thefictionvixens Chapter 83 Ancient City of Corpses
Chapter 83 Ancient City of Corpses
The first half of the staircase leading from the fifth basement level to the sixth basement level is the same as before, with a length and width of more than three meters and a width of nearly four meters.
However, after Kaido and his group stepped out of the passage, the space in front of them suddenly became empty.
"This...this is..."
Kaido and his crew stood on a platform extending from a cliff.
The distant space was shrouded in darkness, and the fireballs summoned by Kaido could only illuminate a radius of a few dozen meters around him.
The extended platform is located at the top of the cliff.
There is a staircase without railings that runs down the cliff, and you can only see its end disappearing into darkness.
With a wave of his hand, Kaido caused the fireball to expand rapidly and transform into a fiery red, glowing cloud of flames that stretched along the top of the entire underground space and into the distance.
100 meters...200 meters...
As the fiery cloud spread wider and wider, the light it emitted gradually illuminated the entire underground space clearly.
In the end, even Kaido didn't know how many meters the fiery cloud had spread; he only knew that it had covered the entire top of the underground space.
Under this extensive illumination, the true appearance of this underground space was fully revealed to everyone.
Suddenly, Dr. Clover and the others' eyes widened uncontrollably.
He stared in astonishment at the distant space.
"This...this is..."
"Underground Castle!!"
"The legend of the dungeon is actually true!!"
Kaido's expression also showed a hint of surprise.
He never expected that simply stopping at a random island would lead to such a miracle.
In this vast underground space, directly in front of them stood a massive ancient underground city, carved out by human hands along the underground mountain range.
The ancient city is very old, and from a distance, it seems to have completely lost its sense of life.
But just looking at the ruins now, it's not hard to imagine how much manpower and resources were spent building this underground city back then.
"Hurry! Hurry!!"
Dr. Clover and a group of archaeologists took off running, leaping down the stairs.
"This is a real underground ancient city!!"
"There must be countless historical treasures left inside!!"
"This is a miracle in human history!!"
A group of archaeologists shouted excitedly, their voices echoing throughout the underground space.
"Uro ro ro..."
Kaido chuckled softly, but instead of taking the steps, he created a new cloud of flames outside the platform.
Machima followed Kaido up the fiery cloud with a smile on her face.
Olga and Elizabeth the green lizard also hopped and skipped onto the fiery clouds.
The three people and a lizard slowly descended to the ground on a cloud of flames.
Just as Kaido and his crew stepped onto the ground, Dr. Clover arrived at their side, panting heavily.
"Kaido... Kaido..."
Dr. Clover, panting heavily, managed to say, "You have such a useful ability... why didn't you use it sooner..."
Kaido looked at him with a strange expression.
"Haven't you all seen the Devil Fruit encyclopedia?"
"You all know the effects of my Flame Cloud ability, right?"
"Given this premise, you guys are all running so fast, I thought you were having a race with me to see who gets to the ground first."
Dr. Clover choked, his breath caught in his throat, and his old face instantly turned bright red.
Just as it was about to turn from red to purple and suffocate completely, a white-haired girl suddenly slapped Dr. Clover hard on the back.
"Pfft! Cough cough cough..."
After exhaling a breath of stale air, Dr. Clover coughed violently for a while, finally relieving himself from the life-or-death crisis.
"Thank you, Olvia..."
He first thanked the white-haired girl who had just patted him, then glared at Kaido with annoyance.
That brat looks like a big, strong brute, but he's actually incredibly cunning!
Dr. Clover took a deep breath, and his breathing gradually calmed down.
"Let's all calm down and go into the ancient city for a look..."
Upon hearing this, Kaido took the lead and walked to the front.
Entering the ancient city.
No danger occurred...
There were no traps at every turn, nor were there any three-headed hellhounds guarding the gate.
At least according to Kaido's Observation Haki, there were no other living beings here besides them.
This is a very ordinary, completely abandoned old city.
If there is any difference, it is most likely the human skeletons that cover almost the entire street.
For this reason, the archaeologists, who were excited before entering the ancient city, quickly calmed down.
Instead of acting alone again, they followed the main group and explored inward together.
Kaido strode ahead, his feet occasionally crushing human bones with a crisp cracking sound.
His eyes scanned the scene on the main street of the ancient city.
Besides the skeletons scattered everywhere, these well-preserved ancient buildings also bear numerous sword and spear marks and bullet craters.
"Hmm, it seems this ancient city was destroyed by a foreign invasion?"
Kaido turned to look at Dr. Clover, who was also observing everything with a serious expression.
"Historically, there are no written records about the disappearance of underground cities. We even know about the underground cities themselves indirectly through archaeological information from other regions."
"In today's academic circles, it is generally believed that the dungeon is just a vague legend, like a legendary treasure."
"It seems to exist, yet it also seems not to exist; some people believe in its existence, while many more do not."
"So we still need to conduct a detailed investigation before we can draw any conclusions about what exactly happened here."
Kaido remained silent after listening to this seemingly useless rant.
He thought of a possibility.
Perhaps this ancient city is also a city closely associated with the sun god Nika.
Because the World Government feared its existence, it directly sent troops to destroy it.
Its existence was later erased from the literature.
This is what led to it becoming the Schrödinger-like state that Dr. Clover described.
The group followed the main road of the ancient city until they arrived at what appeared to be the royal palace.
Here, there is a square in front of the palace.
It's quite large; judging by appearances, it could hold at least ten thousand people of average human size.
But now, there isn't much to put your feet in this square.
The vast space was almost entirely covered with skeletons.
With each step, it's absolutely impossible to avoid stepping on a bone.
"Just how brutal was that battle back then..."
The archaeologists stared in shock at the corpses scattered across the ground.
This was the first time they had ever witnessed such a devastating scene during an archaeological excavation.