GemArtisan

In the midst of the yellow sand that covered the sky, I was struggling to move forward. I cleaned the sand out of my pocket, pulled out an old vellum map, and double-checked the location of the ancient city Canet. On the map, a rustic long square stone was drawn at the center of the ancient city. That was the purpose of my trip - an extremely rare Gemstone. The ancient city Canet was once a glorious masterpiece of past civilizations. Long before the birth of the Civet, Canet people had already flourished on this peninsula. As the myth goes, when the desert had not completely taken over the area, rivers and forests were dotted all over, and milk and honey were everywhere. Canet people, proud of their power, wanted to stand alongside the sun and planned to build an obelisk to reach it. This move drew the wrath of the God of Sun Lazo, who overturned the divine hourglass and dumped all the sand over Canet. Thus, the civilization of Canet disappeared into the yellow sand overnight. To get the Gemstone recorded in the myth, I stepped into this dust storm, and got a glimpse of the real ancient city. The exotic winds that came from the cold plains dried the ancient city into specimens - the animals were still in the same position as when they were fed, and the dinner of the day was still left in the stove. I hate climbing stairs, meow! I stepped onto the stairs leading to the main temple of the Sun. Luckily, the rolling yellow sand had swallowed up most of them, and only a few dozen of the thousand steps remained.

I passed through an archway, raising a gust of dust. Deep in the main hall is a giant spirit statue with a crumbling base. The majestic torso of the statue has long since disappeared, leaving its feet standing in place. I searched around in the temple and finally found the shrine where the Gemstone was kept - it was behind a hidden stone slab. Legend has it that this Gemstone, the Heart of Ambarosa, was brought here after several twists and turns from the far reaches of Middle Earth. It is older than the Canet civilization - one could even say it is history itself. I took it out of the shrine, holding it in my hands for a closer look. The exquisite indigo crystal was as if it had been dipped in the night, reflecting an enchanting light when illuminated by fire. While I was intoxicated with the joy of obtaining the treasure, the stone slab under my feet suddenly made a slight vibration. I suddenly realized that I was still in the ancient temple full of unknown. To keep these treasures, normally the traps should have already "eradicated" the intruder. My whiskers trembled wildly, warning me that something was wrong. Even though I retreated immediately, I was still a step too late. The ground shattered with a loud noise, and I fell with the Gemstone. I hated the feeling of being weightless meow!

★ If cats really had nine lives, then I must have used one just now. The fall seemed to take an eternity, and I ended up on a small sand dune, with the Gemstone in my arms safe and sound. I rubbed my ears and stood up, looked around and found what appeared to be an abandoned dungeon. The cramped and narrow cell was filled with all kinds of grisly torture tools. Faded blood and claw marks of varying depths were faintly visible on the mottled stone walls. At each of the four corners stood a pair of metal armor, and the swords in their hands still shone with a bone-chilling light. If not carefully distinguished, I would have thought they were four living soldiers. But they were indeed alive! Perhaps because of the intruder's disturbance, the four armors actually moved at the same time. The clunky metal clashed, and the swords and daggers slashed towards my face. I rolled around, dodging between the gaps of weapons and rolling under the feet of the clumsy armor. But the dungeon was too narrow, and even though I was agile, I could barely keep them from approaching me. Once again, it proved how important it is to have a good plan. At this critical moment, a certain incantation written in an ancient book popped into my head. I immediately chanted the incantation, and the Gemstone responded accordingly. My vision began to blur, and the air in front of me seemed to become distorted. The Gemstone radiated a brilliant light and a portal unfolded in front of me. The armors came at me again, and I couldn't hesitate to leap into the portal in front of me. I spun into the space-time realm and fell into an indigo vortex in dizziness. I hate this feeling meow!