Chapter 15 Return to the Altar
"Well done, but I now have a task for you."
After briefly praising Feique, Zhou Xu quickly got to the point.
"The five of them were originally responsible for collecting supplies, but from now on, they will be temporarily incorporated into your hunting team. Everything has been prepared for them. Take them to the next area and teach them."
Fei Que has a command level capped at four stars, so at this moment, Zhou Xu also wanted to give him some tasks to train him.
Fei Que didn't think too much about it. Since their leader gave the order, he just followed it.
In a limited area, piling up too many traps is just a waste.
They have just arrived and their exploration of the black forest is limited to the outer area, so a large number of traps are concentrated in two relatively limited areas on the periphery.
In the next few days, they will find an opportunity to explore more deeply. After the map is opened, the range of traps deployed by their hunting team will naturally be expanded.
[The follow-up exploration of this black forest should be able to be slowly carried out in the next two days...]
After calling Feique and making simple arrangements for the personnel transfer, Zhou Xu also made some appropriate adjustments to the subsequent major plans in his mind.
Then he looked up to confirm the position of the sun.
[It should be two or three hours before sunset now. ]
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu turned and looked at the mountains.
"Dashan, the rest of you come with me to the altar and take a look."
Anyway, I have time and the altar is not too far from here.
The only thing we need to worry about is whether there will be danger, so we need to bring Dashan and the other five as bodyguards.
They set off as soon as they said they would. After moving for a distance, Zhou Xu saw the altar made of stones from a distance in this bare wasteland.
After getting closer, he didn't know if it was his illusion, but the altar looked much more dilapidated.
He took a few steps toward the altar, and the stones under his feet became a little loose.
He stood in the center of the altar. It was at this position that he was summoned. He also remembered that there were many strange symbols painted on the altar.
But now, all these symbols have disappeared.
【What's going on? 】
With doubts in his heart, Zhou Xu squatted down and swept away the dust on the altar with his hands, trying to find the symbols, but to no avail.
"Dashan, were you the ones who drew the symbols on the altar?"
Hearing the question, Dashan quickly shook his head.
"It was originally on the altar."
[The symbols that were originally on the altar are gone now. Does this mean that the altar has exhausted its power after summoning me? ]
Just as he was thinking this, Zhou Xu quickly noticed that several stones were falling down from the edge of the altar.
There was no time to think about it. Zhou Xu, who saw this scene, instinctively felt something was wrong and rushed down from the altar in one step.
Almost at the same time, the entire altar collapsed and turned into a pile of ruins.
Looking back at the ruins, Zhou Xu let out a long breath.
[From what we know so far, the symbols on this altar are most likely the mantra.]
[According to Dashan, these altars were built by the old gods, but they have long been dead and have even become a legend. That time must have passed a long time ago.]
[The reason why such a simple altar could be maintained for such a long time is because of the blessing of the power of the mantra. Once the power of the mantra is exhausted and the power to maintain it is lost, the altar will naturally collapse.]
Originally, Zhou Xu wanted to come here to study the ins and outs of the altar, but now that the altar has collapsed, there is naturally no need for him to stay here any longer.
After all, they were taking a certain degree of risk by rushing here.
However, just as Zhou Xu was about to call Dashan and the others and turn around to leave, an idea flashed through his mind.
【Wait a minute, how about trying it? 】
As the thoughts in his mind changed, several difficult and ancient tones emanated from his mouth.
【Eye of Insight.】
In an instant, the world in front of Zhou Xu became clearer, even a grain of sand flying in the wind was so clear.
Obviously, this Eye of Insight can be used for more than just viewing people's panels.
In addition to passively improving his vision and insight, the improvement in vision and insight was undoubtedly stronger when it was activated actively! In this state, he caught a glimpse of the faint silver light that slightly penetrated from the pile of rubble.
"Come and help!"
While shouting, Zhou Xu quickly ran over and started digging.
"It's right here, dig it up!"
During this period, although Dashan and his men didn't know what was going on, since their leader had given the order, they had nothing to say and started digging.
The altar itself was not very big, and with the combined efforts of everyone, the rubble on it was quickly dug away.
Zhou Xu's sight fell on a fist-sized stone.
Dashan and the others didn't seem to see the faint silver light emanating from the stone, but with the help of his insightful eyes, he noticed it! He also noticed that on the relatively flat surface of the stone, there was an ancient character that seemed to disappear completely in the next second! [True Words?]
At this moment, Zhou Xu's heartbeat accelerated slightly. After adjusting his breathing, he tentatively reached out his hand towards the ball of light.
After getting close to a certain distance, the silver light ball turned into a ray of silver light and sank into his palm.
At that moment, a character emerged in his mind. The feeling was exactly the same as when he absorbed the [Eye of Insight] before.
In the process, he also clearly understood the meaning of this character.
If "Eye of Insight" is a complete word, then this character is a single word and the other parts are missing.
As for this word, I don’t know if it’s because the old god who built this altar slipped and left a trace of power behind, but it still exists and did not disappear with his coming.
When converting it into words they can understand, the word corresponding to this mantra should be "chuan".
[Was there a mantra like 'teleport' written on this altar? ]
The thought flashed through his mind and he decided to give it a try.
The next second, that ancient note came out of his mouth...
【pass】
At that moment, he vaguely felt a slight energy fluctuation, but it quickly died out.
Zhou Xu let out a long breath after getting the result.
[This is probably because the mantra is incomplete. A complete mantra is needed to exert the corresponding power.]
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(End of this chapter)
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