This moment felt like an instant, yet it also felt like countless years had passed.
Han Xiao's vision slowly became clear, and he could see his surroundings clearly.
This was a boundless white world. There was no gravity. His body was suspended in mid-air, and countless white light balls of varying sizes were floating in all directions. From afar, it seemed that each light ball was broadcasting a blurry image.
"The scenery of the Third Sanctum is no different from what Oathkeeper described …"
With a curious expression, Han Xiao suddenly looked back and saw that the light gate was shaking violently, as if it was about to collapse.
His intuition suddenly moved, and he reached out his hand toward the light gate.
Hum!
At this time, a special energy suddenly surged in his body. Six hot streams seemed to be born out of thin air and gathered in his palm, turning into a unique pattern that shone brightly.
The next moment, the light gate seemed to be buffed and stabilized, turning into a light gate that slowly rotated like a glowing mirror. He could not see the situation outside.
"What's this?"
Han Xiao was surprised. He had just thought of not wanting the light gate to disappear, but he suddenly had an intuition that he could do it, and the result was exactly the same.
He looked down at his palm and observed the mark that appeared out of thin air. It looked like it was pieced together by six patterns, and the pattern did not seem complete.
"Strange, when did I have this in my body?"
Han Xiao was about to open the interface to check his status, but he was stunned to find that the interface could not be opened.
This was the first time the interface had not responded!
Han Xiao frowned, clenched his fists, and tried to mobilize the energy in his body. Bright golden Mechanical Force shot out.
"Hmm, although the interface can't be opened, my body has not changed at all. I'm still at my peak."
Han Xiao felt the situation in his body and secretly heaved a sigh of relief. Although the interface could not be opened for the time being, it did not affect his abilities.
From the beginning, he felt everything in his body, and all his abilities became skills that he could master easily. If it were an ordinary player, they would not even be able to use their skills without the interface. It was like building machines. He needed to complete all the processes himself, but ordinary players only needed to do the channeling. There was a huge difference between the two.
It was also Han Xiao's first time entering the Sanctum, so he could only slowly explore the situation.
He tested out his various skills and found that he could use most of them. However, he was unable to establish any form of communication with the outside world. He could not use the Quantum Communication or the Dimension Factory. Even the King's Teleportation had failed for the first time.
Although the passage to the Sanctum was somehow maintained, all external means of communication failed, and the call with the Holy Covenant was also cut off.
"Interesting. The existence of the Sanctums is special. Not only is the King useless, but I can't even summon the interface …"
Han Xiao narrowed his eyes. His mind raced as he stared at the mark on his palm. Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration.
"Six patterns … Six … If I remember correctly, this is about the same number of fragments of the Third Sanctum that I have, right?"
Han Xiao's eyes lit up.
Although he couldn't see the interface, he still remembered the information.
Originally, he only had two [The Third Sanctum] Skill Fragments. One came from the [Primal Esper Ability Collector] milestone, and the other was the reward for beating up the old man from the Holy Covenant.
The third round of the [Relay Across Iterations] mission required him to enter any Sanctum and be rewarded with three corresponding Sanctum fragments. Although he couldn't see the interface now, Han Xiao felt that the interface might still be running and had issued the mission reward without him seeing the notification.
This way, he would have five [The Third Sanctum] Skill Fragments in his hands.
As for the extra piece, Han Xiao had a few guesses. According to Oathkeeper's experience, the biggest possibility was that entering any Sanctum would automatically give him a corresponding fragment.
If this line of thought was correct, the number would match, and it would be enough to explain the current situation. It proved that the mark did not appear out of thin air but had long been sleeping in his body. The activation condition was to enter the corresponding Sanctum.
"I've never known what the Sanctum fragments are used for, but I just stabilized the passage to the Sanctum … Can it be understood that the Sanctum fragments are related to my authority in the Sanctum? The more fragments I have, the more things I can do? Every individual is independent, so the manifestation of the Sanctum fragments is not an item but a skill?
"Speaking of which, Oathkeeper said that he felt like he was dreaming in the Sanctum and was not fully conscious, but I was only a little distracted. It's not as exaggerated as he said. Could this be the effect of the Sanctum fragments?"
Han Xiao could not help but fall into deep thought.
Suddenly, he came back to his senses and shook his head hard.
"I can only guess at this point. I can't waste too much time on this. After I go out, I should be able to find out what happened by looking at the interface … The most important thing now is to observe the Sanctums!"
Han Xiao calmed himself down and controlled his body to fly to the nearest light sphere. He opened his eyes wide, wanting to see the illusion inside clearly, but it was still very blurry.
He hesitated for a moment before reaching out his palm with the Sanctum mark and carefully touching the light sphere.
Whoosh!
The moment he touched it, a huge stream of information poured into his mind like a raging wave.
In a trance, an illusion appeared in front of Han Xiao's eyes. It was as if he saw the entire process of a race from germination to extinction, creating a glorious civilization, giving birth to generations of great people, continuously improving technology, and finally being destroyed in a disaster.
Han Xiao was stunned for a while before retracting his hand. He realized that he could only remember a part of the illusion's content, and a part of knowledge appeared in his mind out of thin air. It seemed to be some technology created during the development of this civilization.
"This knowledge is mainly in the field of biology and genetics. It's not all the technology of this civilization, only a part of it …"
Han Xiao savored this sudden gain and turned to touch more light spheres.
After many tests, he gradually had a good idea of the Sanctum's mechanism. He guessed and concluded a few rules.
First, every light sphere was an aggregate of Information Form, recording the information of different things. Among them, civilizations were the main ones. Generally, one light sphere represented one civilization, which did not exist in the current history and should have existed in the past Iterations.
Second, he could read the information inside by touching the light sphere, but he could only remember a part of it. The amount of content was likely related to the authority represented by the number of Sanctum fragments.
At the same time, there was a limit to the amount of content he could remember. After reaching a certain level, if he tried to read a new light sphere, he would forget a part of the information in the previous light sphere.
According to the principle of Information Form, it was very likely that the memory capacity would be limited every time he entered the Sanctum, and it would only be reset the next time he entered. This meant that the knowledge he could bring out of the Sanctum each time was limited, and the upper limit of his memory capacity each time he entered might still depend on the number of Sanctum fragments.
Third, after coming into contact with multiple light spheres, most of the technology he obtained was in the field of biology, genetics, and Esper Abilities. This might be the difference between the Sanctums, which meant that the knowledge of these Iterations' civilizations was stored in different categories. Different Sanctums represented different types of knowledge that could be obtained. The Third Sanctum was very likely related to biology, genetics, and Esper Ability research.
Fourth, some light spheres contained the content of the Beyond Grade As of different Iterations. By reading these Information Form light spheres, he could immerse himself in their life experiences and even obtain a part of the information they had.
However, there were only Espers in the Third Sanctum. According to Han Xiao's deduction, if he read the information collection of Mechanics and Mages, it was very likely that he would obtain the knowledge, technology, spells, blueprints, and so on that the other party had.
"Jess didn't lie to me …"
Han Xiao's face was filled with shock, and his heart was in turmoil.
Although there were some guesses and speculations in these patterns, he felt that the truth should not be far from the truth!
The last time Oathkeeper entered the Sanctum, other than completing the revival goal, he did not gain anything else. It might be because his authority was insufficient.
However, he had six fragments at the beginning of the Third Sanctum, which was five levels higher than Oathkeeper's authority. The things he could do should be far beyond Oathkeeper's.
Thinking of Jess, Oathkeeper's request surfaced in his mind again.
"Let's see what the Sanctum Revival is like."
Han Xiao calmed down and took out the medium that Oathkeeper had given him.
As soon as he thought of the Sanctum Revival, the mark on his palm seemed to have sensed it and lit up.
Whoosh!
The next moment, a thin ray of light suddenly shot out from a part of the light balls and converged in front of Han Xiao. Then, a strong light flashed, and a glowing mark floated in midair.
Han Xiao sized it up and was overjoyed.
"This style … Yes, it's the Sanctum Revival mark that Oathkeeper drew."
Han Xiao immediately reached out his other hand and touched the mark. The mark turned into a stream of light and imprinted on the back of his hand.
At the same time, a stream of information flowed into his mind. It recorded the usage of the Sanctum Revival mark and all the targets of this mark to be revived.
However, Jess was not among them.
"Looks like it failed …"
Realizing this, Han Xiao sighed.
Either his medium was not recognized by the Sanctum, or like what Jess said back then, there was some kind of restriction on the revival across Iterations.
Although they had not spent much time together, Jess had left a deep impression on him. The revival attempt had failed, and he did not have the chance to meet Jess again. Han Xiao had mixed feelings.
"Forget it, this is fate."
Han Xiao shook his head and sorted out his emotions. His thoughts could not help but jump from Jess to the Celestial Star Alliance.
"The Information Form collection of the Celestial Star Alliance Iteration should also be stored in the Sanctum, right?"
As soon as this thought appeared, the Sanctum Imprint reacted and lit up, pointing in a direction.
Seeing this, Han Xiao was not prepared and was stunned for a moment.
Then, he followed the guidance of the imprint and flew over, finally stopping beside a batch of light balls.
"Could these be the Information Form light balls of the Celestial Star Alliance Iteration?"
Han Xiao read the contents of one of the light balls and immediately confirmed his guess. It was indeed the information of a civilization in the Celestial Star Alliance Iteration.
Coming back to his senses, Han Xiao looked at the imprint on his hand in surprise.
"Looks like I guessed right. The Sanctum fragment is the authority. I didn't expect it to have an index function … But it makes sense. There are so many Information Form data stored in the Sanctum. Finding specific information is like finding a needle in a haystack."
As soon as this thought appeared, Han Xiao's body paused, and he suddenly had a bold idea.
"Since there is an index function, if I search the Iteration data of the Galaxy and find the target, does that mean we've already …"
Buzz!
Before he could finish, the Sanctum Imprint pointed in the direction again.
"There's really something?"
Han Xiao's breathing stopped, and his heart sank.
He pursed his lips, followed the guidance silently, and came to the side of a light ball.
He stood there for a while before mentally preparing himself. He took a deep breath and slowly touched the light ball.
However, the next moment, Han Xiao was stunned.
There was no content in this light ball at all. It was empty!
"Why is there nothing?"
Han Xiao had touched so many light balls, but this was the first time he had encountered such a situation.
He tried to search for the three Universal Civilizations and other advanced civilizations in the Galaxy.
Every search was successful, but there was no information in any of the target light balls. They were just empty shells.
Han Xiao was bewildered, but he could not help but heave a sigh of relief.
He was worried that he would see information about the explored universe in the Sanctum. This meant that the Galaxy Iteration was just an illusion of the past, just like the Celestial Star Alliance. The current situation was unexpected. Although he could find the target civilization, they were all empty shells. Han Xiao did not know what was going on, but at least it was not the worst result.
Interesting, what's going on …
Han Xiao frowned, pinched his chin, and pondered. He had a guess in his mind.
"The reason for the empty shells … Could this mean that the Galaxy Iteration is ongoing, which is the so-called ongoing now, and only after we go through the Great Reboot will the relevant information be recorded by the Sanctum? If that's the case, then it should be good news … "
At this time, Han Xiao suddenly thought of something, and his expression changed slightly.
So, these empty shells … are the tombstones left by the Sanctum for this Iteration?
"Is the Sanctum saying that nothing can escape the fate of destruction …?"
Han Xiao fell silent.
Quietly looking at the empty ball of light in front of him, suddenly, a great sense of sadness crashed into his heart.
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