Chapter Eighty-Five: The Lost Ancient City

  One month later!

  Under the dim yellow sandstorm, four figures like ants walked with difficulty!

  "What's going on with this sandstorm?" Li Lingqiang struggled to open his mouth to say a word, but ended up swallowing a mouthful of sand.

  "Is this area like this?" Xiao Yuan pressed his cowboy hat down as low as possible, trying to block the sand.

  “……”

  "When can we reach the entrance of the ancient tomb?" Li Ling said with great effort, fighting against the sand.

  "Not far ahead, the entrance to the ancient tomb is just up front. We must hurry through this turbulent storm area as soon as possible. Otherwise, the next round of even stronger storms will be coming soon." Xiao Yuan shouted, grabbing his cowboy hat to prevent it from being blown away by the strong wind and sand.

  "You've got to be kidding! The entrance to the ancient tomb is actually in this weird desert weather, no wonder people can't find it no matter how hard they look." Li Ling shouted loudly, and another mouthful of sand poured into his mouth.

  "There's actually a huge reason for this. Since ancient times, this area has been prone to frequent land shifts and hill movements, not to mention the intense magnetic storms." Xiao Yuan shouted.

  "Magnetic Storm!!!!"

  "Not kidding."

  "Magnetic storm, that's no joke!" Li Ling said quietly to himself, carrying An Qi on his back. The terrain and environment in this area were not suitable for An Qi's weak physique at all.

  Due to the strong wind and sand, no one in the four of them spoke again, but instead struggled forward, every step was difficult, with a face full of sand dust.

  After walking for more than an hour without stopping, I finally arrived at a mysterious ancient city.

  This mysterious ancient city, located in the midst of raging sandstorms, is still able to remain unburied, its miraculous nature leaving one speechless. The most astonishing thing is that the sand dunes actually circle around this ancient city! It's as if this ancient city has a natural barrier shielding it from the sandstorm.

  "This ancient city is definitely the work of Earthlings." Li Ling stared at the storms that were swirling around the ancient city, and was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

  "Who did it?" An Jing asked.

  The entrance of this ancient city is a huge gate made of piled-up rocks, which looks like the arched gates of the Roman Colosseum from its appearance.

  After the four entered this mysterious ancient city, the wind and sand were gradually blocked by some strange buildings, and the wind speed also slowed down.

  Li Ling patted the sand off his body, spat out the sand from his eyes, ears, nose and throat, and said: "The environmental conditions in this area are indeed among the worst in the world. However, it's fortunate that we're inside this ancient city, so we won't be affected by the storms outside."

  "The environment here is so harsh because the magnetic field here is very different from elsewhere, resulting in a magnetic vortex that causes the storms to always revolve around the ancient city." Xiao Yuan took off his cowboy hat and patted the sand on it.

  "The magnetic field is different from elsewhere? I seem to understand why the climate in this area is so bad." Li Ling patted his forehead, as if suddenly enlightened.

  "Yes, someone once came here with a compass to explore the way, but as soon as they entered this storm area, all the compasses kept spinning, so from ancient times to now, no one has been able to reach here." said Xiao Yuan.

  "If it weren't for Anjing's guidance, we wouldn't have made it here." Xiao Yuan looked at Anjing with a smile.

  Quiet and without a smile, she descended solemnly from Li Ling's back and returned to this place, seemingly nostalgic. It seemed that the familiarity here was like her hometown.

  Quietly gazing at those buildings, as if recalling the past, his expression turned gloomy.

  "Moved to sorrow by the scenery."

  "It can't be helped."

  This is an ancient city, a completely deserted ancient city. The buildings in the ancient city are no more than ten meters high, but most of them are built with rocks, which are all high-quality granite.

  "These rocks look familiar."

  "It's too amazing, these buildings are actually made of granite." Li Ling suddenly realized and said: "How did the people back then transport these granites to this desert and build this ancient city?" Li Ling stroked the smooth wall of the building.

  "These granites have been tested and are indeed from Dali, Yunnan. Dali is thousands of kilometers away from here, it's completely impossible to transport them over. That's why I say this is a mysterious ancient city." Xiao Yuan leaned against a wall, panting heavily, and said with emotion.

  "What's even more incredible is that this ancient city was built 100,000 years ago. 100,000 years ago, humans were still tribal nomads, I think they shouldn't have had the capability to do so." Li Ling said with his hands on his hips, speculating.

  "What would people do at that time?" Mandala asked.

  "I can hunt." Li Ling said simply.

  "Uh..."

  During the four-person break time, An Jing sat quietly there, lost in thought, ignoring everyone else, as if considering a problem alone.

  "It's time for us to set off."

  Four people walked to the center of this ancient city, and what appeared in front of them was the most mysterious place in the ancient city. In this central location, there is a huge venue like an altar but thousands of times larger than an altar.

  The specific shape of this altar is a six-pointed star, with the central position being an extremely regular circle, and the diameter of the circle is as large as a football field.

  "This reminds me of the Six-pointed Star Formation." Li Ling looked at this vast six-pointed star-like altar, and suddenly it was as if he had entered the center of the universe's chaos.

  "It can be seen."

  "My eyes are still useful."

  "What a mysterious feeling." Li Ling and the four others walked to the center of the formation, but felt the magnificent and mysterious place within the formation.

  He quietly crouched down, stroking the ground at the center of the formation with his hand. He slowly clasped his hands together and silently chanted a mysterious incantation that was unintelligible to others. His joined hands were placed at the very center of the six-pointed star array on the ground beneath his feet.

  Suddenly, a massive shockwave arrived, and the six-pointed star underfoot appeared like it was in a mythological story. The surrounding area burst into dazzling light, which gradually converged and gathered under the quiet palms.

  The most astonishing thing was that a circular opening quietly opened up nearby, and this opening gradually expanded to a diameter of at least ten meters.

  "This is..."

  "Could this be the entrance to an ancient tomb."

  "Look quietly at the round hole on one side and say: 'This is the entrance to the ancient tomb, but the terrain inside is complex, even I don't know how to walk?'"

  "Are we going in now?" Li Ling asked.

  "Last time we came, we didn't go in either. It's just that this entrance is too strange. If there weren't any lighting facilities, going in would probably be fatal." Xiao Yuan shook his head and said.

  "The lighting equipment is basically useless." Li Ling sighed slightly: "Let's just have me and Mandrake go in, our eyesight is extraordinary, we can see things even in the dark."

  "All right, I'll wait outside with Anjing." said Xiao Yuan.

  Anjing immediately grabbed Li Ling's arm and said, "This time I'll go in with you guys."