When he said this, Meng Chao finally understood Battle God Lei Zongchao's goal in coming to the monsters' nest.
He came here to get in touch with the microbrain and unlock more secrets of the ancient era.
Just as he expected, Lei Zongchao cast him a glance and went straight to the point. "Meng Chao, are you interested in exploring the secrets hidden in the depths of the microbrain with me?"
When Meng Chao was in Ruins No. 1, he had come into contact with quite a number of relics from the ancient era.
In truth, the portal in Project 101 was a modern replica of the relics from the ancient era.
Every time Meng Chao went through the portal and warped, he would see strange scenes in his daze.
It was fragmented information that originated from the Primordial Era.
There were plenty of benefits to coming into contact with the relics from the ancient era.
First of all, he might awaken to the mysterious power from the ancient era, which could increase the efficiency of his cells' mass-energy conversion as well as the crystallization of his organs.
He might even instantly understand amazing martial arts, obtain fragments of blueprints to create ancient divine weapons, and other things.
Second, as long as they drew the scenes they saw while in a daze, they could get a large sum of money from the ruins research center or exchange them for Supernatural Coins in the Supernatural Tower. They could use them to buy martial arts manuals, gene medicine, or even hire an elite squad that was armed to the teeth to carry out any mission.
Third, as long as he uploaded the ancient information he read in his daze, he would have the right to read the ancient information other people had awakened to. The more information he uploaded, the more information he could read. He could even read the ancient information the powerful fighters in Dragon City, including Battle God Lei Zongchao, obtained when they explored the ancient ruins in their early years. They could also read the notes they had learned on their own.
Lastly, this was only for Meng Chao. When he came into contact with the relics from the ancient era in Ruins No. 1 and carried out all sorts of dangerous experiments, the contribution points in his brain would increase by leaps and bounds.
Clearly, Kindling believed that unlocking the secrets of the ancient era and obtaining ancient information was an important way to save Dragon City.
This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Meng Chao could not find a reason to reject it.
However, when he remembered that Lei Zongchao had died in this place in his previous life, he became very worried. "Master Lei, it's really dangerous to come into contact with the relics from the ancient era, and this is an ancient creature's brain that's still highly active.
"Can your body … handle it?"
"I don't know."
Lei Zongchao shook his head slowly, his face filled with the bitter smile of a hero past his prime.
However, his gaze was as clear and resolute as when he was at his peak.
He said in a deep voice, "It's precisely because my body might not be able to take it at any time that I have to seize this last chance to find … the answer I've been searching for my entire life.
"You know that my path to become a superhuman started from Dragon City's Ruins No. 1.
"Even though at that time, I was forced by Blood Alliance and wasn't willing to enter that underground crack that's even more terrifying than hell time and time again.
"However, as Jin Qianxi, Jin Wanhao, and I ventured deeper into the relic, we came across more and more information about the Primordial Era.
"Were the Primordial Civilizations really our ancestors? They had once created such a glorious and inconceivably powerful civilization. Where did they go? Just what is the relationship between Earth and the Other World? Why is it that billions of years later, seemingly normal Earthlings like us have somehow transmigrated to the Other World and started our fated journey?
"Meng Chao, you must be curious about these questions as well, right?
"To me, the Primordial Era is like a puzzle made of countless pieces. Each piece of information about the Primordial Era is a fragmented piece.
"Even though I won't be able to complete the puzzle in my entire life, every time I find a piece of information about the Primordial Era, I will be able to push the puzzle forward by one in ten million, or at the very least, one in ten thousand. Then, I will be able to form a clearer picture of the Primordial Era.
"Ever since I watched Jin Qianxi die in Red Dragon River, there are only two meanings left in my life. The first is to protect Dragon City, and the second is to complete the puzzle.
"I want to do everything I can to understand the truth about the Primordial Era. That way, even if my body is destroyed and my soul meets Jin Qianxi somewhere, I will be able to share my discoveries with her.
"Meng Chao, do you understand how I feel now?"
"I understand."
Meng Chao's expression changed. "If you understand the truth in the morning, you can die without regrets. Master Lei, let's explore the mystery of the microbrain together!"
He no longer stopped Lei Zongchao.
The Battle God was not an existence that anyone could stop.
Besides, before them, the Deity Realm superhumans, including Thunder God Shao Zhengyang, had already come into deep contact with the microbrain.
Even though they received some mental stimulation, the stimulation was not so strong that it could destroy their minds.
Thunder God Shao Zhengyang and the other Deity Realm superhumans had drawn a lot of pictures that came from the microbrain.
But for the time being, they could not show them to Meng Chao and Lei Zongchao.
It was not that they were stingy and were intentionally hiding things.
Instead, coming into contact with ancient relics was a very personal matter. It required an instant of understanding. The pictures before their eyes appeared in their daze.
Even if it was the same ancient relic, if the person who came into contact with it was different, the information that would appear would be different.
It was just as Lei Zongchao said. This was a huge and complicated super puzzle.
Only by gathering all sorts of different fragments could human civilization gain a comprehensive understanding of the Primordial Era from more angles.
But if they knew about the ancient information someone else had drawn and had preconceived notions, it would be difficult for them to open up their own "perspective".
Then, they would have wasted a great chance.
The news of the Battle God's arrival had long since spread through the lab.
Regardless of whether it was the researchers or the powerful fighters who were in charge of protecting the microbrain, they knew what Lei Zongchao was there for.
Thunder God Shao Zhengyang personally provided protection for Meng Chao and Lei Zongchao.
He was the most experienced researcher in the ruins research center, and he was in charge of monitoring Meng Chao and Lei Zongchao's physiological parameters and mental strength indices.
The two of them faced each other and sat cross-legged. Between them was the crystalline and sparkling microbrain.
The spirit flames surrounding the eight mechanical arms gradually faded away. The mechanical arms slowly retracted and folded back into the base.
The spirit light that shot out from the ends of the mechanical arms was originally used to stabilize the microbrain and seal the spirit energy ripples that were similar to brain waves that the microbrain released nonstop.
As the spirit light faded away, the mechanical arms folded back, and the microbrain levitating in the air immediately looked as if it had broken free of its shackles. It started trembling.
The frequency of its trembling was not high.
But there was a strange rhythm to it.
It was like … a beating heart in a transparent chest!
Meng Chao focused and calmed himself down. His spirit energy surged into his cerebral cortex like waves and guided him into a deep sleep.
However, when 90% of the brain area had fallen into a deep sleep, the steel-like willpower had transformed into a sharp long needle that continuously stimulated the pineal gland, allowing the pineal gland to maintain a high degree of consciousness and even overload its operation.
His eyes were shut tight.
His pineal gland was filled with spirit energy, but it gradually swelled up and turned into a third Spirit Eye.
He used his Spirit Eye to scan the microbrain.
He noticed that when he used his Spirit Eye, the sparkling crystal fragment looked like a living creature with great life force.
Normal primordial relics would have turned into fossils after billions of years of corrosion. A lot of spiritual energy would have to be inputted, high-precision research equipment would have to be used, and experts above a certain level would have to be in a certain environment in order to sense the tiny bit of information hidden deep inside the 'fossils'.
Then, the 'microbrain' was like a glittering firefly on a starless night. Nobody could ignore the flashing signals that it released.
Meng Chao felt a numbness at the center of his eyebrows.
His brainwaves were strengthened by spirit energy, and they turned into a directional ripple that pierced the microbrain.
When it sensed his brainwaves, a spirit energy ripple that had a similar frequency spread out from the depths of the microbrain. It was like a brainwave.
The two ripples were like two nearly transparent tentacles. They gathered together, touched each other gently, and intertwined with each other to form a double helix structure that looked like genetic strands.
When Meng Chao's brainwaves reached the microbrain, the spirit energy ripple released by the microbrain reached the center of his eyebrows.
Boom!
When the double helix structure that looked like genetic strands connected Meng Chao's eyebrows and the depths of the microbrain like a bridge of information, he felt as if a bell had rung loudly in the depths of his brain.
He felt as if his soul was about to scatter, and his soul, which had been split into billions of pieces, was sucked into an endless black hole.
His soul seemed to be moving through a shining kaleidoscope that was endlessly lengthened.
He saw countless celestial bodies that looked like cells, but he did not know what they were.
These celestial bodies continued splitting, crashing into each other, swallowing each other, expanding, collapsing, and being destroyed. They seemed to be dancing in an endless, chaotic dance.
After an unknown amount of time, his soul finally gathered together again.
His field of vision gradually stabilized and became clear.
Countless celestial bodies were clustered together, and they looked like lenses that formed a huge compound eye.
When he looked through the compound eye, he saw a blood-red world.
There were also countless sawtooth, sharp blade-like appendages, and tentacles surrounded by electrical arcs. They were swinging and striking madly, creating intersecting cracks.
Meng Chao only realized after a while that he was embedded in a huge red crystal.
No, he was not "himself", but the microbrain.
He was reading the memories hidden in the depths of the microbrain.
This seemed to be the perspective of an insect-type monster that was produced by a "mother" during ancient times.
Perhaps this insect-type monster was the master of the microbrain.
There was a higher possibility that the microbrain had used some unbelievable method to control the insect-type monster and turn it into an extension of its senses and will.
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