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As he stepped into the Hengzhun Hall, he immediately saw Sandonne busily deciphering the mechanisms.

Lu Sheng's appearance brought a smile to Sandone's previously lifeless face.

"You're still alive? What happened to the man in the hat?"

After seeing Rikuo and Mr. Hat disappear into the crack, Sandonne and the Gentleman quickly dealt with the remaining Empty Shell Knights.

She had two thoughts in mind at the time: one was to rescue Lu Sheng, and the other was to continue to explore the secrets left behind by the Red King.

After much deliberation, she chose to follow her heart.

“He is dead,” Lu Sheng replied.

"Hmm...you did it? That's great! I knew you could do it! Um...I was originally planning to rescue you..."

Lu Sheng raised his hand to interrupt her, "I understand. Fools take results as truth and never care about the process."

Sandoni frowned, a sense of guilt rising in his heart for no apparent reason.

"I will reward you double when we get back."

Sandoni knew she was wrong and was afraid of hurting Lu Sheng's feelings, which would cause him to betray her and return to the lady. So she could only try to appease him with benefits.

"By the way, did that person have anything important on him?"

She immediately steered the conversation to taboo knowledge.

Lu Sheng shook his head. "No, what he said is true. We've all been deceived by the Crimson King. Let's not go up there. There seems to be something terrifying up there."

Sandoni, of course, would not stop there.

Now that we're already here, how can we not go up and take a look for ourselves?

"We've already come this far, if we don't go up and take a look, we'll regret it for the rest of our lives."

As Sandone spoke, he activated the final mechanism.

As a buzzing sound arose, the enormous triangular portal in front of the two emitted a blue light far exceeding the technology of this era, proving just how advanced the technology that the Crimson King possessed back then was.

A portal to a mysterious space appeared amidst the blue light.

Sandoni took the first step and entered the portal, with Lu Sheng following closely behind.

A flash of light passed by, and when their gazes swept across the area again, they found themselves transported to a very beautiful interior space.

The air here is sweet, and even the light seems softer.

Within this tomb, a symbol of death, grow many strange trees, their branches covered in shimmering golden flowers, like golden butterflies perched on the branches.

Golden lotuses, the same color as the flowers, bloom on the water's surface, emitting a soft glow that transforms the entire space into a dreamlike realm.

"How beautiful..." Sandonne murmured, "but why do I feel a pang of sorrow?"

Lu Sheng said calmly, "Because this is the real 'Aru'."

"The real Aru?"

Sandonne was somewhat confused. Shouldn't the legendary paradise of Aru be the unfinished ancient ruins beneath the mausoleum?

“Look here,” Lu Sheng said, pointing to a painting on the central stone platform.

Three little people of different colors sat together.

One holds a noble scepter, another stands amidst blooming flowers, and yet another sits on the ground, conversing with a little elf.

"In that golden dreamland, the King of Red Sands sat once more with his beloved and dearest friends, discussing the Way in Paradise."

Lu Sheng continued, "I guess the Red King went completely mad in the later stages. He was trapped by his longing for the Flower Goddess and developed unrealistic fantasies. The so-called Aru was the carefree paradise he planned for himself."

"This place is a reflection of the Red King's unfinished dream. The bitterness you feel is probably because the Golden Dreamland was never completed, and the Red King's regret still lingers in this world."

Sandonne scoffed, “Who cares about his melodramatic love story? I just want to know where his remains are. A god can’t just die without leaving anything behind.”

Lu Sheng shrugged and said, "I'd love to know too."

Suddenly, a huge tremor came from above the two of them, and the solid Crimson King's Tomb began to fall with loose stones.

"That guy up there seems to have gone mad."

Lu Sheng knew what that thing was: the guardian of the Sand Plains King's Dream, a creation representing the Red King's highest technology—the Semi-Eternal Rule Matrix.

It must have been Hat Guy who activated that thing, realized he couldn't win, and then deserted, leaving behind a mess.

However, Sandone's stubborn nature meant she wouldn't give up until she reached the Yellow River. When she realized that there was an uppermost level in the Red King's Tomb, she had to go up and see it for herself.

Perhaps by defeating that thing, we can obtain the Red King's forbidden knowledge.

Sumeru Chapter: Chapter 108: Best Friends for Life

The two rode on a floating stone to the top of the inverted pyramid, which was also the top floor of the entire Red King's Tomb.

For a thousand years, this place has remained untouched.

The dynasty has long since collapsed, and its former subjects have long forgotten the legendary desert emperor.

Only the emotionless, cold constructs, through the long river of time, enduring thousands of years of wind, sand, rain, and snow, remain faithfully guarding the side of their creator.

Sandonne was extremely excited and pulled Rikuo along to show him the special bond she had seen.

"Look! A thousand years have passed! Not a single descendant of those who once worshipped the Red King has stood up to protect his tomb! In the end, it is still loyally guarding its master! Doesn't it love its master more than anyone else? That is why I love the puppet more than my lover!"

Lu Sheng thought she had gone mad.

Even if the program is written in the constructor, it will still run in the same way as before, even after 10,000 years.

If we define this kind of mechanical thinking as emotion...

Perhaps only those who cannot receive love will try to compensate in this way.

"I don't know if it loves its owner, I only know that it doesn't love us."

As soon as Lu Sheng finished speaking, a laser beam shot towards them.

The two jumped apart to avoid the laser attack, flanking the control matrix from the left and right.

Four rhomboid fragments flew out of the matrix's body, hovering above it, and suddenly emitted incredibly powerful rays in all directions, covering 360° without leaving any blind spots.

The Sandonne puppet rushed to its mistress and shielded her from the laser beams; its sturdy body was not seriously damaged.

Lu Sheng then had the idea of ​​trying out the new skill. The moment the laser swept over, he used the Substitute Technique to successfully escape and dodge. The Substitute left behind was directly hit by the laser and turned into dust.

Having dodged the laser, both of their attacks struck the matrix simultaneously.

The matrix clattered and clattered as a pile of parts fell off, but it didn't fall apart yet. Suddenly, it emitted a shockwave that blasted the two people away, and then the massive structure miraculously disappeared from sight.

"It can even turn invisible!"

Sandoni admired the object's exquisite craftsmanship and was eager to uncover its secrets.

She soon discovered that the matrix would continuously repair itself while invisibility was in effect, which excited her even more.

If this technology could be applied to a divine body, then I would have one more trump card after becoming a god!

Fortunately, the Matrix's invisibility is just a trick that can fool the human eye, but it cannot escape the puppet's sensing device.

The gentleman almost never lost track of the matrix from beginning to end. Under its relentless attacks, the matrix had no time to properly repair its damaged parts.

Lu Sheng had lost patience with the matrix any longer. After locking onto his target, he kicked it, smashing the matrix into a pile of parts.

"Good good!"

Sandoni couldn't help but praise him; having such a subordinate made things much more comfortable for him as the executive officer.

She almost immediately ran to the disintegrating matrix, squatted down, and carefully studied its structure and technology.

Lu Sheng was amazed by her obsession, and could only mutter to himself: This is what it means to study science.

He himself had no interest in such mechanical creations. Even at its peak, the Red King's technology could only create things like the Matrix, while the ultimate Golden Creation Technique had no upper limit.

With a luminous pearl in hand, would you still envy a glowing toy sword?

At this moment, he was more concerned about the Red King's final fate.

How did the melodramatic storyline between the Red King, the Flower Goddess, and the Tree King finally end? I've followed the series this far, how can I not watch the ending?

Where did the Red King's forbidden knowledge go? And what about his remains?

As Sandone said, the fall of a god is no small matter. How the Red King died and where he was buried are questions worth exploring.

The illusory golden dreamland contains murals about the Crimson King, and surely the answer lies hidden at the end of the Crimson King's tomb.

After a quick search, he indeed found the stone tablet that recorded the fate of the Red King.

At the four corners of the base of the pyramid stand four statues of mythical beasts, the same kind as those in the Golden Dreamland. It is clear that the Red King liked them very much, and they were probably one of the Red King's followers back then.

Below each statue is a square stone tablet, inscribed with words that, though weathered, are still clearly visible.

The first stone tablet reads: "The Lord of billions of grains of yellow sand is mired in the agony called memory. Three treacherous ministers advised Him that it was an act of usurpation that even the heavens could not tolerate."

The second stone tablet reads: "The emperor of millions of subjects abandoned His child, indulging in that chaotic, filthy power. A dark plague began to rage, and the people became scaly dragons."

The third stele reads: "Remove the cycle of seven, for the deepest narratives will be blocked. Remove fear and sorrow, for the barrier between life and death must be eliminated. Remove the sun and moon and weight, for there should be no barriers of time and space. Remove the original principles of decree, judgment, and grace, so that she will not fear the punishment suffered by her kin. Remove birds, beasts, fish, dragons, and men, the seven-year-old king, so that no one can steal wisdom. The eternal kingdom becomes a pawn, and the carefree paradise transforms into a golden dreamland."

The fourth stone tablet reads: "The guilty tyrant has come to his senses, but he can never reach that golden dreamland again, and the one in the sky will bring divine punishment. The king of the desert has found the queen of the rainforest, and she has granted the request from the desert. The Red King willingly perished, and the Great Tree King, having exhausted his divine power, transformed into a child, forever sealing away that disordered and filthy taboo."

Now I understand.

Lu Sheng finally figured out the plot of this melodramatic love story.

In short, after the death of the Flower Goddess, the Red King's mental state deteriorated, leading to a falling out with the Great Tree King. The Red King continued to rule the desert, while the Great Tree King left the desert and went to what is now the Sumeru Rainforest to establish a new kingdom.

The Red King is still possessed by that Buddha Yego spirit, constantly crying out about losing his beloved and seeing only ruin! It hurts! It hurts so much!

Later, under the instigation of treacherous officials, the Crimson King suffered a mental breakdown. It's also possible that he read about Douluo Continent in forbidden knowledge and exclaimed, "I can't believe it's possible!" He then channeled Tang San and shouted, "Resurrect my love!"

After handing over power to his ministers, he devoted himself to studying the forbidden knowledge that could revive the Flower Goddess, which resulted in elemental disorder. The dark plague likely refers to the Dead Zone, and the scaly people are the Demon Scale Disease.

But when the Red King discovered that the Flower Goddess could no longer be resurrected, he perhaps saw the Naruto again in the forbidden knowledge, and exclaimed in surprise, "Is this even possible?" He directly possessed Obito and shouted: "Flower Goddess! I will create a world with you!"

Then he began to renovate Aru, the carefree paradise originally prepared for his people, wanting to turn Aru into a world for only him, the Flower Goddess, and the Tree King.

The result was, of course, an unsurprising failure. However, the Red King had already reached his end. His kingdom had been ruined by him, and his rebellious act of researching forbidden knowledge had attracted the attention of Sky Island.

Fortunately, he finally regained his rationality and found the Great Tree King, offering to commit suicide in exchange for the tree king erasing the forbidden knowledge.

The Tree King is incredibly unlucky to have a friend like him.