Don't disturb the sorcerer's scientific research

Chapter 188 The Truth Behind the Dimensional Destruction

It has to be said that Mia's thought process is quite unusual.

Upon seeing the stone wall with murals and inscriptions, her first reaction was, "Is this thing valuable?"

Based on her understanding of cultural relics, she didn't know what kind was the most valuable, but anything with many inscriptions was definitely not cheap.

And what we see before us includes both paintings and words.

These murals, originating from another dimension, are ancient in history, rich in text, and while their artistic merit is uncertain, their rarity and research value are estimated to be considerable.

After realizing this, Mia looked at the murals as if she wanted to peel the plaster off and take it with her.

It's such a waste to come all this way to another dimension and not take away any souvenirs.

Jassi guessed Mia's thoughts.

"Don't even think about it. Not to mention whether we can take it with us, it's hard to say whether we can even pry it off intact. We don't even know what material the wall is made of."

He approached the mural and immediately recognized that the script used on the wall was the same script used by Elizabeth.

No wonder being fluent in a language doesn't work; it turns out it's not even a language from the same dimension.

On the other hand, the sect leader's abilities have such a wide reach that the language left behind in a plane where civilization seems to have completely perished can actually be translated by the Eye of Runes.

How did the sect leader acquire this knowledge?
Another question is, why does Elizabeth use this language? Is she a remnant of this plane?
I feel that even vampires shouldn't live in this kind of environment.

High temperature, high pressure, and lack of oxygen mean you probably won't die; you'll just keep getting injured and healing yourself—pure torture.

Moreover, Elizabeth was unaware of the situation in this dimension.

The memories imprinted in her mind still tell her that this world is her final destination.

What exactly is the relationship between the original vampires and this place?

As the only person present who could decipher the script, Jia Xiu began to try to identify the content of the murals.

The creatures that originally inhabited this area probably had a similar understanding of images as humans; at least they could roughly understand the content depicted in the murals, making them easier to comprehend than the highly abstract sculptures in the square.

The content recorded on the murals is not like the typical art themes of Larvin, which are mainly heroic epics and myths. There are no magnificent miracles, only simple scenes, which seem to be the history of the entire race, stripped of the legendary color, and relatively real.

The basis for inferring that these are relatively true historical facts is that Jia Xiu found the beginning of the mural.

"First, our ancestors."

These images are related and ordered, which is very thoughtful; each image is marked directly in the title.

Jia Xiu believes the content is relatively true because he noticed that the chapter "Our Ancestors" does not contain creationism or anything like that, but instead outlines an evolutionary path.

It's similar to that classic illustration in the textbooks he studied, showing how a monkey gradually grows into a human.

However, the biological ancestors here looked much stranger than monkeys.

Presumably, in their minds, monkeys must be very strange creatures.

"You mean, this thing is their ancestor?"

Upon hearing Jia Xiu read out the title, Mia pointed to the first image on the mural: a lump. Although the quantifier sounded rather impolite, that was indeed the only way to describe the shape—a twisted, tentacle-covered sphere.

Subsequent evolutionary paths did not lead to a humanoid appearance; rather, they followed a completely different evolutionary direction from humanoid organisms.

It evolved towards becoming larger, with more tentacles, and a body closer to a fluid state, until finally, it became a monster from a human aesthetic perspective.

"This is a large-sized slime race that can build houses."

The Radiant Knight squinted at the final image on the mural and gave his understanding of what it was that was closest to these things.

slime.

The slimes in their world aren't round, gel-like, ugly-cute, weak, and adorable things.

Instead, it is much more disgusting. It usually has no fixed shape, and it is hard to say whether it moves by wriggling or flowing. It is mostly accompanied by a pungent odor and is also corrosive or toxic.

While it's not exactly strong, it's definitely not cute.

Are you sure this is what they will look like in the end?

“That’s what they wrote,” Jia Xiu replied.

Gillianis added, "I think they look a bit like elemental creatures, but they're more... well, more free-spirited than the elemental creatures I'm familiar with."

Elemental creatures?

Gillianice's words inspired Jashy, and seemed to make a lot of sense.

This seems to explain why the buildings in this city don't have traditional doors; instead, they have a coating of some unknown material.

Humans can't get through, but elemental creatures might be able to pass through by fusing with them.

By this point, Justina was left with nothing but disappointment regarding this dimension.

If it really is a species similar to elemental beings, even if it is still alive, it probably wouldn't be able to win over believers.

Those creatures, even if they have faith, will only have their own set of beliefs. The gods they follow are basically from the same race, just like the gods of humanoid creatures are generally like human beings.

Jia Xiu continued to deduce the history of this race by examining the annotations and images on the murals, along with a combination of guesswork and speculation.

"They originally lived underground."

"Underground, like the dwarves dig tunnels?" Gillianis, as an elf, remained prejudiced against dwarves and said with great disdain.

"No, they don't need to dig holes. Judging from the description here, they should be able to move directly through solids, so rock formations should be like swimming in water for them."

The more you look at the murals, the more outrageous the descriptions of this race's characteristics seem.

"They feed on some kind of mineral underground. Later, as the underground minerals were being consumed less and less, they began to explore. All their explorations to deeper depths failed, while their explorations to the surface were successful."

The journey from underground to the surface was an incredibly significant moment for this race.

Therefore, the murals have entered a new chapter.

"Second, the birth of civilization."

The process of going from underground to the surface gives me the feeling of a marine creature setting foot on land for the first time.

After reaching the surface, they learned to build houses suitable for their own habitation and no longer limited themselves to eating only minerals, but began to try hunting other creatures on the ground.

It must be said that this digestive system is quite powerful.

They can eat not only minerals, but also animals.

It's just hard to determine the nutritional composition of the animals here.

The animals in the murals were also unlike any animals that Jassiu had ever seen.

Perhaps the animal bodies here are composed of similar substances to minerals.

Later, they learned to raise edible animals, cultivate edible plants, and establish villages. Individuals that split off from a mother organism formed a family and lived together.

Yes, this species reproduces through fission.

Moreover, judging from its appearance, it's a piece that fell off its body; if properly nurtured, it can become a descendant.

Therefore, they can produce offspring rapidly and in large numbers within a short period of time, as long as they need to. It seems that the offspring produced in this way can also inherit some of the mother's knowledge and abilities.

This configuration looks exactly like a species from a novel that would bring disaster. Their reproductive capacity seems even greater than that of the Zerg, and their efficiency in transferring knowledge is also very high.

They are simply the perfect choice to play the villainous race that invades various planes.

As the village expanded and knowledge was passed down from generation to generation, they learned to make more complex tools, explored the fields of physics and chemistry, and, more importantly, discovered something extremely special that existed in nature.

Magical elements.

The "Elemental Tentacles" have officially entered the magical age.

"They actually touched the realm of magic without any guidance or inspiration from the god of magic?"

Upon seeing this, Justina exclaimed in surprise.

In the most common understanding in their plane, humanoid beings are able to obtain magic because of the grace of the god of magic.

All magic depends on the existence of the God of Magic, who is magic itself.

But clearly, this plane is not under the jurisdiction of the god of magic.

The magic system was eventually born.

Jia Xiu said, "Is it possible that humans actually discovered the existence of magic first, and only after learning magic did the God of Magic appear?"

"Um... that's not a good way to put it."

Gillianis was startled by Jashy's words.

Everyone present was one of our own, so it was fine for him to occasionally "say something outrageous," but what if others overheard him?

Originally a god of magic who brought blessings to all living beings, he was said to be a god who "picked fruit" because of magic.

It's hard to say what His loyal followers might do.

"I was just saying it casually, you can just listen casually and guess, it's just for fun."

"Then we can only guess secretly, and it's best not to let outsiders know."

Gillianis reminded.

On the surface, spellcasters still had to show respect and reverence for the god of magic.

Secretly plotting to take his place is a secret matter.

At least make an appearance, create the illusion that everyone is a loyal follower of the god of magic.

Jia Xiu changed the subject, "However, it seems that the way the 'Elemental Tentacles' use magic is quite different from ours."

"Elemental tentacles?"

"This is a name I just came up with, a tentative name. I think the elemental tentacles shouldn't have any objections," Jia Xiu replied.

"The way they use magic is not to call upon the magical elements in the environment to create fluctuations, but to collect the elements into their own bodies as much as possible. It seems that only elemental creatures can do this. When casting spells, they only call upon the elements within their own bodies."

"They really are completely different. But if they do it this way, wouldn't it be a very stupid method? To learn magic, you not only have to master the principles, but you also have to store up enough elements in your body. How many elements can they store?"

As Mia spoke, she recalled the portal.

"Could it be that they have stockpiled enough elements to cast a ninth-circle spell?"

"That shouldn't be the case."

Jia Xiu pointed to the image of numerous elements with tentacles clustered together on the mural and said.

"This is a scene of them casting a spell together. According to what is said above, casting spells together is a very common practice. Large spells rely on the cooperation of many elemental tentacles. In this process, a considerable part of them should be responsible for providing the elements."

"That's good, at least there's one area where they're not as good as us."

In Mia's view, the abilities that this species had mentioned before were almost equivalent to those of a superior species to humans.

They can swim in solid environments, have an exceptionally strong reproductive capacity, and are quite intelligent, enabling them to develop cities that appear to be of a very large scale.

Now there is finally a "drawback": if you rely on a single individual, you can't play magic very well.

"But if they could collectively unleash large-scale spells, even ninth-ring spells, where are they now? Could they really be extinct? Something must have directly led to their extinction."

Mia thought that if some kind of disaster could directly destroy the elemental tentacles, then it might also destroy humanity.

"We may have already seen what caused their extinction."

Jia Xiu looked at the last chapter of the mural and said with a slight surprise.

The last chapter of the mural is titled "Sudden Disaster".

Clearly, these murals were painted when the elemental tentacle race was fighting against a disaster.

Judging from the content of the mural, the elemental tentacles seem to be in a relatively optimistic state.

Although it depicts their massive deaths, the disaster spreading to numerous cities, the destruction of settlements, and the pervasive pain and shadows throughout the entire plane.

However, there were also many images showing them fighting back. No matter how strong their opponents were, they continued to try to fight back actively and believed that they had a chance to win. They even wrote that a counterattack that would change the course of the battle was being prepared.

However, the problem lies with this powerful opponent.

"Have we seen it? Where have we seen it?"

Upon hearing what Jassi said, Gillianis asked.

Actually, she had already guessed it in her heart, because some of the figures on the last few murals looked somewhat familiar, but she didn't want to admit it.

"Demons, Sister Gillianis, is a demon."

With a sigh, Jasmine uttered the word Gillianice least wanted to hear.

"Judging from the murals, the elemental tentacles were ultimately fighting against the demons."

Among the battlefield scenes depicted in the murals, there are many demons with different appearances. Some of them, such as the prominent image of the Demon of the Deep Hell, which Jia Xiu had seen in the literature, also appear frequently here.

Unfortunately, Jia Xiu had never seen most of the demons before, just as he was unfamiliar with the grotesque animals depicted in the murals.

The reason they believe those are also demons is because the elemental tentacles use the same naming format, calling them "So-and-so Demon," which is exactly the same as the way "Deep Hell Demon" is written in this script, with the same suffix.

"No, shouldn't demons only exist in the abyss, hell, and our place?"

Mia was somewhat unwilling to believe this reality.

"How did they get here, and how did they destroy it to this extent? The demons could have been trapped in the northern wasteland by us."

What she couldn't accept was that if the demons could destroy this place, then her homeland...

Before Jasmine could speak, Justina answered directly.

"Demons have also been discovered in other dimensions, but they have never been made public."

"why?"

"Because it's useless to make it public. We can't even get rid of the demons in our own plane. Knowing that they still exist in other planes will only bring more panic."

After hearing Justina's words, Jashu realized why there were so many unfamiliar demons depicted in the murals.

"Then, there's a high probability that the demons who have been locked in a stalemate with us in the northern wasteland are only a small part, perhaps an advance force or even a reconnaissance unit, waiting for the main force?"

(End of this chapter)