Chapter 311: Treasure Hunt in the Ruins, the Former Overlord

Chapter 311: Treasure Hunt in the Ruins, the Former Overlord

Chapter 311: Treasure Hunt in the Ruins, the Former Overlord (asking for monthly tickets)

Tezuka Village Library.

The explorer was sitting in the reading area with three books piled in front of him, looking through information related to the Cangxing Sea.

Although you can directly ask for guidance and investigate which island in the Cangxing Sea the ruins appear on in the reflection.

But compared to cheating, he prefers the process of solving the puzzle himself.

This is also one of the ways he gets happiness in the game.

Just like in the old days, some players liked to use cheats to directly modify attributes when playing games, while some players focused more on their own exploration and growth.

The explorer's fingertips slid across a line of text on the parchment page of "Records of the Blue Star Sea".

According to the description in the book, there are three islands in the Cangxing Sea where "blood poison flowers" grow.

The first island is located to the west of the Cangxing Sea: Chaoge Island.

This is a layered island made up of coral reefs and sedimentary rocks, which rise and fall with the tides of the Golden Wheel.

Every three years, the island sinks to the bottom of the sea for a period of time.

There is a crescent lake on the east side of the island, but it is actually a lake made of sea water, and the bottom of the lake is covered with star sand.

On the west side is a group of tidal caves, which produce "sea moon stones".

In terms of vegetation distribution, the main plant on the island is "star-spotted seaweed".

The blood-poison flower is a very rare plant on the island. According to records, the entire island was once the home of the "Chaogee Tribe", but this tribe has long since disappeared.

The second island is located southwest of the Cangxing Sea: Jinhai Island.

This island was built by the advent forces in order to adapt to the environment of the monster world. The ground is composed of volcanic rocks and the surface temperature remains above 60 degrees Celsius all year round.

The book uses a bird's-eye view to depict the environment on the island. You can see seven active lava rivers in the east of the island, with cooled volcanic rock plains on both sides, and heat waves rising from the entire island.
The main plant is a non-spiritual plant called "fire fern", whose roots can absorb the residual heat of magma to grow. The rest of the area is basically barren.

There are rare blood poison flowers near the coast.

The third island is located east of the Colorful Mist Coast, near the Ascension Sea: Kirigakure Island.

The island is shrouded in gray mist all year round, and visibility is very low.

The surface of the island is covered with honeycomb-shaped cave entrances. There is no sunlight in the caves all day long, and a large number of monsters that like cold environments grow there.

A Lan from the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce also consulted him on related issues when he was looking for hunting locations for the newbie group.

At that time, he recommended Kirigakure Island.

There are a lot of monsters in this area. Different underground caves are home to a large number of different types of monsters, making it suitable for hunting and growth by teams and large guilds.

He even suspected that there was an unexplored underground space beneath the island, otherwise the resources on the surface of Kirigakure Island alone would not be able to feed such a large group of monsters.

The strangest thing is that the number of species on this island recorded in the library's materials increases every year.

It is illogical that when resources are scarce, a large number of monsters are attracted to inhabit it.

Although the monsters on the island will not refresh after being killed, the density of monsters is even greater than the scale of the Paradise Legion.

So he suspected that there must be rich resources stored underground on this island.

The vegetation distribution on the island is mainly low-growing shade-tolerant plants.

Such as bone-eating moss, fog-tangled vines, etc.

There are also a certain number of blood-poison flowers scattered around the island.

Calling up the forum interface, he repeatedly checked the projection images edited by the players, and saw where the aliens were standing.

He felt that among the three islands, the most likely place for the existence of ruins was Kirigakure Island.

The advertisement is shown in a dense forest area. The environment of the first island, Chaoge Island, sinks to the bottom of the sea every few years, making it difficult for tall trees to grow. There is also no trace of marine plants on the land shown in the picture.

The second island, Jinhai Island, has very sparse vegetation and it is impossible to form a lush forest.

Although Kirigakure Island also has some inconsistencies, its environment is the most consistent with what is presented in the picture compared to the other two islands.

I took a look at the live broadcast room and saw a player mentioned it in the comment section.

Is it possible that there are blood-poison flowers transplanted from these three islands on other islands?

Or the seeds may be carried by seabirds to other nearby islands, where they grow.

"It's unlikely. The blood poison flower is not a spiritual plant. It is an ordinary plant in the monster world with limited value. It is impossible for an alien race to take the initiative to transplant it. As for seabirds carrying it, it is possible, but the environment of other islands may not be suitable for the growth of blood poison flowers. The possibility of it being on Mist Island is the highest."

During the discussion with netizens in the live broadcast room, the explorer finally decided to go out and search for it himself.

After leaving the library, it came to the armed vehicle factory and upgraded the endurance of its flying vehicle.

Then we arrived at the Colorful Mist Coast through the teleportation array.

He has been here countless times, but every time he comes to the Colorful Mist Coast, his mood becomes cheerful.

In the field of vision, the morning light shines obliquely, and the entire coast is now shrouded in flowing colorful mist.

The colorful mist rolled lightly with the sea breeze, like a veil blowing across the beach. A large number of players were vacationing and having fun on the coast.

The sound of the tide is lazy and the white sand is like silver.

This is also the reason why the Colorful Mist Coast area always ranks first on the list of players' favorite areas, and it is also the first choice for most players to spend their leisure time and vacation after hunting.

Summoning the vehicle skateboard, he headed towards the depths of the sea.

A large number of fishing enthusiasts can be seen near the coast. They usually sit on homemade rafts and drift near the coast.

The deeper you go into the sea, the fewer players there are.

The hoverboard carried him flying 2 meters above the sea surface. The wind and waves cut through the blue water. Looking down from the sky, it was like a silver knife cutting through blue silk, leaving a silver trail on the sea.

The strong wind blew past my ears, and occasionally a flying fish would jump out of the water.

During the flight, the explorers felt extremely comfortable.

When it was noon, the sea and sky changed color.

Thick clouds pressed in from the end of the sea level, leaden and iron-gray.

The sea became turbulent, arching and collapsing like the back of a giant beast.

You can only increase the flying height of the hoverboard and travel between storms and raging waves.

Previously, we chose to fly closer to the sea surface not to see the sea, but to save energy.

When flying close to the water surface, the airflow under the skateboard is blocked by the sea surface, the flow rate is slowed down, the air pressure increases, and additional lift is formed, which is the ground effect.

When flying long distances, a lot of energy loss can be reduced.

Soon, heavy rain began to fall on the cloudy and changeable sea.

The sea and sky were in chaos, with only the gray-blue roar remaining in sight.

The skateboard engine roared in the thunder, shuttling between lightning and thunder.

The sea surface below was like an angry beast, with undercurrents churning, and from time to time, it raised wave walls dozens of meters high, which collapsed in an instant. The skateboard passed by the rising waves, and the mist splashed on the ankles, bringing a little coolness.

Suddenly, a green shadow broke through the water.

This is a three-meter-long fish. Its back cuts through the waves like a knife. When it leaps into the air, its eyes briefly meet the explorer's before it crashes into the sea.

"Blue steel fish!"

After seeing the shape of the fish, the explorer determined its species in the next second.

Then he started explaining in the rainstorm, saying that this was a very valuable spiritual fish, and the selling price in the trading house was no less than 1000 sacrificial power.

As the leader of the Exploration Party, the popularity of the Explorer's live broadcast room initially came from the "Qidi beating incident."

But in the later period, he attracted a large number of audiences and fans through his own abilities.

His live broadcast room is also recognized as one of the most in-depth live broadcast rooms in the forum.

Players can always learn various knowledge in its live broadcast room, whether useful or not.

Late at night, the explorers finally passed through the local rainstorm area, and the sea ahead was as calm as a mirror.

The skateboard continued to fly close to the water surface, and the wake startled a school of flying fish.

There were basically no players to be seen nearby, and there were no landmarks on the sea to help determine direction.

But as a player, you have a map to use, so it is impossible to get lost in any area.

In the evening, the outline of Kirigakure Island gradually emerged in the distance.

The gray fog squirmed like a living thing, wrapping the island in a hazy mystery.

The outline exposed outside the fog is like the back of a giant whale, with black reefs crisscrossing and waves exploding into snow foam between the cracks in the rocks.

After the skateboard rushed into the fog wall, it slowly landed. The sound of the engine startled a group of seabirds, which flapped their wings and flew into the fog, disappearing in an instant.

After jumping off the skateboard, the vehicle automatically decomposed into pixel blocks and stuck to the body.

As he stepped onto the slippery rocks, mist swirled around him, bringing with it an uncomfortable chill.

I even had a strange thought that the fog seemed to be hostile to me.

The sound of the waves behind me also became blurred at this moment, as if I had come to another world.

The lush vegetation area on the island was not at the landing site. He called up the map to check and then headed southeast.

Although you can use a hoverboard to travel quickly, there are a lot of monsters on the island.

Flying units are too conspicuous and are easily attacked by monsters.

Walking along the way, you can see countless caves with dark cracks beside the coastline.

There is glowing moss on the stone wall, and the dark green spots are connected into veins, like a big net peeking in the dark.

During this period, the explorer also analyzed his conjectures in the live broadcast room:

"Brothers, our landing site is on the southwest side of the island, and the densely vegetated area shown on the map should be in the southeast direction. The terrain there is higher and the fog is thinner. But there was no fog in the advertisement at the time, so the southeast direction will be where I will explore next."

This was not his first time here. Many plants had already been made into illustrated guides, so there was no scientific introduction along the way.

At this moment, a roar was heard in the distance, and the explorer decisively shrank in front of the boulder the next second.

Carefully observe the situation nearby.

Looking at the jokes in the live broadcast room, the explorer seemed a little helpless:
"I'm not a coward. I'm just trying to stay out of the spotlight for safety reasons. It's not easy to get here, and I don't want to die in this little dark room."

After hearing these words, a large number of barrages of comments emerged in the live broadcast room, and the mocking voices became louder.

This made the explorer blush slightly, and then he argued:
“Actually, there are two types of cowards.”

"Some people are walking on thin ice when playing games. In essence, this is the reflection of the existential anxiety in the real world into the game world. They are not afraid of the monsters in the game, but subconsciously interpret the death penalty as a workplace KPI. They subconsciously think that there will be performance evaluations behind their reckless and wanton behavior, allowing the cowardly discipline in reality to penetrate into the game world. They have to be trembling when playing a game. In essence, the DNA of real social animals is copied into the game. This is the real cowardice."

"The other kind of cowardice is the result of a rational risk assessment and a sign of respect for the journey of exploration. It is not cowardice in essence, but... caution."

After listening to the explorer's convincing analysis, the players and tourists in the live broadcast room burst into laughter.

I stuck my head out again and found that there was no monster outside.

After the explorer's "courage bar" accumulates to the action line, he steps sideways out of the rock cover and heads towards the target location.

You may encounter monsters from time to time along the way, but the way you deal with them is different from that of ordinary players, where you just have to fight them.

Even if an explorer encounters a monster weaker than himself, he will temporarily avoid the attack and never take action if possible.

After a long time, the explorer came to a dense jungle, where he saw a crystal mountain wall as smooth as a mirror.

Just as he was about to continue exploring, a comment that was quickly liked caught his attention:
"You idiot, the ruins may be nearby. In the screenshot of the advertisement, we can see sunlight shining through the dense forest and falling on the ground. Based on the direction of the shadows of the trees, we can infer the position of the sun. If the shadow points to the northeast, the sun is in the southwest. If the shadow is short and close to vertical, it may be around noon. Monster World does not have time zone corrections. Then look at the structure of Kirigakure Island on the map...so we can roughly infer that the time in the advertisement is about 3-4 o'clock."

"Natural light passing through leaves should cast scattered shadows. The outline of a beam of light in the screenshot is too clean, so it is not natural light, but reflected light. This proves that there is a high point nearby that refracts light to the location in the screenshot. This crystal mountain is most likely that point, so the location is in the dense forest at the foot of the mountain."

There is an expert in the live broadcast room.

The tourist's analysis seemed to him to make sense.

I immediately decided to explore the dense forest at the foot of the mountain.

Entering an area with dense greenery, the explorer pasted a screenshot of the reflected ad in the upper left corner for comparison.

I found that the plants here are basically consistent with the plants in the screenshots, but I haven’t found the blood poison flower yet.

According to the range of the dense forest shown on the map, he headed towards the center.

As we went deeper, the light around us became dimmer. Vines were entwined around the ancient trees like giant pythons. Rotten leaves piled up underfoot, and a rustling sound was heard with every step.

After the eagle-headed demon's perception was activated, the surrounding scenes were clearly visible in his mind.

With the help of the soul, the efficiency of exploration is significantly improved.

The types of plants presented in the perceived image can basically prove that the entrance to the ruins is in this area.

Half an hour later, the explorers smelled a faint stench of decay.

This made his heart tighten.

The smell reminded him of a description in the library materials:
[The "blood rot" secreted by the roots of the blood poison flower has a smell similar to a mixture of rust and rotten fruit. As the concentration increases, it will have a bloody smell. ]

The smell described for the blood-poison flower was very similar to the smell I was smelling now.

Following the direction of the smell, passing through layers of intertwined spider webs and vines, a relatively open area appeared before our eyes.

Looking towards the bottom of a towering tree, a stone slab almost covered by grass and trees came into view.

"Brothers, we found it!"

Suddenly, the comments in the live broadcast room surged, and everyone was cheering for the successful completion of the first step of this treasure hunt.

Although I was just a spectator, I felt fully involved throughout the whole process.

The eyes of the live broadcast audience followed the explorer to the stone slab.

The surface of the stone slab was carved with blood-colored lines, and at the upper corner of the stone slab, a gorgeous red flower was blooming wildly, with dark red juice condensed on the petals, like blood.

It is the blood poison flower that appears in the screenshot.

The explorer took a deep breath, walked to the stone slab, squatted down and observed it carefully.

The fonts above were blurred and it was impossible to analyze useful information, so he chose to directly turn on the analysis function.

[Mingwu Clan Royal Tomb]:
Target introduction: The tomb of the 726th emperor of the "Mist Clan", a dominant force that once ruled the three major seas (Cangxing Sea, Ascension Sea (formerly Death Language Sea), and Death Sea). After losing the war with the Death Language Clan, he was eventually buried on the Mist Island.

……

Seeing the analysis information, the explorer immediately became interested.

Slowly pushing the stone tablet open, there was an obviously dug hole underneath, and a fresh smell of earth wafted through.

"This should be the pit dug by the alien race in the advertisement. The mausoleum was sealed after it was built. There is no passage to pass through."

As he said this, he reached into the pit.

A large number of damaged spiritual pattern structures can be seen around the cave.

After analyzing it, the result was just as he guessed. There was originally a formation in the tomb that absorbed external spiritual energy to maintain the operation of the internal nourishment system.

But the aliens persisted, and after 17 years of excavation, the site was completely destroyed.

When the explorers saw the 17th year, they were also surprised.

In order to excavate the tomb, this alien race adopted the ant moving tactic, destroying the defensive barrier bit by bit until it was completely penetrated.

Thinking of this, the explorer said to the players in the live broadcast room:

"Your perseverance is commendable, but this action may not necessarily yield any reward. There may not be treasures in the mausoleum. Not all races have burial objects after being buried. In the monster world, many races are buried naked. I'm afraid there will only be an incorrupt body."

I saw people arguing in the comments of the live broadcast, asking how they could determine that the bodies inside were in an intact state.

He immediately explained:

"The formation originally set up in this mausoleum not only protects the deceased inside from being disturbed, but also continuously draws spiritual energy to keep the body from decaying."

During the introduction, he bent his body and continued to go deeper into the narrow tunnel.

Wet dirt kept falling from overhead.

As we go deeper, the tunnel becomes wider and wider, and finally becomes clear.

He stopped at this moment and looked straight ahead. A huge crystal stone door was embedded in the stone wall, and the door was covered with complex spiritual patterns.

This is obviously the gate leading directly to the mausoleum.

In the center of the door is a circular groove surrounded by three layers of metal rings.

He walked closer and found a lot of friction marks on the cracks in the door and the surrounding rock walls. There were several broken metal weapons scattered on the ground, as well as a pile of crystals that had exhausted their energy.

Apparently the aliens had tried to force it open, but had failed utterly.

With the help of the eagle-headed demon's perception, he could clearly sense the energy dissipation fluctuations on the gate.

Before the explorers could think about how to break open the door, the military advisor in the live broadcast room began to come up with various ideas.

One player said that he would buy explosives to cause a huge explosion that would shake the island, and blast his way in using the most violent means.

Some unqualified tourists also said that they should dig in from the rock wall next to it. If they couldn't break open the door, they could probably dig through the rock.

But the explorer chose to close his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, a faint blue light appeared in the depths of his pupils.

The spiritual eye feature is activated.

In an instant, the world reorganized in his eyes.

Countless flowing veins of light suddenly appeared on the originally still crystal stone gate, interweaving and spreading inside like human blood vessels.

These energy flows appear in a gorgeous indigo color and are clearly visible in the vision of the spiritual eyes.

The strength of energy is reflected in brightness.

He observed that in the energy center, all the light veins eventually converged into the circular groove in the center of the door, forming a vortex-shaped energy node that circulated with a pulse rhythm of three short and one long.

Each cycle will form a specific light spot pattern on the outer, middle and inner rings.

This corresponds to the three metal rings on the gate.

Arriving at the gate, he examined the tiny pattern surrounding three metal rings.

There are 8 patterns on each metal ring, which adds up to 24 patterns.

This made him frown.

The lock of this door is too easy to crack, there are only 512 combinations.

Lingmou continued to observe the pattern structure inside the crystal stone gate, and he had found the answer to breaking the gate.

Turn the metal rings on the door one by one, matching them with the three patterns that appear when energy flows through the door, and the door suddenly vibrates.

The explorer ran away decisively.

This kind of door that can be opened is quite dangerous.

Logically speaking, the mausoleum should be sealed and there should be no entrance. The act of leaving a door is illogical in itself.

Maybe the death trap will be triggered as soon as the door is opened, killing the "tomb robber" outside the door.

But the imagined plot did not happen.

When the gate was officially opened, the explorer returned to the gate and looked inside.

As a player, I am naturally not afraid of death, but I am afraid of rushing.

Try to avoid death.

The eagle-headed demon's perception was activated again, and the environment shrouded in darkness appeared in his mind.

In the center of the mausoleum, a crystal coffin was quietly suspended in the air.

There are no chains hanging, and the perception is that the spiritual energy field is held up in the air three meters above the ground.

Dark blue light patterns flow on the surface of the coffin, and the crystal coffin seems to have no sense of substance, as if the coffin exists between reality and illusion.

At this time, the crystal coffin is continuously releasing surging energy into the earth.

This energy is even more powerful than opening a large teleportation array.

So many years have passed, but it is still possible to continue to release such huge amounts of energy, which is obviously somewhat unusual.

In front of the hanging coffin is a corpse wearing armor, its body covered in a set of armor full of cracks.

Sensing through the armor, I can see a face full of sadness.

It placed its left hand on its right chest, knelt on one knee, and looked up at the hanging coffin.

On the ground at its feet, there is a small formation imprinted, and the analysis shows that it is the spatial positioning coordinates.

But analysis cannot give an answer to what exactly happened here.

Puzzled, the explorer turned to look at the guiding water ball floating beside him:
"Brother Guidance, I want to know what happened here."

In response to the inquiry, the guide opens his eyes:

[If you want to know the details, you have to use the backtracking method to check and pay 30,000 sacrifice power. ]

Upon hearing the price, the players in the live broadcast room shook their heads.

The analysis of guidelines is divided into basic analysis and in-depth analysis. Backtracking is a form of in-depth analysis, which is really expensive.

The older the time, the more expensive it is, and ordinary players simply can't afford it.

But as the author of the "scenery poem", the explorer who wanted to create detailed background information about the monster world hesitated for a moment and gritted his teeth:

"Brother Zhihui, please deduct the fee. I want to take a look."

[You are really a unique player. ]

The guide glanced at the explorer and then turned on the backtracking mode.

After the sacrificial power burned, images of light and shadow emerged.

The darkness faded, the rotten dust rose back into the air, the peeling rubble rose up and recovered as new, and the kneeling figure stood up, his cloak fluttering and his armor shining coldly.

In the picture, his helmet is lowered, and in the half-open crystal coffin in front of him lies a man with a haggard face.

This was none other than the last emperor of the Mingwu tribe. A coral sword was inserted into his chest, and dark blue blood was dripping down the blade, but it turned into rising mist the moment it touched the bottom of the coffin.

The emperor's eyelids trembled slightly, and his cracked lips moved:
"General, have the Death Speakers... retreated?"

The general was silent, and the scene turned to the outside of the mausoleum. The people of the Mingwu tribe fell one after another and turned into mist circling around the island.

The emperor slowly raised his hand, and his skinny fingertips touched the general's shoulder armor.

"Go back, inherit my position, and don't come here again."

Hearing these words, the man known as the general suddenly knelt on one knee, slamming his knee hard on the ground, and his helmet drooped so low that it almost touched the ground.

His voice was like being crushed by gravel, hoarse and trembling:

"Your Majesty, I am... incompetent and cannot save you."

As it spoke, it clenched its fists, its knuckles cracking under the iron armor as it spoke of the tragic ending of the battle.

The voice became lower and lower as he spoke, and finally turned into some kind of beast-like whimper.

"I have betrayed your trust... and I don't deserve to inherit anything."

The emperor's hands trembled slightly. He wanted to say something else, but he started coughing violently, and dark blue blood foam overflowed from the corners of his mouth.

Jun looked up in a hurry, but saw the emperor shaking his head, with a calm look on his haggard face:
"That's not necessary. We chose our own path. If we lose, we lose." The emperor sighed.

"The ending was predicted long before it came. We have seen this world before... It's not very pretty, and I just reached the expected ending."

"I am unwilling to give up. I want to save the Mingwu tribe."

The emperor's voice was so light that it sounded like a sigh:
"The Mingwu Clan... has never needed anyone to save us. Our clan has existed for three thousand years, gathering and dispersing at random, drifting with the tide. Why should we be bound in the cage of redemption and revival?"

The general's armor clanged:
"The people of your home world are still waiting for you to return."

"Waiting for a ruler?" The emperor stroked the crystal coffin with his bony fingers and said in a hoarse voice:
"We mistakenly regard continuation as our mission, but forget that the end of racial continuation is withering. How many races can achieve eternal immortality?"

"We are not defeated by any enemy, we are just tired of endless wars."

After he finished speaking, the emperor's breath became weaker.

It took one last look at the general standing in front of it:

"Born in the morning and dead in the evening, only then can you see the stars."

The emperor closed his eyes at this moment.

The general stood in front of the crystal coffin, his face full of pain.

He knew that at the last moment, the emperor was tired of everything and gave up on the future of the Mingwu tribe.

This is also why the emperor said that he would never come back after he left.

The emperor hopes that he will give up the expedition, abandon his ambition to reach the top of the monster world, and return to the ordinariness of his home world.

The general reached out and slowly closed the coffin lid, sealing the emperor's body forever.

Then he staggered back a few steps, knelt down again, and kowtowed deeply towards the hanging coffin.

"Your Majesty, you are tired, but I am not."

"You said that the Mingwu tribe doesn't need to be saved, but if we give up even the last hope, what difference will we make from dissipated dust? You are denying our previous struggles."

"This is a world of monsters, and anything is possible. I will definitely find a way to defeat the Deathspeakers and seize their rules. I will then take you back."

The light and shadow images advanced rapidly at this time, and time passed quickly.

A figure returned through the space coordinates, it was the general who had left.

In the picture, his armor was in tatters, and half of his body was constantly eroded by some force, appearing dark purple.

He held a gleaming physical mark in his hand, and with trembling hands he pushed open the crystal coffin, then closed it. He then knelt on one knee in front of the coffin and looked up at the suspended crystal coffin:

"Your Majesty...I am back."

His voice was hoarse and broken. With every word he spoke, dark purple blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, and his eyes became confused:

"Perhaps you are right. We are just fog after all. Why should we dwell on it too much?"

In his final moments, just as he had done when he first swore allegiance to the emperor, he placed his left hand on his right chest:
"You live in the morning and die in the evening, only then can you see the stars. Your subordinates will guard your tomb for you."

After he finished speaking, he died.

Looking back, the light and shadow are broken, and everything returns to reality.

The crystal coffin was still suspended and the general's body was still kneeling.

"Well, although everything is possible in the monster world, getting what you want is not as easy as you think."

After watching the footage of the Mingwu Clan's final moments, the explorer couldn't help but shake his head.

It is certain that the general failed in the end.

But he was curious about what the general finally stuffed into the crystal coffin.

Also, why is this crystal coffin still continuously releasing energy into the earth under the perception of the eagle-headed demon?

Out of curiosity, he summoned the flying skateboard and took off at the urging of the players in the live broadcast room.

The general could easily push open the coffin lid, but he had to use all his strength to barely push it open.

With a sudden exertion of force, the coffin lid slowly slid open with a harsh friction sound.

In an instant, light burst out.

The explorer stretched his head and looked, only to see a prismatic brand suspended on the emperor's withered forehead, with dark blue light patterns flowing all over the body, like a compressed galaxy.

The moment it came into contact with the outside air, the brand suddenly vibrated violently and burst into brilliant light.

The whole island suddenly roared.

The ground cracked, and the thick fog surrounding Kirigakure Island rushed towards the mausoleum like a summoned army.

Countless blurry figures emerged from the mist. They were the souls of the Mingwu Clan. They were wearing tattered armor, holding rusty weapons, and blue soul fire was burning in their empty eye sockets.

"Click."

Next to the crystal coffin, the general's skeleton suddenly moved.

Amid the explorer's bewildered expression, he slowly raised his head, dark blue mist seeped through the gaps in his armor, and his rotten cloak moved without wind.

He stretched out his hand and grasped the sword stuck in the ground. On the rusty blade, the mark of rules exactly the same as the one on the emperor's forehead appeared.

"Your Majesty, the fog...is gathering again."

The general's voice seemed to come from the abyss.

Outside the mausoleum, the fog had condensed into a vortex that covered the sky and began to devour the monsters on the island, and flesh and blood were gradually generated in the fog.

The figures that were dying gradually became clearer in the crazy massacre.

At this moment, the explorer in the mausoleum suddenly felt something was wrong, and suddenly started to analyze, scanning the floating mark:

[Death Speaker]:
Introduction to the rules: Possesses the power to revive the dead and transform them into Deathrattle forms. The longer the time of death, the stronger the power. Everyone revived by Deathrattle will retain their memories before death, and a power other than the holder is required to activate the resurrection process.

"Fuck, the rules!"

After reading the analysis and introduction information, the explorer suddenly turned his head to look at the guiding water ball:
"Brother Guidance, am I being set up?"

Instruct the water ball to open its eyes and nod calmly:
[It's obvious. Why do you think there is a conspicuous stone tablet outside the mausoleum? Secondly, can a weak alien race really know that there is a treasure underground the moment it sees the stone tablet? ]

[In fact, there are too many hidden hints that there are treasures buried underground on this island. It is only a matter of time before the mausoleum is discovered. There will always be aliens who dig here with greed, and a door leading directly to the mausoleum is a flaw among flaws. As you analyzed before, the mausoleum does not need a door that can be opened and closed unless there is a need to enter or exit.]

[Finally, why do you think there are so many monsters gathered on this island? Why are there so many resources stored underground to feed these alien races and monsters? These are all blood food prepared for the moment of revival. They are all part of the general's layout after he obtained the rules.]

"But didn't the general give up when he returned in the flashback scene?"

When asked, the guide looked at the child and said helplessly:

[You just said that everything is possible in the monster world, so is there a possibility that the general guessed that some races have the ability to rewind past scenes, and in order to be on the safe side, it is necessary to perform it at the end... But in the end, it did die of exhaustion, and this time it was revived along with the rules of the Death Speaker.]

"Fuck, Brother Guidance, why didn't you tell me in advance?"

[I only explained the specific situation when you asked me. If you had asked in advance, I would have definitely told you in advance, so the essence of the question is: you didn’t ask either. ]

Explorer: …

Realizing that the situation was not good, the explorer suddenly jumped up from the hoverboard and rushed straight towards the suspended Death Speaker Rules.

Just then, the general waved his hand violently.

boom!
The explorer was instantly blasted into mist, and the live broadcast room was immediately filled with comments: What a shame, I gave you the chance to get the rules, but you are useless.

Afterwards, the live broadcast room with a black screen discussed the revival of the "Mist Clan".

On the other side, the Death Speaker's rule mark merged into the forehead of Emperor Mingwu. His body slowly floated in the air. His withered face was shrouded in the light of the rule mark, and his rotten imperial robe rustled.

After sleeping for a long time, it slowly opened its eyes, and the general kneeling on one knee was reflected in its pupils.

"Your Majesty, please welcome back." The general lowered his head and said in a deep voice.

The power of rules was continuously injected into his body, and the wound healed quickly. The floating emperor looked down at the kneeling general, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes:
“Can the ending be changed?”

The general slowly stood up, looked up at the emperor, and said in a hoarse but firm voice:
"can."

A simple word, and it takes root.

“Even if the road ahead is still a dead end, we must try to carve out a way out, go all out, and leave no regrets.”

When the emperor heard this, he couldn't help but sigh, and then the helplessness in his eyes turned into determination.

As he raised his hand, Kirigakure Island shook, and more ghosts appeared in the mist surrounding the island.

……

Ascension Sea, Ancient God Arena.

A figure that had been silent underground suddenly opened his eyes. His golden body made of runes floated in the air and he looked up towards the direction of the Cangxing Sea.

Feeling the surging energy fluctuations coming from the Cangxing Sea, a solemn look appeared in his eyes.

In the Ascension Sea, the Ascension Clan and Shuyan warriors who were fighting fiercely stopped and retreated.

Shu Yan and Chi Yan turned their heads at the same time and looked towards the direction of the Cangxing Sea. They both felt the terrifying fluctuations of life.

……

At this moment, the overlord who once ruled the three major seas returned with the Deathrattle Legion.

Among the emerging forces, the Ancient God Clan, the Ascension Clan, and the Shuyan Realm, these three forces were established on the sea territories once ruled by the Mingwu Clan.

(End of this chapter)