Chapter 474 The Mystery of the Blood Moon

"Ask the guide."

Thom put down his guide Tanu and patted his face: "Hey, wake up!"

Stimulated by a weak fighting spirit, Tanu slowly woke up.

As soon as he saw the three forked roads and three gates ahead, his face instantly turned pale.

"It's over, it's over... I actually entered the tomb of my ancestors during the blood moon period..."

Bai Pu said calmly: "Tanu, I heard you talking about the blood moon from the beginning... What is going on? When I was outside, I saw the moon, and there was no blood."

"You don't understand. How can you, a foreigner, understand?"

Tanu scratched his head, "This is the experience passed down orally by our tribe... A year is divided into twelve months, with thirty days in each month, and the moon phase goes through a cycle of profit and loss.

"In each reincarnation, the moon phase goes from half moon to full moon to half moon again. There are fifteen days in total. This is a safe period and you can enter the tomb and explore.

"But the moon phase goes from half moon to waning moon and then to half moon, a total of fifteen days. This is the blood moon period! Anyone who enters the ancestor's tomb during this period has never come back!"

What Tanu said was a bit hard to pronounce, but Bai Pu understood.

The moon phase changes in Dou Mo Continent are almost the same as those on Earth. However, the desert people of the Red Sand Tribe of Dou Mo Continent use a calendar for calculating moon phases that is different from the ancient Chinese calendar on Earth.

In ancient China, the new moon (completely dark moon phase) was the first day of the lunar month, and the full moon was the fifteenth day. During this period, it went through the new moon, the first quarter moon (half moon), the full moon, the last quarter moon (half moon), and then the first day of the next month. It's a new moon again, and this is a cycle of reincarnation.

The desert people of the Red Sand Tribe start a month with the first quarter moon, during which they go through the changing processes of first quarter moon, full moon, last quarter moon and new moon.

From the first quarter of the moon to the last quarter of the moon (the first to the fifteenth day of the lunar month), the bright moon phase is a safe period for exploring the ancient ruins of Nasitas, with less danger.

From the last quarter moon to the next first quarter moon (sixteenth to the end of the month), the dark phase of the moon is an absolutely dangerous period. The locals call it the "blood moon" period, as evidenced by the fact that there have never been survivors.

Bai Pu looked at Tanu and said slowly: "Can you look back now?"

Tanu shook his head dejectedly: "You can't go back. During the blood moon, you can only enter, but not exit."

Osana was slightly surprised. When she looked back, she saw a faint red mist appearing above her head at the exit of the spiral passage. Looking at the waning moon in the starry sky through the red mist, it was indeed coated in blood.

This is where the name Blood Moon comes from.

"I have a question..." Thom said, "There is danger during the blood moon, but you also said, Tanu, that there are only one or two days left before the blood moon passes. We only need to survive one or two days in it. Oh my god, the blood moon is over! Can’t we go out then?”

Tanu shook his head: "No, as long as there are living people in the tomb, the blood moon will not end, even after ten days, twenty days, or one month."

Bai Pu pointed to the top of his head: "Tanu should be talking about the red mist above our heads...it seems that these red mist will not dissipate easily."

Osana tried to walk back, her body gradually approaching the red mist, but she felt more and more resistance, as if she had plunged into a pile of cotton. After only a few steps, she could no longer move forward.

"It seems that we can only break into this ruins. Tanu, you are the guide here. Tell me, which door do these three passages lead to? Where should we go?" Thom was not very afraid.

"I have only been here during the safe exploration period. During the safe exploration period, these three doors are open and not closed." Tanu was a little desperate.

"Look at the inverted stone tablet at the top of the gate. There seems to be writing on it." Bai Pu raised his finger and pointed.

Because it is upside down, the inverted stone tablet should have been erected on the side of the gate for outsiders to view.

Tanu rubbed his eyes: "Strange, there are no stone tablets during the safe exploration period."

Tanu himself is also an agile high-level elite profession. Although this template is at the bottom of the high-level spiritual world, he can still climb to the top without the help of others.

Tanu tilted his head and read the words on the stone tablet word by word.

"The inscription says that outsiders must test their courage, strength or wisdom. Only one of the three will be allowed to enter the mausoleum. The door I'm looking at has the name 'Gate of Courage' written on the stone tablet."

"What exactly does that mean?" Tom asked.

"The door to courage requires the courage to face life and death." Tanu said, "The inscription only says this. But the test of courage is here. Do you want to give it a try?"

Thom, Osana and Bai Pu looked at each other.

"Don't worry yet... I've prepared some pathfinder bugs, let's try them out."

Osana took out a transparent jar, with little bits of light shining inside, which was really beautiful.

Bai Pu took a closer look and realized that these pathfinding bugs were like miniature fireflies. Each one was as small as a dust particle, but it could shine. They should be life forms unique to Dou Mo Continent.

They let Tanu back first, Osana opened the jar, drove out the pathfinder bugs, and flew towards the Gate of Courage.

Tom used the fine control of Dou Qi to remotely open the mechanism of the test of courage.

Suddenly, on the stone tablet of the Gate of Courage, there was a sculpture of a hanging monster, and its eyes opened! Two bloody rays of light projected past.

Tsk la la...

There was a burning smell in the air, and where the bloody light passed, half of the scattered pathfinding insects were killed and turned into charred insect corpses, floating down.

"This is...a test of courage to face life and death? A random 50% mortality rate?"

Bai Pu and the four of them looked at each other, feeling palpitated.

No one, not even Tanu, is willing to bet on that 50% chance of good luck.

"Let's try the strength or the gate of wisdom. I think the other two tests may be more suitable." Thom said. He already regretted coming to the ancient ruins of Nasitas.

A test of wisdom, the monster carving poses a question to the intruder. If you can answer it, you can enter; if you cannot answer it or answer it wrongly, you will die.

"The answer to the question... seems more reliable than a 50% chance of randomness," Thom said.

"What if it asks you how many stars there are in the sky?" Bai Pu asked back.

Tom was speechless.

Indeed, there is no limit to the difficulty of the questions, making the test of wisdom a gamble on life in another sense.

Finally, everyone came to the third door, a test of strength.

The inscription on the test of strength is very clear.

"By defeating the gargoyle guarding the gate, you can embark on the path of strength." Tanu interpreted the inscription.

"Just choose it. Rather than betting on luck, I believe in my own strength." Thom tightened his grip on the war stick in his hand.