Mechanical Alchemist Chapter 268: Bury the Gods

The next day, the first ray of sunlight in the morning shone into the forest.

The bonfire has been extinguished, and green smoke is curling up from the burned ashes. The breeze blows, and the red light can still be seen on the charred firewood.

Juta opened his eyes. He had been on alert for the past few days and had rarely slept soundly. She did not disturb Su Lun who was meditating beside her, and silently packed away the animal skin mat for sleeping.

Not long after, the crisp chirping of birds broke the silence, and Su Lun slowly opened his eyes from meditation.

After digesting it all night, he had almost figured out the effects of the new reproductive equipment.

"Are you awake?"

Jutta glanced at him with a smile, then took out a few cooked cassava from the campfire with a wooden stick. .

"Yeah."

Su Lun nodded and cleaned his mouth.

I picked up the roasted cassava again and ate it with relish.

The cassava didn't need residual heat to test the heat, so Jutta completely covered the fire with soil. You must be very careful when using fire in the forest. The Daru people will not cause trouble to the forest. She touched the dirt and said, "It's not far from here to the 'Cursed Valley'. Going north from here, there is a pass. Last time our tribe came here, they encountered many strange creatures. We have to be careful." .."

"Yeah."

Su Lun nodded as he listened.

He originally didn’t want Yuta to take the risk, but Yuta didn’t hesitate.

She said that the ancestors of the clan would take risks for the continuation of the clan, so naturally she can do the same. Now that the tribe has reached its most critical moment, what does she plan to do.

Su Lun had nothing to say.

The Daru people have their own beliefs, and Yuta has their own beliefs.

She is brave, persistent, kind, and sometimes silly. Just like when she was at sea, even though she knew she might die, she would still come back to take care of her.

Su Lun also thinks it’s pretty good.

The two packed up the temporary camp and set off again.

.......

The entrance to the Cursed Ancient is about twenty kilometers north of the Skull Crypt.

Because they were walking very carefully, Su Lun and the others walked for half a day before reaching a cliff pass.

A large crack seemed to suddenly open in the ground, extending far and wide towards the north.

Standing at the pass, the view is very limited, and I can only vaguely see some vague mountain shadows in the distance.

The pass is very windy, and there are eagles' nests on the cliffs on both sides of the canyon. You can hear the high-pitched chirping of eagles.

Yuta pointed to the mist-filled canyon ahead and said solemnly: "Ahead is the Cursed Valley. The message left by the ancestors of the tribe said that this mist will make people irritable and Warcraft monsters will also be affected, so here The monsters are all ferocious. The deeper you go, the more dangerous they become."

"Yeah."

Su Lun looked at the fog in front of him and appraised it.

【Necrotic Mist】

Detailed explanation: The mist mixed with the negative emotions of the deceased contains trace amounts of toxins and a strong aura of death; breathing for a long time can cause mental confusion, mania, hallucinations, coma... and other negative states;

"The spirit of death?"

Su Lun looked at the mist and guessed that the ruins might be some undead plane?

The fog was thin and not considered dangerous, so he gave Yuta a gas mask and put on a crow's mouth mask himself.

Thinking of being on the safe side, he also channeled the death bird.

The black crow liked such a canyon with a strong aura of death, so he flew down.

After waiting for a while, Black Crow found no danger in his field of vision,

Su Lun and the others followed the cliff and climbed down.

After this, he immediately understood why it was called "The Valley of Curses".

The sound of wind whistling and whirring in the valley echoes in the ears. The voice sounded like someone was cursing in the ear, which made people feel inexplicably irritable. But I wanted to listen carefully, but I couldn’t hear clearly what to say.

Jutta's natural force is obviously very uncomfortable in this kind of death aura.

"Whispers of the Dead?"

Su Lun frowned slightly as he listened.

His mental power was very sensitive, and he immediately realized that this was not just the sound of wind, but the whisper of the dead.

This sound is not actually heard by the ears, but is caused by mental power.

"Is it because of the original war that the souls of the dead are still alive? Or is it because of the ruins?"

Su Lun guessed two possibilities in his mind, but he hadn't gone into it yet and couldn't confirm it.

Thinking about it, he opened the black umbrella and covered himself and Juta beside him.

The human skin black umbrella can absorb necromantic substances. Holding the umbrella is like opening a barrier, immediately isolating the two people from the sound.

Jutta's face on the side instantly improved a lot.

.......

The canyon was formed by an earthquake hundreds of years ago, so a primitive jungle has grown under the canyon.

However, the trees here are generally gray-black, with leaves and trunks giving people a lifeless feeling.

The fog will limit the perception of most normal people, but Su Lun's soul perception is not restricted at all. Even necromancy monsters have some thin "soul bodies". What's more, there are black crows in front of them to open their vision, so they can avoid discovering the creatures.

The two of them gradually went deeper into the canyon, and the fog became thicker and thinner.

We walked a long way without encountering any danger.

However, this cursed valley once caused heavy losses to the Daru tribe’s exploration team, so it must not be that simple.

No matter how careful Su Lun was, they still strayed into the territory of a [Human-Faced Rotting Flower] monster.

To be precise, the tentacles of that monster are buried underground and extend for miles, blocking the canyon like fishing nets to capture prey. To pass, there is no way to avoid it.

Those roots have no souls. Su Lun and the two stepped into them and immediately came to life, wrapping them tightly.

Fortunately, Su Lun found that there were no normal creatures around, so he took precautions in advance. The monster itself only had the "weird" strength of level three silver.

After a meal [Phosphorus Fire Doll] burns a large area, and the tentacles can't be avoided, so it is not a problem to kill.

However, Su Lun also discovered that the environment here is very similar to that of Old Linton.

The [Human Face Rotten Flower] has flesh and blood, and has the characteristics of animals and plants.

This is not a normal creature, nor is it an alien creature.

To use the old Linton monster system description, this is a deformed monster.

That is a distorted native species that cannot withstand the pollution of the undead air.

After encountering a small accident, Su Lun and the two became more careful. They encountered several monsters with strong auras and avoided them.

Because I am not walking fast, my progress is very slow. It got dark very early in the canyon, so the two of them did not choose to take the risk of traveling at night and found a cave to spend the night.

After the sun shone out of the canyon, they continued on their way.

At noon, they discovered traces of the ruins.

.......

The last time the Daru people came to the Cursing Valley was decades ago. There are no roads in the jungle, and there are no routes to speak of.

The only thing that can be distinguished is a few big landmarks, such as "Bitter Winter Spring", "Dog Head Rock", "Red Pine Forest"...

Although Su Lun's perception is very strong, Yuta's observation ability far exceeds his in the jungle.

When the two of them came to a forest area that was scorched like a lightning strike, Juta suddenly exclaimed: "Mr. Sullen, look over there!"

Su Lun walked over and took a closer look, only to realize that the inconspicuous stone was an artificially carved stone pillar.

Because it has been so long, the stone pillars are covered with green moss.

Su Lun was also happy. Seeing the stone pillars meant that they were very close to the ruins.

He identified the lines on the stone pillars and said in an uncertain tone: "This seems to be the worship totem of the giant tribe. In myths and legends, the giant tribe worships the earth, so totems often have patterns of mountains."

Yuta also nodded in approval, "Yes! The elders in the clan said so too."

Su Lun identified it on his own and found some other buildings in the soil layer.

It is very large and looks like a collapsed temple.

The two of them didn’t stay long and continued walking forward.

Not long after, they were blocked by a broken wall.

Even if it collapsed, it was still a jaw-dropping miracle building.

The city wall that is exposed outside the soil is only a hundred meters high and is made of huge white stone strips like trucks.

There are traces on the wall that look like earthquake fractures, and rubble is scattered everywhere in the jungle.

The weather is very good today. The sun shines into the canyon and the visibility is very high.

There was a little anticipation in Yuta's eyes, "Mr. Sullen, we found it!"

Behind the city wall was the turning point in the decline of the Daru tribe.

To this day, they don't know what happened there.

"Yeah."

Su Lun nodded and did not rush over the wall.

In the memories he harvested, the Holy Judgment Legion of the Evil British Empire should have arrived at the ruins.

He released the black crow and flew over the city wall.

At this time, the wind blew and the mist dispersed. The crow's field of vision was very wide, just in time to catch a glimpse of the whole scene.

But at this glance, he was immediately shocked by the shared vision!

"That's...!!!"

Su Lun originally thought that the ancient ruins were just ruins of urban buildings, but he never imagined that what he saw behind the wall was a super giant tree!

A giant tree like a mountain!

It was a giant gray elm that was bigger than Su Lun's knowledge. It was the same species as the one in the Daru Tribe's Holy Land!

However, there is a huge difference in size between the two.

There is indeed a huge ruin behind the wall, tall stone pillars, ruined palace walls, unique style of giant stone statues... But all these architectural traces are on the tangled giant tree!

"How could this be?"

Su Lun’s thoughts were racing.

He immediately judged that this giant tree grew after the ruins. Therefore, those buildings were probably built on tree trunks and were washed away in pieces.

Jutta on the side looked at Su Lun with a strange expression and asked: "What's wrong, Mr. Su Lun?"

Su Lun looked slightly complicated and said: "I saw a giant tree..."

When Yuta heard the description, he was immediately shocked.

When the ancestors of the Daru tribe came before, it was full of fog. They only found some traces of ruins and monsters, and then retreated.

After thinking about it, the ruins they thought were actually a tree?

Jutta thought of something and said excitedly: "I think I may know what it is..."

Su Lun listened and looked sideways.

Yuta said with complicated eyes: "That may be a lost magic of our Daru tribe - [Tree World Seal·Burial of Gods]!"

"Magic?"

Su Lun caught this word keenly and said in surprise: "You mean...this giant tree was transformed by magic?"

"No, not a spell."

Yuta shook his head and said: "[Burial of the Gods] is a sealed divine spell that can only be performed by a druid of at least the eighth level. However, the power of the divine spell cannot be controlled by ordinary people. After it is used beyond the level, the body will be irreversibly damaged. Transformed into a tree. So...that tree is the magical body of the Archdruid!"

After a pause, she seemed to have guessed some of the secrets of the year, and said in a trembling tone: "Such a huge seal could only be cast by the joint efforts of many top druids."

When Su Lun heard this, various clues came together in his mind, and he seemed to understand why the top warriors of the Daru tribe were completely destroyed in that battle.

But at the same time, problems also arise.

What terrifying thing is there in this ruins that requires the entire Daru clan masters to work together to seal it with divine magic?

What is the "source of disaster" in the legend of the God of Nature oracle?

.......

The ruins of Cursed Valley are obviously a bit complicated.

When encountering something he couldn't figure out, Su Lun decided to ask for help outside the court.

He picked up the communication ring and contacted Mr. Jing.

After coming to the Daru tribe before, Mr. Jing seemed to have some guesses after learning about the ruins of the Cursed Valley. She specifically asked him to help her confirm some information if she wanted to come.

Now that he saw this situation, Su Lun contacted him directly.

"Sister, I have a question for you."

He stated his findings concisely and to the point.

On the other end of the communicator, Mr. Jing’s tone also sounded solemn: “You mean, the undead energy in the valley is very strong, and there are also high-level deformed monsters?”

"Yeah."

As Su Lun spoke, he also told them about the situation of the giant tree and their guesses.

After hearing no response from the other end of the communicator for a long time, Mr. Jing seemed to have fallen into deep thought.

Thinking about it, he asked again: "Senior sister, is there a plane passage under this ruins?"

After pondering for a long time, a complex tone came from the communicator, "It's not that simple."

After a pause, Mr. Jing continued: "Back then, my father always wanted to find out the real cause of the collapse of civilization in the Dawn Era. Later, he traveled around and found clues from some ancient ruins. He discovered that on the ice sheet of the Northern Continent, That is, there should be a 'God Burial Place' near the current Silent Forest."

"The place where gods are buried?"

Su Lun became interested after hearing this.

My senior sister has seen a powerful person at the **** level. Her tone is like this, she is definitely not as simple as an ordinary god.

"Yeah."

Mr. Jing responded: "According to legend, the collapse of Dawn Civilization was due to a war. Top powerhouses from many planes surrounded and suppressed the Alchemy Civilization, and a 'War of the Gods' took place. The details of which are unknown to future generations. We have to know. My father didn't find any definite clues. However, he deduced cause and effect from the laws of fate and determined that the shocking battle must have happened. And the battles of god-level powerful men were so terrifying that they could even cause the plane to collapse. . Our current lack of plane laws may be the reason for the collapse of the war."

After hearing this, Su Lun finally understood why his senior sister was so interested in this relic.

There are ancient treasures everywhere in this world. Mr. Jing came from the ruins of Dawn City, so it is naturally impossible for him to be looking for any treasure.

At this time, Mr. Jing said again: "The fall of a god-level powerhouse will lead to a terrifying collapse of material and law levels, and those chaotic high-level laws will overflow uncontrollably. For the powerhouses who transcend the mortal realm, That may be a chance. But for mortals, it is simply a disaster like a plague. The best way is to seal those things. Once leaked, it will be like the source of disaster, which will be a disaster for human civilization. , will be devastating."

This way, everything seems to make sense.

Did the deep sea giant come to the ruins to seize the remaining opportunities of the ancient gods who fell in the Dawn Era?

Su Lun suddenly understood why the ancestors of the Daru tribe sacrificed their lives to seal this relic.

That's it.

.......

But the problem came again.

The Daru people don’t need to covet the treasures in those ruins. People from the Luying royal family are now developing the ruins!

What if Mr. Jing really guesses it is the "Place of Burial of Gods"? Wouldn't it be a good idea to finish the nuclear bomb and let everyone finish it together?

Obviously Mr. Jing also thought of this.

Her solemn tone came through the communicator: "I will rush over as soon as possible."

"Sister, are you coming over?"

Su Lun knew that her senior sister was at a critical stage of recovery from seclusion. She said that it would take about half a year before she could leave seclusion.

Now you actually say you want to come?

Also, it’s so far from Luying, and she said it would only take three days?

"Yeah."

Over the communicator came Mr. Jing’s decisive words

After a pause, she said seriously: "Su Lun, do your best to prevent those from the Lu Ying military from destroying the seal. I will be there in three days at most."

"..."

Su Lun's eyelids twitched as he listened.

The other party has an elite royal legion led by a sixth-level legion commander.

Do you think so highly of your junior brother?

For a moment, a concerned voice came from the communicator, "Well... pay attention to safety."