Dawn Spider

Chapter 204 Ocean Star Arena

The team had only advanced about 6 kilometers when they encountered a complicated intersection.

The corresponding road signs have been cleared from all four intersections.

The largest and best-preserved piece contains three lines of characters:

Section 1 of Linglong Road

【Ocean Star Event】

[13 km]

The corresponding road is to the east.

A large sign was hung up, highlighting the distance, clearly indicating that this "Ocean Star" venue is a rather important place.

Of the other three intersections, one of the road signs was severely decayed and riddled with holes; it is presumably the road name.

The other two signs read "[Yun Kong**]" and "[Yun** Road]", simple road names. Since both roads run north-south, it can be inferred that the signs likely indicate "Yun Kong North Road" and "Yun Kong South Road".

According to Jin's calculations, both of these paths could potentially lead to a community inhabited by Force warriors.

"Mr. Jin, which way should we dig?"

Zuo Wang Ziye inquired.

"whatever."

Kim Il-soon didn't know which way to go.

--casual?
The insects couldn't understand, and their eyes instantly became confused.

"We need to dig in all three directions and take a look."

Jin explained for a moment, then pointed east with his paw and said, "There seems to be some important ruins 13 kilometers ahead. We can go and take a look first."

Jin advised, "Dig and backfill the north-south intersection. Blood Fruit Lord, use your earth-based abilities to reinforce and camouflage it, so the Old Insect King doesn't see it. If they come to steal it, we'll be helpless."

“Dig another kilometer forward, open a vertical access tunnel, and use the excavated rocks to block the way we came, and also block up this intersection.”

"..."

"Isn't it?"

"As for!"

"Destroy the road signs! Don't let Old Bug King see them!"

"There might be an Insect King lurking nearby, secretly watching us right now."

"If there is one, it must be the King of the Curcuma Insects!"

"The Stone Insect King is the most cunning; if anyone is spying, it must be it."

"Stop it!"

"Get to work."

"Start work! Start work!"

"..."

Amidst the commotion, the insects sprang into action.

Jin watched for a while, then hurriedly returned to the ground to continue meditating.

Just three days later, one primordial crystal was used up, and the spiraling downward vertical channel was also excavated.

Jin followed suit and changed the mountain peak.

One raw crystal every three days.
Train your physique, hone your skills, wait three days, then use a Primal Crystal...

...

The strong winds were gathering information.

In a clandestine underground workshop within the hospital, the King of the Sumeru Insects operates equipment to cultivate insect eggs for various tribes.

The King of Curcuma zedoaria and the King of Ziziphus serrata led a team to begin exploration and excavation work, digging southward along the eastern highway of the city.

Back in the Flame Spider Kingdom at Mount Sikui, the 19th batch of ordinary spiderlings nurtured by Jin, who inherited his bloodline, successfully completed their molting and growth.

A total of 1.9 spiders were found, roughly half of which were ordinary yellowish-brown and the other half were purple.

The common yellowish-brown spider also inherited some of the physical characteristics of the gold spider, with short, thick legs, a broad carapace, a thick abdomen, and an overall rounded and robust appearance.

These small, yellowish-brown spiders have a relatively high chance of reverting to their ancestral form and producing purple flame spiders when they reproduce.

...

August.

Under the scorching sun, Jin lunged forward and backward, dodging left and right, leaping and darting about, repeatedly practicing the eight sets of combat moves passed down from the Flame Spider tribe with fluid grace.

Suddenly, a stream of air shot out from the entrance and exit of the cave, instantly transforming into a powerful jet of air that continued to gush forth.

The ant colony guarding the entrance to the cave became restless, while the ants working inside the tunnel frantically scrambled outwards.

Zuo Wang Huoji ran out first.

"Boss Jin! We've unearthed some ancient ruins. But it's dangerous."

"Danger?"

Jin's mind raced, and he vaguely sensed a hint of danger.

These are the air currents.

Flammable and explosive gas!

Jin asked doubtfully, "What did you dig up?"

Zuo Wang Huoji said, "I don't know. I heard Lord Jin Nan shout to run, and then I heard Lord Bai Cang tell me to control the ant swarm and not to use fire abilities... so I ran away."

In the time it takes to speak,
Golden nanmu, white sage, blood fruit and other insects rushed out of the tunnel one after another.

Zi Ye, leading its three thousand worker ants, finally broke out.

The channel outlet is still spewing air outwards.

Firethorn commanded a soldier ant to approach, waving its antennae and unleashing a long whip of flame. With a deafening roar, the surging air currents ignited, sending a ghostly blue flame soaring into the sky, and a wave of heat sweeping outwards in all directions.

"..."

Jin was dazed and bewildered.

Whose natural gas pipeline did you sever?

Lord Bai Cang explained, "We've unearthed a very large underground space, a spacious area. There's a lot of metal equipment piled up on the ground... it doesn't look like it's been stacked normally, but rather scattered haphazardly."

The usually taciturn Lord of the Flower Cluster drooped his antennae in thought, then asked with a question, "Why is there such a large underground space? Why are dangerous gases compressed and sealed inside?"

These Zerg warriors have terrible communication skills...

Jin roughly understood what they were saying, but couldn't figure out where they had dug.

The underground air currents continued to surge, and the towering pillar of fire continued to burn.

After a full ten minutes,
The pillar of fire began to shorten and contract until the flames went out.

Lord Jin Nan slowly walked towards the cave entrance.

Lord Bai Cang was extremely sensitive to danger. He flicked his tentacles and said, "I sense there is still danger. We can't go down now!"

Lord Jin Nan looked at Jin.

Jin Youyou said, "The ruins are about seven or eight kilometers away from the entrance and exit here. They are not far from the coast, so the underground water seepage is probably quite serious."

--Yes!

—Should we handle this immediately?
—Water seepage flooded the ruins, making drainage even more difficult.

The insects suddenly realized what was happening and became anxious.

Jin said, "Don't panic, there's no danger. The only danger is that there's no oxygen to breathe in the underground space."

"A lord-level warrior should be able to endure for a long time in an oxygen-free environment. When they can't hold their breath any longer, they can come out to catch their breath, rest for a while, and then continue. It shouldn't be difficult."

As Jin spoke, he raised his claw and unleashed a beam of lightning towards the opening. With a deafening explosion, the blazing flames sent the rocks at the opening flying.

Jin calmly said, "Secondly, this flammable gas can cause an explosion when mixed with air and ignited. But an explosion of this magnitude will not harm a Lord-level warrior at all, so don't be afraid."

"Blood Fruit Lord, White Cang Lord, you still need to go down and stop the water seepage in the ruins."

Lord Bai Cang: "..."

Blood Fruit Lord: "..."

You little spider, how do you even know this? You think you can understand it at a glance? Are you sure there's no danger?

Lords Bai Cang and Xue Guo were suspicious. After a slight hesitation, they entered the passage.

Jin then instructed, "The other insects shouldn't be idle either. Let's move to the top of the ruins and open a vertical passage to facilitate gas convection, expel flammable gases from underground, and make it easier to enter and exit the ruins for excavation."

"it is good!"

"Row!"

The insects agreed, and the group began to move.

A day later, Lords Bai Cang and Xue Guo successfully completed the reinforcement of the stone walls in the underground ruins, stopping the water seepage.

Dafeng, who had gone out to scout and gather information, returned.

A strong wind is coming.

Another day later, the emergency excavation of the vertical tunnel was completed.

The strong wind manipulated the airflow, pouring downwards, and with some effort, vented the flammable gas.

The insects entered the ruins.

...

The spaces, each hundreds of meters long, thirty to forty meters wide, and twenty to thirty meters high, are separated by stone walls tens of meters thick, resembling oversized 'rooms'.

The floor of the 'room' was covered with a thick layer of metal equipment. On the surface, the rust and corrosion were very slight, but due to the long passage of time, the equipment had melted into clumps.

Scanning downwards with his mental energy, he saw that the metal equipment below was soaked in a viscous liquid and was completely corroded.

Jin glanced at the place and recognized it, and roughly understood the situation.

The name of this site should be 'Ocean Star Arena'.

Force warriors who have reached a certain level of evolution possess earth-shattering power with every move they make. On inhabited planets, they need to carefully control their power, and there are no suitable places for them to practice their abilities.

Thus, the digitally constructed 'dimensional universe' came into being, capable of simulating various combat scenarios in the real universe with near-perfect fidelity. Force warriors' souls and consciousnesses enter this universe, unleashing their abilities in battle at will. The combat experience and power insights gained in the dimensional universe can be brought back to the real world.

The challenge arena that Jin entered through the Time-Space Cube is such a place, where both the challenge venue and the opponent are virtual.

The academies where Force warriors live also have similar facilities, but on a much smaller scale, and they are called 'training dojos'.

Judging from its scale, this site was clearly not just for cultivation, but a high-end 'entertainment venue' for Force warriors to challenge and compete against each other.

Combined with Jin's speculation that the nearby area was a settlement for Force warriors who came to the ancient city of Emperor Continent for tourism and vacation, this perfectly corroborates the previous assumption.

As for the previously flammable gas, it was probably because the building was originally made of space-grade hydrogen-gold material. With the depletion of the primal force, the primal energy material lost its primal energy properties, and over a long period of time, the hydrogen-gold naturally decomposed into hydrogen.

The empty spaces we see now are the result of the building being dismantled. All the equipment that was originally placed inside the building collapsed and piled up together.

Some of the hydrogen also reacted with other substances to produce gases such as methane, which liquefied under high pressure in the confined space, so the underground space was not flooded by seepage.

The metal equipment on the upper level that was not flooded was preserved relatively well, fused together into clumps.

Now that the situation is clear, there is still one crucial question: what could possibly remain of these ruins?

...

Lord Jin Nan knew it was time for him to unleash his racial talents. He ran across the metal scraps, his mental energy sweeping through the open spaces, focusing intently on sensing everything.

"found it!"

Lord Jin Nan suddenly exclaimed with wild joy, "Treasure vault! There's an underground treasure vault hidden here! The defense level isn't low either; there should be treasures inside."

Upon hearing the news, all the insects rushed over.

(End of this chapter)