Chapter 112 Is this a ghost?

In June of this year, [Kuroro] bought a map from the auction house. It was said that there was a ruin built in the body of a monster in the center of the desert. If you go through the monster's throat, you can see an unforgettable scene.

Even if you don't have the courage to enter, you can find mountains of gold, silver and jewelry next to the monster's mouth.

It sounds like a deal that won't lose money.

Many relic hunters went to this relic, but either they couldn't find the place and just kept going around in circles, or they found the treasure but couldn't defeat the monsters, and eventually died on the spot.

In fact, no one has ever obtained the jewels, let alone passed through the monster's throat to see the unforgettable sight.

It just seems like it was made up to deceive people.

But Kuroro was very curious about this. On the map of the auction house were ancient texts of a country hundreds of years ago. Could this relic be the remains of a lost civilization?

A month and a half after getting the map, Kuroro prepared everything and led the members of the brigade to the ancient ruins called Tihom.

When they followed the instructions on the map and came to the depths of the central desert, the entrance to the deeply buried ruins was like a cracked wound in the earth, hideously open inward, emitting a fishy smell mixed with rust and stale blood, and really like a mouth devouring prey.

"Tsk, this smell is really stinky." [Finx] fanned the air in front of his nose exaggeratedly and opened his mouth to reveal his canine teeth.

[Wo Jin]'s loud laughter echoed in the empty desert. "It doesn't matter if it stinks or not. If there really is a mountain of treasure, it won't be a problem if it stinks a little bit."

"It's too noisy." Feitan's voice came from the side, cold and hoarse. His slender golden eyes were like the vertical pupils of a venomous snake, scanning the entrance of the ruins that did not conceal the dangerous atmosphere.

Franklin said curiously, "Didn't they say the treasure is at the monster's 'mouth'?"

There is nothing here except the yellow sand.

[Maggie] shook her head: "It's not that good."

At this time, [Paknotan] stood up, "No memory, just a blank, not even the memory of us standing here."

Her ability is to read the memories of people and objects by touching them.

[Krollo] had been standing at the front, holding the thief's ultimate. Hearing this, he just gave a calm "hmm" as a response.

"Maybe we should find someone who can deal with mines ahead of time." The ability of the [Knight] is to insert a special antenna into the target person's body to achieve the purpose of control. It is most suitable for this situation to detect the situation below.

“No need, just go down.” [Kuroro] put away the thief’s ultimate intention.

After receiving the order, they jumped down from the crack swiftly. Once they entered, the disgusting and foul smell disappeared.

[Kuroro] counted in his mind, and they landed three minutes and twenty-three seconds later.

In front of them was a long passage with colorful murals on the walls. Kuroro walked forward and unfortunately found that the murals were blurred and he could not make out the specific content at all.

"There are pillars, altars..." Kuroro walked forward, looking for something clearer. His finger hovered over two connected symbols. "And music symbols."

If Kuroro had not been knowledgeable and had not known the legend of this relic in advance, he might not have been able to recognize this symbol.

"This whole area is covered with crooked words." [Wo Jin] looked up, "It's all over my head."

[Kuroro]: "It looks like a sheet of music, and it was carved by a few kids."

He pointed to several places. They were the same notes, but they were engraved differently. Some had curved hooks, while others were straight.

[Kuroro] took out his camera and took a picture of the music on the wall. He made sure the picture was clear and not affected by the magnetic field before putting the camera away.

"Keep going."

They walked for a long time. The long corridor seemed to have no end, and the murals never stopped.

[Franklin]: "Is it a long strip of ruins?"

[Nobunaga]: "Could it be that we fell into a trap?"

"No, the murals have never been repeated. We're almost there." Kuroro's eyes swept across the murals on both sides, "The murals are about to end."

Sure enough, a minute later, they saw a bright light, which was even a little dazzling in this environment. It seemed that a high-wattage light bulb was placed inside.

[Machi] suppressed her rapidly beating heart and hesitated for a moment. The person behind her noticed her abnormality and stopped.

"What's wrong, Madge?"

"It could be dangerous, but it doesn't seem fatal." Machi rarely said something so vague.

[Krollo] picked up a stone from the stone wall and threw it over. The stone fell into the white light, intact.

He thought for two seconds: "A few people go in with me, and the others stay outside."

[Chrollo] walked in with [Machi], [Feitan] and [Franklin], and the others who stayed outside could hear the footsteps inside.

"Come in."

The rest of the people heard Kuroro's voice and walked in slowly.

[Knight] squinted his eyes and saw a dozen crystal pillars emitting light. He whistled, "Wow, this is worth a lot of money."

He was about to walk towards [Kuroro], but saw [Kuroro]'s face change and shouted: "Don't come over!"

The next second, there was a strong pulling sensation and a violent burst of white light.

When the pulling sensation disappeared, Kuroro tentatively opened his eyes, and the blinding white light also disappeared.

The others were lying on the ground, seemingly intact.

[Kuroro] propped himself up with his hands and was about to call the others when he found that they also raised their heads.

"No changes." [Knight] rubbed his head. He thought he was going to move to another place, but it turned out to be still here with a bunch of pillars.

[Maggie]: "There's an extra door. The previous door is gone."

They came in from the right side of the crystal column hall. Machi observed when they came in and found that this hall only had one door, the same one they came in from.

[Kuroro] smiled helplessly: "What a coincidence, when [Machi] came in just now, he stepped on a mechanism, and I didn't notice that [Xia Ke] came in and stepped on another corresponding mechanism."

After making sure there was no danger, they searched separately, but found nothing unusual except the newly appeared door.

[Wo Jin]: "Tsk, they are targeting us to go in."

Since there is no other way, this is the only door we can take.

The door was an ordinary wooden door with no lock and it opened easily with a push.

[Pike]: "This relic is really strange."

There is a sense of calm and weirdness.

Apart from taking a long time along the way, there were no mechanisms along the way, and the mechanism that had just been triggered did not seem to be dangerous for the time being.

After pushing open the door, there is another passage in front, but it is not long. I can vaguely see the light at the end. The previous passage is ochre, while this passage is made of gray-blue stone.

They walked in carefully, but after only a few dozen steps and a turn, a cave entrance appeared in front of them.

The exit was right in front of them, but instead of going there, they looked surprised and wary.

Outside the cave, they could clearly see the blue sky and lush forests, which were obviously not something that could be found underground in the desert.

"Does this relic have a teleportation function?" [Knight] guessed.

"No." Kuroro pointed to a bunch of red and blue leafed plants outside, "Those are only in spring."

If it is simply a different location, it could be that the ruins have a teleportation function.

But when they entered the ruins it was a hot summer, and when they came out it was spring.

Even time has changed.

“Maybe the climate is different in this place?”

[Kuroro] didn't panic, "Let's go out and take a look first, we can't stay here forever."

Outside the cave is just an ordinary forest with insects, birds and snakes. Traces on the ground show that there are medium-sized carnivores nearby, and the food chain is complete.

Looking back, they just walked out of an ordinary-looking cave.

[Knight] frowned: "How strange."

There was the sound of a stream nearby, so they found the stream and walked upstream along it. No one lived nearby and the only tree house they found was empty.

Everything they saw was normal. At first, [Knight] even thought they had arrived at a very real illusion. But what kind of person could create such a large illusion?

The leaves, stones, birds perched on the branches...nothing is repeated.

“There’s a city ahead,” [Pike] said.

"Isn't that Youkexin?"

Although it looks newer from the outside, [Knight] can still recognize it.

[Kuroro] had some guesses in his mind and was mentally prepared for the worst before he led his team members into the city.

After entering the city, the strange feeling did not subside, but became more intense.

The members of the Phantom Troupe all have acute senses.

As they walked along, people on the side of the road kept turning to look at them, some with surprise and some with hesitation.

The look in his eyes was strange, as if he knew them but wasn't sure if it was them.

"Could it be that they want to capture us in exchange for a reward?"

[Kuroro] glanced at [Knight], but before he could say anything, the two girls who had been watching from afar mustered up the courage to step forward.

The girl with short red hair whispered, "Are you cosplaying the grown-up Phantom Troupe?"

Another long-haired girl said in a pleasantly surprised tone: "You cosplays are so similar, can I take a picture of you?"

[Kuroro] replied without changing his expression: "Yes, but we have other things to do and can't take pictures now."

They were a little disappointed, "Well, I hope to see you guys at the comic convention today."

"Thanks."

After they left, [Wo Jin], who had been holding back, said in disbelief: "What do you mean by us cosplaying us?"

[Parker] pointed to a record store on the side of the road and said in a strange tone: "Captain, over there."

There was a poster on the glass of the record store, and among the five people there was a face that they were particularly familiar with.

[Wo Jin] looked at the poster, then looked at [Kuroro], then looked at the poster again, "… Damn it."

"Chrollo?"

A strange female voice sounded behind them, and when they turned around, they saw a girl with curly hair in twin ponytails.

"Is it a cosplayer?" Sarasa was puzzled for a moment and took two steps back.

She is a drama actress, so of course you can tell whether she is wearing makeup or not. Could it be some kind of telekinetic ability that allows her to transform?

This person looks exactly like Kuroro, but his height, temperament, and eyes are very different from Kuroro.

While Sarasa was puzzled, Kuroro and his group also fell into silent shock.

This time it's really weird.

【Knight】: "How is it possible..."

So, this is an illusion.