Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 152 The Mysterious Ring

Whether Feng Ting and the socially awkward Jing are chosen ones or not, Qiu Ci doesn't know, but the two opportunities that Di Zifan intercepted were indeed of great benefit to them. The day after the items were handed over to them, the two began their seclusion. After the seclusion ended, it is believed that their cultivation levels will greatly increase.

As for Di Zifan, Qiu Ci didn't ask any further questions, knowing the academy would handle it. However, the insect system had worried the dean and the various pavilion masters for a long time. Although they didn't understand what the system was, the fact that it could reside within the primordial spirit seemed anything but a good thing.

Almost the day after the incident, they checked the primordial spirits of all the students in the entire academy, and even notified the other four academies of the insect system. Unfortunately, apart from Di Zifan, no one else was found to have this thing in their primordial spirit.

Qiu Ci also had the dog system scan the Lanru Continent, but no other system signals were found. Of course, it was possible that they were deliberately hidden, but Qiu Ci felt that there were probably no other systems. There are so many continents in the world, and the appearance of the insect system on the Lanru Continent was probably just an accident. After all, the coordinates of its superior system were in Mianzhou. Even if there were other systems, it was unlikely that they would appear in Zhongzhou.

However, this cut off the trail. The bug system had already self-destructed, so she naturally couldn't find a way to cross state lines.

After thinking for a moment, Qiu Ci decided to go to the place where the insect system was bound to Di Zifan and see if she could find out anything.

So she immediately took leave and rushed to Beimo Wuhe County.

The Northern Desert is the northernmost part of the Lanru Continent. Due to the constant winds and sandstorms and the vast expanse of desert, it is sparsely populated, with most people concentrated around Wuhe County. Therefore, Qiu Ci found the place without much effort.

She had initially thought Wuhe County was some kind of impoverished place, but upon arrival, she discovered that it was not. Although the area was mostly desert, Wuhe County was surrounded by a large oasis, complete with lush forests and several lakes.

From afar, Qiu Ci could see people who looked like cultivators, holding magic talismans and summoning wind and rain to irrigate the surrounding trees and farmland. There was even a cultivator wearing a very familiar blue and white robe, braving the desert winds, hacking through the rocks with his sword to clear a path.

She thought about it carefully for a while before remembering that they were students from Xinglan Academy. Xinglan Academy was located in the north, and the Northern Desert was within its protection zone, so it was normal for students from Xinglan Academy to appear in Wuhe County.

From this perspective, the environment of Wuhe County is not bad at all; in fact, it's quite good, even better than Luoyang Town, where we trained before. After all, for cultivators, modifying the environment is an easy task.

"System, check." Qiu Ci didn't delay. As soon as he arrived in Wuhe County, he had the little light ball search for clues, and he also released his divine sense.

Her current cultivation level is at the Celestial Realm, and unless she wants to, no one can detect her divine sense probing.

[Master, master, I have indeed detected residual psionic energy in this city, which is very likely left behind by that pirated system.]

"where?"

【Right here...and there...and there!】The little ball of light flew left and right.

"What does that mean?" What is all this and that? Where exactly is it?

[Master, master, it's all... there are remnants of psionic energy everywhere in this city.]

"What!" Qiu Ci exclaimed in surprise. "Was Di Zifan a street urchin here before? Wandering around with a system?" Or did he manage to seduce everyone here?

[But Master, while residual psionic energy fluctuations can be detected, they dissipate over time. Such a large-scale fluctuation could only be caused by a recent outburst of massive amounts of psionic energy.]

“Recently?” Qiu Ci thought for a moment. “Didn’t Di Zifan leave here for several years? He hasn’t come back to Wuhe County during this time, has he?”

That's how it should be, but there's a lot of residual psionic energy here.

"Besides the insect system, is there anything else that could cause such a large residue? Could my psionic machine do it?" [Yes, but unless the psionic machine self-destructed in the city, it's impossible for it to have such a large area.]

"Even psionic machines don't work?" How did the insect system manage to do that?
wrong!

Qiu Ci suddenly thought of something: Who said these remnants must have been left by the insect system?
"Dog system, is it possible that these remnants were left over from several years ago, rather than existing recently?"

"That's impossible!" the small ball of light said, shaking slightly. "The psychic energy fluctuations could linger for so long unless the object using the psychic energy is extremely large, something very, very large, to require that much psychic energy to drive it."

Qiu Ci frowned, glanced at the bustling city again, and said, "System, could you mark the range of all residual spiritual energy?"

[Sure, Master, but you need to fly up there so I can mark the whole thing up again.]

Without hesitation, she flew directly into the sky until she could see the entire Wuhe County below.

The system then made a "ding" sound, and a light screen popped up in front of her, displaying the Wuhe County below.

Conspicuous lines appeared on the light screen, outlining the trajectory of residual spiritual energy. First, they formed a circle that enveloped the entire county, and then slowly outlined another huge circular pattern on the outer edge. The ring was so large that it also encircled an area of ​​dozens of miles around, making even Wuhe County in the middle appear exquisite.

In no time, the outlined pattern became clearer and clearer, eventually forming a huge ring. Countless unfamiliar symbols were engraved on the ring, seemingly some kind of...numerical symbols?!

Qiu Ci glanced at the outlined circle, then looked at the county town below. No wonder the system said there were remnants everywhere. The area was so vast, it was as if a giant circular object had once been above Wuhe County.

and many more!

A round... gigantic object?!

She felt a sharp sound in her mind, and instantly grasped something.

"System, do you remember the attack we encountered in Yuanhai City when we first came to Lanru Continent?"

"Huh?" The little ball of light paused, "Is it the time at Fengbo Sea?"

“That’s right. When I was repairing the holes in the hull, didn’t I tell you that I saw a large, circular metal ship?”

【But Master, I scanned that area and there was nothing there.】

"What if the ring is a psionic machine? Is it possible for it to block your scan?"

The little ball of light was stunned for a moment before it understood what she meant, and then jumped up excitedly.

[Does the master suspect that the ring is an interstate travel machine manufactured on Earth?]

Qiu Ci looked at the pattern outlined on the screen again and nodded.

"Whether it is or not, we'll find out when we find that ring!"