I was embarrassed to admit that after spending so much time with this bunch of dragons who seemed to have taken a wrong turn on the evolutionary tree, I had almost forgotten the purpose of our visit.
"There is an ancient ruin nearby," I said loudly as I looked at the black dragon, Chael's wife (I don't know why this word feels so meaningful every time I think about it). "In fact, we are here for that ruin."
All the dragons quieted down at the same time. Chael touched his wife's neck and whispered, "He is talking about the Forgotten Garden. They want to open that forbidden area. "
The atmosphere seemed to have undergone a subtle yet rapid change. If a second ago, I felt like I was standing in front of a group of Happy Hermits who had gone through a complete evolution, now I felt like I was standing in front of a group of Guardian Dragons. Black Dragon Tracy looked at us with her large eyes, and her tone suddenly became serious. "You want to go to the Forgotten Garden? Do you know what that place is? "
"Yes, according to what we said, it should be a building complex left behind by our compatriots a long time ago." Sandora looked at Tracy and said naturally, "Lin and Chael previously learned about the ruins."
"You said that you are of the same race as the ancient gods who left this world?" The red dragon who looked the oldest and calmest asked in a low, thunderous voice. "This is not the time for jokes — are you serious?"
"I feel a little strange." The elder sister frowned and looked at him. "You … What is your relationship with the 'ancient gods' you speak of? Who did you think we were in the beginning?"
"Our relationship with the ancient gods is not important. As for your identity … Chael said that you are the gods," the red dragon rumbled. "I thought he meant that you are the ancient spirits who are worshipped as gods by the mortals on the mother continent."
Sandora's eyes narrowed slightly. "Oh? In your opinion, what do those ancient spirits mean? "
"They are just slightly stronger creatures." The red dragon flapped her wings. "But it is not a big deal for the mortals on the mother continent to call them gods. It is just a title anyway. But here, the 'gods' of the mother continent and the ancient gods in the legends of the dragons are two different things. It seems that I have misunderstood Chael's introduction. Are you trying to say that you are actually ancient gods? "
"Err, haven't you noticed?" I suddenly faintly realized that these dragons might have encountered the most troublesome "shielding effect" that everyone had encountered not long ago. "Do you recognize these things?"
As I said that, I activated a set of holographic projections that projected the Empire's most classic battleships and psionic crystals in midair. Considering that this world was filled with mystical items from the old Empire, I also projected images of ravens and angels.
"The last image is indeed of the Warriors of the Gods. They have wings on their backs and fight with light and lightning. But what are those things in the front?" Tracy looked curiously at the virtual projection in midair. She stretched out her claws and tried to touch the images. Of course, she did not touch anything. "Are you trying to say that those castles floating in the starry sky are the evidence that you are ancient gods? I don't remember the Ancient Gods having such a thing. Although I haven't experienced the glorious era of the Ancient Gods, I can't remember things from legends incorrectly. "
"By the way, those castles are indeed magnificent," Char muttered. "Although I have the decree of the ancestral spirits, I can't confirm the identity of these people. That's why I brought them here. They are indeed not the ancient souls that are regarded as' Gods' on the mother continent, but they don't seem to be the legendary Ancient Gods either. "
It really appeared! That strange shielding effect!
Just like how Pandora and the others did not have any memories of these lost worlds, the dragons in this world had come into contact with the old Empire. The legends passed down by their tribe also did not have any information about the old Empire's technology. Ever since the disaster, the old Empire's technology and mysticism had been completely separated with this world as the dividing line. There was an unexplainable information barrier between the two.
Or more strictly speaking, this information barrier was built on the foundation of the old Empire's 15th Heaven. The information that was separated was all the technological information and more than 80% of the mystical information of the old Empire's 15th Heaven.
"Fortunately, you at least recognize the appearance of an angel." I pointed at Alaya beside me and the missing angel that Little Bubble was holding onto with a rope. "This can prove something."
"I noticed it. It does look similar to the legendary warriors of the Ancient Gods. But to be honest, I have never seen the real warriors of the Ancient Gods," Tracy sniffled and shook his head. "But it doesn't matter. If you want to go to the Forgotten Garden, we can lead the way. It is open to you anyway."
"Huh?!" Lin Xue couldn't help but exclaim. "Why didn't you say so earlier! I thought you were the guardian dragons of the ruins! Why are you wasting your time here! " Not only Lin Xue, all of us thought the same. Initially, I thought that the dragons here were in charge of guarding the ruins of the ancient Empire. But now that I heard it, it was actually so easy for them to let us in? Why did they appear here?!
"We? Of course we are guarding the ruins, but this mission has just ended. "The red dragon nodded at Lin and said," The instructions passed down from ancient times are very clear. The ancestral spirits can go to the Forgotten Garden, and so can all the visitors brought by the ancestral spirits. In addition, if there is no ancestral spirit to lead the way, visitors who can open the gate of the garden independently are also allowed to enter. "
I roughly understood. I looked at Sandora and said through the spiritual connection, "It seems that after the 15th Heaven split, there was a way out. Someone hoped that the Protoss or the survivors of the Empire could open the ruins. We have come to the right place. "
The elder sister looked at Tracy and said, "In other words, no matter who comes to the Kingdom of the Giant Dragon and asks to go to the … Forgotten Garden, you will lead the way. As long as they can open the gate smoothly, they can enter. But if they can't open the gate …"
"Visitors can try the time of sunrise and sunset. If they still can't open the gate after that, then don't even think about leaving the Kingdom of the Giant Dragon alive. This space will be completely sealed until the dragons destroy all intruders," the bronze-scaled dragon next to her said. "We are not the main force of the guardian dragons. There are real guards at the entrance of the garden. They are the guardians who have survived since ancient times. They are stronger than us. If the worst-case scenario that I mentioned just now occurs, we will join the battle with the guardians. Oh right, you can talk to the guards and see if they know anything."
"Then bring us to the ruins." It seemed that the records of these dragons were also messy. I no longer had any expectations of how much knowledge they could keep. Instead, I straightforwardly stated my request. It seemed that we had accidentally fulfilled the conditions of opening the way. Although we couldn't guarantee that we could open the gate to the ruins, we just happened to bring along a Dragon God. But there was one thing I didn't quite understand. Why was it that in the legends of the dragons, only the spirits of their ancestors (the Dragon God of the Star Domain) could bring people into the ruins? The other Star Domain Protoss didn't even mention it. Could it be that the people who left such a way out for the 15th Heaven only knew that the Protoss of the Star Domain had a Dragon God?
I brought this question to the public channel in the spiritual connection to discuss it. In the end, everyone agreed that these dragons had been playing with their brains for too long and remembered the things that their master had told them …
Chael and Tracy were responsible for leading the way. But this time, our means of transportation wasn't Lynn. Sandora was worried that this idiot would destroy the precious Empire ruins when she landed. So, everyone preferred to fly by themselves. Lynn was also ordered to fly in human form. We quickly left the Cloud Mountains where the dragons lived and flew into the depths of the vast sea of clouds.
I held Little Bubble in my arms. Little Bubble held a rope in her hand. On the rope was a missing angel. Sandora looked at our group and asked curiously, "Do you think this angel can be used as the key to open the door?"
"We have to try. She's the only one who has the authority to open the door to a Mystic-type building in the 15th Heaven."
As I said that, I constantly paid attention to Little Bubble so that she wouldn't accidentally let go of the 'kite'. This missing angel seemed to be of great significance. In the past two days of communication with her (or rather, the process of me constantly talking and imagining things based on her slight movements), I was sure that she had a certain level of authority to operate the various Lost World ruins. But I just didn't know how much authority she had. Now that we knew that the 'Garden of Forgetfulness' that the dragons spoke of was sealed, our only hope of opening the door was this glowing kite.
Under the lead of the dragons, the group passed through the thick clouds. Along the way, we kept descending. I even felt that we had descended high enough to reach the surface — if the Lost World had a horizon. Finally, when the last of the clouds were swept behind us, a vast plain appeared in front of us.
It was still a floating continent, but it was already quite large — perhaps even as large as the Shadow City. The plain was desolate and empty. There wasn't even the shadow of any plants. It was completely different from the lush mountains in the sky. From high up in the sky, we could see that the land below was covered with a huge flashing array. This array stretched all the way to the end of the continent. Its scale was so large that any magic civilization that could research magic arrays would cry in sadness. But other than this array that was covered with bare stones, we didn't see any other buildings.
Forget about ruins, there wasn't even a proper stone house. The only thing we could see was a huge arched door that was still standing on the plain — the only man-made trace on the plain.
Chael and Tracy led us to land in front of this arched door. Only then did I realize that this door was extraordinarily tall. It was probably at least two hundred meters tall. Lin could even fly through it in her Dragon God form!
A two-hundred-meter-tall door wasn't rare. What was rare was that this two-hundred-meter-tall thing was a building on the surface. By the way, was it really necessary to build something on the surface so big?
"Err … this is the ruin …" Qian Qian looked up at the empty archway in front of her. The archway seemed to be made of a building material similar to the one used in the Sky Tower. It was also the kind of high-tech stuff that no one could recognize, but it was as advanced as the alloy of a starship. It had stood here for tens of thousands of years, but it was still as clean as new. There wasn't even a scratch on its surface.
"We know about the other Lost Worlds." Tracy gently touched the cold metal on the arch with the tip of her nose. There was a hint of emotion in her voice. "In those places where the power of the Ancient Gods cannot reach, everything has been turned upside down. In the past years, many intelligent creatures have found those Lost Worlds and left behind many fragile city-states that they built themselves. As time passed, those Lost Worlds accumulated the junk left behind by countless mortals of various eras, but none of them could last as long as the things left behind by the Ancient Gods. According to the oldest guardian, this place still maintains the appearance of the garden when it was sealed. For many years, no one has left any traces here. "
The black dragon's emotion wasn't without reason. We learned a lot about the lost worlds from Shakina. In the lost worlds, the ruins weren't just buildings left behind by the Old Empire. Most of them were left behind by ordinary civilizations. It had been tens of thousands of years since the collapse of the Old Empire. This period of time was enough for the various intelligent beings on the mother continent to create several civilizations. Most of the broken buildings that could be found in the lost worlds were left behind by the mortal civilizations that were active during the period between the fall of the Old Empire. Now, the cities built by the mortal civilizations were destroyed one after another. Only the Ancient Gods, the ruins left behind by the ancient Shiring Apostles, still stood intact on the land of the lost worlds, as if waiting for us to arrive.
Now wasn't the time to be emotional. I gathered my thoughts and focused on the huge arched door in front of me.
"This is the entrance to the Forgotten Garden?" I looked at Tracy. "Is it a teleportation device or something? Also, where is the guardian that you mentioned? "
"The Garden of Forgetfulness was already closed when I was born, so I don't know how this gate works, and I have never seen it open," Tracy explained to us as she stood in the middle of the arch. The scales all over her body began to cast a dark shadow. "All the dragons don't know. We are just waiting according to the instructions left behind by our ancestors. As for the guardian here, you will see him soon … "As soon as she finished speaking, the shadow power on the black dragon's body seemed to have solidified. She suddenly roared, and all the dark energy on her body instantly exploded, forming a dark fan-shaped curtain that splashed onto the surrounding pillars.
The shadow power had obviously activated some kind of identification device. Then, we heard a flat female voice that sounded like a machine, "Identification system activated. Determined to be a soldier's communication outside. The captain of the guardian is about to appear. "
"Rumble — rumble — rumble —" A deep rhythmic sound came from the empty other side of the arched door, as if a giant was walking towards us. The heavy footsteps stopped when they reached the arched door. Tracy and Chael bowed their heads respectfully and took a few steps back. Then, we saw a huge, metallic figure appear in the air in the middle of the arched door.
It had a slightly familiar shape, just like the metal colossi we saw at the square behind the Sky Tower. It was a silver-white giant that was more than ten meters tall, completely made of mysterious metal. However, this silver-white giant was obviously different from the previous guardian. Its skin didn't have a circular structure like the previous guardian's. Instead, it was completely integrated. It was also wearing an exquisite and mighty armor, and it held a heavy golden lightning scepter in its hand. The surface of the opponent's heavy armor was flowing with magical radiance, and the chest area was inlaid with the cross crystal symbol of the Empire. There were complex and esoteric runes circulating around the edge of the armor. Two-thirds of the lightning scepter was made of metal, and one-third of it was pure arcane lightning. It would make sense to say that it was a spear with lightning as its blade. The face of this metal giant was not a smooth trapezoidal metal like the guardian statues of the Sky Tower. Instead, it had fine facial features. It looked like a middle-aged man with rich hair and a rich beard.
I couldn't help but think of the leader of the Atlanteans. Zeus seemed to have a similar appearance to him … Of course, Zeus definitely wouldn't be able to defeat this chief guard whose energy reaction was as strong as a warship's reactor.
"Hmm, the children of the previous generation of guards … Oh, I forgot. You are now guards. You are here. What news do you have this time?" The metal giant's height of more than ten meters was enough for him to talk face to face with Tracy and the others. He completely ignored us and focused his attention on the two guardian dragons. His voice rumbled like thunder as he stood in front of the ancient arched door with his head held high, like a giant god guarding the heavens.
At that moment, I couldn't help but look at Sandora. A completely normal guardian of the old Empire!
This was something that could be communicated with!
"We have brought another batch of visitors who want to open the Forgotten Garden." Char had completely lost his frivolous and unreliable appearance from before. He nodded at the giant respectfully, and his attitude was no less respectful than when he was facing the spirits of his ancestors. "According to the ancient order, we will bring all qualified visitors to you for inspection until someone can open the door to the Forgotten Garden."
"Another adventurer?" The giant didn't seem to mind. "Thirty thousand years ago, your grandfather's generation brought a batch of them, but they were burned to ashes. I wonder what will happen to them this time."
"They're not the same as the last batch from thirty thousand years ago." Tracy glanced at Lin. "They were led to the Kingdom of the Great Dragon by the ancestral spirits of the Great Dragon Clan, and they claim to be Ancient Gods."
"Ancestral spirits? That's the judgment of your dragon tribe's soul … Wait, did you say Ancient Gods?! " The giant suddenly reacted, and the halo of energy on his body suddenly intensified by several times. All the stones on the ground within a radius of several hundred meters instantly turned into dust under the sudden increase in pressure. "Ancient Gods? The owner of the garden? Did they directly call themselves that? "
"I say, big guy, you should have noticed that there are people under your feet, right?"
I finally decided to take the initiative to attract the giant's attention, so I raised my head and shouted.
The giant was attracted by the shout from under his feet. He must have noticed us from the very beginning, but he didn't pay much attention to us. Now that his gaze finally landed on us, I smiled at him and prepared to introduce myself.
However, the next second, the giant responded to us by waving his lightning scepter!
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