Chapter 312: The Wandering People
Anti was received well by the people here.

Although it is called a reception, the conditions here are really limited and we can basically just make do with what we have.

In a cave, people here rely on raising some luminous plankton as a light source. Although the visual effect is good, it is still relatively dark.

Inside the house, there are simple furniture made from rocks and seaweed.

It can be seen that the people here live a life completely like that of primitive society.

Anti met the leader of the settlement, the oldest man Anti had ever seen, but he was still very energetic and in good health.

In a situation close to primitive society, people who can live longer are more or less capable and respected by other members of the settlement.

"Hello, sir from outside, I am Loz, the leader of this settlement. It's incredible that the fabric you are wearing is not old, and it is obviously beyond our time. You must be someone who has come from the outside world recently!" As soon as the old man saw Anti, his original doubts disappeared immediately and he looked very excited.

Anti nodded politely and said, "I am indeed from the outside world, and I have good news to tell you about your plan to leave here. But I hope to get some information about this volcano."

No fuss, straight to the point, Anti's attitude surprised the old man, but on second thought, they seemed to have no other value to Anti except their status as "locals".

He could feel how strong Anti was. He had heard about it from the gathering team that brought Anti back, and now he was even more certain of it after seeing it with his own eyes.

Since the other party is so easy to talk to, just cooperate with him.

"Ask me anything you want. I will answer all the questions I know," said the old man Roz sincerely.

"Are you the descendants of those who were expelled by Havendes and gathered here?" Antis asked.

"Yes, everyone here is the descendant of the people who came here in the beginning. It has been a long time, and we are sure that we have been completely disconnected from the outside world... But at least, the knowledge about various continents of mankind has been recorded in books by our ancestors who came here earlier. So we have not forgotten where we came from."

"Are there any books? Show me." Anti became interested when he heard this.

Under the guidance of old man Roz, they came to a cave.

In this cave, books are piled up randomly.

"In the chaos of migration, many books were lost, but all the books in our settlement are still intact. Unfortunately, the pressure of survival is so great nowadays that few people can read these books," said Roz.

"it is good."

With the help of these books, as well as the old man next to him, Loz, who was obviously well-read, Anti recounted the history of the humans in the sea, how they had fled to the center of the deep ocean, lived and worked in peace but were expelled because of the spread of the abyss, and found a safe haven in the volcano again. As a result, the town they rebuilt with great difficulty was destroyed one day when the Lord of the volcano changed his mind.

Humans were indeed the first group in Havendes to come into contact with the abyss, which is also the main factor that caused humans to become the scapegoat.

According to the notes of the abyss scholar Esther in Anti's hands, the more vibrant the life is, the more likely it is to be contaminated by the abyss.

This is not only reflected in the body, or rather, the abyss is more interested in the spiritual soul.

It is more difficult for the abyss to erode the spirit, but they can erode matter through direct contact, and the erode of the spirit does not necessarily require a medium, which is also a clue.

In this regard, humans are more attractive to the abyss than the sea creatures who have developed their intelligence through the light of the sea.

The Great Whirlpool has confirmed that the Abyss leaked because of the turmoil in the Seavenders, which caused a large number of sea creatures to abandon the Light of the Sea. So humans were completely unprovoked.

To this day, the remaining sea creatures in Havendes believe that humans are the culprits.

According to some clues in the records, it was the actions of a group of extreme groups among the sea people at that time that further promoted this matter.

Anti noticed that there was no information about Lindsay, the second Lord of the Deep Ocean, in these documents. They seemed unaware that there was such a human who had made great achievements in Havendes.

Not only humans don't know, many sea creatures don't know either.

Except for the library.

Anti had not asked Lindsay these questions directly, but he had asked Enyat.

Eniat's answer at the time was hesitant: "This... some sea creatures don't recognize it... that is,... they think it's not pure knowledge... it's a shame... the library is relatively independent and has not been affected too much, but in fact, apart from the sages, few sea creatures understand these things." Anti was speechless after hearing this.

However, for the sea people, those extremists did succeed. At least they succeeded in making Lindsay disappear from the history of the sea people and made humans take the blame for the sea people.

After being expelled, humans were taken in by the underwater volcanic forces.

They were grateful and built several towns on the edge of the underwater volcano. Although the living environment on this side of the underwater volcano is not very good, at least there is a place where they can get shelter.

Moreover, the volcanic force does not restrict the use of human miracles, which enables humans to better cope with harsh environments.

But the good times didn't last long.

After the abyss spread, the volcano was also affected to some extent. However, the volcano was far away from the nearest crack, so the impact was limited. After proper preparation, it was able to withstand the abyss relatively easily.

However, in the subsequent attack and defense of Havendes, the coalition forces of the Great Rift, Volcano, and Pearl Kingdom were defeated by the two generals, Shrimp and Crab.

After being defeated by Brutagano, the Lord of the Volcano returned a changed man.

Humans cannot enter the core area of ​​the volcano so they don't know exactly what is going on. But one day, the volcano guards suddenly began to capture creatures from other volcanoes and even surrounding areas and took them deep into the volcano.

Including humans.

Then, monsters that looked like those possessed by magma began to spread out from the depths of the volcano.

The familiar smell of the curse made the humans who had fled here to seek refuge from the chaotic world of wandering gods realize something.

Finally, the submarine volcano became what it is today.

Volcano monsters are elusive and are often found either submerged in lava or beaten half to death and taken to the depths of the volcano. No one has ever returned from the depths of the volcano.

Undersea volcanoes have also become a new hell.

"We are in the center of the deep ocean and don't know where to go. We originally wanted to seek refuge in the nearest Pearl Kingdom, but after the defeat in the offensive and defensive war, the Pearl Kingdom closed its entire territory and stopped contacting the outside world. The abyss is spreading to other places, and deep-sea reptiles are wandering in the wild and eating anything they can. It's even harder to survive outside if we leave the current underwater volcano."

The old man's voice was hoarse and trembling, full of despair about the bleak future.

Anti closed a book and said, "Then hold on for a while. The Deep Ocean Center should be finished in less than two days."

The old man was stunned, as if he didn't hear clearly: "What did you say?"

"The Deep Ocean Center will be destroyed within two days. By then, all conscious lives that have not been contaminated by the abyss will be able to leave, and you will be free." Anti repeated it in detail.

The old man stared at Anti blankly for a long while, his mouth trembling.

Anti shook his head and put the book in his hand down beside him: "I want to take some of these books away."

"Please! Take whatever you want! As long as we can really leave here... then these books will be of no use..." the old man said hurriedly, tears in his eyes.

Anti remained calm and ignored the excited old man next to him. After the transaction was completed, he collected all the books he thought were valuable.

I feel like there will be a lot of people around me who like these books, so there’s no such thing as too many souvenirs. This “vacation” is obviously not long, but it always feels like a long time has passed.

Excluding the previous dream, it was probably the influence of the confused view of time.

After cleaning up, Anti said goodbye to the settlement.

Heading into the depths of the volcano.

In order to deal with him, Brutagano went into seclusion before the war, so he should show some respect, right?

(End of this chapter)