After wiping away the sticky mud around the boulder, Russell quickly discovered that this was no ordinary large rock.
It was an entire block of cast metal.
"The material seems to be an alloy, made from multiple metals mixed together. It's extremely hard—even I would have difficulty breaking it apart." Russell gave it a simple inspection. Metals on Dragon Sleep Continent all contained extraordinary magic power, which gave them tremendous resistance.
Especially the material of this Metal Boulder. It might not consist solely of metal; gemstones could have been embedded within it as well.
That gave it even greater hardness and toughness.
"Huh!" Russell suddenly spotted something he had overlooked. "There are engraved symbols on the surface of this Metal Boulder... Hmm, every part of it has these symbols. They look like... some kind of writing. Writing I've never seen before."
Human civilization on Dragon Sleep Continent originated from the Sacred Radiant Empire. Its writing, institutions, and cultivation were all the same.
Although five thousand years of inheritance had caused the languages and writing systems of different nations to change, the overall changes had not been too great. The difference was roughly like that between classical Chinese and modern Chinese: the meanings had shifted slightly, but the style remained part of the same lineage.
The writing on the Metal Boulder, however, was far more profound.
"Judging by its style, it seems to have some slight resemblance to the writing of the Shadowflame Grand Duchy... Perhaps it's like the difference between oracle bone script and Chinese characters?" Russell could not identify it and could only make blind guesses, suspecting it was a relic of ancient times.
He rubbed his chin. "There are no records of what Dragon Sleep Continent was like before it was frozen. Such a distant era might not