Swallowing the Stars: Analyzing All Things

Chapter 102 Star Map!

Inside the ruins.

Lin Yan nodded, agreeing with Feng Yinghou's suggestion.

Although the military system was monitoring him, he still remained wary of Feng Yinghou. In this battlefield outside the region, trust was one thing, but letting your guard down was another.

"Whoosh"

The two immediately chose to enter through the left passage.

The passage was hundreds of meters wide and winding. There were no traps or puppet guards in the passage, only a deathly silence. The silver-white stone walls of the passage were as smooth as a mirror, reflecting the figures of the two people.

Lin Yan and the other person only felt that their senses were severely restricted, and their ability to detect the power of the world and the power of immortality was also restricted.

It's visible.

It only covers an area of ​​a few hundred meters around.

Hundreds of meters away was a silent, pitch-black expanse, where nothing could be seen or perceived, just like an ordinary person diving in the deep sea, surrounded by endless water and boundless darkness and silence.

Several dozen breaths later.

The passage ahead suddenly opened up into a bright and spacious area.

The two arrived at a larger hall, where a blood-red sphere of light was floating in the center.

The sphere of light was about the height of a person, with a strange and bewitching blood-red light flowing across its surface. It was surrounded by three silver-white pillars, and its surface was engraved with dense ancient characters and patterns.

"That's—the altar?" Feng Yinghou suddenly spoke up, and Lin Yan followed his gaze to the end of the hall.

There.

There is a huge altar.

The altar is tens of meters high and tens of meters wide, and is made entirely of silver-white stone. On the altar is a statue of a god, which is the size of a fist.

The statue's eyes were red, and under the light of the hall, they gleamed with an eerie light, as if watching over everything in the hall.

"Among the ruins of sacrificial temples, there is usually an altar."

Feng Yinghou's gaze fell on the statue, and then he explained, "The statue on the altar is also called the Mystic Puppet. The indigenous people can use a certain sacrificial ritual to temporarily control the puppet and unleash a higher level of power."

Lin Yan nodded.

He had witnessed the power of the Mystic Puppet on the continent of Lanqi. The ruler of that indigenous kingdom had awakened the idol by sacrificing his elders, forcing the Xuan Yi Army Commander to retreat.

This force is unstable.

However, it can also play a decisive role in crucial moments.

"Then what is this?"

Lin Yan stopped paying attention to the mysterious puppet and instead focused his gaze on the blood-red sphere of light in the center of the hall.

"have no idea."

Feng Yinghou shook his head. "But since it's here, it's no ordinary thing."

"Whoosh!"

Lin Yan thought for a moment, then extended a wisp of world power towards the crimson sphere.

"Buzz~"

The moment the power of the world touched the sphere of light, the sphere trembled slightly, and the crimson light on its surface became even more intense.

Then"

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The ball of light exploded.

A crimson light surged from the sphere of light, spreading in all directions like a tide, turning the entire hall a blood-red hue.

Within the light, countless ancient and unknown characters floated out, swirling, dancing, and recombining in the void—

It eventually merged into those three silver-white pillars.

"Splash splash~"

The ancient characters on the pillars began to glow, and a blood-red light seeped from the pillars, coalescing into a huge star map on the dome of the hall.

On the star chart, there are dots of light, most of which have dimmed, with only a few still shining brightly.

"This is—" Feng Yinghou's pupils contracted slightly, his eyes filled with shock, "A map showing the distribution of the ruins of the sacrificial temple?"

Lin Yan's gaze fell on the star map, and his heart was also filled with turbulent waves.

The points of light on the map corresponded precisely to the locations he had previously explored. The fragmented continents he had already traversed, the ruins he had searched through, were all clearly marked on the star map.

And his location—

This relic site, which is currently being opened, also shines exceptionally brightly on the star map.

The entire star map clearly marks the distribution of all the ruins of the sacrificial temple in the Abyss Starfield.

"Brother Lin, this star map—"

Feng Yinghou's voice carried a hint of urgency, and the cyan longsword in his hand trembled slightly.

The star map showing the distribution of the ruins was found by the two of them together, and according to their initial agreement, it should naturally be divided equally.

There are only two ways to divide it equally.

The first option is to report to the military system and submit the star map. In this way, both of them will receive a huge amount of military merits.

Once this star map falls into the hands of the human race, all the relics of the sacrificial temple in the Abyss Starfield will be under human control.

Those undiscovered ruins, those treasures still slumbering deep within the star field, those hidden places surrounded by spatial rifts and energy storms, will all become humanity's possession.

Each of those bright dots marked on the star map represented a huge military achievement.

The second option is for the two to join forces to continue exploring and then divide the treasures found within the ruins equally.

There are still 8 unexplored sites on the star map.

Those ruins are hidden in some secret areas of the Netherworld Starfield, surrounded by spatial rifts and energy storms, and protected by countless natural traps. The treasures buried within are naturally extraordinary.

of course.

Actually, there is a third method.

That means we should continue to explore together, and if we encounter any unavoidable obstacles, we should report them to the military system.

However, this would certainly mean fewer military merits.

After all, some of the ruins on the star map have already been explored, and the treasures within have been taken, naturally diminishing their value to the human race.

"Use the third method!"

Lin Yan naturally chose the third option, as the value of many treasures in the ruins could not be determined by military merits.

For him in particular, a single secret bone is worth far more than hundreds of millions of mixed units, but in the military system's rewards, the corresponding military merits might only be a few trillion.

Exploring ruins may be a bit risky, but it's worth it.

"Then it's settled." Feng Yinghou's gaze fell on Lin Yan. "Let's explore together first, and report back if we encounter any trouble."

Lin Yan nodded.

Before leaving, he extended a wisp of world power and retrieved the "Mystic Puppet" from the altar.

Although he had seen this thing on the continent of Lanqi, he had only looked at it from afar. Now that he was in close contact with it, he discovered its wonders.

Inside the Mysterious Puppet.

It is a dazzling ocean of secret patterns. These patterns are not flat lines, but three-dimensional, multi-dimensional, and complex structures that are interwoven in layers.

And at its very core.

It also harbors a profound power that is "dormant".

This power is somewhat similar to the power of immortality, but it is not entirely the same as the power of immortality. Once this power is activated, it can drive the densely packed three-dimensional runes to operate.

Even a World Lord level being can briefly unleash a higher level of power as long as they master the correct activation method.

"A sacrifice—?"

Lin Yan pondered in his heart.

He had witnessed the power of the Mystic Puppet firsthand on the continent of Lanqi. The king of that indigenous kingdom had awakened the power within the statue by sacrificing his clan elders.

But this kind of sacrifice is not the only way.

The core power of the Mystic Puppet can also be activated through other means, such as the power of immortality.

However, this method is extremely energy-intensive, and the depletion of immortal divine power is a complete waste.

According to preliminary calculations, it would take approximately three portions of immortal divine power to unleash the effect of one portion of immortal divine power.