From the moment Chen Guang decided to go out to the moment he piloted the plane alone and took off from the Imperial City Airport, it took less than fifteen minutes.
The top-notch plane that he had once used had long been eliminated. Now, his personal plane had been upgraded and was the pinnacle of the perfect combination of modern technology and internal martial arts.
This plane had the technological feel of a modern fighter plane, but the material used was the ultra-strong and lightweight bone plate of a strange beast that could not be found on Earth. The surface was smeared with the oil of a giant fish and a strange beast that was extracted from nature.
Apart from that, its power system also combined the effects of fuel and a martial artist's internal strength.
Its flying speed was not something that an ordinary plane on Earth could compare to. With Chen Guang's skills, he could inject his internal strength without stopping and reach any place in the True Martial Realm.
From the time the plane took off to the time he arrived at the foot of the highest peak, it only took about ten to twenty minutes.
After arriving here, he could not continue piloting the plane. The air was filled with turbulence at any time, and the extremely terrifying Yin and Yang Qi turbulence would also cause a heavy burden on the mechanical parts.
In short, Chen Guang used the limits of his mechanical endurance to perform a fancy vertical landing and landed safely.
Just like the last time, after blasting a hole in the ground with his palm, he conveniently buried the plane. Chen Guang leaped and disappeared into the forest.
The terrifying earthquake just now had caused severe damage to the surrounding environment. There were giant trees lying on the ground everywhere, and there were even a few fresh cracks that emitted the smell of soil on the ground from time to time. Broken tree roots stretched out randomly in the cracks, and there were a few insects crawling up and down from the tree roots from time to time, looking confused and empty.
However, Chen Guang did not fly through the air but chose to fly on the ground.
The closer he got to the Terminating Thought Valley, the more he had an indescribable strong feeling.
The air seemed to be filled with a power that was completely different from Yin and Yang Qi. It could even prevent his mental power from extending forward. Under normal circumstances, with his skills and the realm of the True Martial Realm, he only needed to stand far away from the Terminating Thought Valley and he would be able to see everything inside with just a thought.
But now, no matter how hard he tried to circulate his mental cultivation technique and crazily extended his mental energy, which was enough to suppress tens of millions of people in a city, he could only see a blur in his mind's eye.
About half an hour later, with Chen Guang's speed, he had traversed at least a hundred miles and finally stood in front of the entrance of the Terminating Thought Valley.
Looking up, there were two tall mountains on both sides that pierced through the clouds. It was hard to tell how high they were.
The entrance was about a few kilometers wide. There should have been dense trees growing on both sides, but at this time, they had all fallen crookedly to the ground.
Not only that, Chen Guang also saw many broken tree trunks. The cuts were very smooth, but the upper halves had mysteriously disappeared.
Chen Guang looked around and saw that the broken tree trunks were distributed in a regular pattern. They were basically in the shape of a ray, extending from the inside all the way to the outside.
Walking in front of a tree stump, Chen Guang lowered his head to size it up. Then, he reached out to touch the fracture. There was still a faint heat on it, but the strange thing was that there were no signs of burning on the fracture.
There was only one explanation for this. At the same time that the pillar of light soared into the sky, an extremely powerful heat wave spread out from within in the form of a ray, sweeping through the area and cutting off all the trees. It even evaporated the upper half of the broken tree out of thin air.
He then looked at the direction of the tree stump's fracture. Although it looked crooked, it was only because the earthquake had changed the terrain. In fact, the original direction of the fracture should be completely the same, and all the sections should be completely parallel.
In that case, the time when the heat wave rushed out should have been before the earthquake.
There must be something extraordinary in the Terminating Thought Valley. Perhaps Wenwen had discovered it, which was why such an unforeseen event had occurred.
Chen Guang cried out in his heart. Could it be that Wenwen was already dead?
Thinking of this, he immediately sped up his pace.
Everyone else was protected by him and lived a peaceful life.
If Wenwen, who was the most talented, was the first to die in this game, it would be embarrassing if word got out, and he would not be able to explain himself.
When he found her in the real world, she became different from him because her character in the game had been reset. That would be a great disservice to Wenwen's identity and status as the second strongest player in the Pugilistic World.
Suddenly, Chen Guang stopped in his tracks. Traces of a battle appeared in front of him.
There were fallen tree trunks everywhere, but there was no pattern to the position where they had fallen. From time to time, a few huge footprints would appear on the ground, and the shape of the footprints looked like four sharp claws.
There was also a long ravine that covered the ground. The ravine was about three to four meters wide, as if it had been plowed by something.
According to what Martial Emperor Changfeng had said, this was probably where the exploration team had fought alongside Wenwen.
There were two completely different kinds of marks on the ground. One of them looked like a ferocious tiger, but it was as tall as an elephant. The other was caused by a huge snake-like monster that had slithered across the ground.
Now that he saw it, if it was true, the scene back then must have been very tragic.
Apart from this, Martial Emperor Changfeng had said that they had only managed to repel these two mutated beasts and had not killed them.
This showed how powerful these two mutated beasts were.
Chen Guang could not help but feel that Wenwen had encountered two such troublesome mutated beasts not far from the entrance of the End of Thought Valley. If she had been thinking normally, she would have stopped on the spot and returned.
According to the geological report, the End of Thought Valley was thousands of kilometers deep. The deeper one went, the colder and wetter it became. There were weeds everywhere, and mutated beasts were everywhere.
The powerful mutated beasts were even stronger than regular Martial Emperors. Even Martial Emperors like the Holy City's Three Emperors might not be able to take them down.
Not only that, but there were no other special products in the End of Thought Valley. Apart from these mutated beasts, there were only some swamps. There were no natural treasures that were beneficial for martial arts.
Hence, in the past countless years, only a few bored Martial Emperors would venture deep into the End of Thought Valley. Most of them would return empty-handed. Many of them even lost their lives in there, so there were even fewer people who went.
It was only with the advancement of technology in recent years that Martial Emperor Changfeng led a team of explorers to venture deep for the purpose of mining. In the end, they ended up with nothing.
Wenwen's actions were very strange. Could she have discovered something?
It was impossible for her to do such a meaningless thing. She must have discovered something, which drove her to venture deeper.
In that case, what was it that attracted her to enter the depths of the End of Thought Valley despite the danger?
With this thought in mind, Chen Guang continued to move forward at a brisk pace.
Just like what was recorded in the records, the deeper one went into the End of Thought Valley, the denser the trees became. The soil on the ground became softer as well. A faint burnt smell started to spread in the air. Occasionally, two or three mutated beasts would appear in the forest after smelling Chen Guang's scent.
There were big and small mutated beasts. There were strange apes that stood on two feet, ghost wolves with white fur on their ears and blue flames on their paws, and giant bears that were dozens of feet tall.
However, all the mutated beasts were intelligent. At first, they came after smelling a human, but when they got closer to Chen Guang, they were frightened by the dangerous aura that surged out of his body and fled in a panic.
Normally, Chen Guang would be interested in catching a few mutated beasts to study them. However, now was not the time to do so.
Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks and turned his head to look below him. There was a rag on the ground.
Chen Guang bent down and picked up the rag. It was cold to the touch. This was a piece of green cloth made of a very special material. It was extremely tough and transparent. It was a high-quality piece of cloth that was specially used to make clothes for martial artists. One meter of it cost several million Holy Coins.
If he remembered correctly, Martial Emperor Changfeng had once said that Wenwen wore green clothes. In that case, this cloth had most likely fallen from Wenwen's body.
Judging from its shape, it should be part of her sleeves.
She had experienced a fierce battle here, and it was extremely bitter. Even her sleeves had been torn off.
From there, sparse footprints gradually appeared on the ground, leading all the way inside.
Observing the shape of these footprints, it seemed that there was more than one person, and they were very messy.
Although the strong earthquake had changed the terrain significantly, and many parts of the ground had been overturned, Chen Guang could always find one or several deep or shallow footprints every few hundred meters. These footprints were scattered randomly on the soft ground of the Terminating Thought Valley.
These footprints looked very new and seemed to have been made not long ago, no more than a week ago at most. It happened to coincide with the time when Martial Emperor Changfeng and his group met Wenwen.
Wenwen had at least the strength of a Martial Emperor, and the opponent who could fight with her must be stronger than a Martial Emperor. If they were traveling normally, it would be impossible to leave these footprints.
In that case, there was only one possibility. Both parties were fighting while heading inside, but it was unknown who was chasing who.
Chen Guang speculated that Wenwen was being chased by someone.
Who was it?
Who set up an ambush in this place?
What was their motive?
What did Wenwen find?
The doubts in Chen Guang's heart grew.
Unknowingly, he had been running inside for a whole day and night. He had reached the deepest part of the Terminating Thought Valley. Apart from the Martial Emperor who drew the map of the Terminating Thought Valley, no one else could reach this place.
However, Chen Guang suddenly saw the wreckage of a building on the side of the road.
He frowned even more after he got closer to take a closer look.
Judging from the materials and architectural style of these collapsed buildings, they were clearly built in the past few decades.
Judging from the scale of the buildings, the wreckage covered an area of more than an acre, and at least a few dozen people could have lived in them.
However, although the buildings here were completely damaged, there were no corpses.
The doubts in Chen Guang's heart grew. If it wasn't the Evil Ghost Faction, he really couldn't think of anyone who would have the need to live in this dark, damp, cold, and infested place with strange beasts.
Nowadays, the whole True Martial Domain could be said to be prosperous and peaceful. The people lived and worked in peace and contentment. There were fewer killings in Jianghu than before. After the expansion of the Ninth Holy City, it could accommodate hundreds of millions of people. In addition to the elderly, the adjacent city outside could also accommodate tens of millions of martial artists.
Although the concentration of Yin and Yang Qi in the Holy City was not as good as here, it was better in that it was neutral and peaceful. It would be more beneficial if one practiced internal strength.
Chen Guang couldn't think of any reason. Why would one live in this place where even birds wouldn't poop?
Why would they build these broken houses?
Chen Guang walked two more rounds in the wreckage and suddenly made a surprising discovery.
There were no traces of electric wires in these buildings!
The more he checked, the more puzzled he became.
Although only 50 years had passed, the use of electric current had already been popularized in the True Martial Domain. It had replaced the past backward facilities in many aspects.
Nowadays, there were hundreds of billions of people in the True Martial Domain. Almost everyone knew about the convenience of using electricity.
These houses had been built in the last few decades. Moreover, the materials used were relatively new. Even the floors were made of self-leveling cement which had become popular in the last ten years.
So, it was even more necessary to build houses in this cold and gloomy place with electricity. It must be known that it was very convenient to generate electricity in the True Martial Domain. It could be arranged for a person who practiced internal strength to squat there and pedal a sports bike to generate the power of a generator.
However, there were no electric wires here. There weren't any electrical facilities either.
Could it be that the people who lived here didn't need electricity to produce light and heat? Could they create a comfortable environment in this place?
Although most of these houses had collapsed, many of the wreckage looked very beautiful. In particular, there were some exquisitely crafted Roman reliefs on them. These reliefs indicated that the original owner of this place was very particular.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in Chen Guang's mind. He finally thought of the answer.
The people who lived here in the last few decades were not used to using electricity. However, they were very particular about it. So, there was only one option left … the Divine Race!
Picking up a lamp-like thing from the ground, a look of understanding appeared on Chen Guang's face.
This lamp-holder was completely different from ordinary oil lamps. There was no wick inside. The bottom was not hollow, so it couldn't be filled with oil.
However, this thing looked like a wall lamp hanging on the wall. So, the energy source of this thing must be the divine power of the Divine Race!
It was really like wearing out iron shoes in fruitless search, but finding it by chance without even looking for it.
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