[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wizard-starting-from-shoeing-donkeys":3,"chapter-wizard-starting-from-shoeing-donkeys-wizard-starting-from-shoeing-donkeys-chapter-1454":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Wizard starting from shoeing donkeys",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1279347,1707,"Chapter 1454 - 499: The Meaning of the Whisper","wizard-starting-from-shoeing-donkeys-chapter-1454",1454,"\u003Cp>Below, a massive space came into view, with various sizes of gears continuously in motion; some as large as several people, while others were no bigger than a palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What... what kind of place is this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why is there such an area beneath the city? Moreover, it’s still operating? How is that even possible?\" Haleem was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had explored two ancient Goblin Empire city ruins before; compared to ancient human cities, there were more mechanical devices, yet never had he seen a sight like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe it’s due to those eerie goblin corpses?\" Suggested Sword Saint Terrio, less shocked than Haleem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impossible, I mean the energy source. Such numerous gears need energy, far surpassing the previous mechanical octopus’s artificial energy source.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not necessarily, if ancient goblins could make that kind of energy source, how do you know they couldn’t produce a larger one?\" Terrio said offhandedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This...\" Sword Saint Terrio’s words left Haleem speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Rein felt Haleem’s speculation made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a grand mechanical setup, relying on an energy source might operate temporarily, but sustaining for thousands of years, what, like nuclear fusion?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, when we arrived, the city’s surroundings were lava. Could it be...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rein pondered, vaguely deducing some guesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think we should go down there.\" At that moment, Rein’s ears twitched, and he immediately spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had heard metallic clanking noises around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by the sound, the number of foes seemed even greater than last time, particularly the muffled ’boom boom’, the sound of mechanical octopuses, and this time, not just one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those mechanical monsters are back, we need to hurry, same as before, I’ll go down first.\" Sword Saint Terrio also heard it and immediately said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Solidification Technique!\" Hernandez shouted nearby, casting a solidification spell to secure the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This metal ground’s restoration ability is quite strong, even my solidification technique can only keep the hole open for about a day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s hope we find the exit smoothly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, everyone noticed the metal around Rein’s previously made hole slowly repairing itself at a visible pace, and if not secured, the entrance would soon restore and vanish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll go down first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Sword Saint Terrio took the lead, gracefully leaping down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining three, including Rein, quickly used the Floating Technique to reach the underground level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon arrival, Rein’s eyes met a space teeming with mechanical devices, surrounded by green emergency-like lights illuminating the area, dim but enough, resembling a giant workshop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, Rein noticed several short goblin figures over a hundred meters away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rein squinted slightly, and with Dark Vision, he could clearly see these goblins’ details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the goblins’ facial contours, their skin remained gray-white, cracked, covered with grooves, indicating these were also corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only, these goblin corpses wore a gray uniform, different from the ones the mechanical land bird operators wore above, akin to some kind of worker’s outfit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, Rein realized the gear noises he heard earlier likely originated from here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seems Lord Rein’s earlier judgment was correct, the upper layer’s ground can indeed move.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hernandez glanced upward at the massive tray devices overhead, at certain times, the gears would spin rapidly, shifting a section above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s bizarre that all the goblins in this ruin turned into undead yet still function. Could some undead divine entity invade this ancient Goblin Empire, causing this phenomenon?\" Haleem murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Possible.\" Hernandez nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Rein didn’t speak, he somewhat concurred with Haleem’s point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For, at least from current revealed signs, such occurrence was viable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even with some doubts remaining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a Divine invasion happened, it wouldn’t easily annihilate and transform a prosperous Goblin Empire into an undead realm as Divine beings need faith, and only during expansion or eliminating opposition would they eradicate enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging from major cults, and Ferdinand Forest’s Void Mother Tree incident, this is evident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be a Fifth Level Full Moon Wizard from the undead discipline?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only such a level of might can convert all goblins in such a vast city into corpses at once, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it still doesn’t add up!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eerie whispering, most likely should be some Evil God or its follower’s whispering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were a Full Moon Wizard, they wouldn’t leave this kind of whisper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh? Besides the gear sounds, upon entering here, the unknown eerie whispering sharply intensified.\" Rein furrowed his brow, pondering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had just listened closely to his surroundings and suddenly noticed the unknown female whispering grew noticeably stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahh~\" Haleem clutched his forehead painfully.\u003C\u002Fp>",752,"2026-06-05T17:04:34.072Z",1,"novelbin.me","136f7f01be037cbfd8bddab0241d6a9ef04ade4247465da8f8e33cd6c8bf83b6","wizard-starting-from-shoeing-donkeys-chapter-1386","wizard-starting-from-shoeing-donkeys-chapter-1385",1660,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwizard-starting-from-shoeing-donkeys-cover.jpg"]