The signs of life activities were coming from the depths of the channel that had been blown open by brute force.
Without any hesitation, the four of them changed their direction and flew into the enormous hole under the protection of hundreds of spiritual puppets.
The path caused by the explosion was not the pathway of the planetary warship itself. There were traces of metal melting everywhere, making it look like a natural cave. Occasionally, one could see circles of whorls.
If Li Yao were to speculate, he believed that the attackers had drilled into the wall with an enormous drill that was extremely hot. The drill melted all the metal components of the planetary warship and formed such a destructive channel in the end.
It was a 'wall-passing strategy'. The attackers were trying to attack the enemy directly through such a method!
Therefore, what was hidden at the end of the channel must be invaluable treasures or a certain core facility of the planetary warship!
The planetary warship was enormous in scale. They had moved forward in the darkness for ten minutes, but they still had not reached the end.
On their way, they could occasionally see the broken bodies of the Pangu and the giant metal puppets that had been twisted into a cluster. Their hollow eye sockets were staring at the depths of the channel in a daze, as if they were monuments that were guiding the way for them.
Tang Qianhe stabbed a hollow needle deep into the body of the Pangu, but she did not retrieve any active materials.
After hundreds of thousands of years, the corpses and puppets had lost their vitality and spirituality in the past. They had turned into fossils and gradually melted with Kunlun.
It was not until half an hour later that a tiny red spot appeared in front of them, which looked like a flickering ghostly fire in the dark night.
All of a sudden, signs of life fluctuations grew stronger.
All the four of them held their breath. All the spiritual puppets entered the highest alert state.
As they moved forward, the red spot grew larger and larger until it occupied their entire vision and turned into …
A red hell.
Li Yao swallowed subconsciously and felt that his throat was both hot and stinky.
What was displayed in front of his eyes was indeed a scene that looked like the eighteenth floor of hell.
At the end of the channel was a boundless square that was at least hundreds of kilometers in length and width.
Li Yao detected something similar to the debris of a starship at the edge of the square, which was similar to the primeval warship that they had seen on the ground.
Then, this place was probably a starship production center deep inside Kunlun.
The planetary warships were extremely massive. It was unlikely that they would perform space jumps easily but would be used as some sort of 'base'.
Both the Pangu Clan and the Nuwa Clan were in need of more agile starships to carry out the regular missions of battle, patrol, and transportation.
Inside the starship production center, the dead bodies of human beings, the Nuwa Clan, and the Pangu Clan were everywhere. Everybody was fighting each other in the most determined posture.
Their twisted appearance reminded Li Yao of bacteria under a microscope.
The scale of the battlefield and the intensity of the battle between the two sides were a hundred times more brutal than the Primeval Battlefield on the ground!
What made Li Yao's blood freeze most was that all the corpses, be they human beings, the Nuwa Clan, or the Pangu Clan, were covered in a thick layer of blood. They were even wriggling under the influence of spiritual waves.
Everyone was covered in blood, as if they had been skinned and had their tendons pulled out. They were badly mutilated and struggling in pain.
It was as if the souls of these people who should have died hundreds of thousands of years ago were still lingering. Day after day, the Great War of Hell was being played out endlessly!
"That's the moss."
Kou Ruhuo said calmly while he commanded a spiritual puppet to fly to the ground.
Li Yao observed carefully and finally realized what was wrong.
All the dead bodies and the scraps of magical equipment were covered in a layer of blood-red moss, without the slightest gap.
The moss was very thick and had certain mobility. The hundred square kilometers around was their territory. At first glance, it looked like the bloody corpses were wriggling.
When the spiritual puppet was more than ten meters away from the ground, the blood red moss on the ground suddenly surged crazily, like a surging tide in a peaceful ocean. A red tide made of the blood red moss rose to almost forty meters high and swallowed the spiritual puppet directly!
Enshrouded by the moss, the spiritual puppet seemed to have fallen into the stomach of a weird animal. Very soon, it stopped struggling and simply allowed the moss to drag it into the debris, falling silent.
"This is a weird moss named 'Blood Tide'. It is a 'living fossil' that has been proliferating since the primeval era."
Su Chang explained to Li Yao, "Blood Tide is also known as' Hungry Ghost Moss'. It feeds on crystals and corrodes metals. It is a very annoying thing. Oftentimes, when we excavate a relic after all the trouble, we discover that everything inside has been swallowed by the Blood Tide!
"Thankfully, the primeval battlefield is so large that there must be places where the Blood Tide cannot reach. Otherwise, the ecosystem on the ground wouldn't have been able to keep functioning!
"As you can see, the Blood Tide can still attack when it is thirty to forty meters above the ground. For safety's sake, let's not fly to an altitude of fifty meters."
Li Yao did not know anything. All he needed to do was to learn from the three Immortal Cultivators. Nodding his head, he thought for a moment and asked, "The Blood Tide has covered all the corpses and puppets. How are we going to excavate them?"
"Don't be hasty. Adjust the output of spiritual energy of the Crystal Suit to the lowest level. As long as the gravity control unit can be supported, you will be able to float in midair!"
Su Chang said softly, "Kou Ruhuo and Tang Qianhe will take care of everything."
Li Yao turned off most of the units on the Crystal Suit obediently. Like a giant rock floating in midair, he focused his attention and observed Kou Ruhuo and Tang Qianhe's operation.
The two Immortal Cultivators patrolled around the square with two squads of spiritual puppets, especially the dome at the top of the square that was enshrouded in darkness.
The two of them and the dozens of spiritual puppets soon disappeared into the darkness.
Very soon, however, streaks of golden brilliance were spreading out of the darkness incessantly like thunderclouds.
Kou Ruhuo and Tang Qianhe fled out again, but dozens of dazzling belts of light were following them, as if they were chased by dozens of dragons!
Li Yao was greatly surprised. He adjusted the resolution of the crystal cameras to the maximum, only to discover that the 'glittering dragons' were actually made of countless tiny moths!
What was weird was that a tiny crystal was embedded in the abdomen of every moth, which was grasped by their appendages that had been degenerated!
The moth and the crystal fused together organically, as if they were made by nature.
The two Immortal Cultivators and the dozens of spiritual puppets dived toward the ground. Even the glittering dragons behind them were moving faster and faster!
On the ground, the blood tides that fed on spiritual energy sensed the approach of the intense spiritual waves and spread out ripples like greedy mouths.
The two Immortal Cultivators grasped the speed and distance perfectly. When they were about to break into the hunting range of the blood tides, they suddenly changed directions slightly and dashed to two sides. In the meantime, they turned off most of the units in the Crystal Suit.
They were flying purely by inertia, not releasing the slightest spiritual wave from their bodies.
Most of the spiritual puppets that were following them also braked and flew horizontally, cutting off the spread of the spiritual energy.
But three spiritual puppets, on the other hand, had activated their crystal reactors to the maximum and released furious flames of spiritual energy. Like three torches in the darkness, they darted into the blood tides!
The glittering moths in midair seemed to feed on spiritual energy, too. Attracted by the three spiritual puppets, they also crashed into the blood tides.
The dragons immediately roared, and the blood tides boiled!
Li Yao saw that the crystals in the abdomen of all the moths were emitting dazzling brilliance, turning them into small suns. Wherever they flew, a large area of the blood tides would be obliterated!
However, there were too many blood tides that were flooding close from all directions. No matter how large the holes that the glittering moths created, they would be filled up immediately!
It was like countless streams of magma flowing into an icy ocean, raising the most intense noises!
"The moths that also feed on spiritual energy are known as' Hellish Light Butterflies'."
Su Changfeng smiled. "Everything in the universe is mutually reinforcing and counteracting. The Blood Tides and the Hellish Light Butterflies, as natural enemies, often live not far away from each other. Although they usually stay out of each other's business, they are still low-level creatures after all. As long as there is a suitable bait, it is easy to make them attack each other!"
Very soon, the fierce battle between the blood tides and the Hellish Light Butterflies was over.
All the crystals in the abdomen of the Hellish Light Butterflies had been used up. Like moths darting into a fire, they fell into the blood tides. The last bit of brilliance perished, too.
However, a hole almost five kilometers in diameter had been burnt out in the blood tides, too. All the blood tides in the area had been burnt up, revealing the bodies and puppets below.
The remaining blood tides retreated far away. For a moment, they did not dare approach the area where the scent of the Hellish Light Butterflies lingered.
Li Yao and his companions took the opportunity to land and scan the remnants of the battlefield.
It was a pity that the blood tides were highly destructive. All the remnants had been riddled with holes by their corrosion. They were so fragile that they would collapse at the slightest touch!
"It seems that everything in this place is of no value to be excavated!"
Tang Qianhe pouted and sighed softly.
Li Yao thought for a moment and asked, "What kind of things are valuable to be excavated?"
Tang Qianhe replied with a smile, "For example, the magical equipment that has not been corrupted by spiritual energy or time, such as the sabers, swords, and guns from the primeval era, will be of great value to be excavated!
"Also, the ancient spiritual stripes and rune arrays that are clearly and completely preserved will be of great research value if they can be copied, too.
"Also, if we run into the bodies of the Pangu clan that are relatively well-preserved, we will be able to retrieve the active materials and analyze their gene strands. They will be even more invaluable treasures!
"Then, what about the enormous puppets that can reach a maximum height of almost a hundred meters that are controlled by human beings?"
Li Yao's heart was pounding.
"They are called 'Colossi'!"
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