The palace is located in the center of the entire ancient city. If you look at it from a distance, the first thing you see in the entire city is this majestic and tall palace.

The weather-beaten palace is still majestic even today, thousands of years later.

Lin An stood in front of the stone door and made no move. Even though Shen Xiuze was comforting him, he still seemed a little hesitant.

"Are we going to enter this palace?" Wu Shuangxue asked behind him.

Although she and Shen Xiuze are both explorers and have spent a long time walking in the wilderness, their understanding of these ancient ruins may not be as good as that of Lin An, who has been staying in Chuxi City.

Explorers generally follow a fixed route in the wilderness, and the animals and plants they encounter on the road are also common ones.

If you want to go to a place that deviates from the normal route like the city of Maus, you will be fully prepared and will only take action if you have a thorough understanding of the entire ancient city.

This time they decided to come here on the way, so they didn't know much about the city of Mouse.

Lin An came to see his parents. Did he already know that his parents were in this palace?

Wu Shuangxue turned around and looked around. She seemed to have overlooked something, but she couldn't remember it for a while.

The round arched stone door is about five meters high. When standing in front of the door, they even have to raise their heads hard to see the top of the stone door.

"How do you open this door?" Ouyang Dong asked, pushing the door open with both hands.

The stone door is motionless?

Xu Fang looked up at the tall stone door: "This is a door made of stone. It weighs several tons. How can it be pushed open with just your hands?" "How do you get in?

" Ouyang Dong wondered.

Everyone else looked at Lin An. If anyone here knew how to get in, it would be Lin An.

Lin An looked at Shimen intently. It was his first time here, but he had been preparing for this for many years.

I have memorized all the books and information about Mouse City that can be found on the market, and even read the information left by my parents over and over again.

His understanding of this ancient ruins is unparalleled. Although the city of Maus is mysterious in everyone's minds and the books and information left behind are very limited, these are enough for him to find traces of his parents. .

Light mist gradually gathered around, and the mist merged and turned into clear water.

The transparent water seems to be alive, flowing and swirling in mid-air.

Lin An's expression was very serious. He controlled the water flow to slowly wash the surface of the stone gate. As the thick dust was wrapped in the water flow, it gradually meandered from the stone gate. The true appearance of the stone gate was gradually revealed to everyone.

Under the cover of dust, the surfaces of the two stone doors are covered with countless complicated lines. These lines intersect, are parallel, and converge. They seem complicated, but they also seem to contain some kind of pattern.

Xu Fang suddenly said: "It turns out that you cannot rely on brute force to open the door. There is a mechanism."

These lines should be clues to the mechanism.

Lin An didn't respond, or it could be said that he was currently staring at the lines on the stone door and didn't hear anyone talking at all.

Soon, Lin An moved. He walked to the side of the stone gate and squatted there looking at the ground.

Others followed. Xu Fang stretched his neck and found a hole on the ground at the edge of the stone gate. The hole was very small in diameter and he didn't know what it was used for.

Lin An, who was squatting there, activated his power and poured water into the hole.

Although the hole was small in diameter, it was very deep inside. It took Lin An a long time to fill it with water.

There was an identical hole on the other side of the stone gate. Lin An followed the same method and filled it with water.

When the small hole here was filled, the stone door roared, and the two heavy stone doors slowly opened from the middle.

What is the principle? Everyone watched in amazement as the stone door opened. The sunlight gradually penetrated with the opened door, and this mysterious palace finally revealed its hidden corner.

A large amount of dust flew everywhere as the stone door opened, but no one cared about how much dust had accumulated inside. The moment the stone door opened, huge statues stood around the empty and vast main hall. Ten tall and majestic blue-gray stone statues. , lifelike. He stared at the direction where the stone door opened, passing through countless years, looking at the latecomers entering the palace calmly and far away.

It seemed like a welcome, but also like the silent gaze of bystanders.

There are foundation stones more than two meters high on three sides of the palace. Various patterns are carved on the foundation stones, and stone figures stand on the foundation stones. Their shapes and expressions are different, but they are equally tall and majestic, guarding the palace that has been destroyed. An ancient city forgotten by the world.

Lin An and others stood outside the door, looking up at the stone statue. An indescribable shock surrounded everyone's hearts.

The thick dust was blown up by the breeze sent in through the stone door. It stands to reason that in such an environment, Lin An would definitely clean it with water power before entering. However, except for the portraits occupying three sides of the palace, the empty space in the middle was removed. It's as big as a playground, and it will definitely take a lot of time to clean.

Although he was still timidly holding back, when the door opened, Lin An couldn't wait to step into the stone door, not even caring about his usual mysophobia.

However, the water film on his body has always been wrapped, and he is not afraid of dust contaminating his body.

The others behind him also followed in. While the others were still immersed in the grandeur and exquisiteness of the stone statues, Xu Fang looked around and suddenly asked: "Why are these stone statues in the house?" That stone statue can only stand outside."

Although he was sentimental, he really couldn't appreciate these exquisite things. He only thought that the people who built the palace were strange. The place inside was so big, why was it so big? Do you want another stone statue to be placed outside to guard the door?

It's so unfair. It's so unfair.

The stone statues outside have been weathered and their appearance cannot be clearly seen, but the ten human statues inside seem to have escaped the erosion of time and retain their most complete postures.

Ouyang Dong looked at Xu Fang's expression of lack of interest and muttered in a low voice that wild boars couldn't eat fine chaff. These monuments were rare to see, and they might even only come here once in their lives. Not only did they not know how to appreciate it, but they also didn't know how to appreciate it. Just ask some weird questions.

"The status is different. The stone statues outside are wearing armor and are obviously warriors. Although the ones inside also have weapons, judging from their clothes and posture, they should belong to the city lord or something like that." Although Shen Xiuze It is not clear who these people are, but some characteristics can be seen from their appearance.

Lin An nodded, that was indeed the case. He even knew the names and deeds of several of these ten stone statues.

But these are not important now. Lin An's crimson eyes looked around, from the arched corridors on both sides, to the foundation stones at the feet of the stone statues, and finally to the ground in the center of the hall.

Everywhere was looked at very carefully, as if looking for something.

"Brother An, why can you open the stone door by pouring water into the holes on both sides of the stone door?" Wu Duo took a few steps closer and asked the question in her heart. She was very curious about this just now.

After looking at Wu Duo, who was full of curiosity, Lin An lowered his eyes and stopped looking around, but handed her the traction rope in his hand.

Wu Duo took the leash naturally. She often held Xiaofu's hand, so she didn't think much about it.

"Please, take care of it." Lin An smiled at Wu Duo, his delicate and graceful appearance made Wu Duo, who was used to his appearance, a little stunned.

After handing the small blessing to Wu Duo, Lin An took a few steps back and walked to the stone door: "Those two holes are containers for holding blood during sacrifices."

Although the people of Mowus City worship their own power, they will also pass through it. Human blood and animal blood were used to offer sacrifices to heaven.

The bottom of the container is not completely closed, so the liquid inside will gradually decrease. When all the liquid is lost, the stone door will close again.

However, there are corresponding containers inside and outside the stone door. You don't have to worry about being locked in after entering. Pour water into it and it will have the same effect.

Lin An still doesn't speak fluently, so he tries his best to explain to everyone in as short a language as possible.

The crisp and melodious voice seemed particularly ethereal in the empty hall. Although it was not fluent, it did not affect the companions' understanding of this knowledge.

Grandma Wu always felt that she had forgotten something, but she couldn't remember it for a long time. She looked around with a trace of confusion in her eyes.

What did she forget?

After Lin An introduced how to open and close the stone gate, he slowly walked under the stone statue.

The foundation stone of the stone statue was only two meters high, and Lin An looked extremely small standing there.

The cornerstones are all solid blue-gray stones with various carvings on them, including animals, flowers, humans, insects...

Each stone has the same type of carvings, and the animals are lined up in a row. Circle, with a burning flame in the middle; a tree in the center of the flowers, and a snake in the circle of humans.

Lin An observed these statues carefully, groping and brushing against the cornerstone carvings with one hand, with such a serious look that even the people behind him couldn't bear to disturb him.

Xiaofu tilted his head, looked at his owner's back, and wanted to step forward, but was blocked by the dog leash around his neck.

"Xiaofu, be obedient. Brother An is busy. Let's go over there after we're done." Wu Duo touched the dog's head.

The others couldn't see anything from the carvings, and they didn't know what Lin An was looking for. They simply left these things to Lin An and let him find it by himself. They stood in the hall and waited for him to see the results.

Wu Duo noticed that her grandma had been frowning and couldn't help but ask: "Grandma, what's wrong with you?"

Grandma Wu looked at her granddaughter and thought: "I seem to have forgotten something. What happened? Right? I remembered it. One thing, didn't we accompany Lin An to find his parents? There is nothing in this palace, no one is there at all."

Yes, they are here to find Lin An's parents, but there is no one in this palace now. People or corpses exist.

Shen Xiuze even thought that since they entered the ancient city of Mowus, except for a few skeletons from decades or even hundreds of years ago, they had not found any corpses or traces of the explorers from more than ten years ago.

Even after entering the palace, there was no trace of those people.

But Lin An came here with a clear goal. He seemed to be sure that this palace was what he was looking for.

So is Lin An still hiding something from them?

Lin An clearly heard what Grandma Wu said, but he never looked back, and the tapping and groping movements of his hands became faster.

Now Lin An was standing under the foundation stone closest to the wall, while they were standing randomly in the center of the hall, with a distance of almost twenty meters between them.

Shen Xiuze squinted at the busy figure, and the bad feeling in his heart became stronger and stronger.

"Actually, I can, can, go there by myself."

"Where do you want to go?" "

Go to Mouse City."

"How are you going to go there alone?"

"Let's go, let's walk. Go?."

He remembered what Lin An said in Muling City, and even said several times later that he didn't want to injure everyone and wanted to go to Mouse City alone. He thought that "under his enlightenment and comfort", Lin An has given up this idea, but now it seems that he just hid this idea in his heart.

Shen Xiuze strode towards Lin An, his brows furrowed, his aura surged because of his unhappy mood, and his overwhelming aura left several people around him confused.

Boss, what's going on?

Lin An felt the person behind him getting closer and closer without looking back, and the low pressure was heading straight towards him.

The movements of his hands were a little panicky, but they were getting faster and faster.

"Click."

An almost negligible sound sounded under the hand.

The next second, in full view of everyone, a piece of the ground where Lin An was standing disappeared, and Lin An, who was standing on it, fell straight down.

Shen Xiuze was only a few meters away from Lin An at this time. The moment he saw the bricks on the ground disappearing, Shen Xiuze's pupils narrowed and he rushed over. The moment Lin An fell down, he hugged him. Live with each other.

The last thing the others saw was the black figure covering him without hesitation, and the shock on Lin An's side face when he turned his head.

"Boss!"

"Lin An!"

"Woof!"

By the time they ran over, the two of them had disappeared on the spot, and the ground had returned to its original state. If they hadn't witnessed it with their own eyes, they wouldn't even have been able to find the area that suddenly disappeared. Bricks and stones suddenly appeared again.