Many, many years later, when Ilea turned from Little Ilea to Big Ilea, she still clearly remembered that that afternoon, when Grandpa Dean returned to the Oak House alone, he revealed a face he had never seen before. She felt sad and old, as well as the paleness on her sister's face.
¡®Is it the big brother? Although you all smiled and told Ilea: Big brother just went home. But grandpa, you coughed, and my sister secretly cried at night. Ilea secretly heard it. Ilea is not as stupid as the little mushroom head with a runny nose. But big brother is so powerful that everything will be fine. '[]
Little Ilea hid behind the hut, her little cheek resting on her knees and shedding tears quietly, humming a melody softly:
"Walking on the country road, the old cow returning from pasture is my companion, the blue sky holds the sunset on my chest, the colorful clouds are the sunset clothes
This is a gift from her eldest brother. She must remember it for the rest of her life. She will sing it to him when she grows up to be a big Ilea.
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That morning, it wasn't until the elf girl played back the scene secretly recorded with the leaves of the ancient tree of wisdom and rushed to the southern mountains to see the kobold lair turned into a deep spring with her own eyes that the old mage painfully accepted the reality and stood upright. His back hunched for a moment, and the regret of losing his best friend gnawed at his soul.
The next day, the residents of Mordo Town moved north under the leadership of Dean.
There was also a thief on the long road from Mordo Town to Pompeii who was working hard day and night. She only knew that her destination was: Pompeii City, the Mages Association, and Merlin Gandhi. This is what he said.
In fact, none of them could have expected how shocked and proud this person would be when he appeared again.
As for now? No one can tell clearly, not even the Great Seer of the Holy Court of Ilans and the Star Magister of the Mage Association.
Endres is a wonderful and strange world, and the creatures living here are even more diverse and countless. Every moment, countless species are eliminated by the natural law of survival of the fittest and then die. There are also countless species that are either accidental or inevitable. came into this world.
If humans on earth have only discovered 30% of the creatures in the ocean until 2032, then humans living in Endres have not yet understood more than 10% of the creatures on land.
The reason for this result is not only the difference between the development direction of Endres' civilization and the direction of earth's civilization, but also the huge difference in the morphological structure of the two land masses cannot be ignored, just like two Mount Everests plus one. Only half of Mount Tai can compare to a peak of Queltos.
In fact, even on earth, who can be sure that human beings have a deep understanding of the land on which they live? For example, the underground world.
In the corner of Endres continent, thousands of meters deep from the surface, there is such a world.
This is the most outstanding creation of the boundless power of nature. It is like a house with a strange internal space, except that this house is far larger than ordinary people imagine. The highest point of the dome is nearly 5,000 meters above the ground. It is not known what kind of force can support it from collapse. Many shining stones of various colors are inlaid on the dome, like an eternal underground star river, bringing rare light to this dark space.
In the vast and boundless space, which is equivalent to one and a half the Principality of Pompeii, just like the surface world, there are strange peaks, large or small - these are thick or thin stone pillars reaching the dome, and there are streams and rivers all over - this is There are underground springs and underground rivers, as well as canyons and volcanoes formed by crustal movements.
Not to mention the colorful plants and strange animals. Due to thousands of years of environmental selection, most of these plants have evolved into ferns with strong survivability, and some have chosen forms that are short, stout, and have huge leaves.
In order to solve the primary problem of light, animals have shown great prowess. The most typical solution is to equip the eyes with dark vision - such as the shadow leopard; and then have excellent hearing - such as the semi-intelligent caveman; and They have powerful physical senses - such as the shadow lizards known as shadow predators; there are also many who rely mainly on their sense of smell - such as manticores; and there are even terrifying creatures that use mental power as their main means of detection - the evil eye.
Such a world will undoubtedly be vibrant and exciting, and of course intelligent races are indispensable: stubborn and violent dwarves, optimistic and timid dwarfs, cunning and greedy goblins, honest and reckless tauren, the legendary and mysterious Medusa, the vicious and cunning The drow, etc., etc., as for humans? Maybe.
Because the land is smallThere are many ethnic groups, so there is no country here. Different ethnic groups live in the form of tribes or families and maintain their own territories and interests. Also for survival needs, the intelligent creatures here built some cities as places for communication, which is different from surface cities where most of them are only inhabited by a single race. As long as you are willing, in every city here you can find almost all the intelligent races in this underground world to play. Please close your eyes.
On the other hand, this strange world hidden deep underground in Endres is extremely isolated from the rest of the world. Even among the collections of the elves, which have the most comprehensive records of the development history and regional data of Endres, there are only a handful of materials. Ancient animal skin scrolls record fragmentary information about it. To this day, it is almost regarded as a legend.
Correspondingly, the underground races have no understanding of the surface world, but they know after all that there is another world above their heads. However, except for a few races such as the drow who occasionally want to eliminate their ancient blood relatives on the surface, no one has ever thought of climbing to the surface. After all, they have already adapted to the current environment and affectionately named this underground world "Darkness". world".
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In the corner of the dark world close to the east, an underground river less than ten meters wide flows quietly. Within tens of kilometers of the surrounding area, there are large tiles of brown-yellow rocks in the Gobi Desert. Fissures crisscross the surface of the Gobi Desert, decorating it like a large chessboard. This is the most common landform in the dark world.
It stands to reason that in such a large area with a river that is the source of life, it is absolutely inevitable for various creatures to live in it. However, except for the occasional ferns trying to survive in the gaps, no animals have set foot here.
Under the dim light from the colorful galaxy, at the corner of a "7" in the winding underground river, a tall tower stands abruptly. It is said that the tower is actually more like a rock pillar, except for the two-digit pillar at the bottom. The meter-high inconspicuous door opening and the surrounding rings of tower eaves at equal intervals have no features that indicate that this is a tower-like building, not even windows. In the dark and cold environment, this high tower seemed like a haunted house, exuding weirdness and gloominess. The doorway at the bottom of the tower was more like a large open mouth, ready to devour anyone at any time.
Walking into the doorway, the light suddenly dimmed. If the outside of the tower was a little bright because of the stars, the inside of the tower was completely occupied by thick ink. It was so dark that not even a trace of light could penetrate. Even the "twilight vision" was There¡¯s going to be a big discount here too.
Not far from the doorway, an object integrated with the darkness is being placed on the ground. If there is light, it can be clearly seen that it is a human body. The gray robe seems to have been soaked in water and then dried naturally. It was full of wrinkles, and traces of dried liquid could be seen on the surrounding ground. Black hair was scattered on the ground and face. He didn't know how long he had been lying there, but his body was covered with a light layer of dust.
This human body is clearly that of Li Yan, who lost consciousness after detonating an underground undercurrent!
His eyelids bulged slightly, as if he had been in a coma for a century after being drunk. His consciousness returned to his mind. Li Yan only felt extremely severe dizziness and pain covering his head, and every inch of his body was feeling He was sore and sore as a rebel, and he couldn't muster any strength. Even his eyelids could only be barely opened. In fact, in this environment, he couldn't be sure whether his eyelids were open at all. It was dark anyway.
Under the groggy state, even my thoughts cannot function. It is completely blank, so blank that there is no impurity. This feeling is that I know that I have woken up, but I can't think at all. I don't even know who I am and why I woke up. I don¡¯t know, maybe newborn babies are like this.
After a full hourglass hour, his body finally accumulated some strength. Li Yan's already dry lips subconsciously moved slightly, but no sound came out.
But my thinking finally started to turn like a rusty gear that had been dripping oil for a long time, ¡®I¡¯m not dead yet? where is this? ¡¯
Severe pain hit me again, my lungs spasmed and I exhaled a breath, my consciousness fell into darkness again.
But he didn¡¯t hear the faint, staggering footsteps coming from the darkness.