Swallowing the Stars: Sacrifice to Become Stronger, Fiancée is Alluring

Chapter 82: Unexpected Changes Within the Ancient Civilization Relics!

Upon hearing this, the other martial artists readily agreed.

Jiang Lan, on the other hand, looked at Yao Rao.

With a hint of worry in her alluring eyes, she walked up to Jiang Lan and whispered:

"Be careful, I'll be waiting for you to come back."

"Don't worry," Jiang Lan grinned, "I'll be quick."

Her alluring face flushed slightly again.

What time is it? Still acting like a hooligan.

"Go on." Yao Rao patted Jiang Lan's shoulder lightly, while Jiang Lan smiled and followed the other war gods into the silver-gray elevator.

The elderly man in the red robe followed closely behind, entered the elevator, and pressed the button.

The elevator doors slowly closed, but the alluring woman outside remained motionless for a long time, staring at Jiang Lan inside the elevator.

After the elevator doors closed completely, accompanied by a hissing sound, the passage that had just appeared closed again, as if nothing had happened.

Only then did Yao Rao reluctantly turn around, board the fighter jet, and leave.

……

"Whoosh—"

As the elevator doors opened, Jiang Lan was greeted by a black corridor entirely made of alloy.

Every few steps along the corridor, an incandescent light bulb hangs from the dome, illuminating the entire area as bright as day.

"Welcome, everyone, to the human settlement at Ancient Civilization Ruins No. 9!"

The red-haired old man spoke fluent Chinese, and then repeated the same thing in English.

"We're in a bit of a rush right now, so I won't bother with any more pleasantries. Please follow me."

After saying that, the old man in the red robe began to lead the way.

Jiang Lan followed closely behind, while the other war gods all followed behind her.

After passing through nine checkpoints, the group finally arrived at a spacious hall that was several hundred square meters in size.

The lobby resembled an office, with at least a hundred people seated there, most of whom had computers in front of them.

Upon seeing Jiang Lan and her group, the staff members all showed excited expressions.

Welcome everyone!

"My God, is that Jianglan Inspector General? He just took office recently?"

"Oh my God! Mike, I didn't expect your eyes, which you usually only use to stare at women's asses, to be so sharp!"

For a moment, the hall was filled with a cacophony of sounds, a mix of Chinese and English.

The old man in the red robe smiled apologetically at Jiang Lan.

"These guys spend too much time in the underground base, so they're a bit excited to see outsiders. Inspector Jiang Lan, please don't take offense."

"It's fine."

These people were just making a comment; they didn't offend him, so he naturally didn't find it strange.

The old man in red robes looked at the group of war gods again.

"Is everyone ready?"

All the war gods nodded in agreement.

"Very well!" the red-robed elder shouted, "Open the entrance to the ruins!"

As the old man finished speaking, a series of mechanical clicking sounds suddenly came from the wall in front of everyone.

Immediately afterwards, the metal wall cracked open, revealing a fairly spacious circular passage.

Jiang Lan looked inside.

Inside the circular passage, the first few meters are still made of alloy.

After passing three meters, the alloy transformed into dark brown, root-like structures.

At the end of the passage, there was something that was constantly emitting light, but Jiang Lan couldn't see it clearly because of the distance.

The old man in the red robe said:

"Keep walking along the passage; the thing emitting light outwards is the entrance to Ancient Civilization Ruins No. 9. Good luck, everyone!"

The eyes of the group of war gods flickered.

Once you enter this entrance, no one knows if you'll come out alive, so it's impossible not to be nervous.

But Jiang Lan didn't seem worried at all. After the old man in red robes finished speaking, he simply stepped into the passage in front of him.

"Everyone, I'll go in first."

Under everyone's astonished gaze, Jiang Lan arrived at the glowing entrance in less than ten seconds, then vanished from everyone's sight in a flash.

Upon entering the entrance, Jiang Lan felt the scenery before him change rapidly, and the next moment, he found himself in a dark hall.

The entire hall occupies a similar area to the previous hall, both being several hundred square meters.

Above the hall, a hazy light that constantly changes color casts a dreamlike glow over the surroundings.

Jiang Lan looked up and around, and saw the light slowly enveloping him, covering his entire body.

Being enveloped in light didn't feel anything special; in fact, it was neither painful nor itchy.

Jiang Lan didn't pay much attention and continued to look around, letting the light shine on him.

Time passed slowly.

One minute……

Two minutes...

Jiang Lan frowned.

What happened?

"XX, XX, XX..."

Five minutes later, a piercing sound echoed throughout the hall.

Jiang Lan subconsciously raised her wrist and opened the translation software that she had just downloaded on her communication watch.

"Alarm, alarm, alarm..."

Jiang Lan suddenly understood something.

This situation...

He vaguely remembered that in the original story, when Luo Feng entered the No. 9 ancient civilization ruins, it seemed that he had encountered the same thing.

The light suddenly disappeared, and the entire hall became pitch black.

Immediately afterwards, transparent, crystal-like ropes suddenly fell from above Jiang Lan, rapidly wrapping around her.

Jiang Lan was startled, but immediately reacted. The Golden Feather Halberd appeared in her hand, and she slashed at the transparent ropes.

"Bang! Bang!"

The rope was struck by the halberd, producing a series of muffled thuds. Judging from the sound, it was similar to when Jiang Lan used a throwing knife to strike Hong's Black God Suit.

The rope swayed slightly before striking Jiang Lan again.

Jiang Lan's expression changed slightly.

He couldn't quite remember whether this part existed in the original work.

If there is any problem, that's fine. But if something unexpected happens, then it will be troublesome.

"Sizzle, sizzle..."

Jiang Lan gripped the battle halberd, the planet within his dantian spinning rapidly, streaks of cyan-purple electricity coiling around the halberd's blade.

He exerted force with his right hand and slashed at the ropes again with great speed.

"boom!"

Under Jiang Lan's full-force attack, the ropes could no longer hold on and broke one by one, falling to the ground.

Jiang Lan breathed a sigh of relief.

After the rope was cut, it was as if the computer had crashed; it just hung motionless from the ceiling.

The entire hall fell into silence.

At first, Jiang Lan was still waiting.

But after more than ten minutes, the hall remained dark, and there was no other sound.

Jiang Lan started to get a little anxious.

At least produce something and say something, instead of just ignoring him?

Oh no, are they going to lock him up until he dies?

(End of this chapter)