Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 1426: Zerka Temple (2)

A few minutes later, Lucy saw a badly damaged sculpture. The statue could barely be seen as human-like, but it was not difficult to see that the so-called imperial city guards and human-shaped creatures Moroto spoke of were very different from each other when they were carved into the shape of toes and feet of a flying bird.

The head of the sculpture discovered by the scholar was inscribed with some kind of helmet, so it was impossible to verify Sharif's true appearance.

The outer layer of the sculpture uses some kind of ceramic-like material, but the inner layer is a solid metal. However, after years of wind and rain corrosion, the solid metal had already been covered in mottled rust, and some parts of it seemed to have broken. The sculpture could not be seen as it was, and could only resemble the majesty of its past from its ten-meter-tall broken body.

"Sharif is the symbol of the imperial city guards. They are placed outside the imperial city, forming the pattern of arching the imperial city." As Morodo walked, he introduced the situation of Sulaka.

Mainne smiled and said, "But it is clear that these guards did not protect the Imperial City in the end."

Morodo shrugged and climbed up a low hill. The sandstorm made it difficult for him to walk, and the scholar had to open the protective suit. After a transparent layer of light golden light swept past his body like a stream of water, the strong wind and the steel gravel-like sand in the wind were buffered by the shield, causing negligible impact on Moroto.

The scholar stood on the hill and pointed forward, "Sulaka is here."

Lucy leapt up. The sandstorm had no effect on her at all. Moroto felt a little admiration when he saw that she hadn't even opened her shield. Standing on the mountain, he looked in the direction of Morodo's fingers and could vaguely see the outline of a huge capital city in the sandstorm. Even though this imperial city had been abandoned for a thousand years, one could still feel the majestic atmosphere and the vicissitudes of life that had settled down from the silhouettes of those buildings.

Under Moroto's instructions, the troop passed through a fairly flat ancient imperial road, along which broken Sharif sculptures could be seen. When the group stopped, a stone bridge eroded by the wind crossed the bottomless abyss hundreds of meters wide and landed on the ground on the other side.

"This used to be Sulaka's moat. We found fish-like skeletons underneath." Moroto walked onto the bridge.

Lucy looked down at the bridge. It was dark and bottomless below. Occasionally, a cold breeze blew from below, bringing with it the fishy smell unique to the ground. She frowned and said, "Isn't this river too deep?"

"Underneath it is connected to the groundwater in Sulaka, which has a well-developed water supply system and we have used instruments to detect it. The underground part of the Imperial City is a maze." Moroto turned around and said, "There are underground shelters in Sulaka. We have found several of them. They look like they have been damaged. Some tunnels connect to the underground maze. We believe that some of the imperial city residents who took refuge at that time may have fled underground. They may have been the first Night Demons."

"Furthermore, Night Demons are still roaming around this imperial city."

Halfway through the journey, a fault several tens of meters appeared on the stone bridge. Mainne told Lucy to wait, and he told the soldiers to use tractors and long ropes to erect the cable bridges. While they were erecting the cable bridge, Moroto walked over to Lucy and asked, "Your Highness is so knowledgeable that he even knows about places like the Temple of Zerka. I heard that His Highness is studying the evening of the universe. Could it be that the Son of Twilight of this generation has appeared?"

Morotheus had been on planet Evernight for many years, and he was immersed in his research and knew very little about the outside world. Coupled with the harsh environment of Evernight Star and the inconvenience of communication, there were even fewer exchanges of information. The scholar didn't know about Allen, and if Lucy hadn't come, he wouldn't have heard of it until he got back to Adahua Planet.

Lucy did not hide anything from him and nodded, "I am collecting all the clues about the evening of the universe. To tell you the truth, I almost lived in the Royal Library a while ago." I accidentally saw Grandmaster Gwa's work in many documents. He was the first person to study the imperial city of Sulaka. In the information he recorded, he found a tablet in the Temple of Zerca that recorded the dusk of the universe. That's probably the earliest record we found in Adahua Planet of the dusk of the universe. Unfortunately, for some reason, this earliest record slab didn't bring back our home planet. So I can only personally go there, hoping to find some useful clues. "

"The Son of Twilight actually appeared? I thought it was just a legend."

He shook his head and added, "I have read Master Gwa's works as well. In fact, all of us scholars who have stayed on Evernight have read his works. I know a thing or two about the stone slab that was not retrieved from the Temple of Zekka."

Lucy's eyes lit up. "I'd like to hear more about it."

Morodo smiled bitterly, "I only know a rough idea, but it's far from detailed. Your Highness, don't be disappointed."

He looked at the imperial city on the other side of the bridge and said, "Master Gwa should be the first to find the Temple of Zheka. In fact, he discovered this imperial city. Back then, when we discovered the imperial city, it was not the same as it is now. At that time, the conditions were much worse. The entire imperial city was flooded with sand. We spent a lot of manpower and resources to clear out part of the imperial city."

"As for the temple, Master Gwa had thought about retrieving the recording stone. However, he gave up for some reason, and it was noteworthy. At that time, there was an entire team of 100 people following Master into the temple, but only Master Gwa returned. As for the disappearing party master, do not leave behind any of your research insights, that is, the book that His Highness saw. After he finished writing, Grandmaster Gwa suddenly died, causing the Temple of Zheka to be filled with doubts. Later on, other scholars wanted to continue studying the temple, but now that place was filled with dangers, it was hard to get close to. In addition, Grandmaster Gwa had already left behind a record. At that time, there were no signs of dusk in the universe, so this matter was finally shelved. "Now we are studying the imperial city of Suraka, hoping to deduce the details of the fall of this civilization from the ruins found there, and to dig out the details of the planet's march towards death."

"According to what you said, there should be some sort of power in the temple that could destroy Master Gwa's entire army back then. It could even affect Master Gwa's death. This is not simple." Lucy thought for a moment and then said, "Isn't it self-contradictory that the power prevented the master from bringing the stone slab out, but allowed the master to leave a record of it?"

"Who knows? These things happened a long time ago. The specific situation was long lost in time." Moroto shrugged.

At this time, Mainne walked back and smiled, "Your Highness, the cable bridge has been built."

Lucy nodded and said to Moroto, "Then let's find the truth for ourselves."

A starship staggered out of the thunderclouds in the sky, and the shield on the surface of the starship was on the verge of collapse. When he left the thundercloud, a bolt of lightning struck the shield like a whip. The shield finally disappeared. The lightning whip was partially absorbed by the shield, but it still sucked the starship. It left a pitch black mark on the outer armor. Lightning sprayed out from the gap in the armor of the starship. Several black smoke slowly drilled out and swayed behind the starship like a black flag.

The starship stopped at a relatively stable low altitude. In the control room, Captain Yi Lu hooked the side of the chair with an iron hook and rubbed his head. He then shouted, "Bastard Gold Card, is this your so-called new type of shield? Damn it, this shield is worse than the previous one. Did you spend your money somewhere else?"

After spitting out a string of bubbles, Ralph's golden card held the bridge railing and swayed a few steps before shaking his head, "It must be that Kidd who lied to me. He patted his chest and told me that this new type of shield can even block the main cannon of a warship!"

"Kidd? You actually bought it from Kidd? How many times do you want me to say that those semi-mechanical bastards are vampires? They will suck every drop of blood out of you, you idiot!"

'"Captain, we've received a communication request from our employer," the blonde, blue-skinned Hannah walked over.

Yi Lu made a gesture. Hannah understood and pointed at the empty point in the air. A holographic projection appeared in front of the captain. The projection was a man, but his entire body was covered in a dark red cloak, and even his head was hidden tightly. Obviously, he did not want these mercenaries to know his identity.

Even his voice was processed. When he spoke, his voice was sometimes deep and sometimes hoarse, "Captain Illu, I hope I can hear the good news. Counting the time, you should have noticed the little girl, right?"

The captain waved his hand and said, "There was a small problem. We arrived at planet Evernight slower than expected."

"How much slower?" The man asked.

"It's only five hours."

"What?" "Five hours," the man said angrily. "Then they have already left the base. Damn it, you took my deposit. If you mess it up, I will make you suffer!"

"What's the hurry? As long as they haven't left planet Evernight, we'll complete the mission."

The man sneered, "If you go to the base now, you will definitely be empty. Evernight says it's big or not, but it's small. You can't search the entire planet without ten and a half days. Then let me ask you, do you know where the target is now?"

"I don't know." The captain said as if he was taking it for granted. He leaned forward slightly and said, "Isn't there you? Since you have spent so much money to hire us, you can naturally get the whereabouts of the target, right?"

The man snorted coldly, "I'll give you the target coordinates in five minutes. If I miss it again, I'll have to consider whether someone else can complete the task."

"Understood, noble lord. We will handle it properly."

After the communication ended, Marquis Luo Wen's expression turned ugly as he cursed hatefully, "These idiots might not be able to find them at the beginning. Damn it, if they mess up, I will definitely not spare them."

"Contact Baron Yekka and ask him to locate Marquis Mainne's starship. Give me the coordinates," the Marquis shouted.

"Yes sir." The artificial intelligence brain replied.