The Petrachelys slowed down and slowly approached the broken area deep in the ground. The three drones were the first to leave the formation and began to conduct a comprehensive and detailed examination of the area.
The cavity was located in the deepest part of the mantle, right next to the molten core. The extremely high temperature made it like purgatory. If it was in the interior of a normal planet, there would not be any stable cavity in such a high-temperature and high-pressure place. Everything here would be swallowed by magma, and any cavity and fault would collapse. But the existence of the First Born made this celestial structure that did not conform to the laws of nature a reality.
Around the core, there were cavities like what Hao Ren saw. The First Born's tentacles had hollowed out and reinforced these places to accommodate its massive organs or for other purposes. In these cavities, you could see the most spectacular and terrifying scenery: above was a hot, solid, thousands of kilometers thick dome, and below was the surging magma and the few floating islands that relied on the First Born's tentacles to solidify. Connecting them were the thick tentacles and crimson quartz pillars. Due to the weak gravity, the liquid droplets produced when the surging magma hit the tentacles and quartz pillars slowly fell as if in slow motion, beautiful and deadly.
Below the magma was the molten core, but usually, the First Born would not be directly immersed in the core. It would grow around the core and bury its brain in a cave deep in the mantle. Hao Ren believed that the cave was behind the wall with a large number of main tentacles.
"Based on the shape and position of the big fissure we came from, this should be the 'deep structure' exposed after the First Born opened the crust. See the broken tentacle wreckage in front? That is the deepest part, "Hao Ren pointed to the holographic image and said to Vivian." The description that N-4 mentioned should be referring to there. Human observers saw it in space three thousand years ago. "
Vivian frowned as she looked at the broken rock layers and scattered crystals. "I didn't expect it to not heal after so many years. It's still so fragmented. I thought the temperature near the Earth's core would fuse everything together. "
"Those black fragments are no longer stones. They are the product of the mixture of debris shed by the First Born's tentacles and rocks. Ordinary magma can't do anything to this material." Hao Ren shook his head. "Only the temperature of the sun can burn these things."
Lily blinked and stared at the crystal fragments scattered among the broken rocks. "What a beautiful stone. Mr. Landlord, can we pick up a few pieces later?"
Vivian stared at her. "Can't you keep your hobby in check when you're so serious?"
Hao Ren did not mind the husky maiden's frivolous words. He said thoughtfully, "If I'm not mistaken, those crystal-like things should be the product of the meteorite rain N-4 mentioned three thousand years ago. Nolan, let the drone cluster collect some samples and put them in the lab. By the way, if it's safe, cut a small piece for Lily to play with. "
The husky maiden was overjoyed when she heard that. She did not notice that when Hao Ren said that, he had an expression that said, "My dog is tired of playing with the old toy, and I need to buy her a new ball."
The drone collected the required crystal samples, and at the same time, found a crack in the broken rock layer that led deeper.
There was a powerful energy wave coming from the depths of the crack.
"The spacecraft can't go in. The crack is too small." Hao Ren glanced at the data sent back by the drone and shook his head slightly. "And it's too close to the brain of the First Born. The nerve lines are very complicated. If we let the drone dig, I'm afraid something will go wrong. We have to go there ourselves. Who's with me? "
"I'll go!" Lily had just gotten a new toy from Hao Ren (although she had not gotten it yet). At this time, she was in a state of extreme loyalty. Whatever Hao Ren wanted to do, she would probably "help" him. "I'm strong, and I'm good at digging. If the inside is blocked, I can help dig a hole!"
"You, a Siberian sledge-puller, want to go to a place where the heat kills dogs?" Nangong Wuyue looked at Lily suspiciously. "I feel like I'm evaporating just by looking at it!"
Lily flicked her tail. "It's okay. Anyway, there's a life-support collar and a shield. It's 26 degrees no matter where we go."
Vivian gave the husky a disdainful look and nodded at Hao Ren. "I'll go with you."
"I'll go with you too." Y 'zaks stepped forward and said with a smile, a nostalgic look on his face. "This place reminds me of the bathing pool in my hometown. It's so nostalgic."
Hao Ren was speechless.
The Petrachelys slowly descended and hovered over a relatively flat area on the edge of the broken rock stratum. Hao Ren and his team left the spacecraft and stepped into the hellish underground world.
Despite the protection of the life-support collar and the shield system, the moment Hao Ren stepped on the rock stratum, he felt as if a wave of heat hit his face. Of course, it was not a real feeling, but an illusion when he saw the surging magma in front of him. He could not help but wipe the non-existent sweat on his forehead. "This damn place is terrible. Why does the First Born like the earth's core so much?"
Lily thought for a moment and said, "Lying in the earth's core, sleeping, and occasionally waking up to drink a mouthful of magma. Probably in the First Born's worldview, this is the most enjoyable life."
Hao Ren shrugged noncommittally. Behind him, Y 'zaks stretched his muscles and then took a deep breath, twisted his waist, and dispelled the transformation spell he cast on himself. Accompanied by a burst of flames, the five-meter-tall demon king stepped out of the billowing smoke and flames.
He was like a fish in water here. Standing in such a place where the temperature was thousands of degrees Celsius, he did not even need the life-support collar. Instead, after transforming, he took a deep breath and said, "Oh, it's the smell of home …"
Hao Ren used his hand to block the sparks that Y 'zaks spewed as he spoke and whispered to Vivian, "Y' zaks looks happy."
"After all, we can't provide him with 24-hour magma. If you rented a house that only allowed you to take a cold shower for four years, would you be happy?"
"… Now that you mention it, I feel guilty."
Y 'zaks did not hear what Hao Ren and Vivian were whispering. He just took a few deep breaths of the' smell of home '(which was actually rock steam), and then bent down to pick up a half-melted rock core from the magma. He nibbled on it like a sweet potato as he walked forward. "I see the fissure, let's go in and have a look."
The old demon's real way of life was indeed bold and unrestrained.
The crack in the rock formation was less than two hundred meters away from where the four of them had landed. There was a steep rock wall that extended upward. Cracks of various sizes and scattered crystal shards could be seen everywhere on the rock wall. Red light could be seen seeping out of the larger cracks. Obviously, they led to the deepest part of the cave.
For the Petrachelys, which was hundreds of meters long, even the largest of these cracks was not big enough for the spacecraft to pass through. But for Hao Ren and the rest — even for the five-meter-tall Y 'zaks, these cracks were wide enough for them to lie down and walk through.
Thick nerve lines snaked out from the cracks, some of them were submerged in the magma, but most of them extended upward and eventually disappeared above the high rock dome. Hao Ren picked the widest passage, carefully avoiding the nerve tissue as he led the team into it.
"This place has indeed been opened before, and then the First Born used external force to close it." Vivian pointed to the jagged structure above the passage. "But he should have lost control of his limbs at that time, so the 'rock cavity' used to accommodate the brain was not completely closed, leaving behind this passage."
"Watch your step, there are some cracks where you can fall directly into the magma river," Hao Ren reminded. "Lily! I'm talking about you. Don't knock the rocks, I'll dig a pile for you later for you to play with. "
Not long after, the scene in front of them suddenly opened up.
A dark red underground grotto appeared in front of Hao Ren.
The grotto was extremely vast, but the shape was not very regular, just like the lair of the First Born found on other planets. The center of the grotto was slightly sunken, and at the same time, it was filled with a dark red viscous liquid that looked like blood. A large number of dark tentacles gathered from all directions of the grotto, all converging on a certain organ soaked in the dark red liquid.
The indescribable huge organ lay quietly in the center of the blood lake, its surface was still slightly glowing, but Hao Ren could see at a glance that the organ used to accommodate the brain had been severely damaged, and there was no sign of recovery.
The upper half of the organ was almost completely torn, and a terrible wound almost ran through two-thirds of the entire organ. In the torn wound, the dark red lifeblood slowly wriggled, and a severely wrinkled and blackened brain was soaked in the lifeblood that was about to lose its vitality. The culprit that caused this fatal injury was inserted next to the brain — it was a long and narrow bluish-white crystal.
It was exactly the same as the crystals scattered on the broken rocks outside.
"Sure enough, it's caused by these things." Hao Ren muttered and carefully approached the blood lake in front of him. Vivian quickly followed and reminded him, "Be careful, I think the brain is not completely dead yet."
"Its nerve activity is on the verge of disappearing. Even if it suddenly comes back to life, it will at most tremble a little." Hao Ren waved his hand. "I just feel that … why do these crystals look a little familiar."
As soon as his voice trailed off, a memory suddenly emerged in his mind.
"This looks like the crystals I saw in the illusion last time!" Hao Ren exclaimed and turned to look at Vivian. "There are such crystals at the bottom of your Crimson Moon Sea!"
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