Super God Academy: Kabuto

Meanwhile, in an unknown star field.

A colorful light curtain, as if torn from the monotonous backdrop of the universe, quietly unfolded in the absolute silence. Lin Yu stepped out, and an invisible energy field automatically surrounded him, isolating him from this void.

The sight before him instantly shattered his relaxed mood, causing his pupils to contract almost imperceptibly.

This is the legendary site of the Divine River Civilization, the cradle of the known universe, and also a massive tomb of civilization that has been silent for tens of thousands of years.

What came into view was a desolation far beyond imagination. It was not simply ruins, but the remains of stars. Huge fragments of planets, like mountains crushed by an invisible giant hand, floated in the void; the remains of spaceports that may have once spanned the stars were twisted, broken, and turned into cold cosmic debris; some areas still bore traces of crystallization from energy overload, flickering with an eerie and faint light, like the final, unwilling whispers of the dead.

The absolute vacuum swallowed all sound, giving this ruin a chilling stillness. Time seemed to lose its meaning here; only eternal silence spoke of past tragedy and glory.

Lin Yu hovered amidst this vast ruin, as insignificant as a speck of dust. His gaze, sharp as a hawk's, slowly swept over every broken piece of continental skeleton, every twisted metal star ring, attempting to decipher the truth buried by time from this extreme destruction.

He murmured to himself, his voice echoing within his personal energy field, not reaching the void outside:

"Then let me see what secrets this 'Divine River,' hailed as the cradle of the known universe, still holds..."

His exploration, this adventure deep into the graveyard of civilization, has only just begun. Unknown opportunities and dangers may lurk in that deepest darkness.

Lin Yu's figure moved slowly through the endless ruins of the Divine River, like a solitary traveler strolling through a cemetery of stars. He passed over the massive, lifeless remains, finally arriving at the center of this devastated area.

There was nothing there, yet it seemed to contain some indescribable "sense of presence." He stopped and looked up at the deep, empty space of the universe that was not the sky, his brows furrowing involuntarily.

"It seems... something is watching me." His intuition, the instinct honed through countless battles, sounded a silent alarm at this moment.

Without him needing to say a word, the Kabuto Zecter, which had always been by his side, seemed to understand him perfectly, instantly transforming into a red streak of light and silently disappearing into the surrounding void. It traversed and scanned the complex dimensional rifts and dark planes at high speed several times in a way that defied the laws of physics.

A moment later, the Kabuto insect device flew back and hovered lightly on Lin Yu's shoulder, transmitting a message through its unique neural connection: [No vital signs, energy anomalies, or lurking targets detected. Area safe.]

Lin Yu received the information and remained silent for a moment. The fact that even Kabuto's Clock Up particle detection system had found nothing was itself unusual.

"Let's go," he said calmly, no longer pressing the matter, "let's go back."

A colorful light curtain unfolded before him. Just before stepping into it, Lin Yu turned back, his gaze sweeping deeply over the desolate graveyard of civilization. A name surfaced in his mind, uttered softly with a hint of doubt:

"Could it be... Kieran?"

The light curtain closed, and his figure and aura completely disappeared from this void.

Seconds after he left, the space where he had just stood began to distort in an extremely subtle way, imperceptible to the naked eye. A voice, seemingly traversing countless ages, carrying endless vicissitudes and weariness, slowly and deliberately rang out:

"You...have come."

The voice paused, as if weighing and calculating.

"I don't know if it's good or bad... Maybe I should stop you..."

In the end, only a long sigh, filled with too many complex emotions, echoed strangely in this absolute vacuum. Then, everything returned to its original state, and the Shenhe Ruins once again regained its deathly, eternal tranquility that had lasted for tens of thousands of years.