Dozens of specialists of the Blade of Chaos began their analysis on the skeleton throne.
Li Yao vaguely sensed that dozens of invisible rays were darting out of the organs that resembled eyeballs of quite a few specialists, trying to penetrate through the shell of the skeleton throne and pry into the structure of the 'god'.
Even Li Yao himself could not help but release part of his telepathic thoughts, trying to invade the throne through the gaps of the armor, only to fail in vain.
The armor on the outside of the 'god' looked ancient and desolate. Even Li Yao failed to find a similar structure after he searched all the ancient armor methods of the Hundred Smelting Clan from forty thousand years ago.
As for the purpose of this throne, it was even more confusing. There were only a few buttons on the operation panel opposite the "god's" face. It could be inferred that the main operation mode was definitely not the hands. It was more likely that it was directly controlled by telepathic thoughts.
"The Blade of Chaos firmly believes that God Chaos was born forty thousand years ago and excavated the heritage of the Pangu from the primeval era," one of the specialists said solemnly. "That's how the modern demon race was created.
"The 'god' inside the skeleton throne is very likely to be … the Pangu!"
The inference was approved by most of the specialists. Gasps were raised, too.
Many warriors of the Blade of Chaos outside could not help but worship the skeleton throne.
The spacious temple was in the middle of a weird, solemn aura.
"Such a speculation does have a point," Chu Zhengqing said. "If we consider the Pangu to be a tribe or civilization that spanned the three thousand Sectors billions of years ago, and at the end of the age of ancient Cultivators forty thousand years ago, a certain person or organization named 'Chaos' discovered a relic of the Pangu. From the relic, they found a lot of precious heritages and established an enormous base with the heritages as the foundation.
"As for this skeleton throne … It is very likely to be the only intact Pangu in the relic. Therefore, it was regarded as a 'god' by Chaos and placed here for worship and sacrifice. "
The specialists all nodded. Such a theory was quite reasonable.
Right then, exclamations echoed from the southeast of the temple.
It was from another group. New corpses were found.
Soon, countless pieces of corpses were found in all directions of the hall.
Through the scanning of mystic rays, the hundreds of piles of corpses were displayed on the retina of every specialist in the form of translucent shadows.
Li Yao also received this information.
Most of the corpses belonged to demons between 1.5 to 3 meters tall. After forty thousand years of corrosion, the only things left were dry bones and hollow shells.
Many corpses were entangled together. The bones were broken and crushed in an extremely violent manner, as if a great battle had just taken place.
Judging from the structure of some of the corpses. The skull of one of the corpses was even biting the cervical vertebrae of the other corpse. It was as if they were biting and gnawing at each other.
Many flying swords and sabers were scattered around the corpse. Most of them had been broken.
"What astonishing combat strength."
Li Yao discovered that one of the corpses, which was less than two meters tall, had more than a dozen flying swords stabbed into it. However, this corpse still pushed down the other corpse. It completely crushed the shoulder blade of the other corpse. The two skulls were extremely close to each other. The tusks of the first corpse even pierced through the skull of the second corpse.
Li Yao imagined the scene forty thousand years ago.
I'm afraid … The owner of the first corpse was pierced through by more than ten flying swords in a row. His internal organs were completely destroyed. However, he … or rather, "it" still maintained an astonishing combat strength. After pushing down the target, it crushed the shoulder blade of the target with its two claws. Then, it stuck its head to the target's head.
It was gnawing at the target's face.
It was almost a nightmarish massacre.
"Huh?"
After scanning the surface of hundreds of corpses quickly, Li Yao suddenly discovered something weird.
Among the bizarre-shaped corpses of demons, there were also some human corpses.
Although there were only piles of dry bones left, Li Yao was very sure that, judging from the shape and structure of the dry bones, they were standard human beings!
Some of the dry bones were emitting bronze, bright green, and dark gold brilliance, which was a sign that the bones had been nurtured by spiritual energy for a long time.
In other words, the owner of these skeletons was a cultivator who had some success in cultivation!
In the meantime, the specialists of the Blade of Chaos discovered the corpses of the Cultivators, too.
"What's going on?"
"Did a batch of Cultivators attack the Mausoleum of Chaos and cause such a gory massacre?"
"It doesn't look like it. According to our research, the Cultivators were already very weak when Chaos rose. It's unlikely that they attacked the base of Chaos actively."
"Besides, such brutal methods suggest that they were lunatics on a rampage. It doesn't resemble the combat style of the ancient Cultivators, either."
A few archaeologists surrounded the corpses and retrieved the robes, armors, and scraps of magical equipment left around the corpses carefully.
Those corpses had all died forty thousand years ago. Although their flesh and blood had been gnawed away, the robes, armors, and magical equipment that they carried with them were not completely corrupted. Some scraps were still left.
Li Yao stood at the periphery and observed with great interest.
The magical equipment that the corpses used all carried the intense style of the ancient Cultivators, which made him feel a sense of familiarity.
"Odd."
Very soon, the preliminary analysis on the scraps of the robes was completed.
The Cultivators and the demons who had collapsed on the ground were all wearing robes of the same style. The magical equipment that they used was basically of the same standard, too.
Also, if the Cultivators had invaded, the corpses of the Cultivators and the corpses of the demons should have been tearing each other apart.
However, the truth was that many corpses of the Cultivators were tearing and biting other Cultivators, and the corpses of the demons were entangled with the corpses of the demons, too.
The scraps of the robes that were retrieved from both the attackers and the victims were very similar. They were made of the same material, and they were of the same style. Even the spiritual stripes on them were identical.
It was safe to say that there were no invaders; they had been killed by each other.
"What's going on exactly?"
The corpses that had been collected from various parts of the temple had already exceeded a thousand, and they were just the tip of the iceberg.
The gory massacre that took place forty thousand years ago added more mysteriousness to the weird Mausoleum of Chaos.
All the researchers were confused and whispering to each other.
Right then, after a hum, sighs seemed to be echoing from the darkness in all directions, as if a strength that had hibernated for forty thousand years had been woken up. The entire temple was shivering softly.
Then, gentle brilliance sprayed down from the top of the temple like a waterfall, bathing them in an ivory ocean of light.
The warm ocean of light drove away the darkness and made all the explorers more or less reassured.
Yuchi Ba strode over with a large group of men and horses.
"We have just activated the drive rune arrays of the Mausoleum of Chaos. It is truly unbelievable that such an enormous underground palace is driven by the energy of light!"
"The sky of the White Silver Death Desert is cloudless and sunny. The sunlight is all absorbed by the sand and transmitted to the Star Swallowing Sea in a certain mysterious way, where it is stored in the lake of heavy metals in the Star Swallowing Sea!"
"The entire Star Swallowing Sea is an enormous pool of light energy. Through the ebb and flow of the tides every day, the energy is released into the Mausoleum of Chaos incessantly, allowing the underground palace to function normally after forty thousand years."
"The strength of God Chaos is truly immeasurable and unbelievable!"
"Master Chu, what's your opinion on our discovery right now?"
"Too much time has passed," Chu Zhengqing said. "I'm afraid that nobody knows the real answer to what happened forty thousand years ago. We can only speculate based on the evidence we have right now."
"First of all, the Blade of Chaos considers' Chaos' to be a god, but in my opinion, Chaos may be an organization or even a person, a common person."
Chu Zhengqing paused for a moment. Before the other members of the Blade of Chaos burst out, he quickly said, "However, be it a god, an organization, or a person, they must have a lot more subordinates now that they have established such an enormous base.
"If they are an organization, they must have members. Even if they are really gods, they must have a lot of believers, right?"
Yuchi Ba pondered for a moment and nodded. "Yes."
"We have found almost a thousand bodies," Chu Zhengqing continued. "Every body is wearing the same robe and holding the same standard magical equipment. Then, it is reasonable for us to conclude that they are members of the organization of Chaos or believers of Chaos, isn't it?"
"There is another possibility," Yuchi Ba said. "They are all invaders who were killed by God Chaos in a certain way when they invaded the Mausoleum of Chaos!"
Chu Zhengqing shook his head and said, "That's impossible. If they are invaders, where are the believers of Chaos? Besides, wouldn't it be weird if the bodies of the invaders were left in the sacred place of sacrifice after they were killed? "
"However," Yuchi Ba said, "the bodies of many human beings are mixed among the bodies."
Mockery flashed in Chu Zhengqing's eyes. "So what? Who says that human beings can't be believers of Chaos? Or rather, who says that Chaos must be a demon? What if Chaos himself is a common human being? "
"You …"
Before Yuchi Ba burst into fury, many specialists of the Blade of Chaos all slapped the table and rose to their feet.
"The facts are very clear," Chu Zhengqing said casually. "There were no real demons before Chaos. The mountain spirits in the notes of the ancient Cultivators are too different from the demons of modern times.
"You all said that it was Chaos who created demons. Then, if you think about it carefully, it is only natural that Chaos cannot be a demon! How can he create himself? "
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