As the microbes in the clouds woke up from their dormant state, the underground world ushered in the morning amidst the clouds. Pieces of white clouds lit up one after another, as if they were lighted up by electricity. A mysterious glow sprinkled down from the top of the clouds, illuminating the entire grassland. The locals had their own worldview to explain the alternation of day and night and the phenomenon of wind and rain in this world. They believed that a huge monster breathed at the end of the world, and the smoke that the monster breathed formed the clouds that shrouded the earth. A huge firebird called Kudla flew out of the monster's nostrils every morning. The firebird lit up the clouds, and light shone on the earth.
A team came to a high slope near the ancient city of Dorasil. Vivian and Hao Ren were standing at the highest point, observing the distribution of the city buildings. A few small bats were hovering over the city, using ultrasound to detect the details of the megalithic ruins. Vivian had seen some of the secrets of the city in the illusion of the bloodstone. Now she was using her bat avatar to find the parts that matched the illusion.
Gezer and Bonia were also brought over. Bonia was now praying to the clouds with her eyes closed, chanting some particularly strange and difficult sentences for her age. Hessiana was bored. She curiously asked Gezer, "What is she doing?"
Gezer explained. "The saintess is thanking the giant firebird, Kudla, for lighting up the sky and bringing light to the world. At the same time, she prays that Kudla will remember to return to its nest on time at dusk, so that the world will not usher in the legendary 'light burial'."
"Light burial?"
"If the giant firebird forgets to return to its nest, the day will continue, and the clouds will continue to light up for more than ten days and nights. At that time, the temperature of the world will rise, and the plants will be burned by the light. There are several such events recorded in the myths," Gezer told Hessiana about the myths of the world. "If this happens, the saintess, elders, and warriors of all tribes will go to the Pillar of Eternity guarded by their tribes and knock on the shell of the pillar. This will remind Kudla to return to its nest, and the day will end."
He was talking about the situation when the fragile ecology of the world was accidentally out of balance. After all, everything here was barely maintained by the cradle shell created by the First Born. The slightest fluctuation of this system could bring unimaginable turmoil to the world. The so-called 'knocking on the shell of the Pillar of Eternity' should have a certain effect because this was the only way for the surface creatures to communicate with the underground First Born. The Pillar of Eternity was connected to the rich nerves of the First Born. These processes were endowed with mysterious mythological significance. So Hessiana could only twitch her mouth after listening. "Hehe … Interesting legend, very interesting."
At this time, Vivian finished communicating with her bats. Her eyes fell on the largest pyramid on the side of Dorasil. "There is a lot of space in that building, and it should lead to the underground. The surrounding pyramids are connected to it by tunnels. "Of the Pyramids, Bonia, do you know about the legends of the pyramids?"
Bonia had just finished praying to the clouds. She trotted up to Vivian and said, "The Great Pyramid is your throne. The surrounding pyramids represent the three kingdoms, the three religious states, and the three autonomous territories of the Sun Dynasty."
"Have any of you checked the underground of this city?"
Bonia thought for a moment and shook her head. "No! Because the city is sacred, and the foundation of the city is the foundation of the world. It is in the neck of the giant 'Toka'. If you touch the city, Toka will be angry, and he will throw the whole world off his back and into the Chaos. Of course, if you want to touch it, then there will be no problem … right? "
The little saintess still retained the curiosity and rashness of her age. She took the myths seriously, but at the same time, she still rashly asked the 'goddess' for confirmation. Vivian was stunned for a moment before she realized it. "Oh, Toka … In your myths, I seem to have built the whole world on the back of this hunchback old man. Tsk, tsk, your imagination is really rich. I don't know how you came up with this. "
Bonia blinked. "Isn't it?"
"If you say so." Vivian smiled and patted the little saintess's head. She then pointed to the Great Pyramid. "Let's go there."
The Great Pyramid on the side of Dorasil was a magnificent but decorative building. It occupied one-tenth of the city and was made of heavy white stone bricks. The side of the pyramid facing the wilderness was smooth and had no stairs, while the side facing the city had an unusually wide staircase from the bottom of the pyramid to the flat top. With the staircase as the dividing line, the pyramid on both sides was covered with huge and mysterious ancient reliefs. The reliefs depicted a large number of flora, fauna, and social scenes that existed during the Sun Dynasty. It was almost like a historical scroll engraved on the stone. Hao Ren and the rest did not have the time to take a good look at the reliefs the last time they came to the city. They could not help but be amazed when they saw the reliefs on the pyramid.
Vivian stood at the bottom of the staircase and pointed to the reliefs distributed along the pyramid. "You have to look at them from bottom to top. These things record the history of the last period of the Sun Dynasty. The bottom layers are pictures of flora and fauna, and the higher layers are scenes of social life. Near the top of the pyramid, you can see people fleeing to the highlands and wilderness to seek refuge. If I'm not mistaken, the abstract painting on the top of the pyramid depicts the last stage: the closing of the sky. "
Hao Ren stroked the old weathered stones and asked casually, "But the thing we are looking for is underground, right?"
"Yes, but the entrance is here. We have to find a way to open this thing …" Vivian said as she looked at the small pyramids around the main tower. "I remember I saw in the bloodstone that these towers are activated and connected by light … The entrance to the underground is blocked by these megalithic buildings. We have to activate some devices."
The MDT buzzed on Hao Ren's shoulder. "Tsk, so troublesome. A large amount of technical support will solve everything."
Hao Ren pushed the MDT off his shoulder. "Get lost. This is a cultural relic. Are you going to blow up their temple in front of the locals?"
Vivian ignored the unscrupulous conversation between Hao Ren and the PDA. She walked back and forth in front of the huge reliefs while recalling the fragmented fragments in her mind. As these fragments were not her own memory, it was difficult to recall them. But since the real thing was right in front of her, she still managed to match the information with the reliefs in front of her. Finally, she came to one of the reliefs. The relief was slanted on the base of the pyramid. The center of the relief depicted a sun shining on the earth. This was what she was looking for.
Vivian's finger brushed across the rough lines that represented the sun. "Sunlight, the symbol of the old world. In this world, 'sun' is synonymous with 'ancient secrets'. So, to open this place, you need —"
She knocked on the relief three times and said loudly in the language of this world, "Praise the sun!"
Hessiana slapped her forehead. "Why do I feel so weird? The ancestor of the Blood Clan is actually praising the sun!"
Vivian glared at her. "That's the password!"
"But your password doesn't seem to work," Hao Ren reminded Vivian as he pointed to the relief that did not move.
Yes, after Vivian 'praised the sun', nothing happened. The relief did not glow, and the pyramid did not shake to open an underground entrance. The scene was quiet as usual. Vivian frowned and knocked on the relief again. "Maybe it's bad contact … Praise the sun?"
"Praise the moon?"
"Praise Mars?"
"Praise Saturn?"
"Praise Enceladus? Praise Arcturus? Praise Hokkaido? "
The MDT suddenly let out a shrill whistle and flew over to interrupt Vivian's blind experiment. Then it shot a burning beam of light from the corner of the MDT's body and hit the relief. Sparks flew as the MDT cut the stone slab. "You have to know, this thing has been here for 10,000 years! Do you think every world's voice-activated switch is as durable as the one made by the Empire? "
The MDT increased the power of the light beam as it spoke. The heavy stone slab was cut like butter. No one could stop it. But it was obvious that the MDT had paid attention to the structure behind the stone slab when it cut it. It followed a strange path and cut the relief in two. When the two stone slabs fell to the ground, the undamaged internal structure was exposed.
Some complex runes and fine crystals were inlaid on a metal substrate. It looked mysterious and primitive.
The MDT emitted a blue light and scanned the connection between these ancient magic symbols. At the same time, it released some small electric sparks to stimulate the tarnished crystals. "I should be able to give it an initial signal. If the buried part is a little more durable than this thing, the whole system may be able to work."
Continuous electric sparks hit the ancient symbols. Turcan saw this and whispered to Kassandra, "I saw in the movies that the secret agents who steal cars fired the ignition like this." "Well, the same goes for motorcycles."
Hessiana could not help but mutter, "But I don't understand why they fired the ignition like this when they opened an ancient ruin."
Just as the three of them were muttering, the MDT's' car stealing technique 'worked.
The ancient runes suddenly lit up, and then a low rumble came from inside the pyramid. The rumble grew louder and louder, and finally the whole ground began to shake!
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