Imagine the world

Chapter 37 Rejected Rewards

The two people in the secret realm had a night of rest after eating hot pot. In this environment, Hua Zhenxing did not practice the Jinggong of nourishing the soul, and in the early hours of the morning, he got up and did three complete sets of dynamic exercises.Ding Qi watched him practice with great interest, and then asked what he was practicing?Hua Zhenxing didn't hide it, he gave him a detailed introduction to the technique of nourishing the soul, and even talked about the content of the dream.

In the morning, the two continued their journey, and quickly reached the end of the world through the burial area.The world itself seems to have no end, the distance is shrouded in hazy mist, it is impossible to see it clearly, no matter how far you go, it seems to be still in the same place, and when you look back, it is really still in the same place!This secret realm has an invisible boundary, and once you get here, you can't get out. .

Ding Qi deliberately didn't remind him, but just stood there and watched. Hua Zhen walked for a long time and felt that something was wrong before turning back. Then he found this unexplainable phenomenon and said in surprise, "What's going on?"

Ding Qi smiled and said, "You are very adaptable, so you didn't faint?"

Hua Zhenxing: "If I fainted, I would have fainted a long time ago!" Having grown up in Fesuogang, he is indeed very adaptable, and after he recently developed a "system", he is very responsive to all kinds of magic. The "threshold" of things has been raised quite a bit.In his consciousness, this world seems to be possible, so let's see it first.

Ding Qi said slowly: "You have a good mentality, you are curious but not obsessive, even if you don't understand or understand something, you don't think it's impossible. From the perspective of gravity, magnetic field, atmospheric composition and pressure, this place should be It's still the environment of this planet. But I can't tell where this place is, especially to you, so I can only bring you to witness..."

On this day, they also discovered a gold mining and smelting site near the northernmost end of the secret realm, which has been abandoned for at least a hundred years.The locals used to mine ore on the spot and use the oldest method to extract gold.This area is a rich gold mine. Ding Qi cracked a few rocks with a stick and found a natural gold nugget the size of a pigeon egg, with high purity.

As seen in the secret realm, the most cherished utensils by the residents here should be horns and bone utensils, followed by exquisite painted pottery, then ordinary pottery and gold utensils, and the most common are wood utensils and stone utensils.In fact, the processing of goldware is much more difficult than that of pottery, and it has been reduced to the same status as ordinary pottery.

Probably because of the lack of efficient fuel and the backward craftsmanship, pottery is very precious, and pottery is easy to be damaged, and the immortality of gold can be preserved for a long time, so there is a large amount of preservation in history, and in this world, gold will later become It's almost like ordinary pottery.

In the afternoon, the two of them returned to the portal where they originally came in. Ding Qi pointed to the rock wall behind the altar and said, "Now we can interpret these murals, which record the history of a tribe, and this tribe has no words... …”

There are five huge murals here, all of which are inlaid with gold into the rocks to form a pattern. The one in the middle is the scene of the gate of the outside world, and there are two on the left and right.The first picture on the left shows many people kneeling and worshiping in front of the gate of Shenyin, as if they were doing some kind of sacrificial activity.The second picture on the left shows someone holding a scepter-like thing high and leading a team into the gate of Shenyin.

The first picture on the right is the outline of the city I saw yesterday. There is a striking high platform in the center of the city.The second picture on the right shows this altar. Someone is standing on the altar holding something high, and the rest are kneeling below.

Based on what we saw in the past two days and then analyzed according to the pictures, the Gate of the Hidden God should be a natural totem worshiped by a tribe living in the outside world in ancient times, and the method to open the secret realm should only be mastered by priests.About 500 years ago, for unknown reasons, this tribe all moved into the secret realm.

About 300 years ago, the city in the secret realm had taken shape, and the high platform in the "royal palace" was also built.About 200 years ago, they built an altar here and left these five murals.The stone building on a nearby hillside may have been the residence of the priestly group and their servants.

At this time, the tribe had reached its peak and gradually began to decline.About 100 years ago, the population here suddenly decreased sharply, until it was completely extinct 50 years ago.

After listening to Ding Qi's interpretation, Hua Zhenxing seemed to say to himself, "What exactly happened here?"

Dingqi: "I don't know very well. There is a relatively independent environment here, as well as the atmosphere and water circulation, and there may be some form of material exchange with the outside world, which can maintain a relative balance. But these people are enclosed in this world. , although they are not disturbed by the outside world, they can also have internal problems.

It may be an internal war, or it may be a plague. In short, the population has dropped sharply, a lot of knowledge and skills have been lost, and the environment may have deteriorated, moving from the original balance to another balance, making them no longer adaptable.

Population declines, civilization declines, survivability becomes weaker, genetic diversity is lost, and it eventually becomes extinct.Therefore, a tribe, a country, and a civilization may not necessarily progress in history, and may also die. "

Hua Zhenxing: "Then they can't leave here, or the descendants have already left?"

Ding Qi shook his head and sighed, "They didn't leave because they couldn't leave."

Hua Zhenxing: "If you can come in, why can't you go out?"

Ding Qi: "According to my guess, when this altar was built 200 years ago, no one knew how to get out. The residents here have never seen the outside world, and only regard it as a legend."

As he spoke, he pointed to the skeleton kneeling on the altar and said, "He should be the last person here, and what he holds in his hand is the key to open the door, but unfortunately he can't use it anymore. If he wants to go out, he can only kneel. Fall here and pray to the gods..."

Hua Zhenxing: "Obviously there is a key, why can't it be used?"

Ding Qi bent down and pulled the horny short staff out of the skeleton's hand. He took a breath, and the dust and stains were gone. He handed it to Hua Zhenxing: "Take it and see if you can open the door!"

Hua Zhenxing took the short staff and gestured for a long time to no avail. He tried to use his spiritual sense to investigate but felt that the object was unfathomable, as if it contained unreadable information, and finally shook his head helplessly and said, "I wouldn't use this either. Stuff... eh, no, you didn't get it when you came in."

Ding Qi smiled lightly: "This is my unique stunt, which means I have a master key. Of course, if you have the treasure of controlling the world exclusive to this secret realm, it will be easier to access and control the world. Do you want to learn it? "

Hua Zhenxing was familiar with this kind of expression, and every time old man Yang wanted to tease him to learn something, he often showed such a smile.Hua Zhenxing nodded and said, "I want to learn! Can you teach me?"

Ding Qi: "It's not easy to learn this skill! But one day, when you become successful in your practice, holding this treasure of world control, you can even become the master of this world."

Hua Zhenxing also smiled: "What is there to dominate in this world? I'm just interested in your ability. What's the point and how long does it take to cultivate?"

Ding Qi's tone was unfathomable: "It's impossible to say, it depends not only on your aptitude, but also on whether you have no distractions, you may not be able to enter the door for a lifetime, and it may be completed in less than ten years... In short, Living in this secret realm all the year round, with the help of the treasure of controlling the world, you can understand this world. Well, this secret realm is given to you, and the treasure of controlling the world is also yours!"

Hua Zhenxing hurriedly handed the horned staff back, and waved his hands again and again: "I'm just following up to increase my knowledge, how can I take this place as my own?"

Ding Qi smiled again: "I'm just here to investigate, and I can't take this place with me. Since it's so good today, even if it's a gift I gave you, you can treat it as a reward."

It turned out that the so-called reward of the system was ultimately given to him in this way.Hua Zhenxing admitted that he was a little tangled in his heart, but still shook his head and said, "I don't want it."

Ding Qi looked at him in surprise and asked, "Can't you, or don't want, or dare you not?"

Hua Zhenxing: "Mr. Ding, you and I are not relatives and not friends. This is the first time we meet. You gave me such a secret realm. I really can't accept it!"

Ding Qi persevered and said: "There is no owner here, you may be able to become the Lord of the Kingdom of God."

Hua Zhenxing: "What a kingdom of gods, this is just a tomb!"

Ding Qi: "Isn't it a waste to throw such a secret place here in vain?"

Hua Zhenxing: "Didn't you see the outside? You can buy the boss a piece of unowned wilderness for tens of thousands of meters of gold, and you can also develop and utilize it well... Speaking of waste, so much gold is indeed a bit wasteful. If you take it out, you can do it. many things……"

Ding Qi interrupted him and said, "Since you don't like it here, let's go out and talk about it."

Hua Zhenxing pointed to the skeleton on the altar and said, "Can you take him out too? This person wants to leave before he dies. It's better to take him outside for burial than to expose the corpse here. We took what was in his hand. , he has to do something for him, and for the deceased, nothing is more than fulfilling his wish during his lifetime."

Ding Qi looked at the horn stick in his hand and said, "Good boy, your idea is good, but you can't."

Hua Zhenxing: "Why not?"

Ding Qi explained: "This short staff is not only the key to open the door, but also the hub to control the world. I call it the treasure of controlling the world. Although the treasure is good, if it falls into the hands of ordinary people, it is only an ordinary thing. of handicrafts only.

If you have learned my unique secret method and mastered the treasure of controlling the world, after you have achieved a small level of cultivation, you can open the door to enter and exit, and you can also bring in things from the outside.But if you want to bring out the original things inside, you have to have the realm of great achievement. "

Hua Zhenxing: "What is Xiaocheng and what is Dacheng?"

Ding Qi pondered and said: "Take the analogy of your cultivation of Yuan-Yuan Art, breaking through the third level or above is considered a minor success; breaking through the sixth-level and above, according to your words, becoming a high-level Yuan-Yuan Art master is a great achievement. ."

After the completion, you can control the world with the treasure of controlling the world. If you don't want to, even I can't come in.But even so, if you want to take out the original things here, you have to pay a price. "

Hua Zhenxing: "What price?"

Ding Qi: "Have you heard of Dimension Wall?"

Hua Zhenxing was slightly startled: "I heard it, I saw it in novels and comics."

Ding Qi: "Look at this portal as a kind of dimensional wall. How can it be so easy to break the dimensional wall? This is a world with its own will, which is the rule of all things. No matter what you take from here, It is equivalent to splitting a part of this world, then you will also suffer the wound of splitting your soul.

If this person is still alive, I can open the door and let him go out on his own.But he is already dead. Even if I have the ability to take him out, I will suffer the wound of severing my soul. If I always do this, I will become an idiot sooner or later.I just came to investigate this time, and I didn't plan to do anything to this world. "

Only then did Hua Zhenxing understand that the things in the secret realm can't be taken out without great ability. Even if they can take them out, they will have to pay a huge price. He sighed and said, "Those gold..."

Ding Qi's smile seemed a little malicious, as if he was seducing a child to make mistakes: "If you learn my unique secret method and you can master it, you can naturally move the gold out of here. If the wound of the soul is not serious, it can still be repaired and restored, wouldn’t that be the best of both worlds?”

Hua Zhenxing: "Is it possible to spend so much money and practice so much skill just to suffer this crime? If you have the time, why don't you find a place outside to open a gold mine?"

Ding Qi: "Then you might as well think about it the other way around, why take it out, when the whole world will be yours, wouldn't it be fun if you can even call the wind and call the rain here?"

Hua Zhenxing: "I didn't want to close the door to be king and hegemon, let alone in a tomb."

Ding Qi: "It's boring to say that, let's go out first." Obviously Hua Zhenxing didn't like the atmosphere here, but for some reason, Ding Qi always wanted to urge him to go out.

Hua Zhenxing waved his hand, pointed at the skeleton and said, "Since it is difficult to take him out, let him be buried here."

Ding Qi didn't stop it, and offered to help. The two moved the skeleton to the bottom of the hillside, dug a pit to bury it, and built a tomb with stones before turning around and leaving the legendary god. country.

When he opened the door again, Hua Zhenxing kept watching Ding Qi's movements carefully, and saw that he was holding the horn stick and stepped forward, the mountain wall in the middle of the altar suddenly disappeared, and in front of him was a passage between two huge rocks. Looking out is the outside world.

Going out of the door and looking back, it is still the mountains in reality, and the secret realm just now has disappeared.Ding Qi smiled again and asked, "Isn't it amazing?"

Hua Zhenxing: "It's amazing, it's amazing!"

Ding Qi narrowed his eyes: "Looking at your reaction, it seems that you still remember what happened just now?"

Hua Zhenxing wondered: "Of course I remember, we buried the remains together just now."

Ding Qi said in surprise: "Do you remember what happened since you finished the hot pot last night?"

Hua Zhenxing: "Of course I remember, we went around the secret realm again today."

Ding Qi: "Then what I asked you in front of the portal, do you still remember clearly?"

Hua Zhenxing was puzzled: "Mr. Ding, what's wrong with you, what's so strange about this?"

Ding Qi smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't tell you some things. I planned to talk about it after you came out. Unexpectedly, I almost made an oolong."

(End of this chapter)