Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 631 - 554: Moon’s Child Ruins
Golden light, shot straight down from the sky, illuminating the earth.
A towering mountain range stretched from the edge of the sky.
The entire mountain range consisted of peaks of varying heights, and in the latter part of the range, there was a towering giant peak that ranked high among the whole range.
At this moment, on the golden-illuminated ground, an enormous vehicle, similar to a truck, was racing forward at a speed unmatched by its size.
Like an enraged giant bull, it roared with fury.
The huge cab and compartment, the bottom of the entire vehicle was composed of a combination of 12 wheels, with each wheel having a pair of tires.
Despite such a massive vehicle traveling on the earth, it was exceptionally quiet, the entire body had an indistinct, illusory feel.
It appeared and disappeared under the golden light, seeming ethereal.
Racing forward all the way, yet it didn't disturb any creature, completely mismatched with its size.
The enormous vehicle stopped at the foot of the mountain.
As the vehicle stopped, the entrance to the compartment behind the vehicle opened to both sides, and the first to emerge was Waldri, as tall as a giant tree.
He leaned on a gigantic wooden staff, slowly moving down the slope extending from the bottom of the vehicle.
With his appearance, Kane, along with Mo Yi and Wofas, also emerged from the vehicle.
They built such a large vehicle precisely because the Giant Wood Elder's size was too enormous.
To quickly reach the ruins at the destination, they constructed a large motorhome, with the blessing of magic, no matter how large, it could speed across the land.
This counts as an advantage of magic technology.
Not to mention, in this dungeon, Kane's construction cost had reached the lowest level, consuming resources was negligible for him now.
In this dungeon, he could even take down the Magic Power Reserve as a regular skill, rarely using dragon form.
But he couldn't overly rely on it, after all, the reason the origin skills were so powerful now was entirely because the authority at hand was too fitting.
Furthermore, the strengthening effect of this thing could only be effective in this dungeon.
He couldn't develop reliance and habits; otherwise, once he went out to battle, if he had formed bad habits in this dungeon that led to a decrease in strength and inability to adapt, it would be detrimental.
So Kane tried to maintain the original attack strength during battles, but in everyday life, he would try to use the strengthened abilities.
Only in this way could he understand and learn the rules.
However, without reaching gold, comprehending the rules seemed to have no clue at all.
Like a person with no mathematical foundation looking at a complicated math problem, staring intently but unable to understand or solve it no matter how many times it's rewritten.
As Burton would say, without reaching the golden level, the body's quality and brain structure were insufficient to support the comprehension of the rules.
Reaching the golden level was akin to opening eyes to see the world, akin to academic success.
The best now was just to experience the rules, let the body form a memory, so that once upgraded to gold level, such memory would swiftly aid in understanding the rules.
So whether it was Kane or Kreya, both were in a state of going with the flow right now.
Not intentionally learning, but deliberately using.
As everyone left the vehicle, Kane waved his hand, dispersing the enormous vehicle.
Disembarking under the golden bridge light, the Giant Wood Elder wore a look of disgust, his wooden staff emitted a faint green light.
A layer of magic shield enveloped him.
This magic shield's sole purpose was to block the external sunlight, serving as a kind of sunshade.
Then the Giant Wood Elder turned his head to look at everyone and asked, "Do you all need it?"
Kreya and the others shook their heads, as they bore no enmity toward the golden bridge.
Kane looked up at the majestic mountains stretching to the horizon not far away.
This was the only mountain range on this continent, the place where Longbei appeared was among this same range, just in the first half.
Although on the same mountain range, the distances between the two were vastly different.
Because of this mountain range's length, it connected nearly a third of the continent, truly a continental barrier.
Once, this mountain range blocked the cold currents and sea winds from the other side, but now it no longer served such a function.
Since Golden Bridge reigned over this world, the concept of seasons barely existed anymore.
To maintain the basic functioning of the world, most seasons remained in spring and autumn, the creatures of this world have possibly never seen snow over thousands of years, let alone experience a blazing summer.
Now, after the world fragmented, even maintaining the seasons of spring and autumn became difficult, plunging the entire world into silence.
Kane glanced at the map Heideline gave him: "The Moon's Child's ruins are in the center of the mountain range, in the tallest mountain."
He pointed to the tallest mountain in the range before them, the map indicated that the Moon's Child's ruins were within.
They needed to cross a few small peaks to reach the foot of that mountain.
"Alright, everyone, let's move."
Saying this, they began to climb the mountain ahead.
The easiest among them might have been Mo Yi, she directly transformed into the original form of the Moon's Child, floating upward, suspended above the ground.
Though climbing the mountain, she was essentially floating upward with her feet on the ascending rocks, exceptionally at ease.
Even the way the Giant Wood Elder climbs the mountains is fast and steady.
The tree roots, resembling legs, spread apart, transforming into a mass of roots anchored into the ground.
The roots intertwine with each other, rooting into the earth and wriggling upward stably.
The most challenged has to be Kreya; her body structure makes climbing in this geological environment exceptionally difficult.
She needs to use several times the physical strength of others just to proceed steadily, but at least it's not to the point of being utterly immobile.
However, after covering some distance, no one else used Double Bath Star anymore because Kane wanted to slack off, so everyone let Cotton Candy carry them.
Cotton Candy now can carry Kane and the others, along with the Giant Wood Elder, without any issue.
Moreover, it can carry them steadily toward the distant landscape, though not reaching the highest altitude.
Kane patted the soft cloud beneath him, "Thank you for your hard work, Cotton Candy."
"Beep!" Cotton Candy said, meaning it's a piece of cake, this weight is nothing.
Kane and the others hadn't let Cotton Candy carry them for a long time and didn't expect it to have grown to such an extent.
With that, everyone passed through two small obstructing mountains with ease and reached their intended destination.
"Let me lead the way for His Majesty here," Mo Yi said to Kane and the others, looking at the majestic mountain ahead.
For Mo Yi's request, Kane nodded in agreement.
After all, it's the Moon's Child's relic, and Kane and the others didn't know where the relic was.
Mo Yi did not lead Kane and the others to climb upwards but circled around the vicinity, heading to the back of the mountain.
After trekking for quite a distance, they finally reached their destination.
The area where the Golden Bridge is located is just blocked by the front of the mountain, while the back cannot be illuminated by the Golden Bridge's light, completely blocking out the golden glow.
Although the Golden Bridge does not move like the sun, its massive structure spans the entire sky.
Looking up at the sky, the Golden Bridge almost crosses from the center of the sky, reaching 80-90% of the sun's coverage in a day.
The remaining areas not illuminated are mostly due to obstructions; there's no way around it unless deliberately avoided.
This mountain, instead of being naturally formed, seems to have been modified by the Moon's Child in some way.
This modification caused almost the entire back of the mountain to not receive the Golden Bridge's golden glow, making it a complete dark side.
And here is where Mo Yi led Kane and the others into the entrance.
From here, one can see many man-made marks, a sloping path extending into the mountain, with large stone-built basins on both sides.
Such large basins are present everywhere on the backside. Not just on the sides of the path, but also in some areas along the mountain sides and waist.
This type of architecture is generally used in snow mountain areas, indicating that this region was likely a snow mountain before the Golden Bridge fully reigned over this world.
Down the sloping path, the group made their way to the gap between two high mountains.
Then Mo Yi stopped at a seemingly ordinary spot at the foot of the mountain, facing a rock wall indistinguishable from its surroundings.
Even Kane, using Eagle Eye, couldn't detect any issue, and the Divine Martial Gaze's sensing range, upon careful scanning of the surroundings, could only find a vague emptiness inside.
If it weren't for Kane deliberately using Divine Martial Gaze to probe this area, scanning back and forth, this vagueness would completely deceive them.
Mo Yi approached the rock wall, the silvery-gray magic energy surrounding her, following her hand's movements, settled onto the rock wall before her.
The silvery-gray glow emanated, and along the magical light, patterns emerged on the wall.
These patterns formed into a design, with a noticeably conspicuous crescent moon at the center of the design.
As the sound of vibrations arrived, the ground began to shake slightly. The design on the rock wall formed by magic patterns gradually disappeared, and then the rock wall returned to its original, ordinary appearance.
At this moment, Mo Yi reached out, her entire hand passing directly through the spot where the design had been on the rock wall. The rock wall had vanished, only a visual illusion remained.
"Your Majesty, the passage has appeared, follow me inside," Mo Yi said as she entered into the stone wall.
Kane and the others followed closely behind.
When Kane fully passed through the rock wall and entered the space inside, the view before him involuntarily made him stand and observe. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
The space here was extraordinarily vast, as if the entire center of the mountain had been hollowed out. The entire upper portion of the space resembled a night sky.
Fleeting starlight, appearing and disappearing. A crescent moon hung at the edge of the sky, providing a cold light for the entire space.
The outside remained eternally bright, and the Moon's Children themselves crafted this illusionary night sky and a phantom crescent moon in this space to console their lineage.
Such a scene indeed left Kane and the others in awe.
The entire space then consisted of various stone buildings, with exteriors exceptionally detailed, ornate carvings displayed on them.
However, looking around, aside from a few buildings, most have already collapsed and been destroyed.
More are ruins, shattered into rubble, with damage ranging from small areas to most parts.
Only a few structures in the distance still maintain a complete appearance and are rather ordinary buildings.
Even Mo Yi was somewhat stunned by the scene, standing in place.
This place was not discovered by the Moon's Child but was found by Heideline through the notes left by her brother, from which they uncovered the relic.
Knowing it was related to the Moon's Child, Heideline sent Mo Yi to follow along to observe their journey here.
