Angel still remembered that although the Hangu ruins in the outside world were called "ruins", according to Madeline, there were no traces of any buildings in that area. Some people even dug three feet into the ground and found no so-called "ruins".
ruins.
Angel was also wondering at the beginning, since it is called Hangu Ruins, why are there no traces of the ruins? Has it been completely eroded by the power of time?
Now it seems that, combined with the corpse of Gu Xia appearing here and the large number of aboriginal cities they saw along the way, it just happened to be what Grewu said.
This may be the ancient Han ruins that have been sealed in dust for tens of thousands of years!
The so-called "Hangu ruins" outside are just a platform leading here. The real ruins are in this sealed continent!
…
Although the location was roughly confirmed, how to leave became another problem.
Angel looked at Grewu. If the Hangu ruins in the outside world were just a platform leading here, then there must be a passage.
Grewu shook his head: "I never thought that I would end up in the Hangu ruins, and I never asked about the exit here, but in ancient times, if the aborigines could leave here, there must be a way."
There is a road, but I don't know where it is.
With nothing to do, we could only turn our attention back to Gu Xia's body, hoping to get some clues from him. After all, Gu Xia came in from the outside world.
Popota began to examine Gucia's body.
"Nothing is missing. The disposable space soft capsule is still there. There is some wealth in it, and there are many medicines to restore injuries. It seems that Gu Xia was fully prepared when he came to the abyss, but unfortunately something happened halfway." Popota sighed.
With a sound, he continued to detect the energy and began to inspect the internal situation of the corpse: "From the consumption degree of the residual energy and some general traces, it can be basically judged that the time of death should be two months ago."
"There is damage to the internal organs, but it should not be the cause of death. It may be that the energy is not enough to withstand the destruction of the physical body... Hey, there is a wound on the skull. It doesn't look like it was caused by energy. It looks a bit like it was pecked out by some kind of creature."
Popota looked back at Angel: "Gusiya shouldn't have had these injuries before she disappeared, right?"
Angel nodded.
Bobota stood up, "Nothing else was found except the skull wound. This should be a fatal injury."
The expressions of the two people gradually became heavy. It was not a fatal injury caused in the outside world, which meant that there was still some unknown creature here that killed Gu Xia.
Unknown creatures made them worried. However, Guxia's body also gave some other clues. From Guxia's death time, it can be roughly inferred that he died not long after entering here.
In other words, his entrance to the Hangu ruins from the outside world may be near this area.
Bobota: "You said before that Gucia suffered from hysteria, had auditory hallucinations, and felt someone calling him, and then he disappeared. Could the person calling him be the person who killed him?"
"Hard to say."
Popota mentioned hysteria, and Angel recalled another incident.
"After Gu Xia disappeared, Brufen once talked to me about some things about Hangu ruins. He said that in the past few hundred years, at least thousands of people have disappeared in Hangu ruins. The frequency is not high, but cumulatively
There are a lot of them.”
"Later, the Frost Moon Alliance did research and came to the same point: all the people who disappeared in the Hangu ruins had a hysterical hallucination before disappearing. In addition to feeling someone calling in their ears, they could also see a human figure.
." Angel recalled what Brufen said at the time: "It was finally confirmed that the figure was a man wearing a black crow cloak. It was recorded in some documents that he was the guide of death from the bottomless abyss."
"Kurando!"
When Angel said this name, Grave immediately followed suit.
"you know too?"
Grewu nodded: "Kurando is the god of death, a subordinate of an ancient person who masters the rules of death."
"The Ancient One? What is this?"
"The existences that have been alive since before Ragnarok are what we call ancient ones. Among them are demon gods, demons, and even aborigines. Kulando himself seems to be an ancient one."
Because of his limited vision, Grewu didn't know much. The only thing he knew was that Kulangduo was a person who specialized in guiding the souls of the dead. Among the aborigines, he was called the guide of death. In the eyes of the devil, he was just a guide to death.
grim Reaper.
"Since he is the one who leads the way to death, could it be this Kulando who killed Gusiya?" Popota asked.
Grave glanced at Popota and didn't want to answer, but the shopkeeper was nearby, so it still shook its head angrily, "I don't know, Kulando's deeds are very far away from my life."
For a moment, it seemed that the clues were broken again. In other words, the clues were too complicated to be connected together.
"Whether it's Gu Xia killed by Kulando or not, the most important thing is to find a way out now." Angel: "Let's continue here to see if there are any clues. If not, let's go to the wasteland.
As I walked, I felt... that I was not far from the place that called me. Maybe there would be an answer there."
There were still many corpses in this town, but they found no other useful clues. Occasionally there were human corpses, and they were basically those of apprentices.
In the end, nothing was found.
"Since there are no clues, let's keep going." This time, they did not take a gondola because Angel had already sensed that the place of call was very close.
The figures of their group walked into the gray rain and fog and disappeared.
…
A deep footprint was left on the ground. The heavy rain fell, and soon a pool of water accumulated at the footprint.
Such puddles of footprints continue into the depths of the wilderness.
Angel, who had insufficient control over his strength, accidentally stepped on another hole. Grewu and Bobota, who were nearby, continued to move forward as if they hadn't seen them.
This relieved Angel's embarrassment a little.
"Shopkeeper, can you feel who is calling you now?" Grewu suddenly asked.
Angel shook his head. He just felt that he was getting closer and closer to the calling place, but he still couldn't sense who was calling him. Was it a certain life calling him, or was he being guided by the pan-consciousness of the mainland? These were all still the same.
doubt.
We traveled a few more miles.
The further he walked, the more Angel felt a sense of intimacy.
Gu Xia also disappeared because he felt someone was calling him. Before, Angel thought that Gu Xia's situation was very similar to his own.
But now that I think about it, they still have differences.
When Gusia heard that she was being called, she was hysterically repulsed, which was completely opposite to her own situation.
Having said that, Angel is still very wary. After all, Angel himself can confuse people's senses and cognition. Maybe this sense of intimacy is an illusion deliberately created.
"There seems to be a dark shadow ahead?" Popota pointed ahead.
Angel raised his head and looked into the distance. The front was still obscured by rain and fog, but among the blurry shadows, there was indeed a black figure that was not very tall, but looked very tall, standing motionless in the distance.
This is a wasteland, and we didn't even see a single larger stone along the way. A black shadow suddenly appeared, which was quite unexpected.
The black shadow remained motionless, and they approached cautiously.
When they got closer, they discovered that the black shadow was not actually a living creature, but a dry tree.
Standing alone in the wilderness, bathing in the rain.
"I thought there would be no plants on this continent, but I didn't expect to see a tree. Although it is withered, it at least means that this place was once covered by vegetation." Bobota sighed while looking towards
Walk in the direction of the tree.
Angel planned to follow, but was stopped by Grave.
At this time, Bobota had already arrived near the tree. After he walked around the tree a few times, he realized that Angel and others had not followed.
He walked over again, and when Popota stood in front of Grave, doubts flashed in Grave's eyes, and he muttered in a low voice: "It shouldn't be, I feel something is wrong with that tree, it seems to be residual
There's a dangerous smell, why..." Are you going to be okay?
Only then did Angel understand the reason why Grave stopped him. He probably felt that there would be danger ahead, and Bobota was used as a pathfinding tool.
Popota also ignored Grewu. They were not of the same race and could not deal with each other.
Angel shook his head and walked towards the tree. Since Angel had stepped forward, Grewu naturally followed.
When Grewu came to the tree, he happened to see Angel take something off the dead tree and put it in the palm of his hand.
It came forward curiously: "What is this...feather?"
At this time, what was placed in Angel's hand was a black feather. The down was a little hard, and the color was like the deep void.
Popota also came over at this time. When he saw the feather on Angel's hand, he was stunned for a moment: "Where did you find this feather?"
Angel pointed to the dry branch.
Popota looked confused: "When I came here just now, I looked carefully and didn't see any feathers."
"Are you sure?" Angel looked at Bobota.
Bobota said in a determined tone: "This tree is not very high. I looked at it carefully and there is nothing there."
Bobota wouldn't lie about this kind of thing. In other words, it is very possible that this feather just appeared?
"When I came over just now, the first thing I saw was this feather. It was very conspicuous." Angel looked at the feather in his hand, and doubts flashed in his eyes: "Could it be that there is some kind of creature that has been nearby?
Didn't we find it?"
It seems that only this answer can explain what is happening.
For a moment, the atmosphere was somewhat silent.
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from their ears:
"This is Kulang Duo's gift to you. Please accept it, the savior of Yuantan Continent."