Chapter 2544: Vista Woodland and Tree Hole

Chapter 2543: Vesta Forest and Tree Hole

As Shade's voice fell, white fog came from all directions, completely covering the circular space. The statue of the ancient god disappeared in front, and a path appeared in the thick white fog in front, with 10 dilapidated wooden signposts on the path.

[Stranger, you have entered the "Space Maze". ]

[Message from the ancient god "Original Rift":]

[Existing space signposts: 10. ]

"Home, Coldwater Port, Xikar Mountain, White River Valley Vineyard, Lighthouse in the Great Swamp, Forgotten Church, Night Spirit Temple, Green Lake Hotel, Green Lake Lighthouse, Moon Bay Dragon Nest."

Shade scanned the signposts, drank the soy milk that was actually milk, and then lifted the white stone crystal in the fog:

"Offer a sacrifice to the Space Maze."

The crystal melted in the fog, and at the same time "she" prompted:

[New information obtained: You can search for new space signposts. Please choose a direction. 】

"Southeast."

After the words fell, the path in the thick fog extended a new distance into the distance, making the originally short path now fifty meters long. In the new area of ​​the path, the rotten road signs that seemed to have been destroyed by time for a hundred years gradually appeared.

After making sure that he had enough items on him, Xia De walked forward and touched the new road sign.

[The original crack will guide you. ]

"She"'s gentle voice fell, and the surrounding white fog quickly dissipated to the surroundings, and the light quickly disappeared.

The new dark space was dry but not stuffy at all. When Xia De's eyes looked at the ancient god statue in front of him, the two-headed statue was lit up and illuminated the surroundings.

It was still the same circular space as other cities, but this time there were scattered debris on the wall.

Because this hidden space leading to the "space maze" is not time-stopping, most of the things in it have decayed, and it seems that they were placed here hundreds of years ago.

Xia De simply packed it up. There were no relics, and only two items could be used.

One was a lantern, but it was not the lantern-style kerosene lamp that he had obtained from the Mansion of Sin, but an exquisite elven-style lantern.

The excellent craftsmanship of the elven craftsmen made the lantern very airtight, so there was even a lot of oil left inside.

The other was a wooden holy emblem, with a large tree painted with white paint.

Shade recognized it immediately:

"The holy emblem of the old god [White Holy Tree], the god of oak, the god of luck? I remember that the [Hermits in the Forest] still believe in this god."

Shade was not unfamiliar with this small group of ring magicians. They had a good relationship with Old John. The [Luck Potion of Oak] and the relic derivative [Empty Bottle Fruit] that Shade had used were all provided by this organization.

The wooden holy emblem did not decay, naturally because it contained miracle elements. But although it contains power, the power it contains is not strong enough, so it cannot be sacrificed to the [Holy White Chapel]:

"Have the members of the [Forest Hermits] ever come here? I remember Old John said that the place where the [Forest Hermits] is located is a forest area in the middle of the Old Continent, so it can't be here."

He carefully checked the holy emblem and the lantern but did not take them away, but left them where they were. Then the life ring emerged from the steam mist behind him, and the [Time and Space] spirit rune flashed with aura to illuminate the wall in the direction of the statue.

The melted wall revealed a hidden passage, and Shade walked out carefully with the sword.

As expected, it was pitch black outside the passage, but now Shade's "dark vision" can see the surroundings clearly.

Take a deep breath, the smell of soil rushing into the nose, scan the surroundings, this is a small space the size of a hallway.

The ground, the surroundings and the top of the head are all paved with exactly the same short rectangular gray-white stone bricks. There is also a torch hanging on the wall on the right, and Shade threw the flame to light it.

The bright yellow flames danced and illuminated the place completely, so Shade was sure that there was really nothing in this extremely narrow space.

Behind him was the brick wall where the hidden passage was located, and not far in front was the spiral stone steps, which were also paved with the kind of gray-white rectangular stone bricks:

"The end of the stairs is so small that it can't be used as a storage room. Therefore, this staircase and this narrow space were built entirely for the hidden passage behind the wall."

[Echoes of the Past] couldn't hear any sound, and [Strong Spatial Perception] told Shade that his current location was underground.

With the map of the Old World and the map of the Vista Woodland area prepared in his hand, he finally determined that this was his destination, and the specific location was in the vast forest outside Vista City/Riverwood Town.

"Is this the basement of the lumberjack's cabin? Or is it the basement of the ancient ruins in the forest?"

Guessing in his heart, he walked up along the spiral stone steps. The narrower stairwell was suffocating, but fortunately he reached the top after just one turn. Perceiving the space again, the height at this time was equivalent to standing on the ground.

At the end of the stone steps was also a brick wall, but after Shade touched it a few times, he found that the wall was actually a door that needed to be opened in a specific way. It could be a key or a spell.

"It looks like a variant of the elven rune lock."

Although Shade didn't have the key, the rune lock here was not as strong as the elven ruins in the "Vulture Mountain Creek" in the Moon Bay area, so he held the [Night Watcher] with both hands and pressed the tip of the sword against the wall:

"[Key to the Door]!"

He turned the long sword little by little with his wrist, and with a series of clicks, the light green ritual array appeared little by little with the point where the sword tip touched the wall as the center. As the long sword turned further, the runes in the ritual array that seemed to be engraved on the surface of the brick wall also wandered and changed positions until all the emerald green runes left the line of the outermost circle of the ritual array.

"Huh~"

Shade retracted the long sword and watched the 4×12 bricks on the brick wall in front of him disappear, revealing a rectangular exit to the outside.

The moonlight had already poured in from the outside at this time. Shade reached out to catch the moonlight, couldn't help but smile, and then lowered his head and walked out of the narrow exit sideways.

Under his feet were the tiles of the ruins that were almost covered by the soil. Looking forward was the forest under the moonlight. The moonlight sprinkled through the gaps in the still lush treetops in early autumn, leaving mottled moon shadows on the edge of the ruins with only half a wall and a few stone bricks.

Although the forest at night was quiet, it was not absolutely quiet. The sound of insects and the rustling of wind blowing through the treetops and grass tips formed a perfect melody.

Turning back and looking behind him, the tall giant tree stood alone in the center of the ruins with only the last trace left. The tree was very thick, and Shade felt that even five of him could not hug it together. But except for standing alone in this small open space, it was not conspicuous in this forest, because there were many such tall and thick trees in the forest outside the ruins:

"I know why the wood of Vista Forest is so famous."

Shade reached out and touched the rough bark of the giant tree he walked out of, and did not feel any elemental reaction. But after using the "Key of the Door" with the [Night Watcher] again, he was still able to open the spiral staircase leading to the underground:

"So this is a tree hole? This time the location is underground in the tree hole, which is really ingenious."

Although he would choose to throw the crystal shoes back home later, he still took a few steps back and remembered the location of the clearing in the forest where the tree was located, the bricks on the clearing, and the half wall.

He then simply checked the surrounding area and determined that the ruins with only floor tiles and half a wall left were completely unworthy of investigation.

"Then, let's go."

Unlike the extremely complex Yuewan area, the terrain near the "Music City" is relatively flat. Although there are a few small peaks, the overall terrain is not very undulating.

So after turning from the ground into a group of butterflies and flying to the top of the giant tree with a hidden tree hole, standing at the highest point of the tree canopy and looking southwest, you can see the lights of the city at the end of the forest.

The name "Ximu Town" is no longer suitable for this "City of Thousand Trees" and "City of Music" which became an important node of the water network after the advent of the steam age due to the invention of steamships. Even if he only saw the distant view of the city lights, Xia De knew that although this place was not as good as Yuewan, it was also a genuine modern city in the steam age.

At least it was much more prosperous than the backward areas of Green Lake City.

It was late at night. After estimating the distance, Xia De did not think about walking to the city, but directly turned into a group of butterflies again on the treetops, and then flew straight towards the city.

Although it was a bit far from the city, Xia De estimated that he would be close to the edge of the city in no more than half an hour if he flew in a straight line in the air.

Because almost the entire city was surrounded by woodlands, there were no large tracts of farmland around Ximu Town. Arriving at the edge of the city was equivalent to entering the city. After all, this was originally just a small town where lumberjacks gathered.

I just thought it would only take some time to get into the city, but as I flew, Xia De felt that the lights in the distance had no intention of approaching me at all.

At first, he thought it was because he had been in the "butterfly swarm" state for too long and had a problem with his brain, but after changing back to human form and resting on the treetop for a while before continuing on his way, he still felt that the distance between the distant lights and him had not changed at all.

Confirming that it was not his illusion, he stopped on the treetop and looked up at the moon above his head, and probably understood that he had encountered trouble as soon as he arrived.

"Isn't it the period of lucky soy milk? Why is my luck so bad?"