Capítulo 1574: Chapter 263: Prehistoric Civilization (Third Update)
“Alarm! Alarm! Intruder detected!”
“Activate ergency response plan number one!”
As the alarm sounded, a sudden sense of crisis surged in Gu Shen’s heart!
Although he had long known that behind the Ice Sea Ruins, there must be a hidden wise lifeform.
But Gu Shen didn’t expect.
The ans set by this wise lifeform would activate the mont he breached the snowfield wall!
“Clang!”
The alarm blared, and in the void, countless energy blades burst forth!
The strength of the slaughter increased sharply, even with the overlap of two domains, Gu Shen felt strained. He didn’t hesitate and began to withdraw along with Gu Xiaoman—
“Clang, clang, clang!”
The whole sky turned into a wall of steel scales, blocking Gu Shen.
The two retreated to the snowfield.
The entire world instantly beca calm.
The alarms, the slaughter, disappeared the mont they retreated to the snowfield!
Gu Shen withdrew the iron scales, exhaled deeply, his expression quite uncertain. The restrictions behind the wall of void in the Ice Sea Ruins were indeed formidable.
He withdrew not because he couldn’t advance.
Though the power of slaughter was strong, he could still proceed if he used all his trump cards.
But advancing is easy, retreating is difficult.
The deeper one goes, the harder it is to turn back.
“Fortunately, the alarm was quick enough.” Gu Xiaoman also broke into a cold sweat. She murmured, “If it had gone off halfway, it would’ve been too late.”
“What exactly is in the depths of the snowfield?”
Gu Shen frowned.
According to his earlier speculation, the Red Shadows they encountered were the creations of a wise lifeform, and that lifeform should dwell in the depths of the snowfield.
Over the years.
The Ice Sea Ruins have never surfaced.
If there truly exists a surviving ‘wise lifeform’ here, even when facing transcendent beings from the Five Continents entering the snowfield… there should have been so action.
But there was none.
The entire ruin was dead silent.
He ‘killed’ the Red Shadows too without being punished.
Gu Shen soon cald down.
“Since there’s an ‘alarm’ chanism here, it indicates our previous assumption was correct. By continuing to delve… we’ll see the true face of the Ice Sea Ruins.”
He was confident about exploring the ruins, only he was not sure about the direction.
“Are you worried… that once we go deeper, we won’t find the exact location of the ruins?”
Xiaoman instantly understood Gu Shen’s concern.
She pursed her lips, mustered her courage, and said, “I should… know.”
“You know?”
Gu Shen raised an eyebrow; he indeed recalled.
Xiaoman always said she felt sothing was wrong with the ruins’ depths.
“Yes… I can feel a force deep in the ruins, calling out to .”
Gu Xiaoman’s expression was sowhat lost, but she couldn’t interpret what this ant, nor discern whether the call was good or bad. After pondering for a mont, she hesitated and said, “Brother Gu Shen, if you think there’s risk… we can always go back.”
“No…”
Gu Shen shook his head, pondered, and said, “You feel there’s a force deep in the ruins calling you? But why didn’t I sense a similar call?”
He sensed sothing was wrong with the snowfield ruins through strong spirit and keen insight.
It’s because Gu Shen found that the snowfield’s boundary has walls!
“Ah…”
Gu Xiaoman scratched her head, a little embarrassed, “Maybe it’s because… I received recognition from the ‘Wine Spark’?”
In her view, this was the biggest reason.
Since her awakening, she had been favored by the spark.
“…”
Gu Shen patted the little girl’s head, his expression and posture deeply aningful.
Gu Xiaoman always thought this head-patting was sowhat unusual…
It can only be said she’s still too young.
“If it’s due to the status of ‘Lord of Wine’ that she received the ruins’ call, it wouldn’t be impossible.” Gu Shen murmured to himself. “The power at the Fire Seed Level might cause a disturbance in the ruins… But why did Gu Xiaoman feel the call, and I didn’t? Could the ruins not recognize as the Netherworld King?”
After thinking for a while, he still couldn’t find an answer.
Gu Shen decided to try again.
“Xiaoman… when I step into the depths of the snowfield, you’ll guide my direction!”
Gu Shen crouched down, signaled Xiaoman to jump on his back, reducing the space they occupied and facilitating domain defense.
“Alright!”
Gu Xiaoman held her breath, focusing intently.
“…Three, two, one!”
After counting down three numbers, Gu Shen powered up, his body suddenly transford into a stream of light. This ti, he held nothing back and directly smashed through the invisible wall of the snowfield void.
Chi Huo, erge!
Pure Land, erge!
A phantom of suspended wood manifested above Gu Shen’s head, tens of thousands of leaves fluttering, contending against the invisible power of slaughter!
For a mont, leaves fell in abundance!
“Turn left, deviate fifteen degrees, four hundred ters, proceed three hundred ters, turn right, deviate forty-five degrees!”
Gu Xiaoman closed her eyes, fully sensing the call within herself. She entrusted her life entirely to Gu Shen… her ears rumbled with the dense, explosive sound of slaughter.
The initial burst was extrely rapid.
Soon, it slowed down.
The two domains were obstructed by countless slayer forces, like being entangled by nurous kite strings—
Gu Shen felt every step was like sinking in a swamp.
Serene in spirit, he began disassembling the iron scales, as the countless iron fragnts shielded, his steps regained lightness.
“Left turn, deviate ten degrees.”
“Right turn…”
This is a process of cyclical repetition. Gu Shen continuously reveals his trump cards to counteract the constantly increasing crushing force. After the iron scales are unable to resist, he begins to utilize the thrust power of the Sixth-Order Source Armor!
“Boom!”
The pitch-black flas burn as he once again charges forward a certain distance!
Gu Xiaoman suddenly opens her eyes.
“The last stretch, go straight for a thousand ters… The ‘endpoint’ I sense is right at the end of the line!”
Gu Shen holds his breath.
In this final stretch, besides the endless crushing force, he also feels the gravitational pressure he’s enduring suddenly increase. On the North Continent Energy Boat, high multiple gravity rooms are often set up to provide a training ground for those practicing body techniques.
Northern Continent people who practice body techniques from an early age can bear ten tis gravity, already considered quite good!
Stronger Fourth-Order individuals, like Zhong Yuan, can move under up to fifteen tis gravity when their power is fully unleashed!
The Investigation Corps needs to venture outside the gates to perform tasks. So ruins in the Old World have over ten tis gravity, but the gravity Gu Shen is facing right now is not just ten or fifteen tis…
He feels it’s almost thirty tis gravity, crashing down on him!
His knees bend, nearly making him fall to the ground.
“Ugh…”
Thirty tis gravity descends in an instant!
As this powerful force arrives, Gu Xiaoman’s expression also becos extrely pale.
Gu Shen quickly mobilizes the resistance power of the two domains, trying as much as possible to cover Gu Xiaoman. At this mont, the “Soughing Suspended Tree Phantom” summoned by the Pure Land has dimd to the extre!
“How about it, can you hold on?”
Gu Shen looks back at Xiaoman.
That pale little face is now full of stubbornness.
“The last bit of the road, don’t worry about !”
Gu Xiaoman’s voice is hoarse, blood almost bursting from her throat.
“…Alright!”
Gu Shen carries Xiaoman forward with difficulty, silently calculating the distance.
At about the last six hundred ters.
Gu Shen’s whole body begins to emit a faint silver glow!
The Truth Ruler!
This is his final trump card!
[Truth] is activated, and in an instant, a large amount of silver radiance bursts out, enveloping the two of them. At this mont, the thirty tis gravity and countless crushing forces temporarily disappear… In an instant, Gu Shen flashes nearly six hundred ters, grasping the silver brilliance, slashing down at the imposing snow mountain in front of him!
The end of this road is a dead end!
After the mist clears, there stands a thick mountain wall…
But Gu Shen firmly believes that Gu Xiaoman’s sense will not be wrong. If there is a mountain ahead, then he will cut through it!
“Boom!”
The snow mountain trembles.
The sound of chanical operation suddenly rises.
Gu Shen’s fully-powered slash unexpectedly finds nothing to hit. His pupils shrink as he looks in disbelief at the suddenly “opening door” of the snow mountain ahead!
Did they just successfully break through like this?!
…
…
The two fall quite awkwardly.
Mainly because the pressure they carried all the way was too great, especially the last stretch, where the thirty tis gravity suddenly disappeared, and the prepared slash hit nothing.
This feeling is akin to forcefully swatting at a fly but missing, causing oneself to lose balance instead.
“Thump!”
Gu Xiaoman’s little head hits an alloy wall, causing her to fall, feeling dizzy and seeing stars.
Gu Shen fares a bit better.
He props himself up on the ground, slowly standing up…
He never expected the inside of the snow mountain would be such a narrow yet exquisite picture. It was an ancient alloy corridor, with walls that seed made of bronze, incredibly solid, not rusted in the slightest after being subrged under the Ice Sea for hundreds of years.
“This…”
Gu Xiaoman, inhaling sharply and rubbing her head, freezes after recovering.
“Is this the true sight of the Ice Sea Ruins?”
She quickly turns her head, looking back in the direction she ca from.
The so-called snow mountain is rely an illusion. Standing in the bronze corridor looking back, a heavy chanical door is slowly closing, with heavy snow outside.
“I suddenly understand… why there’s sothing called the ‘illusory wall’.”
Gu Shen stretches out a hand, gently touching the chanical door.
A familiar feeling arises.
The crushing force cos from the touch point—
He quickly withdraws his hand.
This so-called restriction is actually caused by the color change of the wall of the [ruins]. The snowy mountains and snowfields here are all fake.
This isn’t a Disaster Realm but a physically constructed ruins building, except the creator’s skill is so superb that every visitor believes this is a natural domain…
This kind of creation thod is nothing short of miraculous.
“There have been rumors that the Ice Sea Ruins are relics left by ancient civilization.” Gu Xiaoman’s expression turns peculiar, “In this light, could this be true?”
“Hmm…”
Gu Shen solemnly nods.
“Moreover, the thods of that intelligent life are far more sophisticated than we imagined… much more so.”
The end of this narrow bronze corridor emits a dim phosphorescence.
Gu Shen advances slowly, arriving in front of Gu Xiaoman.
The little one stands up, hissing, shaking her head forcefully to recover from her daze. Just as she’s about to step forward, Gu Shen extends his hand to stop her.
“Stay behind .”
Gu Shen’s voice makes her completely clear-headed.
Gu Xiaoman looks up.
At the end of the bronze corridor, the chanical door opens slowly.
A scarlet figure clad in bamboo armor stands with both hands holding a sword.
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(PS: About the update ti, I’ve been updating a lot recently and need a lot of ti to write the outline. I usually update one chapter in the morning, and use the remaining ti to finalize the outline and update the text. From tomorrow, I’ll try to change the evening two chapters to one in the afternoon and one in the evening. Also, it’s been three updates recently, ten thousand words. The additional update is based on the number of chapters discussing it over the week, and there will be a burst update next Monday. If you want five updates, please leave more comnts~)
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