Angor exchanged a glance with Laplace.
They didn't say anything, but they understood what each other was thinking.
The leader of the group was indeed Rice God.
Although the God of Rice was wearing a hood and a cloak that covered his face and most of his body, the exposed chest, the leather shoes on his feet, and the silver pattern on his cuffs all showed the familiar "religious" style.
Rice God was the only one who dressed like this in the party.
Along with the Rice God, there were several people from the Er Si Clan who were more than three meters tall.
Rice God had been staying with the Ersi clansmen for a long time, so there was no doubt about his identity.
"He looked like he was in a hurry. Maybe he already got the coordinates from Little Red and started to follow Parrot," Angor thought to himself.
But judging from the time, Parrot should have left the Crystal Kingdom by now.
The Rice God's pursuit would most likely be in vain.
Angor shook his head and followed Jota out of the staircase.
…
On the 5,000th floor of the Ring Fortress.
Rice God entered the staircase again and frowned as if he was thinking about something.
But soon, he was interrupted by a buzzing sound in his ears.
"It's that human again. Are you sure he's not one of you?"
Rice God glanced at the pocket on his shoulder blade. A muscular mini doll was clinging to the edge of the pocket and looking at him with its head raised.
It was the one who made the buzzing sound.
Rice God shook his head. "I told you. He's not one of us. I only bumped into him once at this party. "
The puppet sighed in disappointment. "You're right. If you could make friends with him, you would have caught that criminal merchant long ago."
"What do you mean?" Rice God was puzzled.
The puppet said, "The last time we saw him, he was accompanied by that unfathomable woman with strange pupils and a core descendant of the Ying Ji Clan."
"We didn't see anything at that time."
"But do you know who the 'giant' beside him is?"
Rice God tried to recall what happened. That giant was clearly a crystal shell. "Was it someone from the Crystaleye Clan?"
The puppet nodded. "Yes. And he was the most powerful one among them. The Grand Elder of the Crystaleye Clan and the current Prophet Jota!"
The doll continued, "Moreover, from the way they're standing, Prophet Jota seems to be slightly weaker."
Although this was just a feeling from the doll and could not be taken into account, the fact that the human was able to walk side by side with Prophet Jota was enough to show that the human's position and identity were extraordinary.
"If he could talk to Prophet Jota about stopping the criminal merchant, our mission would have been completed long ago," the puppet sighed.
First, this man was with a core member of the Ingit clan, and now he was with Prophet Jota's side.
If Rice God could communicate with him, their mission wouldn't be so troublesome.
After hearing the puppet's words, the Rice God was also in disbelief.
Who is this guy?
Wasn't he a wizard from the southern region? Why does he feel like a fish in water in the Sun Mirror Domain?
"How about you contact him? Maybe he'll help you since he's also a human," the puppet suggested.
However, the Rice God shook his head and said, "I don't have a way to contact him. Moreover, if it were you, would you help a person whom you have only met once for no reason?"
The puppet didn't say anything.
"So don't even think about it," Rice God said.
"Now, let's follow the coordinates and find the criminal merchant."
With that, Rice God followed the Ear Clan members deeper into the corridor. They were going to find the first set of coordinates.
The puppet still wanted to say something, but when it saw the Rice God completely turned his face away, it knew that the Rice God would no longer pay attention to it.
The puppet humphed and went back into his pocket. Soon, it became quiet again.
…
The 100th floor of the Ring Fortress.
Angor followed Jota to the corridor and looked up at the sky with great interest.
The Ring Fortress looked like a series of earthen buildings. Usually, one could see the upper floors from the lower floors. However, Angor couldn't see anything from the railing.
Above, there were layers of dark clouds with lightning bolts dancing in them, as if they were warning anyone who was watching.
The lightning bolts seemed to be moving randomly, but after careful observation, Angor noticed that they were moving in a regular pattern within the dark clouds.
If the lightning bolts were connected together, they would form a giant concentric circle.
Outside the circle were circles of lightning bolts that looked like tadpoles, while inside the circle was a hexagram.
This was some kind of array formation.
It wasn't a magic array like what Angor knew. It looked more like the magic arrays he saw in the hologram tablet. But those were just illusions, so this wasn't a magic array.
What could it be?
Angor wanted to ask Jota, but Jota wasn't here right now.
A few minutes ago, Jota said, "The graveyard is located in a crystal cave on the 71st level of the Ring Fortress. It's not hard to get there, but I need to apply for a permit for you."
Jota could enter the graveyard as he wished, but he had to apply for a permit if he wanted to bring someone in.
It sounded ridiculous. After all, Jota was the uncrowned king of the Crystaleye Race. He could do whatever he wanted.
But there was a reason behind it.
When the Crystal City was first built, Tunita set everything related to the "Crystal of Saint Corpse" to the highest level of confidentiality.
As one of the places where the Crystal of Saint Corpse was stored, the graveyard was also included in the confidentiality clause.
In other words, Tunita was the one with the highest authority in the graveyard.
Jota might be in charge of the entire Crystaleye Race, but he couldn't surpass Tunita in terms of authority.
If he wanted to bring someone into the graveyard, he had to apply for a permit.
And the permit was issued by … the spirit of the giant city.
Jota asked Angor and Laplace to wait for a moment while he went to a secret place nearby to discuss the matter with the city spirit.
He hadn't returned yet.
Angor couldn't ask Jota about it even if he wanted to.
But Laplace seemed to have read Angor's mind. He glanced at the dark clouds and said, "That's part of the Ceremony of Wonder."
"You know about it?"
Laplace shook his head. "I don't know much about the Ceremony of Wonder. But Gleipnir found a lot of books about it in Shiluda's study."
Those books were Shiluda's personal records.
There were many records about the Ceremony of Wonder.
According to Shiluda, all forbidden areas in the Crystal City have mysterious seals. These seals are part of the Ceremony of Wonder. To open the seals, you either have to destroy the Ceremony of Wonder or get permission from the master of the Ceremony of Wonder. "
What was a forbidden area?
Everything above the 101st floor was a free zone. Below the 101st floor, every floor was a forbidden area.
Laplace pointed down. "Normally, we can see everything on the 99th floor from the 100th floor. But we still can't see anything here. It's like a black hole."
"Actually, it's also a seal."
Layers of seals not only sealed the sky but also the abyss below.
Unless one had the right to enter, no one would be able to enter the forbidden grounds.
Just by looking around, it was clear that the size of the 100th floor was no larger than the other floors. However, it was completely silent, and there was no one in sight …
So this was the so-called forbidden area.
Angor nodded. In other words, the hexagram that looked like a magic array was actually part of a ritual.
Angor thought it was some kind of special array that could be used as a reference to modify a magic array. But if it was a ritual, he couldn't use it as a reference.
This was because rituals and formations were not the same at all.
As Angor sighed, a crystal wall nearby began to ripple.
Then, an arched door appeared out of nowhere.
The familiar Big Mac walked out from the dark arched door.
"Gentlemen, I have already applied for your entry permit. Please come this way." Jota's voice rang out from the jumbo.
At the same time, two light dots flew out from the monster's hand and landed in front of Angor and Laplace.
Angor took the light dots and saw a droplet-shaped crystal in his hand.
"This is a one-time permit. It's also a special crystal shell." Jota continued, "After today, the permit will disappear, but the crystal shell will remain. You can keep it as a souvenir."
"What kind of crystal shell is this?" Angor asked curiously.
"You can call it 'thin wing'."
Thin wing was the name of the crystal shell.
"Thin wing? Does it have something to do with flying?"
"No, it has nothing to do with flying. As for what this' thin wing 'does … "Jota shrugged." I don't know. Only Prophet Tunita knows. "
"Huh?"
Following Jota's explanation, Angor finally learned about the crystal shell's past and present life.
According to the research of the Crystal Eye Race, this crystal shell did not have any special characteristics, but it was very malleable. A droplet of crystal shell could extend into a thin wing that was dozens of meters long, and the wing would not be damaged at all.
This was also the reason why it was called "Bao Yi".
However, apart from its malleability, it didn't have any other special characteristics.
Normally speaking, this crystal shell was the lowest-level crystal shell among all the crystal eye races.
Even so, it was still very special.
It was because it was the last crystal shell that Tunita had invented before his death. So far, no one had ever managed to replicate this crystal shell.
The crystal shell was only the size of a "soccer ball", and it would be depleted every time it was used.
Its origin was special, and so was its stock.
Therefore, it had enough qualifications to be crowned with a "special" prefix.
"The spirit of the giant city once said that this crystal shell might be Prophet Tunita's favorite," Jota said.
Ever since Tunita created this crystal shell, he carried it with him everywhere he went. Even when he knew he was going to die, he put all his crystal shells aside and never took this one off.
From this point alone, it was impossible to tell how much Tunita liked this kind of crystal shell, but it was enough to show how much Tunita valued this kind of crystal shell.
"We always believed that there was more to this' thin wing 'than met the eye. But after two thousand years of research, we still couldn't find any clues. " Jota sighed. "Maybe we can only find out the answer when Prophet Tunita comes back to life."
Angor finally understood what was special about this "thin wing".
It was just that such a precious piece of paper was actually used as … an entry permit?
Jota chuckled. "You're the first outsiders to enter the graveyard in the past two thousand years. To show our respect, we used this' thin wing 'as an entry permit. "
Jota pointed at an arched door on the crystal wall. "This way, please. The jump point to the 71st floor is inside."
Without hesitation, Angor and Laplace followed Jota into the arched door.
After walking through a long dark path, about ten seconds later, they arrived at a new space.
The space was large, about the same size as the guest hall in the cloud cave. Looking from afar, they could see dozens of crystal shell buildings.
Pairs of Crystaleye Guards patrolled the area.
Judging from the strict security measures, this place must be a very important place.
Jota led Angor and Laplace through all kinds of crystal shell buildings. Under the watchful eyes of the Crystaleye Guards, they arrived at a high platform.
The platform was round, with familiar hexagonal patterns on the ground.
"This is the jump point." Jota walked to the center of the platform, took out a crystal shell that was flickering with electric sparks, and tossed it toward the center of the hexagonal pattern.
The entire hexagonal pattern and the concentric circles on the outside began to shine brightly.
Next, a blinding light flashed.
Jota, Angor, and Laplace disappeared from the platform.
After a moment of weightlessness, Angor regained his footing and opened his eyes.
When he saw his surroundings, he was surprised.
They were inside a giant crystal bubble.
It looked like a crystal bubble that a child would blow when they were having fun, except that it was countless times larger.
Inside the bubble, there were small bubbles everywhere. Some of them floated in the air, some were embedded in the walls, some were connected together, and some even formed a giant bubble mountain.
More importantly, all of the bubbles were glowing with colorful light, as if they were part of a fantasy world.
Angor watched the strange scene in a daze.
One of the floating bubbles floated to Angor's side. Out of instinct, Angor reached out a hand to push it.
The outer shell of the bubble was very soft. One could even easily press a dent on the surface of the bubble with a finger. However, the bubble was very resilient. It was not easily pierced. Instead, it was bounced away by a rebounding force.
Angor wanted to grab it and study it, but it bounced back quickly and disappeared into the mist.
Angor had no choice but to give up.
At this moment, Jota's voice rang in his ears.
"This is the 71st Level, one of the Crystaleye Graveyards."
(End of Chapter)
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