Chapter 176: Sacrificial Stone Paintings, Disappearing Tribes
There are some pictures on the stone carvings in front of him. Bai Mo guessed that the answer might be found on these stone carvings.
The breeze was flowing, and the wind barrier enveloped his body. Bai Mo walked to a stone carving beside the cursed poison pool.
The stone carving is rectangular and bluish-white in color. It seems to be made of a mineral that is not easily changed over time. It is about one and a half meters high and one meter wide.
Only three of the seven stone carvings are intact, and the others are mostly destroyed.
Bai Mo saw some small pieces of stone around, and thought they were the destroyed stone carvings.
He frowned slightly and looked at the broken space wall opposite. Was it caused by space collapse?
He thought again of the forbidden light on the passage and the pool of water. Could it be that something was imprisoned there?
With these questions in mind, the information on the three intact stone carvings in front of us becomes more important.
The stone carving in front of him seemed to be a painting, Bai Mo looked at it carefully and found that it could also be called a huge badge.
The shape of the painting resembles a drop of water, but inside the drop of water there is a creature riding on the clouds, and the whole creature is covered by the clouds.
Only a head with a single horn was revealed, and the lines outlined by the clouds and mist that covered the creature made Bai Mo inexplicably feel like a magic circle.
After rubbing this badge-like pattern, Bai Mo moved on to the next stone carving.
More than half of this stone carving is missing, and there are only a few cloud patterns on it, and nothing else can be seen.
After passing two broken stone carvings without any information, Bai Mo came to the next intact stone carving.
There are no pictures on this stone carving, but it is covered with text.
It seemed to be an article explaining the origin of this place. The Chinese characters were not small and looked pretty. Unfortunately, it was written in small seal script. Bai Mo could only recognize a few of them by guessing.
There was nothing he could do about it, as he was not a professional, so he simply made a copy of it and asked someone to translate it.
So he came to the last intact stone carving.
There was a grass carved on the stone, and next to it was a name written in small seal script, which Bai Mo didn't recognize.
After writing down the information again, he glanced at the water and gave up the idea of taking some back to show Dean Lin.
Bai Mo looked around and didn't find the return elevator. His face darkened. Fortunately, he was a high-level space mage, so it was not easy to get in but difficult to get out.
He was asked to create a small, stable space that could hold water, stone carvings, and perhaps suppress some living creatures. He really couldn't do it.
But returning to the surface from here is a piece of cake.
I saw silver star maps flashing around him. While they were rotating like a revolving lantern, Bai Mo's figure disappeared and appeared in the air outside.
His figure turned into a gust of wind and rushed back to Jiangcheng in the blink of an eye. Bai Mo did not rush to tell Dean Lin about his discovery, but took out his mobile phone.
I sent the text on the stone carving and the two pictures that I had copied to Lingling, asking her to help me check them out.
Bai Mo: Lingling, translate that article first.
Lingling: Got it
Lingling: That grass is called Lingxue Grass, it is found near Taihe Mountain, it has the function of detoxifying and strengthening the body. I am still looking at the others.
White ink: Good
Putting away his phone, Bai Mo searched for information about Lingxuecao and found that it was indeed only distributed in the northwest of Jiangzhou and Taihe Mountain area.
He was a little curious. Could it be that this spiritual blood grass could remove the poison of the curse?
Without rushing to draw a conclusion, Bai Mo flew out of Jiangcheng again and headed east.
This time the main purpose is to detect the distribution of plague water monsters in several waters.
If we just want to detect the distribution of monsters, we can just use a monster detector. Unfortunately, what we need to know this time is a certain type of water monster.
This water monster is the latest product, so we can only use the stupid method.
It took Bai Mo a lot of time.
Zhanghu Lake is located to the east of Jiangcheng. Half of its area is within the Ya'an boundary, and there is a large village nearby.
When Bai Mo arrived here, he found that a cordon had already been set up in the village.
So he went straight to the lakeside and found a temporary fortress. There were continuous magical bombardments, which smashed the water monsters that were infected by the plague, became delirious and extremely crazy and insisted on invading the shore.
These water monsters infected with the plague were also strange. For some reason they rushed towards the shore where there were humans.
Those who live both on land and in water are understandable, but those who like to be in deep water are also like this. It is puzzling.
Bai Mo observed here for a while, helped the military magician kill a wave of plague water monsters, and then inquired about the situation of the plague water monsters nearby.
"Brother, are there many plague water monsters in this area?"
"A lot, of course there aren't a lot. Not only these plague water monsters, but also the normal water monsters are much more than usual."
"I heard from my brother that there are no plague water monsters in Daoshui. They were originally sent to garrison there, but they found that there were no plague water monsters roaming around."
"Hey, the group of cold knife fish monsters in Daoshui are not just for nothing. How can these mob-like plague water monsters survive in such a place?"
The captain of the military magicians waved his hand. "According to what you said, there are no plague water monsters in the Hongjiang section. The red-scaled crocodile monsters there will not allow these plague water monsters to defile their waters."
Listening to the conversation between the two, Bai Mo's eyes flickered slightly. What they said made sense.
Those two bodies of water are where powerful water monsters live. According to the current situation, those infected with the plague are all relatively weak water monsters.
The red-scaled crocodile monster that occupied a section of the river and the cold knife fish monster that completely occupied the knife water both belong to the war general clan.
The two have always been the focus of Jiangcheng Military Mages' protection, as can be seen from the fact that the river basins at both ends are named after the characteristics of demons.
It is very likely that the plague water monster does not exist in these two waters, which is not an unusual thing.
Therefore, Bai Mo asked the military mage about the proportion of plague water monsters in Zhang Lake, and then conducted some detection on his own.
Instead of investigating these two bodies of water first, he first visited two other small lakes and a small river.
There are also military mages stationed there to prevent the spread of plague water monsters.
It is still better to ask the military magician who has been stationed here for a while first, and then investigate it personally.
The shimmering lake water began to surge, and a huge wind tornado swept up the entire lake. The scattered water vapor even slowly condensed into a dark cloud in the clear sky.
One by one, the water monsters were caught and thrown away by the strong wind, and fell heavily on the lakeside beside Bai Mo.
None of the water monsters that fell to the ground were intact. I roughly counted the water monsters that were killed by the giant tornado this time.
Among the forty or so water monsters, more than thirty were infected with the plague.
The proportion far exceeds that of the two waters surveyed previously!
Moreover, Bai Mo also found curse patterns on several water monsters that were not found on the plague water monsters before. These two were not water monsters with curse powers.
Bai Mo had this thought in his mind: he seemed to be getting close to the source of the plague.
At the same time, in order to prevent his memory from being wrong, he took out the map of nearby waters and checked the location of the lake.
Suddenly, his eyes fixed.
There is also Daoshui in the Hongjiang section.
These two bodies of water are located right at the upper end of the lake.
Daoshui, as a tributary of Changhe River, is almost perpendicular to Changhe River, and the confluence is right at the end of the Hongjiang section of Changhe River.
These are two almost adjacent tribes, so Bai Mo put these two water areas at the end.
This lake is relatively close to the Sword Water, and the Cold Sword Fish Monster only likes to live in the water. Although Bai Mo has heard from the military wizard that there is no plague water monster there at all, he now plans to go and take a look.
Moreover, only these two waters have some ability that could cause the two super-class mages to disappear. Otherwise, no matter how hard Bai Mo thought, he would not be able to find those dangerous places that could cause the two super-class mages to disappear.
They can't possibly run off to Dongting Lake.
Riding the wind all the way, it didn't take long for Bai Mo to arrive at Dao Shui.
The entire river is not wide, only about thirty meters, and the situation on both sides is clearly visible.
The water is calm, reflecting the blue sky and clouds in the sky, which is very clear.
Bai Mo galloped along the shore with extraordinary courage, and did not find any plague water monsters that wanted to land along the way. This area did not belong to the An Realm, but there was not a single monster hunting on the river bank.
Although the cold knife fish monster is powerful, it is also on the menu of many monsters. Not to mention their neighbor, the red-scaled crocodile monster, there is a monster nearby called the Gangling beast, which is the natural enemy of the cold knife fish monster.
The Gangling Beast does not live in groups and is only slightly stronger than the Cold Knife Fish Monster. Its characteristic is that it has a very long tail, and at the end of the tail there is a ball of flesh that looks like a water chestnut but is harder than steel.
When they hunt, they will sink their tails to the bottom of the water. Once the spikes on their tails come into contact with water, they will emit a scent that can lure the cold knife fish monster.
Once a cold knife fish monster swallows this Gangling into its stomach, the Gangling of the Gangling beast will instantly open like an umbrella, and the sharp steel teeth will directly pierce the flesh and blood of the cold knife fish monster and hang it up.
Therefore, Bai Mo felt a little surprised. It was fine that he did not encounter the plague water monster, but it could only be said that the territorial and hygiene awareness of the group of cold knife fish monsters were unexpectedly strong.
But why didn’t we see any Gangling Beasts on the shore? Were they all full?
After running for two kilometers, Bai Mo returned the same way.
Looking at the clear river water, it is so calm and there seems to be nothing.
"Yinxian-tan!"
The huge and powerful sound waves directly penetrate into the water, move forward along the river channel, and obtain information from the entire river.
Upon learning the detection information, Bai Mo's pupils suddenly shrank.
Nothing! Nothing!
Not to mention the cold knife fish monster, even ordinary small fish and shrimps did not exist. The entire area of water was as clean as the sky today.
No! There are still clouds in the sky, but there is nothing in the river except water.
Bai Mo's footsteps stopped unconsciously, and his expression was somewhat horrified.
what is going on?
The entire river is at least 8,000 meters long, but there is no aquatic life?!
All the cold knife fish monsters in the entire river disappeared, not even their skeletons were left!
It is a group of people, whether they migrate or die.
The military magician should have made some discoveries, why didn’t he find anything?
Bai Mo's expression was solemn, and a space scroll appeared in his palm. The one given by Dean Lin was more advanced than the one Leng Qing gave him back then.
The advanced one has a larger transmission range and better effect.
He took a step forward. Standing here and daydreaming would not give him the answer. Bai Mo planned to go and see those red-scaled crocodile monsters to see if they were there.
Bai Mo turned into a gust of wind and rushed southward.
Soon, the vast and boundless sea seemed like a long river in the sea, and the endless water surface appeared before our eyes.
Near the intersection of the two waters, Bai Mo discovered that some fish, shrimps and ignorant little monsters ventured into the knife water, but only stayed in the small section of the water outlet.
He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time realized that the time when the knife water would change might be nearby.
However, when the sound string detection reported the situation on the river beach, Bai Mo's heart sank.
There was not a single red-scaled crocodile monster on the river beach. He looked up at the scorching sun above his head. In normal weather like this, the red-scaled crocodile monsters would behave like this.
I would definitely climb up to the river beaches on both sides to bask in the sun, but the beaches seemed empty!
When Bai Mo finally arrived at the river beach, all he saw was the mighty and surging river, and nothing else.
“Inhale—exhale—!”
Taking a deep breath, Bai Mo came to the riverside and mobilized all the magic power in the sound nebula. He plucked the fingers of both hands in the air, and a series of detection sound strings with powerful diffusion and penetration capabilities fell into the vast river.
He closed his eyes slightly and carefully sensed that there were fish and shrimps, some small water monsters, and some swimming schools of fish. He subconsciously felt more at ease.
But when the sound string's detection flew a thousand meters away, his eyes widened again.
Nothing! Just like the knife water, nothing!
This is a huge river, with so many aquatic creatures! And there is a tribe that can occupy this section of the river. What a terrible power.
Now there is nothing?!
As the sound wave detection continued forward and reached the middle part of the entire river, Bai Mo suddenly groaned, and all the mental power contained in that large area of sound waves was directly crushed!
Instantly, the scene I saw at that moment came back to my mind.
A section of the tail that formed a mountain range! It looked like a tall dam submerged at the bottom of a river! !
And on this mountain dam-like body, dense aquatic plants grow, just like the lush towering ancient trees growing on the mountains!
Before Bai Mo could continue to figure out what that thing was, he saw a shocking column of water rising into the sky above the endless river in the distance!
The water column, as wide as a long river, is like a water tower rising from the ground, reaching the sky!
Seeing that something was not right, Bai Mo immediately activated the space scroll he had already prepared!
A dazzling silver light lit up and the space began to tremble.
Suddenly!
An aura that suppressed the heaven and earth, accompanied by the tail of the dark blue mountain range that shot out from the building-like water column in the middle of the river, flew higher into the sky like a white rainbow piercing the sun!
It was like the collapse of the pillars of heaven, and a ten-thousand-meter-high hurricane was set off, shaking the earth. The huge tail swung and crushed towards Bai Mo!
This overwhelming attack carried a mighty force like a long river, which instantly suppressed the trembling space around Bai Mo!
In my eyes, there is a huge pillar that is unstoppable and falling towards me!
Bai Mo felt that he couldn't move at all, and even his soul was about to shatter. The great terror between life and death made him feel as if he was in a starry sky that had not changed for thousands of years, and he couldn't even muster the slightest desire to survive!
Fortunately, the fifth-level spiritual realm gave him some time to react, and his pupils, which had originally been lifeless, suddenly lit up with silver light that pierced through the void.
While the space around him had not been suppressed, Bai Mo mobilized the divine light of the spiritual universe with his mind and connected to the dazzling space galaxy.
As the connection got closer, a strong aura suddenly rose from Bai Mo, like a divine spear piercing the sky!
Slightly breaking free from the overwhelming aura that was like the might of heaven, he released his spatial domain and instantly stepped into the transmission of the spatial scroll.
Disappear from this river bank before the divine power that falls like a dragon's tail destroys this land!
“Buzz~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!”
The space was shaking violently, as if it would be shattered in the next second!
As soon as he entered the space transmission, Bai Mo immediately cut off the connection with the divine light and felt the space around him changing, the mighty river, the boundless mountains, the chaotic and distorted space turbulence.
After a dizzying moment of twisting and turning in space, Bai Mo appeared high in the sky on the other side of the river bank.
As soon as he appeared, looking down through the cloudless sky, Bai Mo saw at a glance the crack in the ground on the opposite bank that looked like a deep abyss.
And in the middle of the river, a water vortex several kilometers in size slowly began to turn!
"It's space interference!"
Taking a look at the whirlpool, he instantly realized why he only came from one bank of the river to the other and did not dare to stay at all.
(End of this chapter)
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