Swallowing the Stars: My Comprehension is Beyond the Heavens!

Chapter 483 Strange Creatures

On the vast and mysterious continent of origin, various legends about the desolate time and space have been passed down.

It was a spacetime region filled with terrifying dangers, a place that inspired fear in all who talked about it.

According to the ancient and long-standing records of the Duandong River.

The desolate spacetime is like a ferocious beast lurking in the darkness, ready to open its bloody maw and devour everything at any moment.

Its appearance is completely unpredictable, often suddenly tearing open huge spacetime rifts without any warning. The rifts are like hideous wounds, exuding a chilling aura.

People can use this strange spacetime rift to step into that unknown and dangerous realm.

The moment Luo Xia and his companions stepped into the rift, they felt as if the entire world was spinning and twisting, as if an invisible hand was wantonly kneading space and time.

Immediately afterwards, the surrounding environment and time and space underwent earth-shattering changes.

Just a moment ago, they were standing steadily in the vast and high sky of the Origin Continent, with endless "starry sky" above their heads and the vast land beneath their feet.

The next second, however, they found themselves firmly planted on land that resembled the ruins of an ancient city.

Everywhere you look, there are heartbreaking ruins.

Those once towering buildings have now collapsed to the ground, becoming piles of broken stones.

The palace ruins are scattered everywhere, as if telling the story of its former glory and splendor.

Among the rubble, one can also see some strangely shaped and dilapidated mechanical artifacts. Some of them are incomplete, while others lie there quietly, as if they have been asleep for millions of years.

The entire city was permeated with a desolate and silent atmosphere, like a corner forgotten by time.

It was obvious that no living creatures had been here for a very, very long time; the deathly stillness was oppressive and heavy.

The world beast Bedi looked around curiously with its lively eyes, filled with wonder at everything around it.

Suddenly, his eyes narrowed, as if he had discovered something extraordinary.

With a wave of his hand, a powerful force surged forth, retrieving a fragment gleaming with golden light from beneath the nearby ruins.

Bathed in the faint light of the ruins' sky, the fragment radiated a mesmerizing glow, like a priceless treasure.

buzzing...

The golden fragment had extremely sharp edges, like an indestructible blade. Even the slightest tremor tore a tiny crack in the stable spacetime, and the crack vanished instantly like a black lightning bolt.

"Owner."

The Beast Bedi called out to Rorschach, whose deep gaze immediately fell upon the golden fragment. After sensing it for a moment, he made a judgment and slowly said, "This should be a fragment dropped by a Sovereign-level treasure."

Upon hearing this, Yaqin felt a surge of emotion. A supreme treasure of the Dominator level was an extremely precious existence, possessing unimaginable power and value.

The Beast Bedi excitedly said, "Master, I can sense the location of the other fragments through this one."

Luo Xia smiled and decisively ordered, "Try looking for it."

If they can collect all these fragments and successfully repair them, they may obtain a supreme treasure of the Overlord level.

"yes!"

The Beast Bedi responded excitedly, and then began to concentrate on using the fragment in his hand to try to sense the location of the other fragments.

Luo Xia, on the other hand, led Ya Qin to slowly explore the ruined city. With each step they took, it felt as if they were traversing the long river of history.

When they had walked about a fifth of the way, Rorschach stopped and turned to look at Yaqin, who had remained silent.

He asked softly, "Do you know which era this relic dates from?"

Yaqin shook her head slightly, her deep eyes filled with confusion and bewilderment.

Although she was a native creature of the Origin Continent and had lived on this land for a long time, she simply could not identify which era this ancient and mysterious city ruin belonged to.

Rorschach didn't expect to get a definite answer from Yaqin, and without getting one, he turned his attention to other things.

He carefully observed everything around him, trying to find some clues about the city's past from these ruins.

His gaze lingered on the dilapidated buildings, his deep eyes seeming to transcend the river of time, allowing him to see through these structures the figures of the people who once lived here.

They continued walking forward, each step taken with caution and care.

While passing a collapsed palace, Rorschach suddenly discovered a stone slab engraved with strange runes.

He crouched down and carefully examined the stone slab, trying to decipher the information contained in the runes on it.

Yaqin also came over.

"The Law of Thunder..."

Luo Xia said in a low voice, his fingers gently stroking the runes, feeling the faint fluctuations they emitted.

This stone slab resembles a circuit board on something, with inscribed runes related to the laws of lightning. According to Luo Xia's deduction, if the slab is intact, it can provide powerful lightning energy to something.

"It should be a missing piece of some kind of mechanical creation."

Rorschach stood up, carefully put away the stone slab, and prepared to study it slowly later.

If this thing is properly studied, it might be possible to replicate and create a mechanical creation that uses the source of laws as its power source.

Finding the stone slab was a minor incident. Luo Xia and Ya Qin continued to wander through the city, occasionally encountering dangers hidden in the ruins—or rather, what seemed like a defensive formation from when the city was still intact. Although it was now in ruins, it was still functioning.

"We encountered a similar situation when we first entered the Mars base."

Rorschach's expression turned to one of reminiscence.

The memories of traveling to the Mars base with Babata are still vivid in my mind.

Now that Babata has obtained the Evolution Heart of the Machine Race, he has long since become a Marquis-level Immortal with the help of Rorschach.

Even Hu Yanbo's strength is greater than before his fall.

It has now reached the level of a King-level Immortal.

Given Hu Yanbo's talent for creating his own "Soul Imprint," he might become the master of the universe in the future.

As Luo Xia reminisced about his past adventures with Babata, he and Yaqin dealt with the dangers posed by the broken formations.

These dangers were not frightening to Rorschach.

He can handle it with ease.

Meanwhile, the Beast Bedi was also constantly sensing the locations of the other golden fragments.

He kept wandering around the city, searching.

As he walked through a secluded alley, Luo Xia suddenly sensed a faint presence. He stopped and cautiously surveyed his surroundings.

"What's wrong, Lord?" Yaqin asked softly.

"I sense a strange aura," Luo Xia transmitted his voice. This aura was faint and eerie, possessing a mysterious power.

Just then, a dark figure suddenly darted out from the depths of the alley and pounced on them.

Luo Xia reacted quickly; a flash of light appeared in his hand, and a sharp longsword instantly materialized. He swung the longsword and slashed at the dark figure.

The dark figure nimbly dodged Luo Xia's attacks, then instantly turned and fled into the depths of the alley.

"Chase them!" Rorschach raised an eyebrow. "Follow them and see!"

Then, he led Yaqin and chased after the shadowy figure.

They moved swiftly through the alleyways.

The dark figure moved incredibly fast, like a bolt of lightning. But Luo Xia and his companions were not to be outdone, and followed closely behind.

Finally, at the end of the alley, they caught up with the dark figure.

It turned out to be a strange-looking creature with black fur, sharp claws, and a pair of eyes that shimmered with red light.

"What is this?" Yaqin asked in surprise.

She had never seen this creature on the Origin Continent.

"I don't know, but it must be quite remarkable that it was able to survive in these ruins."

"Rorschach said in a low voice, sizing up the creature."

The strange creature had a bizarre appearance, with a spider-like body. Its black body was covered with limbs growing in all directions, and its tail claws were extremely sharp. Its head resembled that of a monkey, and its black fur stood up like steel needles on its surface, making it look like an angry pufferfish or a hedgehog.

The creature seemed to sense their threat. It let out a low roar, its many limbs flailing, cutting through space as its terrifying claws lunged at Luo Xia and Ya Qin.

Rorschach brandished his longsword and engaged in a fierce battle with the strange creature.

This strange creature is not very strong.

In Rorschach's view, it was only at the level of a true god.

However, the other party's life state was very strange, as if it had no soul. Even though Rorschach repeatedly severed its limbs and seriously injured it, it could recover quickly.

"What a strange creature, it doesn't even have a soul..."

During the battle, Rorschach carefully observed the "Spider-Monkey"—his temporary name for it—and wondered: Could it be some kind of mechanical creation?

(End of this chapter)