Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Chapter 571 Entering the Great Tomb

Based on the information available, Lei Chi can confirm that the Holy Palace is almost as old as the Divine Realm, existing even during the first era of the Divine Realm.

Lei Chi once suspected that the eight ancient saints who created the stone disc were also disciples of the Song Sect, since the stone disc was hidden not far from the Holy God Palace, but he did not have direct evidence.

Yu Baichen was an ancient player from the same era as those eight ancient saints. If those eight ancient saints were disciples of the Song Sect, even if he wasn't, he would at least know it.

At this moment, with Yu Baichen personally mentioning the word "cowardly gate," Lei Chi's thoughts were confirmed.

Fu Tu Zhong Sheng bowed to Yu Bai Chen with a very humble attitude, saying, "Fu Tu Zhong Sheng, a disciple of the Song Sect Secret Realm, greets Senior!"

Yu Baichen is extremely senior. Even though the Floating Beings has been the realm lord in the starry sky for 40,000 years, they are only players of the 11th or 10th era. In front of Yu Baichen, they are definitely juniors.

Yu Baichen gladly accepted the greetings from the Floating Pagoda's inhabitants. He nodded slightly and said, "The Cowardly Sect's Divine Skill is unique and extraordinary. Disciples of the Secret Realm are destined to become prodigies. It's just a pity that too many died in vain during the battle of the Divine Tomb..."

He seemed to be moved, and sighed softly.

"The Battle of the Tomb of the Gods? Too many people died in vain?"

Upon hearing this, Lei Chi made a guess in his mind. He imagined that a great battle had broken out in the Divine Tomb a long time ago, in which disciples of the Holy Divine Palace's secret realm participated and many of them died.

This must be an ancient secret, but Lei Chi couldn't ask for details here and now.

At this moment, Yu Baichen asked again, "What are you doing here?"

Futu Zhong Sheng said, "Tianji Star is a great tomb, and the island in front is where the tomb is located. After a long period of research and evidence collection, I have deduced that the body of the Cowardly Emperor is inside. Therefore, I plan to explore with my junior brother, Da Yitong, and bring out the body of the Cowardly Emperor."

"You mean...?"

A glint flashed in Yu Baichen's eyes. "Is this the graveyard of cowards?"

"That's not it." The Floating Beings shook their heads. "This great tomb is called the Heavenly Mystery Tomb. It has existed for an immeasurably long time, and legend has it that a Heavenly Being is buried within! As for what that Heavenly Being is, I cannot determine it yet, but it is definitely not the Cowardly Emperor. The Cowardly Emperor must have entered this great tomb 500,000 years ago, and then perished for unknown reasons. His body remained inside, while the Holy Divine Palace drifted into the Divine Realm!"

Yu Baichen remained silent upon hearing this.

Lei Chi's expression also turned serious. He thought to himself that the beings of the Buddha knew a lot of secrets. They must have put in a lot of effort over the past 40,000 years. This guy was quite talkative. With him here, he couldn't get a word in edgewise.

"The Heavenly Tomb? A Celestial Being? What kind of figure was the Cowardly Emperor? He perished here. What kind of dangers must lie within?"

Yu Baichen narrowed his eyes and asked again, "Has someone already gone in?"

The Buddha said, "That's right, both the Ascended Great Venerable and Sonic went in."

"Sonic? You mean Sonic, the Supreme Council Chairman?"

"Yes! Sonic is a very secretive person. He has a great connection with Eternal Sonic. I don't know what he's going to do in this Great Tomb. I don't think it's anything good. The Ascension Grand Venerable has also gone in. You may not know, but the Ascension Grand Venerable is also a powerful figure. She is the leader of the Ascension and has mastered a peculiar art of communication. I don't know if she is friend or foe. In any case, if we encounter her, we must be careful."

"Is that so?"

Yu Baichen looked at Lei Chi, who gave an awkward smile and said, "It is indeed as Senior Brother Futu said."

"If that's the case, then I have no choice but to enter this great tomb. I came here for only one purpose: to kill Sonic. Hiding in this tomb is useless for him!"

"Senior, please don't rush. We cannot enter this tomb yet. We must wait until the light barrier outside the island disappears..."

Before the Buddha could finish speaking, Yu Baichen had already stepped into the void and arrived in front of the light barrier outside the island. He raised his palm and gently pressed it down. With a cracking sound, the light barrier shattered as quickly as glass, revealing a large hole.

"Since this place is quite dangerous, you two should not go in."

Yu Baichen said calmly, then stepped forward and passed through the light barrier through the hole.

Then, the shattered light shield quickly healed, returning to normal after two or three breaths, and Yu Baichen had already passed through the golden archway.

"Well……"

The beings in the pagoda stood with their mouths half open, looking somewhat dazed.

Lei Chi said, "Senior Brother, Senior Yu has also gone in."

The Buddha Sentient Beings scratched his ear and said, "I saw it. Damn it, this is a bit of a slap in the face. How could he break through that light barrier?"

"Senior brother, should we continue waiting?"

"Wait! Of course we have to wait! What else can we do? I can't break through that light barrier anyway, can you, junior brother?"

"I don't know..."

Lei Chi shook his head. In fact, he could break through the light barrier outside the island if he used his methods, but he was not in a hurry to enter. Observing the Heart of the Universe from here was already excellent. In fact, the light barrier was also his object of observation. At this moment, his quantum computer had already sorted out a lot of data, and his fifteen dimensions had all increased. It could be said that he was gradually getting better and better, and there was no need to stop.

"Then we'll just keep waiting! Tsk tsk tsk, after forty thousand years of arduous cultivation, I thought I was about to become invincible, but it seems I'm still a little short... Yu Baichen, you're just a little bit stronger than me!"

The Buddha, with a tone of deep emotion, sat down cross-legged in mid-air, seemingly beginning his cultivation.

Lei Chi remained calm and sat down cross-legged to the side.

Regarding Yu Baichen's strength, Lei Chi originally thought he was only at the level of Sheng Tianwang, roughly the same as Futu Zhong Sheng.

Even with the advanced quantum computer, Yu Baichen's combat strength could not be assessed. Intuitively, he seemed to be much stronger than the Floating Beings.

As time passed, about half an hour later, exactly in sync with the calculation time of the pioneering optical brain, the light shield outside the island disappeared.

Fu Tu Zhong Sheng stood up and said to Lei Chi, "Junior Brother, we can enter the Heavenly Mystery Tomb now!"

"Okay, let's go!"

Lei Chi also stood up. He had now observed the outer perimeter of the Heart of the Universe to a near extent, and it would be just right to change his observation point and enter the Heavenly Mystery Tomb.

So the two walked side by side and soon entered the golden archway, then walked through the staircase and entered the black pyramid.

As soon as Lei Chi entered the pyramid, the scenery before him changed rapidly, and he found himself in a chaotic space.

There was no sky, no earth; the void was a ginger-yellow, chaotic expanse. Only a straight golden road stretched from the feet of the Thunder Pool and the Floating Pagoda to the front of yet another black pyramid.

"This is a small, independent world, similar to the alternate dimension in the God Realm. It's very spacious."

"Um!"

Lei Chi nodded, outwardly agreeing with what the Buddha-sentient beings said, but in reality, in his view, this small world was quite extraordinary.

This is an eight-dimensional space!

The pioneering optical brain automatically established an eight-dimensional coordinate system, with space, time, and matter differentiated into eight coordinate axes. Therefore, the exact location here needs to be determined by all eight coordinate terms.

For example, the black pyramid ahead may seem to be right in front of you, and you can reach it by going straight, but that's not the case. You have to reach its coordinates to get there.

Lei Chi is now a fifteen-dimensional being, so observing eight-dimensional space is naturally a piece of cake for him. He can directly reach that coordinate point and then enter it.

However, for those who are not skilled in this art, reaching the pyramid is not easy. They may feel that no matter how far they go or how fast they go, the distance between them and the pyramid remains unchanged, or may even become farther away. Or they may suddenly find that the pyramid is gone and they can't find it no matter what they do.

Of course, it is not necessary to observe eight-dimensional space to reach the pyramid. There are other methods, such as directly using powerful force to shatter space, turning eight-dimensional space into chaotic void, or reducing dimensions, then reaching the pyramid would be easy.

It can also be done by luck.

Simply put, by moving forward at specific times and at specific energy change points, one can reach the pyramid. Even without understanding dimensions, one can discover the patterns through experimentation and summarization.

"Interesting. Imitating this eight-dimensional space could actually create a high-dimensional cage!"

Lei Chi's heart stirred. He possessed the Great Unified Divinity and now controlled fifteen dimensions. Creating the Spirit of the Universe was a unique skill of his. Now, inspired, he felt he could create another skill: the Dimensional Cage.

"If the power of the microcosm is abundant, it should not be difficult for me to weave such a dimensional cage with the dimensions I control."

Lei Chi pondered silently.

The Buddha said, "This place is empty, there's no value in exploring it, and the coward's corpse isn't here either. It seems we have to go to the next level. Let's go, junior brother."

As he spoke, he had already started walking towards the black pyramid.

Lei Chi, however, said, "Wait!"

"What's wrong?"

The mortals of the Buddha turned around and saw that Lei Chi grabbed at the void and actually pulled out a large sword out of thin air.

The broadsword gleamed with seven colors, and its blade was engraved with fine patterns, making it clear at a glance that it was no ordinary weapon.

Lei Chi put down the large sword, reached out and grabbed at the air again, and conjured up a jade folding fan out of thin air.

He grabbed again and pulled out a round shield.

They continued their search and uncovered many other items, including longswords, spears, small pagodas, and guqin (ancient Chinese stringed instruments).

What appears as an empty void to the beings of the Floating Pagoda is, in Lei Chi's view, filled with various debris and corpses, and even a living creature. With his abilities, collecting these items would be a piece of cake.

"Um?"

The beings in the Buddha statue were stunned, unable to understand. After hesitating for a moment, they asked, "Junior brother, how did you create all these things?"

"I found it for free right here!"

As Lei Chi spoke, he pulled out a piece of jade from the void. After a brief examination, he discovered that it was a jade slip containing a secret technique called "Possession".

"This possession technique is different from any other method I've encountered before in terms of cultivation. Could it be a technique from another civilization?"

Lei Chi secretly kept the jade slip containing the secret technique of possession. Seeing the Floating Beings staring blankly at him, he reached out and grabbed again, saying, "Seeing that Senior Brother is at ease, there is a monster here. To prevent it from suddenly attacking, please make the first move and behead it."

After saying that, Lei Chi's arm pierced through the eight-dimensional space and pulled out a huge, multicolored centipede.

This centipede was over two zhang long, with a large number of sharp, thin legs and a pair of blood-red eyeballs on its head. After being grabbed by Lei Chi, its body twisted violently, and seven-colored mist spewed out from its mouthparts, making it look quite terrifying.

"What is it?"

The beings of the Buddha were greatly alarmed, but they immediately drew their swords, slicing open the void with a single stroke. The seven-colored centipede was instantly swept into the void and then disappeared.

Lei Chi suddenly realized that his senior brother had actually released the seven-colored centipede into the deep spatial turbulence.

"Oh dear, we finally caught something alive, and you just let it go!"

Lei Chi smiled and looked around again. Although there were still quite a few miscellaneous items in the space, it seemed that there was nothing worth collecting.

"Alright, let's keep going then, senior brother, come with me!"

Lei Chi led the way and gave a brief introduction to the eight-dimensional space of this place to the beings of the Buddha.

The beings in the Buddha Temple seemed to understand but not quite, yet following Lei Chi, they successfully arrived at the pyramid and entered it.

The next moment, Lei Chi's view changed again, and he found himself in a grand hall.

The main hall was very spacious, and it was also an eight-dimensional space. In a dimension that mortals could not see, there was a black coffin.

The black coffin and the God-Locking Coffin were exactly the same in appearance, and even the patterns on them were quite similar.

"Hmm, could it be that the Coffin of Gods also originated from here?"

Lei Chi pondered for a moment, then reached out and shattered space, and slowly, the black coffin appeared in front of him.

At this moment, Lei Chi clearly sensed a strong death aura emanating from the black coffin, as if a terrifying being was locked within it.

"Senior brother, are you interested in opening the coffin?"

Lei Chi asked the sentient beings of the Buddha.

Looking at the seemingly magical black coffin that appeared out of nowhere before him, Fu Tu Zhong Sheng slowly said, "Junior Brother's methods are extraordinary; he actually found the hidden coffin! This coffin must be opened; I want to see what's inside."

After speaking, Futu Zhongsheng directly used his long sword to open the lid of the black coffin, and a large patch of dark light immediately emerged from it. The dark light seemed extremely cold, causing the temperature in the hall to drop significantly, and many ice flowers immediately condensed.

As the dark light dissipated, a jet-black head slowly rose from the coffin.

It resembled the head of a raven, larger than a straw hat, with jet-black feathers and dark eyes that were lifeless, and the feathers were withered and dull.

Then, a tall figure covered in black feathers stood up from the black coffin.

It has two wings and two arms, and a humanoid bird body!

Lei Chi narrowed his eyes.

Without a doubt, the creature that rose from the black coffin was not alive; its entire body was devoid of any life force.

The beings in the pagoda frowned and asked, "What is this thing?!"

"Gagagagagagaga..."

The humanoid black crow suddenly opened its beak, emitting a dry, grating sound, like tearing metal.

"Junior brother, step back! This thing is no pushover; it looks sinister. I'll handle it!"

The Floating Beings stepped forward with their swords drawn. This time, they did not use the method of banishing the void, but instead directly aimed their longswords at the neck of the humanoid black crow.

(End of this chapter)