I really can't control myself

After getting into the water, Linton discovered that the situation under the lake was a bit complicated. Linton drove the circle all the way down. First of all, he discovered that the depth of the lake was really scary. It was not normal for a lake. From the outside, the surface of this lake seems to be just the tip of the iceberg of this lake. It is estimated that not many people know the situation below.

Then Linton discovered that this lake was not a stagnant lake at all. Just like his previous guess, this lake had channels under the water. Some cracks clearly had water flowing in and out, and the leading locations were beyond Linton's circle detection range. Don't know where to go. Because of this, the water flow under the lake is very chaotic, and there are undercurrents everywhere. It is estimated that ordinary people may be in danger at any time when they come down, and they will be sucked by the undercurrents and unable to get up.

Linton's swimming skills are not very good. Although he can't swim to death, he can't swim fast either. Yes, here Linton discovered another aspect that he was not good at. It seemed that apart from flying, he was also weak in swimming. Fortunately, the octopus that brought him here is very good at swimming. Although most of its tentacles were cut off by Linton, leaving only three or four tentacles, it did not seem to affect his speed, or in other words, he could swim. Faster.

Of course, Linton didn't worry about him running away, because the mark had been marked. If this guy wanted to run away, Linton would definitely be able to catch up and kill him. However, the octopus here seemed to know the gap and was not planning to run away. It kept grabbing Linton with its tentacles and diving steadily downwards.

Soon, Linton had reached the bottom of the lake. The bottom of the lake is not a flat piece of land. The space below is very rugged. Just as Linton suspected, this area may have been part of the mountain before. And when Linton dived to the bottom, Linton probably knew what happened.

Yes, what appeared in front of Linton was an underwater ruin. Judging from some of the things that the circle scanned, it was obviously an artificially constructed ruin like a city. After many years, most of the eastern and western buildings were unrecognizable. , but some remaining conditions can still be seen.

Seeing the ruins of this city, Linton also guessed that this might be the disappeared ancient empire that Yalan and the others mentioned before. It seemed that the legend was actually true. From what he had discovered before, Linton speculated that the real reason for the disappearance of this ancient empire was a natural disaster such as a major earthquake.

I said before that Linton saw the pebbles on the lakeside and thought that the lake might have been a river before. Now it seems that this guess is correct. The city at the bottom of the lake was probably an important city of this ancient empire, built on the riverside. One day, a major earthquake suddenly struck. The surrounding mountains collapsed and blocked the river, causing the river to backflow and flood the entire city.

As for the cultural relics and other things found by the adventurers before, Linton felt that they might have flowed out from here. As mentioned before, there were many undercurrents under the lake, and there were also some rivers outside the passages. It was possible that some undercurrents had rolled up the water at the bottom. The cultural relic then rushed outside through the passage and was picked up by the adventurers who came in.

As for other cities in this ancient empire, they were probably lost in history. It might be because of this big earthquake, or it might be something else. In general, things on the ground die much faster than here. This underwater city left its mark because of this lake.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Linton. He just came down to find the core of the world. However, the result disappointed Linton.

According to the previous situation, if there is a World Core after Linton comes down, he should be able to scan it directly. Because the previous steel giant was controlled by an octopus, it was theoretically considered a weapon of the octopus. However, after getting close to the opponent, Linton got a direct reminder, so Linton boldly guessed that there should be no ownership issues in the core of the world. , this aspect should be different from valuables.

However, after walking around below, Linton didn't get any hints. The octopus also took Linton to the place where he found the steel giant. This place was a palace, but Linton couldn't tell whether it was a palace or a temple from the remaining wreckage. Before it was destroyed, it should have been a very grand palace. The building can be judged from the size of the area, but now there is only a pile of broken earth.

Linton also didn't get any hints around the palace. He scanned it with a circle and found nothing suspicious. The silt at the bottom of the lake had been accumulating for who knows how many years. Because of their swimming here, the silt kept rising and the visibility became lower and lower. Linton could hardly see anything.

After scanning for a while, Linton gave up. It seemed that there was nothing he was looking for. But I can't just give up. After all, I don't have any clues about the core of this world. Now I only found a fragment here, so I can only search from here.

After thinking about it, Linton felt that the only way was to conduct research on this ruins, or research on the dynasty of this hour, and see if the other party had any records or clues about this. However, Linton was not prepared to do this work on his own. He was not an archaeologist, and he didn't know how to start in this area.

After thinking about it, Linton decided to mobilize the power of the masses. As long as he made this place public, maybe someone would come here to conduct research. Of course, to be public, Linton needed something attractive, so after thinking about it, Linton decided to move something back.

Yes, Linton found a lot of strange things down there. Most of the things that were preserved were metal objects and treasures. Linton felt that if he brought these things back, it would definitely cause a sensation. In this way, many people should pay attention to this place.

Secondly, you can also find someone to study the things Linton brought back. Maybe you can analyze something. For example, Linton found some metal pieces that were obviously engraved with something, or there was still a small half of a stone tablet-style thing left. , these things may be the texts recorded by this dynasty. Anyway, they looked similar, so Linton decided to take them back first.

Although he couldn't see anything, Linton was still able to locate the locations of these things by relying on the circle. After swimming around below, Linton quickly received some things and put them into the package. Of course, Linton didn't have to float up to finish these things. He just flashed a white light and returned to Garsain on the shore. As for the octopus, Linton also said to let it go, and the other party was indeed quite obedient.

"Huh!" Linton breathed a sigh of relief after returning to the shore. To be honest, it was still more comfortable on the shore because there was mud below. Linton had been holding his breath until now. He looked at the condition of his body and found that his whole body was indeed covered in mud. The man turned into a black mass.

"Wow, are you going to dig river mud?" Garsain next to him couldn't help but said.

"We're digging for treasure." Linton said and threw out a lot of things from his bag. Although most of the things were wrapped in sand and turned into a black thing, everyone knew it at a glance. , it’s really a treasure.

"Is there really a treasure?" Garsain said with a surprised look on his face.

"Yes, there is a flooded city in the lake, which is probably the ancient dynasty you mentioned thousands of years ago." Linton said.

"Is there really an ancient dynasty? I always thought it was a legend." Yalan said next to him.

"Does our royal family have an archaeological team?" Linton asked.

"Do you want to study this site? Or these cultural relics?" Yalan asked.

"This dynasty may have some information about what I want, but I'm not sure. I'll find a group to study it and then take a look." Linton said.

"The royal family does not have any archaeological team, but there should be some among the private sector," Yalan said.

"Okay, when we go back, we will publish an article in the newspaper, saying that we have discovered ruins here, and the royal family is going to organize an archaeological team to investigate and see if they can recruit similar talents." Linton said, "So many If you talk about it baby, it should be able to attract a lot of attention, and I think a lot of people will pay attention to it. If you cast a wide net, you should be able to recruit the people you need."

"I understand." Yalan nodded, "Is this related to the Cthulhu Church?"

"Yes, it has something to do with it." Linton didn't know how to explain it. Unexpectedly, Yalan took the initiative to explain it to Linton. Of course, Linton followed suit, "But don't make this matter public for the time being. I need to Investigate it yourself first.”

"Okay." Yalan nodded. She also knew that Linton was very diligent in investigating the Cthulhu Church. If she could help, she would definitely do her best.

"We'll talk about this later. Let's have a barbecue party first. I'll go take a shower in the hut and you guys will have a barbecue first," Linton said.

"Uh... about this..." Yalan hesitated a little when talking about this, "Um... can you let the dragon go?"

"Huh? Why?" Linton asked strangely.

"Because that dragon is willing to make a contract with me." Gaseon said next to him.

"Do you also want to be a dragon knight?" Linton asked.

"No, it's me..." Yalan said.

"Huh?" Linton was stunned for a moment.

"Actually, it's about the rebirth potion. The dragon's blood essence is very precious, and Vecna ​​can't provide new blood essence now," Garsain said.

"Do you want the rebirth potion?" Linton asked Yalan, "Upgrade to Saint level?"

"Have you forgotten? This rebirth potion has other effects besides this." Gaseon next to him said, "That Iglis lived for 145 years..."

Linton suddenly understood that the rebirth potion also had a seemingly useless passive effect, which was to delay aging. Yes, Iglis lived to be 145 years old. He still looks like he is in his forties, and he is so strong that he does not seem to be aging at all. He is expected to live for a long time. So of course Linton understood why Yalan wanted the rebirth potion. After all... she was a woman.

It seems that when I entered the water, the dragon reached a consensus with several people in order to save his life. Doesn't that mean... I can't eat dragon meat again? But... she is his wife after all, and Yalan rarely makes requests. Linton can't refuse, although he has other ways.

"Then... forget it, let's eat grilled squid today." Linton pointed to the octopus tentacles still jumping on the shore next to him and said.