Text-savvy, explore the copy

Chapter 119 Temple

The coast of the island.

Here you can clearly see a closed camp on the shore. They relied on the ship parked on the shore to expand outward from the source.

But it didn't expand much.

With its wooden wall and sentry tower, it was obvious that this camp had been here for a long time.

There are already plants climbing around the building.

Soldiers can still be seen patrolling on the guard tower and wooden walls.

To be honest, it looks a bit like a temporary position on the battlefield.

At this time, in a wooden house in the camp.

"Colonel, it's been a night, and Palus and the others haven't come back yet."

A soldier was talking to an officer wearing a military coat.

Hearing this, the officer nodded.

"It looks like something bad has happened to them."

Then everyone seemed to be silent when facing this situation, and the soldier couldn't help but asked aloud: "Won't the colonel send someone out to search for it?"

The colonel shook his head: "I sent them to see the situation of the crashed airship, but now it seems that they have not come back. Either they were caught by the people on the airship, or they were killed by those damn cultists. .

No matter what the situation is, we don’t have much power to intervene, do we? "

Hearing this, the soldier could only nod helplessly.

"You may think I'm cold-blooded, but we don't have many brothers left.

But tell others to be prepared. With the crashed airship, those damn cultists must have been attracted. We can take this opportunity to go out and search. "

Upon hearing this, the soldier's expression became excited and he gave a final salute.

"Yes!"

The perimeter of the camp.

In the shadows among the trees, there are hidden figures in Nansubei observing the situation in the camp.

"It's so deserted. It seems like there aren't many people in this camp."

Nan Subei said that he was observing to see how to get closer to the camp.

While watching, he murmured: "I should have come at night actually."

The darker the place, the more concealing effect his shadow cloak has.

If it is facing the sun in broad daylight, even if it is motionless, there will still be interesting phenomena, and keen people can easily detect it.

But fortunately it's snowy now, so this won't happen.

If it were night, he would be almost indistinguishable from being invisible, and he wouldn't even make any sound.

During the day, he could only take one step at a time, and had to find a way to erase the traces he left in the snow.

Soon Nansu Bei, who was observing, discovered that people in the camp seemed to be gathering.

Taking advantage of the fact that these guards were also attracted to their attention, he immediately acted quickly and moved towards the camp.

Soon he followed the shadow in the corner of the wooden wall to a stone slope, climbed up on the wooden wall and looked at the situation in the camp.

The view here is just right, and the shadow of the dead tree next to it can also hide its motionless figure.

You can still vaguely hear the voices of the soldiers talking.

However, he felt that his actions just now seemed to be almost discovered.

This time I went back to think of a way to systematically learn how to conduct investigations, Nan Jiangsu and Northern Jiangsu couldn't help but think of it.

Looking at the people who had gathered, Nan Subei counted: "It's so miserable, there are really only about twenty people."

Then he saw an officer wearing a military coat who looked like a leader coming out.

After walking out, he stood directly on a wooden board and said, "Brothers, an empty boat fell down yesterday. I believe you all saw it."

Regarding the soldiers below these words, one person directly intervened and said: "It's another group of unlucky people, maybe even worse than us."

His voice was weak.

"I think we can go find them. Maybe they have fuel and we can get out of this damn place."

"That's an airship. Airships don't use our fuel, you idiot."

"There are always supplies. How about grabbing some?"

"Why not join them? This island is full of those damn cult monsters. People who come up in airships can always believe it.

At least they are civilized people, much better than those damn cultists. "

"We really should get in touch. Compared to those damn cultists, even the idiots from the Alliance, I think they are existences that we can communicate with.

Now even if I are asked to be a prisoner, I don't care. "

The colonel looked at his soldiers, talking to each other without interrupting.

Because he is also thinking about the possibility.

And let them vent.

Then he said: "Okay, be quiet."

After hearing his words, the soldiers began to slowly withdraw their voices, and their voices became quieter.

"No matter what we are going to do, just wait a few more days, at least until they can survive the hands of the cultists who started, otherwise we will only die even if we go over. We don't have many bullets left."

The cold reality made these soldiers fall silent.

Indeed, whether they are going to rescue or rob, they basically no longer have this ability.

They were just a bunch of deserters on the battlefield, and they were trapped on this damn island.

They are just a group of victims.

These situations were all seen by South and North Jiangsu.

Some thought of more situations they asked about yesterday.

This group of soldiers was a group of deserters on the battlefield, but the ship they robbed did not have much fuel. Except for the colonel, who had some sailing skills, all of them were illiterate.

With no fuel at all, they could only follow the ship adrift on the sea.

I almost starved to death on the boat.

Fortunately, they got to this island, but this island didn't make them feel much better.

But it also puts them in a dilemma now.

If they were not rescued by the currents on the ship, they would probably starve to death. If they stay on the island, they are likely to be slowly cannibalized by the natives.

……

On the other side, Zhuangcai and their ruins were excavated.

The entrance to the entire ruins has been cleared, and now they are trying to find a way to open the stone door.

Faced with this situation, others could not provide much help. They could only see Ali and Milan touching the patterns around them, as if they were still making some calculations.

"Flowers, green grass, leaves, turn three times, tap and press."

While Ali was talking, Milan next to him was also operating in some directions on the stone wall. Soon, with the sound of sliding stones, as if some mechanism was activated, the heavy door began to be slowly pushed open.

"Well, it seems there is nothing wrong with our research. This is a temple-type building."

As the door opened, people outside looked inside. It was pitch black inside, almost nothing could be seen, and it was a downward slope, so the space obviously extended downwards.

Seeing this situation, Zhuang Cai thought for a while: "One person will come with me, and the others will hide around here. If they are in danger, they will find a way to escape or hide."

Hear this. The captain of the team nodded and sent one person to follow Zhuang Cai.

Lighting the torches, the four of them walked towards the bottom of the temple.

As the torches illuminated them, Zhuang Cai looked at the patterns on the surrounding walls. What was depicted here were all murals, and there was nothing like text.

Facing the darkness, Ali stretched out his arm, revealing the pattern on it, and then covered his eyes with his arm.

The tattoo, which had been used for demonstration, really came into its own.

In Ali's eyes, invisible energy lines began to appear in the darkness. Through the flow of these energies, they could detect the direction of the useful places in the ruins in the darkness.

"follow me."

As he spoke, he held up the torch and walked into the darkness.

After walking downhill and standing on the surface, Zhuang Cai used a torch to look around. This place was much larger than they thought.

It is very possible that a large area down here has been hollowed out.

"This should be a defense mechanism, right? But why did it become fragments?" Milan held a torch and stood next to a pile of completely unrecognizable fragments, inspecting and saying. After hearing this, Zhuang Cai walked over and took a look at the surrounding situation and the fragments of the land.

"Someone has been here, but it was a long time ago. There are traces of fighting here. It was broken by others."

For Zhuang Cai, the traces of fighting around here were too obvious. You can even see scratches on the floor that are incompatible with the surrounding colors, and even marks from swords and weapons.

Ali seemed to agree very much with Zhuang Cai's words. He looked around with a torch, and finally said: "Yes, someone must have been here. These mechanisms have been activated, and they are defensive types."

As he spoke, he seemed to put out his foot and step back and forth on a loose stone on the floor. Obviously, this is a defensive mechanism used by this ruin to resist foreign enemies, but no matter how he moves, nothing can be activated.

After checking the surrounding situation, they continued to move forward, and then came to a long and narrow corridor with dense murals carved on both sides of the corridor.

The mural depicts the country to which it once belonged and the training and fighting experiences of those warriors.

Then there is a semicircular corridor, where you can see various rooms.

However, what is left here are all kinds of debris and ruins that have passed by over time.

"What kind of architectural structure is this? It's like a barracks hidden underground, but it is indeed a temple-style building.

It's strange, I don't remember this type of architecture in the Sau Empire.

There is no military power in the Sau Empire Temple. "

Ali felt a little strange.

Although Zhuang Cai couldn't see anything, with Ali's own professional skills, he could easily detect that this underground building looked like a military camp.

You can see the array of places used for soldiers to rest, as well as storage points for various types of weapons and training grounds used for training.

Along the way, you can see many traces of mechanisms being triggered, as well as many traces of battles.

It means that someone has explored this place before them, and even triggered all the various mechanisms. It's like a group of people who don't know anything are wandering around here.

Zhuang Cai also saw a lot of blood stains along the way. It seemed that these people who wandered around paid a price.

It's a pity that no bones were seen. There were a lot of blood stains, so Xiazhuang Cai didn't think there were any dead people.

It must be these people who finally moved the bones out.

"Such a structure may not be a barracks, but a fortress used for defense." Milan said.

"Fortress? The temple's fortress? Why is it built underground? And the way this fortress is constructed is too strange."

"Perhaps, the threat comes from within? The danger that the warriors of these temples may want to defend against is within themselves.

This may be a sealing fortress used to seal some kind of evil creature. "

Milan seemed to have thought of something and said.

Compared to her previous timid appearance, she is now very confident and has the demeanor of a scholar.

Based on the surrounding buildings and those murals, it seems that such information can be inferred.

"A very good idea." Ali looked at Milan and said with a smile.

He was not surprised by such speculation, or he had already guessed it, and just wanted to test his students under such circumstances.

"Sure enough, teacher, you have already seen it."

"Haha, this is the meaning of internship. The knowledge in books can only be turned into something truly useful when you see it in action.

Otherwise, knowledge is just a useless memory that will disappear over time. "

Zhuang Cai, who was walking next to him, looked at this scene and couldn't help but said: "Although it's not good to disturb you like this, the value of this ruins should be very low. This place has been explored all over."

"That's true, but judging from the blood stains they left behind, it can be seen that these people definitely did not graduate from a regular academy.

There were too many mechanisms that could be avoided, but they stepped on them firmly and triggered them. They must have suffered huge casualties.

Even if such a team explores this place all over, they will definitely overlook many places, and this is our opportunity. "

Ali pushed up his glasses and said with a smile.

After hearing this, Zhuang Cai couldn't help but said: "Are you so confident in yourself?"

Ali shook his head, but Milan explained beside him: "No, this is the temple building of the Sau Empire. Based on what we know in the past, we can speculate that the temples of the Sau Empire like all kinds of buildings. Hidden space.

According to some documents, it seems that they hid the secret and worshiped it as some kind of mystery. The gods who govern this area are their main objects of worship.

Therefore, for those who have not done much research or are laymen, the temple ruins of the Sau Empire will still be rewarding even if they are excavated again and again.

This is a collision of knowledge and experience, and only the winner can eat the precious fruit. "

Upon hearing this explanation, Zhuang Cai nodded understandingly.

But this Ali seems to be a bit of a literary youth and likes literary things.

In other words, laymen who have explored this place have only helped them trigger those mechanisms and made them safe.

Really valuable spaces and hidden places are difficult to find with the actions of these laymen.

Even if it is found, it will only be part of it.

This is a copy, and there must be an experience beyond the unexpected, since Ali is so confident.

Accompanying the two of them, they continued to explore the ruins.

“Judging from the style of the ruins, this seems to be a building from the late Sau Empire.

This circular mural pattern was a mural pattern that was only adopted in the late period. "

Along the way, Zhuang Cai listened to the two people's stories and their interpretation of the surrounding ruins.

He has already gradually gained a certain understanding of this ancient empire in his mind.

The surrounding walls are covered with various murals.

Zhuang Cai looked at his watch. It would have been two or three hours since they came down.

But it seemed that I hadn’t visited all of the underground ruins in two or three hours.

The underground ruins are not complicated, but they are too vast.

Although most of the places are various ruins and some daily rest places.

Even though there are a few ruins, when they encounter some ruins and murals, Ali and his wife will devote themselves to the interpretation of the murals.

It looks like they won't be able to solve the problem here for a while.

"Judging from the murals, the building seems to have persisted until the time when the Sau Empire was about to be destroyed."

Ali said while looking at the mural, even though there was only Zhuang Cai next to him, and Zhuang Cai didn't understand this.

But he seemed to feel uncomfortable if he didn't say it out loud.

Although Zhuang Cai couldn't understand it and wasn't very interested, it didn't hurt to listen.

At this time, Milan's voice came from the other side: "Teacher, there are temple texts here."

Upon hearing this, Ali immediately sped up and ran over there, Zhuang Cai followed.

When I came here, I saw Milan holding a torch and looking at a wall carefully.

This wall is no longer a mural, but strange words, densely arranged on it.

"Ah, temple texts, the thing I hate the most." Ali couldn't help but say.

"Why do you say that?" Zhuang Cai looked at him and asked.

This is inconsistent with his image of showing off his knowledge just now.

Milan explained next to Zhuang Cai: "Because there is a huge difference between the temple texts and the Sau Empire's texts, it is like the texts of two civilizations without any connection.

Most of the temple ruins have very few words left. At first we even thought they were just patterns, but later we were sure they were words.

This also results in not many places that can be reflected, making it impossible for us to interpret what these words mean. "

Only Zhuang understood, that is to say, he hated it because he couldn't understand it.

And it’s that feeling of despair that you don’t know how to learn but can’t understand.

Look at the text above.

These are indeed words, because Zhuang Cai has already understood them.

He said, "Don't be angry. Although you can't understand it, I can. Do you want me to translate it for you?"

His tone sounded exactly like Ali's just now.

Hearing this, Milan and Ali looked at him with strange eyes.

The look in his eyes was neither doubt nor belief.

Isn't it like saying "Okay, I get it, can you please not disturb our work."

"Don't believe me?"

(End of this chapter)