Six traces of the dream domain empty city

Chapter 23 The Stone of Life
The Great Elder was unspeakably silent.

"A gun like this..."

"That weapon is called Thunder. It was passed down from our ancestors and has a history of more than 70 years."

"Well, I don't care if it's called Thunderbolt or Lightning, or magma, flowing fire, etc. What I want to say is, is there still such a gun?"

The Great Elder took a deep look at Huang Quan and said, "There are two more, but one of them has no bullets."

"let me see."

The Great Elder took out another box from the box, which contained a single-barreled rifle and, in addition, a revolver.

Huang Quan took the rifle in his hand, disassembled it a few times, and then put it back skillfully.After dismantling and reassembling, the Great Elder, who couldn't stop him, was terrified, afraid that he might break any part.

The manufacture style of this rifle is similarly bulky and cumbersome, with a caliber of over 20mm. Before human beings set foot on the journey of the stars, it will be completely classified into the category of machine guns.Looking at the traces of the bullet groove, the bullets it uses are also larger than ordinary machine shells.

However, the structure of the gun is still a classic bolt-action rifle, and the design is very primitive in the old human era.

Even with such a design, the machining accuracy of the parts is not very good, and there are traces of manual polishing on it.It shows that the mechanical process is not up to standard, and manual correction of parts is required.

But the metal used in the barrel of this rifle was something Huang Quan had never seen before, so he didn't know what its properties were.

Putting down the rifle, Huang Quan picked up the revolver and looked at it again.

The pistol is two laps larger than the famous Desert Eagle in the old man's era, which is inevitable.But the pistol still has bullets, at least five rounds in the reel are full.In addition, it was not placed in the gun case, but in the elder's carry-on backpack.

Huang Quan understood the meaning inside, it was originally to guard against himself.

Without saying anything, he returned the pistol and rifle and asked, "Where is the destination of this migration?"

The Great Elder took out a map and spread it on the table.Facing this map drawn on animal skins, Rao Huang Quan had seen countless complicated high-precision military maps, and was dazzled by the various symbols and colors on them.

The Great Elder explained for a long time before Huang Quan understood the meaning of those symbols.

Some of them represent a particularly tall ancient tree, which is probably used as a landmark, and some are even the lairs of some kind of beast, which probably means danger.In addition, the ups and downs of the terrain are all distinguished by color.

There is also a star map drawn on the map, which is used to tell the direction when necessary.In this rain forest, there are often areas where the magnetic field is disordered, and the compass that indicates the direction according to the natural magnetic field will be useless.

On the map, there are four striking marks.These are the Shinjuku campsites to choose from.

These campsites were gradually explored by hunters in the settlement in the past few years.They have their own characteristics, some are safe, some are close to resource areas and hunting grounds, and the other is simply farthest away, with no signs of ogre activity.Because it is too far away from the settlement, there are still many areas that have not been ascertained.

The Shinjuku camp determined by the Great Elder this time is the farthest place, and there is no way to do it. Ogres continue to erode their living space, so they can only stay away as much as possible.

Huang Quan stared at the map for a long time. This was the first time he observed the world from a broader perspective, and the more he looked at it, the more his heart shook.

He already knew that this settlement was built on the wreckage of a starship, but after a few days of careful observation, Huang Quan was a little disappointed to find that this was just a part of the huge ship, without the brain and various things he wanted most. class recorder.

Now, from the Great Elder's description of the proven terrain, Huang Quan infers that the so-called suitable campsites are all spaceship wrecks!

No matter why the Lost People chose to live in this way, for him, it was another new clue to explore this ten thousand year old fog.

Huang Quan looked at it for a while, and suddenly felt that the new camp was not far from the place where his spaceship crashed, and there were wreckage of the spaceship crash nearby, could it be related to him?

But Huang Quan only vaguely remembered that he climbed out of a mountain or a similar passage. At that time, his consciousness was blurred, all the devices in his body were dormant, and he couldn't distinguish and remember the height and length. It could take a few days, and then he fell into a coma. It is impossible to guess what direction Yao led him and how far he went.

The most deceitful thing about the map in front of you is that there is no scale, and it is extremely individualistic. I am afraid that only the Great Elder himself can understand it.

Huang Quan studied for a long time, but couldn't figure out how far the new settlement was, so he could only ask, "How many days will it take?"

"If you don't encounter an ogre head-on, then you need to walk for ten days. We took our things, children and women, and walked slowly."

And with so many people gathering together to act, even if there are no ogres, they still have to be prepared for all kinds of dangers in the rainforest. For the distance that hunters and warriors can reach in an instant, the tribal people without combat power may be a natural barrier.

Huang Quan frowned slightly: "It seems that the fundamental problem has not been solved. It's too close, and the ogre will come over as soon as possible. Why don't you move closer to the shelter?"

The Great Elder smiled wryly: "There are countless large tribes of ogres gathered around the shelter, so the closer you get, the more dangerous it is. Within a three-day journey around the shelter, it is completely a dead zone."

"And that kind of thing."

"In addition, the stone of life should be planted as soon as possible. Without the protection of the stone of life, we can't last long."

This is also what Huang Quan couldn't figure out the most.

The whole forest seemed to be full of malice, even if he stayed for a long time, he would feel a little uncomfortable.He has experienced countless difficult and harsh terrain environments, and he has never encountered such a situation.

"I want to see the Stone of Life." Huang Quan raised his head and finally said the most important sentence.

"Yes." The Great Elder agreed with only a slight hesitation.

"I thought you'd say no."

"What's the use of refusing? If you want to see it, as long as you kill us, won't you be able to see it?" The Great Elder said bluntly.

"That's right. Originally, I thought that killing people who stood in the way was the easiest way." Huang Quan was very frank. The most important reason was that a small primitive settlement was not worth the effort to lie.

The Great Elder took a deep look at Huang Quan and said, "Then come with me. The Stone of Life is precious, but it is not rare, and its uses are far less than most people imagine. It is indispensable for settlements, but Other than that, there is no other value."

Huang Quan followed the Great Elder all the way down, and finally came to an underground space.

Here is a semi-natural cave, with countless twisted roots hanging from the walls.Seeing the texture and orientation of these tree roots, Huang Quan knew that it was the underground part of the trees with special straight branches outside the camp.

In the center of the cave, all the roots of the trees gather in one place and interweave to form a natural platform.There is actually a small tree growing on the base of the platform, and its roots are directly inserted into the roots of those big trees.

In the middle of the trunk of the small tree, there is a strange crystal inlaid.It was about the size of an arm, and the exposed part was cut into neat prisms, emitting a soft light.

Huang Quan stretched out his hand, bathed in the light like flowing water, and carefully felt it.

"This is Shenghui, not Shenghui." After a while, Huang Quan had a judgment.

The light of the Stone of Life is soft and gentle, not as hot and irritable as Shenghui.But on the other hand, it is far from being as powerful as the real holy brilliance.

If such a large stone of life was replaced by the stone of holy brilliance, even Huang Quan could barely hold it, and he couldn't hold it for too long.For ordinary people, even if they only get close to the holy stone within a certain range, they will die in pain within a few days.

And looking at the straight prism lines of the crystal, Huang Quan knew that it was an artificial creation, and most of its power source came from the original holy stone.

Huang Quan closed his eyes, feeling the impact of the life stone's light on his body.After a while, he opened his eyes and sighed, unable to hide his disappointment.

(End of this chapter)