Chapter 42 No Man’s Land (9)

At some point, Lin Zhi's pupils changed color.

The black eyes turned into light gold, and a ray of light leaked out, as if penetrating the barrier of the void.

It was like touching the abyss of the soul.

His body unconsciously leaned forward slightly, and Lin Zhi's hands were rapidly making seals in front of his chest, as if he was controlling some invisible force.

At this moment, she had no idea that the Chinese characters she had spoken, when heard by the other beasts like the Crazy Sand Lion King, had become an obscure and difficult-to-understand ancient spell...

The air around me suddenly became oppressive and cold, and the temperature seemed to drop a few degrees.

Under the attack of that invisible force, the Mad Sand Lion King only felt a trace of fear coming from the depths of his soul.

The tall body began to tremble involuntarily.

Every cell and every nerve in his body was screaming at him to flee.

It couldn't help but let out a low roar, trying to resist this mysterious force that made its heart palpitate.

But his limbs seemed to be bound by invisible chains and could not move.

Especially when Linzhi's golden eyes met the eyes of the Crazy Sand Lion King, the fear deep in its soul reached its peak.

At that moment, the limbs of the Wild Sand Lion King suddenly lost their support, and their strong muscles became loose.

Every hair on its body stood up, as if resisting the chill that penetrated into its bones.

The previous look of disdain was gradually replaced by horror and disbelief.

finally.

The pupils of the Mad Sand Lion King contracted sharply, and a low and hoarse whine came out of his throat involuntarily.

The failure of their innate skill [Lion King Domain] caused the Mad Sand Lions to be stunned for a moment after they reacted.

Then they watched helplessly as their king, the level 69 Mad Sand Lion King, began to bend his limbs weakly.

First, he knelt down on the barren rocks with his front legs, raising a cloud of dust.

Immediately afterwards, the hind legs, having lost their support, also bent down.

The king's once mighty body was now like a collapsed mountain, falling from the top of the barren rocks and heavily falling onto the sand.

At the moment of finally landing, the voice of the Mad Sand Lion King was filled with unwillingness and despair.

The rapid ebb of vitality caused its eyes to gradually lose their luster, and finally froze in dead silence.

The body was motionless.

Only the golden mane swaying gently in the wind still tells of its former glory.

[Successfully killed the LV69 Wild Sand Lion King, gaining +600,000 experience!]

It was not until Linzhi heard the experience reminder sound in his ears that he breathed a sigh of relief.

The "instant death" effect of [Undead Gaze] was finally triggered at the last moment.

At the same time, the death of the Mad Sand Lion King also left the Mad Sand Lions in a state of disarray, and they stopped attacking the undead servants.

Lin Zhi took the opportunity to mobilize all the undead slaves and collect them all as experience points.

【Obtain Sunstone*1. 】

[Sunstone]: A stone with mysterious power that can also open the door to the Sand River Ruins.

"The ruins of the Sand River? What is that?"

Linzhi was puzzled.

Before the body of the Mad Sand Lion King turned into a point of light and slowly disappeared, a large tall and magnificent outer wall suddenly appeared in front of her.

The five big words "Sand River Ruins" also appeared in front of Linzhi.

From the outside, the ruins look like an ancient city built of carefully polished golden stones.

Lying quietly in the yellow sand, it has witnessed the passage of countless years, but is still as strong as ever.

The front view is a towering gate tower decorated with exquisite reliefs and murals.

In the center of the gate tower, there is a huge sun pattern. The towers on both sides are almost as high as the gate tower, and there is a lookout tower on the top of each tower.

Just as Lin Zhi was looking around, wondering whether to go in and take a look, Jin Jin, who hadn't been seen for a long time, spoke:

[Master, the high-dimensional game consciousness just told me that the energy crystal we promised to help it find is in the ruins ahead. We should go in quickly.]

"hateful."

Linzhi cursed in her heart.

When she was thinking about the Demon Devourer incident, although she agreed to help the high-dimensional game consciousness find the energy crystal, neither side knew the location anyway, and the high-dimensional game consciousness was not a good thing, so she was still thinking about shirking her responsibility.

[It said that it was sensed because of the appearance of the ruins.]

Jinjin also had a headache, and his thoughts were transmitted to Linzhi's ears through the angel ring.

[If I hadn't recovered yet, my main body would have been trapped in the chaotic space.

In addition, the Lord God has not recovered his memory and divine power, so he can only grow in this lower plane.

How can a mere clone of consciousness command me?

Why is it called "high-dimensional game consciousness"? Isn't it just a consciousness clone from the middle plane?

Coming into this spiritualless world, I feel that I am superior.

They took advantage of the fact that the main god had not returned to his position and there were no other gods to manage the three thousand planes, so they were able to sneak out and use the humans in this world as tools for entertainment.

At best, it's a paper tiger, only able to bully the lower planes.]

…

Linzhi: There is a lot of information, so please read it slowly.

Jin Jin, unaware of Lin Zhi's chaotic thoughts, spoke to himself, "Master, if you don't want to go, you don't have to enter the ruins, and you don't have to pay attention to that bullshit high-dimensional gaming consciousness."

Although breaking the deal would cost him some energy.

But it only supplies energy to this side of the Heavenly Dao and will not harm himself. After all, his real body is not here.

At worst, I can do a few more system tasks with the Lord God to make up for it.

(Tian Dao: Am I also a part of your play?)

Hearing this, Lin Zhi shook her head and said, "I'd better go in and see what that energy crystal is first."

If it is beneficial to yourself or Jinjin, just keep it.

After hearing Jin Jin's inner thoughts and confirming that high-dimensional gaming consciousness was not a good thing, Lin Zhi no longer felt any psychological burden or guilt.

…

The entrance to the ruins is a winding path paved with rough stones.

It was obviously built later, and both the materials and style used are incompatible with the exterior walls and gatehouse.

Linzhi walked forward along the bumpy path.

At the end is a three-meter-high magnificent stone gate with intricate carvings on it. There is a sun-shaped groove in the middle, which is obviously used to place the "sun stone".

Lin Zhi just took out the sunstone and put it into the groove, but unexpectedly the stone disappeared in an instant.

However, seeing that the door was also opened, Lin Zhi ignored the disappearance of the Sun Stone.

Stepping into the ruins, what comes into view is a spacious corridor——

The floor was paved with smooth black marble, and torches with orange flames were hung on the walls on both sides.

Lin Zhi looked over with curiosity.

It's real flame, not a projection.

I don’t know what kind of fuel it uses. Not only is there no smoke, but it can also last for so long without going out.

The corridor was not long and Linzhi reached the end in just a few minutes.

Two forked roads appeared in front of me, one on the left and one on the right.

Linzhi chose the passage on the left, which was only wide enough for one person at first, but became wider later on.

The surrounding walls were still covered with murals. Lin Zhi didn't know why, but her sight was involuntarily drawn to them.

The first mural features a huge sun in the center, surrounded by clouds and flying birds.

Under the sun, there is a baby with a halo on his head and a gem in his hands.

Everyone around knelt on the ground and prayed devoutly in the direction of the baby.

The scene then switches to the second mural, which is almost the opposite of the first one.

It turned into a crying baby and laughing people, and at the same time, the gems held in the baby's hands disappeared.

Then the scene turned again, and came to the third mural -

The tall man in a long robe had a gentle and compassionate expression. A golden halo surrounded his head, extending upwards to form a sun pattern.

The man's right hand was extended downwards, as if bestowing blessings on the people below.

Among the crowd, apart from the kneeling figures, there was also a single standing priest wearing a robe and holding a staff.

At this time, both hands are raised high with palms facing up.

If you look closely, you can see that the direction of his palm and the direction of the man's fingers form a straight line.

…

Linzhi was deeply attracted by these murals, and an ancient story gradually emerged in his mind.

She continued along the passage, the murals still uninterrupted—

People held weapons and fought bravely under the sun.

In the ruins, the sun in the sky suddenly disappeared, and countless people died.

People knelt down sadly in the ruins, with their heads down as if looking for something.

On the other side, in an unnoticed corner, a priest in black clothes and robes was holding a gem in his hand, watching all this coldly.

The mural ends here.

Linzhi boldly speculated that the "energy crystal" required by the high-dimensional game consciousness might be the gem that appeared on the mural.

If she had to tell him everything, Linzhi wouldn't know exactly what she was saying, but she could get the general idea.

But Jinjin seemed to understand everything.

He said bluntly: [I thought it was some kind of stone, but it turns out to be just a broken stone that contains one ten-thousandth of the power of the Heavenly Dao.]

Sunstone contains a ray of energy from the sun god. It represents light and hope and can give people strength, but it also brings disaster to mankind.

What does this high-dimensional game consciousness imply?

Mocking the laws of nature and human players, showing off your victorious attitude?

besides.

If the so-called "energy crystal" is of this kind, then the floor and even every brick and tile of the Spirit Beast Hall are of this kind.

"Is the broken stone you mentioned the higher-dimensional game consciousness is looking for?"

Linzhi thought to herself, this is too crazy.

[Yes, it is the same stone you used to open the door at the beginning.]

"It's actually that Sun Stone?!"

Yes.

Thinking of the introduction of the "Sun Stone" - it contains mysterious power and can also open the door to the Sand River ruins, Lin Zhi suddenly realized.

Before she could tell him about the disappearance of the Sunstone, Jin Jin suddenly said in a serious tone:

[Master, we don't need to enter this so-called Sand River Ruins.]

"What's wrong?"

[No time to explain, the ruins are about to disappear, Master, get out! ]