Ashes Of Deep Sea

Chapter 811: Chapter 808: The Invisible City

Fenna had been trekking along this road for a very long time—so long that she could no longer remember when or why she had embarked on this seemingly endless journey; so long she had forgotten where she started and what she was traveling for.

She only knew that the world was desolate, with only the yellow sand swirling in the sky and the collapsing ruins of lost cities atop the Gobi Desert, along with ancient relics buried beneath the dust. She passed through the ruins shrouded in desolation as if tracing her way through time forgotten. Occasionally, she would pause among those ruins, but soon, she would leave them behind—when the sun rose the next day, she would forget the exact appearance of those ruins, only vaguely remembering that she had once been there, seen some broken and collapsed walls.

Wind blew from afar, howling across the desert, lifting the sand into the air and between the boulders, creating a sharp and terrifying sound reminiscent of the wails of specters. Amid that piercing howling, Fenna heard another sound, a noise that she always heard during this journey:

“Ding… Ding… Ding…”

It sounded like metal striking against stone or the workings of a blacksmith’s shop.

Fenna stopped in the middle of the sandy road, squinting at the distance. She knew that whenever such “ding ding ding” sounds were heard, it meant that there were new ruins or artifacts nearby.

But she did not know why it was, or from where exactly these sounds came.

A hazy silhouette of buildings abruptly appeared against the backdrop of the yellow sand-filled sky, just like countless scenes she had witnessed during her journey.

Fenna looked at the suddenly emerging group of buildings, and after a brief moment of hesitation, she started walking towards them, pressing forward into the increasingly chaotic whirlwinds of sand and dust.

At that moment, a young woman’s voice suddenly appeared beside her: “Where have you come from?”