Peach blossoms condensed from mist bloomed around Su Chen and Ah Ke. Under the illumination of the stars in the night sky, they were dazzling.
But behind this beauty, there was endless danger.
The lake seemed to have become a huge black hole, constantly pulling Su Chen and Ah Ke down.
Ah Ke was just about to resist, but Su Chen hugged her and motioned to Ah Ke not to act rashly.
Although Ah Ke was worried about accidents, she still believed in Su Chen and immediately stopped struggling.
The two took advantage of the situation and actively accepted the gravity from the bottom of the lake, letting their bodies continue to sink to the bottom of the lake.
In the lake, there were a lot of bubbles, as if it was filled with carbon dioxide. Under the cover of the bubbles, it was impossible to see the surrounding environment, and even the detection of Divine Senses was completely blocked. The two experts of the Saint Realm were directly reduced to blind.
At this time, if an enemy attacked, they couldn't even effectively dodge or fight back.
But Su Chen didn't show any panic.
He was still very confident in his ability to foresee danger. If there was really a dangerous situation, Su Chen could definitely foresee it in advance.
Time ticked by. After an unknown amount of time, the surrounding lake water finally returned to its tranquil state.
The transparent lake allowed Su Chen to see the surrounding things clearly.
"This seems to be the remains of an ancient city?"
Ah Ke said in surprise.
Half of the ancient city had been buried deep in the mud. Only some eaves and walls could be seen, but it was still possible to recognize that this was indeed an ancient city.
The area of the ancient city was not very large. There were only hundreds of houses, full of ancient charm. Judging from the architectural style, it definitely didn't belong to the same era as the current Spirit Mountain and Jingzhou. It was at least millions of years old, or even tens of millions of years old.
But even if it had been sealed for so long, the ancient city didn't show any signs of damage except that it was buried in mud.
Su Chen urged his spiritual power, rolled up the water, and washed away the mud under his feet, revealing the original appearance of a house.
It was just like a newly built house, perfectly preserved.
Su Chen and Ah Ke looked at each other and walked into the house.
As soon as they entered, Su Chen felt his scalp tingle.
The furniture in the house was also in perfect condition, even …
There was still some well-preserved food on the table.
A pot of meat soup, three side dishes, two pairs of chopsticks …
Separated by the lake, Su Chen could even smell the fragrance wafting over.
"This … is also a multi-dimensional space?" Ah Ke's eyes were filled with deep fear.
As an inspector of the Dragon Cave, she could be considered to be experienced and knowledgeable. However, this was the first time she had seen such a strange scene in her life.
He had never even heard of it before.
"I think so."
Su Chen exhaled a breath of clear air and expelled the lake water from the house. He landed on the stone slabs on the ground and began to search around the house.
It was a very ordinary family of two. They seemed to be newlyweds.
Everything in the house was in its original state. Even the food on the table was fresh. Su Chen tasted it. It was still warm and delicious.
The clothes, furniture, and soft items in the house were all there, but no one was in sight.
"Let's check out the other houses."
Su Chen quickly walked out of the house and cleaned up more than a dozen nearby houses from under the mud.
There were hunters' houses, peddlers' houses, private teachers' houses …
All of them were perfectly preserved, but no one was there. Not even a corpse could be seen.
In a private school, Su Chen picked up a scroll made of animal skin and spread it out.
Su Chen had never seen the words on it before.
But this was not a problem for Su Chen.
After spending a million skill points, Su Chen's reading ability reached the maximum level.
"Hongmeng's Will?"
Just looking at the three big words of the book title, Su Chen showed a shocked expression.
Could it be that this ancient city originated from the Hongmeng Era?
If so, then it was really ancient. It was more than ten billion years old!
When Su Chen was about to continue reading, he suddenly heard some movement from the city.
Su Chen put away the animal skin scroll and quickly went out to check.
When he looked, it was incredible. On the city wall, there were dense water plants growing all over.
No … it was not water plants, it was a skeleton female ghost with long hair!
It was exactly the same as the long-haired skeleton that Su Chen and Ah Ke encountered before.
But this time, it was not one, but hundreds and thousands of them!
Gulp!
Su Chen could not help but swallow his saliva. This was a bit too big.
"What do we do now?" Ah Ke asked.
"If the enemy doesn't move, we won't move. Let's wait and see."
In fact, Su Chen was not sure. If it was just one skeleton female ghost, it would not be difficult to escape, but there were too many of them. They could not withstand it.
Although that was the case, Su Chen could not sit still and wait for death. He directly raised a peach blossom and used the peach blossom shield to condense a flower wall enchantment, enveloping the two of them.
The long-haired skeletons continued to approach, surrounding the two of them. But when they were less than a hundred meters away from the two of them, they gradually stopped.
After looking carefully, Su Chen found that these long-haired skeletons were not only female, but there were also some male skeletons, but they also had long black hair.
Not only that, there were also some skeletons of children of all ages inside.
Su Chen suddenly thought of something and murmured, "These skeletons, could it be that they are the natives of this small city?"
Ah Ke said, "It's very likely. You see, that person's leg is fractured, and in the house we just went to, there was a crutch. Moreover, the number of people and the number of houses are roughly the same."
Su Chen frowned and said, "Maybe they are not hostile, but we trespassed into their home without permission."
With a thought, Su Chen continued, "From now on, we will slowly move out of the city and see their reaction."
"Okay."
When Su Chen and Ah Ke slowly left, the skeletons seemed to understand their intention and opened a passage out of the city.
Sure enough!
The two of them immediately sped out of the city. After a while, they walked out of the city wall.
The skeletons stood on the city wall and looked at each other from a distance, as if … they were sending the two of them off.
However, the scene was extremely quiet and strange. Even though they were already safe, Su Chen still couldn't help but have goosebumps all over his body.
Suddenly, the water around them began to bubble again and quickly surged.
The bubbles lasted for a few minutes before dissipating. When Su Chen saw the surrounding environment again, the ruins of the ancient city that originally stood in front of him had disappeared. Instead, it was replaced by a deep sea full of gold and jewels.
Not only gold and silver, but also all kinds of strange spirit treasures. They were piled up everywhere. There were so many of them that they seemed endless.
It was as if they had entered a huge treasure house.
However, before Su Chen had time to be happy, he suddenly heard a rumbling sound of footsteps approaching.
The sound of his footsteps was like the sound of thunder, causing people to feel fear in their hearts.