Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Steel of the Heart

A check of his smartwatch revealed he'd only been unconscious for three hours, not a very long time. It seemed the evaporated poison gas wasn't fatal for a war god like him. After all, a war god's physical abilities are still incredibly strong!

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If he had been unconscious for several days, the Thunder Martial Arts Academy would probably have thought he had been murdered!

My family will be worried sick! After letting out a sigh of relief, Xiang Bei began to look around again.

Bypassing the insect eggs of all sizes, Xiang Bei's halberd was not dragged down with it. It should still be on the desert. Xiang Bei didn't want to use his fists to smash the insect eggs for the time being!

Xiang Bei walked slowly to the metal door and gently knocked on it. He found that it was indeed made of metal, and it was an alloy that Xiang Bei had never seen before.

"A building constructed entirely of metal—is it a remnant from before the Great Nirvana?"

"Is this some kind of delivery point deep in the desert?"

Xiang Bei frowned slightly, but then felt that something was wrong.

If this were truly a courier delivery point, would it be necessary to build such a wide and high passageway?

Shouldn't it be as hidden as possible normally?

Although he didn't know much about express delivery launch points, he felt that it shouldn't be like that.

Passing through the gate, the curious young Xiang Bei decided to take a look inside.

Now that he is trapped underground, he has no idea how deep he is buried by the yellow sand. Rather than sitting here and waiting to die, he might as well go in and take a look. Maybe he can find another way out.

Of course, most of the time it's about satisfying one's own curiosity.

Behind the metal gate, just as Xiang Bei had expected, was a long passageway. However, when Xiang Bei reached out and touched it, he discovered that even the passageway was made of metal.

Looking back up, Xiang Bei was surprised to find that the passageway was more than ten meters high, and he looked like a tiny little guy walking through it.

This only made Xiang Bei even more curious.

The passageway was very deep, and even without deliberately speeding up, it took Xiang Bei a full four or five minutes to reach the end of the passageway.

At the end, there was another metal gate.

The gate looked equally heavy, and when Xiang Bei knocked on it, it only produced a dull, muffled sound.

However, despite the heavy door, there was a gap of about 30 centimeters at the very bottom.

It appears that the metal gate malfunctioned when it was closing and did not close completely.

Leaning down, Xiang Bei peered inside using the lamplight.

As Xiang Bei had predicted, the metal gate was indeed extremely thick, appearing to be about half a meter in height.

Opposite the gate was an object resembling a metal box, about the size of a human head, which gleamed silver under the light.

It was because this box was blocking the door that the metal door in front of them was not completely closed.

There seemed to be something else behind the box, but it was mostly hidden by the box and not very clear.

A quick comparison reveals that if Xiang Bei weren't wearing combat gear, he could probably crawl under the gate.

After thinking for a moment, Xiang Bei decided to go inside and take a look.

Since we're already trapped here, we might as well go and take a look instead of trying to get through the sand.

After removing his combat uniform, Xiang Bei crawled directly under the gate into the interior.

Fortunately, Xiang Bei's judgment was correct, and although it was a bit difficult, he still managed to crawl through.

Then Xiang Bei reached out and pulled the combat uniform from the other side, putting it back on.

Only then did Xiang Bei truly see what was stuck under the door; it was indeed a silver metal box.

Moreover, it appears to be extremely hard, after all, it can withstand the weight of this half-meter-thick metal door for so long without deforming.

Xiang Bei also clearly saw the object behind the metal box.

Even the appearance of the object made Xiang Bei gasp deeply.

My eyes widened involuntarily!

It's nothing more than that the thing behind it is a corpse, or more accurately, a skeleton!

However, this skeleton is clearly different from human bones!

The most obvious example is that normal humans do not have four arms.

Moreover, judging from the skeleton of this corpse, he must have been at least 3.5 meters tall.

"alien!"

Xiang Bei's pupils suddenly contracted.

After about four or five seconds, Xiang Bei forced himself to calm down.

It's not surprising to find alien corpses on Earth. After all, this is a world that swallows the stars. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, Earth was just an inconspicuous speck of dust in the vast territory of humankind.

However, Hu Yanbo later used a secret method to cover up the surrounding starry sky, which caused the starry sky near Earth to be cut off from the universe and humankind.

There should have been quite a few aliens on Earth back then, but they probably all died in the great battle that led to Huyanbo's fall.

These aliens were probably no exception. Xiang Bei found no signs of attack on the corpse; it must have died instantly.

However, given the existence of aliens here, the exact nature of the building he is currently in is quite intriguing.

It was definitely not a creation of Earth's humans before the Great Nirvana.

He bent down and, without any hesitation, began to touch the corpse.

Unfortunately, after hundreds of thousands of years, Xiang Bei only touched the corpse lightly and it shattered into dust.

Even the clothes on the corpse turned to ashes, leaving only some metal fragments scattered on the ground.

Somewhat disappointed, Xiang Bei still did not give up and collected all the scattered metal fragments.

If this place is indeed, as Xiang Bei thinks, a former base of the human race in the universe.

Therefore, this alien race member is very likely a staff member here.

The things he had on him might have included something like a key.

After tidying up his scattered belongings, Xiang Bei continued walking forward.

This time, however, they didn't travel very far before they found themselves in a huge space.

This is a ring-shaped space.

There seemed to be quite a few rooms along the corridors on both sides, and above them appeared to be a spherical dome, though it was too dark to see clearly. The distance between the university and Xiang Bei's location was nearly thirty meters.

Below Xiang Bei, there was an extremely deep distance. Standing on the corridor and looking down, Xiang Bei could barely see the bottom.

Looking around at the covered bridges, Xiang Bei had no idea which direction to go.

In the end, Xiang Bei chose to walk towards the covered bridge on his right, not for any other reason than that the door of a room on the covered bridge on his right was open.

This is good news for Xiang Bei; perhaps he can find some useful information in this open room.

Even if you don't find anything, at least you've given yourself a temporary direction.