The group explored the ancient city that had been abandoned for many years. They were amazed by the magnificent buildings in front of them.
The majestic spires and high walls all had a pale golden luster, and the streets were continuous and smooth as if they were cast. Although many of the buildings in the city had collapsed and cracked, it was not difficult to imagine how glorious the city was when it was in good condition.
It was like the ancient city of heroes that was built by the gods and cast in bronze and gold in the myths. A glorious civilization once resided here, but now it was dead, and all that was left were these abandoned ruins.
The group found a large collapsed building. The building seemed to be a public place used for gatherings. It was surrounded by roads and a large square. The building itself was almost split in half by some kind of natural disaster that looked like an earthquake. Half of its wall had collapsed, revealing the vast interior space and exquisite suspended corridor structure. Lily jumped around the ruins and collected some golden gravel. "Mr. Landlord, look! Good stones! Good stones! "
"How long has this place been abandoned..." Hao Ren looked at the ruins around him. The building materials were obviously different from those on Earth. They had almost no signs of weathering. Apart from being broken by external forces, every piece of debris was as clean as new. "Did the vengeful spirit build this place?"
Anna was carefully protected in the middle of the team. She was the only one who could possibly uncover the secret of this place, and she knew this very well. She had been frowning as she searched for the distorted and chaotic memories in her mind. Looking at the ruined city in front of her, the phantoms that the vengeful spirit had outlined in her mind gradually became clearer and overlapped with the real thing. "Alamanda. This city is called Alamanda, one of the Three Final Cities."
"What do you remember?" Hao Ren looked at Anna expectantly. He knew that the girl's memory had become the key to exploring this lost world.
"Alamanda was one of the last sanctuaries in Tannagost. It was made of metal, and the whole city was shrouded in a magnificent shield." Anna tapped her temple. "I can only roughly tell that we are in the city center based on the surrounding scenery. The image that the vengeful spirit imprinted in my mind is not exactly the same as here. In my 'memory', Alamanda was a complete city. The sky was shrouded in lavender, every building was glorious, and the streets were full of... people."
"That's obviously the scene before the city was abandoned." Vivian scratched her chin. "The vengeful spirit... a group of spiritual creatures would not have built such a city. These buildings were obviously prepared for creatures with physical bodies. Look at the stairs and handrails. Their users should be closer to humans."
"And there are these two keys. The vengeful spirit obviously doesn't have fingers. They can't use this..." Hao Ren mumbled as he fumbled for the two keys in his pocket. He was surprised to find that the two little devices were gradually changing color, from greyish-black to a pale gold like the surrounding building ruins. "Ugh... what's going on?"
Becky suddenly remembered the black stone pillars in the dark snowfield — billboards, bus stop signs, message boards — the color of the stone pillars clearly did not match the city. Now that she saw the two keys turning gold, she finally understood what was going on. "This should be their original appearance. Maybe they were oxidized on Earth."
Lily glanced at Becky. "Don't use these words if you don't understand them. Is this how you use oxidization and reduction?"
Becky put her hands on her hips. "It's not easy for a person from another world like me to learn how to curse on the internet in just two months on Earth. Can you forget about my modern chemistry knowledge?"
Anna and Nangong Sanba were stunned. They did not know what Becky meant by "person from another world". But Hao Ren did not give them the chance to ask because he suddenly found something buried under the rubble in front of him. "There's a statue!"
Lily saw that there was another chance to dig a hole. She jumped up and ran towards it. By the time Hao Ren and the rest caught up, the maiden had already dug away the debris. There was indeed a golden statue buried underneath. Lily reached out and pulled the statue out. She exclaimed, "Wow! This thing is heavy! "
Hao Ren looked at the statue in amazement. It was the image of a humanoid creature. The humanoid creature had a slender body, but his face was flat and wide. He had deep eye sockets, a high nose bridge, long arms, and wore a gorgeous and complicated dress. The statue's arms were folded on its abdomen. It was an elegant standing posture. It was probably placed there for decoration.
There was no doubt that it was the image of the native of this lost world.
And there was no doubt that it looked different from the vengeful spirit... Well, it was completely different. Did the vengeful spirit have a face?
"This is a Tannaean." Anna stroked the face of the statue. There was a surge of nostalgia in her heart. But she knew that this nostalgia was not her own. It was the feelings that the evil spirit had tampered with in her memory. Perhaps the evil spirit was reminiscing about the body it once had. "The people of Tannagost used to look like, but now this race is extinct."
"Tannagost." Nangong Wuyue blinked. "You mentioned this name again. Is it the planet under our feet?"
"Yeah." Anna nodded. "But I can't remember much. Maybe I'll remember it after I see more ruins."
Hao Ren waved his hand. "Okay, then let's go deeper... Becky, what are you doing?"
Hao Ren turned his head and saw Becky standing beside the statue. He could not help but ask curiously. The latter was like a fool. She reached out and touched the arm of the statue. After a while, she suddenly let out a strange cry. "Aiyah, gold!!! Gold!!! "
Hao Ren was scared by Becky's scream. When he came to his senses, he jumped up and said, "What did you say?!"
"This... this... this is gold!" Becky pinched her thigh hard, then jumped onto the statue and began to pull and pull, using all her strength to drag the thing away. "Gold, gold, gold! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Lily saw the situation and shouted, "Mr. Landlord, Mr. Landlord is acting up again!"
Hao Ren rushed to the statue and patted it. He then patted Becky, who was still convulsing. "Are you sure?"
"Even if I look in the mirror and admit that I'm wrong, I'll admit that gold is good!" Becky pulled the leg of the statue with all her might. Her face was red. "Gold gives me strength... Damn it, mental strength can't beat the laws of physics. This thing weighs a few tons. Lily, how did you pull it out?!"
Lily stepped forward and put the statue on her shoulder. "Because it's not too heavy."
Becky was still hugging the statue. From afar, it looked like Lily had picked her up. "Let's get this thing back! I won't have to worry for the rest of my life! Mr. Landlord, you can even buy the whole street! "
To be honest, at this time, Hao Ren and the others were a little confused. Vivian, the unlucky girl who had been poor all her life, felt like she was floating away. Nangong Sanba pinched his thigh and said, "What kind of rich people lived in this place..."
"Surprised?" The MDT's annoying voice suddenly interrupted everyone's excitement. "Look around you."
Hao Ren looked around, and all he could see were the remains of the pale gold buildings.
"Everything here contains a certain amount of gold, but the outer walls of the buildings contain less gold element, which is only used for colouring. This statue is pure gold. Gold is not a symbol of wealth on this planet. It's just a common material, and because of its high density, it is usually mixed with cement and light metals before being used, just like sand. "
Everyone was speechless.
"If the conditions are right, you can even find diamond planets and gold planets in the universe. Of course, the probability of this is very low: the proportion of gold element released after a supernova explosion is still very small. But still, as long as there are enough coincidences and the right conditions... "The MDT said as it flew around them." Like this... gold everywhere. "
At this time, Hao Ren suddenly recovered from his state of shock. He pinched his arm and then turned to look at Becky. "Cut a small piece of it as a souvenir, and then let's continue."
Becky was stunned. "Huh?"
The MDT patted the back of Hao Ren's head with satisfaction. "Very good."
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