Chapter 782 River Town

Hao Ren looked outside the car window and found that the off-road vehicle was driving on a wasteland that looked nothing special. The road outside was rugged. Even an off-road vehicle with good shock absorption performance would be very bumpy when driving on such a road. , but apart from the desolation, he didn't see any difference between this place and before.

However, Hesiana signaled that everyone had arrived at the station. She asked Duncan to drive the car to a high ground in front, and then asked everyone to get out of the car.

"It doesn't look like anything special here." Hao Ren muttered and looked around. This is a small, bare highland. Broken stones can be seen everywhere in the wilderness, and traces of unmelted ice and snow can be seen between the cracks in the rocks. The cold wind of the Arctic Circle blows this place day and night, almost erasing all traces of life. Only a handful of low-growing plants with strong vitality grow among the stone crevices in the leeward direction.

Hesiana just looked up at the sky and said one word: "Wait."

The sun is slowly tilting, and as the sun gets closer to the horizon, two huge shadows gradually extend from behind everyone. Hao Ren turned around and took a look and found that the shadows came from two huge rocks on a small mound not far away. The oblique shadows cast by these two rocks in the setting sun formed a shape like a tuning fork, with a gap between the two shadows. It looks like a straight road of light pointing to the river ahead.

"Another manuscript we found records the rules for entering the 'Secret Realm'," Cassandra explained on the side. "There are seven days per month to enter the Secret Realm. During these days, the brilliance of the setting sun shines on the On the twin rocks next to the river bank, the light and shadow extending out will indicate the way to the secret place. Because the position of the sun is different every time, this 'door' is actually constantly changing its position. And after finding the path We can’t enter directly yet, we still need a bell made by the wizard to shake the water to open the door - the mistress has already got the bell."

"Wizards always like to do such weird things. In certain eras, they strive to make their hermitages very complicated, and the ways to open them are weirder than the last. Sometimes even the owner himself needs to spend some time to open them. It took a long time to open the door to her home," Vivian mentioned what happened that year. "Initially, this was to protect herself from the demon hunters, but soon it became a twisted trend. In order to understand the standard of knowledge and creativity among wizards, I know a guy who failed because the door at home was too complicated: he couldn't open the door when he got home, and the witcher ended up ganking him."

Nangong Wuyue looked at Vivian: "How come you know everyone?"

Lily rolled her eyes: "You might as well ask her why everyone she knew died so miserably..."

At this time, the sun had sunk to the predetermined position, and the path of light cast by the two boulders was projected on the river with the clearest path. Hesiana took the lead in leading the people forward: "Let's go, the road has appeared. "

The group of people came to the river in the direction pointed by the light, and then Hesiana walked directly on the water to the center of the river without stopping.

Although it is cold here, the river is actually not frozen. I don’t know whether it is due to climate reasons or the influence of supernatural forces. The river only has a little bit of thin ice near the shore, so when Hesiana stepped on the water and walked up Lily was stunned for a moment: she thought the other party didn't look at the road.

But soon Duncan and Cassandra followed Hessiana up. The three vampires walked on the water as if they were walking on flat ground. Only then did Lily know that the magical power of the secret realm had taken effect, so she followed them boldly. .

Then he suddenly fell into the river...

The husky girl screamed in fright, jumped out of the water as if she was electrocuted, and a large area below her knees was already wet. Hesana turned her head and looked curiously when she heard the movement: "What are you doing? "

Lily was jumping up and down by the river, her hair standing on end in anxiety: "Isn't it possible to walk on the river? Why did I fall into the water when I walked up!"

"Who told you that the river water can allow people to walk?" Hesiana looked puzzled. "We know the magic of walking on water."

Everyone: "..."

Lily was stunned for a long time and hit Hao Ren's arm hard with her head: "It's my fault that I have a rich imagination. It's my fault that I have a rich imagination..."

"You guys wait by the river." Hesiana waved to the others and went straight to the center of the river. Then she took out a simple copper bell from her arms. She confirmed the position of ringing the bell again, and then Shake the bell gently.

An almost thunderous sound came from the bell unexpectedly!

No one expected that there would be such a movement after ringing the bell, and even Vivian was startled. As the bell rang, waves of waves that were almost visible to the naked eye also spread from Hesiana's feet. This wave caused the river water to tremble violently, and the water surface was pushed out by the invisible air wall in circles of ripples, and then these ripples overflowed. The surface of the river actually extends into the mud and even rocks on the shore. Everything in Hao Ren's sight seemed to turn into water, undulating in circles amidst the ringing of the bells!

He noticed that something began to gradually appear in this violently fluctuating landscape. Some non-existent buildings and trees appeared out of thin air from the wasteland in all directions. A large number of shadowy, house-like black shadows swayed on the river bank. while a large number of ghost-like figures walked back and forth between these houses. Waves of human voices that seemed real and illusory came to his ears - these voices were talking about trivial matters of the day in a European dialect hundreds of years ago. Hao Ren subconsciously opened his translation plug-in and said a few words Sporadic conversations reached his ears, the specific meaning was fragmented, but it sounded like they were discussing the lord.

Suddenly, all the auditory hallucinations disappeared, and the scene in front of Hao Ren became stable.

Everyone looked around blankly, and found that they were still standing by the river. The location seemed to have not changed, but there were many things in all directions that did not exist before: a large number of houses, streets, wooden towers, and an entire town built along the river bank.

Hao Ren looked at the houses that suddenly appeared and found that their style was obviously very old. Most of the houses were a mixture of wood and stone. Among them, wooden trestles extending out in front of the houses along the river could be seen. It appears to have been used to dock fishermen's boats. Most of the roads between the houses are dirt roads. In a few places, you can see paved stone slabs or cobblestones. Black oil lamps are hung on lampposts on both sides of the road.

The entire building complex seems to have been hundreds of years old...or even longer. It looks like a village out of a medieval-style movie.

Lily looked up at the sky and found that the sky had also changed. A thick layer of invisible smoke had enveloped the entire town. The smoke was as if there had been a fire for several days and nights. Thanks to them, the surrounding people were surrounded by smoke. The light became very dim, making these silent buildings look even more eerie and eerie.

"Is this the secret realm?" Hao Ren clicked his tongue in surprise, "I thought... there was only a castle or something else."

Hesiana returned to the team from the center of the river. After hearing Hao Ren's murmur, she smiled: "Because it's a wizard's lair, you think it's a small place?"

"This is a bit too big right now," Hao Ren pursed his lips at the surrounding buildings. "It looks like a town. As a hermit's home, this scale is a bit out of bounds."

"I don't know what happened back then, but it seems that the wizard dragged the entire town into his barrier," Hesiana nodded, "We haven't had time to find out the situation in this town yet. In fact, today is just This is my second time coming here. As Cassandra just said, this secret realm can only be entered and exited seven days a month. Last time I came here, I happened to catch a little tail, and I was ostracized within half an hour of staying here. It's out. So you all should be careful this time: my experience may not be of much help."

Nangong Sanba silently took out the spell-casting materials from his equipment box, began to paste Laita spell cards on the surrounding houses, and poured some pungent-smelling magic oil on the ground and ignited it, and the magic oil burned. Immediately afterwards, a constant pale flame formed. This flame seemed to be completely unaffected by the surrounding wind, and just burned straight. In the light and shadow of the flame, some small shadows seemed to retreat from everyone.

Hesiana frowned immediately after smelling the smell of burning magic oil: "Ahem...what is this?"

"Stabilize the spiritual realm here," Nangong Sanba showed a rare and reliable serious look. His eyes actually glowed white slightly in the darkness, as if the pupils had disappeared, "I saw a large number of spiritual bodies here. Our arrival may have disturbed them."

Lily immediately pulled out her ice and fire claws and flicked them: "I'm not afraid of mere ghosts."

Nangong Wuyue also raised his hand: "I'm not afraid either - I'm an elemental creature and I have no feeling for spirits."

Hao Ren looked at the two of them a little surprised: the famous fish and dog were not afraid at this time.

Nangong Sanba shook his head: "The spirit body itself may not be a big threat, but the structure of this place may be maintained by the spirit body. This space may change after they lose control... It is better to stabilize it."

"Then I'll leave it to you," Hao Ren nodded, then subconsciously rubbed his arms, "Tsk, I didn't feel anything just now, now you tell me why I feel so hairy..."

Hesiana glanced at him sideways: "A person like you is still afraid of ghosts?"

"It's not that you're afraid of ghosts - just think about yourself standing here, surrounded by hundreds and hundreds of invisible guys peeking at you from all angles..."

"Stop talking!" Hesiana immediately rubbed her arms, "I feel hairy too."