Chapter 499 The Meaning of Whispering
Below was a huge space, with gears of different sizes running non-stop. The big gears were the size of several people, while the small ones were only the size of a palm.
"What the hell is this place?"
"Why is there such an area under the city? And it's still running? But how is this possible?" Hiram was shocked.
He had explored two ancient goblin empire city ruins, which had more mechanical devices and compared to ancient human cities, but he had never seen such a scene before.
"Maybe it's because of those weird goblin mummies?" As a swordmaster, Tirion was shocked, but compared to Hiram, he was much better.
"Impossible, I'm talking about the energy source. The energy required for so many gears to run is far beyond the artificial energy source of the previous mechanical octopus."
"Not necessarily, since the ancient goblins can make that kind of energy source, how do you know that they can't make a bigger one?" Tirion said casually.
"This" The words of the swordmaster Tirion made Hiram speechless.
But Ryan thought Hiram's speculation made sense.
Such a huge mechanical device, if driven by a certain energy source, is possible in a short period of time, and can last for thousands of years, when nuclear fusion occurs?
However, I remember that when I came here, the city was surrounded by magma. Could it be that
Ryan thought about it and had some vague guesses in his mind.
"I think we have to go down." At this time, Ryan's ears moved slightly and he immediately said.
He heard the sound of metal knocking from all around.
Judging from the sound, the number of enemies coming is much larger than last time, especially the dull "bang bang" sound, which is the sound of mechanical octopuses, and this time, there are more than one.
"Those mechanical monsters are coming again, we have to hurry up, as usual, I'll go down first." Sword Saint Tirion also heard it and said immediately.
"Wait!"
"Solidification!" Hernandez on the side shouted, and he immediately cast a solidification spell to maintain the entrance of the cave.
"The repair ability of this metal floor is quite strong. Even with my solidification technique, it can only maintain the hole for about a day."
"I hope we can find a way out smoothly."
At this time, everyone also noticed that the metal around the hole in the ground made by Ryan was slowly repairing at a speed visible to the naked eye. If it is not fixed, the hole will soon recover and disappear.
"Then I will go down first."
As he said, the swordmaster Tirion took the lead and jumped down lightly.
The remaining three people, Ryan, naturally quickly performed the floating technique and came to this underground floor.
What first caught Ryan's eyes was a huge space filled with various mechanical devices. There were green lights similar to emergency lights around it. It was not bright, and the whole place gave people the feeling of a super large workshop.
Moreover, Ryan saw a lot of short goblin figures more than a hundred meters away.
Ryan squinted his eyes slightly. With the blessing of dark vision, he could clearly see the details of these goblins.
Judging from the profiles of these goblins, their skin is still gray, cracked, and covered with ravines. Obviously, these goblins are also mummies.
However, the clothing style of these goblin mummies is different from that of the mechanical chocobo operators on the upper floor. They seem to be some kind of gray work clothes, similar to the shape of workers.
The most important thing is that the gear sound that Ryan heard before probably came from here.
"It seems that Mr. Ryan's previous judgment was correct. The ground on the upper floor can be moved."
Hernandez looked at the huge tray devices above his head. At a certain point in time, the gears will rotate at high speed and move a certain area on the top.
"The goblins in this site have all become undead, but they are still running. It's really strange. Could it be that a god with the function of undead invaded this ancient goblin empire and caused this phenomenon?" Hiram muttered to himself.
"It's possible." Hernandez nodded and said.
Although Ryan did not speak, he also somewhat agreed with Hiram's point of view.
Because at least from the various signs revealed so far, the above situation is possible.
However, he still had some doubts.
Because if it was a god invading, it would be unlikely to kill and turn this prosperous goblin empire into a kingdom of the dead, because gods need faith, and they will only eliminate enemies when expanding and eliminating opponents.
This can be seen from the major cults and the arrival of the Void Mother Tree in Ferdinand Forest.
Could it be a level 5 full moon wizard of the undead system?
Only the power of a full moon wizard can turn all the goblins in such a huge capital into mummies at once?
But that's not right!
This evil whisper is most likely the whisper of some evil god or evil god's servant.
If it was a full moon wizard, he shouldn't have left this whisper.
"Huh? In addition to the sound of gears, the unknown strange whisper has obviously strengthened a lot since I came here." Ryan frowned and thought to himself.
Just now, he listened carefully around him and suddenly found that the whisper of the unknown woman was getting stronger.
"Hiss~" Hiram covered his forehead in pain.
"Is it because of the whisper? Hiram, do you need me to cast the Silence Spell on you?" Hernandez's face changed, and he immediately understood that Hiram could not bear the impact of the whisper after it became stronger.
"Wait, I seem to understand this whisper." Hiram frowned.
"What?" Including Ryan, the three epic masters turned their heads to look at Hiram at the same time.
Because the situation Hiram said may be related to whether they can uncover the secrets of this ancient goblin capital ruins.
No wonder he was so affected. On the one hand, it was because of his strength, and on the other hand, it was because he listened attentively, which affected him more.
However, if Hiram was cast with the Silence spell, although he would not be affected by the whisper, he would not be able to decipher the meaning of the whisper.
In addition, if a crystal wizard cannot make a sound, then his combat effectiveness is basically useless.
"No! Wait, it will be done soon." Hiram waved his hand with a painful expression.
Just kidding, he was the weakest among the few people, and he hardly showed any value in the battle just now.
At this time, if he failed again, even he would feel ashamed.
"I can be sure that this is the ancient goblin language!"
"Huh?" Ryan raised his eyebrows.
He always thought that this whisper might come from an evil god.
Now it seems that it is probably not.
"Please leave!"
"Stay away from here!"
"Yes, this whisper is the ancient goblin language, and it repeats the above two sentences." Hiram waved his clenched fist, suppressing the pain, and affirmed.
This made Ryan look at Hiram with a new look.
Sure enough, a wizard who often explores ruins cannot be mediocre. Moreover, he has lived for nearly two hundred years and always has some special knowledge and methods to deal with difficulties.
"I can't hold on any longer! I have to block this voice immediately." Hiram held his head and said in pain.
"Hiram, do you need me to cast a silent spell for you?" Hernandez asked again.
"No, I'd better cast a deaf spell on myself. I've learned lip reading, so it's not a problem for me to understand what you say." Hiram quickly recited the spell.
As the deaf spell was cast, his complexion quickly improved.
"Please leave? But isn't this nonsense? We are planning to leave this ghost place now, but the problem is that we can't get out." Sword Saint Tirion thought for a while and frowned.
For this question, including Ryan and the other two, no one could answer Tirion.
Because what Tirion said was rough but true. They wanted to leave now, but they didn't know how to leave.
Goblin language?
Remind us to leave?
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came to Ryan's mind, "Could it be that this is a certain goblin high-level who reminded the goblin residents at that time to leave?"
After all, whether it is the evil god or other foreign enemies, it is unlikely to use goblin language.
In other words, the owner of the whisper is most likely a goblin himself.
"Hiram, do you know about the ancient Goblin Empire? Was the last emperor a man or a woman?" Ryan's eyes lit up as he looked at Hiram and asked.
"The Goblin Emperor?" Although Hiram had made himself deaf, he was not bragging. From the movement of Ryan's lips, he immediately understood Ryan's question.
"Yeah."
"There are sporadic records in this ancient book that the last emperor was a man named Thorson Glenn." Although Hiram didn't know why Ryan asked this question, he thought for a moment and answered immediately.
"Not a woman?" Ryan couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
"No, but if I remember correctly, it seems that the last Goblin Emperor also has a daughter, the Goblin Princess, named Amora Glenn. According to the records in the ancient books, she seems to be a rare mechanical genius."
Ryan laughed and said, "In this case, perhaps, I understand a little bit."
"Oh? Sir Ryan, what did you think of?" Hiram couldn't help but look at Ryan curiously.
The Sword Saints Tirion and Hernandez on the side were no exception, and they also focused their attention on Ryan.
"Well, but it's not convenient to talk about this here, let's go to another place." Ryan looked up at the hole above his head, and the noise coming from above was getting louder and louder.
Although it was unlikely for the prototype and the mechanical octopus to jump down through the hole due to their size, he didn't know whether the patrolling mechanical chocobos would jump down.
In order to avoid trouble, he naturally had to hide first.
Fortunately, the underground negative space was huge and filled with various mechanical devices, so it was easy to hide a few people.
Five minutes later, behind a huge gear.
After listening to Ryan's story, the three people were silent, with a look of surprise and admiration, and they were hesitant to speak.
"Sir Ryan, what should we do now?" After a while, Sword Saint Tirion asked.
"Two options. There is no mist here to cover us, and the ground will not change its position. So, in principle, as long as we move in one direction, we should be able to leave."
"But I don't know if this place will have restrictions similar to the forbidden air spell like the ground." Ryan thought for a while and said.
"What about the second option?" Tirion continued to ask.
"The second option is to continue going down." Ryan pointed to the metal ground under his feet.
"Continue going down?" The three of them showed astonishment. Let's not talk
about whether they can go down. Even if they go down, wouldn't it be more dangerous?
"Well, the secret should be down there. I think the next floor will reveal more secrets, and at the same time, it can also confirm my guess."
Sword Saint Tirion and Hernandez looked at each other, with a thoughtful look on their faces.
Before coming, Trena made it very clear to him and Hernandez that she hoped that the two of them could explore the situation of this ruins.
Because of the current situation facing the Federation, it is difficult to draw more epic-level strongmen to explore such a ruins in a short period of time.
"Then go down!" Tirion said in a deep voice.
"Okay!" Ryan was inclined to continue exploring, so he naturally wouldn't refuse.
First, if the meditation method existed, it would most likely be lost down there. Although the mechanical monsters above were powerful, they wouldn't kill an ancient Dawn wizard.
Second, the danger was relatively controllable at this point.
"Pah!"
Ryan's right palm once again emitted a rich dark silver light, and then he squatted down and slapped the ground on the negative first floor.
Suddenly, waves of dark silver ripples were limited to a diameter of several meters and fluctuated downward.
"Beep~ Beep~"
As the metal ground became soft and began to sink gradually, suddenly, a piercing alarm sounded!
The originally light green indicator lights around began to flicker, and those goblin mummies dressed in work clothes and shaped like workers rushed towards Ryan's location.
In the distance, there was even a dull motor sound of some kind of "buzzing", as if some mechanical device had been activated.
"I'll go clean up first." Sword Saint Tirion drew out his long sword and said in a deep voice.
"It shouldn't be necessary, it's ready!"
As soon as Ryan finished speaking, the ground was melted into a hole as big as the one above!
The scene below also cheered up Ryan and his four companions.
Because what caught their eyes was a large workshop for making puppets and golems.
They saw various models of finished and semi-finished golems displayed below. They even saw the prototype and semi-finished mechanical octopus that they had just fought.
Many spare parts were hung up by chains, and the ground was covered with oil stains and various scratches. Even Ryan and his companions could smell the strong smell of engine oil above the hole.
The importance of the golem manufacturing workshop in the goblin civilization is self-evident, which means that Ryan and his companions are getting closer and closer to the core area of the city.
At the same time, it also means that they are getting closer and closer to the truth.
"Let's go!"
Sword Saint Tirion jumped down again, and the others naturally followed in a line.
"Sure enough, the whispers are clearer and the impact is stronger." Hernandez's brows were slightly furrowed.
Because this level of whispers, even for him, the Dawn Wizard, began to have some slight impact.
Ryan quickly looked ahead and found that there were also many goblins here, with the same pale and dry skin, the same mummified form, but wearing white coats, like scientific researchers.
"Enemy! My golems, kill these enemies! (Goblin language)"
Suddenly, not far behind them, a low and intermittent voice came, as if it was a baby who had just learned to speak.
(End of this chapter)
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