0p0 Chapter 402 The Ancient City Hanging Upside Down
Chapter 402 The Ancient City Hanging Upside Down
Xu Ning was startled by Jin Wu's words.
It's understandable to say that it's connected to a golden house, since I made similar boasts when I was in Inazuma.
To say that one's gourd is connected to Thor's bedroom is going too far.
Although he could enter the castle tower without any hindrance thanks to the gourd-shaped symbol, but...
“No merchant in Inazuma would dare to say such a thing. I guarantee you, never say it again.”
Jinwu smiled and said, "Then we can't bring much. The most important things are a miner's lamp, a birdcage, and it would be best to bring some ropes for emergencies."
Kong took the cage of small birds that Jinwu handed over. The two little birds inside had been dozing off, but they were woken up by the shaking and started chirping.
"What is this little round sparrow used for?"
"It's used to detect malignant gases in certain unknown caves. After all, animals are much more sensitive than humans. If you find the little guy listless or suffocating, you must leave that area immediately... So please don't eat it!"
Paimon, already in a bad mood because of the little sparrow's sacrifice to explore the path, became even angrier upon hearing the last sentence.
"The little sparrow is already so pitiful, how could anyone possibly eat it!"
Jinwu looked at Xu Ning, then at Kong, and suddenly said, "Actually, the brightness of the miners' lamps we're using now is still too poor. If you were more proficient in elemental forces, perhaps we could provide you with better lighting equipment."
Xu Ning had almost no contact with the situation here in his previous life, so he was not very clear about what Jinwu was talking about, but he clearly saw that Yuehui's expression changed.
"Are you sure you can use that? Don't forget, the wishing stone incident wasn't that long ago!"
Jinwu didn't care about Yuehui's warning at all. "I've been here all day and nothing's happened. Besides, the big shots above have said that people who are proficient in elemental power are generally difficult to be affected."
Xu Ning watched as Jin Wu took out a piece of ore as blue as the sky, emitting a shimmering blue light.
Jinwu secured the stone base with an iron ring, leaving a hook for easy hanging.
“I named this Lumenite. This large piece is raw ore, a strange fragment that splashed out from underground. I’ve tried it, and as long as it can find other fragments, it will automatically attract the fragments together and make them stick together, and then the brightness will increase.”
"Don't be fooled by the fact that it can't shine very far now. I believe that as you collect more fragments inside, it will become brighter and brighter. And look how beautiful this azure light is, just like the vast sky below us."
Xu Ning stared at Jin Wu and asked, "You just said 'below' the sky?"
Jinwu was taken aback. "Huh? Did I say below? Oh, it should be above. I spend all day underground, so my sense of direction has gotten a bit distorted. But every time I hold this Luminous Crystal, I always feel like something is responding to it, and that direction is definitely below..."
Xu Ning accepted the lumen crystal.
Although this made Yuehui feel very uncomfortable.
"I've always kept my distance from these strange stone mines that are still unidentified. After all, there are already enough dangers below, and there's no need to add some uncontrollable factors."
Xu Ning openly expressed his appreciation for Yuehui's caution, but he still asked Yuehui for advice regarding the "wishing stone" incident mentioned in their conversation.
"It happened a while ago, and I don't know the specifics. It's said that the mining team unearthed something incredible, but not long after, problems arose. The miners who knew about it were carried out one by one, but strangely, they had almost no external injuries. In the doctor's words, the injuries were all psychological."
Yuehui sighed, "That's why I don't want anything to happen to them because of these weird things."
Xu Ning looked at the lumen ore in his hand, which resembled a torch, and said, "Perfect. If there is any danger, I can handle it. Consider it an experiment for your mine's equipment."
The three of them followed the path through the makeshift mine tunnel and arrived directly at the main mining area of the Abyss.
"Normally, when I'm with my brothers, we work in this large area, while those Hilichurls..."
Yuehui pointed to a huge circular cave, "That's where you go and disappear."
Upon hearing this, Kong immediately realized that they had arrived at the site of the incident. He then led Paimon on a tour to see if they could find the "dazed Hilichurls" that the miners had mentioned.
Xu Ning, however, was more concerned about something else.
"Where does this mine shaft lead?"
Yuehui shook his head and said, "I don't know about that. But I've heard that when the main mining area was being excavated, they discovered that there were many existing mine shafts below the Abyss of Layered Rock. Some people even said that there were ancient relics inside, and that someone had seen a giant snake drilling underground. But I think those are all just made-up stories."
Xu Ning nodded, took the birdcage from Yuehui's hands, and thanked her with a smile: "Thank you for not only bringing us here, but also for providing a lot of important information."
Yuehui lowered his head with some shame, "Unfortunately, my skills are too low to take you there directly."
After searching all over, I didn't see a single suspicious Hilichurl, let alone a ghost.
"It seems we can only rely on our own two feet to measure it."
After bidding farewell to Yuehui, Xu Ning led Kong into the cave.
The cave is round, and it really does look like a giant snake crawling out of it. On the surrounding walls, you can still see the marks left by time over countless days and nights.
However, after walking out of this short passage, Xu Ning and Kong looked at the scene before them and were speechless for a long time.
Behind this cave, right above our heads, there was an upside-down city!
"Brother Xu, under what circumstances would such a city be built?"
An empty voice came from behind. Xu Ning pinched his temple and said, "How would I know?"
"Perhaps it was caused by crustal movement over a long period of time."
Xu Ning racked his brains to find the most scientific explanation for the void, but he didn't notice that his side was already filled with purple light, and a figure suddenly rushed out from the gap.
"Dain? It's you?"