Three days later, Ian's figure appeared in the middle of a vast ruin. Holding the other two runes in his hand, it was obvious that he had already passed the test of the other two areas, he looked around, this ruin was silent, the surrounding area was strewn with heavily weathered building debris and oddly shaped rocks, barren and gloomy, without any signs of life.
Ian cautiously stepped forward, his feet stepping on the soft and thick sandy soil, his eyes vigilantly scanning his surroundings, but he did not see any familiar figures. Both Bauer and Ramon were nowhere to be seen.
"It seems that the exit location of the teleportation array is different in each region." Ian surmised in his mind. He decided that he had to quickly understand where he was and the structure of the relics before he could actually start moving. According to his previous experience of entering the ruins, the exits of the ruins should have a more distinctive feature.
Ian's thoughts were clear, his top priority was to find a way to leave the ruins before searching for the treasures, after all, leaving alive and bringing out the information related to the ruins was what the Aurora Council really wanted, and it was also the only way to preserve the existing order in the City of Ashes.
He quickly found a nearby abandoned tower, which was old but relatively intact. Ian nimbly climbed to the top of the tower and looked around, but all he could see was endless ruins without any obvious exit or guidance.
"It really isn't that simple." Ian sighed and muttered to himself, "Either the exit is very cleverly hidden, or my current position is too far away from the exit. Either way, it's not good news for me."
He slowly slid down from the tower and stood on the ground for a moment in contemplation, recalling the trials he had gone through before entering the relics, especially the two tests in the back, and couldn't help but feel a little worried about Mia's situation.
The tests in the latter two areas were patience and determination respectively, in the patience test, Ian was faced with the phantom of an old man, as long as he sat motionless with the old man for twenty-four hours, he could pass, Ian had thought that he could pass it easily, however, in reality,
all kinds of unexpected situations kept appearing around him to interfere with Ian, and after Ian had gradually disregarded the situation around him, the old man kept interfering with Ian's mind with his energies, causing Ian's heart to become very agitated. If Ian hadn't relied on his spiritual faculty's ability to forcefully stabilize his mind, I'm afraid that he would still be fighting with the phantom old man right now.
And the test of fixation was even more thrilling, Ian went back to the previous world, he was still that college student, waking up on the classroom table, different from his memories, he was no longer that ordinary college student, but a genius student who was noticed by the world, using his wisdom to create a better life for people.
He was also the richest man in the world, his parents were high-ranking officials of the country, and he had extremely high influence in the whole world, his girlfriend was the goddess that he had once pursued so hard but had not succeeded in doing so, and he possessed wealth and status that were completely unimaginable before.
Ian spent decades in this fantasy, during which he also discovered a way to make human life expectancy increase dramatically, such a life seems to be able to continue forever, he himself has gradually accepted such a world, as if everything that happened in the last days of the past was really just a dream, there is a voice that asks Ian if he wants to live in such a world forever, Ian almost did not hesitate to agree, or the system out of the voice to remind It was only then that Ian came to his senses.
After waking up, Ian felt very afraid, such a trial he did not know who could pass, the fantasy life is too good, let him have everything he ever wanted, so that people simply can not leave. If he didn't have a system, he might have sunk into a false fantasy forever.
Although Mia's strength was outstanding, this kind of trial tested more than mere strength, "I hope everything goes well for her." Ian muttered, then regained his composure. He knew that now was not the time to worry about others, and he himself had to act quickly.
For the next few hours, Ian cautiously explored the area around him. He found that this ruin was once an extremely prosperous city, and the grandeur and grandeur of the past could still be felt between the broken walls. However, time had completely destroyed everything here, and the remaining buildings were crumbling, and danger could come at any time.
For the clues to leave the ruins, there was still no luck, "System, do you know how to leave this ruin?"
[Host, your current behavior is cheating, you need to explore on your own].
"...." For the system's antiquity, Ian was deeply helpless, if it wasn't at a very crisis moment, the system wouldn't give help, it seems that if you want to leave the relics, you can only go to other places to take a look, there won't be any useful information around.
Ian decided to cross the city, taking his chances by entering relatively well-preserved buildings as he went, going deeper into the center of the city, where there were even more obvious signs of construction. He pushed open the door of a large building and slowly stepped inside, and a chilly aura immediately hit him.
Inside the building, countless statues and bas-reliefs were displayed in the wide halls, which were lifelike, yet each of them wore a pained and twisted expression, as if telling of a tragedy that had once happened here.
Ian cautiously advancing, the line of sight suddenly fell in the center of the hall on a huge stone monument, the inscription is blurred, can only vaguely see a few words: "Desire ... cost ... save ..."
Ian frowned slightly, "What exactly does this represent?"
Just as he was gazing at his thoughts, he suddenly felt a slight rattling coming from behind him, Ian keenly turned around, his eyes staring sharply at the dark corner, "Who is it? Come out!"