Tomb Robber: I, Chen Yulou, am dedicated to cultivating immortality!

"An extra layer?"

These few short words were like a bucket of cold water poured over one's head, sending a bone-chilling chill all over the body. The indescribable atmosphere made one feel so depressed that one could hardly breathe.

From what I saw along the way.

The supreme ruler of the ancient Kingdom of Jingjue was the queen.

Above all others.

And her boundless magical power comes from that indescribable "God".

As for the 'Guardian' with a human head and a snake body, its appearance was not surprising.

The more I thought about it, the weirder their expressions looked.

"Could it be... a ghost?"

Yang Fang frowned and suddenly made a guess.

Gods, humans, and ghosts.

From top to bottom, it represents heaven, man and earth, which seems to make sense.

But as soon as he started talking, Partridge Whistle shook his head and said, "It's unlikely. From all the murals and texts so far, there is no mention of the concept that ghosts have a higher status than humans."

"Besides...if I'm not mistaken."

Partridge Whistle lowered his head and pointed below.

"The black tower should have seven floors and an underground palace, symbolizing the evil spirits of hell."

Unless it is the ancient Diqiang Malu Village, or the Turkic shamans, they have had a tradition of ghost worship and sacrifice since ancient times. In their religious beliefs, ghosts and gods have the same status.

Ghosts are also gods.

Otherwise, most sects, such as Buddhism, Tantric Buddhism or Taoism.

People are above ghosts.

"real or fake?"

Yang Fang frowned slightly. Before coming up, they seemed to have not found the passage leading to the underground in the first floor of the stone hall.

"Brother Dao's guess should be correct."

"Shopkeeper, the missing layer..."

Hua Maguai opened his mouth to speak, but Chen Yulou just waved his hand and walked straight around the stone stairs to go upstairs.

He knew exactly what was on the fourth floor.

But the words "imaginary space" are difficult to understand in themselves, let alone describe them in simple and easy-to-understand words.

So the best way is to let them see it.

The group looked at each other, not daring to delay, and quickly followed.

Although this black tower has been built for thousands of years and has been eroded by wind, rain, sand and dust, it is still as solid as a rock.

The sound of footsteps.

Passing back and forth in the black tower.

There is a feeling of going deep into the ruins and peeking into the ancient times.

The stone staircase was not long, with only about thirty steps in a circle. Yang Fang, who was leading the way, was extremely fast. He leaped a few steps and reached the fourth floor in the blink of an eye as if catching the wind.

Holding the lantern, he shone it around.

Fire dispels darkness.

But to his surprise, the huge stone hall was empty. Not only did the imagined stone statue of the queen not exist, but even the base of the statue was nowhere to be seen.

"Did you see a ghost?"

Hua Maguai, who was following closely behind, saw him standing there in a daze with an incredible look on his face, and couldn't help but say.

"no……"

"This floor has been emptied."

Yang Fang knew that he had misunderstood, and shook his head repeatedly to explain.

"How can it be……"

Hua Maguai couldn't believe it. There was no sign that the three lower floors had been touched, but the fourth floor was emptied?

But when he looked around.

The smile on his face suddenly froze a little.

There was nothing in the stone hall except the ghost cave text on the wall.

Back then, at the holy altar in the Xiye Kingdom, they could at least catch a few big fish and small shrimps. The Jingjue Kingdom was known for unifying the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, and received countless supplies every year.

As a result, there was not even a ground snake seen at the place for worshiping the gods.

"what happened?"

The two of them were in shock and doubt.

The group of people behind finally arrived.

When the shopkeeper asked, Hua Maguai spread his hands and gave a brief explanation weakly.

Hearing this, Partridge Whistle's fellow apprentices and the group of guys who followed them could not help but look at each other in surprise.

At this moment, it seemed that all previous speculations had been dispelled.

"How could this be?"

"It wasn't moved away by someone. It's possible that the statue was never placed there in the first place..."

Looking around, there was no trace of a stone foundation on the ground.

Seeing this, everyone looked even more strange.

I totally don't understand why they do this.

"Empty? Nothing? Void?"

Partridge Whistle's brows were tightly knitted together.

Looking at the stone hall shrouded in darkness, for a moment, he seemed to have grasped something vaguely.

The last chapter of the sixteen-character Yin-Yang Feng Shui is a blank book without words.

This is the legendary Empty Word Chapter.

The metaphor is that the elephant is invisible and the great sound is inaudible.

Is it the same here now?

"Senior brother?"

The old foreigner was looking around hesitantly, unable to see through anything with his experience, when suddenly, a familiar figure was heading upstairs.

His movements were extremely fast, as if he was anxious to verify something.

"Don't worry, Brother Dao should have noticed something."

Seeing the anxiety in his eyes, Chen Yulou patted his shoulder and smiled gently.

While talking.

Others followed suit.

When we entered the fifth floor, a black throne appeared in the stone hall as expected.

A veiled woman sat on the throne.

Although it was a stone figure, the carving was lifelike and everyone could tell at a glance that it was exactly the same as the Queen of Jingjue in the mural.

Seeing this, Partridge Whistle climbed up the stairs again and did not stop until he reached the top.

The dome at the top of the Black Tower.

It gathered from all four directions towards the center and finally condensed into a huge black olive-shaped stone ball.

"Eye Totem..."

The moment I saw the stone ball.

Partridge Whistle's heart was lifted, and countless images emerged in his mind.

There are rumors about the Zagrama clan.

There are also things I saw along the way.

And finally... the picture froze on the upper half of the last mural in Prince Gumo's tomb.

The queen took off her veil and just glanced at the assassin, who then disappeared into thin air.

"So, the emptiness on the fourth floor is not accidental, but represents the power held by the queen..."

Partridge Whistle murmured in a low voice.

It's like an enlightenment.

Before, he had never figured out why a living person could just evaporate.

Now, thinking about the fourth floor of the Black Tower, he finally had a guess.

Perhaps the so-called magic power is not the witchcraft mastered by Azhiya, but a void space that exists in itself.

The assassin accompanying Prince Gumo did not really disappear out of thin air.

Instead, he was sent into that strange world.

However, with Prince Gumo's vision and ability, he obviously couldn't understand it, so he replaced it with a series of criss-crossing dotted lines in the mural.

Thinking of this, Partridge Whistle's eyes became more clear.

He couldn't help but turn around and look at Chen Yulou, who was standing on the stone steps behind him, staring at the stone ball on the dome with a thoughtful look in his eyes, and briefly told him his guess.

"The world of nothingness?"

"A space that cannot be seen?"

Chen Yulou has not responded yet.

The people around him were shocked beyond words.

Practicing to enter the state of mind, flying into the sky and hiding in the ground are already heavenly acts in the eyes of ordinary people.

Controlling an unknown and empty world.

This is more than just a god.

It can already be called a god.

In fact, it was not just them, even Partridge Whistle himself couldn't imagine it. After all, he hadn't yet completed the third stage of Qi training, and building the foundation was a long way off, let alone such a realm.

"What do you think, Brother Chen?"

Without paying attention to the group's argument, Partridge Whistle just looked at Chen Yulou. He seemed casual, but the change in his eyes exposed his inner uneasiness.

After all, all this was just his temporary guess.

And this speculation seems to be no different from a fairy tale.

But he did not see any sarcasm on Chen Yulou's face. Instead, he looked serious and said, "I think the name of imaginary space is more suitable."

"Imaginary number space?"

"The upper six has no lines, which bears the reality and emptiness. The numbers are not enough, and the spirits are not able to understand."

Hearing this word, Partridge Whistle's eyes lit up. As he muttered to himself, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the two words "short" encompassed everything he was thinking about.

"Imaginary numbers... OK."

“Is there really such a space?”

Seeing that the two of them had already defined that unknown world while talking, the people around them became more and more incredible.

Hearing this, Chen Yulou curled his lips and looked at Hua Maguai, "Then do you think there is an underworld?"

"This……"

Hua Ma turned and was stumped by the question.

Although he made a living by robbing tombs, he was a very superstitious person and would worship any mountain he saw and any water he crossed.

As for other people, there might be some who do not believe in ghosts and gods, but he is definitely not one of them.

After hesitating for a while, Hua Maguai finally nodded, "There should be some, right?"

"If so, where is the underworld?"

Chen Yulou seemed to have guessed his answer long ago and asked another question.

"Isn't it in Fengdu?"

"Before we came here, we passed by the ancient city of Fengdu. Have you forgotten, shopkeeper?"

"If there really is an underworld in Fengdu, wouldn't the tens of thousands of people in this ancient city be living with countless ghosts?"

Chen Yulou sneered at his reply.

The Fengdu Ghost Palace was just a rumor. When he passed by the ancient city that day, he specially climbed up to take a look. The city was awe-inspiring, without any sense of ghosts.

"Shopkeeper...you mean the underworld is in the void?"

Hua Maguai frowned, feeling dizzy.

According to folk rumors, Fengdu Ghost Palace is one of the thirteen stations of the underworld hell. He believed it without a doubt, but Chen Yulou's words made him feel doubtful.

"If there really is one."

"Of course."

Sighed.

For some reason, when talking about this topic, he suddenly remembered the scene when Long Moye, the big ghost, descended on the back mountain of Malu Village and spied on the surroundings.

That weird world.

Perhaps it is the legendary underworld.

Hearing this, the surroundings fell silent again.

The group felt very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Jingjue is dead and the queen has passed away long ago, otherwise, facing such an opponent, there would be no way to deal with it.

No one knows how the coalition forces captured the city.

After all, once you take off your veil, you are almost invincible.

"Okay, unless the queen can come back to life, we don't have to go to the underworld."

Seeing that the group of people were silent, he couldn't hide his anxiety on his face.

Chen Yulou smiled and waved his hand, breaking the silence.

"What's next, shopkeeper?"

Hua Maguai thought for a while and asked Xiaoyi.

Ever since he learned about the imaginary space, he always felt that there were invisible eyes watching him in the darkness around him, making him feel uneasy and he just wanted to leave as soon as possible.

"Go outside and take another look."

Chen Yulou could see what he was thinking.

Although the others didn't say anything, they probably felt the same way.

He was still thinking about the reasons for the deaths of the thirteen people outside the city, so he would not stay any longer.

He waved his hand immediately.

He led everyone along the original path and walked straight down.

Compared to when they came up, the team was obviously moving much faster. Until they walked out of the stone door, they suddenly heard a suppressed exhalation sound behind them.

just.

The entire ancient city was almost buried in yellow sand, and apart from the black tower below, there was nothing unusual to see.

Knowing that the royal city is deep under your feet.

But I couldn't find the entrance.

That feeling is really helpless.

After a while, seeing that he still hadn't discovered much, Chen Yulou began to think about returning.

As if seeing what he was thinking, Hua Maguai moved closer.

"Boss, how about I go back and let the brothers set up camp under the city wall?"

A team of nearly three hundred people.

After running around all day,

We took a break along the way.

People were already exhausted.

Moreover, the night is getting darker and darker, and if we delay for too long, it will be more likely for something to go wrong.

In addition, it was a rare sunny day today. If it happened somewhere else, it might be a good thing, but in a ghost place like the Black Desert, it was not a good sign. A bigger storm might be brewing.

"Alright."

Chen Yulou obviously thought of it as well.

According to the current process.

It would take at least two or three hours to walk through a city with nearly 100,000 households.

But from a physical perspective, as the night deepens, the temperature continues to drop.

It’s not a bad idea to camp outside the ancient city.

The key is.

During this time, he used his spiritual sense to scan the surroundings. Even though he could not completely cover the Jingjue Ancient City, it was still within a radius of several kilometers.

Judging from the investigation results.

There is no sign of any living being in the city for the time being.

Even the wolves and wild beasts that were expected seemed to be nowhere to be seen.

He was a little surprised at first, but then he thought about it and realized that there were countless dead souls buried in the city, there were black snakes roaming around, and the bones of the snake god were guarding the ghost cave in the holy mountain.

A beast that can survive in the black desert.

Their keen sense of smell for danger far exceeds that of other species.

Perhaps in their eyes, the ancient city of Jingjue is not a safe haven, but a terrifying existence like purgatory.

I was intimidated by the aura from a distance.

There was no time to dodge.

How could he put himself in danger?

It was precisely because of these reasons that Chen Yulou agreed.

"Then... you, the shopkeeper?"

Hua Maguai stood up and was about to leave, but then he thought of something and turned around to look at them.

"We will return together naturally."

"We're already in the city. We'll have plenty of time. We'll make plans after daybreak."

Chen Yulou waved his hand.

Upon hearing this, the group did not delay any longer, temporarily gave up the search, and headed straight out of the city in the direction they came from.

Everything was done with ease.

It took more than half an hour before, but now it only takes less than half a minute to complete the journey.

Under the sand dunes between the Shuanghei Mountains and the ancient city.

The team was still waiting quietly, but the seemingly calm team actually revealed an indescribable restlessness.

Until a group of people appeared at the city gate.

"The shopkeeper is back."

The red girl's eyes lit up instantly.

The invisible pressure that was hanging over me was suddenly relieved a lot.

The two sides meet.

The kidnapper went to arrange for people to set up camp nearby.

Chen Yulou and his group found a broken wall that could shelter them from the wind, sat around on the sand, and briefly described what they had seen in the city, their eyes fixed on Una.

Among all the people, she is the only one who has entered the ancient city.

Although he knew where the royal city was, he was not sure of the exact entrance.

Given that celestial feng shui is difficult to survey, it is still quite difficult to accurately locate in the vast ancient city.

And Una, who had heard what they had seen.

She frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke softly.

"Do you see a temple supported by stone pillars?"

"That's where Ata entered the underground royal city!"