Pirate Sequence: Start with Outlaws.

Everyone's eyes were shocked by the scene before them.

No one expected that there would be such a lost relic inside the world of balanced quicksand.

When their explorers came down before, no one had discovered this place, and there wasn't even a single word of analysis about it.

They were all blinded by the barrier environment outside the balanced quicksand and could not see what was inside at all.

Only the careful explorers of Shuanglong Castle discovered that something was wrong here.

But they only knew that this seemed to be the gathering place of some quicksand snakes, and they didn't know anything deeper.

Only at this moment, when everyone entered here and saw it with their own eyes, did they understand all the strange things inside.

At this time, the two colonels Henry and Ryan were secretly happy in their hearts, and then glanced at Rune.

Everything seems to have its own destiny.

If it weren't for Captain Blood Sea, a friend of Colonel Rune, who rescued the descendants of dragons last time, then when the Twin Dragon Castle discovered the strange place this time, it would not necessarily give priority to recruiting Beloberg's people to come for adventure, let alone now, when they can discover such a strange place!

"Needless to say, this place must be one of the cores of the entire Balanced Quicksand World."

"From a visual point of view, the huge peace knot-like thing in the middle has an inseparable connection with the surrounding balanced quicksand."

Major General Lincoln judged.

"This place looks like a lost civilization," Liad said. "From the buildings in front, they look a bit like the Nami people recorded in ancient books more than 2000 years ago."

"The Nami people have lived in arid areas for a long time and lack water resources. In this environment, they have mastered the method of controlling sand and soil, and use sand and stones to build houses."

"I read in a book that their architectural style is very similar to what I see here, but the ancient books record that the buildings of the Nano people are very scattered and the settlements are small. There is no good introduction to the vast and dense buildings like the one in front of me."

"If I really have to describe the building in front of me, this is most likely the 'capital' of the Nano people."

Listening to Liad's introduction, everyone around nodded slightly and praised.

As expected of being one of the candidate heirs to the Vasek family, his knowledge of the history and secrets buried in time is unmatched by ordinary people.

Rune also admired Liad's rich knowledge.

The saying that knowledge is power is not groundless.

Especially in this fantasy world.

Understanding various ethnic groups and various magical things can often increase the chances of success and even survival during adventures.

Some sects that revere secret history use the study of history as a way to advance in their careers, which is extremely mysterious.

With Liad's introduction, everyone had a partial understanding of the world in front of them.

"In other words, Constantine moved the capital of the Nami tribe here and created such a world?" Henry asked in confusion, "Where are the Nami people in it?"

"You never listen to others! Liad said before that this is a lost civilization, which means that the civilization of the Nami people has been cut off long ago!" Ryan said.

Liad nodded, agreeing with Ryan's statement, "The civilization of the Nano people once reached an extremely high level, but at that time they were first captured and ruled by the Serpent God Tribe in the Serpent God River Basin."

"However, as generations passed, the tribe gradually received instructions from their gods and began to rebel. But it was this rebellious spirit that led them to glory and fall."

"Because when they become free and powerful, even their own gods will want to rebel!"

"Their emperor created a huge historical artifact from the desert. It was a sun disk, and around the sun disk were four gods' quicksand knots. As a result, the Nami people were divided into one emperor and four kings."

"Under the leadership of this emperor and the four kings, the Nami people want to ascend to heaven as a tribe."

"The whole clan ascended to heaven! What an exaggerated method!" Even Lincoln, who was born as a dragon, was deeply shocked when he heard about the deeds of the Nami people.

As descendants of dragons, they had never thought of being able to resist the Dragon God's path to becoming a god.

At most, he thought about tracing back to his roots, restoring the dragon blood in his body to a level closer to his dragon ancestors, and gaining more powerful strength.

"What's the result? What was the result of the Mi people's ascension?" Ryan asked at this time.

Henry shrugged and said, "Looking at the dilapidated capital in front of us, it's obvious that we have failed."

"No." Liad denied Henry's statement, "They can't be considered a failure, they are half successful."

"Ascension requires conditions. It requires the condensation of countless powers and the physical fitness of the Nano people themselves. In addition, there is one most important thing to become a god, and that is the godhead."

"Of course, this is just our speculation. Godhead may be a strange object, a kind of ability, or a kind of will, or even a certain law of the operation of the world. But in short, we call it Godhead."

"The Nami people at that time did not know this, and the god who saw through their plan brought down his wrath. He hindered the Nami people's plan and led them down another wrong path."

"Some of the Nano people died when they ascended, while some succeeded in ascending but developed uncontrollable diseases in their bodies and turned into various monsters. These monsters are very powerful, but they have lost their reason."

"Only a very small number of extremely gifted Nano people have come into contact with some of the power of the gods, but their whereabouts are unknown afterwards."

"So the previous generation of the Nami people were almost wiped out, and only the descendants of the Nami people are still lingering, but the gods are not going to let them go."

"A curse similar to the plague has silently descended upon the Nami people. As the curse spreads, their bodies age faster, as if tens of millions of years have passed. Every Nami person will become a sandstone statue the moment they reach adulthood, and will die as time weathers."

“Thus, a savage civilization was lost in history until we came here and the world before our eyes saw the light of day again.”

"There is such a story." Castrito was stunned as he listened to it. Usually he was only obsessed with the study of holy light and at most dabbled in some knowledge such as alchemy, but he did not expect that Liad's knowledge was so broad.

"According to what you said, the curse bestowed upon the Nano people by the gods caused their bodies to age a thousand times faster in a certain instant, eventually turning into stone statues and then weathering away. Doesn't this resemble the peace knot in front of you?"

Major General Lincoln asked this question after thinking for a while.

Everyone immediately fell into deep thought.

The more I looked at the quicksand knot before my eyes, the more it looked like what Major General Lincoln had described.

This huge quicksand knot must be one of the important historical wonders that Liad mentioned, which can enable the Nami people to ascend.

A huge quicksand knot floats in the air, surrounded by scattered, silky quicksand.

At first glance, it seems to be rotating around the quicksand, but in fact, if you look closely, you can find that the drifting quicksand seems to be breaking away from the inside of the Peace Festival.

It's just that due to Ping An Jie's powerful recovery ability, the quicksand in the body is still being replenished continuously, thus achieving a delicate balance.

"I have a bold guess." At this time, Liad looked up and said.

Lu En also nodded, "I also have the same bold guess as you."

Then the others around nodded, "We also have a bold guess."

Could it be that all the quicksand in this balanced quicksand world is formed by the weathering of this peace knot!

This was the only common thought in everyone's mind at the moment.

Lu En thought about it carefully and said, "Perhaps there is more than one Quicksand Realm. There may be other Quicksand Knots in the Balanced Quicksand World."

"Perhaps Constantine discovered the ruins of the Nano civilization back then, and also discovered this cursed historical artifact. In a flash of inspiration, he used this artifact to refine this world, adding some alchemical arrays to it, thus making it what it is today."

"Constantine, the great dragonborn, is really beyond people's expectations." As one of the members who went through the last two levels of alchemy test, Henry felt deeply about this.

Whether it is the damn mechanical puppet or the scrapped land behind, each level is very thrilling, and the world in front of us is obviously more grand!

"No matter what, we will definitely gain a lot this time, but we must be careful." Rune said, "The information collected by the previous Dragon Clan explorer may not be correct. After all, he was looking inside the illusion from outside, and the information he saw was likely distorted."

"For example, he said before that he saw many quicksand snakes, about 70 or 80 of them, but from what I've seen, there are at least 300 quicksand snakes in front of me, and there are many other creatures that I haven't seen before."

"What Colonel Luen said makes sense." Major General Lincoln did not deny Luen's words. "We are entering a completely new place here. We must be more careful in everything we do."

After everyone got themselves in order and prepared for battle, the six warships began to slowly move forward.

When it arrived near the lost ruins, as expected, it finally came to rest on the ground due to the alchemy array.

"It looks like we have to get off the boat and enter the ruins." Henry said.

This is not the first time they have encountered this situation.

However, Lincoln next to him was a little worried, "If we just go in like this, will we encounter any danger?"

Henry replied: "There are certainly dangers, but not all of them are life-threatening. These are training grounds set up by Constantine to test future generations, not slaughterhouses to exterminate everyone."

After hearing Henry's words, the Dragonborns felt relieved. After all, the people in front of them were all experienced guys.

The team of nearly a thousand people disembarking from the ship still seemed a bit crowded.

However, after everyone entered the Lost City, they followed their respective routes. The thousand people entering the streets and alleys seemed scattered and sparse.

Rune and Kasruto led the 100 people they belonged to in the predetermined direction.

The world beneath our feet is not like the desert. Although there are turbulences, they are enough to support the extraordinary people to stand firmly on it.

Not to mention Rune, walking on it is as easy as walking on flat ground.

These buildings made of quicksand have been there for who knows how many years. Just pinch them with your hands and the broken sand will begin to fall.

Kasruto picked up a brick casually, and before he could use much force, the brick had already broken into powder.

The house whose bricks he removed was reduced to ruins.

Rune did not blame him for his actions, but said: "It seems that these houses made of sand and stone do not have the characteristics of balanced quicksand. The real balanced quicksand is decomposed from the peace knot in the sky."

"Colonel Rune, look at what this is?" At this time, Kasruto on the side dug up the sand and stones of the ruins, revealing a thumb-sized gem that was as red as pigeon blood.

There was still light shining on the stone.

It was obvious that this was a very good alchemical material. Rune activated the Eye of Insight and immediately obtained information about the stone.

[Strength-enhancing gemstone: used as a material, it increases the strength attribute; worn, it continuously increases the wearer's strength; directly absorbed, it increases strength explosively]

Over the years, the buildings have become mere ruins, but these gems still remain as they should be.

This shows that it is affected by the state of balanced quicksand. In such a world, although energy evaporates, the energy is replenished due to its balanced characteristics.

This gem can be used as one of the important materials for upgrading and amplifying relics.

Rune returned the gem to Kasruto, and then ordered his extraordinary people to start searching for various gems in the city. It was up to them how many they could get.

In the huge city, countless opportunities were filled in an instant, causing many extraordinary people to be extremely excited.

Naturally, Rune was unwilling to let it go.

To alchemists, these stones are as important as a good weapon to soldiers on the front line.

With these gems, it would be no problem to enhance any item. Even strengthening the Shotgun of Fate and the Tidebringer are no longer dreams.

The seven senses of the Incarnation were activated to the highest level and began to search the entire city for the scent of gems.

The energy emanating from those gems was quickly locked onto by Rune one by one.

In less than half an hour, he had collected nearly 20 gems, including 13 rubies, 6 blue gems, and 4 green gems.

In addition to Rune, other extraordinary people also quickly discovered the existence of the gems and began to take action.

The ruins of the entire civilization gradually disappeared into thin air due to the invasion of outsiders.

However, just as everyone was rejoicing over the gems they had collected, something seemed to be slowly moving in the entire ruins.

After feeling all this, Rune was also extremely calm.

He had anticipated everything.