Chapter 61 Shadow Rift

The most important part of a plant is definitely the roots.

Many old trees have cut off their trunks and can still sprout new shoots in the end, but if there is something wrong with the roots, they will definitely not live for long in the end. The mutated plant creatures in the overseas archipelago are all like this. Whether it is piranhas, piranhas, or other mutated plants that are not well known, their core and vital points are on the roots, and the things on the ground surface are basically It won't die if you cut it off, and it will grow back in a short time.

Plants have mutated to such an extent that they are almost like animals!

Although they don't have as much intelligence as animals, they will still act on their own. This area should be one of the places left over from the original catastrophe, but they don't know what's inside. With Sauron's current strength, he naturally has no major problems dealing with these things, but this kind of place is too weird, and he dare not venture into it. Let's leave it here for a later look, now he needs to be busy with a lot of things.

but.

Just when Sauron was about to seal off the place temporarily to keep others away, Adele-Isabella seemed to have seen something, raised her finger and pointed over there and said, "Look, Your Excellency! There seems to be something there!"

What's there?

Sauron stopped when he heard this, and then looked to the side, and sure enough, he saw a gray-black thing. He walked over cautiously, paying attention to the strange trees nearby, and then reached out and grabbed a corner to pick it up. However, he tried hard to pull it out, but he couldn't pull it out. It seemed that part of the thing was buried in the ground. In desperation, he could only make a gesture towards the red-haired female pirate behind, and then the two dug up the soil with their weapons at the same time to dig out the gray-black stone.

"It's obsidian!"

An unbelievable expression appeared on Sauron's face, and then he looked at the gray-black stone in his hand, because of long-term weathering and the passing of time. This piece of obsidian can no longer see what it looked like in the past, but it can be vaguely judged as part of an architectural sculpture. It should have existed for a long time.

Obsidian is a very strong and durable ore, and it has been weathered like this for at least thousands of years!

This is a very rare ore.

It can be used in many places, but it is the most commonly used and used on a large scale, so that it is used in sculpture. There seem to be only two places in Sauron's memory.

The first is the golem puppet!

The second is the wizard tower! ! !

Whether it's a golem or a wizard's tower, this area was definitely the territory of a powerful wizard a long time ago. There are artificially polished obsidian fragments here, so it is very likely that there is something related to wizards inside.

There might even be a Wizard's Tower!

Thinking of this, Sauron couldn't help breathing a little faster. Even a dilapidated wizard tower that has gone through thousands of years is quite tempting to him. Even if the functions inside are completely destroyed, there are many things stored in it. All have amazing value. And if Sauron guessed correctly, this might be an ancient relic left over from the Arcane Empire period. Among them, there may be materials, information and spells from the period of the Arcane Empire, and the value is basically difficult to estimate.

"Let's go in and have a look!"

Sauron, who was already planning to leave, was still planning to go in and explore. He told the red-haired female pirate behind him, "Pay attention to your surroundings. Let's try not to disturb these plants, they seem to be asleep."

It was getting dark by now.

Sauron looked up at the sky, then gestured towards Adele-Isabella beside him, and the two separated and walked around from the side. There are many strange trees and flowers around. It looks like they are all very big, a bit like an ancient virgin forest. Occasionally they touched a leaf and the whole plant moved. But it doesn't seem to be attacking. These weird plants seem to attack nearby creatures when they are attacked or need to eat.

This is very similar to how beasts are less aggressive when they are full!

The front view gradually widened.

Sauron saw a large field of lavender flowers. He frowned and took a look, and murmured: "Mandala? No! It just looks a bit like it!"

He turned around and glanced at the red-haired female pirate, and said in a deep voice, "Be careful. Let's go around!"

It doesn't seem like a natural growth here.

On the contrary, it is like something that was artificially cultivated in the past, and then survived for some reason until now. There are strange flower seeds on the ground, which seem to be left by this plant, but most of them have not germinated, because the land simply cannot support the growth of so many plants. Some of the flower seeds have been damaged and disappeared, but some of them are still preserved, but I don't know what effect it has. Sauron felt that these plants were dangerous, which was purely the intuition of an experienced wanderer, so he didn't dare to disturb them.

Many of the plants here look like they are alive!

After bypassing these weird flowers, some dilapidated building outlines appeared in front of them. Due to the extreme weathering, all kinds of weird vegetation grew all around. Even Sauron's experience could not determine the specifics. What. Even, he couldn't find an entrance to the building in front of him, and naturally he couldn't judge the situation from the outside. Not all underground ruins will give you an entrance, or even help you open a tunnel to explore.

In relatively high-end or relatively ancient places, many underground ruins will not even leave a hole for you.

What to do at that time?

dig!

Do it yourself!

A hole was dug out, a tunnel was dug out, and high-end adventurer teams often dug out this way. Many sunken cities in the desert collapsed and poured in quicksand. How many people dug all the way to find treasures. When Sauron saw the surface of the ruins that didn't even leave him a hole, he knew that today's exploration could only stop here. This piece of building has completely sunk into the ground, maybe it is still filled with sea water, anyway, many things may happen.

You can't get in right now!

Sauron had to open up the passage here, then arrange for people to come and dig it, and finally find a tunnel that he could enter together.

He looked around for a while.

I was going to remember the surrounding environment and some iconic features, but at this time the red-haired female pirate suddenly said: "Your Excellency! Look at the corner of that wall, there seems to be something wrong!"

The search ability looks so strong! ?

Sauron glanced at the red-haired female pirate next to him in surprise, and then moved towards the wall. This woman didn't know whether it was her intuition or her basic skills, but she seemed to be a little bit stronger than him in terms of discovery ability. In front of Sauron was a plant that looked a bit like a lantern plant, and he didn't dare to get too close. He went around far behind, and then saw a strange gray crack.

"Space Rift!?"

Sauron's expression was a little surprised, and he murmured after just looking at it: "The Shadow Plane?! The buildings here are still connected to the Shadow Plane? It seems to be a permanently solidified gap between the planes! Could it be that the past owner of this place opened up the gap?" A fixed transmission channel?"

Shadow Plane.

A non-material plane that Sauron is most familiar with.

He just took a brief look at the space crack in front of him, and he guessed about the general function and reason, and he was sure that the probability of being correct was more than 90%.

This is not arrogance, but his self-confidence!

He has traveled through the shadow plane too many times in the past, and he has lived in the shadow plane for a while.

"Let's go."

Sauron looked up at the sky, and said slowly: "Come back later, it's too dangerous to rush in now."

The Shadow Plane cannot be roamed about.

Because although the shadow plane is connected to the material plane, the environment of the two is not the same, and there may be some ancient and dangerous creatures. When you are active in the shadow plane, you may encounter monsters with a challenge level above the third level at any time, and the ratio of the number of quasi-legendary special lives to legendary level monsters is quite large, much larger than that of the material plane.

And there are shadow dragons in many places!

………………

The two men retreated cautiously, and the camp was almost completed by this time.

Although it is still very crude, after all, it was only a day, and Sauron did not impose any requirements. What he found in the strange jungle today is the focus of Sauron's consideration. The slaves were driven together by the pirates and worked for half a day. They also received some food at the moment. Although it was very rough and low-quality, it could at least fill their stomachs. Sauron was not considered a stingy person. If the slaves were not fed enough, they would not have the strength to work. It was a very simple reason.

The night passed quickly.

Just when Sauron woke up and was about to think about how to explore that weird place, the half-elf first mate with an ugly face walked in quickly and said in a concentrated voice, "Your Excellency! Three slaves escaped secretly last night!"

What! ?

Sauron's face turned livid in an instant.

The first officer of the half-elf noticed his expression, and hurriedly said: "But two of them were caught by us just after they ran out, and the other one fled into the jungle. I have already sent someone to catch him."

"All those who escaped were natives!"

"Your Excellency, I suggest that these natives be put in shackles to work, they are much more disobedient than other slaves!"

Sauron's face was very gloomy.

After hearing what the half-elf first mate said, he shook his head slightly, and then said with a cold expression: "No! Send me an order to prepare two crosses, and crucify the two escaped slaves on them. Right where the gang of slaves worked."

The first mate of the half-elf showed a cruel smile when he heard the words, and nodded immediately: "Okay! Your Excellency!"

"I'll do it right away."

They are pirates.

Pirates are not a benevolent profession, these slaves must be taught to be in awe!

……………(to be continued ~^~)