C1342 Ancient Maps
C1342 Ancient Maps
Under the illumination of the firelight, the blue ore emitted a faint blue glow. One could vaguely see that there was something blue and liquid flowing within the ore.
Xia Lei's gaze fell onto that piece of black ore, unable to shift away. He had yet to touch that black ore, but he could already feel the energy that was flowing within this world. He was familiar with that feeling, because he had personally witnessed a similar scene in the City of the Sky. On that gigantic black boulder, blue colored energy tree s grew out and then connected together to form the entire City of the Sky's stones!
Liang Tao was also attracted over. Seeing the black ore in the box, his reaction was the same as Xia Lei's;
The two men stared fixedly at the black ore in the box, giving off the feeling that what flowed within the black ore was not pure energy, but rather a sexy strip lady.
After a full minute, Xia Lei regained his senses, he took out the small black ore in his pocket and compared it with the black ore in the box. He quickly discovered that the small piece of black ore he took out was incomparable to the one in the box. The most obvious difference was that the ore in the box contained blue energy, but the piece he took out didn't have any. This kind of comparison was like comparing coking coal with gangue. Although they were all the same type of ore, their value was completely different.
"How can two spritual ore be different?" Xia Lei broke the silence.
Liang Tao came back to reality, "Isn't this a rule of nature? The higher the quality, the more abundant spiritual energy it contains. For example, the piece in your hand contains very little spiritual energy. "
"Psionic Ability?" Xia Lei said: "Is that the blue energy inside the spritual ore?"
"That's right, that's what we call them, and the name of the blue moon man is also similar. We named it because of the nature of this energy." Liang Tao said.
"What is the nature of this energy?"
"It's amazing. It's hard for me to describe it to you. It's... This kind of energy was like possessing a soul. Sometimes it brings together different species to achieve perfect communication. For example, you and a sheep. The spiritual energy contained in the phosphate rock connects you to that sheep. Then, you will feel that you and that sheep are actually one and the same, and that sheep will feel that it is a part of you, that your thoughts are shared, that you can read the sheep's thoughts, and that the sheep can read your thoughts. " Liang Tao said.
This description stunned Xia Lei for a good few seconds before he regained his senses, "What's the use of this kind of energy?"
Liang Tao smiled bitterly, "This is only what I understand. However, I know that Lan Yue in the sky uses this kind of energy, so the power of a gigantic spaceship probably has a use for spiritual energy."
Actually, Xia Lei knew what the greatest use of this energy was, because he had personally witnessed the Stone Town passing through space and time to bring him here. Then, could passing through space and time be an ability of this kind of energy? Combined with Liang Tao's description, this spiritual energy seemed to be omnipotent. It had aroused his imagination. What kind of energy was it?
Liang Tao said: "Brother, although I told you that I have spent my entire life researching spiritual energy, I indeed do not know much about it. Of course, I've only come into contact with the low quality spritual ore in your hands, and this is the first time I've seen the high quality spritual ore in a box. "
"Is this the reason for you risking your life to infiltrate the Stone Tribe?"
Liang Tao nodded his head, "Yes, looks like it's worth it." He hesitated. "Can you give it to me so I can look at it?"
"Of course." Xia Lei reached out and grabbed the piece of spritual ore that was inside the box. In that instant, countless information gushed into his brain. The information surfaced in his mind. There were sounds, shadows, and fragments of mysterious memories.
His brain was like a computer monitor playing a video from a distant place and time. The video shows dry, desolate planets, torrential rains and massive tsunamis, erupting volcanoes, sunny skies, and forests under clear skies.
The scene changed as a little Lan Long appeared in his mind. It was filled with curiosity about this world. He could feel its pleasure and tension, and everything it had experienced had a strange sensation of being in the same person. It would be best if the Lan Long died of old age, its corpse rotted, and its body turned into nourishment to nourish a tree. The tree grew bigger and taller. As the wind blew through the treetops, the feeling of a gentle breeze caressing his face also formed in his mind...
"Brother?" Liang Tao's voice.
BOOM! Xia Lei's brain shook again as his thoughts were cut off and he returned to reality. Everything that had happened was so real that what had just happened seemed like an illusion.
"Let me take a look." Liang Tao extended his hand out.
Xia Lei placed the spritual ore in Liang Tao's hands, and stared closely at Liang Tao to see his reaction.
Liang Tao kept looking at the small piece of spritual ore and nothing else happened.
Xia Lei secretly thought: "Is that so? Just now, I seemed to have connected with something. It was as if I had turned into a barren planet, went through billions of years, went from desolation to the nurturing of life, and then turned into birds, Lan Long, and trees ? But Liang Tao doesn't seem to have received the information I received. What's going on? Did the spritual ore record all the information I received? it's like an ancient disc? "
He couldn't imagine, nor could he get an answer.
Just then, Liang Tao put the extremely high quality spritual ore into his pocket.
Xia Lei frowned, "What are you doing?"
Liang Tao laughed, "Brother, you promised me that you would give it to me, since it is mine now."
What Liang Tao had just said was "Can you give it to me so I can take a good look?". If he split this sentence into two, to a certain extent, he would agree to give it to him.
"I know you're feeling very uncomfortable, but... I'm not doing it for myself, I'm doing it for the Revolutionary Army. " Liang Tao looked like a scoundrel and revealed a rare air of righteousness, "This high quality spritual ore can help us figure out a way to deal with Lan Yue. It's very important to the Rebel Army, I hope you don't mind. It's useless for you to take this piece of spritual ore, you can only go to the black market to exchange it for money and women. "
"Take it. Stop talking nonsense." Xia Lei said. Although he was a little reluctant in his heart, it was worth it to help Rebel Army deal with Lan Yue.
"Bro, you are a righteous person, I admire you." Liang Tao rubbed his hands together, his gaze moved to the box that held the blue moon coins, "Then, that ? The money? "
"Take them. Just shut up." Xia Lei said.
"I like you."
Xia Lei, "..."
"I will definitely persuade you to join the Rebel Army. Also, I will tell you a secret." Liang Tao pretended to be mysterious.
"What secret?" Xia Lei's gaze had already shifted onto the beast skin inside the box.
"Our leader, Kangtu Nana is a great beauty." Liang Tao raised an Orchid Finger.
"If you say more, I'll take the money." Xia Lei said.
Liang Tao walked towards the chest that held the money. His footsteps were quick, afraid that Xia Lei would go back on his words.
Xia Lei took out the beast skin that was folded extremely nicely, opened it and laid it on the stone platform.
The beast skin was actually a map, and a hand-drawn one at that. It was marked with Chinese characters, as well as the scale shown on the map.
The scale displayed on the map startled Xia Lei. The total area it indicated was six hundred million square kilometers, but the Earth's surface area was only a little more than five hundred million. But in terms of its shape, it was clearly just a part of a continent, like Burma or Laos in Asia.
The map was marked with a red line, extending from the center of the map all the way to the top right corner of the map. In the top right corner was a vast forest that covered an area of almost 100 million square kilometers. Moreover, there was still a portion of it. This map did not completely reveal the entire forest.
In the vast forest, there were two red Chinese characters ? ? spiritual ore.
However, after the "spiritual ore", there was a "?", seemingly uncertain.
Xia Lei muttered in his heart: "Inside the box is an extremely high quality spritual ore, as well as this map. And the age of this map is most likely several hundred to thousand years, could it be a treasure hunt map from the time of the Saint Ray? In such a long time, had anyone ever been to that forest before? Did anyone find the spritual ore? "
At this time, Liang Tao, who had stuffed the money into a bag, walked over. He also saw the beast skin map and was stunned for a moment.
"Fringe Province?" This was the first time Xia Lei had heard of it.
Liang Tao said: "We are standing on the land of the Wasteland Province. This is an ancient map and it is now called Area 51. A thousand years ago, the Fringe Province was the most eastern part of the human territory. " He pointed to the forest in the upper right corner, "Do you see the forest here? This was an area that humans had yet to explore. A thousand years ago, it was called the Dark Forest, but now, it was still called the same name. If the Saint Ray did not die, and the footsteps of the human race did not stop, perhaps we would have already opened up the Dark Forest. "