Immortality begins with Swallowing the Stars.

Chapter 36 Ancient Civilization Relics Revealed

"Awoo~~"

An extremely piercing roar tore through the sky.

A shockwave, visible to the naked eye, swept in all directions.

Earth and rocks collapsed, and mountains were shattered!

A giant bear, its entire body seemingly clad in rock-like armor, collapsed with a final, mournful howl.

Before Lu Jing could even feel excited about the large birthmark on his chest turning almost bright red, his expression changed.

"avalanche!"

Lu Jing quickly lifted Hong's body, stepped onto the shield, and flew up rapidly, hovering above the snow mountain.

It was accompanied by a sound like a muffled clap of thunder.

A massive avalanche cloud, carrying countless rocks, poured down like a celestial river flowing backwards with a thunderous roar.

A gray wave of snow, water, rocks, soil, mud, and other things swept outwards in all directions with the force of a collapsing mountain.

It even stirred up a huge cloud of dust.

"What a powerful avalanche!"

Hong Du, who had always presented himself as calm and composed, couldn't help but change color.

Although he, as a third-tier expert, would not die from this avalanche, if Lu Jing hadn't been able to levitate him, he probably would have been in a sorry state.

This kind of super avalanche, which is not just snowflakes but also includes glaciers, fractured rocks, and soil, carries a force of hundreds of thousands of tons, which even high-level monster lords would avoid.

Lu Jing frowned: "I guess the giant rock bear's last desperate struggle caused some load-bearing rock structures to collapse?"

Although he and Hong were both only at the third-tier beginner level, they both possessed attack power amplification secret techniques, enabling them to contend with intermediate-level monster lords.

Both of them had extremely rich combat experience and worked together seamlessly, making them even more efficient at hunting third-tier monsters.

In particular, Lu Jing used his ability to search for souls across thousands of miles to help Hong find the enemy he most wanted to take revenge on on this trip—a giant rock bear.

The Giant Rock Black Bear is a mid-level monster lord who has led several beast tides to attack the Western Frontier, devouring countless humans.

He was also the culprit who forced Hong to lead his followers to escort the people on a difficult westward migration, and who ultimately established the Hongning City Survivors Base in Central Asia.

Although the giant rock bear is not very large, only eight or nine meters tall, its skin is as hard as rock, harder than diamond, and its movement speed exceeds the speed of sound. Its paw attack speed reaches several times the speed of sound.

It's even more difficult to deal with than the previous golden-spotted clouded leopard.

However, despite putting in a lot of effort, he ultimately died at the hands of the two.

However, the giant rock bear's dying blow triggered a terrifying avalanche.

When the dust clouds dissipate.

Many parts of the mountains that were originally covered by snow and glaciers year-round have been exposed, revealing the mottled rock layers underneath.

"Indeed, the power of nature is the strongest."

Perhaps having avenged his great grudge, Hong, with an increasingly open mind, looked at the completely transformed mountains before him and felt a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a complex emotion encompassing feelings, thoughts, and reflections).

"What is that?"

Lu Jing was somewhat surprised as he spread his mental energy and touched a small patch of exposed ground whose texture and color were clearly different from the other rock layers.

A cold and smooth sensation entered Lu Jing's senses, causing his expression to change slightly.

Through the detection of telekinesis, it was discovered that the two-meter square rock surface had extremely fine textures.

It has regular patterns!

"Is it man-made?"

Lu Jing led Hong to land on the exposed rock strata.

Hong bent down and stroked the black, smooth surface of the rock, his expression changing drastically.

"Ancient Civilization Relics!"

"Relics?" Lu Jing asked in surprise.

Hong's eyes lit up: "Most likely!"

The ruins of ancient civilizations were already an open secret to these extraordinary individuals.

In fact, before the emergence of the RR virus, some ancient civilization relics had been discovered around the world, but they were kept strictly secret by various countries. In addition, exploring ancient civilization relics was very dangerous, so human beings gained very little.

It wasn't until sea monsters landed, war broke out, and extraordinary individuals emerged among humanity that some gains were finally made through exploring the ruins of ancient civilizations.

The country that reaped the greatest benefits was China.

The Chinese military mobilized its forces and paid a heavy price to finally enter an ancient civilization site located in the northeastern region.

The AI, the mental attack techniques Jiang Mu taught Lu Jing, the gene-based drugs later developed, and even the latest fighter jets can all be said to be the results of this exploration.

"While I wasn't involved in the previous military exploration of the ruins, Thor was!"

Hong slammed his fist into the black rock, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea, only producing a slight thud. His expression became even more excited.

"When he visited Hongning City last time, he told me about what happened there. These things, which are clearly man-made but far surpass the current level of human technology, are mostly related to the relics of ancient civilizations!"

Lu Jing also looked excited, even more so than Hong, because he knew the general direction of the future.

There are three conditions that will enable humanity to truly contend with and deter monsters, end the Great Nirvana, and enter an era of peace in the future.

A super strongman capable of fighting against King-level monsters!

Kro alloy capable of penetrating the exoskeleton defenses of monsters!

A high-frequency laser cannon capable of killing King-level monsters!

Apart from the first condition, the remaining two are definitely related to ancient civilization relics.

Not to mention that there are other valuable discoveries in the ancient civilization relics.

Hong frowned and said, "This ruin must be extremely large and buried under the rock layers. We must find the entrance to enter, otherwise, with our current strength and current human technology, it is impossible for us to force our way in."

"Then let's try to find the entrance first!" Lu Jing suggested. "This ruin is located deep in the Hengduan Mountains, where there are many high-level monsters. It's impossible for anyone other than a third-tier expert to get here. The military certainly can't help us either. It mainly depends on us. If we really can't find it, we can go back and think of a way."

"good!"

After discussing it, the two split up to begin their investigation.

Even though Hong couldn't fly, he was more than capable of protecting himself, so the two of them weren't worried about their safety when acting alone.

Lu Jing also gave up flying, spreading his mental energy and penetrating dozens of meters into the frozen snow and rock layer, trying to find other exposed parts along the black shell of the ruins.

However, this method quickly lost its effectiveness.

His current mental power can only extend to a radius of about thirty meters, so it is clear that most of the ruins are buried deep under the rock layers, more than tens of meters deep.

The history of the ruins is definitely over ten thousand years old. Lu Jing's ability to track traces, similar to "Thousand Mile Soul Search," is useless. Tens of millions of years have passed, and any subtle traces of information left in the airflow have long since dissipated.

However, by following the undulations of the mountain, Lu Jing was still able to vaguely grasp the general direction of the magnificent ruins buried beneath the mountains.

After traveling several thousand meters through the mountains, Lu Jing stopped outside a canyon.

The canyon is surrounded and squeezed by three mountain ranges, with steep cliffs.

Just as Lu Jing was about to enter the canyon, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he coldly demanded, "Who's hiding there?"

As a master of internal martial arts and a third-level spiritualist, Lu Jing's spiritual perception was almost second only to Hong, whose realm had already surpassed that of a master.

There were other humans nearby?

Lu Jing immediately activated his "Wind Attribute Body" ability to receive information, keenly "smelling" the aura of a human from the surrounding air currents and locking onto its location.

"snort!"

Just as Lu Jing was about to make a move to force him to show himself, a figure emerged from beside a boulder several hundred meters away.

The figure was dressed in strange combat gear, with fair skin and red and white markings on its forehead.

Tier 3 War God!

Lu Jing made a judgment almost immediately, and his heart skipped a beat.

"As expected of the strongest person in the world."

The man spoke a sentence in Chinese with a strange accent.

Lu Jing immediately recognized the other person and blurted out, "High Priest Angga?!"

"High Priest" Angga is currently the strongest person in India and the only third-order transcendent being. Born into one of the eighteen Brahmin castes, Angga is the High Priest of the Shiva Temple and is proficient in yoga.

After the RR virus, he rose rapidly. Although he was a martial artist, his improvement speed even surpassed that of all the mentalists in India.

(End of this chapter)