After passing through the blue barrier of light, An Lin and the others were all rooted to the spot.
They wondered if they had entered the wrong door and come to the wrong place.
They were in a spacious hall with tables and chairs, as well as some intricate artistic sculptures.
The floor and walls were constructed from some kind of white composite material. They were smooth and clean, without a single speck of dust on them.
Strange mechanical constructs hovered in the air, exuding a cold metallic luster.
Everything here was neat and tidy …
Everything was brand new, as if this was a brand new house.
The most important thing was that this place was too modern!
Have you ever seen a ruin with a Gundam in it?
This was it!
An Lin made his way over to the mechanical constructs and carefully inspected them.
These mechanical constructs were shaped like humans with sharp blades embedded in every part of them. There were also cannons scattered all around them, and there was a circular object in the middle that appeared to be an energy source …
He was very certain that this was a humanoid Gundam!
An Lin was in a daze. How could these things appear in the cultivation world? This didn't make sense!
He tried to move the humanoid Gundam into his storage ring, but he was obstructed by an invisible force. Not only was he unable to move it, but he couldn't even touch it. It was as if there was an invisible barrier between him and the Gundam.
This was to be expected. After all, there were many cultivators who had come to these ruins. With so many Gundams here, it was impossible for them to not have any ulterior motives. It looked like there was no hope for them to obtain these items.
At the end of the hall was a dim passageway without any light, giving off a sense of danger.
"Big Brother An, what do we do next?" Miao Tian asked.
An Lin was also a bit unsure. They were actually just trying to find a reason to appease the horned dragon. After all, they had gone to great lengths to summon it, so they couldn't just say that this was a misunderstanding and let it go back to its nest.
They only needed to sit on the chair and wait for a while before blowing the horn to leave this place. This was the safest course of action.
However, this was a ruin, and there were inheritances here …
Immortal cultivation required both talent and opportunity.
To them, accidentally stumbling into these ruins was perhaps a fortuitous encounter.
However, the Horned Dragon in the lake had also said that the ruins were filled with danger, and that it would be life-threatening.
"How about this? Those who want to explore the ruins with me can follow me. Those who don't want to stay here and wait." An Lin didn't have the confidence to guarantee everyone's safety. He could only let them make their own choices.
Then, everyone stood beside him. Their intentions were self-evident.
An Lin was a little surprised. "Aren't you afraid of death? Let me make this clear, I'm not the Great God An who slew the Dark Night Monarch in your hearts. I'm just an ordinary Spirit Nurturing Initial Stage cultivator. "
"I know." Miao Tian rolled her eyes at him and pouted in dissatisfaction.
Zong Yongyan waved his fan and said indifferently: "Of course I'm afraid of death, but if I can't attain immortality, then I will die eventually. This is something that cannot be avoided. The reason I'm risking my life to seize this opportunity is to increase the possibility of achieving immortality and longevity in the future. "
Everyone nodded silently, clearly in agreement with Zong Yongyan's words.
An Lin didn't say anything else after seeing the determination in everyone's eyes. He walked toward the black passageway at the end of the hall.
He held a longsword in his right hand and a brick in his left, appearing extremely domineering.
When they arrived at the entrance of the passageway, it was pitch-black inside. From afar, there seemed to be a fork in the shape of a chevron. Due to the obstruction of vision, they couldn't see the end of it.
There was a metal sign at the entrance with some indistinct words on it.
"This is …"
The silent Sun Shenglian suddenly spoke up with a hint of surprise on her face.
"Do you understand these words?" An Lin's eyes lit up.
Sun Shenglian nodded and read slowly in a cold voice, "This is the Purple Star language. It says: Purple Star Eighty-Eighth Research Institute, Biological Bloodline Research Center …"
An Lin's lips twitched. So the ruins they were exploring were a research institute?
What the hell was going on? Couldn't they take a more normal adventure?
However, the Purple Star Civilization seemed to be a technologically advanced civilization on the Tai Chu Continent, but it was destroyed for some reason. The information on this sign explained why these ruins were in this state.
Miao Tian immediately let loose a cry of surprise. "You mean the Purple Star Research Institute of the Purple Star Civilization?"
Sun Shenglian nodded solemnly. Compared to Miao Tian and Sun Shenglian's grave expressions, everyone else was a little confused.
They were clearly thinking, isn't this just the ruins of a technologically advanced civilization? Why are they so nervous?
"Let me explain." Sun Shenglian saw everyone's expressions and said, "In the northeastern region of the Tai Chu Continent, there is an extremely vast wasteland of death. You all know about it, right?"
An Lin and the others nodded. That was once the territory of the Purple Star Civilization.
"I come from the Purple Star State of the Kingdom of the Nine States, which is adjacent to that wasteland of death. The Purple Star State wasn't originally called the Purple Star State. Instead, it was called the Snow Mist State. As for why it was changed to the Purple Star State, most people thought that it was to commemorate the fallen civilization, but that's not actually the case. "
An Lin and the others all perked up upon hearing Sun Shenglian's words. They knew that this was the main point.
"As for why it was changed to the Purple Star State, it was because it received the inheritance of the Purple Star Civilization. No, to be more accurate … it received the inheritance of the Purple Star Research Institute number nine and number twenty-six.
"There are only a hundred research institutes in the Purple Star that can be identified by serial numbers. All of the other research institutes are in that wasteland of death. They have either been destroyed or are in dire straits. "
Sun Shenglian's words sent waves of shock surging through everyone's hearts.
How was the Purple Star State able to rise from the weakest state to the second most powerful state of the Kingdom of the Nine States in just a thousand years?
The inheritance of two research institutes was enough to transform the Purple Star State into the second most powerful state of the Kingdom of the Nine States.
Then wouldn't the inheritance value of the 88th Research Institute they were in be unimaginably high?!
"It looks like … these ruins really are dangerous!" Luo Ziping muttered.
The greater the reward, the greater the risk.
Should we go?
Everyone looked at each other.
After hesitating for a while, everyone unanimously decided to give it a try.
An Lin led the way into the pitch-black passageway, taking each and every step with extreme caution for fear of triggering some kind of mechanism.
"It's so dark. The main hall is so bright, but it's like it's withered in here. It's so dark, hm, this is too much of a bully," Miao Tian complained in a low voice.
"This is a way to create a terrifying atmosphere, it's an old trick," Zong Yongyan said lightly.
Right at this moment, Xiao Chou spoke, "Um … should we turn on the lights?"
"Huh?" Everyone looked at Xiao Chou in unison, as if to say, Where's the button? Is this passageway yours?
Immediately afterward, they understood what Xiao Chou meant by turning on the lights …
"Kacha!"
Xiao Chou's eyes were like super searchlights, exploding with a blinding light!
"Ahhhh … I'm blinded!"
Everyone was looking at Xiao Chou, and they were instantly blinded by the light from his eyes.
"You lead the way!" An Lin roared with his eyes closed.
Never would he have thought that Xiao Chou's lightbulb-like eyes could be used as f * cking lights, and super powerful searchlights at that! Was this the inferior version of the Fiery Eyes of Truth?
Thus, the pitch-black passageway became brightly lit.
Everyone continued to walk along the passageway, and the sense of terror and anxiety instantly decreased by ten thousand points!
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