Although the tribal elders tried their best to preserve the history and culture, there were still some ancient legends that had been completely forgotten by the world. Just as people had forgotten the true meaning of the pyramids of Dorasil, the other world above the zenith, and the real reason for the end of the Sun Dynasty, they had also forgotten everything about the Doomsday City, Silador.
This was a myth that had been lost in history.
Under the ground of Dorasil, the capital of the Sun Dynasty, there was a city shrouded in darkness. This city was the mirror image of Dorasil on the way to the underworld, and it was called Silador. This shadowy city had been hidden under layers of stone and steel since its establishment, and was wrapped in a thick protective shell. This protective shell was imbued with the blood and spirit of the ancient sages, allowing everything that slumbered in Silador to sleep eternally. In this forbidden place far away from the human world, there were huge houses without doors and windows everywhere. These huge stones were collected from the darkest and hottest underground and contained the powerful primitive power of the goddess. They were surrounded by the endless power of thunder and lightning, which kept the Doomsday City continuously charged. In the center of the city, there was a primitive cave called the Throat of Toka.
Toka, the king of the giants, was a hunchbacked old man who carried the whole world on his back. He was ordered to look after the garden of the goddess, but he destroyed the garden because of his bad temper. As a punishment, the goddess ordered Toka to carry the new world on his back and never lie down to rest or get rid of the world. However, Toka's bad temper was difficult to control. He only agreed to carry the world because he feared the goddess. This terrible king of giants had been looking for opportunities to get rid of the burden. The wise goddess discovered this, so she asked the ancient human sages to build a city in the depths of the world and named it "Silador". She also planted 77 divine nails made of thunder stones in Silador. The divine nails suppressed Toka's nerves, making the irascible king of giants fall into a long period of trouble. That was how the whole world became stable.
Now, Hao Ren and his team stood in front of the Doomsday City, Silador. The giant stone pillars emitting powerful electric light were the legendary 77 divine nails, the big hole in the center of the city was the Throat of Toka, and the tentacles extending from the hole were the nerves of the king of giants mentioned in the myth. This was a mythical city that truly existed. Unfortunately, no one knew about it anymore.
If Hao Ren and his team could hear the legend, they might be able to deduce a lot of useful information. Unfortunately, this ancient story had been lost thousands of years ago when a tribe suffered a plague. Now, no one knew the legend of this underground city. The explorers who barged into this place could only stare at the magnificent scene with their eyes wide open while guessing the function of the stone pillars that emitted lightning in the entire system.
Hao Ren was not surprised by the tentacles. He even breathed a sigh of relief when he saw them. He knew that this world was built on the foundation of the First Born. Seeing the traces of the First Born at this time meant that things had progressed. He looked around and found a ramp at the edge of the platform. The ramp led straight into the strange city.
He led the team into the city, and Gezer followed behind with his sword in hand. Bonia glanced at the hole surrounded by electric light and covered with tentacles. The little saintess was terrified. She swallowed hard and whispered a prayer before hurrying to catch up with Vivian. She felt a little more secure around the latter.
The MDT floated in the air, detecting the energy response of the giant stone pillars as it moved forward. "All the stones are resonating with each other. This is a complete system. The whole city is running like a computer. I don't know how long the electric reaction here has been going on. Its energy source seems to be the tentacles. "
Hao Ren thought for a moment. "The First Born provides energy to the city, and in turn, the city stimulates the tentacles with electric shock?"
"It's not stimulation, it's singing a lullaby." A holographic projection appeared above the MDT. The projection showed a three-dimensional model of the whole city. There were circles of blue waves around the big hole in the center of the city. Those waves were the electric light released by the 77 giant stone pillars. As the blue light surged, the electric signal in the tentacles was suppressed to a very low level. "These things suppress the activity of the First Born."
"Just with these stones?" Hao Ren's eyes widened. He knew how big the First Born on this planet was. This was a real adult. The three little tentacles on Holletta were nothing compared to it. "Did the ancient people have such a brilliant ability?"
"So there must be some other force helping, and these tentacles initially seemed to cooperate with the suppression," the MDT pointed to the huge stone pillars. "These things alone can't suppress the big guy underground."
The team came to the depths of the city, which was very close to the circle of giant stone pillars with the most intense lightning. The crackling sound of the electric current created an uneasy atmosphere, and the air was filled with the smell of ionization. But Hao Ren noticed that the electric current on the giant stone pillars was controlled: they were only transmitted at a height of more than 10 meters above the ground. It seemed that there was no need to worry about them suddenly striking down.
Nangong Wuyue transformed into a water snake and used water mist to create a huge semicircle around them so that even if the electric current struck down, it could be transmitted through the water shield to the ground. While maintaining the barrier, she looked up at the dark stone buildings in all directions with a little worry. "I don't know what's going on … I feel like someone is watching me."
"I have the same feeling," Hao Ren's brows knit together. "It seems like we are being watched from all directions."
Lily immediately widened her eyes and looked around. She wanted to see if her psychic eyes could work, but it was obvious that it was not an ordinary ghost. She looked around but did not find anything. So she swung her tail and said, "I don't see anything … But I don't like this place. There's static electricity everywhere. Look at my tail."
Hao Ren took a look and found that Lily's tail had swelled to twice its size: it was caused by the static electricity in the air.
At this time, they passed by a huge stone slab, which blocked the way to the central pit. It was engraved with the ancient characters of this world. Nangong Sanba read it out. "Throat of Toka … What does it mean?"
"It should have something to do with the giants who carry the world," Gezer replied. "But the story of this city is lost, and I have never heard of it."
Bonia stared at the bright electric arcs. Her curiosity and attention were attracted by the wonderful sight of the city. Amidst the jumping electric arcs, she seemed to vaguely see some figures flying around in the air. The little saintess looked at these things with interest, and her ears twitched slightly. "Goddess, they are singing."
Vivian was stunned. "Singing? Who is singing? "
Bonia pointed around. "It's everywhere. A lot of people are singing to the hole in front."
Hao Ren did not let the little girl's words go, but he could not find the "many people" that Bonia mentioned. He realized that it was similar to the situation in the ghost town of Domir. "I am afraid that only she can see the spirits."
"Pay attention to what they are singing and saying," Vivian said to Bonia. "But don't follow them. Those should be ancient souls. They may not be malicious, but the place they are going is absolutely not where you should go. "
Bonia nodded as if she understood. "Oh."
They came to the side of the huge pit called the Throat of Toka, where the ground was almost completely covered by the tentacles of the First Born. Countless huge black roots stretched out from the ground and reached out to the lightning stone pillars. The roots even had a faint electric glow on them. Hao Ren carefully came to the edge of the pit and looked down. All he could see was a bottomless darkness and a little blurry red light in the darkness: it was either lava or a large organ of the First Born.
The MDT checked and found that the tentacles here retained a high degree of activity, but it still did not detect any clear neural activity of the First Born. Everything was suppressed by the surrounding stone pillars, and these tentacles were asleep as if they were dead.
As usual, Hao Ren dropped a few probes into the pit and then waited quietly for the probes to send back the situation below.
After the initial data was sent back, the MDT suddenly whistled. "Whoosh! Buddy, it seems that you have the answer to your original question: the energy source of this planet's ecosystem has been found."
Hao Ren was suddenly interested. "Where did it come from?"
"The First Born is devouring the planet itself," the MDT said.
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