"Walk!"
Li Yao suddenly stood up and said in a deep voice, "I want to take a closer look at what her so-called 'big road' is!"
Under the leadership of Li Jialing, Li Yao pushed open the door and found himself inside a stalagmite as thick as a giant tree.
The diameter of this stalagmite is at least twenty or thirty meters, with many caves and rooms hollowed out in the middle, and there are spiral staircases outside for walking up and down.
He stuck his head out of the stairs and looked down.
He was at least dozens of meters above the ground, but it was obscured by a layer of hazy fog, making it difficult to see the depth.
Naturally, there is no fog in the underground world.
Li Jialing told Li Yao that these are all kinds of fungus powder.
All kinds of strange mushrooms, weird mushrooms and large swaths of wriggling moss are the main plants in the underground world.
Looking up, dozens of small suns were feebly hanging on the top of the rock, which was about several hundred meters high.
Li Yao estimated that they were some kind of artificially refined long-term stable output lighting talisman array, but no matter how long it lasted, The stable output of these "little suns" cannot withstand the erosion of thousands of years.
Now, these "little suns" seem to be riddled with holes gnawed by moths.
Not only are their lights dimmed to the point of being better than nothing, but there are also mottled black spots on the surface, which looks like Pieces of moldy light cake.
Under the dual effects of the dim light and the flying mushroom powder, the entire underground town No. 10084 was shrouded in a layer of vague and rolling fog, adding a bit of mystery.
The construction of underground towns is more three-dimensional and magical than the cities on the ground.
Mines and stalagmites are entangled together, tunnels and stalactites are intertwined.
Traces of human civilization are constantly expanding in the rock crevices, like vines trying their best to stretch, occupying the entire city.
There is room for everything up and down.
Just looking at the towering stone pillar that Li Yao stood on, there were at least dozens of similar pillars poking beside it, forming the main body of the town.
The stone pillars are connected with thick iron cables.
But I saw many underground people wearing gray cloaks, riding on a giant bipedal lizard with dark red skin, and dexterously shuttled between the iron ropes.
The claws of this bipedal lizard are similar to bird claws and can be easily grasped.
The iron rope is even hung upside down under the iron rope, and with the help of the reverberation of the iron rope, it can jump dozens of meters away.
Often, one can jump from one stone pillar to another in two or three jumps.
People shuttled back and forth between the stone pillars, and the iron ropes were constantly shaken by the red lizards.
The sound of "clattering" was heard endlessly, and another "humming" sound came from all directions, which together formed the main tone of Town No. 10084.
Li Jialing told Li Yao that these red mounts are red lizards, which seem to be the product of genetic modulation and are a type of spiritual beast.
So they appear to be ferocious and ferocious, but in fact they are more docile than cattle and horses.
They are underground people crawling in the three-dimensional town.
High and low, the best helper for moving around.
As for the "humming and chirping" sounds that are constantly coming from all around, it means that rockworms are eating.
This is a town mainly based on animal husbandry.
Breeding rockworms is the source of livelihood for most people.
Rockworms actually don't look like insects. , but a white, fat, pig-like creature, the same It is a genetically modified spiritual beast.
Its digestive system has been specially strengthened.
It lives by devouring rocks, moss and various mushrooms.
It can absorb the nutrients in harsh feed to the maximum extent and convert them into fats and proteins that can be eaten by humans.
Underground world, is a popular staple food.
The five-digit underground towns near this geological zone, such as Area 10084, often focus on breeding rockworms.
Most of the rockworms are not eaten by themselves, but are transported to the upper four-digit towns in exchange for energy. and various industrial products, allowing these forgotten residents on the ground to keep the last spark of civilization alive.
Li Yao strolled around the town, carefully observing the stalagmites, iron cables and details of the streets.
He felt that this medieval-looking town was full of contradictions.
The stone pillar he just stood on was not a purely natural product.
Rather, it seemed that a very advanced civilization first erected hollow steel tubes underground, and then materials such as liquid metal or concrete were gradually laid.
Above, this can ensure that the "stone pillars" that are tens of meters thick and hundreds of meters long have sufficient strength.
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Beside the bumpy streets and pitted tunnels, peeling back the layers of moss and vines, you can see neatly laid out and exquisitely routed pipelines, connecting all the stone pillars together.
It should be some kind of large wired spirit.
Network system, but it could be seen that it had not been used for a long time, and Li Yao did not sense any psychic reaction from the fine crystal lines.
In many places, when the moss is torn away layer by layer, rusty metal walls can be seen.
But when Li Yao used his strength to wipe away the rust one by one, he can see the smooth mirror-like surface, as fine as hair.
There are also rows of square and large characters on the seams of the silk.
Some of the big characters are slogans to remind people, such as "There is a magic circle inside, no one can enter", and others are the designation of the army, such as "33rd Production and Construction Corps", etc., and more characters have been eroded They were completely wiped out, and Li Yao's slightest breath caused them to turn into dust and scatter in all directions.
Li Yao squinted his eyes, found the longest seam, stretched out his index finger, and gently wiped it from top to bottom.
He felt that the hand felt as delicate as silk, without any harshness or stagnation.
If he didn't feel it carefully, he wouldn't have noticed anything.
Such a seam.
This joint is made by joining together two steel plates that are at least tens of square meters.
After countless years of thermal expansion and contraction, stress changes and crustal movement, they are still tightly joined to this extent.
It can be seen that the people who originally built this town have What a developed civilization it has.
"This should have been a very advanced underground shelter originally, right?"
Li Yao patted the moss and mud off his palms and continued to look at the structure up and down.
Town 10084 was full of contradictions like a time tunnel, like a combination of advanced and backward, civilized and wild, artificial and natural, all kinds of contradictions.
Completely different feelings are put together abruptly.
Perhaps the seemingly messy "vines" are the most advanced psychic pipelines in the past; the things that look like stalactites are long-dusted defensive talismans; the super crystal brain that was once used to control the entire underground shelter has been destroyed by millions of people.
Years have eroded it until there is only an empty shell left, being played as a ball by the children who have long forgotten the glory of the past.
"Probably."
Li Jialing said, "Sister Long's statement is similar to that of Brother Yao.
A long time ago, this place was indeed a very advanced shelter or underground base, magic weapon warehouse, etc."
Li Yao folded his fingers, flicked the steel plate, held his breath and listened to the subtle echo, and said, "How could it be like this?"
Li Jialing said: "Sister Long gave me two examples.
The first one is a geological fault.
With the changes of the sea and the years, the older the creatures or civilizations are, the more they will be covered by soil and rocks and gradually fall into the To the depths of the earth.
“If you cut the earth open and expose faults like layer cakes, and then study the fossils embedded in the faults, you will find that the fossils found in the upper layers are younger, and the fossils buried deeper underground are Fossils represent older organisms and even civilizations.”
Li Yao nodded: "That's easy to understand, what else?"
"Also, there's the ocean."
Li Jialing said, "The unfathomable ocean is a three-dimensional ecosystem from top to bottom.
With the changes of sunlight, temperature, seawater salinity, density and pressure, it is actually an ecosystem layer by layer that does not interfere with each other.
Fish living in shallow seawater may In this life, they will never dive to the bottom of the sea to a depth of several thousand or even tens of thousands of meters, and the giant squid living at a depth of tens of thousands of meters will never yearn for the warmth of the sun.
Although they are also marine creatures, the upper and lower layers have long been separated.
This creates two worlds that are inseparable from each other until old age and death.”
Li Yaodao: "What problems can these two examples illustrate?"
"Sister Long said that human civilization has developed for a hundred thousand years.
From the ancient cultivation world 40,000 years ago to today's modern cultivation civilization, it has gradually differentiated into different classes.
Human beings living at different levels have Like fossils formed in different eras, or marine life inhabiting different depths, they have long been people from different worlds.
Even if we don't need to distinguish them as 'real people' or 'original people', this difference is destined to exist. , Turning a blind eye will not solve the problem.”
Li Jialing said, "As early as the ancient cultivation era 40,000 years ago, the erosion of the weak by the strong never stopped for a day or even a second.
The weak who could not resist the strong had no choice but to flee.
“Some weak people fled from the plains to the rugged and barren mountains, and some weak people continued to wander deeper into the ground, and as the strong ones stretched their claws into the ground, they fled deeper and deeper step by step.
“Initially, this escape was sporadic, spontaneous and unsystematic.
“Forty thousand years ago, at the beginning of the Great Dark Age, when demons replaced humans to rule the star sea, those humans who were unwilling to be ruled by demons were the main force in the first large-scale ‘march underground’.
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"When the cruel rule of the demon clan was overthrown ten thousand years ago, the human race launched an extremely bloody revenge killing against the demon clan.
The human race, filled with 30,000 years of hatred and anger, vowed to kill every last demon clan.
So, There was a second large-scale escape underground, and this time the escapees turned into monsters.
"The good times did not last long.
The Star Sea Empire established by the human race had just crossed the threshold of ruling for thousands of years.
It faced the most brutal civil war.
The war swept almost every world.
Countless human races who used to join hands to fight against the demon clan broke up and became life-and-death enemies. , so the third large-scale underground escape ensued.
"The next 10,000 years will be the years of endless bloody wars in the Star Sea.
Places such as Jitian Realm and Tianjixing that must be fought over by military strategists are naturally the center of the war.
Countless people who have lost their homes have fled underground one after another.
It's even less surprising.
"Generation after generation of escapees form the main body of underground residents, and they regard the shelters, military bases, and magic weapon warehouses built by various races and forces in the past dynasties as their new homes.
This is the origin of most underground towns.
"Naturally, the later residents who escape underground tend to live on the shallower surface, while the earlier residents escape underground, their living space is constantly squeezed by latecomers, and they have to continue to flee downwards, slowly settling down.
To the depths of the earth, like here.”