Excited, Xiaoxue swam around in the water, occasionally turning over the stone slabs on the ground in search of more treasures.
Xuanwu, positioned above, worked in conjunction, periodically scooping away excess mud and sand. Through the combined efforts of all parties, the ruins below became increasingly clear.
Not long after, the three girls above, not wanting to be left out, also came down to the bottom of the water, which was several meters deep, and were even surrounded by Xuanwu's bubbles.
"Wow, what beautiful pearls!" Daisy, with her sharp eyes, swam straight towards Xiaoxue. At that moment, a faint light emanated from the Snow Maiden's hand.
"You should all help Xiaoxue find pearls. I have a feeling there are definitely many more treasures here," Luo Fan reminded her. Sensing that there was no great danger around, he then focused on studying the changes on the stone pillar.
"Mmm!" Airi and Toria swam together towards deeper waters.
"Wow, I found a coral!" Daisy exclaimed happily, clutching a dull branch.
It finally felt like a treasure hunt! The girls were very excited, and exclamations of surprise could be heard every now and then.
Following the spatial cracks that appeared on the stone pillar at different times, Luo Fan began to collect the remaining elements on it. Using the Entangling Silk as a carrier, he collected quite a few spatial elements.
After repeating this process three times, he could sense the dense arrangement of elements on the carrier, but to outsiders, there was nothing there.
The entangled silk, serving as the carrier, is shielded by a subtle spatial element. It can be said that it both exists in this space and is subtly detached from it.
For example, a tiny wormhole appears, and it temporarily resides in this small wormhole.
After finishing all this, Luo Fan temporarily anchored the thread to a weapon before starting his search along the stone pillar to the bottom of the water.
"I've finally figured out some of the mechanisms of spatial elements. It will be much easier to break through the giant tortoise's defenses in the future."
"Big turtle, you're no match for me now!" Luo Fan arrogantly transmitted his voice to the snake head. The snake only paused for a moment before continuing its work, showing no support whatsoever.
"What's the mechanism? Tell me about it." Ellie swam over curiously.
"You wouldn't understand even if I explained! Do you know about three-dimensional space? Do you know that space can be curved? Do you know that spatial rifts have appeared here?"
Ellie was speechless and grabbed Luo Fan's body, roughly ravaging it.
"Foolish woman, you wouldn't understand even if I told you," Luo Fan said arrogantly, mainly because he had some insights that he didn't know how to describe.
It's like punching a watermelon; you need to put yourself in the watermelon's shoes and feel the sudden, shattering sensation of the rind breaking open.
The spatial rift here feels similar, except the watermelon has turned into a stone pillar, the external force has left, but the traces remain.
After hearing Luo Fan's explanation, Ellie remained speechless, completely unaware of what Luo Fan was trying to say.
But this thing actually dared to insult her. If she didn't clean it up for a few days, it would start climbing on the roof and tearing off the tiles. That's unacceptable.
After another round of kneading and kicking, Luo Fan, agile in the water, dodged and slipped to Daisy's side.
"You bastard, I'll deal with you when we get up there!"
"Did you two fight again?" Daisy asked curiously, her hands still digging in the sand.
"No, it's just that Ellie is too stupid."
"No, Ellie is very smart, and her grades are usually better than mine."
"Hehe~" Luo Fan was too lazy to pay attention, afraid of angering the girl again, which would be a loss.
"Brother Fan, there's a cave here!" Xiao Xue, who was nearby, looked over a stone slab and discovered a cave, most of which was covered by soil.
Luo Fan swam over and swam deeper into the cave. The others worked with Xuanwu to clear the mud near the cave entrance.
"A luminous pearl?" Holding a somewhat dim pearl, Luo Fan continued searching for possible treasures, but was eventually blocked by a stone wall with traces of a magic circle on it.
"You think you can stop me like this?" Luo Fan drew the large knife he had prepared earlier and slashed at the target.
With a loud crash, a crack appeared in the stone wall, and lake water seeped in, releasing countless bubbles.
Two more cuts were made, creating a large opening, and Luo Fan was able to slip inside.
The secret room was not large, only a few dozen square meters. It contained many shelves with stone slabs on them, some of which had traces of painting.
Along the edge of the stone wall were several large chests. Luo Fan excitedly ran over and found quite a few rusty weapons. Presumably, due to the sealed environment, the rust wasn't too severe, and they should still be usable after some repairs.
After searching the secret room, they found several more skeletons, which were scattered and broken by the impact of the lake water.
Luo Fan searched for a while and found two spatial rings. Although most of the spiritual items inside had decayed, the space in the rings was more than twice as large as the one he was currently using.
"Now I'll have four rings. Should I give one to Ellie? Oh well, I'll keep it for myself. Hers is mine, isn't it?" After a brief thought, Luo Fan began collecting the items inside.
Since this location is so secluded, the things inside must be of great significance, especially those stone slabs.
Damn it, the text above is all magical script! Are you trying to take advantage of my lack of education?
After sweeping through the area and taking everything he could carry, Luo Fan searched the place and found several monster hides with writing on them. Holding the treasures with little spiritual energy, Luo Fan finally swam out.
The girls searched around the cave entrance for a long time and found quite a few treasures. In the end, they reluctantly ended their treasure hunt only after Luo Fan urged them on.
"Luo Fan, I've found several Water Spirit Orbs!" Daisy began to show off her discovery on the tortoise shell.
Airi and Toria also gathered to one side, sharing their joy at the harvest, even though the dark shadow was still lingering nearby.
Xiaoxue obediently handed her magic bag to Luo Fan, smiling happily.
"Take these things first. I also found some good stuff inside." Luo Fan guessed that the spiritual materials had lost so much of their spiritual essence because the space was sealed and there was no replenishment or maintenance of magical energy.
They took out the monster hides and handed them to Ellie and the others.
"Look at what's written on all this. It's been preserved so well; I think it must be very useful."
Compared to spiritual treasures, inheritance is more important.
"The general principles of water magic?" Toria looked through the animal hides and even translated it for Luo Fan.
"Classification and explanation of the laws governing water systems".
"Water-based forbidden spells and magic circle setup."
...
Wow, there are so many amazing research studies! The girls were all stunned.
In addition to these, some stone slabs also record what happened in the past.
This site is part of the Temple of Poseidon. Due to the extensive shattering of space, a large area was moved here.
Through secret techniques, the survivors created a safe space. However, due to the surging demonic tide and the limitation of lifespan, all those who were transferred there eventually met their demise.
Most of the stone tablets record the defensive magic arrays they devised to survive in this secret realm.
"That room was actually a shelter?"
"Could the uncontrollable changes the administrator mentioned be the demonic tide and spatial rifts?"
Listening to the girls' translations, Luo Fan thought of many things.
Why are there no humans here? And why are there so many high-level magical beasts? It must be related to the demonic tide. After all, humans can't even withstand the demonic milk unless they change their form.
But then it would become a monster, and its mind would be corrupted, driving it insane.
"The Temple of the Sea God? I wonder if it has any connection with the current Temple of the Water God. But since they've started researching the power of laws, it must have been quite a formidable force in that time and space."
"Girls, we shouldn't reveal these things to anyone. Otherwise, our lives could be in danger!" Luo Fan warned solemnly.
The girls next to him nodded solemnly.
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