Chapter 1365: Surprise and Change

Without any warning, a strange energy fluctuation suddenly swept over, making everyone look stern.

Although this energy fluctuation was extremely slight and could not be sensed by ordinary strong men, it was very obvious to our people with keen perception.

"What is this? Is it a summoning array or magic trap that has been activated?"

Fanny's fair face suddenly showed a solemn expression, and she blurted out.

"No, this does not conform to the dark elves' way of casting spells. With the means of the ancient dark elves, it would never be easy for people to sense that the array has been activated."

Ruth waved her hand, carefully sensing the surroundings, and frowned and said: "And, in this energy fluctuation, I seem to feel a breath of vitality."

"Miss is right, although the other party is obviously trying hard to hide himself, there is indeed a breath of vitality."

Merlen stroked his neatly trimmed gray short beard, and the golden longbow in his hand shone, and he followed up.

"The breath of life?"

Broy controlled two sixth-level alchemy puppets that looked a little embarrassed and had not been fully repaired, standing on guard, frowning and saying, "What does this mean?"

"That is to say, the energy fluctuations are not summoned magic creatures such as golems and puppets, but some real life forms."

Ruth's expression was solemn, and she explained, "It's a pity that the strange energy fluctuation just passed by, and we can't locate its specific location."

"But this is an ancient relic from before the blank era. It has been sealed for more than three thousand years. How could there be a real life form?"

Broy shuddered involuntarily and leaned towards Lei Xiao again.

"Maybe it's some kind of magical beast that broke in by chance."

Chris groaned for a moment, and said thoughtfully: "After all, this place is not covered by an absolute defense barrier or magic prohibition. If it is some magical beast that can go deep into the ground, it will easily enter here, and even regard this place as a nest."

"This is the most reasonable explanation. In the documents and records of the exploration of various ancient ruins, there are indeed many cases of magical beasts breaking in and even building nests."

Ruth nodded slightly, and then frowned and said: "It's just that this energy fluctuation is too special, so we should be careful."

"That's right, since we know that there are other unknown existences here besides us, we really can't be careless."

Lei Xiao gently stroked his chin, looking thoughtful.

For himself, the first thing he thought of about this unknown life form was naturally the "eclipse" he had just encountered not long ago.

It's just that the "eclipse" hardly emits any energy fluctuations. Only when it attacks will it be filled with obvious violence and disorder, which is obviously different from this unknown energy fluctuation.

However, it can be seen from the situation of the White Knight that there is obviously more than one kind of "eclipse", so this possibility cannot be completely ruled out.

As for the monster nesting mentioned by others, it is a reasonable speculation, but the unknown energy fluctuation is obviously deliberately hiding itself, and the vigilance is extremely high. If it is really a monster, it is probably very difficult to deal with.

"Besides this, as for whether there are other possibilities, it is still unknown, but I always feel that things are not that simple."

Thinking of this in his heart, Lei Xiao gathered his mind and nodded to everyone, saying: "The top priority is to find the location of the ore vein as soon as possible and ensure a safe passage for us to mine. Let's move on."

"Your Majesty is right. No matter how big this ancient mine is, it will inevitably have an end. With our pace of progress, the unknown existence will soon reveal its feet."

Ruth took a deep breath slowly, and then walked at the front of the team again with a group of light half-elves and dragonborn strongmen.

And Lei Xiao and his party also followed like a shadow, assisting Ruth and others in detection and vigilance.

Cautious footsteps echoed gently in the huge mine. The deeper they went into the ancient mine, the more they felt that this place was much larger than they had imagined.

In each layer of the mine, there were rest areas for miners, tool storage areas, smelting areas, warehouse areas, and corridors connected to each other, just like an intricate ant nest, distributed in every corner of the mine.

Fortunately, Ruth was right. There were almost no magic traps and summoning arrays in the most extensive mine area, but there were many magic traps and summoning arrays in the surrounding areas, especially in the area leading to the outside of the mine, which was obviously to prevent other forces from getting involved here.

Because many magic arrays had been in disrepair for a long time, and the light half-elves had superb means, the process of breaking them had been extremely smooth.

In addition, including Chris, several earth-based great magicians of the wood elves and flower elves also worked together to use special recording magic crystal balls to gradually construct a detailed topographic map of the mine, just like a magic sand table, and it was still being gradually improved.

Seeing that everything was proceeding in an orderly manner, Lei Xiao focused his attention completely on the scene of this ancient mine.

Just like what he saw at the beginning, there were scattered tools and crooked mine carts everywhere, and some mine carts were even filled with ore that had just been mined.

However, these shallow-mined ores are relatively common and are not important resources. Lei Xiao did not collect them one by one. He just asked our personnel who entered in batches to gather them later.

What concerned Lei Xiao the most was the scene of the mine itself.

At first, Lei Xiao thought it was because the dark elves left in a hurry and didn't even have time to put away the final results and mining tools.

But as the observation deepened, Lei Xiao made further discoveries.

Rather than saying that the dark elves left in a hurry, it is better to say that the dark elves seemed to suddenly disappear into the mine, because many mine carts even blocked key positions at the entrances of various passages. This is obviously contrary to common sense. .

It is conceivable that from the number of tools scattered on the ground and the size of the mine carts, the number of dark elves mined here must be extremely large.

If a large number of people evacuate quickly due to some unexpected incident, then the mine cart blocking the road should be pushed away, so that it will not block the evacuation route, and how can it still stay in place without moving?

"Your Majesty, there is indeed a strong sense of violation here."

Bing Lao's old face was full of solemnity, and he frowned: "Not only are there many mine carts blocking the key positions of each passage, but there are no footprints of the dark elves at that time. This is simply incredible."

"Senior Bing doesn't know something. The abnormal location of the mine cart is indeed worth noting. This does not fit the scene of the dark elves evacuating in a hurry, but the lack of footprints is not a strange thing."

Gray Lao gently stroked his gray beard and explained: "Because according to the effect of the lost ruins, not only has an ancient corpse never been found in the ancient ruins from before the blank era, but also a normal human body has never been found. Ancient Footprints.”

"No normal ancient footprints ever found?"

When Bing Lao heard this, a trace of doubt emerged on his face. For him who had just woken up from Ice Stone City, he obviously knew very little about the mysterious effects left over from the blank era.

"That's right, whether it is in the human race or in the vast world of the outside world, most of the ancient ruins before the blank era do not have any footprints. They are exactly the same as the situation here. A few of them have disorderly traces. Footprints, such as footprints, do not appear on the ground, but appear on the wall or even the ceiling, and many of the footprints are not symmetrical. "

Hui Lao nodded heavily and responded: "Because this strange disappearance is very similar to the phenomenon of ancient corpses not existing, it has also been classified into the lost ruins effect. This has been reached a consensus among all races today. ”

After Hui Lao said this, Broy, Chrissy and Fanny also nodded, obviously they were all very clear.

As for Lei Xiao, who has already done a lot of research on these mysterious effects, he naturally knows this.

"Not only are there no ancient corpses, but there are no footprints? There are even some misplaced and disordered footprints. This is getting more and more puzzling."

The confusion on Lao Bing's face became more and more obvious, and he looked at Lei Xiao again and said, "Your Majesty, what is all this going on?"

"Unfortunately, this is still a mystery. No one knows why the ancient corpses and ancient footprints disappeared and where they went. Anyway, these do not exist in today's era."

Lei Xiao shrugged helplessly and responded: "As for the small number of misplaced and disordered footprints, some people think that there is some connection with the misplaced things, but it is just a guess without any substantial evidence to support it."

After saying that, the helpless look on Lei Xiao's face became more and more obvious.

It has to be said that whether it is corpses or footprints, it is really puzzling how they disappeared. It is indeed one of the mysterious phenomena left over from the blank era.

If the disappearance of the corpses can be barely erased by some powerful being, then why do the footprints also disappear? Is there even disorder and chaos?

"Your Majesty the Human Race, do you think the answer to the Lost Ruins Effect lies in this ancient mine? After all, judging from the current traces here, these ancient dark elves that are being mined seem to have disappeared in the mine. inside."

Broy gently rubbed his chin and said thoughtfully: "If we figure out how these ancient dark elves disappeared, we may be able to figure out the truth about the lost ruins effect."

"The truth is that this is true, but it's a pity that we have no way to start."

Lei Xiao looked at the decayed tools scattered around and shook his head helplessly.

But just as Lei Xiao finished speaking, a sudden change occurred.

I saw that the chaotic and dilapidated scene around me suddenly changed, the mottled metal tracks became shiny, and the dilapidated mine cars that were originally in a mess were all brand new, running slowly and automatically on the tracks, and the surface of the mine cars shimmered. Judging from the magic lines, it is obviously blessed with some kind of automatic operation spell.

What's even more surprising is that not only have all the decayed tools scattered on the ground disappeared, but there are also a large number of footprints on the ground, and there is even a crackling sound of mining veins, which sounds endless.

Although all this happened extremely unexpectedly, everyone on our team immediately realized that this was obviously the scene when the mine was still operating normally.

It's just that the group of people is currently in a hall connecting the mine and the rest area. Their field of vision is relatively limited and they haven't seen anything else yet.

"Your Majesty the human race, did you, did you see it?"

I saw Ruth, who was exploring the way at the front, running back with Myron, Nar and other strong men, and said with surprise on her face: "Suddenly everything here is brand new!"

"We, we must have gone back to the past, right?"

Broy almost hugged Lei Xiao's thigh, with a look of surprise that could not be concealed on his face.

"It's absolutely impossible. Suddenly there is an air of illusion that seems to be there but not there."

Lei Xiao gently patted Broy on the shoulder, and then said: "If I guessed correctly, we should have fallen into the scene of the mine back then."

After hearing Lei Xiao's words, everyone calmed down and mobilized the energy in their bodies to deal with it.

Sure enough, with the enhancement of the five senses, the dilapidated scene around them loomed in front of everyone, forming a sharp contrast with the sudden illusion in front of them, and they were completely different from two worlds.

"It is indeed an illusion, and no traces of artificial manipulation were found. So, is this a naturally formed mirage?"

Fanny nodded thoughtfully and analyzed: "It seems that it is very likely that our arrival has changed the energy flow here, which in turn caused this sudden mirage!"

"It makes sense. Since we can see the scene in the mine back then, we naturally can't miss it."

Lei Xiao lightly snapped his fingers, and while walking towards the area of ​​the mine outside the hall, he said: "This is the best opportunity to learn more about this mine. If what is recorded in this mirage is exactly what it is." If it’s the last period of the mine, maybe we can still discover some unknown secrets.”

"His Majesty the Human Race is right. As long as we figure out whether these ancient dark elves suddenly disappeared and what happened to them in the end, we will be one step closer to the truth of the Blank Era!"

Broy looked like he was gearing up, nodded heavily and said: "Even if nothing is discovered, this will greatly help our understanding of the Silver Moon Era!"

After Broy finished speaking, Fanny, Chris, even Ruth, Nal and others also nodded, with excited expressions on their faces.

Looking at the excited expressions on everyone's faces, Lei Xiao smiled lightly.

Since the human race has just stepped out of the outer world, he has not yet shared with everyone the winged human race barrier area hidden in the human race. After all, it is the real living fossil of the Silver Moon Era.

"In any case, this opportunity is also extremely rare. Let me take a good look at the true appearance of this ancient mine at that time."

With these thoughts in mind, Lei Xiao passed through the passage he came from and returned to the vast area of ​​the main mine just now. (End of chapter)