The blonde girl sat quietly in the morning breeze, her mind spreading out with the magic network, pinpointing the location of the ruins.
Linde looked at the girl beside him, pondering in his heart.
There's still no sign of these ruins, so they're probably underground. Who knows what strange things might be inside?
Ancient ruins guardians, immortal thousand-year-old demons, and world-destroying artifacts are all possibilities.
Looking back at the 30-odd people he had brought, Linde suddenly felt uneasy again.
Just as Lin De was worried, the girl suddenly opened her eyes, a hint of excitement flashing in her blue eyes: "Found it, it's underground about three miles ahead."
Linde looked in the direction Alice pointed out and could only see a valley in the distance. As for what was inside the valley, it was too far away to see clearly.
“Now that the location has been determined, things are much easier, Astaire.”
Hearing Lind's call, Astaire emerged from the camp behind him.
"Sir, have you found it?"
"That's right, let's take a break. This afternoon, we'll take half the men to explore the surrounding area. As for inside..."
"Let's not rush in. Let's look around first and see if we can find any clues about this ruin."
"Yes, I'll arrange it right away."
Upon receiving Lind's order, Astaire hurriedly made the arrangements.
Lind then looked at Alice and asked:
"Let's take a break first. We're not in a rush. It's best to be well-prepared before exploring a possible ancient site."
"good."
...
Time flew by and it was already afternoon.
After lunch, Lind selected 15 energetic soldiers from the team to form a temporary exploration squad and set off for the ruins.
In less than an hour, the group arrived at the edge of the valley.
In the center of the valley was a large flat area. Although it was not perfectly flat, the presence of such a peculiar flat area in such a hilly region proved that there must be something strange about this place.
Seeing this, Linde ordered his soldiers to put away some of the supplies they had brought a little further away from the flat land, and then began a large-scale survey of the flat land.
Lind gave the soldiers a strict order: report immediately any suspicious or unfamiliar sightings or touches.
After all, Linde didn't want to lose manpower in this desolate wilderness for no reason, not even in ancient ruins.
Meanwhile, Lind and Alice also began to use their mental powers to see if they could discover things that ordinary soldiers couldn't.
As Linde's mental energy continued to expand, this magic network node appeared more directly in Linde's mental world.
Pure magical power surged toward this strange place like a bottomless vortex, seemingly intent on swallowing everything whole.
Lin Deneng could clearly feel that this enormous magical power surged into the ground, but then quietly disappeared a few meters underground, as if it had never existed.
Gazing at the roaring flow of magic in his spiritual world, Linde sighed:
"Is this really a power that humans can control?"
This force, whether used to shape or destroy everything, is beyond human endurance.
[Magic, it's beautiful, isn't it?]
A strange resonance resounded in Lind's mind. It was impossible to distinguish between male and female, or young and old. The voice seemed incredibly distant, yet it felt so close.
Linde's mind seemed to be bound by a powerful force, and his body seemed to be drifting away from him, prompting him to ask:
Who are you?
Linde used the last of his mental energy to ask questions in his mind.
[All the power of magic converges here, and all things are deconstructed here.]
[And you, in the end...]
The strange sound gradually faded away, but Linde couldn't make out the last sentence.
Then Linde's spirit was released, like a dream, but incredibly clear.
Then came intense pain. Linde felt as if his brain was being torn apart, and he couldn't help but cry out in pain.
"pain……"
Linde tried his best to utter just one word, but his dry throat could only manage to squeeze out this one.
"The master is awake! Quickly, bring water and medicine!"
A hurried male voice came from beside me, filled with anxiety.
Linde opened his eyes, but for a moment they were completely blurry, and he couldn't see anything clearly.
What's going on? Wasn't I exploring the outer perimeter of the ruins...?
The intense pain brought Linde back to a slightly clearer state of mind.
He clearly remembered that he was on flat ground, using his mental power to probe the nodes of the magic network. Just as he was sensing the flow of magic, a strange sound appeared.
The voice imprisoned his mind, causing it to involuntarily question him.
After saying some nonsensical things, it disappeared, and I immediately felt a sharp pain.
As his vision gradually cleared, a bowl of water mixed with the smell of healing potions was brought to Linde's lips.
Linde instinctively swallowed the entire bowl of treatment water in large gulps.
After taking the medicine, Linde clearly felt that every cell in his body was frantically absorbing nutrients to restore his vitality.
"My lord? My lord? Are you feeling better? Is there anything else that's bothering you?"
Linde then took a clear look at his surroundings.
He was lying in a tent, with anxious Astaire and Alice beside him.
"Sir, what happened? You were perfectly fine just now when suddenly you were enveloped in a bright light, and it seemed like you were flying up. Then you fell to the ground and we can't wake you up no matter how we call you."
Linde straightened up from the shop, feeling the excruciating pain in his body disappear rapidly, replaced by a surge of vitality.
Linde knew that the activating halo had taken effect.
Then Linde looked at the two of them and asked:
What time is it now?
“It’s already evening. You’ve been unconscious since the afternoon.”
At this moment, Linde asked Alice beside him:
"When you were sensing the magic network, did you hear any sounds? Like someone was talking?"
Alice shook her head in confusion, but when she heard Lind's last words, her eyes widened and her face was full of disbelief.
"What's wrong?"
Astaire immediately tensed up and quickly took out another bottle of high-grade healing potion from his body, poured it into a bowl, and mixed it with water.
Linde hurriedly said:
"I'm fine now, I don't need the medicine anymore, I feel much better."
Then, Linde looked at the astonished girl beside him and said:
"Tell me everything you know in detail."
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