Maze Fan: I opened a buffet in the maze

Heavy topics can make people feel depressed for a short time, but fruitful results can quickly cheer them up.

The team's mission objectives this time have been basically completed. The only thing left is to take a look at the ruins corridor on the side of the emerald flower sea.

After passing through the emerald green grassland, the group climbed up an undulating slope and saw numerous ancient black ruins standing scattered among the green grass in the sea of ​​blooming flowers below.

Under the shining blue light from above, it appears lonely, distant and desolate.

"Is this the ruins of an ancient civilization?" Compared to the overly large castles, these fairly normal buildings make people feel like ruins.

Roddy looked at his curious teammates, smiled and shook his head.

"They are just some ancillary buildings. The one in front is the real ruins corridor."

He pointed to a blurry black shadow in the distant grass. If you didn't look carefully, you would think it was a black hill, but its square shape revealed its identity as a building.

"It's still a few kilometers away. Is the ruins corridor so big?!"

Yani clasped her hands and looked forward, complaining that her feet were sore and murmured in shock. Suddenly, she looked down and found that there was a camp at the foot of the high slope!

Some adventurers were coming in and out, leading their horses.

Everyone walked down the slope in confusion and saw a wooden sign that read, "Archaeology Enthusiasts Society - Maze Botanical Garden Branch."

"Hey, hello, are you the new adventurer friends?"

Next to the big horse stable was a green tent with its curtains drawn. A young man wearing a bowler hat and square-framed glasses walked to the door and waved his hand.

"Hello, uncle! Do you rent horses here?" As the team leader, Yani took on the negotiation work.

But the young uncle's face sank, and he whispered blankly, "I'm only 25 years old, am I already considered an uncle?"

"I thought I would become a young man again after not having to bask in the sun in the maze. Could it be that I forgot to bring my razor and didn't shave?"

"Oh, I'm sorry!" Knowing that she had said the wrong thing, Yani smiled embarrassedly.

The young man who was in self-doubt suddenly woke up and introduced himself: "My name is Blegar, I am a member of the Archaeology Enthusiasts Association, and I am currently in charge of guarding the ruins corridor stronghold."

"Due to a shortage of manpower, my colleagues all went to distant places for scientific research, and I was often the only one staying at the base. Over time, I developed a habit of talking to myself."

Seeing the young man's somewhat embarrassed expression, Yani smiled politely: "In other words, we can rent horses here?"

"That's right. We will also provide convenience to our adventurer friends and earn some income at the same time." Blegar nodded. "As long as you record the badge information, you can rent a horse for 20 copper coins a day."

"so expensive!"

Knowing that thriftiness is also a necessary quality for a captain, the girl tried to bargain with confidence!

But after a few rounds of negotiations, he gave in to Bregar's insistence. After all, it was an exclusive deal, so he locked in the price with one sentence.

"I think it shouldn't be called the Archaeology Hobby Club. We should just call it the Labyrinth Horse Team."

Complaining about renting five horses, Yani said with heartache.

Blegar touched the back of his head and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. This is the Guild's rule. Even though we are always asking for money, the cost of archaeological excavations is actually very high!"

“It is the ambition of every one of our members to study ancient civilizations and discover lost skills and secrets!”

He proudly raised his head and stated his family's purpose. He waved goodbye and said, "I have many companions in the ruins corridor. If you have any questions, you can ask them."

Ride the horses that were transported down from the ground. These creatures that are good at carrying things have adapted well to the botanical garden.

There were six people and five horses, and Yani and petite Norma shared one.

Fan Wei, who didn't know how to ride a horse, put on the straps and buckled himself to the saddle, and followed the group fearfully as they rode in the wind on the grassland.

With the help of animal power, several kilometers passed quickly, and the blurry huge black shadow gradually became clear. The time-mottled exterior walls and the wide roof seemed like the masterpiece of a giant.

But as we got closer, we could see that this huge ruin was covered in signs of damage, and there were even many places that had collapsed, with trees poking out from them.

“Whoa—whoa—”

Roddy stopped the horses, and the other horses followed suit.

A huge open arch, connected by carved rock pillars like door frames, welcomes visitors elegantly and majestically. This is the entrance to the ruins corridor.

"Tie the horse here?"

There is a simple horse stable outside the gate, but there is no one guarding it, and many horses stay inside leisurely.

Leaving the horses behind, the team followed the ancient trail, passed through a white stone archway that looked like the ribs of some giant creature, and entered the corridor of the ruins.

What meets the eye is pitch darkness, but when the lighting ball rises, one brightly colored painting after another is revealed.

I don’t know how much time has passed, but the paint of the painting is still intact, as if it were a colorful rock that would never fade.

The painting is rich in colors, but mainly in red, black and gray, creating a depressing and heavy texture.

Fan Wei raised his camera to take pictures, and each mural was like a continuous roll of film.

It begins with countless simple city images, with tall towers rising into the sky and buildings spreading from land to sea and air, forming complex and profound geometric shapes that immediately remind people of civilization.

But the sky above the entire continent was pitch black.

The first huge mural seems like a heavy beginning, foreshadowing something, and what follows are various paintings of different forms.

Most of them are artistic in nature, or record words and symbols that modern humans cannot understand, like fragments of civilization.

After walking for several hundred meters, they came to another huge mural again. The scene changed a little. The sky began to "flow" like sticky tar seeping down.

The overwhelming black liquid flooded cities.

Countless creatures fled in all directions. Huge blue light gates stood everywhere on the earth, and the fleeing teams hid in them.

After this painting, there were a large number of complex paintings, but the style had changed greatly, and it seemed that many new things appeared.

Further ahead, as if representing a critical time point, there is another huge mural across the stone wall.

This painting is like a broken mirror. Each fragment is a different color, but inside is the same damaged earth, with all things and creatures being sucked towards the center of the shattered space.

For the first time, traces of magic seemed to appear in the picture, with some very powerful-looking beings resisting the attraction!

But the result is unknown, and the center of the fragment is still pitch black.

Fan Wei and his companions continued walking. The sound of their footsteps was scattered and silent in the corridors. The moving balls of light passed through the countless painted pictures, giving a dark and psychedelic feeling like a weird kaleidoscope.

"Hmm? There is light ahead!" Norma pointed her finger.

Some people stopped in front of the fourth painting. They seemed to be a group of adventurers and scholars. The combined light sources made the deserted ruins more lively.

"Hello!" The female captain of the opposite adventurer team waved and greeted everyone when she saw them.

This team seems to have a very high-end style. From their clothing, jewelry to their mental outlook, people feel that they are well-educated and not short of money.

This group of adventurers, composed of people like this, probably went deep into the maze out of dreams and curiosity.

"We are friends." Yani said with a warm smile, "Are you guys here to visit as well?"

"There aren't many groups that are free and interested in hanging out here." The tall and elegant female leader smiled and said, "We happen to be one of them."

"Meet the Map and Dagger Expedition Team! Greetings!"

The female captain was reserved and enthusiastic. She wore a clean light leather armor inlaid with metal pieces and a lining made of black gauze. Her chestnut hair was tied up high with a silver hairpin.

"Mysterious ancient civilizations always arouse our curiosity. We met archaeologist Mr. Coro and came to ask for his advice."

"Have you found anything?" Fan Wei, who had been thinking, joined the conversation and asked.

The female captain's eyes lit up, like a curious baby who discovered something new. "Speaking of this, you must come and take a look! Mr. Koro just put forward a point of view that corresponds to the content of this painting!"

Fan Wei looked up and saw that this painting, which symbolized the fourth time period, was a huge and magnificent "pit".

It is located in a twisted space like a whirlpool. Countless tiny people as small as ants are controlling huge machines to build something, one level after another, for a total of ten levels.

The first layer seems to be a fortress where people live; the second layer is a natural area full of water; the third layer is like a rock layer and underground; the fourth layer is made of countless metals...

The layer-by-layer appearance surprised Fan Wei. It was like an artificially built world!

"It's amazing, these unimaginable scenes." An elegant voice came from a middle-aged man wearing a simple coat, a lantern and the same hat as the guy who rented the horse just now.

"Just like gods, artificially building the world!"

"Ancient civilization has used incredible power to condense the miracles that appear before people's eyes!"

The archaeologist pointed upwards with some excitement and said, "I have compared them for a long time and finally I can confirm that this is the record of the ancient civilization building a maze!"

Huh? A maze? Fan Wei looked up again.

The building in the giant pit is... a maze? ! !