novellk Chapter 1397 Reasons and Surprise
Chapter 1397 Reasons and Surprise
Chapter 1397 Reasons and Surprise
Hearing the voice, Lei Xiao took a step and immediately walked towards where Fanny was. The latter was located on the stern of the ship, where the terrain was higher.
When he got closer, what caught Lei Xiao's eye was an abandoned field.
I saw that the entire field was located on a huge flat ship, which was much shorter than here, and only by standing on a high place could you have a panoramic view.
"Your Majesty, this is like a giant flower pot floating on the sea."
Fanny flapped her wings and asked Lei Xiao in confusion, "Why would anyone move these onto the ship? It's unbelievable."
"It seems that this area composed of countless ships is more like a city. Since there are fields, there must be residents."
Lei Xiao stared at the dry and cracked wasteland, nodded thoughtfully and said: "Perhaps it would be more appropriate to describe this place as the City of Ten Thousand Ships."
After hearing Lei Xiao's words, the strong men around him all nodded in agreement.
His Majesty the Human Race is right. Whether it is from the wasteland or from some other clues, there were indeed a lot of signs of life here, just like a huge residential area.
But judging from the layer of dust on the deck, it was probably hundreds or even thousands of years ago.
"But Lord, why would someone build such a weird place to live in the enchantment area?"
Xiao Jing tilted her head and said with a puzzled look on her face.
"It is still unknown at the moment, but what is certain is that this place is indeed extremely vast and can probably accommodate a large number of residents."
Lei Xiao looked into the distance and in the endless City of Ten Thousand Ships, he could vaguely see pieces of wasteland on the ships that were similar to the ones here, and there were even many dead trees standing among them.
"Your Majesty, the entrance to the hull is here!"
Not far from the stern deck, Bruno waved to Lei Xiao and shouted respectfully. Among the crowd of strong men, his tall and burly body with a pair of bull horns was extremely conspicuous.
"Let's go over there."
Lei Xiao nodded to Fanny and others and took another step forward.
Arriving at the location where Bruno and the others were, Lei Xiao noticed that there was a staircase extending down to the depths of the ship, with the bright light of magic balls flashing in it. Judging from the fresh footprints, it was obvious that one of our strong men was exploring the way in it.
"Your Majesty, we have investigated carefully. Although there are many entrances here, only this one leads to the depths of the ship. The others are closed spaces, like small houses."
Bruno touched his chest and saluted, then reported to Lei Xiao: "The Wood Fairy Chief is leading his warriors to continue exploring inside."
"I see. Let's go down too."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly, and after deploying a team of strong men to guard the entrance of the passage, he led the other strong men on our side into the passage.
After passing through a relatively narrow and long staircase area, the group's eyes suddenly opened up.
After being illuminated by the magic ball of light, when Lei Xiao saw the surrounding scene clearly, he immediately opened his eyes wide.
This place is even more spacious than he had imagined, like an underground square, with an end that seems to stretch as far as the eye can see. It is obviously far beyond the scope of a cabin.
"Your Majesty, we have just conducted a preliminary investigation. This area is connected to at least twenty giant cabins. Every connection is tightly sealed and has undergone extremely strict waterproofing treatment. It is really an amazing project."
Chris flew in front of Lei Xiao and said with a look of amazement: "As for the function of this area, according to my speculation, it should be a sacrificial site."
Lei Xiao listened to Chris's words while walking forward.
Just as the other party said, the central area here was empty, with only a huge statue standing there. It was a tall and burly Centaur warrior, holding a longbow in his hand and shooting towards the sky.
In front of the Centaur sculpture, there is a mottled altar, which is covered with a layer of dust everywhere and looks gray.
"Is the owner here actually a centaur?"
A trace of hesitation emerged on Schult's wooden-carved old face, and he immediately asked in confusion, "But it stands to reason that Centaurs have lived in forests and plains far from the ocean for generations. How could they have built a city of ten thousand ships?"
"It's really strange. From what I've learned, centaurs are not creatures that are willing to drift on the sea. They naturally like to gallop in the vast world. The limited space on the ship is undoubtedly a great constraint for them."
Broy's face was also filled with confusion. He frowned and said, "It's as if the Winged People took the initiative to get into the birdcage."
After Broy finished speaking, the eyes of the other strong men were filled with doubts and they looked extremely confused.
"Let's keep looking. Maybe there are some secrets here that we haven't found yet."
Lei Xiao waved to everyone and gave orders.
It didn't take long before Xiao Jing's surprised voice came over: "Lord, please come and see!"
When he arrived at Xiaojing's location, Lei Xiao noticed that this place was right behind the Centaur statue and was also the end of the square.
On the thick walls that form the inner walls of the cabin, there are lifelike wall carvings, which appear mysterious and profound under the reflection of the magic light ball.
"My Lord, this seems to depict a story!"
Xiao Jing seemed to have discovered a secret. She pointed to one of the wall carvings with excitement and said, "And this is where the story begins!"
Looking in the direction of the other party's finger, Lei Xiao noticed further.
This is a scene depicting the life of Centaurs. In the vast plains and forests, Centaurs are everywhere, either playing or hunting.
Other races also appeared around the plains and forests. Lei Xiao saw towns with distinct features of elves, dwarves, and even fairies. Everywhere was peaceful, but there was no ocean.
"It seems that in the beginning, this group of centaurs really lived where they were supposed to be."
Broy tilted his head and looked at the mural and asked, "What exactly made them choose to board the ship?"
"Let's continue reading."
Lei Xiao's gaze moved and looked at the second wall carving next to it.
In the second mural, an area of water that had not been there before appeared in the lower part of the originally flat plain, extending all the way to the end of the mural.
Although the width of the mural is limited and cannot fully express the depth of the water, judging from the albatross flying above the water, it is obvious that it represents the ocean.
Due to the appearance of sea water, the elves who were previously there had to migrate to the higher parts of the plains, and the centaurs also accepted them.
"The sea water actually appeared on the plain?"
Broy couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw this.
Beside him, Lei Xiao had a frown on his face, looking deep in thought.
It is obvious that the sea level is rising, turning the original land into ocean.
And what is certain is that this group of Centaurs did not come from the plate where they are located, because everything is normal on the land where they are located and this kind of situation has never happened before.
In addition, it can be confirmed that the time when all this happened was obviously after the blank era.
Because in the pictures before the first one, we can see that the Centaurs woke up from endless ruins and collapsed statues, all with confused looks on their faces. It was obviously depicting that they were survivors of the blank era and had forgotten everything.
Lei Xiao thought so while looking at the wall carving behind him.
Just as he had thought, in the next few pictures, as things escalated, the activities of other forces such as the Centaurs and Elves became smaller and smaller.
Due to the drastic reduction in food on land, they had no choice but to build boats and start making a living by fishing.
Later on, they could only live in the mountains, traveling to each other by boat, and surrounded by the vast ocean.
Perhaps a hundred years passed, perhaps a thousand years passed, and finally one day, the last land ceased to exist. Then, a large number of ships from various forces, including the Centaurs, began to gather together.
In order to survive, all forces worked together and even connected each other's ships. Gradually, the shocking scene that we are seeing now was formed.
In order to resist the increasingly crazy and powerful sea monsters, they worked together to create this sea barrier area and moved everything here so that they could survive more safely.
"So this is the truth behind the Centaurs' appearance here."
After reading the contents of the mural, Broy's face was full of surprise and he said, "So, it was not the Centaurs themselves who created this City of Ten Thousand Ships, but all the forces in this land?"
"Indeed, it seems that this area is not from the land we are in."
A rare look of surprise appeared on Shult's old face, and he nodded.
"No wonder this place looks like a landmass. It turns out that this is where the power of so many forces gather."
Xiao Jing blinked her long eyelashes and said in surprise: "What the Lord said is that only by gathering more strength can we overcome the difficulties in the future!"
"Since they didn't come from here, does that mean that the invisible hand forcibly connected the barrier areas on two different plates together? This is simply suffocating."
Jiang Xi's starry eyes were filled with shock as he murmured to himself.
Listening to the different voices of the crowd, Lei Xiao still looked thoughtful with a frown on his face.
It is not difficult to see from the contents of this series of murals that it obviously took hundreds or even thousands of years for the people of this land to finally come here, but judging from the current deserted and dilapidated scene, despite all their efforts, they were eventually lost in the dust of history.
In addition, there is another point that he is extremely concerned about, which is the root cause of the rising sea level. The content on the mural obviously does not reveal this.
“Maybe even they themselves don’t know the reason.”
Lei Xiao gathered his thoughts and nodded to the people around him, saying, "Now that we have figured out the history of this City of Ten Thousand Ships, we should start exploring again. There must be a key to leaving here ahead."
After hearing Lei Xiao's words, all the powerful men around him nodded in agreement and refocused their attention on the surrounding scenes.
It didn't take long for our group to leave the square through a ship corridor and begin to move deeper into the City of Ten Thousand Ships.
Just as the party arrived at a place similar to a residential area, corpses that had already turned into bones came into view of everyone.
It is not difficult to tell from the structure of the skeletons that most of them are Centaurs, and there are also some elves who are obviously much smaller in size.
Most of the corpses were gathered in twos and threes, some slumped against the bulkhead, some slumped under the stairs. Their empty eye sockets were pitch black, and their jaws were mostly slightly open, as if silently describing an unknown past event.
Seeing this scene, especially Chris, Fanny and other powerful wood and flower fairies, all frowned slightly.
Although these were not their own people, seeing the skeletons of their own kind still made them feel awe-inspiring.
"My Lord, the 'Lost Ruins Effect' also proves that they are not from before the Blank Age."
Jiang Xi nodded to Lei Xiao and said thoughtfully: "Otherwise there would never be any skeletons here."
"Indeed, let's move on."
Lei Xiao walked around the corpse of a centaur and took a deep breath.
The place was filled with a mixture of rotten, salty and fishy smells that made one's stomach churn.
After passing through several similar areas in succession, the group arrived at an extremely vast area.
This is a park, but the fountain in the center has long dried up, and the surrounding flower beds are all deserted.
On the park benches, there were also many corpses sitting side by side, looking like they were enjoying their last moments.
Just as Lei Xiao's gaze moved and scanned the surroundings, an extremely discordant shadow suddenly came into his sight.
Looking carefully, it was also a corpse, but it was not a white skeleton. It was obvious that the person had died not long ago!
"My Lord, what is that?!"
The subordinates around him soon discovered the clues and looked surprised.
"Let's go over and take a look."
Lei Xiao turned his palm up, and the shining Rolandel emerged.
When he got closer, Lei Xiao opened his eyes even wider, with an even more shocked look on his face.
It was a corpse that was cut in half, with a horrified look on its face and blood flowing like a river. The most important thing was that Lei Xiao could clearly feel that the other party was not a native of this alien world, but a lord from another world!