Monster Collector's Ultra Journey

Chapter 17 Underground Palace
"Found it!" After recording the photos, the explorer did a little research and quickly found the way to enter the temple gate. He fumbled around on the murals for a while.

Soon, the ground in front of the temple receded, and a downward staircase appeared. It was pitch black and no one could see what was inside.

There was a hint of danger in the air, and judging from the dust, no one had been in there for a long time. After all, this was not a place intended for people to enter.

"Do you want to go in?" Looking at the dark cave entrance, the explorer hesitated a little. Human instinct told him that there might be danger inside.

However, as an archaeologist, it would be a real shame if I missed such a good opportunity. I would not be able to sleep for at least three years.

There was no way. Now the explorer remembered that he was a hostage, so he could only turn his attention to Lin Yang not far away. Lin Yang's answer was also very simple.

Whoever doesn’t go will be the grandson.

Without saying anything, Lin Yang just took the lead and walked into the cave. The dust blowing in his face made Lin Yang stunned for a moment, but fortunately, the Silan people were not afraid of these at all.

The explorer behind him was better. He took out a gas mask and put it on. He also handed one to Lin Yang. However, after seeing Lin Yang's Silan face, he took it back embarrassedly.

"As long as I can crack the secret of this island, I will definitely become famous in the archaeological world. My name is Mizutani, and I will thank you in a magazine when I have the chance."

Shui Gu cautiously stood behind Lin Yang and even had the leisure to introduce himself. It seemed that he gradually realized that Lin Yang no longer had any intention of killing him.

Just after the two entered the cave, the entrance behind them suddenly closed. The only remaining light was taken away by the closure of the entrance, and the interior of the cave became pitch black.

"Don't be afraid! This entrance and exit is for residents to enter and exit, and it can be opened from the inside." Mizutani took out a flashlight from his bag and casually glanced at the cave entrance.

It seems that just as he said, he has been studying the civilization on this island for a long time, including the texts and murals here.

Even if you are trapped in an ancient tomb, there is no need to panic. If you are afraid of exploring, what's the point of being an archaeologist?

However, Lin Yang stared at Mizutani's flashlight without saying anything. Not to mention what was in this guy's bag, a person with a flashlight was shrinking behind, and Lin Yang was the first one to disagree.

"what happened?"

"You go ahead."

"Eh? No way! This ancient tomb is so dangerous. If I, a human, walk in front..."

Lin Yang didn't have the patience to listen to the other side's excuses, he just slowly raised his hand. Shui Gu immediately became obedient, walking in front tremblingly, stopping every three steps, for fear of encountering any danger.

In the dark environment, Lin Yang had no choice. If the Slan people had night vision, they would not have been beaten so badly by him before.

In this situation, it is impossible to switch transformations directly, so Mizutani can only walk in front with a flashlight.

As for why Lin Yang didn't take the flashlight himself, the reason was very simple. How could an alien take a flashlight by himself? In this case, it must be because the hostages had arrived.

The two continued to move forward downwards, and based on Mizutani's exploration, they determined that this was a spiral staircase with mechanisms in the pillars and walls beside it, and murals on the surface.

As they walked, Mizutani was also looking at the murals carefully, interpreting the content and roughly understanding how to avoid danger. For a while, nothing happened.

However, the further I went down, the stronger the sense of crisis became. I had no idea how long I had been walking or how big this underground space was. I only knew that it must be extremely dangerous in there.

"Hey, do these murals say how big this underground space is?" After walking around the stairs a few times, Lin Yang asked.

I hope the ancient civilization of this island did not create some deliberately crooked underground spaces. Otherwise, how huge would it be to have a large space and accommodate monsters that are dozens of meters long?

Moreover, in the beginning, King Red was sealed by the aliens sent to Pigmon, so why would there be such a building with obvious traces of human intervention?

"I don't know, but it's at least several hundred meters high. In fact, the God of Disaster was not sealed by the residents here at the beginning. They just built this underground palace."

As they were talking, everyone came to a stone door. There were torches on both sides of the door, but there was no need to light them manually, just shine the flashlight up.

Afterwards, Mizutani turned off the flashlight, and Lin Yang realized that those things on both sides of the door were not torches at all, but crystals that looked like torches and could store light.

"This is the crystal on this island. It served as a light in the past." While introducing, Mizutani fumbled on the door for a while and soon found a switch.

After pressing the switch, the stone door opened. Due to years of disrepair, the opened stone door made a harsh, dull sound and raised a thick cloud of dust.

Fortunately, both of them were well prepared and did not end up in such a mess. Lin Yang remained calm, while Shui Gu waved away the dust in front of him and led the way in.

On the other side of the door is a huge underground palace, which looks like the castle where the devil lives, and there are also bright crystals inside.

Mizutani took out a flashlight and lit up a crystal. Then, as if starting a chain reaction, the crystals were lit up one by one until the entire space was illuminated.

"What a magnificent sight! If I could take these photos out, I would be famous in the archaeological world forever!"

Looking at the magnificent underground palace in front of him, Mizutani shouted excitedly. If there wasn't too much dust below, he would have taken off his gas mask.

It is amazing to say that this palace deep underground still has air circulating, which means there is an advanced ventilation system so that people below will not be unable to breathe.

It can be seen that although this civilization uses traces of human handicrafts, most of its technology was provided by aliens.

That is to say, they were later exiled to another dimension. Otherwise, if this civilization had continued to develop, it would have been very different.

"Hahaha! This is a great discovery!" The excited Mizutani ran straight into the palace and took pictures of the surroundings frantically, wishing he could record everything there.

He even took out some more professional equipment and started recording directly. He also recorded himself as the host and gave a vivid introduction to the situation here.

Lin Yang did not disturb him. Anyway, Lin Yang's goal had been achieved. He could feel that King Red was in this space.

Following his feeling, Lin Yang went deeper into the underground palace step by step. His figure turned into an afterimage and he used high-speed movement to rush to the deepest part of the underground palace.

"That's right! It was me, Shui, who discovered this super ancient relic..." Before he could finish his words, Mizutani saw a high-speed afterimage flying inside.

Suddenly, Mizutani felt that it might be a little unsafe for him to stay alone in such a place, so he hurriedly chased in the direction Lin Yang left.

"Lord Silan! Wait for me!"

As to whether Lin Yang heard his voice, it is unknown. All we know is that in order to catch up with Lin Yang, Mizutani ran at a speed he had never run before in his life.

Soon, Lin Yang appeared in the deepest part of the underground palace, which was also Lin Yang’s destination this time, the place where King Red was imprisoned.

Just as Lin Yang guessed, King Red was imprisoned here, but the way King Red was imprisoned was slightly different from what Lin Yang had imagined.

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(End of this chapter)