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Chapter 379 - 87: Star Group, Extinguishing Road Traveler (Requesting Monthly Votes)_2

Chapter 379: Chapter 87: Star Group, Extinguishing Road Traveler (Requesting Monthly Votes)_2

[The tire tracks were hidden in the silt of the drainage ditch, connecting to the left and right, very coherent, with no telling where they came from or where they were heading.]

[Smart as you are, you quickly noticed something amiss—who could drive a vehicle into the ditch, leaving behind such inconspicuous yet stubborn tracks that even water could not wash away?]

"Great, great, great, I’ve finally found the problem, all my hard work hasn’t been in vain."

Looking at the bizarre tire track on the screen in front of him, Xu Shu finally took a deep breath.

He had almost lost hope in finding the so-called "border edge."

This time, he had set out with a determination to die, preparing all his tools to do battle with Tailed Ksitigarbha.

Unexpectedly, this time, his efforts on the road had not been wasted.

He had truly found what appeared to be the root of the problem.

Although the tire track seemed very fresh, aside from that, it had no other remarkable features.

But sometimes, "existence in itself is illogical"!

In such a desolate wilderness, whose car could be driving over the Wasteland?

"Hmm, now let me see what exactly lies beneath your mask!"

Xu Shu’s mouth twitched upward as he continued on his journey:

[You parted the surrounding underbrush and saw that indeed, there were tire tracks hidden everywhere, very secretive; if it hadn’t been for the sight of them in a ditch by chance this time, sparking your conjecture, you would have never found them.]

["No wonder I fell into silent trouble several times before. It seems these tracks are like the rings of Jingu Bang—once inside, you’re cursed." You reaffirmed your judgment, becoming even more cautious, refusing to step into these tracks.]

[Meanwhile, you followed the tire tracks step by step in exploration, first spitting out several webs as markers, turning this place into a true "trail of clues," then you proceeded in the northeast direction.]

[After some exploration, you found that the tire tracks were continuous, forming a circular curve. From where you started, you followed them all the way until you reached the real (19,19), precisely (190,190).]

[As everyone knows, the lighthouse you originally aimed to reach at (19,19) was actually still some distance from the border line, whereas this (190,190) was the true edge of the border line.]

[Following the tire tracks, you saw on the unremarkable border line a half-buried ancient building, square-shaped, made of stone, pale and translucent.]

[This building was particularly odd, showing you a complete base and wall less than one meter high, which, despite a bit of dust, had few damages.]

[With the information you had, even though you couldn’t see the full picture underground, you vaguely guessed it was a suspected ancient temple.]

[It seemed as if in some past disaster, it had toppled over and was now inverted in the ground.]

[The border line crossed over it, the tire tracks met here, and strangely, you noticed that outside the border line, the tracks completely disappeared.]

[You were somewhat perplexed, the impulse in your heart urging you to step out of the border line to investigate, after all, you were right on the border, and you saw no apparent danger outside; even if something was amiss, you could immediately escape back inside.]

[Your choice is...]

Should you go out and take a look?

Xu Shu stroked his chin.

He scrutinized the bizarre inverted temple for a moment, finding that to excavate and see what was below, he’d have to step out of the border line.

The day looked clear, the area outside the border line was a barren rocky wasteland, endless and relatively flat, with no visible threats.

It indeed seemed feasible to try digging out there.

"But... I refuse!"

[Caution, a very good quality, will be your greatest reliance for survival in this strange post-apocalyptic world.]

[You spat out a few strands of web here, making an Entanglement trap, then you started to follow the tire tracks back the way you came.]

[Soon you arrived back where you had left the "trail of clues", this time you chose to continue along the tracks, but in the opposite direction, first heading southwest, then as the curve of the tracks changed, you gradually shifted northwest.]

[After spending much time, you arrived at the border line again, at (18,19)—the number was very precise, representing the exact coordinates (180,190).]

[Here, the tire tracks crossed the border line and disappeared again, but you saw something that greatly surprised you.]

[It was a rooftop, the tiles blackened, neatly overlapping in a "人" shape straddling the border line, half inside, half outside, the bricks and tiles old but surprisingly intact.]

[The rest of the building below the roof was all buried in the ground.]

Ah?

Seeing this, Xu Shu’s pupils constricted.

The same "half-buried" structure.

The same simple, old style of architecture.

Earlier it was the foundation.

Now it’s the rooftop.

It’s hard not to speculate if the rooftop here and the foundation earlier belonged to the same building.

"Surely, the inside couldn’t still be connected, could it?"

Xu Shu ventured a bold conjecture.

In fact, the thinking of normal people would definitely not associate two such buildings together, nor think they belonged to the same one—after all, temples tend to have similar construction styles, similarities aren’t surprising.

Even if one made the connection, assuming they were parts of the same temple, most would likely think they were separated by a natural disaster like a tornado, which is why one part was to the east and the other was to the west.