I am God!

In the dark palace.

He wandered alone under the towering walls and pillars. He held up the torch to see every detail in the palace, and at the same time he took a pen and a scroll to record the details he saw.

After the torch was finished burning, he made a lamp with the grease secreted by the double-faced monster insect that he took down earlier, which he was going to use to make ink.

He took out the used ink bottle and rubbed a wick with fluff. Unexpectedly, the effect was very good and the brightness was very long-lasting.

The most patterns in the palace are all kinds of decorative patterns, which don't have much meaning except for beauty. Besides, there are some symbols, which Helfas thinks should be a kind of writing.

"I don't know who used the text."

Helfas didn't recognize this kind of writing, but after comparing it with the writing that recorded the real name of the sealed item, he felt that it should not be a system, which made him feel at a loss again.

If you can't find that kind of writing in such an ancient temple, where should you find it?
What made Helfas feel the most rewarding were some very intuitive murals. He saw all kinds of dragon beasts and plants, some of which he had encountered before, and some of which he had never seen before.

"Why do people here record so many dragon beasts and plants?"

"Could it be that you are observing them?"

Helfas raised the lamp a little higher, and found that the recorded dragon beasts and plants had a thread to follow.

Because the murals not only record the current appearance of these dragon beasts, but also the previous appearance, as well as a large number of branches about them.

Each drake's ancestry, its siblings, its next of kin, and its entire bloodline are well documented.

"The Evolution of Life."

A concept immediately appeared in Helfas's mind.

But in his mind, the time span of the evolution of life should be calculated in millions of years.

The people who burned these murals seem to have witnessed the evolution of these lives. They watched the birth of these beasts and plants, and they also watched these species become extinct because they could not adapt to the environment. Finally, new species adapted to the new environment. Those who survive.

Life has no secrets before their eyes, the elegy of genocide and the sanctity of birth are nothing but commonplace before their eyes.

He can't imagine, can't understand.

How can one witness such a picture?
He held up the lamp and walked around the wall, then stepped back to the center step by step.

The field of vision gradually enlarged, and the life pedigree on the stone carvings became more and more spectacular, just like a tree of life spreading endlessly.

Witnessing the stone carvings on these tall walls, he also saw his own insignificance.

He kept raising his head, and finally looked at the dome.

It seems that there are pairs of eyes looking down on the world, they are immortal, they are high above, witnessing the birth and death of life.

"The people who live here, the people who built it."

"How long... how long have you lived?"

The temple is very large, and the dense corridors connect one palace after another endlessly.

He thought of the stone tablet outside, and thought this might be the meaning of the labyrinth.

He came to a staircase, which can lead to both the top and the bottom.

"Up or down?"

He decided to go down first.

Because he saw an altar on the top of the temple with the help of the light from the torch falling from above, he felt that there might be something special there.

And his idea at this time is to go there after learning more about it, rather than rushing there.

He likes to save the most important puzzles for last.

He kept going down by the faint light, the stairs were much deeper than he imagined, he felt that he was not going deep into the temple, but into the depths of the earth.

Finally, he came to an ancient gate.

This is a door that can never be built by manpower. No matter how such a huge stone can be excavated, how to move it to such a place, or how to push it away, it is unimaginable.

And when the light illuminated the content on the door, he was even more stunned.

"what is this?"

On the stone gate on the left, he saw a civilization so brilliant that it was incredible.

Walking along this door, he saw trains running densely on the ground, airships flying in the sky, and various cities.

Even, it is a city floating in the sky.

Helfas looked at it for a long time, as if to confirm whether it was true, until he saw the clouds carved under the city, which really proved that the city was floating on the sea of ​​clouds.

"A city on the clouds?"

"How did this happen? How can such a huge city float into the sky?"

He felt incredible, but also felt a little yearning.

The door describes the state of an ancient civilization, and the different characteristics of each mythical civilization. Herfas can only guess the details through the pictures, and he can't understand the principles of many things inside, but he understands This is definitely an era of incredible strength, their technology and power are so powerful that they can conquer the sky and the earth.

Even the starry sky.

Helfas kept walking. He even climbed up the door, trying to get a more detailed picture.

What he wants to see is whether the person in the picture is the same as him.

at last.

He could clearly see the appearance of those "people".

"Who is this?"

He saw a "man" with a snake tail, a "man" with wings, and a "man" with scales, feet and a tail.

It's a pity that I didn't see a "person" like him.

Helfas was a little lost. He searched everywhere, but he really didn't see anyone like him on the screen.

He stood under the door, both amazed and yearning.

But he thought again, if such a civilization exists in this world, where are they now?
"Finally?"

"In the end, where did all these civilizations go?"

"Such a powerful civilization and existence, the civilization that can make the city float in the sky, why can't you see it?"

"left?"

Helfas thought of those extinct species and had another guess.

"Could it be extinct too?"

Then, he looked to the door on the right.

This time he saw another picture, he saw a huge tower and saw an erupting volcano.

Then, he saw the Dragon Man.

However, the picture about the dragon people is very strange. In the above description, they actually came out of a huge tank.

Helfas looked confused.

"What does it mean?"

"Does the dragonman come from another place, or was it created?"

Helfas looked up again and saw several other pictures.

He saw the man with the tail, and then the man with the tail turned into the man with the scales, the feet and the tail, as if by some accident.

Immediately afterwards, the person with scales and tail fell into the vat, and eventually became a dragon person.

This way of depicting is somewhat similar to the blood lineage chart of the previous dragon beast, telling about the origin and origin of the dragon people.

Helfas probably understood that the dragon people evolved from those with tails and scales.

However, he feels that if the evolution of life is interfered by human beings, then it can also be regarded as being created from another level!

I don't know why, but when we know that intelligent life is created, it always makes people feel a sense of loss.

It is as if the birth of life is no longer a miracle, but an inevitable result.

"Dragon people were really created?"

Under the huge stone gate, Helfas felt lost.

There are two doors.

One door is engraved with the previous era, and the other is engraved with this era. The distance between them is estimated to take tens of millions of years to calculate.

Helfas looked at the huge door quietly. Whether it was the great civilizations that once existed in this world and then disappeared, or the origin of the dragon people, he seemed to be able to imagine that there was something behind it, not only This painting is so simple, it is the joys and sorrows of countless people, it is the myth and epic of countless people.

And this secret, which is so ancient that it even surpasses myths and epics, is unfolding in front of him at this moment.

It was so shocking that it could shock people's cognition and completely crush Helfas's original view of the world.

but.

In the end, he still didn't find any information that might be related to himself. While this excited and shocked Helfas, it still made him a little disappointed deep in his heart.

He couldn't push the door open, so naturally he couldn't go any further.

So Helfas turned back up, ready to go to the top of the temple to see the altar, and see if there were other gains.

Helfas walked through a skylight on the stairs and appeared in the original deep pit. He could still see the sky outside the cave when he raised his head, but the vast sky was bounded into a circle by the cave entrance. .

He held up the lamp and searched on the platform.

Soon, he locked a place with the help of light.

It was a man-made altar, occupying almost half of the top platform, and more importantly.

There were statues erected around the altar, and there was a symbol in front of each statue. Helfas immediately stepped forward and guessed whether these statues were the people who built the temple.

At least, it must be related to this place.

"one two Three……"

There are still ten symbols, but there are only seven statues for ten symbols.

When Helfas took a closer look, he finally discovered the abnormality of these statues, which made him excited for a moment.

"People, people like me."

"No tail, no tail at all."

It was impossible for Helfas not to be excited, because he had finally found someone exactly like himself.

Helfas looked carefully at these statues. These statues seemed to be women, some of them were wearing star necklaces, some were holding scepters, and some were blindfolded.

They dress gorgeously and noblely, and have beautiful decorations, which also represent that they exist in a prosperous and dazzling civilization era.

However, one of the statues has been damaged, and it is not clear whether it is a man or a woman, and it is not known whether it is because the years have collapsed or other reasons.

Next.

He probed around the altar.

He probably saw that this place was a kind of ceremony, because the layout details and method were somewhat similar to the sealing ceremony he used.

So Helfas stretched out his hand to touch the ritual below, and his telepathic ability passively launched from the depths of his mind seemed to reappear, extending along the ritual, feeding back its power and information.

"Buzz~"

A ray of light spread along with the ritual array, and a wave of power and ritual information flooded into Helfas's mind.

This is indeed a special ceremony, but the object of this ceremony is different, and the place it leads to is also different.

The object of prayer for this ceremonial altar is strange, it seems to be a tower.

And its function is to lead to another place, which seems to be the tower.

"Tower of Babel!"

He pronounced the name, and thought of the tower carved on the door, which seemed to be related to the beginning of this era.

He hesitated for several days, and fumbled with this ceremony for several days.

He decided to start the ritual anyway, thinking maybe it would allow him to meet the people those statues represented, people who were exactly like him.

If I see them, I will be able to figure out my origin, right?

Helfas started the ceremony while chanting the name.

"Tower of Babel!"

The moment the name was pronounced.

A powerful force came over and locked Helfas.

Helfas felt his head go blank for a moment, and when Helfas regained consciousness, he found himself in a huge and empty square.

You can see the stars above your head here, and you can also see the sun.

But even though the sun's light shone on the table and the building, it was even extraordinarily dazzling and bright, but the sky above was dark.

The stars and the sun shone together as if they were no different, telling Helfas that the sun was just one of the stars.

Helfas immediately wanted to stand up while looking around.

"This is where?"

But at this moment he realized that he couldn't move.

Because his body didn't come over, it's just that his consciousness was projected and appeared here.

So he could only sit in front of an ancient round stone table, observing the surroundings from a strange perspective.

He calmed down first and looked at the table and chairs.

The shape of the table looks very gorgeous, but this does not mean that it is not old. In fact, its age may exceed Helfas's imagination, and the chair is hollowed out except for the legs and the backrest. Each chair has a special logo on the back of the chair, all of which are different.

Helfas guessed that the seats here are all specific, and each seat is prepared for each specific person.

He counted the number of chairs: "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, ninety."

There were still cups left over from the previous party on the table. He counted them and found that there were seven of them.

It was ten and seven again, Helfas was already very sensitive to these two numbers.

"Ten chairs, but only seven people."

Looking at the tables and chairs, Helfas probably understood that the seven statues "people" had gathered here, but he didn't know what they did.

But what Helfas wanted to know more was when they would come again.

suddenly.

He noticed another thing on the table, an hourglass in the very center.

The sand in the hourglass has almost flowed out, leaving only the last handful, still sliding down silently.

"Hourglass?"

Suddenly, he had an idea.

The hourglass is a tool for keeping time. It is placed here, so what else can it be used to calculate time?
It must be the next time this round table gathers, those people will come again when the hourglass runs out.

Helfas saw hope for a moment, he couldn't control his emotions and said.

"Those people will come, and they will definitely come."

"This is the timing tool they left behind."

And at this time, the power of the ritual ended.

A powerful force pulled Helfas back.

He fell from the sky above the sea of ​​clouds and fell into the world again.

The round table in the square became empty again, only the hourglass was still flowing quietly.

What Helfas doesn't know is that it has been flowing for tens of thousands of years, 10 years, or even longer.

This small pinch, no one knows how long it will flow.

Maybe it will come soon, or it may not be possible to wait no matter how much you wait.
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Helfas sat in front of the stone tablet of the temple, his expression seemed completely lost in thought.

He seems to have found something, but bigger and more mysteries are placed in front of him, but at least he has a direction for the time being.

"I want to wait for the hourglass to run out and meet those who are exactly like me."

Helfas also understood that it might take a long time to wait, and during this time, this place in front of him was very important to him.

Whether it is the many unclarified secrets in this temple, or the ritual altar, there is nothing for him to lose.

Helfas climbed up from the bottom of the hole.

He crossed the surrounding flatlands, and through the canyons outside.

When he got here, he was able to use his extraordinary power. He used the power of the biphasic magic insect to cut down trees, then made them into planks, and prepared to build a hut on the ground outside the deep cave.

But when he was building the hut, he looked at the vast land around him.

"The weird ones don't come here. Does that mean that this place is a naturally suitable gathering place for people to live?"

"Even if there are tens of thousands of people living here, 10 people will be fine, right?"

The only question is how to get these people safely through the eerie forest of the full moon.

But just thinking about the horrors outside, even Helfas is not willing to make a second trip.

but.

When one is chopping wood, one is building a house, and one is living in the deep mountains and old forests.

For Helfas, he sometimes felt a little lonely.

When felling trees for the third time, Helfas had just toppled a big tree, but saw a ray of familiar fluorescent light in the edge of the jungle.

"Light?"

"that is not……"

He immediately walked towards the fluorescent light with a pleasant expression on his face, but as his pace quickened, he first saw a burning jungle and a charred tree.

Then, he saw a corpse leaning against a tree.

The other party leaned quietly under the tree, biting a piece of charcoaled branch in his mouth.

His head was leaning tightly against the other, and there was a faint light of fire on both of them.

Like wisps of will-o'-the-wisp.

Helfas was stunned for a moment, and his footsteps also stopped.

Even though the other party was beyond recognition, he still recognized who it was.

After a while, he slowly walked towards the other party's body and stood in front of the other party.

He lowered his head, took a deep breath and let it out.

"Are you desperate because you are alone?"

Looking at the scorched face of the other party, until the end he still maintained a leisurely and content expression, as if he was still humming a song, still with that expression of indifference.

His despair is not mourning, not crying.

Instead, he hums a song and looks at the world indifferently.

Helfas didn't know what was the story between the other party and his companions, whether they grew up together, how they agreed to leave the tribe together to find the gods.

He even felt that it was impossible for someone like the other party to be driven out of the tribe. Was he voluntarily exiled because of his companions?

All of this is no longer known.

But at this moment, he felt a little sad.

He didn't know what was causing all this.

Is that an accident?
Is it looking for a palace where the gods don't exist at all?
Or the Horde's exile rules that seem a bit unreasonable?
But looking at the flames, he also knew about the last characteristic of cowards, that they would release fierce and dangerous flames when encountering corpses.

Helfas took out the sealing ceremony board, aimed at the flame, and recited the spell.

"seal!"

A small beam of light descended, and a lamp was born in the beam of light, with a wooden pole and a metal and glass lamp body.

【Sealed Artifact Lamp of the Cowardly】

[Ability 1: It can sense the monsters within a wide range of distance, and emit different lights according to the strength of the monsters. 】

[Ability 2: When encountering a corpse, it will be ignited, and release high-temperature flames, and build a nest in it. 】

in the canyon.

Helfas buried the bodies of the two men, and then one man went into the canyon with a lamp.

Leave this jungle.
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Walking out of the full moon forest, Helfas returned to the weaving tribe.

He told the people of the Zhi tribe that he had arrived at the temple, and he had found a sanctuary left by the gods, where there would be no weird invasions, it was a weird forbidden place.

Helfas didn't know if it was the real Sanctuary, but he knew that it would be easier for the Orb tribe to accept it.

"In the future, if you want to go to the depths of the full moon, you can gather here."

"I or someone else will wait for everyone with a lamp, and then take everyone to that sanctuary."

"Yes, there will be no weird threats there, and they will never be driven out of the Horde."

Some people in the tribe cheered excitedly, while others were skeptical.

Next.

He came to the farmer tribe.

The farmer happily received Helfas, and also let Helfas taste another method of oil bread fruit. After the fruit is ground into powder, it is boiled into a pimple soup, and many vegetable leaves are added in it.

It's not very pretty, but it tastes good.

Helfas asked the farmer how he was doing, and the farmer said it was very good, he liked his life very much.

He said.

Not only do they have enough food, but they can also sell it outside. The merchant team will come every two months to purchase their food.

Helfas was also happy for him: "Really, that's good."

During the conversation, Helfas told the farmer that he had found the sanctuary.

Although there are not many members in the Farmer tribe, they know many other tribes, and they promised to tell others about Helfas, especially those who wandered around without a home.

Finally, he came to the Golden Tribe.

When he crossed the small river and stepped on the stones to the tribal gathering place, he saw the businessman leading a group of people sorting out various things.

A few cumbersome herbivorous dragon beasts are being fed, and they still have bags of various sizes hanging on their bodies. This is their means of transportation.

Someone shouted on the mountainside, and the merchant also saw Helfas.

"Helfas?"

"Here, here."

As soon as he saw Helfas, he yelled and ran down, waving his hands, as if he was afraid that the other party would not see him.

Helfas, who was carrying a basket on his back, stepped forward, and the businessman hugged him, so excited that he couldn't even speak.

Helfas: "Why are you so excited, didn't I say goodbye?"

The businessman kept nodding his head: "I knew it, I knew you would come back."

At night, everyone eats together around the fire.

The Golden Tribe held a grand "celebration" for the arrival of Helfas, but in fact the so-called grand celebration was to eat something delicious around the fire.

During the celebration, the merchant asked Helfas.

"During the time you went out, how did you feel, did you find what you wanted?"

After finishing speaking, he mentioned another matter.

"I went to the Farmer's Tribe to find out what happened to you there."

"Helfas, you are really amazing, and that oily breadfruit is really delicious."

Helfas nodded, recalling the recent events.

"I know some secrets, but I still don't know where I come from, but at least I have some goals in finding my origin."

Businessman: "What do you want to do next?"

Helfas said: "I found a place of shelter, and it is estimated that I will wait there for a while. During this period, I want to do some things that I want to do and I can do."

The businessman understood: "How can I help you?"

Helfas: "It's enough to help me tell more people."

The news about the sanctuary of the Full Moon Forest spread more and more widely, reaching one tribe after another, and reaching the ears of one person after another wandering in the wilderness.

From this day on, those who left the tribe no longer had nowhere to go, but began to go to the deepest part of the Full Moon Forest.

There.

There will be someone waiting for them with a lamp in hand.

Then lead them through the jungle to the deepest part of the Land of the Full Moon.

There, the first gathering place of more than a thousand and ten thousand people of dragon people will also be established. (end of this chapter)