Chapter 109: Giant Lake War God

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On the streets near the city center, students holding cameras took photos of those giant-like skeletons.

Some students held notebooks and ballpoint pens, recording what they saw and observed during this operation.

"Huo Sen, Nei Te, you two go collect a sample of that skeleton; we will bring it back for testing."

"Yes (okay), Professor."

Xiersi, standing at the center of the team, had the two most experienced students take charge of sampling.

The two students jogged up to a giant-like skeleton, first taking out the appropriate tools from their backpacks, then helping each other to chip off some fragments.

They gathered the fragments into a well-sealed bottle, screwed on the cap, and placed the sealed bottle into their backpack.

"Professor..." Ada, standing with arms crossed over her chest, feigned shock and said in a low voice to Xiersi:

"No matter which civilization's myth or unofficial history, they all describe different kinds of giant races; it seems… we humans must face those myths and unofficial histories."

"Hmm." Xiersi nodded in agreement: "Those remaining murals, carvings, or books are actually impossible to understand with modern human thinking."

Adding to that, arrogance is one of humanity's natures, so we conclude that those truly happened stories are merely imagined myths.

This city, these skeletons, these pieces of evidence! They're enough to give that bunch of old-timers a resounding slap!

By the end of his speech, Xiersi seemed to have released the resentment that had built up over time.

It seems this leading figure in archaeology, due to his steadfast beliefs, has often been mocked and questioned by peers and friends.

Standing not far away, Leon, who had remained silent, took out his dedicated phone and photographed these abnormal skeletons for reporting.

After finishing the report, Leon quickly took the Um-8 from its holster, checked that the firearm was in order, then disengaged the safety and returned it to the holster.

Although everything that happened here occurred tens of thousands of years ago, just in case, Leon, in his recent report, proposed an application for possible HellParatrooper support.

After all, abnormal phenomena cannot be judged or thought of by ordinary reasoning.

Besides those three- to four-meter-tall skeletons in ancient Greek style, there were also giants wearing no clothing, with a height of about 2.5 meters.

These somewhat shorter giants had skulls resembling humans', but their overall shape was smoother.

Based on a complete skeleton, the archaeological team judged that they should have only 21 ribs, asymmetrical left and right, and their pelvic bones are narrower compared to humans'.

Relying solely on these skeletal features, the group concluded they were certainly not just a simple enlarged version of humans.

Furthermore, from the poses and positions of the skeletons at death, it's not hard to guess that a deathless battle erupted between the two sides.

Judging by the number of deaths, it's clear that the ancient Greek‑style giants had the upper hand.

The archaeological team spent nearly an hour completing the sample collection, after which the whole team headed toward the city center.

On this side of the city center, the number of giant skeletons surged.

Given that the sample collection was complete, the archaeological team did not linger long and chose to continue advancing toward the city's end.

At the end is a rock wall that protrudes from left to right.

The rock wall connects to the cave ceiling, standing about 200 meters high and roughly 500 meters long, like a natural dividing wall that cuts off the city from the space beyond.

With plenty of time to spare, the group chose to go around this protruding rock wall.

Following the rock wall, they advanced nearly six hundred meters to the right along the edge of the city's end, then the group turned left to scramble over the rubble heap and headed toward the space beyond the rock wall.

After crossing the rubble heap, they arrived at that side.

Here there were no city stone‑brick streets, only somewhat dry land.

However, the number of light shafts shining down from above had noticeably increased, so as long as they watched their footing for depressions, they were fine.

They continued forward for another hundred meters and finally reached this end of the rock wall.

The space remained very spacious.

Light beams fell onto the green vegetation on the ground, and together with the "drip‑drip" sound of water droplets, they gave everyone a feeling like being in a utopia.

But once they discovered the source of the dripping sound, they no longer thought this place was the so‑called Peach Blossom Spring.

A pallid, paper‑white skinned giant with black hair and female traits, still alive, was pierced through the chest by an enormous spear and firmly pinned to the rock wall that blocked off the city and this space.

The female giant's limbs lay limp, a pale red fluid flowed down from the wound, and dripped from the tip of her left foot into the 'lake'.

The 'lake' wasn't small; its area was about the size of two city blocks in a modern city.

Light shafts pouring down from the cave ceiling shone on the lake surface, likewise producing a sparkling effect.

Yet the 'lake' as a whole was blood‑red!

Even without geologists, the archaeological team could easily infer that this blood‑colored lake formed over tens of thousands of years from the gradual accumulation of that female giant's blood.

What frightened them even more was that this female giant, whose state of life or death was unknown, stood at least seventy meters tall.

The effect of gigantophobia made most people's hairs stand on end, and it also gave them the illusion that the female giant could awaken at any moment.

Moreover, the spear that pierced the female giant emitted a faint red glow, leading the archaeological team to wonder whether it might be some kind of divine artifact.

Divine artifact

The archaeological team members, who had previously been steadfast in science and devoid of faith, all felt shaken after seeing this scene.

Could it be that gods truly exist in this world?

Xiersi, standing at the front of the team, took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes vigorously, put them back on, and looked toward the rock wall.

After confirming it wasn't just his vision playing tricks, he couldn't help but sigh: 'I'm getting old… old, my heart can hardly take it.'

"Professor, look over there."

Ada, standing nearby, looked in the opposite direction; after seeing the situation there, her expression grew more solemn as she said the previous sentence.

"Huh?"

Hearing that, everyone, including Xiersi, turned their attention to the area Ada had mentioned.

"This! Another giant?!"

"Good heavens. This is truly unimaginable."

All that could be seen was that, opposite the female giant, there was yet another giant leaning against the rock wall and sitting on the ground.

To be precise, it is a skeleton of a giant whose height, estimated by sight, also exceeds seventy meters.

The giant's skeleton wore black-and-gold ancient Greek-style heavy armor, donned a golden Corinthian helmet, and had a fiery red cloak draped over its back.

What most attracted everyone's attention was that a sword without a scabbard hung from the skeleton's waist, its blade appearing to be ablaze with flames.

The war god Ares?!

Upon seeing the skeleton's attire, everyone simultaneously thought of the war god Ares among the Twelve Olympian Gods—fiery-tempered, cruel, and cold-blooded.

What puzzled everyone, however, was: if the skeleton's true identity were Ares, why would it appear here?

(End of chapter)