I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

Lu Ban felt that this spell was extremely useful.

Xia could simply go to sleep on her own and let the books learn on their own, thus gaining both knowledge and rest.

This is something so many people have dreamed of!

At the same time, Lu Ban also gleaned some details from Xia Ya's words.

For example, the magic of the Night Kingdom is essentially "knowledge" obtained after praying to the gods. This knowledge is like Lu Ban's technique of using a crowbar when he wields the [Holy Sword of Physics], like a spider web wrapped around the cerebral cortex, which can be pulled away at any time.

In the desolate lands of the unknown, knowledge is synonymous with pollution.

Therefore, it is conceivable that before the founder of the Gray Tower developed the magic network, the mages of the Night Kingdom were probably people who had mastered this knowledge themselves. In other words, their minds were probably mostly corrupted, and their mental state became abnormal.

As for ordinary people, it's even less likely that they would master magic.

Therefore, the founder's development of the magic network system, which turned magic into a gift from the gods, was a truly remarkable move.

No wonder Xia respects that person so much.

From this perspective, the Night Kingdom has indeed developed a way to utilize the knowledge of the Silent Land without driving the entire world into madness.

As for the Dry Water Town... the forbidden knowledge has been leaked, and the Sea Clan must have been corrupted by the Black Queen Mother's knowledge and transformed into fish-men, so it's no wonder they have to hide.

But... if the magic network prays to the gods, then who are these gods of the Night Kingdom who generously bestow magic upon humans without significantly influencing their will?

Lu Ban wasn't quite sure.

As he was thinking about these things, he saw three indigenous people wake up and start making breakfast over a campfire.

Breakfast was, of course, insects.

"...I actually have some better-tasting food here."

He pointed to his backpack.

"really?"

After a night's rest, Flameheart, who was dressed in a short outfit, was in much better spirits. It seemed that his Crystal Core Disease was the most severe, and he appeared very tired every time he used his ability. Of course, this also meant that his power was the strongest.

Lu Ban took out a few pieces of compressed dry food from his bag.

"This is...this is a treasure from the old era!"

Giant Wrist recognized what Lu Ban was holding at first glance.

"Let me tell you, hey, I once went to some ruins and opened a warehouse that might have been sealed for hundreds of years. Guess what I found?"

He didn't wait for anyone else to answer and continued speaking on his own.

"It's wine!"

Upon hearing this word, the other two, Yanxin and Jiumeng, both showed expressions of longing.

"Although it has lost its flavor, it was still wine! A gift from a hundred years ago!"

The giant wrist seemed quite proud.

"Of course, there's still this food in the warehouse. I can't taste anything, but it's definitely better than insects."

He took a bite of the worm meat skewered on a stick.

Some of the insect meat was cut into strips and air-dried last night. This morning it had lost its moisture and turned into hard, sticky strips of meat, looking like a reserve food.

After observing for a night, Lu Ban discovered that these people seemed to eat mostly insects.

The insects in the desert hide under the sand and need to be lured out by certain means. After the three people kill them, they can obtain insect meat full of juice and protein.

Chicken flavor, crunchy?

Lu Ban, who had eaten insects, didn't think so.

"You can eat it."

Lu Ban tore open one of the packages, and as soon as he opened the packaging, the unique smell of oil and starch from the compressed rations filled their noses.

"This smells so good!"

The giant arm reached out and took Lu Ban's compressed rations.

“Is it really edible?”

"of course."

Lu Ban finished distributing the compressed rations and watched them eat them carefully.

The expressions on the faces of all three of them turned happy.

"The last time I tasted this flavor was when I had just left home..."

"I shouldn't have eaten this. How am I supposed to keep eating bugs after eating this?!"

"good to eat."

After finishing his meal, the usually taciturn Jiu Meng licked his palm.

Looking at their appearance, Lu Ban suddenly felt a pang of emotion.

In one's own world, at least one doesn't have to worry about food and drink, but in a post-apocalyptic wasteland like this, even compressed rations have become a luxury.

The differences between different places are simply too great.

"Hmm? If I could get to the city in the wasteland, could I use these compressed rations to exchange for many precious things in this world?"

He thought of some scenes from movies, where the protagonist travels between ordinary cities and post-apocalyptic worlds, exchanging ordinary food for various high-tech items in the post-apocalyptic world.

"I have some energy bars here, they taste pretty good, you can keep them."

He then gave everyone an energy bar, a food made from nuts and chocolate that tasted much better than compressed rations.

"I absolutely must keep it."

Instead of opening the giant wristband, he stuffed it deep inside his backpack, much like a kindergarten child who saves the best snack for last.

"What you're doing is generally called 'standing up for trouble,' and it's very likely that misfortune will follow..."

Lu Ban muttered a complaint to himself, then saw Yan Xin immediately open the energy bar and quickly eat it.

"This is so delicious!"

He licked the packaging bag clean, leaving no crumbs untouched.

This person seems to be the type who lives for the moment, enjoying life to the fullest, and will eat anything delicious as soon as possible.

After tidying up the campsite, the group boarded camels.

Although this creature is called a camel, it is actually not the same as the camel that Lu Ban knows. In terms of appearance, it looks more like a hybrid of some kind of lizard and camel, with slippery scales and a distinctive hump.

"We must get there as soon as possible, and hopefully there are no other competitors."

Riding on a camel, the giant arm took out a tattered piece of paper.

"Where to?"

Lu Ban asked directly from behind.

"A ruin. I got this map from a team of wasteland hunters who were wiped out. They were obviously on their way to that ruin, but unfortunately they ran into an accident and by the time I found them, they had turned into mummies."

"I'm not saying anything special," the giant said casually.

"Following the direction of the sun, we could see that ruin on the edge of the wasteland in as little as a day."

Chapter 180 Remains of a Saint

Lu Ban had never been to the desert before.

In his mind, the desert was not a beautiful and magnificent natural landscape, but a dangerous, arid, and forbidden place where disasters could happen at any time.

As a child, he watched documentaries that mentioned scientific expedition members disappearing deep into Lop Nur, and some movies also mentioned quicksand traps, so Lu Ban has always had a psychological shadow on the desert.

Now, the silver desert stretches as far as the eye can see. There is nothing but desert, no buildings, no vegetation, and no other people in sight.

There were no birds in the sky; the world was utterly silent.

In this very world, Lu Ban heard a buzzing sound.

It's like the sound of a metal vibrating under atmospheric pressure; in layman's terms, it's like the vibration felt when a fighter jet's wing cuts through the sky.

The buzzing sound came from ahead, and at the same time, Lu Ban saw a beam of light shooting straight into the sky.

"what is this?"

He asked the VIP next to him.

"It seems that these ruins do indeed contain treasures."

The big shot didn't answer directly, but instead said something quite excitedly.

“That’s the light from the remains of a saint. We need to speed things up. When this light appears, other wilderness hunters will definitely see it. In the wilderness, sometimes humans are more terrifying than monsters.”

"Remains of a saint!?"

Lu Ban pretended to be surprised, but he was actually a little excited inside.

I never expected that this mission would lead me directly to the remains of a saint; it's such a great opportunity.

“Famous people often do not decay after death, but continue to walk on the earth for some reason. We people in the wilderness know very well that the ruins and relics with the remains of saints usually contain very precious treasures.”

"This is what Yan Xin explained from the side."

"Famous person?"

Lu Ban heard a word he had never heard before and became interested.

"Hehe, those are beings we can't reach, and you don't need to pay attention to them. Just know that those who are famous are all saints. There's a saying in the wasteland: 'Below the saints, all are ants.' Those guys crushing you is no easier than crushing an ant."

Excitement gleamed in the giant wrist's eyes.

"Then why are you all so agitated? Shouldn't we be avoiding them?"

Lu Ban was curious again.

“Dead saints are different from living saints. Most dead saints act according to a certain special pattern. If we know their names, we can avoid danger to a certain extent.”

Flameheart explained again.

"Moreover, we have obtained the name of the saint who is stationed here on our treasure map, which means that the people have done a lot of research beforehand."