In fact, the ancient ruins or ruins in Gao Wen’s memory are not far from where the team was camping - it is located on the north side of the Dark Mountains, most of which are hidden in the mountains, and some of the structures are exposed between the mountain walls. In theory, as long as you look up at the dark mountains in the distance, you can see part of the structure of the monument between the rock walls hundreds of meters above the ground.

However, the passage of time has wiped out the traces of civilization. A large number of spreading vines and mountain vegetation cover the rock walls, covering the ancient monuments layer by layer. Coupled with the collapse of the remains itself and the accumulation of soil and rocks in the mountains, it is difficult to observe the structures exposed outside the mountain now. Standing in the place where the team is camping, looking at the mountain, I am afraid that even the hunter with good eyesight will find it difficult to discover the abnormalities between the rocks and vines at the first time.

After arranging the camp matters, Gao Wen and his four men set off for the mountains. The situation in just ten years would not change the terrain of nature. With the help of the satellite view ten years ago in my mind, coupled with the route into the mountain in my memory, Gao Wen and his men found the way up the mountain smoothly.

Amber seemed a little worried: "I said... you are going to dig treasures in the dark mountains. There are only four of us in total. Don't you think this team is a bit lingering?"

Gao Wen glanced at the half-elf: "What do you mean by that?"

Amber beat: "No matter how you do it, you have to guard the team of hundreds of people along the way. More than a dozen master-level rangers and druids are in charge. The knight in front leads the way, and the mage behind him takes charge. Another master-level thief as powerful as me is responsible for slipping and picking the locks - isn't this a standard configuration for treasure hunting in the mountains?"

"You are the standard one!" Gao Wen originally thought that this guy had some ideas, but he ended up saying this nonsense, "Which treasure hunting team is configured according to the standard of the regular army! And you can say it easily - organize a wave of such teams for me?"

"Okay, I'm a little exaggerating, but this is a dark mountain range! Dark mountain range!" Amber waved his arms exaggeratedly, "There is a place where the demon lord lives every 800 meters in the legend! You bring three people into the mountain - and one of them can only set fireballs..."

"Believe it or not, I can knock you down without a fireball!" Rebecca suddenly became angry, picked up his staff and pointed at Amber, "Let you see how powerful the women in the Cecil family are!"

Gao Wen stopped his great-granddaughter from N+1 and looked at Amber helplessly: "Sooner or later, you die in this mouth. And where did you hear the Demon Lord live every 800 meters in the dark mountains? Is this all the ignorant villagers scaring the children? If there were so many Demon Lords, they would have swept Ansu long ago."

As he said that, he raised his head and looked at the winding mountain road ahead.

"The Dark Mountains are indeed a dangerous place, but most people magnify the danger here too seriously. In fact, during the Gondor Empire, this mountain range was just one of the ordinary northern mountains. It was called the two major mountains of Loren, the north and south of Loren, together with the Gaoling Mountains in the southern part of the mainland. At that time, the dark mountains were not dark at all. Instead, they had the reputation of "Golden Mountain" because of their abundant resources and the production of a variety of minerals. Unfortunately, the demon tide broke out later. The dark mountains happened to face the place where the elemental storm was most violent. The entire southern foot of the mountain was eroded by elements, forming a terrifying black forest. This mountain range was gradually called the Dark Mountains."

Gao Wen talked about what he knew - part of it came from the memories in his mind, and the other part was the knowledge he had made up for recently.

"The Black Forest opposite the mountain is indeed dangerous, but it is located on the south side of the mountain range. This mountain range is a natural barrier that almost isolates the breath of Gondor wasteland that spreads through the magnificent walls. Most of the mutant monsters living in the Black Forest need to rely on chaotic magic energy to survive, so they will not leave the Black Forest at all, let alone cross the ridge to come to this northern part of the mountain that is suffocating for them, so the northern side of the Dark Mountains is actually quite safe."

There was not much vegetation on the route chosen by Gao Wen, but from time to time you could see some trees growing across the road and vines spreading from the road to block the way. These plants that grew tenaciously in the dark mountains were more or less affected by some wasteland atmosphere - which was floating from the south along the airflow every year. A trace "elemental wind" (that is, the unclean wind in Viscount Andrew's mouth) was influenced by the forces of the chaotic element, and the plants seemed distorted and extremely thick, with a bit of hideous and terrifying meaning.

But Gao Wen knew very well that apart from the fact that these things were a little scary on the outside, they were actually not threatening at all. They were just "stronger" plants. Those noble children who wandered around the forest north of the Dark Mountains and went back to brag about the experience of the Black Forest, all of them exaggerated the dangers of this land - they had no idea what the real Black Forest looked like.

The reason why he was able to confirm that the pollution in the northern part of the Dark Mountains had subsided was not because of the memories in his mind or the information he had inquired about, but because of the satellite view from ten years ago.

Just compare the satellite view with the information in memory, it is easy to determine that this place is actually a safe area.

"People's fear of this place actually only comes from two points. The first is the fear of the Gondor wasteland. Although the sentinel tower and magnificent wall built by the elves sealed most of the Gondor wasteland, the magic barrier can only isolate 70% or 80% of the chaotic magic energy. The corrupt forces that seep out of the Gondor wasteland every year are the biggest threats to the border areas of the Four Kingdoms. Even if the aftermath of the magic tide has subsided, the fear and pressure accumulated by the border people from generation to generation will not dissipate so quickly. The horror stories in these border areas have been passed down for seven hundred years and have long become almost part of traditional culture," Gao Wen said casually while chopping the barrier plants along the way, "The second... is the fear of the unknown."

"Unknown?" Amber asked with a frown.

"Yes, unknown. How many years have the Ansu Kingdom stopped its southern development?"

The answer is Rebecca: "If it starts with the signing of the order to stop the development, it will take more than two hundred years, and if it starts with the cancellation of all the development settlements, it will take more than one hundred years."

"That's right, it's also a hundred years. For a whole hundred years, this place has been listed as a forbidden place. Except for those 'adventurers' who go back and brag about it, no one dares to approach this place, and no one knows what it is. They can only learn about this place from the horror stories that have been passed down from generation to generation and the adventure stories that adventurers have blown away. How could they not be afraid?"

Listening to Gao Wen's extensive science popularization, Amber finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Huh... Then all the horror stories of the Dark Mountains are blown up. In fact, we are very safe here?"

Gao Wen thought about it and suddenly showed a very scary expression and approached the half-elf lady: "Actually I lied to you - this place is gloomy, dangerous, chaotic, and a demon lord lives every 800 meters."

Amber: “…ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

"It's a grandmaster thief, isn't it embarrassing," Gao Wen laughed with satisfaction, raised his hand to pat Rebecca's head next to him, and pointed to a tree trunk that fell on the ground not far away. "Your fireball technique is useful - blow that thing up. If I remember correctly, it's the front."

Rebecca had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and immediately nodded happily, raised his staff and a fireball as big as a head flew straight forward.

I always feel that this girl summons fireball faster than before...

"Bang--"

After a loud bang, the fireball exploded, and the already rotten and fragile trunk was blown up in it, turning into two unbalanced pieces and rolling down from the hillside, and the road ahead suddenly became clear.

An open land hidden in the mountains is presented to everyone.

This open land seemed to have been deliberately flattened by someone, and the rocks were cut into incredibly neat shapes. Between the rocks, ancient arches and collapsed walls could be seen. They were "intacted" between huge rock cliffs like fusion with the mountains, and even gave people the illusion - it was as if there was a magnificent fortress here, which was swallowed by the surrounding stones.

But in fact, the ancient ruin itself was built inside the mountain, with about two-thirds of its structure hidden behind the stone wall.

Whether it was Amber who was timid all the way, Rebecca, who had been listening carefully to his ancestors' admonitions, or Knight Byron who was fully alert, he couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw this ancient ruin hidden in the mountain.

They looked at the incredible ancient ruins in shock.

Gao Wen's eyes wandered around and suddenly stopped beside a collapsed gravel.

He came to the pile of gravels, and there was a section that could hardly be seen in the original appearance of the stone. After careful discrimination for a long time, he realized that it was a broken sword that had been severely rusted and corroded.

On the ground next to the pile of stones, you can see a row of marks. The marks are so deep that they are still clearly visible after seven hundred years of weathering: 16th Squadron, Cole is buried here.

Rebecca's voice came from behind: "What is this?"

"When the team crossed the Baishui River, we encountered pursuers. The 16th Squadron was in charge of the palace. No one survived," Gao Wen said slowly, "It should be the last surviving soldiers who retreated to this place without hope of breaking through. It's a pity... At that time, the demon tide was surging, and the entire dark mountains were shrouded in corruption. In my lifetime, we were unable to regain this area. When the demon tide naturally subsided, no one remembered this place..."

Knight Byron untied his sword, pressed the sword against his chest, and bowed to the simple tomb.

The soldiers buried here still have a tomb. The soldiers who built the tombs, but the soldiers who left the marks were hard to find even the traces.

Gao Wen was silent in front of the grave for a while, then picked up a piece of gravel from the side and pressed it on the top of the pile of stones: "Don't worry, everyone has survived."

At this moment, he hoped that he would say this in the tone of Gowan Cecil, not the time traveler Gowan.
Chapter completed!