Chapter 144: The Buried City of Giants

All I could see were buildings of astonishing proportions.

All the gates are more than ten meters high, and the main structures are also quite tall, but most of them are buried in yellow sand and rocks.

"Has there ever been a civilization of giants in history?"

Amberxiu tried hard to recall the history books he had read. He had never seen the official history, but as for the unofficial history... forget about the unofficial history, some of it even said that the creator god Io was born from the sex between the goblins and the universe. This was a bit too wild.

Catherine was also very surprised. The historical records of the elves seemed to have never mentioned the existence of such a civilization.

You must know that the heritage of the elves has never been cut off, and the recorded history can be traced back to tens of thousands of years ago.

Catherine said excitedly: "It's amazing. It's true that only by traveling in person can you gain more knowledge."

Amberxiu also felt that his eyes had been broadened. The giant civilization had never been recorded in books. The only familiar thing was the hill giant, but this thing had a questionable IQ and was just a monster with great strength.

Since the giant civilization has not been recorded, it means that all the technologies of this civilization have not been recorded. Perhaps ancient magic and magic equipment can be found in this lost dungeon.

Ancient magic may not be more powerful, but magic that has never been seen before must be of great value to researchers.

After entering the city gate, walk along the wide road for dozens of meters, and you will see a huge monument in front of you. However, the words on it are blurred and you can't see the original appearance at all. You can only see a weathered human figure on the top of the monument.

"This human sculpture...what do you think, Your Majesty?" asked Amber Xiu.

When it comes to artistic attainments, if the elves are second, no one can claim to be first.

Catherine looked at the statue carefully and said with some regret, "It is too weathered and many details are unclear. However, the upper body of the statue is naked, and the muscle lines are perfect and full of strength. From the perspective of sculpture skills, the artist is very skilled. The surrounding buildings are in the same style as the statue. This city should have been designed by an artist. If it is not the god they believe in, it may be their hero, as it is placed at the entrance of the city. Other things cannot be seen."

Amber touched his chin. If Catherine could praise their high level of art, then this civilization must be very developed. Art cannot be developed before people are well fed. This giant civilization must have a large number of people who don't have to worry about having enough food to support the development of art.

Do giants have this kind of intelligence?

Amber remembered that most of the giants recorded were just muscular monsters with questionable IQs.

"There's a strange place, look at the road behind."

Catherine pointed to the location behind the monument. The city gate road split into two behind the monument, and the fork formed a subtle angle.

Generally, cities will try to use crossroads to divide the city, which makes it easier to make an overall layout, but the Y-shaped intersection in front of us seems a bit abrupt.

Catherine stretched out her finger, checked the angle, and said in a strange tone: "This angle seems to be the angle of a regular five-pointed star... I have a guess. Give me the map."

Amber opened the map that Herky Stone gave him, and Catherine took it and began to gesture on it with her fingers.

After a while, Catherine condensed magic lines, drew a pentagon in the air, and then drew a five-pointed star inside the pentagon.

"I guess the layout of this city is probably like this. The outer wall is a regular pentagon, and the interior is divided into different areas using five-pointed stars. We are now standing on one of the corners of the five-pointed star. The two roads on the left and right should lead to areas with different functions."

Amber looked at the buildings on the two roads and couldn't see any difference.

He knew little about architecture, but he trusted Catherine's judgment.

"The five-pointed star-shaped layout, could it be related to the belief in hell?"

Catherine shook her head and said, "No, the pentagram is not exclusive to demons and devils. Many ancient magics have elements of this shape."

"Then let's explore separately to see if there is anything valuable. We will meet here in an hour."

Catherine looked at the deep darkness ahead and felt a little nervous. This was her first independent adventure.

But isn't this exactly what I want?

"Okay, it will be more efficient if we act separately." After saying this, Catherine cast several defensive spells on herself and even used advanced invisibility, completely disappearing into the air.

Amber Xiu found it a little funny. This girl was like a rookie adventurer. He really didn't know how she became a legend. Maybe this was what genius meant.

Catherine went to the right, and Amber could only choose the left.

The lich does not need light, so Amberxiu completely blended into the darkness and walked into the left fork.

Although it was called a fork in the road, it was actually wider than the main road in the Alchemy City. Seeing the huge stone slabs on the ground, Amber Xiu became more and more certain that this was a city built by giants. Everything seemed to be magnified several times.

There was no danger along the way, but after walking about one kilometer, the fork in the road was blocked by rocks and yellow sand.

Amberxiu tried to use magic to dig out the sand and stones that were blocking the road, but after digging more than ten meters deep, he still found the same thing. He didn't know if most of the city was buried and only a corner of it happened to be exposed.

Since the road ahead was blocked, Amberxiu could only return along the same path and explore the buildings on both sides of the road.

Some of the wooden doors had already rotted away, and could be shattered into pieces by the breeze that Amberxiu brought by passing by. The space inside the house was also quite empty, and apart from the remaining outlines of some furniture, nothing of value could be seen.

"It looks like this is a residential area, where all the giants live..."

I checked out several houses. The layouts and sizes might be slightly different, but the interiors were all similar, with dining rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, etc. all fully equipped.

What surprised Amber was that the city also had a very good sewer system, which was directly connected to every house, which showed how much thought was put into building the city.

From these details, it can be seen that this city did indeed have a glorious civilization.

But what surprised Amber was that he couldn't see any corpses in the ruins.

Apart from the special materials used to cast the city gate, he had not seen any remains of human bodies from the time he entered the gate until now.

Where did the original residents of this city go?

Did they all flee before the city was destroyed? Unfortunately, it was so long ago that many traces had been erased, and Amber Xiu had no way of distinguishing them.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Amber returned to the monument and saw Catherine was already waiting there.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"You're back so soon?" Amber Xiu said in surprise.

"This road is blocked not far ahead. There's nothing to see." Catherine said with a wandering look.

Amber: ...

Could it be that this girl got more and more scared the further she went in, so she ran back here to wait? Never mind, it's not a good idea to expose her right away, so I'd better wait until I have time to investigate slowly.

Amber Xiu said to Catherine: "I didn't find anything here. I can only see that this is a residential area."

Catherine said: "I didn't find anything. The road on the right should be a commercial area. The buildings look like various stores, but there is nothing inside. It seems that someone has been here and moved away all the valuables."

"It must be that old fellow Herky Stone. He must have sent people in to plunder in advance. He didn't even leave me a single gold coin. How stingy of him."

Amber Xiu snorted, but didn't take it to heart.

Now I have money and I am not short of it.

"Since there's nothing valuable and there's no danger, let's pick a place to start moving. I have a nice house over there with plenty of space and a good location."

What Amberxiu was talking about was the largest house in the residential area. It had three floors and was almost as tall as his original castle. The space inside was also large enough for Amberxiu to build a new home.

Catherine naturally had no objection to this, and followed Amber to the big house where the giant lived.

Amber summoned a group of skeletons and started cleaning the house. He cleared away all the rotten furniture, then opened the private space and started moving all the luggage out.

Catherine took a handful of seeds and began to sow them around the house, using magic to make them grow.

This underground city has no ventilation at all. It’s okay for a short time, as Catherine won’t suffocate to death. But if she wants to live here for a long time, she will need to purify the environment.

Various magical plants quickly grew out, some purifying the air, some with built-in lighting effects, and some that could provide food, wrapping the house in green. Outsiders would certainly not believe that this was the lich's territory.

But these magical plants can only be grown outdoors, and Catherine's private room is also built with vines outside the house.

Amberxiu's skeleton army is relocating inside the house. The low-level skeletons do not have the ability to accurately control the dark magic, and the magic plants cannot survive in such an environment and will wither quickly.

The boundary between life and death is so clear that no one can cross it.

After working for a long time, I finally managed to set up the laboratory.

Amberxiu put away the skeleton army and took out a large pile of metal materials and piles of blueprints from his private space.

These are the resources left over after the disappearance of the Alchemy City for making magic puppets.

Amberxiu originally had no interest in puppets because undead magic was incompatible with puppets, so there was no need to lose sight of the important things.

But now it’s different. The Ryan Empire is likely to unify the continent, and he needs to think about his future.

Amberxiu prepared to build a new body for himself, a body of steel that could not be restrained by the holy light.

(End of this chapter)