Calamity Dance

Chapter 37 Lake Heart Island

The road up the mountain is not smooth, because there is no road like the Volcano Park, the more difficult it is to go up.

Xu Qingquan's disadvantage of having only one arm is greatly magnified when climbing mountains.When climbing, not only can one hand not maintain a good balance, but it is also easy to find a suitable place to start on a too steep road.However, he still uses his brute force and jumping ability to try his best to avoid some places where he is easy to fall.The other three were fine. They played steadily and skillfully used trekking poles, and they looked quite happy.

After a period of climbing, the coniferous forest finally became sparse, and occasionally white snow appeared on the rocks under our feet.Due to the rising altitude, the temperature gradually dropped, and the long sleeves and hats brought by several people came in handy.Not only that, but the air became a little thinner, and the snake team seemed a little out of breath.

Xu Qingquan stood on a big rock and looked down. Before he knew it, they had already climbed half of the mountain, and the beautiful scenery at the foot of the mountain had a panoramic view.The forest spreads outward from the foot of the volcano, and you can even see the shadow of the sea from such a high place.The village I passed by just now has sunk into the woods, and there is no trace of it.

Orianna also climbed up, sat next to Xu Qingquan, took a sip of water and said, "The sea over there is the battlefield of the last naval battle that year. The magma column erupted from the volcano and the overwhelming volcanic ash disrupted Homo sapiens' communication facilities. Homo sapiens without electronic equipment is like a headless chicken, finally defeated by the sun and the moon in the pot."

"I don't know what kind of state of mind the user of the sun and moon in the pot had when he leaned against the volcano and killed the enemy general." Xu Qingquan praised.For a moment, he remembered when he was a child in the orphanage, watching the children kept telling these old stories, the stories of their parents and grandparents.It's just that the former Xu Qingquan couldn't listen to it at all, but now he bears the brunt of standing on this ancient battlefield, defending against brand new unknown enemies.

"Let's rest here for a while, eat something, find a way later, and see if you can walk to the plank road leading to the top of the mountain." Orianna said to Lin and Sanqianying who just came up to rest.

They both nodded and sat down to rest together.

"You said, is it possible that the sun and the moon in this pot are no longer there?" Lin asked suddenly.

"I once thought about this. After all, the defense here is empty. If the treasure house stored by Chixia is stolen, then the magic weapons here are likely to have been taken away. But there is a problem that the magic weapons cast at that time Bingdu has an identity authentication system, and it must be used by specific people. In theory, even if Chixia is taken away, there is no way to use its power, just like ordinary swords." Orianna said a little anxiously.

"I can only go and see for myself now, and it happens to be the time when the mountain is closed again. Except for the guards on shift at the top of the mountain, no one else knows what's going on inside." Sanqianying said.

"There are still guards inside? What if we are not allowed in?" Xu Qingquan became a little annoyed when he heard that there were guards.He doesn't want to rub against people now.

"The guards won't go to the lake to check, and we can't see clearly from the circular mountain pass. And we just go in and take a look, it's not a big problem, it's really impossible to sneak in." Lin curled her lips, feeling Not so much.

The Snake Team briefly repaired for a while, took out the map and headed towards the east foot of the mountain along the ridge.

After walking for a long time, the park at the bottom of the mountain appeared in their eyes, and the path up the mountain must eventually arrive soon.

It was the first time Xu Qingquan saw this park, and it was indeed magnificent.Several tall buildings rise at the foot of the hill, and there is a huge open space that looks like it should be the Park Hotel and reception area.A Noda pool is at the foot of the mountain, connected to the tall building.The pool is clear, it is estimated to be a facility like a hot spring pool.The mountain gate can be clearly seen even at this distance, and if you look carefully, you can see the words "Vosges Volcanic Park" carved out of granite.However, such a park was actually developed and built by tens of thousands of local aborigines in a highly toxic environment, which is really embarrassing.

Going forward, a mountain road with a width of two people appeared in front of the team.The entrance to the mountain road was blocked by guardrails and barbed wire, and there were red letters saying "Forbidden area ahead, idlers are not allowed to enter".

"It seems that the guards are not patrolling here, there is no door, and the barbed wire is rusted." Xu Qingquan walked to the barbed wire, inspected it carefully, and then looked up the path.

"Maybe they didn't expect that the magic soldiers above need to be protected, after all, peace has been too long." Orianna stepped forward and said.With a wave of her hand, the barbed wire melted instantly, and a big hole a person's height appeared.Xu Qingquan was so frightened that he took a few steps back and yelled, afraid of being scalded by the high temperature.

"It's not hot! It just looks like it's about to melt. We'll fix it when we come out!" Seeing Xu Qingquan's embarrassment, Lin smiled and patted him.

"You guys keep doing these magical things, you know I don't understand!" Xu Qingquan was a little annoyed, and glared at Orianna.

Orianna didn't look back, and stepped into the last trail around the mountain first.

This path is built around the mountain, coiling the volcano upwards like a dragon. Although few people are panicking, due to the snow cover, everyone still has no time to look at the scenery under their feet, so they walk with extra caution.

The road was not long, but it took a very long time. Finally, at noon, the Ophiuchus team reached the top of the mountain.

The interior of the crater is larger than Xu Qingquan expected.

Thousands of years of rain and snow fell and accumulated, turning the cooled crater into a huge lake.Because the volcano is only temporarily dormant, and there is still a lot of geothermal heat, the water in the crater does not freeze all the year round like the outside of the mountain.The lake is dark green, and when there is no wind, it looks like a piece of precious jade under the reflection of the sun.Xu Qingquan looked inside, only to see that there was indeed a small island in the middle, but he couldn't quite see what was on it.

"Sakura, you should go and have a look first, no one should be able to see it when you fly in now. Let's watch here so that no one comes in." Orianna said to Sanqianying.

"That's right, why didn't you take me to fly up! It took so much effort to climb up!" Xu Qingquan suddenly thought, couldn't these people all be able to control the power of elements to fly into the air!

"Do you want me to set fire to the woods with fireballs, or do you want to watch a tornado suddenly rise in this bright and clear sky?" Lin slapped Xu Qingquan's head hard and said, "Pig brains, you are so lazy and want to take advantage of it !"

Xu Qingquan rubbed the back of his head, thinking about it, it would be too ostentatious if he used spells, and there is a town outside the park, so crowded, it's hard to avoid being noticed.So Xu Qingquan stopped talking about it.Three thousand cherry blossoms then took off on the wind and flew towards the small island in the center of the lake.

"Could it be rusted? It's been a thousand years." Xu Qingquan was talking to himself while looking at the back image of Sanqianying flying away.

"You can rest assured that the things you make will rot, but the ones made by God will not." There was a hint of irony in Lin's words.

Xu Qingquan snorted, but did not answer.

Sanqianying who arrived at the island in the center of the lake checked briefly, and shouted to the three people standing in the distance, "Come here quickly! Come and take a look!" The voice reached the ears of the three people by the force of the wind.Orianna frowned, and immediately cast a spell to summon a cloud of mist to lift the three of them up, and rushed to the island in the middle of the lake.

Xu Qingquan stood on the cloud and mist, he was so nervous that he didn't dare to move, for fear of falling into the lake.

After a while, the three of them felt the island in the middle of the lake, but the scene in front of them made everyone present grow their mouths.There is a sword box in the middle of the island, standing upright in an open state.It seems that it should have been the place where the sun and moon in the pot were stored.However, there is no precious sword in this sword box at all, only a coniferous branch that can be seen everywhere at the bottom of the mountain!Next to the sword box lay a man in the uniform of the Imperial Guard, already a skeleton.

"It was really taken away! And something happened to the guards!" Xu Qingquan said in panic, clenching his fists, "It seems that it has been a while."

Sanqianying stepped forward to check the condition of the corpse.She was amazed at how decomposed the corpse was.The temperature on the top of the mountain is very low. There are no suitable microorganisms to decompose the corpse, and it is not an environment that is easy to breed bacteria. It will take at least many years for the corpse to rot like this.However, the clothes and pants worn by the corpse were not damaged in any way, even as if they were brand new.The pair of leather shoes are only slightly worn. You must know that the leather military shoes uniformly worn by the Imperial Guard are easily damaged, and they have been criticized for this.

"This branch is freshly picked, and the water on it is still there. The person who took the sword must not have gone far!" Orianna shouted, and at the same time she began to look around to see if there were any suspicious marks around the crater.

"Besides, it wasn't long before the guard died. It should have been eaten up like this!" Sanqianying also told what she had discovered.

"We have been in the mountains all day today. Could it be that they just left before us and we arrived later? This is too bad luck." Xu Qingquan sighed while holding the sword case.

"Do you think the people in the village below know something? If they can see us, they should also see the person who came to get the sword?" Sanqianying stood up and said.

"No, something is wrong, but I can't tell." Orianna frowned, knelt down and drew something casually on the ground, a mess that no one could understand.

"Is there any problem?" Xu Qingquan looked at Orianna and asked.

Orianna didn't answer, still squatting on the ground thinking.Suddenly, a shadow flashed by a rock in the crater, and this scene was captured by Xu Qingquan's keen perception.He immediately stared at the stone and shouted, "Who is there! Don't hide, come out!"

Heiying heard that he had been discovered, and stood up from behind the stone, and he couldn't see clearly from a distance.But his tattered cotton coat reminded Xu Qingquan instantly that this man was the first man who appeared in the village just now!

(End of this chapter)