Hiu!
The appearance of the Red Dragon Swallowing the Sun emblem accelerated the rhythm of the black ball. Thousands of black threads that looked like nerves suddenly emerged from the surface and crawled into the plate armor of the 'Gold Sun'.
The 'Gold Sun' had adopted the most flawless refining technology. Even the parts where the joints were required to be agilely turned did not have any obvious gaps. However, the moment the black threads touched the surface of the armor, they vanished into nothingness like streams flowing into an ocean. They had completely infiltrated and melted.
From the depths of the spiritual residence of the 'Gold Sun', a strange sound echoed. After a 'chi', a circle of black holes appeared around the breastplate. Abundant bright gold flames of spiritual energy spurted out from the holes. The breastplate was slightly dented and then opened to the top.
Li Yao's heart was beating so fast that his blood was almost squeezing from his chest to his brain and spurting out from his eyes.
The spiritual residence of the 'Gold Sun' was empty. There was no user, either. However, after a careful scan, Li Yao discovered that a tiny corpse was sitting cross-legged in the small space.
This corpse seemed to have been stored in the Spiritual Palace for at least several thousand years. The dried flesh and blood had a metallic texture, faintly emitting a pale golden radiance. Not only did it not give off the slightest feeling of malevolence, it instead gave off the feeling of a demon god cast in gold, giving off an incomparable glory and domineering aura.
Its body was even smaller than that of a regular person sitting down. There was no telling whether it was born like that or because the water inside its body had evaporated and shrank after its death.
There was no trace of armor or magical equipment on its body. The only thing that could be seen was a Cosmos Ring on one of its fingers. The emblem of the Red Dragon Swallowing the Sun was also carved on the surface of the ring. However, nineteen iron nails that were thicker than fingers had been pierced into the head. Every iron nail pierced through the skull and the brain, and the tips of the nails were condensed deep inside the brain.
"Soul Suppressing Nails?"
Li Yao was secretly surprised. Judging from the runes on the nail cap, it was a piece of rarely-seen magical equipment even in the age of ancient Cultivators. It was mainly used to seal the soul so that the trainers with strong mental power would not be haunted as ghosts after they died. It was even possible to seal the soul inside a rotten body so that it would suffer excruciating pain.
However, there were no signs of a struggle in the Spiritual Residence of the Golden Sun. Li Yao didn't believe that there was anything that could drive the Soul Suppressing Nail into the mind of the user of the Golden Sun.
Observing the posture of the corpse, although its expression was one of extreme pain, it was sitting cross-legged with its five hearts facing the sky. It was as if an eminent monk had "passed away".
Could it be that these nineteen Soul Suppressing Nails were all inserted into his mind by himself, in order to … seal his soul and wait for the arrival of a chance of survival?
Li Yao shuddered and raised his vigilance.
Of course, if the other party really tried to find a "slim chance of survival" from him, he wouldn't be afraid at all. Mental battles, possession, and counter-possession were all his areas of expertise!
Also, Li Yao's intuition told him that the golden corpse in front of him had lost all its vitality a long time ago. Even its cells and telepathic thoughts did not exist anymore. It could not pose any threat to him at all.
This was very strange.
If the other party had endured inhuman pain in order to preserve his soul, how could his soul have perished in 'only thousands of years'?
It must be noted that even Gao Xingce, the captain of Sparkle whom Li Yao had met in the depths of the Mithril Ocean below Boneyard, had been able to preserve the last bit of his remaining soul for almost ten thousand years by stripping away his self-awareness and memories layer by layer.
The user of the Golden Sun or the apocalyptic catastrophe couldn't have been weaker than the captain of Sparkle in any case, could they?
Li Yao looked at the black ball in confusion.
He needed Little Black to tell him the answer.
The black threads extended out of the black ball all swam to the head of the bright gold corpse and tied up the Soul Suppressing Nail, pouring all the information that Little Black had collected from the outside world, including the whole process of Li Yao's rise from the magical equipment graveyard to his unstoppable rise to become the best expert in the Pangu universe, into the brain that had long been dried and vaporized.
The gold corpse did not move at all. Li Yao still could not sense any sign of life inside. However, the brilliance on the surface of the black ball was flashing even more brilliantly and intensely. Very soon, another cluster of black threads extended out, but this one was aimed at Li Yao.
It seemed to be a friendly invitation.
At the very least, the enemy did not invade his brain by force and try to swallow his spirit and will.
Li Yao pondered for a moment. Of course, he had seen through the risks, but he was unwilling to doubt Little Black's kindness. Besides, the tide of ferocious beasts outside had turned the world upside down. The mysterious' Supreme Tower of Babel 'might contain world-ending crises, too. Li Yao was in dire need of an answer from the owner of the Golden Sun or the apocalyptic catastrophe, or at least a way to find the answer.
Making up his mind, Li Yao ignored Lu Qingchen's shout and shot out the most intense telepathic feelings from the depths of the spiritual root at the center of his eyebrows, which entangled with the black threads.
BOOM!
A thunderclap exploded deep inside Li Yao's brain.
With the black ball as the medium, the mental bridge between him and the bright gold corpse was established.
In a trance, it was both real and unreal. The world around him was blurred and twisted. Countless shadows flashed and overlapped with each other, as if everything that had happened in the 'Museum of Prehistoric Civilizations' in the past ten thousand years was being replayed in one second.
Despite Li Yao's Cultivation in the Divinity Branching Stage and his weird soul from Earth, he found it difficult to bear such an enormous amount of information flow. He couldn't help but exclaim in shock.
Then, he 'saw' that the bright gold corpse on his opposite side slowly opened its eyes!
It was an extremely weird feeling.
The bright gold corpse clearly did not have the slightest scent of life, but brilliance that could be called 'human emotions' was shining deep inside its dry eye sockets. Colorful brilliance flashed one after another. Li Yao could clearly sense the boundless dominance, the extreme violence, the wisdom that was as deep as the ocean … Twenty distinct and different kinds of humanity, and even the confusion that was as tiny as dust in the face of a vast ocean.
As the streams of information flowed in, Li Yao vaguely understood what was going on.
The owner of the bright gold corpse was indeed dead. Perhaps, he had been dead for thousands of years.
Before his death, he had refined his body into a 'container' and stored countless mental stamps inside as his legacy. It was essentially a database made of flesh and blood.
However, his mental stamps were so intense that they gave people a feeling of 'vividness'. It was almost like the person in the picture would be separated from the 3D light beam and condensed into a real entity when he took a picture.
Even his liquid crystal processor, which stored a lot of mental imprints, had been contaminated by his aura after such a long time. It was not hard to imagine how strong the bright gold corpse must have been when he was alive, since he was able to kill a Tyrant Armored Dragon with one punch!
Looking at the guy's eyes that contained infinite brilliance, Li Yao was so excited that he raised the seemingly stupid question that everybody would ask in such a situation. "Are you … the Supreme Emperor?"
The bright gold corpse was silent for a long time.
Of course, the corpse that had completely lost its vitality could not talk, but the mental stamps that had long been stored deep inside the dry cells were quickly analyzing the identity of the questioner, the current situation, and the situation in the outside world. After high-speed calculations, they gave the most appropriate response.
"The erosion of time is enough to destroy everything. The once-glorious imperium has long been reduced to ruins. Even the country that was rebuilt on the ruins has been obliterated. The so-called 'legendary Supreme Emperor' is nothing more than an absurd story. It is just a myth that the people who are shivering between blood and darkness in the chaotic universe that is falling apart talk to each other for warmth."
Such waves were directly transmitted to Li Yao's brain through the black threads, as if the bright gold corpse was talking.
"Besides, in the mysterious primeval relic, the unparalleled experts and rulers of the peak civilizations who once dominated the Pangu universe billions of years ago are everywhere. Thousands of deities and devils have all turned into dry bones, a pile of weeds, a cluster of shrubs, or even a cluster of mist in this place. Even the 'Supreme Emperor' of the civilization of mankind is just one of the moths that are darting at the fire."
The bright gold corpse continued, "Too much time has passed. Countless pieces of information have been lost. Your Supreme Emperor has long been obliterated like the gods. I am just his shadow, his message, his stamp, and the guardian of the primeval relic or the 'graveyard of civilization'."
"Guardian of the tomb, guardian of the tomb —"
Having no time to care about the guy's identity, Li Yao clenched his fists and asked in a hurry, "Tell me, what is going on exactly? What is the truth of the primeval relic? Why have so many elites of the primeval civilizations perished in this place? Also, what are the tides of ferocious beasts outside? Why are the primeval civilizations attacking each other? Why have they turned into such hideous, terrifying beasts? What are they fighting for?
"And you, or rather, your master, the real 'Supreme Emperor', where is he from? Who is he? What is he looking for in the primeval relic? Why are his Colossus' Gold Sun 'and the Blood God's Colossus' Apocalypse 'both here?
"Our civilization, and your civilization, is in peril. I need answers. Answers to everything!"
"There are no answers."
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