Chapter 604 Weird Temple
Unlike Li Yao’s imagination, the “dark” continent is not only not dark, but the sunlight during the day is particularly dazzling.
The sky here is very clear, and it is a bit unreal, as if you can see the twinkling stars directly through the sky.
Five thousand years ago, this was the place where the first wave of heavenly robbery was hit, and almost all the marks of civilization were completely wiped out.
Looking around, the desolate earth is like a distant alien star, full of terrain that is only found in another world. The earth sometimes rises high and suddenly becomes deeply sunken, forming craters, overlapping and bumpy.
These craters were all made of huge meteorites from that time. Until now, there are still many meteorite fragments left in the deepest part of many large pits that are thousands of meters deep.
For five thousand years, the craters deep in the crater have been continuously irrigated and washed by rain, and the rivers have diverted the route, forming round lakes.
Due to the influence of meteorite fragments at the bottom of the lake, there is a seven-color mist on the lake surface. Looking from the ground, it looks like huge vesicles protruding from the ground.
Occasionally, two craters are very close, and the ridges are squeezed together and they are as sharp as fangs.
With such a harsh environment, it is difficult to make human civilization take root and sprout, but it has become a paradise for monsters and demonized plants.
Countless colorful plants grew out of the lake at the bottom of the crater, decorating the craters into a cluster of flowers. Thousands of monsters roared in the monster forests. When Li Yao passed by several craters, he was even attacked by a large group of flying monsters.
Once, Li Yao discovered some human beings in the mountains and forests.
Their height is about two meters. Their skin is as gray as rocky, and a layer of red moss grows on it, which can change into different lusters and shapes.
At first glance, it looks exactly the same as the Giant Spirit War Clan, but it is just a size smaller.
They all wore the simplest animal skins and held bone blades made of monster bones, communicating with each other. They were both like human language with short syllables and like the low roar of wild beasts.
They seem to have no idea how to cultivate true qi. However, they are extremely powerful, they are bloodthirsty by nature, cruel and aggressive, and they walk vigorously in the mountains and forests. They can tear the monsters apart with their hands, then swallow and peel them alive, and drink the beast's blood.
Li Yao hid in the dark, observed these savages for a long time, and came to the conclusion.
Five thousand years ago, after the first wave of heavenly catastrophe, the ancestors of these human race were unable to pass on the spark of human civilization because they were too small and the environment was too harsh.
In the dark continent, their civilization continued to degenerate from generation to generation, and eventually became savages who eat raw meat and drink blood.
Civilization disappeared, but the inheritance of the Giant Spirit War Clan was sent to them in various ways, becoming their only reliance against the harsh environment.
Nowadays, these savages no longer speak human language. They communicate with each other only by simple and short roars, and blood-colored moss like the giant war tribe grew on their bodies. These mosses will change shape and color, and can also play a role in communication.
Perhaps, if these savages continue to survive in the Dark Continent for thousands of years, they will completely lose their last ability to speak and forget the identity of "human".
Perhaps they would regard the meteorite mountains that stand on the earth and can be seen everywhere as the "sacred mountain" of their own race, and regard the hearts of the giant war tribe excavated from the meteorite mountains as the inheritance of the "sacred clan", and from then on they regarded themselves as descendants of the "sacred gods".
Then, it will completely become a new generation of giant spirit war clan!
Li Yao sighed in his heart and continued to rush to the valley where the Oasis Tribe is located.
Because he was worried that he would meet people from the Palace of Eternal Life along the way, Li Yao did not dare to fly too high and did not dare to increase his speed too fast.
Before each speed of lightning, the Xiaolong is always sent to enter a hidden and stealth state, monitor the road along the way, and ensure that there are no abnormalities before moving forward at full speed.
When he finally arrived near the valley where the Oasis tribe was located, it was noon the next day.
This area is a rare plain in the dark continent. Several small craters are scattered on the wasteland. You can see oasis with stars and spots far and near, grazing countless fat-headed and big-eared spirit beasts.
Li Yao discovered a long and narrow valley between two oval craters. Looking into the distance through the Xiaolong, you can vaguely see traces of artificial buildings.
However, on the other side of the valley, there were wars everywhere, fires burning the sky, and fierce shouts of killing came faintly.
A thick black smoke, like a huge stone pillar, pierced the sky.
Li Yao was secretly surprised and hurriedly took out a gray-white camouflage cloth similar to the rock color and draped it on his body. He pressed the black-winged sword and silently walked around a crater mountain.
At the same time, the Xiaolong is also hidden and slowly approaching the war zone.
As we get closer and closer to the valley, we can clearly see that leaning against the mountain wall on the left is a towering temple with a strange shape, with a primitive, wild and evil construction style.
Around the temple, dozens of simple stone buildings and some chaotic tents are scattered. At first glance, it is a tribal town with a low level of civilization.
This place should be the so-called Oasis Tribe.
In the town, there are many men with only upper bodies, only bone armor and disheveled hair. They have extremely thick lips and rough faces. They have bone rings on their lips, ears and nose bridges. They have green paint on their faces and bodies, and hideous tattoos are painted.
Judging from the house, dress and expression, their level of civilization is much lower than that of the Sixth Tribe of the Tieyuan, but it is even better than that of Li Yao who saw other savages in the Dark Continent.
They are probably the residents of the Oasis Tribe.
In addition to them, Li Yao also saw some people wearing excellent armor, driving true energy chariots, and fighting flags of three parts: scorching sun, feather snakes and giant axes.
They are probably the first implementers of the "Oasis Plan".
At this moment, both the Qi Refiners of the Tekhora Six Tribe and the barbarian warriors of the Oasis Tribe were screaming and rushing towards the other side of the valley.
"These robbers from the stars want to destroy our towns, kill our wives and children, and occupy our homes!"
"Fight! Fight with them!"
"Teihara Six, together with the Oasis Tribe, defend our homeland!"
Li Yao secretly cried out in his heart that something was wrong, and he carried his eyes to the limit, but he could see that at the other end of the valley, a crystal warship seemed to be severely damaged, and fell into the valley and rolling black smoke came out.
A large number of cultivators wearing crystal armor fought with the Tieyuan people, and they were hard to solve.
The cultivators have crystal armor assistance and their strength is higher than that of the Iron-Original Warriors. However, their number is only about one hundred, which is far less than that of the barbarian warriors. They cannot break through the Iron-Original Warriors' defense line for a while.
"What's going on? The fight has started?"
Li Yao was secretly anxious and controlled the Xiaolong to get closer, but saw a battle flag fluttering in the middle of the cultivator opposite him waving in the wind. On the injured crystal warship, there was also a very familiar battle emblem, shining brightly under the scorching sun.
That's
"The battle emblem of the Big Horned Armor Division!"
Li Yao was stunned and had ten thousand doubts emerged in his heart.
"Why, the Great Horned Armor Division appeared on Iron Yuan Star, how did they find this place?"
"And they were full, why did they have a conflict with the Tieyuan people? They fought so fiercely, as if they were desperate to break through the Tieyuan people's defense line and rush into the town of this Oasis Tribe!"
Li Yao's first reaction was to show up immediately to stop the conflict between the two sides.
However, the two sides were in a desperate battle, so how could they listen to him calmly?
What's more, Li Yao felt more and more that all this was really strange, as if there was a huge conspiracy behind it.
"The Great Horned Armor Division was just outside the Iron Yuan Star Domain a few months ago and was almost completely wiped out. Even if it recovered its vitality so quickly, how could it inexplicably conflict with the Iron Yuan people?"
"Why did they appear here and insist on attacking the towns of the Oasis Tribe?"
"What secret is hidden in this town?"
Li Yao's heart moved and simply let the Xiaolong go around in circles. Taking advantage of the fact that most of the Qi Refiners and barbaric warriors rushed to the front and the rear were empty, they sneaked into the Oasis Tribe.
In the towns of the Oasis Tribe, almost all the buildings are stone houses with airtight sides. Li Yao glanced over at a glance and could not see anything unusual.
Only the temple built against the mountain reveals a chilling and cold atmosphere no matter how you look at it.
The huge stone pillars supporting the temple are engraved with monsters dancing and bizarre patterns.
In front of the temple, there are four huge statues, four monsters with green faces, fangs, and half-human and half-demon.
In the primitive tribe, worshiping ghosts and gods was very normal, but Li Yao always felt that it was a little weird.
After thinking for a long time, he found that the construction process of this temple seemed to be far beyond the level of civilization of the Oasis tribe itself.
Those lifelike demon reliefs and these four statues are not like those that can be carved by Oasis people.
The Xiaolong number stuck to the ground and sneaked into the temple silently.
The inside of the temple was empty, covered with black huge rocks, but a huge black stone monument stood in the middle, covered with a huge white cloth, which seemed to have been covered for a long time and had not been removed, and it was covered with dust.
Li Yao manipulated the Xiaolong and got into the white cloth, pondering the patterns on the stone tablet, but only found a line of big words:
"The great way of heaven, billions of supernatural powers, I only ask one question if I can live forever?"
Li Yao's pupils suddenly contracted: "It's indeed the Palace of Eternal Life!"
But after careful consideration, I felt very different.
Chapter completed!