Shen Lang was a bold and imaginative person. Because he had seen too many movies, no matter what happened, he would not be too surprised. Even if he patted his chest and a nano armor appeared on his body, he would still be able to accept it if he transformed into Iron Man.
In the end, nothing happened, just like when he wore the Ancient King's Ring.
No, it was even different from when he wore the Ancient King's Ring. After wearing the Ancient King's Ring, Shen Lang could at least turn on and off the energy whirlpool.
But now, after this Dragon Core was embedded in his chest, he could clearly feel a very magical power, but he could not use it at all.
Following that, Shen Lang tried again and again. However, he was still unable to obtain any results. He was still as weak and powerless as before.
This was really not right. He could 100% feel a strange energy in his body.
But this thing was like love. He could clearly feel it, but he could not see it or touch it.
"This should be a very powerful and advanced ancient equipment, and it is very profound. You will probably need some time to dig out its power," Chou Yao 'er said.
Shen Lang could not help but think of Adolf's ancient equipment. It was truly super awesome. His martial arts were clearly slightly weaker than Queen Aida's, but with this ancient equipment, Queen Aida and Hila could not even harm a single hair on Adolf's body. At that time, it had really given Shen Lang an unparalleled shock.
And Adolf's ancient equipment seemed to be embedded in his chest where his heart was.
"Let's put it aside for now." Shen Lang: "Maybe it will give me a great surprise in the future. Yao 'er, I'm not lying to you. I really feel that I have become much stronger. Maybe even you are no longer my opponent. Why don't we go back tonight and try?"
"Sure," Chou Yao 'er said.
Then, Shen Lang looked at the ancient prisoner. At this time, he had completely turned into stone, no different from the ancient human fossils from before. He was like a stone statue.
"Sorry." Shen Lang said, "I really want to know exactly how beautiful that Queen Medusa who charmed you is to actually make you betray your own Empire."
And this ancient prisoner seemed to be saying the same words: I don't regret it.
… …
Although he had already obtained the Dragon's Core, Shen Lang decided to continue exploring. He finally knew that there was no way the Dragon's Regret could be found in this prison.
But this prison was definitely very impressive, because only the first prison cell locked such an impressive invader. The number one traitor of the Jiang Dynasty! There were still three more prison cells, so what kind of impressive prisoners were locked in there?
Shen Lang arrived in front of the second cell, which was slightly larger than the first. The sign outside read: Queen of Darkness Cell.
Below, there was a sign explaining the prisoner's crimes: This person created natural disasters and plagues, slaughtered millions of people, and committed heinous crimes.
Shen Lang sucked in a breath of cold air when he saw it.
Sure enough, the prisoners in this prison were more powerful than the other.
The greatest traitor of the Jiang Dynasty just now was already horrifying enough. As the successor of the Ancient Empire, he betrayed his own country.
And this second Queen of Darkness had actually slaughtered millions? This was simply unbelievable.
Moreover, the words "natural disasters and plagues" made one's blood run cold.
Chou Yao'er couldn't help but glance at Shen Lang because Shen Lang had also used plagues to exterminate several cities. From a certain perspective, he was a bit similar to this Queen of Darkness.
And there was only one thought in Shen Lang's mind. The plague that this Queen of Darkness grasped was definitely super terrifying, or else how could she slaughter millions?
Shen Lang hesitated for a moment, then pressed his hand on the door of the second prison cell. Immediately, a word appeared on it: Sin.
Finally, it wasn't the word "regret". The last stroke of the word also had the indent of an Ancient King's Ring. Shen Lang extended his hand and placed the King's Ring on the indent.
Chou Yao'er lightly held Shen Lang's hand and said, "You know that I never stop you from doing anything, but … this time, I advise you to be careful."
Shen Lang nodded.
* whoosh *
Instantly, the word "Sin" on the door disappeared, and in its place was an energy vortex. Moreover, the color of this energy vortex was different from the one on the first prison cell. The color was different. This energy vortex was purple.
Shen Lang took a deep breath, then placed his hand on the energy vortex, and a thought appeared in his mind.
"Close!"
Then, he closed his eyes, waiting to see the so-called Queen of Darkness in the second prison cell, the woman who had committed heinous crimes.
But when he opened his eyes, he found that there was still an energy vortex in front of him.
What was going on?
After wearing the Ancient King's Ring, Shen Lang could open and close any energy vortex, right? Why couldn't he open and close it now?
"Shut it down," Shen Lang ordered once again.
But the energy vortex continued to ripple, and there were no changes.
Shen Lang was puzzled, then slowly walked towards the energy vortex.
Since I can't close it, I should be able to pass through it, right?
In the end … it still didn't work. Shen Lang was directly blocked outside, unable to enter at all.
What in the world is going on?
Shen Lang was surprised. Before, he could clearly pass through any energy vortex, so why couldn't he do it now?
Was it because his authority was not enough? Was it because the level of this energy vortex was higher? Or was it because the Dragon Core was embedded in his chest, so he lost the authority to pass through the energy vortex? That's impossible.
Next, Shen Lang tried many times, but he couldn't pass through at all.
Dachao, on the other hand, became more spirited. Once again, he prepared an ultrasonic wave, then shot it directly at the energy vortex.
* whoosh *
The result was as if it had sunk into the sea. Dachao's ultrasonic wave hit the energy vortex, but there was no reaction, and it directly disappeared without a trace.
Chou Yao 'er took out a dagger and threw it at the energy vortex.
In an instant, the dagger was directly turned into ashes, showing the destructive power of the energy vortex.
Who would have thought that even with Shen Lang's Ancient King's Ring, he could only open the first prison cell, and couldn't even open the second one.
Then, Shen Lang came to the third prison cell.
This prison cell was extremely large. It was a full few thousand square meters, and just the height alone was about 50 meters.
There was also a sign outside the third prison cell, which stated the prisoner's identity and crimes.
However, Shen Lang couldn't understand these words at all. Even when Shen Lang used the AI to search, he couldn't find these words at all. These were not Chinese characters, Greek characters, Roman characters, Latin characters, cuneiform characters, or hieroglyphics.
These words were very profound, and Shen Lang almost became addicted to them after studying them for a little bit.
Of course, it wasn't because he was addicted to the meaning of these words, but because even after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't understand the meaning of these words. What he was addicted to was the logic of these words. It was as if it wasn't just a written language, but a very mysterious logic.
These words were very advanced, at least more advanced than the existing words that Shen Lang knew. They could use the shortest words to describe the most content.
Just like that, Shen Lang stood under these words, thinking and thinking.
After an unknown amount of time, Chou Yao 'er lightly patted Shen Lang's face and said, "We've been gone for a long time. Prince Lian should be here by now."
Shen Lang suddenly came to his senses and said, "How long have I been in deep thought?"
"Ten hours," Chou Yao 'er said.
Shen Lang was given a big fright. Ten hours?
He clearly felt that it hadn't even been five minutes, but in that instant, ten hours had passed.
However, he was only addicted to studying these words, and he still couldn't understand what they meant.
What kind of words were these? How strange.
After coming to this world, all of the ancient texts that Shen Lang had seen had come from Earth.
There were Chinese characters, Arabic characters, Latin characters, Greek characters, and so on.
This almost made him think that no other characters would appear, but suddenly, such profound and mysterious characters appeared. Could this be the real ancient characters? Then why hadn't he seen them in any of the ancient texts?
Moreover, these ancient words seemed to have some sort of magical power that could completely immerse one's mind and soul.
It was as if these were not just words, but also a special way of thinking that represented another civilization?
Since he couldn't even enter the second prison, the third definitely couldn't be entered either.
Shen Lang arrived in front of the fourth prison. This prison was very, very large, with an area of tens of thousands of square meters, and the walls were more than 200 meters tall.
He couldn't imagine what was locked up in this fourth prison.
Was it a group of prisoners, or was it just one prisoner?
If it was just one prisoner, then the size of the prisoner was simply too shocking. This was because this prison was tens of thousands of square meters wide and hundreds of meters tall.
Of course, the sign outside the fourth prison also had ancient words written on it. Shen Lang still couldn't understand them, so he could only use the AI to record them.
This time, he didn't study the words on the fourth prison sign. Instead, he directly arrived in front of the fifth prison.
There were a total of five prison cells in this ancient prison.
The identities of the prisoners here were each more terrifying than the other.
The second prisoner was already the Queen of Darkness, who had slaughtered millions. The fourth prisoner's size should be shocking.
Then this fifth prisoner should be the most terrifying. He either had the highest status or had committed the greatest crimes.
To use a very stupid term to describe this fifth prisoner, the strongest ancient boss? The ultimate ancient prisoner?
However …
This fifth prison cell wasn't big at all. It was even smaller than the first prison cell.
Not only that, there was also a sign on the wall of the fifth prison cell, but it was empty. There were no words on it, be it Chinese or ancient words.
The name and identity of this person were not written down, nor were their charges written down.
This made it even more mysterious.
A prisoner without a name was really the ultimate boss?
Next, Shen Lang tried to press his hand on the door of the fifth prison cell.
In the end, there was no reaction. Even if the previous prison cell doors couldn't be opened, light and shadow words would appear.
But this fifth prison cell had no reaction at all.
Shen Lang didn't even have the authority to activate this door, and he couldn't even awaken the energy whirlpool.
Shen Lang and Chou Yao 'er looked at each other, exchanging a serious look.
They had thought that this was an ancient ruin and that they would be able to make a fortune, but it turned out to be an ancient prison.
Of course, he had still made a fortune, because he had obtained a super awesome Dragon Core, even though Shen Lang had no idea how to use it.
But now, Shen Lang could clearly feel that in this ancient prison, even the Dragon Core was not important.
What was important were the prisoners here, especially the last three prisoners. Most importantly, the last prisoner was nameless, but in Shen Lang's eyes, he was almost the ultimate boss.
He felt that he was very close to the truth of this world, especially the truth about the ancient civilization. He might even be able to obtain the truth about the destruction of the ancient civilization in this ancient prison.
It was a pity that Shen Lang didn't have the authority to open these prison doors yet.
Perhaps he was still far from that.
But at the very least, he had opened a small corner of the truth of this world. Even though he couldn't see anything, he could feel the boundless sky.
Shen Lang didn't know what the ultimate truth was, but just sensing the aura of this truth was enough to make his entire body tremble, and he didn't even want to think about it too deeply.
Shen Lang pressed his forehead against the door of the fifth prison. He couldn't feel anything, only endless emptiness.
"Yao 'er, what do you think is the most shocking truth you can think of? The truth about this world, the truth about the destruction of the ancient civilization? "Shen Lang asked.
Chou Yao 'er shook her head. "I won't think about it."
Shen Lang asked, "Then you won't try to think about it?"
Qiu Yao 'er said, "When you think deeply about it, your heart will lean towards certain things, and that might lead you down the wrong path."
Shen Lang couldn't help but feel surprised.
Chou Yao 'er's words were very simple, but they contained a very, very important philosophy.
Should he take a stance?
"Let's go!" Shen Lang said, "Let's go back. The future is very important, but the current situation is even more important. Prince Lian is probably going crazy from waiting."
At this moment, Big Chao was already lying on the ground, snoring loudly out of boredom.
Shen Lang walked up and scratched its chin. "Let's go home, let's go home."
Dachao opened his eyes abruptly. He grabbed Shen Lang and dashed outside.
It really didn't want to stay here at all, because the energy aura in this ancient prison made Big Chao very uncomfortable, and even very afraid. However, it couldn't tell what exactly it was afraid of.
After exploring this place for an entire day, Shen Lang left this ancient prison at the bottom of the sea and once again completely closed the entrance, preventing anyone from entering.
This was because he could sense that this ancient prison was very, very important, even more so than the massive ancient ruins on Stupa Mountain.
Even though it didn't contain any ancient equipment, ancient weapons, or Dragon's Remorse, it contained secrets and the ultimate truth.
… …
Prince Lian finally saw Shen Lang again.
He was originally very angry, but in just a moment, his anger disappeared without a trace, because it was meaningless.
"Your Majesty Shen Lang, the reason why we want that flying beast of yours isn't just to get our hands on it," Prince Lian said.
Shen Lang said, "I understand. You don't need us to have a high mobility, high speed, and high altitude air force. Even if there's only one, if I go crazy and launch an air attack on the Great Yan Empire, it would be impossible to defend against it."
Prince Lian said, "Talking to smart people is indeed very easy. So, since you don't want to hand over this flying beast, we can break its wings. That way, we won't have to worry about its ability to fly."
Shen Lang raised his teacup and said, "Prince Lian, if you say another word, I'm going to chase you away."
Prince Lian of the Great Yan Empire immediately stopped this topic.
Shen Lang said, "Prince Lian, I've already made myself very clear. Regardless of whether our negotiation is successful or not, Yan Capital will still launch two Dragon's Remorse at Ying Guang and Stupa Mountain. Firstly, it will serve as a deterrent, and secondly, it will show the Yan Capital officials and the rest of the world that the Great Yan Empire's dignity cannot be violated."
Prince Lian said, "That's right, we will definitely launch these two Dragon's Remorse. However, the timing of the launch and the target location are very important, aren't they? We can delay the launch for a few months. For example, we can wait until Ying Wuming's army destroys the Chu royal capital, or until all tens of thousands of Prince Jin's men are dead. "
Shen Lang said, "That's right, that's what we want to talk about. When do we launch? Where is the target? Why don't I give Yan Capital two suggestions? Launch on the 29th of December. Launch one outside Vajra Peak and destroy the allied army of Ying Guang and Stupa Mountain. Because they have set up an inescapable trap there, they have mobilized an astonishing martial arts army, hell army, and secret army. Therefore, this Dragon's Remorse will be even more destructive than the previous one. As for the second one, why don't we launch it at the headquarters of Stupa Mountain? "
Prince Lian said, "That's a good idea. However, what price can His Majesty Shen Lang offer? "
"I'll keep it a secret," Shen Lang said.
Prince Lian said, "A secret? What secret? "
Shen Lang said, "The master of the Punishing Heaven Pavilion obtained a fake dragon egg."
Prince Lian shuddered when he heard this. Then, he exclaimed, "What dragon egg? I don't understand at all. Are there still dragon eggs in this world? "
Shen Lang said, "I've always been very confused about this. The Punishing Heaven Pavilion is completely under the direct command of the Great Yan Empire. Even the past masters of the All-Heavens Pavilion all bear the surname Ji. They are clearly one family. When the comet hit Dingyuan City, it killed more than six hundred thousand soldiers from the Great Yan Empire's Western Army. Most of them were soldiers from the Great Jin Nation and its vassal states. I can understand this, and I can even understand the secret army of the Heavenly Temple. However, what happened to the twenty thousand soldiers of the Punishing Heaven Pavilion? Did they die in there as well? His Majesty the Emperor and His Highness the Crown Prince should know about the comet's impact. They should know that I don't have dozens of Dragon's Remorse. "
Prince Lian remained silent.
Shen Lang continued, "There's one more thing. I obtained a fake dragon egg. Of course, at that time, no one knew whether this dragon egg was real or fake. A dragon egg was priceless. Not to mention this dragon egg, just the other treasures were priceless. The Great Yan Empire has countless peerless elites. Why did they send someone from the Punishing Heaven Pavilion to intercept the dragon egg? Was there a true dragon egg after the comet's impact? Others might not know, but His Majesty the Emperor and His Highness the Crown Prince should know. If they knew, why did they let the fake dragon egg fall into the hands of the Punishing Heaven Pavilion's master? "
Prince Lian remained silent.
Shen Lang said, "Of course, this is a top secret. Apart from Great Yan's Emperor and His Highness the Crown Prince, no one else in Yan Capital knows about it. I believe Prince Lian only found out about it recently. Since you're here to negotiate with me, His Highness the Crown Prince had to let you know about it. "
After a long while, Prince Lian said, "Your Majesty Shen Lang, you're a scoundrel, and a stingy one at that. Before I came to negotiate, His Highness the Crown Prince had a conversation with me. He said that you might use this matter to blackmail Yan Capital. I didn't expect you to actually do it. You were the one who wanted to kill the Punishing Heaven Pavilion's master, and yet you're using this as a bargaining chip? How shameless can you be?"
Shen Lang said, "I wanted to use this dragon egg to harm someone in Yan Capital. Unfortunately, the Yan Capital's Paragon is too smart and knows too much. Even so, His Highness the Crown Prince still allowed the fake dragon egg to fall into the hands of the Punishing Heaven Pavilion's master. He has ulterior motives. What will happen if I tell this secret to the Punishing Heaven Pavilion's master? "
Prince Lian wanted to threaten him, but he gave up in the end.
Because Shen Lang was so shameless that he didn't have any secrets. It was normal for him to harm anyone. Furthermore, Yan Capital would be more than happy to see the person he wanted to harm.
However, Shen Lang was using this matter to threaten Yan Capital. It was really … shameless. It made people's hair stand on end.
"Alright, your blackmail is a success. We will send the first Regret of the Dragon to the Stupa Mountain headquarters." Prince Lian said, "Then let's talk about the target of the second Regret of the Dragon. You want to send it out of Vajra Peak. You want to destroy Ying Guang's Stupa Mountain coalition army that is surrounding Prince Jin? You want to use our power to brag and shock the world. You want to deal a fatal blow to Ying Guang? You can … but you have to pay a price, a huge price. "
Shen Lang said, "The launcher for the Dragon's Power is huge and cumbersome. Moreover, the range of the Regret of the Dragon is only 250 kilometers. Therefore, it is impossible to transport the Regret of the Dragon and the Dragon's Power to a location 250 kilometers away from Vajra Peak. This is because you will have to pass through Ying Guang and Stupa Mountain's territories. That is more than 10,000 to 20,000 kilometers."
Prince Lian said, "You don't have to worry about that. We said we can do it, and we will definitely do it."
Shen Lang said, "Super long-range strategic strike? A strategic strike with a range of more than 15,000 kilometers? "
Prince Lian said, "Your Majesty Shen Lang, that's a good term. Super long-range strategic strike. Almost no one in this world has such a concept, but you are able to bring it up and even use it to test the Great Yan Empire's strategic strike capabilities. You are indeed smart. Let me tell you now that the Great Yan Empire can do it, and we are very happy to let you see it. "
F * ck!
This was good news, but it was also very bad news.
However, this was good news for the current situation. Once they could launch an ultra-long-range strategic strike and completely wipe out the enemy forces outside Vajra Peak from this world, it would deal a fatal blow to Ying Guang and Stupa Mountain. Moreover, they could also save tens of thousands of people.
Shen Lang said, "What does Yan Capital want? Just tell me. Of course, don't mention anything that doesn't fit the bill. You said that I am a very stingy person, and I am very prideful. "
Prince Lian said, "What we need is very simple. Ask Your Majesty Shen Lang to open a box for us."
Open a box? To think that it was actually this condition. Shen Lang had not expected it at all.
What kind of box was it? Why was it so important? What could be inside? Why would Yan Capital compromise with Shen Lang?
Shen Lang was taken aback. "Yan Capital should have people with high bloodline privileges. What box can't be opened? Why do you need me to do it? "
Prince Lian said, "There are some boxes that cannot be opened by those with high bloodline privileges. For example, the entrance to the ancient ruins on the Black Rock Island in the Southern Sea. All the powers in the world tried their best but were still unable to open it. It was His Majesty Shen Lang who used the four colours to help Stupa Mountain open the ancient ruins, which slightly changed the world. "
Shen Lang asked, "This box is very important? Very important? The lifeline of the Yan Country? "
"I have no comment." Prince Lian said, "I think this has nothing to do with Your Majesty Shen Lang. We came with great sincerity. And we can do the work first and collect the money later. Of course, we are not worried that you will not pay up. No one in the world can renege on their debt to Yan Capital. "
Shen Lang said, "I firmly believe that."
Prince Lian said, "Will Your Majesty Shen Lang agree to this condition? You should not have to pay any price for this. "
Shen Lang poured himself a cup of tea, his mind racing. After finishing the cup, he smiled and said, "Isn't it just opening a box? I love opening chests the most. I agree, I definitely agree. "
Prince Lian said, "Alright, it's a deal."
Shen Lang said, "On the 29th of December, you will fire two Regret of the Dragon. The first will be aimed at Stupa Mountain headquarters. The second will be aimed at the foot of Vajra Peak for a super long range strategic strike. "
Prince Lian replied, "After these two strikes, we'll deliver this chest to you for you to open. That is, on the thirtieth of December. Of course, in order to express our sincerity, I'll stay in Raging Tide City as a hostage until our deal is completed."
Shen Lang said, "It's a deal. Happy working with you."
Prince Lian stood up and said, "Happy working with you."
Shen Lang said, "The 29th of December, the time to witness a miracle."
Prince Lian said, "Let's wait and see!"
The two men stood up and shook hands. The evil deal was officially completed.
… …
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