The sound of "click-click" became more and more obvious as he got closer. Dean leaned quietly against the wall and hung a finger on the edge.

In a certain bedroom in the house, next to the bed, there was a long-haired figure who seemed to be squatting. Her head was shaking continuously, and the 'click' sound came from her.

The strong smell of blood wafted throughout the room. Whatever she was eating at this time, it was obviously not 'cooked'.

Dean suddenly appeared behind the busy shadow.

"So you're enjoying a 'late night snack'...I'm sorry to disturb you..."

Under the woman's body was a bloody corpse, a torn and blurred person.

"Uh..." His voice obviously alarmed the woman. The woman sitting on the corpse looked up and turned around. Her hands were bloody, her face was stained with blood, and there were fine pieces of flesh between her fangs and claws.

puff--

The eagle claw dagger accurately penetrated the woman's Tianling Cap, and Dean directly killed the monster who planned to add him to the 'late night snack'.

The room suddenly turned into two corpses. Judging from the clothes they were wearing, they were both employees of the group.

'There are no bugs...the energy and blood are very strong...and these sharp teeth and claws...' He knelt down and inspected the body, and soon a thought came to his mind, 'Vampire?'

‘This place is still far away from Tinis. Has the influence there spread here? Or...this underground ruins itself...'

Dean was deeply impressed by the 'Journey to Tinis'. Although those weird blood worms were a little different from the ones he encountered in the previous battle with the monster fish, they were still worms.

'Blood Knight Tekulan Is...' Dean thought of the big BOSS who 'killed' him, 'I wonder if I can still meet those people like Li Xi...'

Licking the blood on the eagle claw dagger, he said, "It's really rich in life energy... It would be great if it could be brought into the Paradise Apartment... I don't know what kind of effect this special corpse will have on Stanford."

'

But unfortunately, the 'door' cannot be opened now.

Dean accepted the souls of two corpses. The self-awareness in them was in chaos. He could not 'read' any valuable clues and could only use them as materials.

After handling the scene for a while, Dean set out again, preparing to explore the depths of the ruins.

The vastness of the underground ruins is beyond imagination, and Dean keeps traveling through it in ghost form.

Although it consumes a lot of divine energy, it is very efficient.

What he saw and felt along the way made his conversation with the two women at dinner more profound.

Animals and plants that are several times taller and stronger than the ground are exuding abundant life energy. How could this extinct volcano... possibly contain such huge life energy?

Where is its source?

What is it again?

"As for such a strong manifestation of life, as far as I know so far, I can only think of the God of the Earth and the Mother of the Moon..."

Every light and shadow is the path of life.

A moon-patterned saber-toothed leopard was secretly killed by Dean. After removing some useful materials, he buried the body well and concealed its aura.

Along the way, he has encountered many extraordinary creatures, most of them being night walkers of the shadow type.

The level is not high, so it poses no threat to him now.

‘It seems that this underground ruins is very likely to be where the vampires once lived.’ Dean doesn’t think the vampires are still here now, otherwise the group’s exploration team would have been wiped out.

Thinking that Dinis in Hecula might have the cathedral that he stepped into in the game, Dean speculated that this underground ruins might be related to that.

He tried to enter the cathedral several times, but failed due to 'certain' reasons. Now he seemed to have some hope.

...

Click!

Holding a Compassion Sunflower in his hands, Dean was shaken by his previous speculation.

The Sunflower of Compassion is a very rare and extraordinary plant. Just like its name, it was bred on exposed corpses and its flowers bloom toward the sun, but here...

This is underground!

Where is the sunshine?!

The brilliantly blooming flower in his hand subverted his inherent knowledge. Dean understood that this thing seemed to be very useful to Luona, so he carefully put it away.

I walked around the neighborhood again, but unfortunately there was only one like this.

The dense forest finally passed through. Dean stood on the edge of a high place and looked forward, his pupils suddenly dilated!

In front of me is a kingdom that has fallen for countless years, the gargoyle statues collapsed everywhere, the mottled houses, the middle...

A cathedral that remains solemn and majestic throughout the endless years!

Underground in front of him turned out to be the 'Tinnis Ruins' that he had experienced in the 'Adventure Hunter System'!

Dean confirmed again and again that it was absolutely correct!

An absurd fact, but one that he had to accept, immediately appeared in front of him.

How could Hekula, which is infinitely far away from the planet Bluewater, once be part of the continent of Camidiel?!

‘Could it be said that the ‘Four-leaf Miracle’ not only caused a great split in Camidiel itself, but even threw part of it into space?’

Although Dean believed that he had seen many big scenes, he was also shocked by this fact.

'Is this the power of the gods?'

'Then who is the one in Hekula now... who is he...'

‘Such terrifying life energy continues to this day... Could it be the Blood Ancestor... But those bugs in the strange fish before were clearly not blood bugs...'

Countless questions were lingering in Dean's mind at the moment, and he couldn't wait to know the truth.

Originally, Dean thought that even if there was a cathedral, it would probably be over there from Biya's hometown. He really didn't expect to see it here tonight.

He immediately sneaked into the building complex!

...

as expected!

Dean quickly found the stone door he had entered in the game. The gargoyle statue still existed, but its appearance and location were slightly different from those in the game.

There were still hemp spiders lurking on the road, but now they no longer posed any threat to Dean, who had already taken precautions, and he was easily killed.

Looking around at the buildings with their stone doors open, closed or half-covered, there are traces of activity everywhere.

'It seems that the exploration team has already been here.'

There are very few staff at the camp, maybe all of them are stationed here?

Although the 'evil intuition' did not actively warn, Dean still cautiously released his spiritual perception.

There is no energy feedback, and there seems to be no one nearby.

'Strange, this place is not close to the camp anymore. Even if the exploration team has reached deeper, some people should be left here.'

According to the information provided by Doroxi, the discovery of this ruins in Hekula took only a few months. Exploration and development are no different from tourism, and the progress must be cautious and slow.

He immediately got into a stone house with an open door.

The flame candle continues to burn as it did thousands of years ago, and no matter how strong the wind is, it will not be blown out.

The company's exploration team is obviously more disciplined and qualified than the adventure hunters.

Bloodwood furniture, familiar withered palm potted plants, gargoyle lamp holders...

Everything is so familiar.

Dean found an open coffin in the innermost bedroom, with nothing inside.

'No one...and no bloodworm...'

After searching several houses one after another and even opening a sealed building, he still found nothing alive.

'Where have they all gone?'

As we go deeper and deeper, a faint smell of blood gradually appears in the air.

Dean followed the smell in that direction and soon made a new discovery.

a river...
Chapter completed!