goddess. Her injury has healed, but she's still a little listless," Hao Ren said as he turned his head to look at the cat-maiden. She was sleeping soundly on his shoulder, her fluffy ears drooping on his face. He could feel his face itching whenever he shook his head. The cat-maiden was noisy when she was awake, but she was quiet when she was asleep. "Hmm … looks like the drug has taken effect. She's sound asleep," Hao Ren said as he turned his head to look at the cat-maiden.
"Mr. Landlord," Lily tugged Hao Ren's arm. "What do you think is in the grand temple?"
Hao Ren looked up. At the end of the ramp, the sand-yellow pyramid stood majestically above. The top of the pyramid pointed straight to a huge vortex at the border of the different dimension, as if it had attracted the destruction of the lost city.
"I don't know," he shook his head. "But since we're here, we should at least investigate the place that looks the most important. The city looks like it was destroyed by the Crimson Moon, but Vivian doesn't remember what happened here. So our investigation may be the only hope to help Vivian recover this memory. "
"Oh," Lily nodded and looked at Vivian flying in the air. "Battie really knows how to make trouble …"
Without the disturbance of the colossus legion, Hao Ren and his entourage soon arrived at the gate of the central pyramid of the grand temple.
Unlike the previous "small" temple, this central temple was obviously better in terms of the materials used for its construction. Its gate still stood firmly and intact, like a serious soldier blocking in front of everyone, guarding all the secrets in the Great Pyramid.
Vivian landed and looked around first. She frowned slightly. "Why can't I see a stone statue here …"
"Isn't it better not to see it?" Lily's thinking was very simple. "And Mr. Landlord said before that the stone statues came out from the surrounding temples. This temple in the city center is a forbidden area for the stone statues."
"Even if there are no guard stone statues, there should be decorative sculptures here," Vivian shook her head. "That is the most basic equipment for a temple. At least according to the architectural style of this city, there must be sculptures in the temple."
"Yes," Lily raised her hand and pointed to the top of a nearby palace. "Look, there is a big dog's head over there!"
Vivian rolled her eyes at the husky maiden. "I don't mean that! And that is clearly a wolf's head. Don't force a normal wolf to be on your side just because you accept that you are a dog! "
Lily was speechless.
"In any case, it is better not to see the stone guards than to continue to be chased by them." Lorissa saw that Lily and Vivian were getting further and further away from each other. She quickly interrupted, "This door seems to be strengthened by magic. I may be able to try to crack it."
Before Lorissa's voice trailed off, she heard a loud bang coming from the side. Then the seemingly indestructible copper-cast gate, which was strengthened by magic, fell apart. Amid the smoke and dust, Hao Ren came out with two explosive patches that had not been used up. "What did you say?"
Lorissa was speechless.
"Ahem, take your time to get used to it. Mr. Landlord's style of solving problems has always been like this." Lily patted Lorissa on the shoulder. "Just blow up the problem."
Lorissa was still speechless.
The gate had been cracked by Hao Ren's technical means. Everyone was on high alert as they followed Hao Ren into the ancient temple that had been sealed for thousands of years.
The flickering flame of Flamejoy made the dim temple corridor look particularly gloomy. But aside from this gloomy feeling, Hao Ren and his team did not see any enemies, or anything that looked like an enemy.
The interior of the temple was magnificent, but the furnishings were simple beyond imagination.
It was the largest building complex in the city. From the outside, it had a super-high standard of grandeur and scale. But inside, it was like a simple grotto without decoration. There were no exquisite stone statues, no ceremonial items inlaid with gems and precious metals, and even the most common daily utensils were rare. After passing through several rooms, there were only gray stone tables and stools and wooden lamp holders that had decayed for years. Apart from these "furniture" that could be described as ascetic utensils, there was not a single metal utensil in the temple.
Not to mention worshiping the gods, the monks who lived here probably had a problem surviving.
But this grand temple was certainly not like this at the beginning because there were many rooms in the temple that were obviously used for monks. And soon, Hao Ren found a few "treasure vaults" that had been emptied.
The reason why he was sure that those were "treasure vaults" used to store valuables was that the MDT found a lot of precious metal dust and a few lost gems on the ground and walls of those rooms.
This central divine temple was not so simple and crude from the beginning. It had been emptied.
So who emptied this place?
"The city was destroyed by the Crimson Moon, and the moonlight has not dissipated until today, so it is unlikely that there were any grave robbers later." Y 'zaks began to analyze the strange situation in the grand temple. "There are many rooms in the temple, and the structure is very complex. Based on the parts we have searched so far, we can be sure that it was completely emptied. So, it should be someone who is very familiar with this place, and it was an organized and planned action. I think it was done by the residents of this city."
"Civilian mutiny?" Hessiana blinked. "The people at the bottom rebelled against the priests and then robbed the entire temple?"
"It's unlikely. If that's the case, the damage to the temple will be much greater than what we see now." Vivian shook her head. "And in the Mythological Era, it was impossible for the 'mortals' to resist the upper priests. Even if the upper priests were just servants of the old gods, the power they possessed was not something that ordinary people could fight against."
"So, who 'looted' this temple?" Hao Ren frowned. "And only the central temple was looted, the smaller pyramids nearby were not damaged."
Vivian shrugged. "Who knows?"
As soon as she finished, she suddenly looked puzzled and looked up at the end of the corridor.
"What's wrong?" Hao Ren asked curiously.
Vivian blinked. "I think I heard someone calling me again just now …"
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