The Wheel of Chronos

Xuelun and Tianyang came to the end of the passage and stopped.

This is a double door made of thick unknown metal. The opening method is very ancient, and it is only driven by human power.The two took out their weapons and held them in their hands. They looked at each other, Xue Lun was on the left, and Tian Yang was on the right.

"Safety."

"I'm safe here, too."

The door was completely opened, and the two of them took the first step out of the door and stepped into the midday sun.The sky is blue, the sound of the waves is heard in the distance, the smell of the wet sea is tangy, and there are seabirds hovering above the head.The suddenly bright scene in front of them made the two feel relieved physically and mentally, and then they fell into uncontrollable amazement.

This scene is so beautiful that it takes your breath away, and you even doubt that you have ascended to heaven.

In front of them was a large expanse of green vegetation, growing strange plants that they had never seen before.The ground is covered with vines, and there is a thick layer of fallen leaves between the vines. What is amazing is that the fallen leaves do not turn yellow after falling, but turn greener, as if a thick green carpet has been laid.Surrounded by shrubs that are less than half the height of a person, they look like reeds swaying in the wind.There are tropical common coconut trees scattered in the distance, but there are not many tall trees.

As Xuelun and Tianyang walked on the "green carpet" and changed scenes, the temperature felt around them also changed.The tropical scene is gradually changing into a temperate scene, and tall trees are gradually increasing. It seems that they are not on a steel continent, but have fallen into a large forest.It's just that no animals can be seen in this forest, only plants are growing quietly.

After another three kilometers or so, the temperate zone gradually changed into a cold zone, with dense coniferous forests and fallen leaves on the ground like a fluffy carpet.

Less than two kilometers further forward, the vegetation finally completely thinned out, and all that could be seen were grasslands, frozen soil, and snow.

It took Xue Lun and Tianyang two hours to walk more than 10 kilometers on foot, crossing an entire vegetation zone and entering a vast snowfield that stretches as far as the eye can see.They walked not fast, but walked cautiously, constantly observing the surrounding scene.The climate here is too weird, as if all the climate zones on the earth are randomly stuffed on a land of 60 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the area of ​​France in the old days.They really had no idea what caused the climate anomaly on the Lemuria continent. They could only guess that it might be related to geothermal heat.Under this large piece of vegetation, there are mechanical internal organs that operate at the core of the entire continent. Some of these mechanical internal organs generate a lot of heat, while others are relatively cold, and some places even generate air-conditioning to cool down, which is why there is such a huge temperature difference. .

The sun was in the west, and they walked on the snow field without any traces of artificial buildings. Except for the occasional seabirds that inhabit here, there were no special animals, let alone any people.The strange scene of this continent made them feel at a loss. Along the way, the two of them spoke very little and had almost no communication.

After advancing for about 10 minutes, they finally came to the end of the snow field.The ice and snow gradually melted, exposing the black ground. If you look carefully, there is only a thin layer of black soil floating on the surface. It is not so much soil, but more like ashes after burning some kind of fuel. Below it is a hard metal plate. Stepping on it through the ashes made a strange muffled and scratching sound.On top of these black soils, traces of human habitation finally appeared.

The temperature here is about 15 degrees, so there is no ice and snow, and the terrain presents an upward trend of the hillside. The highest altitude of the hillside should be about 300 meters.Large tracts of houses along the towering hillside, has been piled up to the spire.The spiers of the building show an incomparable magnificence and beauty.These buildings are all made of metal, which is exactly the same material as the ground under their feet.The whole body of this metal is pitch black, and it is probably the most abundant metal resource on the continent of Lemuria. A large number of warships and airships in Lemuria are also made of this metal, which is a kind that humans have never seen before. Metal.

Large areas of buildings seem to be poured directly, and they are integrated with the ground.No, it should be said that the entire building complex built against the mountain was almost all poured in one go, and this construction method is simply amazing.The architectural style of Lemuria is difficult to compare and describe. All the houses are extremely slender, just like the Lemurians.All the buildings are topped with spires, like countless huge black steel swords inserted into the ground, giving people a cold and oppressive feeling.Should it be said that this is very similar to the Gothic architectural style of human beings?But what is very different from the Gothic style is that these buildings have extremely complicated sculptures and figures, which is a Baroque style.

Xue Lun and Tianyang carefully observed the sculptures and figurines. These sculpture styles are not the baroque style that is gorgeous and inherited from ancient Greek sculptures, but rather an abstract art that was popular on the eve of the end of the war. Style, all the carvings look very inexplicable, and the human sculptures also show a strange sense of distortion, asymmetry, without the natural beauty of the human body, and look like corpses that have been hacked by knives and axes.In particular, the sculpture material is not round and smooth stone, which cannot express the fullness and completeness of the human body. These portraits made of dark metal seem to show the sharpest, most hesitant, most desperate, and darkest side of the human heart .

The streets are still empty, and there doesn't seem to be anyone living in these buildings.In order to obtain more information, Tianyang and Xue Lun carefully observed the situation of each building. The doors and windows of these buildings were all welded, and there was no way to get in, even if there were people inside, they couldn't get out, regardless of Doors and windows are not materials that can be seen through. Even Sharon's digital prosthetic eye can't see through this strange metal to observe the internal situation.Therefore, they could only give up and approach the center of the mountain along the street.

"I think, if I fall from a high altitude, I will be stabbed to death on the roofs of these buildings." Tianyang said.

Sharon couldn't help giving her a blank look: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Tianyang smiled and turned to say:

"You can be counted as talking to me, I thought I made you unhappy."

Sharon: "...I'm not unhappy."

"Then what are you thinking about, and you haven't said a word for so long."

Sharon was silent for a moment and said: "Tianyang, I think I may have some kind of connection with the continent of Lemuria."

"Ah?" Even though Tianyang had seen too many strange things, he was also surprised when he heard this.

"Look at the most majestic building on the mountain." Xue Lun raised her finger and pointed to the distance. Tianyang followed her line of sight to watch the past, and then she heard Xue Lun explain:

"That building once appeared in my dream. It is a dark building with a spire, and there is a long step in front of the building, which can make people die. I have had several nightmares, all dreaming that I was climbing that building. A long section of steps, several times very close to the top, but every time the dream stopped abruptly. Also, after the collapse of Westminster Abbey, I was crushed under the rubble, and there was a dreamlike It was a phantom-like experience, as if I heard a voice singing the content of "Bible Revelation" in my ear, and the content of Revelation, now that I think about it, coincides with some places in the continent of Lemuria. For example, the number 24, Lemuria has 24 pillars that go deep into the sea, and 24 elders in white appear in the Book of Revelation. In addition, the throne made of ruby ​​and emerald, the door of the temple, the seven lamps, four Living things, I always feel that they will appear on this continent."

As soon as she finished speaking, they happened to turn into a main road in the town, and countless statues appeared on both sides of the main road, which happened to fulfill her words.Those statues are in groups of four, arranged regularly on both sides of the road in order.They are a statue in the shape of a lion, a statue in the shape of a bullfight, a monster with a human face and a snake body, and a statue of a bird of prey.

"This is...the four living creatures..." Tianyang murmured, at this moment she was already in unparalleled shock.She never dreamed that the things in the "Bible Apocalypse" really appeared on this continent that separated from the earth ten thousand years ago.Could it be that these statues were cast after the return of Lemuria and contact with Christianity?Even Tian Yang himself couldn't believe this statement.

"It's like ancient Chinese Shinto. We seem to be walking on the tomb path to the tomb. These four living creatures are the guardian beasts." Xue Lun said, her words made Tianyang shudder.

They advanced about three kilometers along the [-]-meter-wide main road, and finally came to the steps that Sharon had mentioned.Xuelun stepped up the steps first, and Tianyang followed her up two steps, and suddenly felt something was wrong, she just felt that her brain was bound by something, the more she went up, the tighter her head was bound, like It was because of the Tightening Curse that the pain caused her face to turn pale in an instant, and she had to stop and kneel down on the steps.

"Tianyang?" Xue Lun noticed the abnormality, and hurriedly turned around to help her, "What's wrong?"

"There's something wrong with this step, my head hurts..." Tianyang said in pain, clutching his head.

Sharon was taken aback, but why didn't she feel anything?Could it be that……

"Let's not go up first, come on, I'll help you go back." As she spoke, she set up Tianyang and retreated under the steps.After stepping down the steps, the pain disappeared immediately, Tianyang recovered his breath, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat.

"What's going on, is it a mental attack? Why are you okay?" She asked weakly, as if she was just recovering from a serious illness.

Sharon wiped her sweat with her sleeve, thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps it's because my spirit has already joined with this continent, but you haven't."

"You mean the silver-white door in that passage?" Tianyang said.

"Ah."

"That's weird, that door disappeared as soon as it came into contact with your spirit, would it be the same if I touched that door? Could it be that it can only provide a test of the combination of spiritual power for one person?" Tian Yang sat cross-legged Next, while resting, while thinking hard, he said slowly.

"No, I think that if you touch that door, the result may be very different from mine. Don't forget, you embody the power of faith of the people of the entire empire, which is why you can share part of the time ability .And your power of faith should be incompatible with the spiritual power of this continent, otherwise the continent of Lemuria would not want you to die so much." Sharon said, "That door should be specially prepared for me."

"The other party has figured out that you will definitely pass there, and specially left a door there, so that your spirit can be fused and matched with some kind of spiritual power in the Lemuria continent?" Tian Yang said of himself guess.

"Well, I'm afraid so. The other party didn't predict that I would appear there, but because I appeared there, the door was arranged there. Tianyang, from the moment we entered the mainland , we have been observed all the time. Everything in this continent is very mysterious, and not all of its internal forces are united. I guess that the few people left on the continent should be concentrated in the majestic buildings above the stairs at this moment The female spy once said that Lemuria is not my enemy, but she did not say that Lemuria is not the enemy of mankind."

"Sharon, what on earth are you trying to say? Do you think that you...and the continent of Lemuria..." Tianyang only felt horrified at the moment, the conjecture was so terrible that she couldn't even say it.

Sharon sighed and comforted her, "It's all just guesswork. We won't know the truth until we go up."

"But, how should I go up?" Tianyang was very helpless.

"You stay here and wait for me."

"No! You can't act alone." Tianyang held her back and said firmly, "I will never allow you to act alone."

"Tianyang..."

"Our task now is to find the central control, open the door of the parking hatch, and drive the Goddess of War to the top. You don't need to climb those steps and go into that building." Tianyang said eagerly.

"Tianyang... We have been walking for so long, you should understand where the central control is. Everything in this continent is controlled by spiritual power. It is impossible for us to bypass this place. This is the core zone."

Tianyang was speechless, but he stubbornly held on to Sharon and wouldn't let go.

"Don't worry, I promise you, I will definitely come back. I, Earl of Sunderland, will do what I say." Sharon broke away from her hand, turned and stepped on the steps.

The author has something to say: today's double update, there is another chapter in the evening.