Chapter 1400 - The Ancient City (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

It was not far traveling from the dimensional entrance to the old city. The magnificent granite wall of the town was already in sight.

The collapse of the alien dimension was not uniform. On one side of the city, nearly one-third of the town had disintegrated. But the failure on the dimensional entrance side was much slower. The wall on that side, even a part of the area outside the city, was intact and stable. It saved Hao Ren and his team a lot of trouble in maneuvering through the danger-ridden gaps in between the collapsed space.

“It is indeed filled with the breath of that bygone era,” Vivian said, looking up at the towering city wall. “But I can’t tell which mythological city it belongs to. I can’t remember a thing.”

Lily looked at Vivian and said, “Aren’t you a living fossil from the Mythological Era? Is there still anything that you don’t know about?”

“Too many cities in the Mythological Era were just a flash in the pan. Even I can’t know every one of them,” Vivian said, shaking her head. “The humans at that time were still at a very low level of productivity. Mythical monsters and beasts were roaming the world rampantly. The living environment was extremely hostile and harsh. The construction of such a magnificent city depended almost entirely on the otherworldlings—protection and guidance came from the ancient gods, who usually cared only about their own comfortable life and ruled with an iron fist. But it is undeniable that without them, there would be no magnificent cities. The only thing was, the ancient cities that were built had their own shortcomings.”

“Once the god that the city worshipped was dead, it was a game over for the city too.” Y’zaks interrupted.

Vivian nodded in agreement. “Other than that, the battle between the different otherworldlings had brought the cities into destruction overnight. I do not even know how many ancient cities like this had disappeared throughout history, especially during the barbarian era when the Mythological war was at its most brutal.”

“Ahem, let us leave history class for another time. Shall we move ahead into the city?” Hao Ren interrupted. “This dimension is collapsing, we don’t have much time.”

“Where is the city gate?” Vivian looked at Hessiana. “Where did you get in last time?”

The little bat pointed at a gap on the wall. “Through that gap. I do not know where is the city gate. The situation was strange, and my two men just stayed inside for a short while before backing out.”

Hao Ren nodded. He tucked the explosives that he had just taken out, brought the team coming before the gap in the city wall.

“It is strange. It seems that the gap is breached from the inside,” Y’zaks said. His vast experience in combat told him that something was not right about the gap judging from the state of the collapsed walls and broken stones. “Check these positions; they all crumbled from the inside out.”

“It was not attacked by enemies from the outside?” Hao Ren’s brows knitted together.

“I am afraid that something was in the city,” Vivian said. “It was not uncommon during the Mythological Era. The two cities of Garaude and Gudallo were destroyed from the inside out because they had summoned the vengeful spirit. Keep your eyes open when we get in. If there was really a vengeful spirit, maybe there is still some remnants left in the city.”

Everyone checked their protective spells and equipment. Even Rollie licked her claws with utmost seriousness. Following behind Hao Ren and Vivian, they carefully squeezed through the gap in the wall.

As soon as they stepped into the other side, Hao Ren noticed that the surrounding environment was slightly dimmer than the outside. The air was filled with a faint red light, coating the place with a thin tone of bloody red.

Hao Ren could not help but look up, but he saw no changes in the sky. The chaotic border of the dimension was still surging, and huge whirlpools of swirling sand still gradually devoured the dimension. There was not any light source in the vortex and the clouds. The red light curtain seemed to exist by itself straight out of thin air.

“This is the red light curtain that your two men said?” Hao Ren turned to look at Hessiana.

The little bat was nodded nervously. “Yes, it is. Under the red light curtain, people will unknowingly lose their physical strength, and they may gradually lose their mind. They are almost fatal to human beings, but the Blood Clans could detect the danger before it costs any damage.”

The hair on Lily’s ears and tail puffed up the moment she stepped into the red light environment. Her powerful beast instinct sensed danger in the red light. “Let us not go any deeper. We need to figure out what this red light is all about. Mr. Landlord, do you have anything that can block it off?”

Hao Ren glanced at his feet and found that there were no shadows. The same phenomenon existed everywhere—the buildings and the collapsed stone spiles. He placed his left hand over his right arm hoping to see a shadow. But there was none. “This light is weird, it can either pass through objects or is omnipresent like the air that self-illuminates.”

“If the red light could penetrate objects, then we would not see it,” the MDT suddenly said. “If that is the case, it will not produce reflections and will not be absorbed by any surfaces. Even when the light enters the eyes, it will pass straight through without being caught by the retinas.”

“So is it everywhere? What the hell is it?” Lily said, blinking her eyes.

A thought flashed across Hao Ren’s mind. But before he could say a word, he heard Vivian’s voice coming from the front. Her voice was low and erratic: “It is the moonlight.”

“Moonlight?” Lily’s ears flicked. “Battie, can you not talk in that creepy voice. I am having goosebumps all over the kin now.”