Although the entire underground sewer was intricate, Fang Zheng quickly found Nymph, Javelin, and Fina under the guidance of the chain. At this time, the three of them were hiding at the entrance of a sewer, quietly peeking at the other side. Seeing Fang Zheng's appearance, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mr. Fang Zheng, I'm so glad you're okay."
"It looks like you guys aren't in any danger."
Facing Fina, Fang Zheng also nodded. At this moment, Fina had put on her priest robe again. But perhaps because she had been in the water for too long, Fina's priest robe was soaked all over and stuck tightly to the girl's body. When Fina bent down, Fang Zheng could even see the cloth on her chest that was tightly attached to her skin, unwilling to obey Newton's laws and highlighting her round lines... Well, it looked quite charming this way.
Thank you for your hospitality.
Fang Zheng silently said this in his mind, then immediately retracted his gaze and looked at Nymph.
"Where is our great friend?"
"It's at the end of this passage, Master."
Nymph stretched out her hand and pointed in that direction.
"I just sensed it moving this way, but it hasn't moved since then."
"very good."
After getting Nymph's answer, Fang Zheng nodded, then he turned around and gestured to the others.
"Let's go check out the situation. Iona, Nymph, you two follow me. Miss Fina, you follow behind. Javelin, protect Fina."
"OK."
After giving the order, Fang Zheng walked into the sewer in front of him and walked forward in the direction indicated by Nymph.
The entire sewer was dead silent. There were no rats or other small underground creatures that would normally appear underground. There were no weeds or anything like that. Not only that, Fang Zheng had discovered on the way here that the situation here was quite special. The entire sewer was not built with cement or something like that as Fang Zheng had imagined, nor was it simply a cave dug out. On the contrary, everything here seemed to be artificially built.
But just like what Nymph had felt before, this was just a result. Fang Zheng also discovered during his investigation that the whole place exuded a feeling of a goddess saying, "I want a hot spring where I can take a bath without being disturbed or peeped at, preferably with beer and sausages, and it won't clog the sewer and can be used for a lifetime," and then it directly formed such a thing.
As for how this thing was excavated and what technology or architectural principles were used to build it, the process was simply skipped over.
Is this goddess reliable?
It can be said that by now, the image of the goddess that was once great and glorious in Fang Zheng's mind has completely collapsed, and has been replaced by an image that he has no idea how to describe... But no matter how you look at it, it seems to have nothing to do with words like respect or holiness.
Could it be that the so-called goddess guardian is something similar?
Thinking of this, Fang Zheng sighed. He originally came here to see if he could analyze the civilization and technology of the Goddess of Creation. But now it seems that his wishful thinking has failed. If all the creations of this Goddess of Creation are of this kind of "not considering the process but only the results", then he can be said to have gained nothing at all.
However, Fang Zheng also suspected that the power of the Goddess of Order to create the world might not be the same as the power she used herself. He had read in the scriptures before that the Goddess of Order taught the people of this continent the knowledge and skills of civilization, and these things require a "process", not just "I say you can do it, and you can do it".
From the previous conversation with Knight Commander Wales, Fang Zheng had also discovered that this world did have its own system of order, including the power of the stars and the existence of various powers, orders and rules.
The connection between these things is quite close, unlike the power here, which only looks at the result and the process is completely random. This means that the knowledge that the Goddess of Order taught the people on this continent should not be exactly the same as the power she used.
While Fang Zheng was thinking, the group passed through the underground waterway and came to another exit. This was also a huge space, but judging from the drainage pipes around, this should be a place to integrate and divert the underground waterway. At this moment, right here, Fang Zheng finally saw for the first time the true appearance of the "Giant of Light" recorded by the Fino Knight.
It looked like a combination of energy and armor. On the armor of the Giant of Light, you could clearly see a white background with a pattern inlaid with gold-rimmed patterns. The entire armor of the Giant of Light consisted of a helmet, shoulder armor, chest armor, hand guards, waist skirt and combat boots. As for the other parts not covered by the armor, they were completely made of light. It looked like a thing without substance, similar to a magical creature. Fang Zheng did not see any long sword or other weapons in the Giant of Light's hand.
Even so, from the marks on the armor, Fang Zheng could tell that it seemed to have experienced a series of very difficult battles, and these marks were not very old, and some places were even dropping debris along with the movements of the Giant of Light. In this way, the possibility that this Giant of Light was the guardian of those monsters was increasing.
But what is it doing here? No matter how you look at it, this doesn't seem to be the core part of this area.
"Nymph, can you analyze it?"
"It's difficult, Master. I can detect that there is some kind of force field protection around the other party's body. If I invade, I will most likely be discovered by the other party."
If it were the original Nymph, she would have started to act without saying a word. However, it was obvious that the unreasonable manufacturing method of the goddess ruins had dealt a great blow to Nymph, so the little angel began to speak more carefully.
Who knows how the goddess made this thing.
What if she had originally thought, "I want to create an invulnerable bodyguard"...
"How about we just go over and communicate with each other?"
Holding the scepter tightly in her hand, Fina also expressed her own opinion.
"Since he is the guardian of the goddess, he should not be our enemy. As the people of order, why can't we communicate with each other using language?"
"I doubt whether this thing has the ability to communicate with others. Even if it does, it's hard to say whether the values of that era are consistent with ours now."
Fang Zheng was not very optimistic about Fina's proposal. After all, this thing looked more like a rigid automatic defense system than an artificial intelligence with self-judgment ability. The evidence was that Knight Fino and his companions had followed the other party all the way. If this thing really had its own will, it would be impossible for it not to observe the existence of Fino and his companions. However, it completely ignored the Paladins. Although it could not be said to be absolute, facing a "Gundam" over 80 meters high deep underground, Fang Zheng decided to act cautiously.
“——”
Before everyone could come to a conclusion, the giant of light suddenly raised its head. It seemed to have noticed something, turned around silently, and walked to the other side. Then Fang Zheng saw the giant of light walked to the wall on the other side not far away, and then it stretched out its hand as if pressing something on the wall. Then, the giant of light flashed and was swallowed by a flash of light, disappearing without a trace.
"Let's go and take a look."
Seeing the Giant of Light disappear, Fang Zheng hurriedly led the others out of the underground sewer and came to the wall where the Giant of Light disappeared. It was not until this time that they discovered that there was a magic array pattern on the wall in front of them that looked like a circular teleportation array. Obviously, this should be a portal to somewhere.
"Master, please let me try."
But this time, before Fina could say anything, Nymph raised her hand.
"Do you have any idea?"
"Yes."
Facing Fang Zheng's question, Nymph nodded imperceptibly, then she looked at the priestess who was not far away, and gave an answer to Fang Zheng directly in her heart through the mental connection.
"If my judgment is correct, then the holy light used by Miss Fina should be just a simple energy frequency fluctuation. As long as this fluctuation can be imitated, it can be activated even without holy light and devout faith. If this is the case..."
"This means that the Goddess of Order is indeed a being from a higher civilization."
Hearing this, Fang Zheng also understood what Nymph meant. Assuming that the so-called "devout faith" was just a modification, if it could be activated without the condition of "devout faith", then it meant that all this was at least within their understanding.
But before that...
"First, we need to determine the location of the portal. I don't want to be teleported to some weird place."
"Understood, Master."
Hearing this, Nymph nodded, and then the little angel spread her wings and flew into the air, and soon came to the place where the giant of light had stood before. Then she closed her eyes and stretched out her hand. Soon, Fang Zheng saw a faint light coming from around the little angel's body, and at the same time, the portal in front of them seemed to be activated and began to gradually flicker...
"Master, the detection has been completed and it can indeed be activated. The location of this portal should be on the surface. If my estimation is correct, its location is almost inside the Land of Chaos. It should be quite a distance away from our camp..."
"Um……"
After hearing Nymph's answer, Fang Zheng was silent for a moment and then made a decision.
"Nymph, activate the portal and let's get out of here!"
"Yes, Master!"