Bubble Graveyard.
Angor learned this name from Jota. It was also the name of the place they were in.
It sounded like a child's play, as if it was just a random name.
But it was only a child's play. It was Angor's judgment from a human's perspective. From the perspective of a Crystaleye Race, the name "Bubble Graveyard" was not "childish" at all.
For example, Angor might find the names "Doodle Li" or "Doodle Bi" cute. But for a Doodle Li, it was just a normal name.
Maybe this was the so-called "cultural difference"?
"So the bubbles here are all crystallized corpses?" Angor muttered in his mind before he changed the topic of the graveyard's name.
Angor looked at Jota, who was standing not far away.
"No. The glowing bubbles are just a kind of crystal shell. They are used to prevent contamination and energy corrosion, as well as to protect the inside."
After a short pause, Jota continued, "However, there is indeed a Saint corpse crystal inside the glowing bubble."
There were millions of glowing bubbles here, and each one contained at least one 'zombie crystal'.
In other words, if a zombie crystal was considered a sleeping person …
At this moment, there were at least millions or even tens of millions of crystal-eye ancestors floating, curled up, and sleeping around Angor.
And this was only one of the graveyards of the Crystaleye Race.
According to Jota, there were many more graveyards. If every graveyard was like this, there would be more than a hundred million sleeping consciousnesses.
That was not all.
Those who were able to place their 'zombie crystals' in the graveyard after their death were either famous or important figures among the Crystaleye Race.
More of them would fuse their 'zombie crystals' with the walls of Crystal City.
If the number of 'zombie crystals' was added up, there could be billions or even tens of billions of sleeping consciousnesses.
Before this, Angor did not feel much about Tunita's actions. But now, when he saw the 'zombie crystals' in the core graveyard of the Crystaleye Race and thought about what Tunita did when he was still alive, Angor could not help but have mixed feelings.
To a certain extent, most of the Crystal Eye Clan members in the Sacred Corpse Crystals were not truly dead. They were in a superimposed state of life and death.
If they allowed time to erode them, they would truly die in the end. However, if they transcended into the Dream Crystal Plain, they would be able to live another life.
Think about it. Tens of billions of dormant consciousnesses would enter the Dream Crystallization Plain. No, even if it was only 1%, 100 million of them would become natives of the Dream Crystallization Plain. This was a terrifying force.
Even though Tunita did not expect that the Dream Crystal would appear out of nowhere in the future before his death, the 'boundary between life and death' that he fought for for himself and for all the Crystal Eye Race could be considered a miracle from the perspective of today.
Of course, he wasn't planning to let the Dream Crystal contain billions of sleeping consciousnesses yet.
Firstly, the number was too large, and he might not be able to do it. In the future, when he could recruit a large number of people, he could consider it.
Secondly, for the sake of maintaining the balance of races in the Dream Crystal Plain, he should try not to recruit too many people from the same race in the near future.
However, this was only temporary. Once the Authority of the Dream Crystallization Plain was more abundant and stable, let alone ten billion, even ten times or a hundred times more would be easily accommodated by the vastness of the Dream Crystallization Plain.
As Angor pondered, Jota's voice came again. "Please follow me. The Sacred Corpse Crystal we chose this time is in the depths of the Bubble Graveyard. "
With that, Jota drove the giant car ahead and headed deeper into the graveyard.
Both Angor and Laplace followed behind.
As they walked, the floating bubbles all moved away from them as if they had their own consciousness. However, they did not move too far away. They gathered together about ten meters away from the graveyard like street lamps, illuminating a path of light for them.
Walking on this path of light, they arrived in front of a bubble mountain.
Angor already saw this mountain of bubbles when he opened his eyes. That was because it was the largest existence here.
It was at least a thousand meters tall.
It was not as big as the snow-capped mountains outside, but it was still a giant in the Bubble Graveyard.
"The Sacred Corpse Crystal is at the top," Jota said as he pointed at the mountain.
Angor stood at the foot of the mountain and looked up. He could only see a bunch of floating bubbles. He had no idea which one Jota was referring to.
Moreover, although this mountain of bubbles was called a "mountain," it was actually just bubbles. Under such circumstances, there was no such thing as a "road."
If they wanted to reach the top, they would have to fly.
However, when they were on their way to the cemetery, Jota had said that the cemetery was a no-fly zone. If they did not fly now, how were they going to reach the top?
Should they jump up? Angor rubbed his chin and decided to give it a try. As long as he controlled the energy under his feet well, he would be fine. But he did not know if there would be a landing point or if he would just step on one of the bubbles.
As Angor pondered, Jota waved a hand, and a large number of bubbles appeared on the ground.
However, these bubbles were different from the ones around them. They did not give out any light. Instead, they looked dark.
"These are newborn bubbles. There are no Sacred Corpse Crystals inside." As Jota spoke, he manipulated the bubbles and began to transform. "Only bubbles with crystallized corpses will glow."
Soon, the bubbles turned into a floating bubble carpet under Jota's control.
Jota jumped onto the carpet and looked at Angor and Laplace.
Angor understood that the next step was not to jump from the foot of the mountain to the top. Instead, they had to get on the carpet and use it to send them up.
Angor and Laplace followed Jota's instructions and stepped onto the carpet.
He felt something soft under his feet. It felt like he was stepping on non-Newtonian fluid. He felt like he could turn the soft liquid into a whirlpool if he exerted some force.
As he thought about it, his feet began to itch. It was like someone who saw a bubble bag and wanted to pop it.
Still, he knew where he was. He curled up his toes through his boots and looked at the top of the mountain as if nothing had happened. He allowed his thoughts to wander.
Soon, the dim Bubble Flying Carpet sent them to the top of Bubble Mountain.
This place was no different from the ground. There were glowing bubbles everywhere. There was nothing special about this place.
Anyway, he couldn't tell who was who in such a large group of bubbles. Perhaps only Jota could tell which one was the bubble he was looking for.
Angor looked at Jota and waited for him to explain.
However, Jota didn't make a move as he looked at the glowing bubbles on top of the mountain.
After a long time, Jota murmured in a low voice, "I don't know which one it is …"
Angor did not know what to say.
Angor thought he was the only one who could not tell which one was Jota.
Laplace, who had been quiet all this time, frowned. "Then what do you mean by that particular bubble?"
If Jota could not tell which one was the Sacred Corpse Crystal, why not just pick a random one? In any case, it was just an experiment to serve as a model.
It did not matter which one was the Sacred Corpse Crystal.
Jota smiled wryly and shook his head. "It's not my decision. The city spirit suggested it."
Their ultimate goal was to let Tunita enter the Dream Crystal. However, Jota needed the city spirit's permission to get Tunita's Sacred Corpse Crystal.
Although Jota and the giant city spirit had a deep discussion, and the giant city spirit had reluctantly agreed to let Tunita go to the Dream Crystal Plain to take a look before making a decision.
However, before that, the city spirit wanted to do a test. It would let the other sleeping consciousnesses go to the Dream Crystal and return to the Sacred Corpse Crystal.
The spirit would only allow Tunita's consciousness to leave the Sacred Corpse Crystal if the trip was successful.
Jota agreed because he also wanted to see if Gleipnir's words were true.
Therefore, he had to pick a Sacred Corpse Crystal as proof.
Jota wanted to pick one at random, or even break off a Sacred Corpse Crystal on the city wall outside to test it out.
However, the city spirit did not agree. Instead, it gave him a Sacred Corpse Crystal.
The Sacred Corpse Crystal was located at the top of the Bubble Hill in the 71st level of Bubble Graveyard.
It was easy to find the top of the Bubble Hill, but there was more than one bubble at the top. Which one was the one the city spirit wanted?
Or could it be that as long as it was a bubble at the top, then … just pick any bubble?
As Jota hesitated, a strange energy fluctuation suddenly descended from the sky.
He was familiar with this energy. It was coming from the spirit of the city.
So, the city spirit's power came?
Jota's expression confirmed his suspicion. However, the city spirit did not speak this time. Instead, it turned its energy into a tentacle and reached into the cluster of bubbles at the top of the Bubble Hill.
Soon, an inconspicuous glowing bubble was dragged out by the tentacle and tossed into the air.
The swaying bubble was gently poked by a tentacle in mid-air.
Bang!
The bubble shattered, and a fist-sized crystal fell out from the broken halo.
Jota reached out his hand and caught the crystal.
Without a doubt, it was the Sacred Corpse Crystal that the city spirit wanted Jota to test.
After the holy corpse crystal was caught, the giant city spirit's power did not immediately retreat. Instead, it created a familiar hexagram array out of thin air.
The hexagram was faintly visible in the air.
Only then did the giant city spirit's power quietly leave … Of course, it was only limited to its power. Whether or not it was still watching them was unknown.
On the other side, the moment Jota obtained the Saint corpse crystal, he already knew who the crystal's owner was.
He also finally understood why the giant city spirit would specially arrange a holy corpse crystal. So it was because of "her".
Jota shook his head and stopped thinking about it. He turned to Angor and Laplace. "Let's go. The city spirit has created a space outside Bubble Graveyard. We can conduct the login test for the Dream Crystal in that space. "
As he spoke, Jota skillfully took out a crystal shell that flickered with electricity and threw it at the center of the hexagram.
Following a flash of lightning, a large door slowly emerged from the center of the array.
The door was already open. Inside the door were clusters of light-yellow crystals. Behind the crystals, they could see the outline of a person.
Jota took the Sacred Corpse Crystal and entered the door first.
Angor and Laplace did not linger and followed him.
Inside, Angor noticed that the space was not small. However, there was nothing else inside. Clusters of crystals were everywhere.
There were crystal clusters everywhere. It was like a small space made of crystal clusters.
The bizarre-shaped clusters of crystals even constituted a row of irregular 'sofas'. Judging from the number, there was one seat for each of the three of them.
Across from the "sofas" was a large crystal screen.
On the crystal screen, a hairless man with a dull face that looked like a model was observing them in silence.
The figure Angor saw earlier was the same as the one on the screen.
Jota wasn't surprised to see the figure on the screen. He turned to Angor and said, "That's the spirit of the city."
After a pause, Jota seemed to have thought of something and added, "Don't worry, the giant city spirit won't interfere with us. It just wants to witness the entire test."
The giant city spirit on the screen also gently nodded at the right time, as if it was also expressing its position.
Angor nodded at the spirit as a form of greeting.
Angor wasn't surprised that the city spirit showed up. Even if the spirit didn't show up, he knew that it would be watching them all the time.
Now, Angor felt that it was better to observe the whole process from the outside, rather than hiding in the dark.
Indeed, as Jota had said, the giant city spirit had no intention of interfering at all. From beginning to end, it just watched silently without saying a word.
Soon, Angor and the others sat down on the crystal sofas.
Jota sat down and looked at Angor. "Shall we begin now?"
Angor nodded. "Sure. But I need to take a look at this undead crystal first."
Jota considered and didn't refuse. He handed the crystal to Angor.
Angor felt something cold in his hand. Apart from that, he didn't feel anything else.
The inside of the crystal was almost transparent. Angor could feel something flowing inside, as if there was some kind of clear liquid inside.
Judging purely from its appearance, this crystal was absolutely beautiful according to the aesthetic standards of human beings.
If it was attached to the top of a cane, it could be used as a scepter in the human world.
If he didn't know the definition of 'undead crystal', he wouldn't believe that the fist-sized crystal in his hand was actually the corpse of a Crystaleye Creature.
The Crystaleye Creatures didn't look like humans, but they still maintained a humanoid shape. Angor didn't expect that when humans died, they would turn into skeletons, while the Crystaleye Creatures would turn into transparent crystals.
Tsk tsk. That was like a Mary Sue story.
Angor didn't want to observe the undead crystal just to see if it was beautiful. He also wanted to confirm one thing. Did the undead crystal really have a consciousness?
Or was it possible for him to sense the consciousness inside the undead crystal with his current ability?
The consciousness inside the undead crystal couldn't be equipped with a log-in device.
Therefore, Angor's only way to let the undead crystal's consciousness into the Dream Crystal was to use Nightmare Illusion to send it inside.
But there was a prerequisite. He had to be able to sense the undead crystal's consciousness first.
If he couldn't even sense the undead crystal's consciousness, how could he cast the spell?
This was why he needed to observe the undead crystal in advance.
Angor carefully scanned the undead crystal with his spirit feelers while praying in his mind. He already gave his word, so please don't screw it up now.
To his surprise, when he scanned the corpse with his spirit feelers, he noticed that something was amiss.
He didn't sense anything!
(End of Chapter)
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