Sha … sha … sha …
Within the silent and dark tomb passage, Gu Qing Shan slowly moved forward.
Precambrian civilization — —
I've never heard of such a civilization before.
I originally thought that the great tomb of the Samsara contained only the previous generation's Samsara Contenders for Supremacy, or the great tomb's guardians …
But after careful consideration, the information I received at the time showed that the ones who exchanged souls with the Tomb of Myriad Beasts were mostly the great tomb's guardians.
— — -it seems like there was a lost civilization as well.
That's strange.
While thinking, Gu Qing Shan continued to move forward.
However, he couldn't help but stop after walking for too long.
"What are you doing?" Gu Qing Shan asked in surprise.
The old pixie flew out and hovered at a certain spot on the tomb wall.
"Look, the embossed patterns on this brick are quite nice, it's quite an exotic style!"
The old pixie praised.
"Alright, don't mind that brick, we still have business to attend to" Gu Qing Shan said.
The old pixie glared at him: "The embossed patterns on this brick are quite exquisite, I can't just leave them here"
The old pixie took out his short stick and tried to pry at the edge of the brick.
— — -his face was flushed red, but the brick didn't budge at all.
The old pixie angrily swung the short stick and shouted: "Bara, I order you to get down here!"
Bam bam bam bam bam — — -
All the bricks on the wall had fallen off and were neatly stacked on the ground.
The old pixie swung the short stick again.
The brick with the beautiful embossed patterns flew out and landed in front of him.
The old pixie looked at the brick with satisfaction, then looked at the other bricks, muttering to himself: "… toilet … floor tiles …"
— — -finally, the old pixie put all the bricks away.
Gu Qing Shan watched the entire process from the side, speechless: "Oi, it seems like you can only use a single ability here — — didn't you only bring a single Quipcraft?"
"What Quipcraft did I bring?" the old pixie glanced at her.
"Shameless" Gu Qing Shan shrugged.
The old pixie patted his shoulder and affectionately said: 「 That's right, I cheated, so I can bring a bit more Quipcraft with me — — - this is also to help you, brother Gu 」
"… Alright," Gu Qing Shan said with a deep impression.
The two of them walked deeper into the graveyard.
The everlasting lamps, wall tiles, staircase railings, stone benches, porcelain bowls, candlesticks, and all the other things along the way were swept clean by the sprites.
Gu Qing Shan looked back and saw that the road she came from was empty.
Before they had even finished exploring the tomb, most of the items had already been moved away.
What kind of spirit was this?
Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but say, "Hey, even if they're demons, they don't loot things like this."
"Those descendants don't know how to be diligent and thrifty, but I'm different. I'm their ancestor!" The old fairy raised her chin and said proudly.
Gu Qing Shan was speechless again.
The two of them continued forward and soon arrived at a spacious square.
The square was completely empty except for a single black gate that stood alone in the middle.
The old fairy flew up and circled around the gate.
"Ah … such an ancient gate to an Aspect World, how rare" he commented with interest.
"Is there a Aspect World inside?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
The old fairy swung her short staff and used a Quipcraft on the black gate.
"Tsk tsk, 300 trillion years of history — — - this gate has been sealed for countless years, there shouldn't be anything alive inside"
Gu Qing Shan walked in front of the gate, but didn't touch the handle.
His spirit sense was constantly sensing a faint warning — — -
This gate was giving off a very ominous feeling, as if something terrible would happen as soon as he touched it.
Gu Qing Shan became cautious.
He took a few steps back and looked back at the old fairy.
The old fairy squinted her eyes and muttered something, as if commenting on the gate.
"You pixies must've studied these strange things a lot, right?"
Gu Qing Shan asked.
"You're right" the old fairy clapped her hands and raised her thumb: "Curiosity is the cornerstone of pixie civilization — — I've always told my juniors that"
"That's right, you're the ancestor of the pixies, you must know how to enter this gate" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The old fairy froze a bit, then said: "Wait a bit — — this gate is actually a bit dangerous, if you use brute force or destructive spells, there would be a lot of problems"
The pixie tilted her head in thought for a bit, then looked down to check her pouch.
After a while, she took out a dirty handkerchief.
As soon as she took it out, a strange smell filled the air, a mixture of cake, roasted meat, foot wash, chocolate, runny nose, sweat, and various other smells.
The old fairy used the handkerchief to cover her hand, then pressed it against the door handle and turned it.
Creak!
The black gate opened.
It was completely dark on the other side, nothing could be seen.
The old fairy sighed in relief, wiped the sweat off her forehead with the handkerchief, then explained: "The most ancient gate opening technique, combined with our pixie race's shameless Divine Skill — — - if it weren't for that, this gate wouldn't have opened at all"
"Impressive!" Gu Qing Shan praised.
"Then, Gu Qing Shan, you go in, I'll guard the gate" the old fairy said.
"You're not going in?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
At this point, two lines of crimson text appeared from the void of space:
[The Gate of Truth has been opened]
[Attention, this gate can only be opened once, and only one person is allowed to enter, after which the gate will be completely destroyed]
Sure enough, the old fairy said: "This gate can only be used once, I'm here to help you, so I won't take up the only spot"
Saying so, the old fairy took out a small scraper and carefully scraped off the layer of gold on the door handle.
"I'm rich …"
The old fairy put the gold into her pocket, smiling so much that her face was wrinkled.
Gu Qing Shan shrugged and said: "Then wait for me here"
He strode through the door.
…
The gloomy aura around them quickly scattered.
Gu Qing Shan found herself standing in the middle of a tall spire.
Outside the spire, there were only white buildings that stretched as far as the eye could see.
Strange waves of energy radiated from the ground all the way to the sky, isolating the falling snow outside.
"Since this Phase World has been activated, it proves that our civilization has truly gone extinct"
A voice came from behind.
Gu Qing Shan turned around.
A man with a scepter in his hand and a crown on his head stood not too far away, silently looking at him.
"Can you talk to me?" Gu Qing Shan tried asking.
But the man didn't seem to hear him and continued: "The civilization of our Cambrian world can only be inherited by our descendants in the future, anyone else who wants to peek into our history will be rejected by us"
"After all … the origin of our civilization is very strange"
"We don't want to bring trouble to others"
"After all … the reason why we were able to reproduce, create a society, and form a civilization is all because of the things buried under our feet"
The man waved the scepter in his hand, as if venting something.
"In the last 700 years, we've become more and more aware of our identity — —"
"Indeed …"
"Like parasites, we've attached ourselves to the outside of that great tomb"
"We've tried our best to excavate that tomb, but could only rely on the tiny bit of energy and knowledge that the tomb gave off to establish our civilization"
"For the last 200 years, the living environment has become worse and worse, the entire world is slowly heading towards extinction …"
"We've also tried our best to excavate that tomb, wanting to obtain more survival resources, but unfortunately …"
"Our level is too shallow, unable to meet the requirements of that tomb, unable to unlock new resources to protect us from extinction"
"And so, we've come to a conclusion"
The man's expression was filled with deep sorrow:
"In truth, no one really cared about us or our civilization"
"Our civilization was only an accident"
"— — an accident caused by this tomb"
The man bent down and lightly placed the scepter in front of Gu Qing Shan.
"This is a map of the great tomb, a map that our entire civilization spent several thousand years excavating and finally created"
"— — It shows how to reach the entrance of the great tomb"
"Indeed, even after several thousand years, we only managed to create a single map that leads to the entrance of the tomb"
The man's expression was filled with self-deprecation and sorrow.
"It's laughable, isn't it?"
"But even with the power of our entire civilization, this is the only thing we could achieve"
"… This is the only thing we can leave behind for future generations"
"Take it"
As soon as he said so, the man stopped moving.
The entire Spire, as well as the world itself, also stopped.
— — -as if everything had ended here.
Gu Qing Shan went silent for a long time without saying anything.
A single tomb?
The scattered energy of a single tomb created an entire civilization?
Even after several thousand years of development, this civilization still couldn't open that tomb.
… What a tragic and unbelievable history this is.
Gu Qing Shan silently sighed and stepped forward to take the scepter.
A few moments later, a line of red text appeared in front of his eyes:
[You've obtained a map]
[This is the map that leads to the human realm, the Genesis Tomb]
[It will guide you to the 7th entrance of the human realm, the Genesis Tomb]
[Attention!]
[With this exploration achievement, your strength will be partially unsealed]
[Special reminder:]
[Following this, you will face true danger, but as you are a Saint Chosen who randomly entered, you still cannot use any swords. Otherwise, you will immediately awaken all of your strength and be kicked out of this tournament by the Samsara]
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