Lawful Tyrant

Chapter 177 Vacuum Tomb
The night is long.

In the night sky 30,000 meters above the Pacific Ocean, two streams of light quietly passed through the sky at hundreds of times the speed of sound.

"Where is Ruins No. 1?"

High in the sky, while Lin Qing maintained high-speed flight, he asked Chu Hongjun a question through telepathic transmission.

“The entrance to Ruins No. 1 keeps changing, but it’s actually not hard to find.”

Chu Hongjun explained casually: "As long as you are a stellar creature, you can easily find out by sensing the energy flow of the six major factions around the world... Although the flow of these energies is chaotic, they will eventually pass through a point, and the coordinates of this point are the entrance to Ruins No. 1."

He paused, "Of course, primitive creatures can also be sensed, but it is more difficult to find them."

Lin Qing suddenly realized.

"But are you ready?"

Chu Hongjun glanced at him and said, "One-star and below, two-star, and three-star space citizens can only enter the ruins once each."

"It should be OK." Lin nodded.

Chu Hongjun didn't say anything more, but just took him to fly along the flow of energy.

Not long after.

"Here we are. Right down there."

After the two flew to a deserted sea area, Chu Hongjun took Lin Qing and dived into the deep sea.

After sneaking for more than a thousand meters, Lin Qing also sensed the gathering points of various energies.

"right here."

Chu Hongjun said: "Anyone who is native to Earth and has a 100-year-old soul can enter the subspace connecting Earth and the Vacuum Tomb."

He glanced at Lin Qing, handed him a black watch, and said, "Here."

"This is?"

Lin Qing took the black watch doubtfully.

"Subspace storage device." Chu Hongjun said, "Aren't you going to borrow the Star Origin Stone? The subspace inside this device has 240 cubic meters of space, which is enough to store it."

"So big?" Lin Qing's eyes lit up.

His original subspace storage device only had twelve cubic meters of space. Even if the density of the Star Origin Stone was fifteen times that of water, in theory it could only hold one hundred and eighty tons of the Star Origin Stone at most.

The subspace storage equipment given by Chu Hongjun is much larger.

"Then I'll go."

After Lin Qing received it, he didn't say much and moved through the sea, just staying at the energy gathering point.

Although a hundred-year soul can enter Ruins No. 1, he is not completely sure whether he is a so-called hundred-year soul.

Chu Hongjun was also watching quietly at the side.

After a few seconds.

"boom!"

Lin Qing suddenly felt the energy surging around him suddenly become countless times more violent. The space he was in collapsed in an instant, and he felt the world spinning in front of his eyes.

In an instant, when he regained consciousness, he found himself in a dark space.

Floating in front of my eyes was a silver-white mirror about three meters high, as white as the surface of water. It was surrounded by a dark barrier that swallowed everything, just like the situation inside a subspace storage device. All I could see were space barriers covering an area of ​​about several hundred meters.

However, the spatial barriers of subspace storage devices are generally not stable enough and cannot allow souls to enter them.

But this place is extremely stable. It is said that even Qi Lingxiao could not shake the space barrier here at all even if he came in.

"Is this the real entrance to the Vacuum Tomb?"

Lin Qing looked at the silver-white mirror and walked forward without hesitation.

His appearance was immediately reflected on the silver-white mirror.

The next moment, ripples like water waves began to appear on the mirror surface, and lines of universal text appeared.

[Power has been awakened... the tenth energy level of the life system...]

[Power value... 864755 kilograms of Star Origin Stone...]

[Meet the gravekeeper's standards... and enter the vacuum tomb...]

The next moment, all the lines of text disappeared.

The extremely smooth silver-white mirror surface also turned into circles of whirlpools, from which emanated a hint of ancient and strange aura. Just feeling this aura made him tremble instinctively.

"Is this the end?"

Lin Qing was suddenly confused: "Gravekeeper?"

According to the information provided by Chu Hongjun and others, when they appear on this mirror, the mirror will spit out a part of the Starry Sky Origin Stone. Although they cannot take it away, they can try to know the name of the power and the number of Starry Sky Origin Stones required.

The mirror will only show the power of 38000 kilograms of star source stone, which qualifies you to enter the vacuum tomb.

But there is no indication of this gravekeeper.

"The Vacuum Tomb... Gravekeeper..."

Lin Qing nodded secretly, "That's right. Judging from the attitude of the guardian of Sky Island, the former civilization doesn't seem to need a successor... It seems that they just want to find a gravekeeper?"

He didn't think much about it and made sure that the order level had not dropped before stepping into the vortex of the mirror.

……

As the space changed and rotated, in just a blink of an eye, Lin Qing appeared on an extremely large silver-white platform.

There are strangely shaped buildings on the platform, and there is endless darkness in all directions.

And in this endless darkness, one can see huge silver-white pyramids floating, all emitting a faint glow. Although each silver-white pyramid is quite far apart, one can tell at a glance that there are a terrifying number of them.

"Welcome."

Suddenly, a smiling female voice sounded behind Lin Qing.

anyone?

Lin Qing was startled and turned around to look.

He saw a black-haired woman in a golden dress standing not far away, looking at him with a smile.

This woman looks very young, and her tall figure makes her look no different from that of an Earthling. Although her appearance cannot be considered beautiful, she has a unique noble temperament.

"You are..." Lin Qing looked at her and couldn't help asking, "There are actually living people in this ruins?"

"A living person?"

The black-haired woman smiled and said, "To be precise, I am an intelligent life form in the Vacuum Tomb, but I can change my body... Little guy, you can call me 'Your Highness'."

Your Highness?
Lin Qing's heart moved, Your Highness?

"Your name is Lin Qing?"

The black-haired woman who called herself Her Highness Su smiled and looked at Lin Qing, saying, "I didn't expect that a life planet formed from the fragments of the Beginning Realm could actually give birth to a natural awakener with the power of the tenth level? I'm really lucky... I thought I would have to wait for many more years."

"Fragments of the Beginning Realm?" Lin Qing couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness Su said that the Earth was formed from fragments of the Beginning Realm?"

"of course."

His Highness Su said casually: "Even if it is just a fragment of the Beginning Realm, it can naturally evolve into the easiest initial human beings to cultivate, and then sublimate into a perfect planet by itself."

Lin Qing suddenly realized.

It turns out that this is the reason why the Earth has autonomously sublimated into a perfect planet.

"When I came in just now, I saw that I met the criteria for a grave keeper."

Lin Qing asked in confusion: "Who exactly is this gravekeeper..."

"Literally." His Highness Su said casually, "You can see that this space in absolute vacuum is called the Vacuum Tomb, and these pyramids around it are tombs."

"Mausoleum?" Lin Weiqing nodded slightly.

This did not surprise him, and he also guessed that these silver-white pyramids might be tombs.

"These tombs have been around for far too long."

His Highness Su sighed, "Even though the mass and energy circulate in this vacuum tomb, it is still not perfect. There is still almost negligible loss, which will become more and more obvious over a long period of time."

She looked at Lin Qing, "To prepare for a rainy day, and also because some tomb owners want to leave a legacy, that's why grave keepers are needed here."

Lin Qing suddenly realized.

He couldn't help but ask again: "Does it require a high level of authority just to select a gravekeeper?"

"of course."

His Highness Su glanced at him and said, "The geniuses born on the planet are destined not to be very strong, so the first gravekeeper must have the potential for high-level power to ensure that more geniuses will emerge in the future."

"Then why is it that the power of awakening 38000 kilograms of Star Origin Stone is required?" Lin Qing asked.

"There is a special secret technique that grave keepers must master. It uses star source stones for cultivation. 38000 kilograms is the minimum standard."

His Highness Su glanced at him and said, "Of course, your current strength is too weak. Although you meet the conditions for power, you are still not qualified to be the gravekeeper of this vacuum tomb."

Lin Qing finally understood.

He asked curiously, "If I become a gravekeeper, do I have to stay here forever?"

"That's not necessary."

His Highness Su said: "I am the one who is actually responsible for guarding the tombs. You can go wherever you want, as long as you select successors for the tombs that have left their legacy."

Lin Qing pondered for a moment and said, "What are the benefits of being a gravekeeper?"

"Of course there are." His Highness Su smiled, "And it's a great benefit."

She pointed to the strange buildings behind her and said, "There are many heritage sites preserved here. When you become a gravekeeper, I will allow you to choose one."

"Are there any benefits now?" Lin Qing asked.

"There is one thing."

His Highness Su handed Lin Qing a black metal plate with strange patterns engraved on it and said, "This is a temporary pass to the Vacuum Tomb. It can be used once. No matter where you are, you can use this pass to travel directly through space and return here."

Lin Qing hesitated for a moment and said, "My power is the clone. As long as the clone is not dead, I can be resurrected, so I can't use this temporary pass... Can I change it?"

"No."

His Highness Su said bluntly: "You haven't even become a gravekeeper yet. It's good enough if you get any benefits. Being a gravekeeper is not a job where you get benefits without doing any work."

"Okay." Lin Qing said without caring and put away the temporary pass.

Having said that, he knew in his heart that this temporary pass was actually useful.

If the enemy completely blocks the Earth and we cannot enter the Vacuum Tomb through the connection point, this temporary pass will come in handy.

Lin Qing suddenly said, "Doesn't it mean... as long as the potential of the power meets the standard, it can provide enough Star Origin Stone for awakening?"

His Highness Su looked at him and said, "Yes, I can lend it to you, but haven't you already awakened?"

"Can I borrow it now that I've awakened?" Lin Qing asked.

"Of course you can." His Highness Su said, "But I can only lend you enough Star Origin Stones to awaken you, and you must pay it back within ten thousand years, otherwise there will be interest."

"I'll lend it to you." Lin Qing nodded immediately.

With his power, he is able to borrow 864755 kilograms of Star Source Stone, which is more than tons!
So many Star Source Stones are enough to awaken the powers of the three strongest people on Earth, Zhao Jiayi, and Black Flame's clone.

of course……

He can also use it to directly pay off the debt of advance power.

But there is not much difference between four and five spaces reserved in advance, so it is better to use them in more useful places.

"How long do you want to preserve the Star Source Stone?" asked His Highness Su.

"How long can it be preserved?" Lin Qing asked puzzledly.

"Don't you know? The Starry Sky Origin Stone can only exist for a thousand years at most." His Highness Su glanced at him, "The longer the Starry Sky Origin Stone can be preserved, the higher the interest will be after ten thousand years."

"I know it can only last for a thousand years."

Lin Qing said: "What I mean is, this vacuum tomb has existed for who knows how many years. Even if it stores star source stones, it has been more than a thousand years, right? Even if the speed of time is slowed down, it must be slowed down by who knows how many times..."

"The time in the Origin Stone Treasury is still. It is specially used to store Star Origin Stones." His Highness Su said directly.

"Still?" Lin Qing was stunned.

"Of course." His Highness Su said as a matter of course: "Otherwise, is there any other way to preserve the Star Source Stone?"

Lin Qing finally understood.

"So, as long as we preserve the Starry Sky Source Stones while slowing down time, we can preserve more Starry Sky Source Stones in a thousand years..." Lin Qing said thoughtfully.

The star source stones used to awaken power must be of the same origin, that is, they must be star source stones condensed by the same person.

For example, the awakening of his power requires 864755 kilograms of star source stones, and a thousand years is just enough to condense 864755 kilograms of star source stones.

This also means...

He can only awaken people whose power potential does not exceed 864755 kilograms.

In fact, just checking a person's power potential requires 21 grams of Star Origin Stone, and it is also difficult to find someone with power potential that is exactly the same.

This means that those who have awakened their powers are destined to be inferior to the previous generation, and one day they will even be completely extinct.

But if time could be influenced, the Starry Sky Origin Stone could be preserved longer. By accumulating more Starry Sky Origin Stones, people with higher power potential could be awakened.

This means there will be no generational gap.

"Have you thought about it?"

His Highness Su said: "The longest one can preserve is the Starry Sky Origin Stone, which can be preserved for nearly a thousand years. This kind of Starry Sky Origin Stone is placed in a treasure house where time stops the moment it is made. It also has the highest interest rate. If it is not repaid for more than ten thousand years, 10% of the principal will be paid back every thousand years."

"Then let's choose this one." Lin Qing said, "If it doesn't exceed ten thousand years, there will be no interest, right?"

"Yes, no." His Highness Su said.

"That's good." Lin Qing nodded.

In fact, he would choose to borrow even if there is interest.

"Here."

His Highness Su waved his hand, and a huge cube-shaped star source stone with a side length of nearly four meters appeared out of thin air on the ground in front of Lin Qing. It was as huge as a small building.

Lin Qing used his mind to scan it and tried to lift it, confirming that it was indeed 864755 kilograms of Star Origin Stone.

More than 800 tons of star source stone!

This black crystal with starlight is extremely rare in a first-level civilization, even if it is only 21 grams, or it may not even exist.

Such a huge amount of Starry Sky Source Stone, weighing more than 800 tons, if it were placed in a first-level civilization, it would be enough to make the first-level civilization that knew of its existence completely crazy!
"Terrible……"

Lin Qing sighed, then waved his hand and collected the huge Star Source Stone.

In addition to the part used for awakening, the rest can also be used to assist in cultivation. The Starry Sky Source Stone can accumulate energy up to a hundred times, and plays a great role in life transformation and engraving holy words.

From the first time he condensed the Star Source Stone in March 2122 to the present, he has condensed the Star Source Stone three times himself, totaling more than 3 kilograms.

But these more than 2,000 kilograms of Star Origin Stone are not enough for the Black Flame Clone to awaken its power.

Moreover, as his strength increases, he will need more Star Source Stones to ensure that energy accumulation remains a hundred times efficient.

These several hundred tons of star source stones come at the right time.

"remember."

His Highness Su looked at Lin Qing and said, "Pay it back within ten thousand years."

Lin nodded lightly.

"You can go now." said His Highness Su.

"Wait a minute, there's one more thing."

Lin Qing flipped his hand, and a silver-blue round card appeared in his hand.

His Highness Su raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "A test for the original level of the Beginning Realm? The intelligence of the Star Secret Vault actually gave you this thing? Do you have other strengths besides power?"

"I have mastered two magical skills." Lin Qing said.

"Two magical skills?"

His Highness Su looked at Lin Qing and without asking any more questions, he pointed to the silver-white building that looked like a silkworm chrysalis not far away and said, "That is the place that was once used to test the citizens of the Beginning Realm. It was reserved for grave keepers who were good enough. Take the test card and try it. If you can pass it, you will be a formal primitive citizen of the Beginning Realm from now on."

"Okay." Lin Qing nodded, and without wasting any time, he walked over.

As he walked to the strange cocoon-like building, the building immediately emitted a wave that swept over him.

Then, the silvery-white silkworm-pupa-shaped building slowly revealed a black hole-like entrance.

Lin Qing walked in.

As everything in front of him changed quietly, Lin Qing found himself on a dark red land. The gravity was terrifyingly high and the temperature was even more terrible. The ground under his feet seemed to be a material with extremely amazing density and was extremely solid.

The environment here alone is extremely terrifying. If ordinary primitive creatures came here, they would probably die on the spot.

Moreover, in the distance, you can see a dark and deep hurricane moving towards here at a high speed. The fact that a high-speed hurricane can be formed in such an environment is beyond the scientific knowledge of Earth civilization.

"The test taker will pass the test if he survives the Star Shattering Wind and destroys the Vortex Stone that causes the Star Shattering Wind."

An indifferent voice echoed in this space.

Lin Qing took a deep breath and did not hesitate -

"Spin Star!"

At this moment, streams of light were dancing around Lin Qing, colliding and connecting with each other according to strange patterns, and immediately formed a madly rotating miniature star.

No matter what, protect yourself first.

The next moment, the dark and deep terrifying hurricane came and enveloped him in an instant. At the same time, there were countless flying fragments in the hurricane, constantly attacking the Spinning Star Divine Skill.

However, countless fragments were bounced away by the Spinning Star Divine Skill and could not shake him at all.

"It's easy to resist."

Lin Qing felt slightly relieved, and immediately began to reduce the range of the Rotating Star Skill, gradually shrinking it from a diameter of seven meters to only five meters.

After the control range becomes smaller, it becomes much easier to maintain the magical skills.

"In this way, I should be able to maintain the Rotating Star Divine Skill while using the Heavenly Pillar Bone..."

Lin Qing took a deep breath and immediately sensed the terrifying hurricane that enveloped him through his domain. Or rather, it was not wind at all, but a terrifying vortex of energy flow.

"The vortex stone that caused the hurricane?" Lin Qing sensed carefully and soon found the afterimage of the strange stone that was spinning wildly above the center of the hurricane.

Just smash it and the test will be over.

Inside the rotating star skill, Lin Qing took a deep breath slowly, and a huge amount of power began to surge wildly in his body. In the blink of an eye, he turned into a pseudo-god body that was nearly five meters tall.

The face of the pseudo-god without any facial features showed no sadness or joy, just like a god.

"Then……"

The next moment, an extremely dazzling dark golden light suddenly burst out from the inside of this vast and dark hurricane vortex. The huge light shot up into the sky, directly tearing apart the dark hurricane and piercing straight into the sky, like a dark golden pillar supporting the heaven and earth!
The strange stone that was originally rotating in the center of the vortex of the hurricane's energy flow has now been shattered.

The huge hurricane slowly dissipated.

"It's done..."

Lin Qing felt the dissipating hurricane and couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "In terms of attack, the Tianzhu Bone is indeed much stronger than the Xuanxing... It was shattered with just one strike..."

The Tianzhu Bone alone is so powerful, what if it is the complete "World God"?

……

"World God?"

When Lin Qing passed the test, His Highness Su looked at Lin Qing and asked a question.

"Yes." Lin nodded, "I only trained the Tianzhu bone."

"Not bad."

His Highness Su said softly, "You are so young and have mastered two powerful skills, which shows that you have a very high level of understanding. No wonder the Star Secret Vault is willing to give you the opportunity to test your original identity."

Lin Qing didn't say anything, but just asked: "I heard that there is a training room in the vacuum tomb, which can speed up time?"

"Yes." His Highness Su looked at him and asked, "Are you short of time?"

"Very short of it." Lin Qing nodded and said, "After I get out, I will try the Son of God Trial."

"God's Son Trial?" His Highness Su smiled, "With your current strength, you will definitely fail."

"I see."

Lin Qing said: "I plan to wait until I have fully mastered the World God before going. Should that be enough?"

"That's possible, but it's hard to say." His Highness Su shook his head and said, "The "World God" set of magical skills wants to combine the four major magical skills into one, which is also very difficult. You have to wait until you have mastered it, and you don't know how long it will take."

She paused, "And how powerful the World God Body is depends on you. This is not only a test of your comprehension, but also depends on your understanding of the characteristics and structure of life."

Lin Qing couldn't help but think deeply.

He pondered for a moment, then asked, "How many times faster is the time flow in the training room than in the outside world?"

(End of this chapter)