Next, Du Yuqi put cabbage stone, calcite, weightless fragments, white stone, and Borodin's seal into the basin one by one. When he put in the first few materials, there was no change in the basin. The clear water, scabbard, and gems were all lying quietly at the bottom of the water as they were.
However, as soon as the Hao Stone was thrown in, a violent chemical reaction occurred immediately. The clear water in the basin immediately became white and turbid, and then boiled. It was not like a stone was thrown in, but a bottle of sulfuric acid!
After the last Borodin badge was thrown in, the water surface began to shine continuously. This thing came from ancient ruins and contained a strange and mysterious ancient power. At this time, this power was released, and then a powerful vortex was formed on the water surface, as if there was a big hole under the wooden basin and water was flowing out continuously.
As the water flow in the wooden basin quickly decreased, the group soon discovered one thing: the water in the basin was actually continuously flowing into the opening of the unique bone scabbard, and as the water was sucked in, a thin film began to quickly form on the surface of the bone scabbard.
How to say it, it's like a layer of skin is rapidly forming. After the last drop of water is absorbed, the surface of the scabbard is really covered with a layer of black film. From the appearance, it no longer looks so abrupt, and there is not much difference from an ordinary scabbard.
Du Yuqi tried to hold the scabbard again, and suddenly felt a pain in his palm. He immediately loosened his hand and found a small cut on the palm of his hand. A few drops of blood flowed onto the scabbard and were quickly absorbed into the blood.
He looked at the scabbard carefully again and found that there was nothing sharp where he had held it before. However, the "black film" formed on the surface of the scabbard was not ordinary. If you look closely, you will find that it is composed of countless tiny scales, and the edges of the scales seem to be quite sharp.
Although these scales are comfortable to hold when they are retracted, if one of the scales suddenly stands up when Du Yuqi holds the scabbard, it is possible that it will pierce his palm when he is caught off guard.
Soon after absorbing Du Yuqi's blood, the color of the scabbard began to change, from dark black to a bluish black. At the same time, the spiritual imprint inside was triggered again, and the next information began to flash repeatedly in Du Yuqi's mind:
"Oshado."
Du Yuqi silently repeated it several times in his mind, then turned around and said:
"The next tip that came up was Oshado."
Everyone looked at each other, seemingly not knowing this place. Yangzi said:
"The pronunciation of Oshado seems to be a bit old. I've been to the chapel here before and heard the elders reciting scriptures with a similar pronunciation. I'll go and ask around for you. It should have been called that many years ago."
Soon, Yangzi sent the news:
"Oshado was the name used more than 300 years ago. Now it is called the Lansat Ruins. This place is not difficult to find, but you need to leave the city."
After hearing the news, Du Yuqi felt helpless. If he left the city, it would mean losing the protection of the Steel Bear Knights. And now the Zero organization was gaining momentum and was at its peak. If he was targeted by them, it would be a big trouble.
Fortunately, at this time, the furious Steel Bear Knights launched four or five consecutive raids in Kantwin. To some extent, they even adhered to the simple and crude principle of rather killing the wrong ones than letting them go. For the local tyrants who have been entrenched here for decades, such raids are undoubtedly quite effective. I believe that most of the ZERO organization's hidden men were killed in such raids, and the orders received by the remaining ones should be to lie in ambush and keep still, with the priority of preserving themselves.
In this situation, Du Yuqi felt that as long as he strictly controlled and kept the secret, there was a great chance that the other party would not detect it. After discussing with his companions, Du Yuqi decided to go alone, because doing so would minimize the risk of being discovered.
Although entering a place like the ruins is extremely dangerous, Du Yuqi did not enter rashly, but entered with relevant tokens. In this way, having more people might not be helpful. The biggest threat should still come from the ZERO organization, so he had to try to reduce the risk of being discovered by them.
At this time, Du Yuqi and his friends had moved to a new place to live, and the identity of the woman who helped them before, Watley, was extraordinary. She was a fortune teller, and it was even said that she was very close to the realm of "the one who sings fortunes". She had a transcendent status in Cantwin, so it was a piece of cake for her to help Du Yuqi and his friends.
The next morning, Du Yuqi set off after a makeover. Even if he stood face to face with Lin and others at this time, they probably wouldn't be able to recognize him. Even so, under Yangzi's arrangement, Du Yuqi spent an hour and changed three carriages before he stood on the streets of Kantwin again. His dress and appearance were no different from those of travelers from other places. Unless someone approached him for a targeted and careful search, his identity would hardly be discovered.
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Du Yuqi, standing on the street, of course didn't know how to get to the Lansate ruins, but he had money, so of course he could find someone to take him there. So he called a means of transportation commonly known as a "land ship" by the locals. Simply put, it is a two-wheeled vehicle pulled by a camel. People can sit under the roof, and the top of the roof is quite flat, where heavy goods can be stacked. It can be used for both passengers and cargo, and because the carriage of the two-wheeled vehicle looks like a small boat, it got its name.
The driver of the land ship was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a full beard and a weathered look, but he was cheerful and talkative. From him, I learned that the Lansat ruins were only called by outsiders, because there were indeed ruins there, but the locals usually called that place a mass grave.
Executed criminals, unclaimed bodies, corpses left behind by murderers... and so on, were all thrown there. In addition, a plague had broken out in Cantwin thirty years ago, and at least thousands of people died of the disease. The bodies of these people were also abandoned there, so the place was forbidden to be approached by strangers, and only a small number of people who were interested in the ruins would go there.
Obviously, the driver thought Du Yuqi was a curious tourist, so he kindly kept emphasizing the dangers of going to the mass grave, trying to dispel the rash impulse of this generous gentleman. Du Yuqi smiled and nodded, but kept emphasizing his pursuit and love of art.
But at this moment, Lu Chuan suddenly turned and walked onto a wide road. This road had a wide view, with two neat rows of coconut trees planted on both sides. The houses on both sides also looked a bit strange. The small stone buildings with mottled and reddish surfaces had a total of three floors. They looked like they had been destroyed for a long time, like ancient relics.
Moreover, these houses have stones of the same material, uniform style and color, but from the colorful clothes, bed sheets, underwear and other things hanging on the roof, it can be seen that the people living inside are still civilians.
The camel also ran happily on this road, and its speed increased suddenly. However, when Du Yuqi found that the patterns on the sidewalks on both sides of the avenue were inlaid with shells, he suddenly felt something in his heart, as if something was caught, so he knocked on the wooden board next to him and said:
"What is the name of this road?"
"Shell Road, sir. Isn't it quite surprising to see such a road in a place full of yellow sand and dust?" The driver once again showed his chatterbox nature:
"I thought the same thing when I first saw this road. It is a miracle. I think it is as great as the Hanging City! These shells were dug out when this road was being built. It is said that there was a lake here a few hundred years ago, which was very suitable for the growth of these shells in large quantities. However, the lake dried up, so they became extinct until they were dug out when the road was being built..."
Du Yuqi silently stared at the shells used to pave the ground. He was not as superficial as the coachman. From the patterns, he could tell that the shells were all of the same kind, but the sizes of the shells varied greatly, ranging from the size of a palm to the size of a little finger, and the numbers were very uniform.
A lake that can produce such a large number of shells must be quite large and have rivers flowing into it. So under normal circumstances, even if it dries up, it will go through a cycle of three to five years. This buffer time is enough for these shells to be moved along the river. Therefore, most of the shells dug out under normal circumstances should be the size of a palm and die of natural causes.
However, the shells used to pave the road at this time were evenly distributed in large, medium and small sizes. What does this indicate? It indicates that these shells died out in a short period of time.
It's like an archaeologist discovered a cemetery. Under normal circumstances, the majority of people in the cemetery should be middle-aged and elderly, with very few teenagers or children. If the proportion of teenagers in the cemetery is unusually high, close to the proportion of living people in society, then it goes without saying that there must have been a large-scale plague or a heinous massacre. This principle can naturally be applied to shells.