This time, Shen Lang didn't faint.
However, his entire brain seemed to have lost its ability to think. In that instant, it really went blank. Even the A.I. directly crashed.
Also, his body didn't move at all, as if he had become a statue.
He felt that it wasn't just his brain that exploded. His entire body, including his blood, exploded as well.
How does it feel to wear this ring? Wisdom Imbuement!
The unique energy in this ring seemed to have instantly baptized every part of Shen Lang's body, engraving it into every inch of his body.
This process lasted for a full 15 minutes. Shen Lang didn't move at all, and his eyes couldn't even move. He really was like a physical statue.
Finally, everything came to an end.
Shen Lang's brain gradually regained its ability to think, and his body also regained its ability to move.
He stretched out his hand and looked at the ring on his ring finger. He tried to take it off, but he failed. It was as if it had completely grown on his finger, and he couldn't take it off at all.
Why was that? It was bound to Shen Lang, so it couldn't be dropped?
Then why was he able to take it off the ancient human's finger so easily? Was it because he was already dead?
Next, Shen Lang couldn't help but want to explore the functions of this ring.
The Ancient King's Ring, it must be really amazing.
Was it a space ring? It could store things and could even take them out.
In the end, it proved that Shen Lang was thinking too much. He tried many times, but he was unable to place the broken dagger into the ring, and he almost cut his finger.
Then, after wearing this ring, would I become a top-notch expert?
Without hesitation, Shen Lang laid down and started to do push-ups. He did a total of 15 push-ups before lying flat on the ground.
He was thinking too much again.
Then, would there be an additional Library of Heaven's Path in his brain after wearing this ring, and there would be all sorts of ancient scrolls and books in it?
Shen Lang tried his best to explore, but the A.I. and X-ray were still in his mind. He was thinking too much again.
Then, would there be an old man living in the ring?
Of course, he was thinking even more.
For a total of 30 minutes, Shen Lang tried countless possibilities.
In the end, he realized that the function he expected was that the ring had nothing.
In the Lord of the Rings movie, the one who wore the One Ring could become immortal and invisible.
The matter of immortality was not attractive to Shen Lang at the moment, because he was still young. It was more practical to improve his abilities in other areas.
The invisibility function was very, very good, but if he wanted to watch a woman bathe, he could do it openly. There was no need for him to be invisible at all. Even Princess Dora would not mind what Shen Lang saw.
Moreover, after wearing the One Ring in the movie, he would enter a very special and strange space. However, Shen Lang did not feel anything at all, so the invisibility skill was gone.
Damn, what kind of function does this broken ring have?
This was an Ancient King's Ring! Shen Lang had a feeling that its value surpassed that of the Dragon's Regret.
It couldn't have no functions at all, right?
But now that he had gotten the ring, he could take his time to study it. He wasn't in a hurry, so he walked out.
Once again, he arrived at the energy whirlpool of the Primordial Shrine.
Suddenly, a thought came to him and he reached out to touch the screen.
"Close!" He shouted in his heart.
Instantly, the screen disappeared.
Outside, Prince Jin sat on the ground with his back to the energy whirlpool, motionless.
Huh?
"Open!" Shen Lang ordered again in his heart.
Instantly, the energy whirlpool appeared again.
Would this function work? It looked very useless. Could it be that he could let Tu Da, Tu Er, and the others come in and remove the ancient human fossil alive? Or should he just remove the statue of the god?
Of course, this way, he would be able to close the energy whirlpool of the giant ancient ruins in Stupa Mountain.
But it would be meaningless. On the other side of the energy whirlpool, who knew how many top experts, special warriors, and countless ancient weapons and equipment were there. Once Shen Lang closed the energy whirlpool, the people from Stupa Mountain would immediately rush over.
Could it be that this Ancient King's Ring only has a useless function of opening and closing the energy whirlpool?
I don't believe it!
There must be other very overpowered functions that I have not discovered.
Shen Lang walked out of the Primordial Shrine. Prince Jin stood up and said, "Your Majesty, shall we go back?"
He did not ask what Shen Lang had obtained inside, because Prince Jin felt that this was not something he should ask.
… …
Half an hour later.
Shen Lang appeared in the Primordial Shrine again. Together with him were the three super strong men, Tu Da, Tu Er, and Lan Bao.
He closed the energy whirlpool and let the three giants come in to move the things. If they could move the fifty-meter-tall statue of the god with a human face and a snake body, then they would. If they could not, then so be it.
In the end, they could not move it at all. The statue of the god with a human face and a snake body was too big and heavy.
Then they would move the Ancient King's fossil.
In the end … they could not move it either.
These three people were super strong men. Not to mention a mere human fossil, even if it was an elephant, they would be able to move it.
In the end, it did not move at all.
"Then think of a way to chop off one of its arms." Shen Lang said.
Prince Jin's face trembled. He wanted to advise, "Your Majesty, this … this is an Ancient King. It might have a noble bloodline. Isn't this a little inappropriate?"
Shen Lang said, "There is nothing inappropriate about it. Of course, we have to be respectful towards the ancient civilization. But if it conflicts with the interests of reality, then we have to give way to the interests of reality."
Tu Da had been waiting for this sentence for a long time. He suddenly pulled out his black gold battle blade and slashed down with all his strength.
"Bang!"
A loud, deafening sound.
Tu Da's giant-like body flew out directly. His purlicue was bleeding and the corner of his mouth was bleeding.
But the arm of the Ancient King's fossil was still unharmed.
This, this is too sturdy.
Tu Da did not believe it. He wiped off the blood at the corner of his mouth and held the deformed black gold battle blade tightly. He was about to slash again.
"Forget it." Shen Lang said, "Let's go!"
… …
"Your Majesty, the 50,000 people have gathered. We can leave at any time." Lunatic Lan said, "Also, all the resources in the Kingkong Peak ruins have been packed. We can bring them all out."
These so-called resources were basically all kinds of food. To Shen Lang, they were all precious seeds.
The 50,000 people had gathered, but where could they leave?
There were two known ways to leave. One was the energy whirlpool in the east. After Shen Lang closed the energy whirlpool, he could bring the 50,000 people into the giant ancient ruins of Stupa Mountain. Then, he could leave from Black Rock Island a few thousand miles to the east.
However, this path was impossible. The Stupa Mountain Master did not know how many forces had been deployed on the other side of the energy whirlpool. The moment Shen Lang and his fifty thousand men appeared, they would most likely be slaughtered by countless ancient weapons.
Then there was another exit. It was the place where Ancestor Lei brought Prince Jin and the others in.
Of course, that exit was now closed. Prince Jin had brought Shen Lang there to take a look. It was not an energy whirlpool, but an indestructible door. Moreover, it was one with the outer shell of Kingkong Peak.
Shen Lang could open this huge door with the Ancient King's Ring and lead fifty thousand people out of this place.
But after hesitating for a long time, he did not open it.
According to his calculations, Stupa Mountain and Ying Guang must have deployed a large force at this exit.
To Stupa Mountain and Ying Guang, the most valuable person was Shen Lang. They would do anything to capture Shen Lang. Only then could they continue to launch Regret of the Dragon and maintain their strategic deterrence against the Great Yan Empire.
Neither of these exits could be used, but there was no third exit in the ancient ruins of Kingkong Peak.
What should he do?
He had to leave this place as soon as possible and return to Raging Tide City.
…
Shen Lang's guess was right!
At the end of the southern sea region's ancient ruins, which was also the eastern side of this energy whirlpool, Stupa Mountain had deployed an astonishing number of ancient weapons. There were countless ancient crossbows, ancient crossbows, countless Gu worm weapons, and an astonishing number of Hell Legion.
As soon as Shen Lang led his men out of the energy whirlpool, Stupa Mountain would launch a devastating attack without hesitation. Under such a powerful attack, the 50,000 people would be annihilated in no time.
Not only that, Stupa Mountain and Ying Guang had also deployed a large number of ancient weapons outside the exit of Kingkong Peak. There were even nine energy control centers and hundreds of special warriors riding on eagles.
If Shen Lang's men came out, they would also face a devastating attack.
What should he do?
Shen Lang shifted his gaze to the other direction of the special passage.
The special ancient passage was like a seamless tunnel that connected various ancient cities. If the east led to the ancient ruins in the southern sea region, what about the west?
"Your Majesty, we went to the special passage in the west and explored it more than ten times, but we gave up on all of them." Prince Jin said, "That's because the special passage in the west has been greatly damaged and is extremely dangerous. We lost hundreds of men there."
Damaged special passage?
Shen Lang had heard Princess Helen say that it was extremely terrifying.
Either there was no air, or there was energy leakage, or the terrifying temperature could melt steel.
In short, anything could happen in the special passage in the ancient ruins. Even someone as powerful as Princess Helen did not dare to barge in and would rather leave through the crack in the special passage and return to the sea.
Shen Lang said, "I'll try to explore it."
Prince Jin trembled. "I'll go with you."
Next, under the protection of Prince Jin, Tu Da, Tu Er, Lan Bao, and the others, Shen Lang went deep into the special passage in the west of Kingkong Peak.
If the east of the special passage led to the giant ancient ruins controlled by Stupa Mountain, then where did the west lead to? That was completely unknown.
All the way to the west, all the way to the west.
After walking for less than thirty miles, the air here was getting thinner and thinner.
But what was very strange was that Shen Lang did not feel suffocated at all. He breathed normally and his blood oxygen level was still completely normal.
This … this was strange.
Soon, Shen Lang understood that it was because of the Ancient King's Ring on his hand.
It finally had a special function, which was to maintain survival in harsh environments. No matter where one was, one would not have to worry about suffocation.
"Woo …" Soon, the warhorse could not take it anymore and knelt on the ground, unable to move anymore because the oxygen level was already very low.
Shen Lang dismounted and walked. "Take the warhorses back."
"Yes." A few martial arts masters said, and then they led all the warhorses back.
Prince Jin led a few top masters and continued to accompany Shen Lang forward.
As they continued to go deeper into the special passage in the west, the air became thinner and the temperature increased.
"Your Majesty, a few thousand meters ahead is a damaged part of the special passage. The temperature is so high that it can burn steel red. Every time we explore, we end at the front five hundred meters." Prince Jin spoke with difficulty. His martial arts was very high, but he was also very uncomfortable at the moment. The oxygen supply to his brain was already seriously insufficient, and he could collapse at any time.
And Tu Da, Tu Er, and Lan Bao, these three super powerful people, had long broken through to the Grandmaster level, but they were also about to suffocate at the moment. The three people who chattered non-stop along the way were now like dead dogs, staggering as they walked, and could fall at any time.
Shen Lang knew that the special passage a few thousand meters ahead was damaged, and there was a terrifying high temperature. All the produced oxygen was consumed, so the further they went, the thinner the oxygen became.
The temperature here had already exceeded a shocking sixty degrees Celsius. Other than Shen Lang, the other three were all sweating profusely and would soon be dehydrated. And if they went further, it would be useless even if they brought water, because it would completely boil and could not be used at all.
Shen Lang said, "You guys go back. I will continue exploring alone. I will carry some of the resources and continue moving forward."
Prince Jin was just about to speak when Shen Lang stopped him, "This is an order. Don't worry, not only will I not suffocate, but I also don't seem to feel the high temperature."
If it was before, Shen Lang would not have been able to endure this high temperature of sixty degrees Celsius. Not only would he get heatstroke, he might even die.
But now he was still very comfortable, and his whole body seemed to be in a constant state of temperature.
"Once I feel danger, I will return immediately." Shen Lang said, "Don't worry, this environment won't cause me any harm."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Your Majesty! "Jin Jun replied.
Then, Shen Lang carried a small amount of resources and continued moving forward. He was still as brisk as ever.
Going deeper along the ancient special passage in the west, the air here was getting thinner and the temperature was getting higher and higher.
In the end, the temperature had exceeded five or six hundred degrees Celsius, but Shen Lang still felt nothing. The ancient king's ring completely protected his body in the best state. He would not suffocate due to lack of oxygen, nor would he be burned by the high temperature.
Of course, it did not increase Shen Lang's physical strength at all. After walking for a few kilometers, Shen Lang was still exhausted.
Damn it, can't you just give me a little more physical strength? I don't ask to be very strong, but at least more than one goose is good enough. I don't ask to win against Mulan, but you have to at least give me the ability to crush Zhang Chunhua, right?
Soon, Shen Lang saw the damaged part of the special passage.
This ancient special passage was like a seamless tunnel. It was originally flawless, but at this time, the middle part had been melted and distorted, releasing an astonishing high temperature. The temperature here was already so high that no living creature could pass through.
But Shen Lang still walked over without any obstacles, and continued to go deeper, deeper, and deeper.
Next, the damage to this ancient special passage became more and more severe, and it had completely become a forbidden zone for life.
The air was completely gone, but the temperature was still astonishing. What was terrifying was the energy explosions. The entire passageway could erupt with terrifying energy shockwaves at any time. It was extremely shocking, and it could easily tear apart any living creature, directly crushing them into pieces.
This wasn't an energy whirlpool, and there was no authority to do so. If it was the previous Shen Lang, he would have already been turned to ashes.
Princess Helen had also said that even with her high level of martial arts, she had to desperately avoid these energy explosions, not daring to touch them. However, Shen Lang was still safe and sound. When these energy explosions hit his body, they instantly disappeared without a trace. Instead, they gave him a ticklish feeling.
Shen Lang continued to go deeper, deeper, deeper, and deeper. After walking a few kilometers toward the ancient special passage to the west, he was simply exhausted.
It was about time to go back. If he went any deeper, he would run out of water, and if his physical strength was completely exhausted, it would be difficult to go back.
This ancient special passage seemed to have no end in sight. Shen Lang had only walked a few tens of thousands of meters, and there was damage everywhere. Everything was melted and distorted.
He walked another thousand meters.
But when he really walked another thousand meters, there was still nothing. Hence, he told himself again to walk another thousand meters.
Just like that, he didn't know how many kilometers he had walked.
Suddenly … an energy whirlpool appeared in front of Shen Lang.
He couldn't help but be ecstatic.
Did the presence of an energy whirlpool mean that he had entered the next ancient relic?
This time, Shen Lang wasn't cautious. Without a word, he directly rushed toward the energy whirlpool.
Still, he didn't feel anything. It was as if he had passed through an ordinary light and shadow. Shen Lang directly rushed to the next ancient relic.
Then, he was completely stunned.
This, this, where was this?
Previously in the ancient relic of Vajra Peak, he didn't even see a shadow.
This Ancient Remnant was a huge public square. Countless people were kneeling on the ground.
But … everyone had turned into fossils, and their faces were filled with pain and despair. This scene felt more like the end of the world.
More than hundreds of thousands of people were kneeling here, waiting for the arrival of destruction.
Among these hundreds of thousands of people, there were commoners, nobles, soldiers, men, and women. They were all ancient humans.
However … all of them had turned into fossils. Not only their bodies, but their clothes, equipment, and weapons had also turned into fossils, completely fusing with their bodies.
However, this scene was still extremely shocking.
It was not the first time that Shen Lang had seen so many people. During the battle of Dingyuan City, the crown prince of Jin Nation led a total of 600,000 people from the west. They stretched for hundreds of kilometers, and there was no end in sight.
This time, the hundreds of thousands of people were lined up neatly and kneeling on the square.
On average, each person occupied an area of less than three square meters. In other words, hundreds of thousands of people were gathered in an area of less than two square kilometers. It even felt like a human forest.
This ancient relic was just a large square with an ancient palace in the middle. It was about 2,000 meters away from Shen Lang.
Shen Lang crossed half of the square and passed through the densely packed ancient human fossils before heading to the main hall in the middle of the square.
It was a rather horrifying feeling because hundreds of thousands of people had turned into fossils, just like the terracotta warriors. Only one person could move, and it felt like everyone was looking at him.
After quickly passing through the crowd, Shen Lang arrived at the main hall in the middle of the square.
However, it was also empty inside. There was nothing but a huge stone coffin.
Who was the person in the stone coffin?
However, with Shen Lang's strength, he couldn't open the huge stone coffin. However, he soon saw a handprint on the surface of the stone coffin, and there was also a ring on the handprint. It seemed to be exactly the same as the ancient king's ring in Shen Lang's hand.
Hence, Shen Lang instinctively placed his hand on the handprint.
"Rumble …"
The stone coffin opened, giving Shen Lang a slight shock.
There was also a king lying inside because he was also wearing a crown on his head and wearing a golden royal robe. He was holding a longsword with both hands and there was a mark on the ring finger of his right hand. This was left behind by wearing the ring for a long time, but it was empty. Clearly, the ring he wore had been passed on to the next king.
If Shen Lang's guess was correct, the King in the sarcophagus should be the father or grandfather of the King in the Primordial Divine Temple, or someone of even higher seniority. He did not experience the end of the world, but died of old age, so he was buried in the main hall of the plaza for the countless citizens to pay their respects.
Shen Lang tried to take the sword from the ancient king's hand, but he gave up in the end.
The king in the stone coffin had also turned into a fossil, but his clothes, crown, and sword did not turn into a fossil, nor did they fuse with his fossil body.
However, the sword was simply too heavy. It was more than a few hundred Jin, and Shen Lang could not carry it. Moreover, the sword looked very beautiful, and it seemed more like a decoration.
He could not carry this sword, but he could take away his crown, but forget it. It was just a crown inlaid with gold and jewels.
But then, Shen Lang was pleasantly surprised to find that there was an ancient scroll under the neck of the ancient king in the stone coffin. It was an ancient scroll that looked like a jade crystal.
Shen Lang tried to pull it out and easily obtained it.
After scanning the ancient scroll with his X-ray eyes, he immediately gave up.
It was not because the contents of the ancient scroll were not important, but because its information capacity was too large. There were thousands of pages in this scroll, and the first page that Shen Lang had scanned was extremely obscure. He could not understand it at all.
This scroll was very important. It should be a very precious ancient book from the ancient civilization. There might be many secrets and related technologies in it.
However, Shen Lang did not have time now. Just scanning the scroll would take a few hours. He put the scroll into his arms and placed his palm on the handprint on the surface of the stone coffin.
"Rumble …" The huge sarcophagus closed once again.
… …
Next, Shen Lang continued to explore the ruins of the ancient square.
Other than the hundreds of thousands of ancient human fossils, there was almost nothing else.
Shen Lang also tried to take away the blood fossils of the ancient humans here, but he still failed. Their fossil bodies were still indestructible and invulnerable.
It was really strange. Previously, the king fossil in the ancient temple was indestructible because his bloodline was noble. However, among these hundreds of thousands of ancient humans, there were clearly many generals and warriors. They were not kings, but their fossil bodies were also indestructible and could not be damaged at all.
Shen Lang continued to observe and found that these hundreds of thousands of people had the same expression.
They withered in despair.
This feeling was like they were in a deep sleep and then became fossils for eternity.
Shen Lang scanned their bodies again with his X-ray eyes and confirmed once again that these ancient humans were much stronger than the humans of this world.
Whether it was their blood vessels, hearts, or organs, they were all different.
The volume of their hearts was more than 60% of the humans of this world, and the volume of their brains was more than 30%.
Even the shortest ancient human was more than 2.3 meters, and the tallest was more than 2.6 meters.
Of course, because their entire bodies had become fossils, it was impossible to distinguish the characteristics of their bones and veins. Moreover, it was impossible to smell any energy. It was as if the surface of the fossils had sealed everything.
However, Shen Lang could roughly tell that these ancient humans, even the ordinary soldiers, were very, very strong.
Mulan was already strong enough, but she had only undergone a bloodline transformation and was close to the ancient humans.
Princess Ning Han was even stronger, but she had also undergone a bloodline transformation and was only close to the ancient humans.
Then how strong would the pure ancient humans be?
And such a powerful ancient human civilization was actually completely destroyed. What kind of power was it that destroyed them?
Once this thought entered deep into his mind, it was impossible to extricate himself from it. Shen Lang immediately threw it aside.
He needed to continue searching for a way out. He needed to leave this underground ruin and return to Raging Tide City as soon as possible to save it.
According to the time, the troops of Stupa Mountain and Ying Guang were almost assembled and were about to march towards Raging Tide City.
… …
In the following time, Shen Lang carefully explored every corner of this huge square.
He originally thought that he would not find anything, but in the end, he found a stone door in the corner of the square. It was a stone door that led underground.
And most importantly, this stone door was open?
What was going on?
Shouldn't all stone doors of ancient ruins be closed? Why was this one open?
Behind the stone door was a deep staircase. Shen Lang carefully walked down.
He went deeper, deeper, deeper.
Soon, there was no more oxygen, but Shen Lang was still safe and sound because he had the Ancient King Ring.
After going a full thousand meters, he finally reached the end.
Then, Shen Lang was completely stunned.
In front of him was an incomparably huge abyss, so big that he didn't dare to imagine it.
He couldn't see the bottom down, and he couldn't see the bottom up either.
Did this mean that this abyss led directly to the surface world? Could he get out from here? But when he looked up, it was completely empty.
Shen Lang began to observe this abyss. It was a huge pit with a diameter of tens of thousands of meters.
The cliff was densely packed with hundreds of thousands of holes, each more than dozens of meters.
This hole looked like a nest?
There was a winding path on the cliff of this abyss, which was directly cut from the cliff. Shen Lang followed the stone path to explore the caves.
When he came to the first cave, he was shocked again.
This … this was indeed a nest, the nest of a large creature. Because Shen Lang saw the skeleton, which was more than 20 meters long and had a wingspan of more than 15 meters. This was also a large flying creature, not a giant eagle, but more like a more special flying creature.
Shen Lang couldn't help but feel excited.
This kind of giant flying creature was simply the best air force. It was definitely stronger than the snow eagle. It would be great if he could harvest a few eggs.
He continued to explore the next nest and made a strange discovery. There were many skeletons in the nests, but some nests were empty, and the scary thing was that there were traces of movement. What did this mean? Did it mean that someone had been here a long time ago? And had taken away the things in these caves?
He didn't even dare to hope to get a flying beast. Even an egg would be enough.
But after exploring dozens of nests, not even half an egg was found.
Most of the nests were empty, and a small number of nests had a skeleton lying in them. That was the fossil of a flying beast.
The hundredth nest.
Shen Lang decided to stop after exploring this nest. He would immediately give up and continue to look for a way out.
However, this hundredth nest was very strange, very different …
Other nests were only a few dozen meters deep, but this nest was so deep that the bottom could not be seen.
Shen Lang continued to go deeper, deeper, deeper. After walking for a whole few hundred meters, he finally reached the end of the cave.
This was a pond, a huge pond.
Shen Lang couldn't help but carefully poke his head out, wanting to use his X-ray eyes to scan the inside of the pond.
However, the next second!
"Roar …"
An incomparably huge shadow suddenly rushed up, opened its mouth, and directly swallowed Shen Lang's body.
Completely unprepared, Shen Lang was eaten.
… …
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