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Chapter 31 Probing
"An 800-year-old shop... Baibao Building... Big Hammer Blacksmith Shop..."

Activate the stealth technique, pass by the monsters calmly, and walk among the ruins.Seeing some buildings that hadn't collapsed and the remaining signboards, Wang Ming couldn't help frowning slightly.

After turning around, he simply climbed up a section of the city wall that hadn't collapsed, and looked down at the entire ruins from a height.

"really!"

Looking down at the entire ruins, Wang Ming couldn't help but be a little surprised even though he had already guessed.

This city is not only similar in scale to Horn City, but even its layout is extremely similar!
Although the Horned City is large in scale, in fact, it can be roughly divided into three levels.The peripheral area belongs to the street market for commercial activities.The inner area belongs to the square area where the common people live.There is also the core area, the city lord's mansion and the location of the altar.

Looking down from a height, this abandoned city is obviously divided according to the city.As for whether there is a city lord's mansion and an altar in the core, it is not clear for the time being.

"Does it really matter?"

Before that, although it was guessed that the two cities were related, they rejected this idea because they were too far apart.

But seeing the same structure at this time, Wang Ming couldn't help but reconsider this issue.

As far as Wang Ming knows, every village has a population limit, once it exceeds the capacity.The extra people will leave the village and venture into the wilderness to find a suitable place to build a new village.

Although the city is more than a thousand times larger than the village, the same principle applies.

Wang Ming couldn't help guessing, could this abandoned city have the same inheritance relationship with the Horn City?
The same scale, the same structure, if not 'father and son', at least 'brothers'.

"interesting."

This is just speculation after all, and it has no practical significance for the time being.Wang Ming smiled, then jumped off the city wall and continued walking through the ruins.

"Skull..."

Walking among the ruins, apart from the broken walls and ruins, you can see some skeletons from time to time.

Unlike the previous Black Iron Tribe, they were attacked by monsters. Although most of the skeletons were incomplete, at least they could see the human form.And in this ruin, there are no complete bones, basically broken bones.

Based on the degree of wear and tear of these bones, combined with the traces of surrounding ruins, this city has probably been abandoned for at least 3000 years!

"Is it also a monster..."

The damage to the city was serious, but if it was a natural disaster, it would be impossible for so many people to die.Moreover, natural disasters will always pass, and those who survive the catastrophe can completely rebuild their homes here.

But those who survived have moved away, and such a mighty city was abandoned here.It can be speculated that it should also be attacked by a monster. Judging from the damage to the city wall, it is still an extremely powerful monster.

A male city similar to Horn City, isn't this city protected by demon gods?In other words, the monsters that destroyed this city are still stronger than their demon gods, so they are not afraid of its breath.

"City of Horns..."

Wang Ming couldn't help but think of Horn City. Maybe one day, a monster stronger than King Hercules suddenly appeared, stomping its feet casually, and Horn City would be destroyed.

"really."

Thinking of this, Wang Ming felt lost again.Sure enough, in this wilderness, there is no such thing as safety, and there is no safe zone that truly belongs to the human race.

If you want to be truly safe, the only way to keep improving your cultivation is to be stronger than all monsters, that is the only way to be safe!
"here……"

Re-firm your beliefs, get rid of those messy thoughts, and focus on the city in front of you.

Such a big city, even if it has been turned into a ruin, there must still be good things in it.

Especially since this city was destroyed by monsters, one can imagine how panicked the people in the city were.Everyone is running for their lives, so there is no time to pack up.

"I don't know what..."

Wang Ming was excited, and then walked into a building. The sign carved on the stone tablet had broken into several pieces, but it could be roughly seen that it was a blacksmith shop.

Back then, in the ruins of the Black Iron Tribe, one could find a black iron short sword. This might be a mighty city similar to the Horned City, and there might be some magical weapons left behind.

"All right……"

But after a while, Wang Ming came out with a look of embarrassment.Nothing but a furnace built of stones, not even a slag of iron!
Thinking about it, after such a long time, even sharp weapons made of hundreds of refined steel have already been completely corroded.

"what about this……"

Too much time has passed, and there are monsters everywhere in the ruins, and the monsters are violent, destroying the place even more ugly.

So although the ruins are large, most of the buildings have collapsed or even been flattened.Wang Ming only picked some that hadn't collapsed, and went in to look for them.

After all, the fact that it can stand still for such a long time shows that this is not an ordinary place.

"nor……"

But unfortunately, after searching for more than ten houses in a row, they still found nothing.

Before he knew it, the sky had completely darkened. Wang Ming frowned and left the ruins temporarily.

There are monsters everywhere in the ruins. Although it is driving stealth, who knows if there is any powerful existence above the physical realm.For safety's sake, Wang Ming retreated to the forest next to the ruins.As usual, spend the night in a giant tree hole.

In the early morning of the next day, Wang Ming walked out of the tree hole and came to the ruins again.

"I can't go on like this..."

After thousands of years of erosion and the destruction of monsters, most of the ordinary buildings in the ruins have collapsed.The remaining ones are basically one or two walls still standing.

Even those strong special buildings, such a large city, are extremely numerous.With Wang Ming alone, searching one by one, when will the search be finished?
And since it is a treasure that can withstand thousands of years of erosion, it is impossible to put it on the surface, and it is likely to be hidden in some hidden places.

Furthermore, even those buildings that have been leveled, who can guarantee that there are no good things buried under the broken bricks and tiles?
"I……"

As an otaku in his previous life, he played various games, but he especially liked some older RPG games, so he couldn't help developing an obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Once you encounter a dungeon, you must go through all the areas, clean up all the monsters, open all the treasure chests, but put even a blade of grass.

If you enter some villages and cities, you must search every jar and cupboard to see if you can find gold coins, medicines, equipment and the like.

As for NPCs, be sure to talk to one side, so as not to miss useful information or side plots.

"Damn..."

Standing in the ruins, Wang Ming couldn't help but feel that even if he let go of every brick and tile, he would feel like he was wrong.But this is a majestic city similar to Horn City. If you search all of them, with Wang Ming alone, how long will you be able to find?
"No! I can't bear it!"

Wang Ming gritted his teeth, he had no choice but to turn on the system directly.

Each time you explore an area with a side length of one meter, ten meters, one hundred meters, one thousand meters, or ten thousand meters, you can obtain an auxiliary skill slot.So far, Wang Ming has obtained a total of five auxiliary skill slots, four of which have been used, and one is still vacant.

"Learn to explore!"

Taking another look at the huge ruins, Wang Ming gritted his teeth and gave an order.

[Acquisition of auxiliary skills-exploration! 】

"Upgrade the detection technique!"

[You have consumed 100 exploration points, and the exploration technique has been upgraded to level 1! 】

(End of this chapter)