Knights of the Wasteland Fortress

Chapter 1 Prehistoric Civilization

[Author's note: This is a preface added at the suggestion of readers. If you are bored with the previous content, you can read Chapter 11 appropriately. The part that really meets the reading habits of web readers should start there. 】

"Clap clap-"

With the clear sound of flapping wings, in the dark underground space, countless black phantom butterflies emitting blue fluorescence flew up.

The silver-haired investigator was startled, hugged his Polaroid camera, and sat on the ground.

"Hey! Are you all right?"

Behind the investigator, an old man hurried over with a cane.

He has a full-coverage closed mask on his face, a dim flashlight on his forehead, and a breathing tube at the back of his neck connected to an oxygen tank on his back, making him look a little scary.

But the silver-haired investigator herself was also dressed in this way, so she patted the mud on her waterproof pants and stood up bouncingly:

"It's okay, I was taken aback by "Phantomtail Butterfly", but teacher, are you okay? We've already walked nearly [-] kilometers underground... When will we reach our destination?"

The girl flicked the Polaroid photo in her hand, looked at the butterfly on it, and stuffed it into the pocket of her coat with some satisfaction.

"'Deep Phantom Butterfly'...you still like to name them so much."

The old man nodded and turned to look at the expedition team behind him:

"You guys are too lacking in exercise! Are four or five big men not as good as your junior sisters?"

"Junior Junior Sister is the third runner-up in the school's 800-meter swimming, who can compare with her!"

"I think if her bust was smaller, it wouldn't be surprising to win the championship..."

Several panting male investigators were whispering, steering all-terrain vehicles, also wearing full-face closed masks.

The girl deliberately pretended not to hear them, and greeted the old man:

"Then I'll go ahead and see what's going on."

After finishing speaking, he ran away bouncing around.

The old man was left alone, stretching out his hand in vain behind her:
"Hey! This is more than 1000 meters underground! Aren't you afraid?!"

The girl went around to the back of the rock where the old man and others couldn't see, stuck out her tongue at them, and made a grimace.

Then follow the rock paintings carved out of ocher in the cave, and continue to walk deep into the tunnel.

"I don't know who painted these murals..."

The girl was thinking while looking up at the petroglyphs with her camera.

She flicked the imaging film in her hand, and then put the more satisfactory ones into the left pocket, and the less satisfied ones into the right pocket.

The girl walked like this, taking pictures of the miraculous scenes along the way.

There are all kinds of creatures here, including transparent praying mantises and snow-white dragonflies, like a huge underground insect kingdom, but there are no plants that can feed them.

The girl walked while waiting for the expedition team behind.

Because there is a lot of luggage, they can't get up quickly.

This expedition to the dark cave more than 1000 meters underground in Antarctica has lasted for almost two weeks, and they still have not found the owners of these petroglyphs and magical creatures.

The morale of the expedition became very low.

There's no internet, no sky in sight, and nothing to entertain you except endless darkness and rocks.

He even finished reading "Anna Catalina" that one of the seniors specially brought in——

You know, he had read the first 50 pages or so for about half a year, but he had already finished reading it in the second week after entering the grotto.

Now he's watching it a second time, and he's still regretting why he didn't bring War and Peace.

While thinking about the anecdote about the expedition team with a smirk, the girl aimed at a flying blue bee and pressed the shutter.

Compared to other members of the cave exploration team, the girl's mentality is quite optimistic.

Because she already liked all kinds of magical insects in the cave, as well as the ocher murals, which were simple and rough, but could be regarded as a long narrative poem.

In addition, before she entered the cave, she prepared a lot of Polaroid photo paper in consideration of leaving sufficient information for the expedition team.

This made her the only person who felt very rewarding during the expedition.

Even her teacher thought their trip underground was a waste of time—

After all, what they need is not an all-terrain off-road vehicle, but a small helicopter!

The girl thought about the teacher's complaints during the meal the night before, and walked towards the depths of the cave with strides that her relatives did not recognize.

However, in the next second, her foot slipped and she suddenly rolled into a piece of light blue moss.

"What's going on... why did it suddenly sink in here..."

The girl rubbed her waist in pain, then raised her head, stunned by the sight in front of her.

Because in the center of a dim space full of blue mushrooms and fluorescent moss, an underground building larger than the Pyramid of Khufu stands there shockingly!
The girl found out the portable laser pointer, and after a simple calculation, she realized that it was more than 400 meters high!
"The Pyramid of Khufu is only 146.59 meters... What the hell is going on..."

The girl looked at the towering underground building in front of her with the help of the pyramid information she retrieved from the outer shell, and suddenly shuddered——

Because she realized that she had discovered the real prehistoric civilization!
This means that the entire history of human civilization will be rewritten by their discoveries!

However, until this time, this talented girl who was only 16 years old at this time has not realized that it is not only the history of mankind that has been rewritten by them——

And now.

And the future far, far away.

(End of this chapter)