Chapter 1408 The Great Temple

Almost at the moment Hao Ren and his party stepped onto the ramp leading to the Great Temple, all the stone giant statues that were originally wandering stopped at the same time, and then the huge, jellyfish-like strange spiritual body appeared on the surface of the sky. There were bursts of light, and the electromagnetic shield created by Vivian before began to make a crackling sound. In the violent energy collision, the electromagnetic shield disintegrated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The Colossus Corps instantly regained their coordination. They seemed to be angered by the intruder's blasphemy and began to rush madly in the direction of the Great Temple. Standing on the ramp and looking around, they saw countless swaying huge figures. The overwhelming momentum destroyed all obstacles in front of them. Countless ancient houses and towers were overturned, and the solid stone floors were trampled into powder. The footsteps of the Colossus Corps swept across the entire city like rolling thunder, even the Great Temple. The entire high ground was shaking slightly.

"The Stone Legion is going crazy!" The hair on Lily's ears stood up and she rushed behind Hao Ren. "Landlord! Are you sure these guys won't get close to the Great Temple?"

Hao Ren didn't say anything for a while, because in fact he was not 100% sure about his guess. When he saw the stone statue soldiers swarming towards him, he just pulled Lorissa and Hesiana, who were a little stunned beside him: "Retreat to the Great Temple first. At least the building looks very solid. Even if the stone statue soldiers continue to advance, we can rely on the walls of the Great Temple to fight with each other for a while."

Hesiana didn't have much experience in dealing with this kind of battle, so she seemed particularly nervous at this time: "Are you reliable? If you weren't reliable, Lady Vivian would be in danger with you!"

"Don't worry, I've dealt with a lot more dangerous things than these things," Hao Ren said with a careless smile, "And even if I can't stop so many stone statue soldiers, I can still bring you all out of this alien place safely. Space—nothing in this world can stop a censor."

"Hey... the tone sounds quite coaxing..." Hesiana muttered to herself, but she still followed Hao Ren and climbed up the ramp of the Great Temple.

The entire central temple is built on a high platform high above the city. Several pyramid-shaped building bodies and rectangular palaces scattered among the pyramids together form this magnificent ancient architectural complex. The high platform on which they are located is not The "natural terrain" is a bone plate on the head of the giant beast Ethos. In this city built on the top of the beast's head, there is no so-called "natural terrain" at all.

This terrain also resulted in a long ramp surrounding the large temple. The countless steps on this ramp are an eye-catching boundary that separates the temple area from the surrounding ordinary urban areas.

The Colossus Corps stopped in front of the ramp, and everything was just as Hao Ren expected.

They gathered more and more at the foot of the Great Temple. The stone statue guards gathered from all over the city almost formed a dark sea under the ramp. These "golems" that were supposed to have no emotions seemed to be furious at this moment. The creatures were furious below, pushing, shaking, and even demolishing nearby buildings to "vent their anger," but in the end, no stone statue crossed even the lowest step of the temple.

"Huh... your guess is quite accurate," Hesiana finally breathed out. She wiped the fine beads of sweat on her face and glanced at the "go" mark on Hao Ren's back. "How's the cat doing?"

"Before, she was kicked by a stone statue and suffered internal injuries, but I gave her some biscuits from the goddess. At this time, the injury was healed, but she was a little depressed," Hao Ren said while turning his head and taking a look. , the cat girl's sleepy silly face was lying on his shoulder, her furry ears hanging down against his face in relief and exhaustion, and when she shook her head a little, she felt itchy on her face. This guy made all kinds of noises when he was awake. , I felt quite peaceful after falling asleep, "Hmm... It seems that the 'medicine' has taken over, and I'm already sleeping soundly."

"Landlord," Lily tugged Hao Ren's arm, "What do you think will be in that big temple?"

Hao Ren raised his head and glanced up. The sandy yellow pyramid at the end of the ramp stood tall and tall. The top of the pyramid pointed straight at a huge whirlpool at the edge of another space, as if it had caused the destruction of this lost city.

"I don't know," he shook his head, "but since we are all here, we must at least investigate the most important places. This city looks like it was destroyed by the red moon, but Vivian is not. I remember what happened here, so our investigation may be the only hope to help Vivian retrieve this memory."

"Aw," Lily nodded and looked at Vivian flying in the air, "bats can really cause trouble for people..."

Without being disturbed by the Colossus Corps, Hao Ren and his party quickly arrived at the gate of the central pyramid of the Great Temple.

Unlike the previous "small" temple, this central temple is obviously better in the selection of materials for its construction. Its door still stands solidly and intact, blocking and guarding everyone like a serious soldier. All the secrets in the Great Pyramid.

Vivian landed and looked around first, frowning slightly: "Why can't you see a single stone statue here..."

"Wouldn't it be better not to be able to see it?" Lily's idea was very simple. "And the landlord said before that the stone statues came from the surrounding temples. This temple in the city center is a restricted area for the stone statues. "

"Even if there aren't those guarding stone statues, there should be decorative sculptures here," Vivian shook her head. "That's the most basic equipment for a temple - at least according to the architectural style of this city, the temple inside is There has to be sculpture.”

"Yes," Lily raised her finger and pointed to the top of a nearby palace, "Look there is a big dog head over there!"

Vivian rolled her eyes at the husky girl: "I'm not talking about that! And it's obviously a wolf head, okay? Don't force other people's normal wolves to be on your side just because you accept that you are a dog!"

Lily: "..."

"No matter what, it's better not to see that kind of stone guard than to continue to be chased and beaten by the other party." Lorissa saw that Lily and Vivian were getting further and further apart, so she quickly interrupted, "This door It seems to be magically reinforced, I might be able to try to break it..."

Before Lorissa could finish her words, she heard a loud "bang" coming from the side, and then the magically reinforced and seemingly indestructible copper gate fell to pieces. Amidst the smoke and dust, Hao Ren He came out with two unused explosive patches: "What did you say?"

Lorissa: "..."

"Ahem, you should get used to it slowly. The landlord's style of solving problems has always been this way," Lily patted Lorissa on the shoulder, "Blow up the problem and it will be fine."

Lorissa continued: "..."

The door had been perfectly cracked by Hao Ren through technical means, and everyone was alert and followed Hao Ren into this ancient temple that had been sealed for thousands of years.

Huo Zhi was very happy that the swaying firelight made the dim temple corridor look particularly eerie, but other than this eerie feeling, Hao Ren and his party did not see any enemies here, or it looked like they might become enemy stuff.

The interior of the temple is majestic, but the furnishings are simple and plain beyond imagination.

This is the largest building complex in the city. From the outside, it has a super high-standard grand shape and scale. However, inside, it is like a simple grotto and lacks decoration. There are no exquisite stone sculptures, no ritual objects inlaid with gems and precious metals, and even the most common daily utensils are rare - after passing several rooms in a row, there are only dusty rock tables and stools. and wooden lamp stands that had decayed for many years. Apart from these "furniture" that could be described as ascetic utensils, not even a single metal vessel could be found in this temple.

Not to mention worshiping gods, the monks living here may even have a problem with normal survival.

However, this was definitely not the case in this large temple at first, because many rooms that were obviously once used by monks could be found in the temple, and Hao Ren soon found several "treasure houses" that had been evacuated.

The reason why it was determined that it was a "treasure house" used to store valuables was because the data terminal found a lot of precious metal dust and several forgotten gems on the floors and walls of those rooms.

This central temple was not so crude from the beginning. It was emptied out.

So who vacated the place?

"The city was destroyed by the red moon, and the moonlight has not dissipated to this day, so it is unlikely that there were any later tomb robbers," Yzaks began to analyze the strange situation in the temple. There are many rooms and the structure is very complex. From what we have searched so far, we can confirm that it was evacuated very thoroughly. Therefore, it should be evacuated by someone who is quite familiar with this place, and it is an organized and planned action. I think it was the residents of this city who did it.”

"Civil mutiny?" Hesiana blinked, "The lower-class people rebelled against the upper-class priests and then robbed the entire temple?"

"It's unlikely. If that happens, the damage to the temple will be much greater than what we see in front of us," Vivian shook her head, "And in the age of mythology, it is impossible for 'mortals' to resist the upper-level priests, even if The upper-level priests are just slaves of the old gods, and the power they possess cannot be resisted by ordinary people."

"Then who 'looted' this temple?" Hao Ren frowned, "And only the large temple in the center was looted. Nothing was lost in the smaller pyramids nearby."

Vivian shrugged: "Who knows——"

As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly showed a puzzled expression and looked up towards the end of the corridor.

"What's wrong?" Hao Ren asked curiously.

Vivian blinked: "I thought I heard someone calling me again just now..."