Chapter 558 Surprise discovery
Nothing remains unchanged, and the Centaurs have retreated to a secret place for so long that so many things have happened in the world. It is not surprising that changes have occurred in this place.
Soon, the sight before the group became clear.
There is no sun bird here, only golden crystals that continuously emit light, and the faint golden light illuminates the depression in front of you.
It can be seen that one puddle on the depression is connected to another puddle, and they are densely packed. These puddles are boiling and steaming, and they are obviously containing hot springs.
The air temperature is high and the water vapor is very heavy.
To be honest, it is not suitable for ordinary humans to survive.
"I'm sorry, my clan didn't know what happened here, otherwise--"
Looking at the scenery in front of her, Angela could also judge that the environment here was not suitable for habitation.
Ivan waved his hand. Given the current situation of the Centaurs, they probably didn't know what was happening. There was no point in saying more. His eyes stopped on one of the puddles.
In the puddle, he keenly sensed a strange force of space.
The next second, he flashed to the side of the puddle and explored the area with his soul.
During this exploration, he discovered something amazing. It would be more appropriate to call the puddle a pool of water. The pool was not deep, but boiling steam was constantly coming out from the bottom, as if it was endless.
"So that's how it is. The bottom of the pool seems to be spatially connected to a certain place, allowing the boiling gas to be continuously transported here."
'This seems to be a form of teleportation, right?'
Ivan never thought that he would encounter something related to space teleportation in this remote corner. It was simply unheard of.
"what happened?"
The one asking the question was Lulucia, and they came over later.
Since Lulucia and Tanya were well-informed, Ivan did not hide anything and shared his findings with them, after which the two fell into deep thought.
"Could it be another Nala monster?" Lulucia looked at him strangely.
"What's the reason?" Ivan could not deny it.
"According to the records of the Komor Empire, I vaguely remember a special plane called the 'Spirit Lake Plane'. Some lakes in the plane form their own spaces, forming strange worlds within worlds. These worlds within worlds are like the underground world of the Danara world and are the center of the world."
Lulucia explained in more detail.
If Danara had directly absorbed the power of the Spirit Lake plane and completed localization, the Naira beast nurtured by it might have caused the current situation.
It was the first time that Ivan had heard of such a strange world, and he had to admit that Lulucia's hypothesis was very bold.
It may also be that Lulucia had suffered persecution from the Nala beast not long ago, which left a psychological trauma, so she tends to think in that direction when encountering things.
Ivan was not in a hurry to confirm this. He ordered several people to search everywhere to see if they could find some traces.
Although the environment here is poor, its area is not small, at least three times the size of the Centaurus Basin.
Soon, they came to a ruin soaked in boiling water. The animal claws on the broken walls told of the bad things that had happened here.
In addition, they were fortunate to find some patterns for recording events.
"I know. The gods living here are the Fire Fur Foxmen and their affiliated race, the Fire Fur Ratmen. In the underground world, the fur of the Fire Fur Foxmen is warm, soft, and beautiful, and is loved by some people.
Due to this factor, the Firefur Foxfolk have been slaughtered to near extinction, with only a few remaining, usually hiding in some corner of the world."
Lulucia stared at some of the symbols in the pattern for a while, then revealed the identity of the race that once lived here.
The pattern also recorded an event: the Fire Fur Fox people once lived here in harmony, until one day, a Fire Fur Rat man dug a deep passage and dug through a certain place. From then on, the gate of Purgatory was opened to them. "Come on, follow this wizard to take a look."
Ivan did what he said. According to the instructions in the pattern, he found an abandoned passage in a larger pool of water and went in without saying a word.
Seeing his impetuous look, Tanya curled her lips.
Relying on the fact that he is a lord-level creature, he can act so recklessly. It's really enviable!
This world is a big stage. If you want to become a chess player on the stage, there is a hard condition, that is, your strength must reach the lord level and you must achieve an extraordinary body.
Below the lord level, you have to be cautious in everything you do, to avoid capsizing due to a single mistake.
Unfortunately, for all living beings, the lord level is usually an insurmountable hurdle. Most creatures are blocked at this threshold throughout their lives and can never make any progress.
Tanya thought so in her mind, but did not stop. Instead, she dived into the pool and ran to the other side of the passage with Ivan.
Wherever Ivan passed, the mountains and rivers seemed to temporarily avoid his edge, automatically making way for him to pass unobstructed.
He went deeper and deeper, and he didn't know how long it had been. After passing through a deep and narrow passage, he arrived at another pool of water. The pool on this side was still filled with hot springs, and the temperature was much higher than the other side.
Looking around again, it is the end of a remote valley.
"who are you?"
As Ivan emerged from the pool, he heard a timid voice.
It turned out that someone was staying by the pond, cleaning his fur. He seemed to be a handsome young fire fox. When he saw Ivan suddenly appear, his eyes were filled with surprise and fear.
"A human wizard, what about you?" Ivan jumped out of the water, but his clothes were not wet at all.
"Mantha."
"Are you a girl?"
"Ah."
"Mansha, are there many of your people here?"
Ivan couldn't help but want to find out more information, but a shout came from the other side of the valley, causing the girl named 'Mansha' to tremble.
She no longer cared about what Ivan said and ran in panic towards the direction where the sound came from.
There were a few splashes in the pool, and Lulucia, Tanya and others floated to the surface.
"Wizard Ivan, is there anyone else here?"
"There is a young Fire Fur Foxman whose bloodline is not very pure."
"The quality of that fire fur coat is probably not very good, that is—"
Lulucia suddenly stopped talking in the middle of her words, as if she had said something extraordinary in front of Wizard Ivan. She smiled slyly and pretended that she had not said anything.
Those who are not of our race must have different hearts. There are constant disputes even among the same race, let alone between different races.
As the first matriarch of the night elves, Lulucia is not a good person, and neither is Ivan himself. He has conducted numerous biological experiments, so he did not feel much disgust towards her words.
What puzzled Ivan was that it was not difficult to draw a conclusion from the other party's behavior that Lulucia, whom he had always suspected of having ulterior motives, seemed to be serious this time and really wanted him to become her prince.
It doesn’t make sense!
Ivan didn't think that his charm was so great that he could make the head of a country ignore the other women around him and continue to fall in love with him. (End of this chapter)