Chapter 288: Apocalypse Shelter, Two Old Photos from the Past
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The sky and the earth are dark, and above the snowfield, the wind and snow are howling!
In the harsh weather with heavy snowfall, a silver-white light curtain was vaguely visible, from which three figures slowly stepped out.
It was Li Guanqi, Wang Yanqing and You Hao who passed through the space entrance and came to the small world of ancient ruins.
"This is the world of ruins?"
Li Guanqi looked around, observing the strange environment around him.
This snowfield world is not big, you can see it all at a glance.
It was about fifty miles in radius, and the boundaries of the snowfield were filled with distorted eight-color lights, just like the scene inside a space crack.
And the sky in this snowy world is also like this. There are no white clouds, sun, moon or stars. It's all a distorted eight-color light.
Because of this, the world is not so dark that you can't even see your fingers.
Because the eight-colored rays of light at the boundaries are actually light sources.
Although the light emitted by those distorted eight-color rays is not strong, making the world seem a bit gloomy, Li Guanqi and others are not ordinary people, and night vision is no longer a problem.
There is nothing much to mention about the snowfield.
In fact, compared to the snow and the twisted eight-color light, the first thing in this world that attracted Li Guanqi's attention was the dilapidated buildings in the distance.
Looking from a distance, it looks like a prison standing in the wind and snow.
It was an area surrounded by high cement walls. The exact area was unclear, but the cement walls were very high, probably twenty or thirty meters high, and were full of holes and mottled marks.
Then there are several fifty or sixty-meter-high towers inside, which seem to be watchtowers used for reconnaissance, but they are all damaged. The tops of two watchtowers are broken.
As for other things, you have to go in to find out.
"Is that a human sanctuary in the last days?"
Li Guanqi narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Hmm... I thought it would be as uncomfortable as the teleportation array."
At this time, Wang Yanqing next to her stretched her limbs and said, "I didn't expect that I didn't feel anything at all. It's like walking through a piece of water, and it's a little comfortable."
"Um?"
Li Guanqi finally discovered something was wrong.
It was clearly a scene of whistling snow on a snowy field, but he felt a little... hot?
"You Hao?"
Li Guanqi looked at the ancient scholar next to him and found that he was already sweating profusely, no, it should be said that he was sweating like rain, as if he was in a hot desert.
"This, this is the taboo rule here."
You Hao wiped the sweat off his face and breathed heavily, "Although you are in a snowfield, your body will feel extremely hot."
This ancient scholar was no ordinary person.
But a two-level warrior of different blood!
To be able to heat a Liangyi-level warrior of different blood to this level, the "high temperature" here is enough to burn an ordinary person to ashes.
However, with the physical bodies of Li Guanqi and Wang Yanqing, this temperature is not enough to cause them to sweat. It is not enough at all.
"Teng!"
Li Guanqi squatted down, opened his right hand, and released a ball of fire, melting the snow at his feet into water.
An 800° flame can still melt snow into water.
However, the ambient temperature here is far higher than this temperature for living organisms, otherwise You Hao, who is two meters high, would not be able to sweat due to heat.
The high temperature environment that can burn ordinary people to ashes has formed a snowfield with heavy snow.
The most important thing is that this snow is not special and can be melted with an 800° flame.
Taboo rules that have no effect on other things and only affect living organisms...it's a mess.
Li Guanqi did not study the taboo rules in depth. The purpose of his trip was not to study the taboo rules, but to explore this ancient ruins.
"Sister, take us there."
Li Guanqi pointed to the dilapidated shelter far away in the snowy field.
"good."
Wang Yanqing picked up the chicks again, one in each hand, and lifted Li Guanqi and You Hao up.
She didn't use the flying magic weapon anymore, and just ran like this. Like a bolt of lightning, her figure flashed, directly smashing into large pieces of flying snow, and moving forward at high speed.
Moreover, Wang Yanqing also took the initiative to unlock the seal of "Sealing the Aperture".
The terrifying coercion belonging to the Great Perfection of the Five Elements level poured out, making all the monsters and curse spirits lurking in the snowfield act like turtles. They all buried their heads in the snow and shivered.
This scene made You Hao sigh with emotion again.
When he and the mercenaries arrived here, they almost had to fight their way through the monsters around them.
However, this time, it was completely smooth.
Those monsters and curse spirits didn't even dare to move.
Under Wang Yanqing's pressure to open the way, the group of three quickly crossed the large snowfield and arrived directly in front of the dilapidated shelter.
The steel gate of the shelter has long since collapsed, and most of it is buried deep in the snow.
"Um……"
Wang Yanqing approached the steel gate buried in the snow, narrowed his eyes, and carefully looked at the huge dents on the door, "This door seems to have been forced open by some kind of large demon species."
"Monster invasion?"
Li Guanqi frowned and stepped into the shelter.
Although the shelter is called a shelter, it is not a single big house, but an area surrounded by high cement walls, just like a human tribe or village, with a large number of houses inside.
These houses are either made of wood or stone.
However, most houses made of wood have collapsed and are buried deep in the snow. Even houses made of stone, only a few are still standing alone.
"Um?"
Li Guanqi walked to the front of a stone house, looked down at the bloody broken armor and swords on the ground, and raised his eyebrows.
The corpses were eaten up, not even the bones were left, only the cold armor and weapons.
"These are the mercenaries you brought last month?"
Li Guanqi looked back at You Hao.
"yes……"
You Hao looked at the bloody armors with complicated eyes.
"So you were bitten by the Cold Wind Scorpion here too."
Li Guanqi walked into the stone house and said casually.
"Um."
You Hao nodded and looked around with a scared expression, as if he was worried that another one would come out somewhere.
"Don't worry, with my senior sister here, they won't dare to show up."
Li Guanqi looked around in the empty stone house, trying to find something in this stone house.
But there was nothing.
There isn't even a cold wind scorpion.
Speaking of the Cold Wind Scorpion, this is a very interesting demon species.
Although they have a cold wind in their name, they actually don't like cold areas.
This kind of monster lives near the underground lava all year round. Only when the poison sac in the body is almost empty, it will go to cold areas and absorb the cold air to condense the cold poison.
After being filled with cold poison, they went to live near the hot underground lava.
And what about this world of ruins?
The snow is falling heavily and there is cold air to absorb everywhere.
But due to the existence of taboo rules, the environment here is very hot for living creatures.
For the Cold Wind Scorpion, this is a complete paradise on earth. It can absorb cold air anytime and anywhere to replenish its poison sacs, and it is also a hot and comfortable living zone.
If he were replaced by the Cold Wind Scorpion, Li Guanqi would feel that this place couldn't be more enjoyable.
In this case, it is not surprising that the Cold Wind Scorpions of Huangfeng Mountain would choose to enter this ruined world to settle.
"Why is there nothing?"
Li Guanqi looked around in the stone house for a long time, but found that it was cleaner than his pocket. Not to mention any relics, not even a single pot or pan was left.
Empty.
"Because this is not actually a monster invasion of human sanctuary."
You Hao explained from the side: "The last time I came here, I encountered a large number of cold wind scorpions at the end. Before that, I had already checked most of the shelter area.
The diary fragments stored in my basement were found in the corner of a room.
Apart from that, there is nothing to be found, nothing nearby.
So I speculate that this place was not attacked by monsters back then.
The humans living in this shelter must have migrated away long ago.
During a normal migration, you will naturally have time to pack up and take away everything you can before leaving.
As for the diary fragment, it must have been forgotten by some ancient child, so I picked it up.
As for the traces of these monsters breaking open the door and destroying the shelter building, I checked the traces and found that they should not be from the Old Era.
It's something that happened in recent years.
I discovered this ancient ruins two months ago.
But before that, the demon species and curse spirits in Huangfeng Mountain had already discovered and entered.
The ones who broke open the shelter door should be the monsters from Huangfeng Mountain.
This is also one of the biggest difficulties in exploring ancient ruins.
Many times, years, even decades, or hundreds of years before we humans discover certain ancient ruins, these ancient ruins have been discovered and inhabited by monsters. Even if there are ancient relics inside, they will be destroyed.
They were inadvertently destroyed."
Speaking of this, You Hao's face was full of regret and helplessness.
"So in this ancient ruins, where else do we need to explore?"
Li Guanqi looked at the ancient scholar, "For example...a basement?"
"How do you know?!"
You Hao was shocked.
Li Guanqi just smiled.
"It's the basement."
Seeing that he didn't say anything, You Hao could only say: "The last time I came here, just after I found the basement, there were many cold wind scorpions around, so I was forced to stop that exploration."
"It won't stop this time."
Li Guanqi walked out of the stone house and said, "Lead the way, go directly to the basement."
The reward from the previous simulation was only red stone, but it did not give him a route to the basement.
But fortunately there is You Hao.
Under the leadership of You Hao, Li Guanqi and Wang Yanqing finally arrived in front of a stone house in the center of the shelter.
Although this stone house is also broken, the roof is missing, and a piece of the wall on the right is broken.
But it's still special.
It is the only large house among the existing buildings in the shelter that is made of stone and cement. It is also three-story and looks like some small villas in reality. It is even painted on the outside.
Painted with blue and white paint.
However, under the erosion of wind and snow, these paints have become very light.
Li Guanqi also found a steel bar in the broken wall of this small villa.
Reinforced concrete.
In the apocalypse, other people in the shelter can only build the simplest houses using wood and stones, but this villa can follow a more stable reinforced concrete structure. It is obvious that the owner of the house has an unusual identity.
This should be the residence of the "Lord" of the sanctuary.
Human beings naturally follow the law of the jungle.
It’s just that modern laws have blinded many people.
Once the end of the world arrives, during the transitional period when world forces are reshuffled, the social system of slavery will surely reappear in small areas and become prevalent.
Therefore, Li Guanqi was not surprised at all that the owner of the shelter was called a lord.
Even if the emperor appears in the apocalypse, he is not surprised, it is completely normal.
"roar!"
Li Guanqi was standing next to the broken wall of the small villa, looking at the steel bars of the villa and thinking about something. Suddenly, the snow beside him suddenly exploded into white snow, and a black shadow broke out of the ground, roaring like a beast, and the peak of the Four Elephants Level
The demonic atmosphere!
"Bang!"
A moment.
Wang Yanqing rushed to Li Guanqi's side, raised his hand and slapped the black figure's head off hard.
Then she kicked out again, sending the black shadow's headless body flying dozens of meters.
"Bang!"
In mid-air, the dark energy left by Wang Yanqing in Heiying's body exploded, directly exploding it into a bloody mist!
Instant kill.
And it is exactly the same as the simulation of the simulator.
Faced with a demon species at the peak of the Four Elephants level, Wang Yanqing killed it with one slap.
"It's a pity that he is a black mandrill who cannot communicate."
Li Guanqi glanced at the demon's head on the ground and said, "No wonder you, senior sister, are so decisive."
Above the snow is a ferocious monkey head, which looks a bit like a mandrill, with purple and red eyes.
A monkey with a fourth-level cultivation, purple eyes, and black hair.
It's a species of demon - Black Mandrill.
The demon species is a collective name for countless demonic creatures.
These demonic creatures are all kinds of strange and different.
And not all demon species are intelligent.
Like the Thunder Dragon Lizard, there are actually only a few, very few, intelligent demon species that can not only speak human words, but also have feelings of love and hatred.
Among the demons, there are more "beasts" like this black mandrill and the tiger-body banshee that Li Guanqi encountered before.
There is really no difference between this kind of demon species and wild beasts. In addition to possessing extraordinary power, they are simply beasts without intelligence and cannot communicate.
Wang Yanqing would not kill any monster that could communicate, because at least he could capture it and ask what the ancient ruins were like before.
"Follow me."
At this time, You Hao finally couldn't restrain his excitement and walked towards the villa.
Li Guanqi and Wang Yanqing followed closely behind.
The villa was also empty, with not a single thing left. Moreover, due to the erosion of the wind and snow, the interior decoration had also suffered severe wear and tear, and nothing of value could be found at all.
Oh no, I can't say it's all empty.
Because there are still several pieces of bloody broken armor and swords - the few mercenaries that You Hao brought here last time and lost their lives here.
There is no way to tell who killed whom.
Mercenaries are a high-risk profession where they work entirely voluntarily for money, lick blood from the tip of a knife, and walk on the edge of death.
As long as You Hao explained the dangers in advance, there would be no problem.
But...heh, did You Hao really fully explain it?
Li Guanqi didn't know.
He didn't bother to know.
Anyway, after leaving this ruins, he will most likely not see this person again, but will go to find this guy's teacher, the goatman ancient master.
"Squeak——"
final.
You Hao took them to a room.
After he pushed open the room, a basement entrance also appeared in the corner of the room.
But it's made of iron and has a lock.
“This is it!”
"Bang!"
You Hao stepped forward excitedly, half-crouched and stretched out his hand, bursting out with Liangyi-level power, crushing the lock that had been in disrepair for a long time, then carefully opened the iron door, and took the lead to follow the stairs into the underground.
Li Guanqi and Wang Yanqing continued to follow.
"There's something!"
After entering the secret room completely, You Hao became more and more excited.
There is indeed something.
But not much.
This underground secret room, like the other houses in the shelter, is basically empty.
The only difference is that there is an almost rotten diary on the table at the end of the secret room.
On the wall next to the diary, there are a total of eight huge photos hanging on them. They are not palm-sized photos, but large wall-mounted photos that are twenty to thirty centimeters long.
However, these photos are too blurry to see clearly.
This has nothing to do with eyesight. It is simply that the material of the photo has been severely deformed and the damage is so serious that it is impossible to see what is in the photo.
"bite!"
"You completed a side mission."
——[Ancient Relics]——
Mission introduction: You followed You Hao to the ancient ruins and entered the final underground secret room. However, faced with the blurry diaries and photos, you helplessly understood that this was a meaningless journey.
Mission success reward: chance to repair a damaged photo (red).
"Yes."
Li Guanqi glanced at the space necklace.
Sure enough, with the extra small red stone and the one given to him by the simulator, he now has two pieces in total and can repair two photos.
"strangeness……"
At this time, You Hao stood next to the table, looking at the rotten diary on the table, and frowned.
"On the broken pages of the diary left in the stone house outside, I could barely read the writing. Why can't I read clearly the writing in this diary sealed in the underground secret room?
Mr. Xuan Li, please wait and let me check and see if there is any way to restore some of the handwriting."
You Hao put on a pair of special white gloves, took out a bunch of strange tools from the space ring, and started tinkering with the almost rotten diary on the table.
Should it be the ancient scholar’s means of antique protection and identification?
Li Guanqi didn't pay much attention.
Anyway, according to the simulation, after You Hao checks it, he will be told that the diary is too worn and worn, and even the most advanced repair methods cannot do anything about it and cannot restore it.
So Li Guanqi ignored You Hao and went straight to the bottom of the wall. He looked up at the eight large photos above and fell into deep thought.
He only has two pieces of red stone. Which two should he repair?
"It makes no difference..."
Li Guanqi looked carefully and found that the wear and tear of these eight photos were all serious and there was no difference at all.
Try your luck, choose two out of eight?
Wait, why try your luck?
Use the simulator first!
Li Guanqi walked to the corner of the secret room and cast a black mist spell to cover himself, and then a bloody light appeared under his feet, covering his whole body in the blink of an eye.
