Hope, Shadow and Scorpion were preparing lunch, while Carl took out the Eberron dragon crystals and prepared to make some gadgets.

The collection was a little rushed before, but now after taking a closer look, Carl found a problem.

"How come these dragon crystals all look similar?"

As we all know, naturally grown things, especially polyhedral crystals of minerals, often have a long shape.

Apart from the same composition, even if the raw ores grow on the same piece of ore, their shapes are likely to be different.

But the ones in Carl's hands are not like that. They are so standard that they look like they were produced on an assembly line.

Even the brightness and color of the dragon crystal are similar.

If it weren't for the unique reaction of dragon crystal when holding them, Carl would have suspected that this thing was the latest work of a counterfeiter.

but……

Looking up at Hope who was cooking, Carl walked over with two pieces of dragon crystal.

"You are sure you have handed over the mushrooms we brought back from the dungeon to the Druid Academy, right?"

When they were in the dungeon, Carl and Hope used those mushrooms to extract artificial Eberron dragon crystal.

Although this kind of dragon crystal is very similar to normal dragon crystal, its energy utilization rate is not as good as the genuine one.

But this is at least a way to solve the problem, so after the two returned to Eruden, they handed it over to the druid.

Carl did leave some for his master, but Mooreban, like Carl, was an expert in mechanics and didn't know much about alchemy.

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

After cutting the meat in his hand, Hope put down the knife, somewhat confused as to why Carl asked this question so seriously.

“Look at this…”

Handing two almost identical pieces of dragon crystal to Hope, Carl looked at him expectantly.

Hope took the two pieces of dragon crystal without knowing what was going on, and after comparing them carefully, he also found the problem.

Thinking of Carl's question just now, Hope replied: "It does look like artificial dragon crystal, and it seems to be mixed with something else."

Relying on his excellent perception, Hope stroked the dragon crystal and realized that something was wrong with it.

But she couldn't tell what was wrong yet.

"Forget it, let's put it away for now. We won't be using these dragon crystals for now, to avoid any problems."

Seeing that Hope was frowning and thinking, Carl didn't want to make Hope think too much, so he took back the dragon crystal and planned to talk about it later.

After a while, lunch was ready. Carl and his friends had a good meal and then planned to continue exploring.

But before they had ridden through a few areas, everyone in the group started to have stomach problems.

Fortunately, Carl's micro-construct is very easy to operate, and it is no problem to build five toilets together.

After finding a relatively safe area, the five people stayed in their respective toilets for two hours before coming out.

After finally leaving the bathroom, Carl looked at Hope who was waiting outside and said in a slightly weak voice, "Where did you buy the ingredients for lunch today? Don't go to his house anymore!"

However, Hope seemed to be possessed by the detective at this moment, and he instantly realized that something was wrong.

"No! Carl, the problem is probably not the ingredients, but the dragon crystals. I just tried to cast the secondary recovery spell on myself, and I have recovered now."

Hearing this, Carl used a secondary recovery technique on himself with doubt.

The pain in my abdomen disappeared immediately, as if it had never happened.

"The guy who made these artificial dragon crystals has nothing to do?"

…

"How can we have nothing to do? When we return to Storm Bay, each of us brothers will hug a drow elf. No! Hug two!"

In a certain area of ​​Xen'drik, members of the adventure group who had previously taken away some of the artificial dragon crystals are looking forward to a bright future.

However, at this moment, one of the adventure team members suddenly covered his stomach and ran to the front.

"Captain, my stomach is upset. Wait for me, I'll go take care of it!"

"Tsk! We are about to return to Storm Bay, why are you always so angry? Hurry up, our brothers have important things to do!"

He waved his hand in disdain, and now the team leader, who was the biggest "leader" of this adventure group, agreed impatiently.

The team immediately dispersed and became alert, waiting for their colleague to finish.

But not long after, a few more people came over, holding their stomachs, and asked the team leader for leave.

"You feel itchy when you see others go to the toilet, right? Hurry up!"

In this way, the entire adventure team's itinerary was delayed again and again.

In the end, even the captain who was in charge of the team joined them.

Everyone thought they were poisoned and started drinking the antidote.

But the situation did not get better.

They were reluctant to seek medical treatment from a priest, but fortunately there were many magicians in Storm Bay, and magicians in the medical industry were a popular profession.

So, these people sold some dragon crystals and planned to use them to treat the illnesses of everyone in the group.

…

Just when the problematic dragon crystal had already flowed into the market, Carl and his team finally arrived at another giant ruins.

However, compared with the one explored before, this ruins looks much more dilapidated.

Because of its geographical location, this ruin seems to have fallen into the hands of elven rebels.

All the valuable things inside have been emptied out, and later adventurers have dug deep and searched the place countless times, but there is no more money to be made.

However, although it has lost its monetary value, it still has certain archaeological value.

No one collected the broken murals left by the stone giants here, so they remained there.

"The constructs and tower spirits responsible for maintaining this place have all been destroyed. It's really not easy for these murals to be preserved to this extent."

Walking inside the dim ruins, Carl looked at the murals on both sides of the corridor and felt the power of time.

Some small wild animals fled with the arrival of the five-man team. In this deserted relic, the huge passage and dim environment had long become a shelter for many small animals.

Those large wild beasts disdain to live here. Their strong bodies make them prefer to live in an open-air environment because there is a wide view.

Holding lighting equipment and video devices, Carl walked and filmed along the way and finally arrived at the central area of ​​the ruins.

The device that carried the tower spirit had long been dismantled, and even the metal used to fix the device was taken away and melted into weapons or other things.

However, there were still many giant runes left on the surrounding walls, which made Carl take pictures again.

"Let's camp here tonight. There is only one exit here. As long as we block it, we don't have to worry about safety issues."

Because he wanted to decipher the meaning of those runes directly, Carl planned to stay here tonight.

Humans and any other race have mastered less than half of the giant runes, even the giants themselves.

Today, giants either live in a state of stupidity and barbarism in Xen'drik, or they live in Khorvaire speaking fluent Dwarven.

There may still be some frost giants in Antarctica and the Arctic, but most of those guys are descendants of giant criminals from the time of the Giant King, and their cultural level may not be very high.

In fact, if the Giant Runes were only used as recording text, they would have already had clear translation tables and specific meanings. These were what Carl learned when he was studying language selection.

But as runes, they may represent more than just the meaning in textbooks.

For example, the Chinese character “刘”.

This character now appears mainly in the form of a surname, but in early texts, it represented a person holding an axe or even "killing."

If you want to release the rune as a carrier of spells, you need to understand its meaning.

In the evening, after the group had dinner, Carl and Bain set up the tent.

The tent is extremely spacious, and Carl also brought a portable mattress, so comfort is guaranteed even in the wild.

After placing the constant alarm devices around the tent, Carl set their alarm types and went to bed with Hope and Ying.

Of course, the translation must be carried out in the dream world. After all, the speed of time flow and convenience in the dream world are far beyond reality.

As Carl fell asleep, his spiritual energy began to spread naturally in all directions, and synchronized the situation within a certain range around him to Carl in his dream.

It was as if there was a slow-motion surveillance screen next to Carl.

This approach slightly reduced Carl's sleep quality, but its safety was beyond doubt.

About two hours later in outside time, Carl completed the preliminary interpretation of the surrounding giant runes.

The rune contains a poem-like passage. It is hard to imagine that the giants used to express their feelings in such a romantic form.

Carl even suspected that the original owner of this relic might have been a bard among the giants.

"Well, this paragraph has a similar meaning and expression to 'After many twists and turns, you may think there is no way out, but when you turn around, you will find another village.' It turns out that I made the right decision to choose Giant Language as an elective."

Carl gently flicked the manuscript paper in his dream and was about to finish translating when he suddenly received a mental alarm from the alarm device.

Amid the surge of spiritual energy, Carl opened his eyes.

Ying next to him also woke up due to the fluctuation of psychic energy. The two looked at each other, then tiptoed away from the bed.

However, when the two went out, they found that it was a mouse that triggered the alarm!

"Did you forget to set up the size detection for the alarm?"

The mouse was killed with a dart, and Ying looked at Carl suspiciously.

"Hiss~, it seems I have indeed forgotten, but this place was built with the rock transformation spell, where did the rat hole come from?"

After looking at each other, Carl and Ying suddenly became interested.

Turning on their spiritual power, the two of them circled around the core area.

(End of this chapter)