Industrial Cthulhu doesn't believe in the end times.

Chapter 202 Figure
Tao Yue jumped up from the ground, stomping her feet in anger, but all she could do was rage helplessly.

But despite her anger, it seemed more like a joke between friends. Who can say that her anger wasn't part of the playful banter?

When it came to serious matters, she quickly composed herself.

“We should be able to get back through this… I don’t know how to do this for now, that’s what I foresaw.” She pointed to the oracle bones in her hand.

"After arriving here, my precognitive abilities have been greatly enhanced. However, to be more precise, it's not that my abilities have been enhanced; I feel that something here is helping me predict the future and then telling me the answer through this oracle bone."

Su Xun did not comment on this, but said, "As long as we can go back, let's see what's here first."

Tao Yue nodded and obediently followed behind Su Xun.

This is a rather vast complex of buildings, with enormous palaces and pavilions everywhere, seemingly built for giants, but certain traces prove that it was indeed a human dwelling.

It is quite obvious that some steps on the ground are designed to accommodate human footsteps.

However, these things are now just ruins, full of decay.

The oracle bone had brought them here, clearly indicating that it was meant to guide them into the depths of this complex. However, Su Xun did not rush to set off; he first looked up at the sky.

The starlight in the sky was much clearer than before, and when the oracle bone showed abnormality just now, he clearly saw one of the stars flash an exceptionally bright light.

That star is one of the ten brightest stars in the sky, right at the zenith. What does it represent? And why is it so bright?
All things have a spirit; could these stars also be sentient?

Su Xun secretly kept this in mind, and after carefully observing the surrounding situation, he stepped forward.

There are no signs of any alien species here. In fact, the bottom of the secret realm is quite vast, yet extremely empty—this is no longer a place for low-level alien species. Those that occasionally venture here are powerful beings like the Sky Veil Beast.

Clearly, Su Xun had killed a different species of the same level that had risen to a shallower level when he was at the ninth level. Such beings are not common in the secret realm. Obviously, there is no sign of such a giant beast here.

Even if a creature of this level merely passes through a place, it will leave many traces. Although there are many ruins on this mountain, they are clearly collapsed over a long period of time, and there is no sign of any giant beast staying there. Perhaps this mountain has something special about it, existing in a relatively independent area within the entire secret realm.

As for the even more terrifying tenth-tier alien species, they are often just legends. No living person has ever seen them with their own eyes. However, many extraordinary individuals who have evolved to the peak have indeed sensed more than one powerful aura that seemed like a natural disaster in the lower levels of the secret realm.

This was no longer within Su Xun's considerations. If a tenth-level alien species were to appear in the world, it would not only be a matter of life and death for him alone.

The two walked into the complex at a normal pace, but soon discovered that there was a problem.

The scale of the buildings here is really large; just one square or one walkway is enough to keep an average person walking for half a day.

Although the steps and corridors were built to the dimensions of an average person, it is clear that this place is not suitable for an average person to live in.

If these buildings aren't some kind of projection, then their inhabitants must all be extraordinary beings. "Commander, how about I walk slowly, and you go ahead..."

Su Xun didn't reply, but instead grabbed the other person's arm. With a gasp from Tao Yue, Su Xun was suspended in mid-air and flew towards the destination at an extremely fast speed.

Once a transcendent reaches the fifth rank, they can fly using spiritual energy instead of being carried by the wind. This kind of flight is often short-lived at the fifth rank, mainly because the spiritual energy within the body is limited. However, at the bottom of this secret realm, the surrounding spiritual energy is abundant, so there is no need to worry about the depletion of spiritual energy.

In this way, the two quickly arrived at a dilapidated hall, but there was nothing of value there. Apart from the building itself, most of the objects inside the hall had been weathered into dust, and a corner of the building had collapsed. Su Xun tried to pick up the collapsed stones, but found that with his fifth-level strength, he couldn't move those rubble at all.

At this moment, he was not only thinking about what kind of material it was, but what puzzled him even more was how long it had taken for such a building to fall into such a state of disrepair.

The flow of time deep within the secret realm is no different from that of the outside world... at least not in most cases. They are in this place and have no way of confirming whether this is a special area.

But if it's not special, then...

The time required to wear down these structures built by extraordinary individuals to this extent far exceeds the entire history of human development on Earth. Is this place truly a product of human consciousness manifesting itself?
Actually, it might not be so. Perhaps this is the broken and decaying state that humanity manifests. Su Xun recalled the explorations of many high-level superhumans in his previous life. In the gaps in memory, there were still many people's words that supported this judgment.

However, Su Xun had already questioned this. When Su Xun explained the situation of the secret realm to the outside world in that tone, it was only to help those who had never seen the secret realm establish a relatively correct understanding.

Just like the textbooks that were replaced many years ago, which explained the birth of the universe, they often emphasized the Big Bang theory. In fact, it was only relatively correct, and may even be completely different from reality. But it helped people who were learning it to establish a relatively correct understanding at that age.

It's better than believing in Pangu creating the world.

Although, given the current trend of development, the possibility of Pangu creating the world is no longer zero...

Su Xun shook his head, putting away these wandering thoughts.

However, it shouldn't be said that he went too far. For him, these details might contain information that is more important than any other gain.

Just as he was about to get up, his gaze suddenly sharpened. Following the cracks in the dilapidated building, he saw a blurry figure flash by amidst the ruins in the distance.

Are there other people here?
No... that's almost impossible.

So……

Su Xun suddenly stood up, grabbed Tao Yue again, and moved towards her.

If it were someone from outside, Su Xun was confident that he would be no weaker than anyone else.

Assuming it's a being that exists here, hiding won't help. The 'natives' here are at least at the seventh level, and most likely more. The fact that the being has appeared in my sight means that it has already discovered me. I might as well go and see where that being is trying to lead me.

(End of this chapter)