"Artificially created it?"
Kim's expression gradually changed. Apart from being surprised, he had doubts about this.
He could see that the crescent pattern engraved on the ground was graphic text, but he could not decipher it further.
Among the team, only Sa Ling had this possibility.
"I'm not very sure, but …" Sa Ling gently touched the edges of the graphic text and said solemnly, "It's because it's graphic text that some of the information is easier to decipher."
"But these words alone are not enough. I want to take a look at the roofs of other buildings, or …"
At this point, Sa Ling looked at the metal door that Bohara had discovered earlier.
Everyone followed Sa Ling's gaze and looked at the door not far away.
"Go inside …"
Kim muttered and looked at the remaining teammates — Sheerah, Bruna, Bohara, White, and Sa Ling.
Bruna, needless to say, had zero combat power.
Sa Ling's strength was not bad, and she could be the main combatant. Relatively speaking, Sheerah and White were both logistical support and did not have strong combat power.
In other words, Bohara was the only one who had met the passing standard in terms of direct combat ability.
Although Kim was also curious about the interior of the building, it was not a wise choice to explore the building in the current situation.
He looked at the restless Sa Ling and said, "The decision to enter the building can be discussed when Law and the others come back. Before that, we can go to the roofs of other buildings to take a look."
White nodded in agreement. "No one knows what unknown dangers are lurking in the building. It's best not to act rashly with just the few of us."
Sheerah looked at Sa Ling apologetically and said softly, "I also think we should wait for Law and the others to come back before making a decision."
Other than being more assertive when it came to food, Bohara simply went with the flow in other matters.
As for Bruna, she gave Sa Ling a vote of friendship when the matter was settled.
"Okay, let's go to the roofs of other buildings first."
More than half of the team members objected. Sa Ling gently rubbed her forehead.
She was not the kind of person who was unreasonable, and she knew that most of the team's combat power had been taken by Law to find vanilla. Even if she wanted to enter the building to investigate, she had to wait for Law and the others to come back.
The distance between the buildings in the ancient maze was not far, so Sa Ling and her team easily jumped to the roof of another building.
Brushing away the dust that had accumulated on the floor of the building, the same form of graphic text was reflected in everyone's eyes. From the appearance alone, it was extremely similar to the graphic text on the roof of the previous building.
"Are they the same characters?" Bouhara asked in confusion.
"Indeed, there doesn't seem to be any difference." Lao Bai studied the words on the ground carefully.
King and Sheerah felt the same way. They couldn't help but look at Sa Ling, who was deep in thought.
Noticing the questioning gazes of her teammates, Sa Ling nodded and said, "It's the same."
"What do these ancient characters record?" White asked curiously.
"The origin of cities and gold and silver ingots."
Sa Ling glanced at Lao Bai and said, "According to the written records, among the ancient humans who lived here in the past, there was an ancient human whose name I couldn't identify. He brought back a plant from the outside, which was a gold and silver ingot."
"And the human who brought back the plant died not long after. The people in the tribe found that the blood in the corpse had turned into some kind of unknown liquid metal. After coming into contact with the air, the liquid metal would become solid for a short period of time."
"After that, according to the information left behind by the dead person, the ancient humans confirmed that this phenomenon was related to the plant that was brought back."
"From then on, the ancient humans began to build cities. However, they didn't cultivate the gold and silver ingots brought back by the dead human. Instead, they used the infection and transformation characteristics of the gold and silver ingots to directly transform living creatures to produce sufficient amounts of metal in the fastest way."
"Therefore, this city built by the ancient humans was … built from the bones of countless living creatures."
Everyone was surprised when they heard this. They knew that the gold and silver ingots contained an unknown infection and transformation poison, and they had also seen the approximate volume of the gold and silver ingots that were lodged in other living creatures.
Then, how many lives had been used to transform such a large city?
King stroked his chin and said doubtfully, "There are many things that don't make sense. We have come into contact with the gold and silver ingots, and it seems to be somewhat different from what is recorded in the written records."
"That's right. There are many inconsistencies in the interpreted content. If it wasn't graphic text, I would take the initiative to doubt its reliability. But these are graphic text, and I am willing to believe the information that I have interpreted."
Sa Ling nodded at King and said, "It's just that I keep feeling that there is a contradiction in something, but I can't pinpoint exactly where it is. That's why I need more information. But now it seems …"
As she said this, she looked at the roofs of the buildings of different heights and said in a low voice, "The roofs of other buildings might not necessarily have what I want."
Everyone looked at her figure and said nothing.
There was silence in the room.
After a while, King said calmly, "Anyway, let's go to other places and have a look."
.....
Outside the ancient maze city, where the Ferry Bureau's team was stationed.
After Giles got the vanilla, he led the rest of the team out of the maze and met up with the team outside.
The vanilla was uprooted and transplanted into a special transparent glass cover by the researchers who came with the team. They were afraid that the vanilla would wither even a little bit.
The person in charge of the logistics research was an energetic old man. Even the loose robe could not hide his well-trained body.
He held the glass cover as if it was a priceless treasure. Then, he looked at the soldiers who came back with undisguised disappointment on his face.
700 people went in, and less than 300 came back.
In other words, more than half of the soldiers went in, but they only brought back a handful of vanilla.
It was difficult to compare the loss and the result.
"Is that all you got?" The old researcher asked even though he knew the answer.
"Yes."
Giles lowered his head slightly, and his voice was filled with shame.
The old researcher turned to look at the veins of the leaves in the glass cover and said, "This is not enough."
"I know. After the soldiers rest, I will continue to lead the team into the maze city to search for vanilla."
"Well, thank you for your hard work."
The old researcher nodded and walked toward the temporary tent with the glass cover.
The results of the first search were too tragic. He did not put all his hopes on the combat personnel.
"As long as we can bring vanilla back to the imaginary continent, there is a possibility of cultivating it," the old researcher thought.
When he was about to step into the tent, there was an obvious commotion behind the base.
He stopped and looked in the direction of the commotion.
Giles, who watched the old researcher walk toward the tent, also looked in the same direction.
Several soldiers with serious expressions ran over and reported to Giles, "Captain, there are enemies in the forest. There are five Demonic Beasts and they are coming toward us."
"Demonic Beasts?"
Giles raised his eyebrows.
In front of the tent, the old researcher stepped out and walked into the tent.
He was not surprised that the enemies were Demonic Beasts.
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