Because the mask cannot be used here, the biphasic demon insect sealed in the mask seems to have been suppressed by some force, and there is no movement at all.
And this also means that if he falls, he will have no means of recovery and will really have to wait for death.
He walked down the rope and could feel his feet shaking with each step. He unconsciously looked down, but gradually he couldn't see anything.
In the darkness, he tried hard not to look down, and tried hard to think about other things to suppress his panic, so that he could move down mechanically.
At this time, he suddenly thought of the dragon man young man asking himself why he came here.
"What if we can't find the answer?"
He suddenly wanted to talk and asked the people below.
"you say."
"If the answer I want doesn't exist here at all, would it be stupid for me to die here like this?"
The voice came from below and the other party told Helfas.
"Then stop, you can still climb up now."
"If you think this is stupid, don't die stupidly here."
"Because if you think everything you do is stupid, then you are really stupid."
But after hesitating for a while, he continued walking down.
The people below asked him: "Why do you still come down?"
Herfas: "What I wanted to do when I set out has not been completed, and I don't want to stop now."
"Even if I can only take a few more steps forward, I want to at least take a few more steps before stopping."
Since everyone already knows this place, how could he not come here? At least for now, this is the only place he knows that can give him some answers.
If you choose to retreat and give up on every problem you face in life, then in the end you will really have no choice but to stop.
But he didn't want to stop, he still hoped to continue moving forward.
The two of them stopped talking again.
Helfas finally made it all the way down to the bottom along the rope. He felt that he had reached the limit. His whole body was in great pain. There were blood marks on his hands and the rope was stained red. His whole body began to shake due to fatigue.
But he still held on to the rope tightly. Even if he felt severe pain coming, he still pulled hard and wouldn't let go.
The young dragon man has already found a place below and is waiting for Helfas.
"There is a slope here, you can take a rest."
Only then did Helfas discover that there was a platform at the end of the rope. This should have been the point where people who had arrived here before had stepped on it.
Every step the young man takes is planned, and even before that, he should have been here.
Helfas had been guessing for a long time, but he didn't really say it until now.
"You've been here before!"
The young dragon man sat quietly, while Helfas slowly lit a torch. The moment the torch was lit, Helfas happened to see the other person's gaze staring at the fire.
He said: "Last time I stopped here and couldn't go any further."
Helfas: "Why didn't you go down? You're already here?"
The young dragon man: "Because my companion fell to death before arriving at the temple, and I was scared."
"We thought we had made a long enough rope before we came here, but the depth of this pit is still beyond our imagination."
"I thought we had made all the preparations, but it still wasn't enough."
Helfas: "Then why did you come here again this time?"
The young dragon man: "Because I have nowhere to go, and I happened to meet you."
"I suddenly felt that this was a reminder to me to continue what I had not done before!"
"When I was wandering alone in this forest, I felt that the things I was afraid of before became worth mentioning. There is nothing more regretful than coming here but not reaching the bottom."
Only then did Helfas remember that the other party was driven out by the Weaver tribe. They had become lonely souls from that time, and running here might be the only hope and salvation in their eyes.
The young dragon man stood up and told Helfas.
"Throw the torch down."
Helfas hesitated, but still did it.
The torch fell, and the two of them followed their gazes and finally saw the scene at the bottom of the cave.
Vaguely.
They saw that it was the top of a temple, and there was an altar on it. There were some strange symbols carved on it, and they felt dizzy just by looking at it.
Weird shouts and sounds could be heard faintly in the ears, seeming to be calling out to a great existence with various shouts.
"Titan!"
Helfas was a little excited. Even if it was just a quick glance, the greatness and wonder of the building was definitely not something that the dragon people could create.
"Look."
"It's true, there really is a temple down there."
There must be a very big secret hidden here, information beyond this era.
The young dragon man said: "We also saw this kind of scene and believed that there is a god below. It must be something built by the gods."
Helfas was stunned: "Has anyone really gone down there before?"
The young dragon man didn't know that in this era, the dragon people didn't even have writing, and even if there were writing, who could guarantee that everything recorded would be true?
The two of them ate and drank water, and Helfas wrapped his hands again before continuing to climb down.
Because they may have to go up later, the rope must be kept, and then they can only use tools and hands to climb.
Fortunately, the rock wall below is not completely straight, but has many strange circles of regular patterns and gaps.
It seemed to be artificially carved, but when he touched it carefully, Helfas felt that it was like the lines left by insects when they squirmed.
Also a possibility.
It was probably because he had a particularly deep impression of the Bipolar Demonic Insect that he had such a strange association.
The next process is more thrilling and exciting.
The two of them climbed down along the planned route, finding a fixed position with every step they took. Every time they went down, they seemed to be closer to death.
At some distance along the way, a torch should be inserted into the gap to provide lighting.
This is an ultimate test of physical strength and an excellent exercise of will.
Then, the scariest place came.
Two people clung to a raised rock and had to cross a smooth rock wall and grab the rock at the other end before they could reach the planned route and climb down.
If you grab it, you can reach the bottom smoothly.
If you can't catch it, you can reach the bottom directly.
The young dragon man said: "Get ready to jump over here."
Helfas looked at the smooth rock wall. If he usually walked, this distance would not be worth mentioning.
But here, this short distance is like a natural chasm.
"It's so far away, how can it be jumped over?"
The young dragon man jumped up before Helfas could finish speaking.
He really flew across the air like a flying dragon, grabbed the stone at the other end with all his strength, then fixed his body during the swing, and looked back at the stunned Helfas.
He moved to one side and gave up his original position.
"come!"
Seeing that Helfas still didn't dare to move, he took a deep breath and spoke to him forcefully.
"do not be afraid."
"You just need to imagine that even when you fall, you actually fall on a soft bed, and then you can have a good sleep."
"This way it won't..."
As he talked, the young dragon man couldn't continue.
He seemed to remember something.
In his eyes, Helfas seemed to overlap with a certain figure, and then he said with a vibrato.
"This is what I told my companion before, and then... fell..."
Herfas's mouth, which was already open due to nervousness, opened even wider now.
I'm hanging on the stone wall now, facing a life-or-death decision, and I'm so nervous that my heart feels like beating a drum.
You tell me this.
But thinking about it this way, I couldn't help but want to laugh, and the originally tense and suppressed emotions were released a lot.
Helfas took advantage of this energy and imitated the opponent to jump up.
He was not very skilled, so he couldn't find any other fixed point after grabbing the rocks extending from the stone wall. After working hard on his feet and body for a long time, he finally stabilized his body.
"Crush, wipe, wipe!"
The cane shoes made a sound when stepping on the stone wall, and the toes were tightly clasped.
Then, the sound suddenly stopped.
Helfas remained motionless in an ugly posture, as if he couldn't believe that he had really come over, and at the same time he was still experiencing the feeling just now.
The young dragon man also looked at Helfas in disbelief: "Did you really jump over?"
Helfas couldn't help laughing: "Because I believe it, there must be a bed down there, and it's still soft."
at this time.
When Helfas looked down again, his feeling was completely different.
Suddenly he felt that some of his previous thoughts were ridiculous, his weakness in wanting to back down when he encountered some difficulties was really contemptible, and his cowering by the hole after losing his extraordinary strength was really ugly.
He then climbed down with the dragon man young man, looking much more stable.
He could still chat with the other person, his tone was tired, but very calm.
Herfas: "I finally understand why I'm so scared."
The young dragon man: "Why?"
Helfas: "Because I know very well in my heart that my power is not my own, because I know that I only look strong."
"Those things I can have now, may one day lose."
"These are castles in the air."
"Only when I believe that I can still face everything calmly even after losing everything, and the courage to face difficulties and problems no matter what, is the real strength."
Helfas was very happy.
"Although I can't do this yet."
"But if I encounter any scary monster or something difficult again in the future, I just need to think about the feeling I just had."
"I think I can face it calmly, at least it won't look too ugly."
This wall and the distance of a short jump may not be worth mentioning compared to those weird manipulation laws that control the celestial phenomena.
But the feeling and experience that life and death are completely in one's own hands, and can pass through your fingertips at any time, are completely different from facing weirdness.
In particular, he did not rely on the power of the sealed object this time, nor did he rely on the power of Ji Zhu.
Only when you put aside all external things, you can find those things hidden deep in your heart.
It's called courage, patience, determination and the like.
Maybe that's what's truly powerful.
Unshakable and undeprived.
——
I don't know when I stepped on a piece of solid ground.
This also means that they have reached the end.
The bottom of the cave has arrived.
"Huuu...huuu...huu..."
The first time Helfas came down, he sat down to rest. He put his hands on his knees, leaned his head on his hands, and breathed heavily.
The young dragon man rested for a while and then began to walk around holding a torch, as if he was looking for something.
Helfas saw the other party's movements and also stood up.
Just stood up.
What came into view were several human skeletons, most of which looked very old.
Helfas stepped over the corpses and walked forward. Following the other party, he saw more and more corpses.
These people should have come here to see the gods, and most of them died on the way.
And the rest.
Died here.
Helfas was walking and looking, and suddenly the figure holding a torch stopped in front of him.
He asked: "What's wrong?"
Helfas walked to his side and heard the other person say.
"found it."
Helfas lowered his head and saw a rotting corpse, wearing the same patterned clothes as the dragon man youth, but with a hat on top of his head.
The other person's hair was tied into several small braids, flowing from the back of his head to his back. It looked like he had often taken care of it during his lifetime. The young dragon man also had such braids on the back of his head, but they were not as detailed.
Neither of them spoke. After a while, the young dragon man started to move. He took off his clothes and put them on the body, wrapping them tightly.
"My companion loved to watch when he was alive. He definitely didn't want others to see him like this."
Helfas also helped wrap the body and tied it with the belt on the body, like a body bag.
The young dragon man carried the body on his back and said to Helfas.
"We came together and wanted to see the gods in the temple."
Helfas nodded.
The two of them headed towards the temple they had seen before, holding torches high as they penetrated the dark world at the bottom of the cave.
They swam through puddles and walked along a steep slope for a long time, and finally came to a huge door.
He raised the torch high, but the firelight still couldn't shine on the top of the temple gate.
The walls were covered with a thick layer of moss that stuck to it, as if they were coated with a layer of green paint and also blocked the patterns on the temple walls.
"There is a stone monument here."
Helfas noticed a tall stone tablet erected outside the temple. According to his impression and feeling, this kind of stone tablet should have something very important engraved on it.
The young dragon man also followed him to the foot of the stone monument. Neither of them could stand as high as the base of the stone monument.
They brought the torch closer and looked carefully at the inscriptions on the stone tablet.
The young dragon man said: "I don't know what it is written."
Helfas looked at the stone tablet, and the feeling of dizziness and whispering came back when he stared at the inscriptions on it.
at the same time.
Those special words seemed to send a meaning directly into his mind.
"Entrance to the Earth Labyrinth!"
Helfas also read out its meaning, but neither he nor the young dragon man beside him were at a loss to understand what it meant.
The two of them walked through the gate and entered. There were no statues of gods in the hall, only strange, vague and incomplete symbols.
I don't know if it has become blurry over time, or if the person who originally carved it didn't intend for people to see this symbol clearly.
Some of them were like water, and some were like flames. The two of them counted ten such symbols.
"can't read."
"There's a door over here."
"There is a corridor here."
"This door is closed and cannot be opened."
The two people walked around the temple. To them, it was indeed like a maze. It was surprisingly large. The various palaces and rooms made them dizzy. They almost couldn't find their way out.
road.
This temple is so big that only part of it is exposed to the outside, and a large part is probably built underground and inside the rock wall.
Seeing these pictures, Helfas could really confirm a problem.
That is to say, there must have been civilization in this world. The style and architectural form of this building, as well as the words and patterns on the walls that I saw while walking around in the dark, all represent that this world once existed in a very prosperous era.
But that civilization may not have been built by humans.
At least it shouldn't have been established by dragons.
Helfas walked around and looked around. He wanted to trace the origins of the place and find out who built it, and he wanted to know more information.
He wanted to find a "person" similar to himself in the picture, and he even thought about it in his mind.
"Could this place be built by a person with black hair, black eyes and no tail?"
But no matter what, the person who built this building should have left long ago.
There is nothing left here, just cold stone.
It should be at least tens of thousands of years, and no one has visited here, as if time has completely forgotten this place.
The two people returned to the main hall. Helfas took out a pen and was about to record something, but he saw the young dragon man coming to him with the body of his companion on his back.
"It's almost time to leave," he said.
Helfas: "Aren't you going to continue exploring?"
The other party shook his head: "There is no God here, there is nothing."
Helfas understood.
indeed.
There are no gods waiting here, no miracles, no salvation that fulfills people's wishes.
Everything is just a fantasy imagined by those dragon people who have arrived here, taking a quick glance at this great and wonderful temple from a high place and listening to the whispers.
Even if there really were some great beings here, they are no longer here now.
Helfas looked into the dragon man's young man's eyes, as if searching for any disappointment.
The other party worked hard and came here with his companions full of expectations, but what he finally got was such an answer.
Unfortunately, he saw nothing.
Perhaps when his companion died here, the other party no longer expected God.
"Sorry for making you make this trip, there is no god you believe in here."
The young dragon man was carrying the corpses of his companions, as if to say that his trip was not in vain.
Then he raised his head, looked at Helfas and shook his head.
"My companions do not believe in God. They just long for an existence that can save us, but now it seems that such an existence does not exist."
Helfas: "What about you?"
The young dragon man: "I actually didn't think that much. I just set off with them, so at least I'm not alone."
The young dragon man said goodbye to Helfas and spoke to him seriously.
"The answer my companion wants has been found. It's time for us to go back together."
"Black-haired man, here is the answer you want."
Helfas shook his head: "I don't know yet. There are many things here that interest me. I want to take a closer look to see if I can find what I want."
The purpose of the youth and his companions is to find God, while the purpose of Helfas is to find the secrets about the world and the secrets about himself.
"Hope you can find it."
"Even if it's not here, it can be somewhere else."
After the young man said this, he turned around and left. When he walked to the door, he said to Helfas: "You are actually very powerful."
On the contrary, Helfas felt that the other party was very powerful, and was a little happy after getting his approval: "Why is it so powerful?"
The young man said: "You can go on alone."
After saying that, the other party turned around and left.
Helfas didn't know whether he was praising him or joking.
——
Bottom of the cave.
Helfas stared at the heights with the help of the weak torch light on the cave wall, and saw the other party tying the corpse to his body and climbing up. The difficulty was so difficult that Helfas was frightened, but the other party always relied on experience and
Great strength and experience to move up.
Finally, we came to the place where we needed to leap.
Helfas saw the other party tying the body to the stone, then jumped over, reaching the other side in a very thrilling way, and then pulled the body over by pulling on the belt with his tail.
Then I climbed up, no matter how difficult it was, I didn’t stop.
He just watched the shadow disappear into the darkness, becoming increasingly invisible.
After a long time, neither the sound of falling nor any other movement was heard.
He could basically tell that the other party had climbed up.
“It’s really amazing.”
Helfas sat down, smiled and shook his head in admiration.
Then, turn around and enter the temple again.
This time he wanted to thoroughly explore this place, figure out the secrets about it, and go deeper into it.