Chapter 2391 Sand Sea Worm

The fire continued to wriggle in the moonlight until Granny Sienod suddenly said:

"It's coming."

So the pace of several people unconsciously quickened a little, because the moonlight was getting brighter and brighter, so even from a long distance, Shade had already seen the huge worm lying in the sand sea.

From a distance, it was as tall as a raised sand dune. And when you get closer, you can find that more than half of the body of the sandworm has been buried in the sand.

Shade didn't know whether this thing was dead or not, but it looked like the doomsday monster transformed from the body of Professor Drake sealed in [Disaster Card·Gravel Worm].

Even though the thing is motionless now, just looking at the size of the worm body makes people subconsciously feel fear. And as the group of people approached in silence, Shade also saw the front of the huge worm body, which was indeed a pale head like a giant.

The chin of the head was buried by the sand with silver light floating on it. In the open mouth was a stone door that fit tightly with the mouth, as if the mouth was forced open by the door. Fortunately, the two eyes on this dead head were closed. If they were open, even if Shade was sure that the thing was dead, he would never approach it.

The appearance of the giant worm obviously shocked others, but under Shade's leadership, everyone continued to move forward slowly until they came close to the worm's head.

Miss Knight and Miss Sandel didn't dare to look up at all, and Shade tried not to look at the appearance of the head, but directly put his hand on the other's cold and pale face.

[Dead. ]

"She" gave a very clear exploration result, and Shade was finally relieved.

So he took out a handful of gold rings and a gold crown from the supplies he brought with him - these were found by Granny Siamnod and the others from the ruins. After throwing the precious metals on the ground, a fire lit up with a popping sound, and then the blazing bonfire illuminated the warm and comfortable camp.

Perhaps because Shade used a lot of precious metals this time, the quality of the camp was also very high. The burning bonfire provided warmth for everyone on this cold night. Five soft small mats were placed around the bonfire, and there were two single tents nailed to the sand on the outer edge.

A circle of not very high but very thick wooden stakes surrounded the camp. The upper and lower ropes were wrapped around all the wooden stakes in turn, leaving only the entrance and exit of the camp, which was considered to be the boundary of the camp.

Some of the tired people found a place to rest tacitly, and Miss Knight could sit down easily even wearing armor. She took off her helmet, allowing her pale face to appear under the unusual moonlight.

Even if she was just an ordinary person, she had experienced so many things in this desert and survived. Her resistance to this strange light was basically the same as that of an ordinary ring magician. Five people surrounded the bonfire, and the crackling flames pulled their shadows in different directions.

Mia probably felt the light, so she poked her head out from between Shade's buttons again. The furry cat head appeared on Shade's chest, which looked a little funny, but this time Shade didn't push it back.

After a short rest, Shade, who was in a hurry, was the first to stand up with the help of Shamian:

"I don't know how long the night will last, let's act quickly. You continue to rest here, I'll try to open the door first."

So Granny Siamnod nodded to Shade, Miss Meister just smiled, and Miss Knight and the mermaid girl were still recovering.

The campsite that Shade had set up was right in front of the head, at the edge of the shadow cast by the huge head due to the moonlight. Therefore, it took only a few steps for him to reach the door. The strange and twisted mental interference contained in the insect corpses even made Shade a little dizzy.

He confirmed that the pattern on the old stone door was roughly the same as Miss Sandel's description, and then he took out the prepared "key" to open the door.

"Earth - the statuette sent by Vanessa."

As soon as the cat-shaped clay statue appeared, it really attracted Mia's dissatisfied cry. But before it tried to stretch out its claws, the statuette was pressed against the door by Shade.

The clay statuette was then quietly "swallowed" by the stone door, and the strange patterns on the door were lit up a quarter.

"Moon - flawless moonstone, light - damaged ancient sacred emblem."

The next two items were "swallowed" by the door without any surprise, so the pattern on the door was lit up by three quarters, leaving only the item symbolizing the "sun".

Shade originally prepared Mia, but now that the door was swallowing the symbol, he didn't dare to let Mia go:

"What if the door swallowed Mia too?"

But since he had come this far, Shade couldn't just give up the task, so he looked down at the cat:

"I'll pull out a few of your cat hairs, Mia, will you have any objections?"

As he was about to start, the cat, who seemed to understand Shade's words, immediately struggled, obviously not willing to contribute his beautiful hair.

It was probably really angry this time, and even spit out a few small sparks that were not very threatening at Shade, and then the sparks were slapped away by Shade.

Sparks floated in the cold night wind towards the stone door in the mouth of the huge head. When it touched the surface of the stone door, it was absorbed like the three symbols just now.

So, all the patterns on the door lit up, temporarily interrupting the "play" between Shade and Mia.

The man and the cat turned their heads to look, and saw that in the increasingly bright light, the stone door slowly rose, as if it was retracted into the flesh of the upper jaw of the huge head. And on another slender stone tablet rising from below, beautiful carvings emerged:

[In the 358th year of the Fifth Era, the second Earth Witch of this Era sealed the desert worm here. ]

[After the seal is opened, it can be reactivated by activating the stone tablet. If it is not necessary, you are not allowed to enter or leave the worm without permission. ]

[This dangerous creature is not recorded in the data. Wherever it goes, it is transformed into irreversible desert terrain. After killing it with colleagues, it still contains untreatable pollution sources in its stomach. In order to prevent leakage, it is specially sealed. ]

[Behind the door is a dangerous place. If its pollution effect weakens after thousands of years, you can try to enter it and destroy the pollution source. If you are not accompanied by any Earth Witch, please do not perform this dangerous operation. If you force your way in for some reason, you must go with at least five people. 】

The following records a ritual that requires five people to perform together to temporarily isolate the strange influence in the worm's body.

The great witch who lived in the early Fifth Era did not leave her specific name, but she was undoubtedly a demigod. Only the handwriting she left on the stone tablet, which seemed to be carved with a sword or a knife, still makes Shade, who is also proficient in swordsmanship, feel the pain of being pressed by the tip of a sword.

He tried to reach out and touch the stone tablet, but unfortunately he did not get the reminder of "obtaining the witch's reverberation".

After stuffing Mia back into his chest, Shade looked at the scene behind the stone tablet. There was the inside of the giant worm's body, but it looked more like the entrance of a cave. Nothing could be seen inside the dark passage, and Shade did not feel too strong a polluting force.

He tried to walk around the stone tablet and took a step inside, then retreated after feeling it:

"It is very similar to the power of the worm I saw at Doomsday, but not exactly the same. At least at the entrance, the impact is not very big. Could it be that thousands of years have really wiped out the power of the corpse, or the abnormal light of the sun has dissolved its own ability?"

He did not try to go deep into the worm alone, but returned to the camp outside the door. The companions had seen the door being opened successfully, and Shade explained the contents of the stone tablet to them:

"I suspect that when the Earth Witch fought with this worm, the compass fragments she carried were swallowed by it. Of course, there are other possibilities. But now it seems that we must go into the worm's stomach to take a look."

"The stone tablet says that five people are needed?"

Miss Sandel asked hesitantly:

"Although we do have five people, Miss Knight..."

"The ceremony is very simple. Among the five people, only three are actually responsible for maintaining the ceremony, and the other two are to gather the symbols of the other two corners of the pentagram. In fact, four people can also be, but in this case, the fourth person will have to bear more pressure."

"I'll go with you."

Miss Knight, holding her helmet, took the initiative to say that everyone guessed that she would choose this, so Shade pointed to Granny Siamnod and Miss Meister:

"Then the three of us are responsible for Maintain the ritual. Miss Shandel, you and Miss Knight just follow us. If we can't hold on, we will retreat again. Unfortunately, the seal now only opens an entrance, and we can't break the outer skin of the insect. Otherwise, it might be more convenient for us to enter directly from the tail of the insect. "

"We don't understand the seal of the ancient witch, so let's follow the normal process. Then let's set off now and don't waste time."

The rested old elf said to the people by the fire:

"This ritual requires five people, and we happen to have five people. I never believe in coincidences in this world, and this is really the end of the journey. No matter how many of us can take the "Heart of Oasis" out in the end, this is our fate. So, no matter what happens in a while, remember to take out the "Heart of Oasis" the most important thing. "

"Grandma, don't say that."

The sentimental mermaid girl said, she knew that Grandma Sienod meant that there might be sacrifices.

The old elf shook his head, and everyone stood up from the fire and set off towards the open "giant" head.