High Above

“Isn’t this the same as the ‘Lord of the Labyrinth’ in the Great Labyrinth of the South China Sea, who is essentially the janitor and scapegoat?”

The first thing Ian thought about was the position of the maze master that he had thrown to Shark, and then he sighed with emotion, 'I laughed to death, it really is like this'.

He suspected at that time that the strange-looking restrictions in the many labyrinths on Terra were probably quite common rules and regulations in some pre-era civilizations - some rule-based labyrinth restrictions that were almost weird, were probably also It is a common rule that dust-free laboratories will perform ultra-high temperature disinfection once the room is dirty.

The powerful Terrans and big families with inheritance can understand part of it, but it is impossible for ordinary adventurers to understand. They have summed up countless experiences and lessons, but they are still inferior to the nobles who have knowledge and inheritance.

A true saying... is always the unbreakable truth.

In the Xenogeneic Research Institute, dragon blood can come in and out at will, probably because this place was studying dragons at the time. It may even be the cooperation of real dragons in various related research.

In this way, as a friendly partner, the real dragon itself has permissions. As a result of the experiment, those half-human and half-dragon blood users must also need permissions, so dragon blood has become part of the identity certificate.

But now...

After suppressing the urge to laugh, Ian thought to himself: "This is indeed a trap."

To be honest, based on Ian's moral values, the first thing he thought of was to use this restriction to create a trap to capture precious talents with dragon blood.

If he were the Forerunner Echo, he would definitely use the ruins to make traps, and use the various protective systems in the ruins to collect the dragon's blood and the essence of the path to sublimation - after all, with the existence of dragon's blood, he would definitely go very quickly on the path to sublimation. They are considered geniuses, and the true inheritance of their bloodline is a 'result' that even the founder, the forerunner, could not imagine.

Draw on these results with the power of echo, and you will surely achieve something extraordinary in the end.

Just like now, representatives of the younger generation of geniuses from all the major forces in Terra have arrived. If the Forerunner Echo kills them all...

"Dark Gold Dragon."

Ian had some realization in his heart: "Sure enough, that's it."

The Dark Gold Dragon, as a powerful existence lurking in the Alien Research Institute, is now close to the complete fifth energy level... but it still lacks some key things.

Maybe it's materials, maybe it's information, maybe it's because the deduction isn't over yet, but in short, on the path of spiritual disaster, without any interference from itself, this dark gold dragon has reached a point where it can be considered powerful in the fifth energy level, and it's also Has 'actinic' ability.

Ian hadn't thought too much about it before. After all, who knows which bloodline has actinic ability? But now it seems... this photochemical energy probably originated from the royal family of the Setar Empire!

Aina Setar, the son of the eldest prince and the eldest grandson of the emperor of the empire. This young royal, who is slightly older than Ian, is on this imperial exploration team.

On the way to the spiritual disaster path, Ian believed that Isengard's cousin would definitely be captured by the dark gold dragon to analyze his bloodline.

And it’s not even just that…

"Prince Carlos's fate of being seriously injured and on the verge of death... is definitely not a lie."

Ian narrowed his eyes, and he felt that he had gradually connected many clues: "If we say that Prince Carlos came to the ruins to save his son, and was ambushed and seriously injured and on the verge of death... this would make more sense."

"After all, when studying the bloodline of the Sun God Bird, the fourth energy level must be more useful than the second energy level."

Splicing and analyzing useful information is a required course for prophets.

Ian is also convinced that Canaan Moore Speaker Yafoda must have some big secrets. He may be cooperating with the dark gold dragon... After all, he has the ability of the time and space system to communicate with the other party across authority boundaries and It's not difficult, and the signal that the other party asked him to release...

"Interesting. No wonder I will be in danger whether or not I use the silver chip. Only by using the silver chip carefully can I have a chance of survival."

The corners of Ian's mouth curled up and he laughed. This sense of danger made him feel particularly interesting.

Sometimes knowing the dangers doesn't help. Because there are always some resources, there is always some information that must be obtained through danger...and at that time, fear and hesitation are useless.

Ian can only and will only find it interesting. This is his nature.

"There is no need to use the silver chip this time."

With this thought in mind, Ian passed the testing table. His dragon blood is qualified and is not inferior to Anfa's prosthetic body, and is even higher.

After all, he has the core of a serious ancient dragon. At this point, Ian is a true inheritor of dragon blood.

Of course, there is no need to mention Xio. Like Anfa, she has a very high concentration of dragon blood in her prosthetic body, but she has not yet developed her training and mainly relies on dragon souls to fight.

As for Isengard...

As soon as the light turned green, he passed.

"The Eclipsed Light Refined Dragon is also a dragon?"

Ian was shocked. He originally thought that Isengard would use some other dragon-blooded rare item as a pass. This was also the method that many members of the exploration team were planning to use. Anyway, some teams from small countries did not intend to explore deeper and just walked A cutscene, and Isengard should also use this method.

But who knew that the Eclipsed Light Refined Dragon was also a dragon?

"ah?"

The blond boy was at a loss. After passing the authority, he looked at his hands and then at Ian. His big green eyes were full of confusion: "The Eclipse Dragon is not a dragon, so why is it called a dragon?"

"yes."

Even Xio nodded: "Most of those who can be called dragons have some of the characteristics and bloodline of real dragons. The names are not random!"

Ian was a little confused at first, but soon realized the reason. He sighed: "Pre-era civilization...how many messy creatures were made with dragon blood?"

Although it may be that the experimental subjects were leaked due to the disaster of falling from the sky, and the spread caused by the superiority of dragon blood... But the pre-era civilization was absolutely greedy for the power of real dragons, and God knows how many kinds of dragon creatures were produced!

Since the Eclipsed Light Refined Dragons are all dragons, then I am afraid that Terran humans collectively possess part of the blood of true dragons, and everyone is a descendant of the dragon. This may not be true, after all, the true dragon bloodline is also the most universal fifth-level inheritance.

If it weren't for the difficulty of refining the purity of bloodline, which even Hilliard found difficult, and the fact that if you want to become a real dragon, you have to kill a real dragon, this would probably be the easiest way to achieve the fifth level.

In short, everyone can be a dragon!

Under the [Jishui Plain] is the second level [Twilight Shelter].

After stepping out of the elevator, Ian looked around and found that this place was more like an extremely dense urban agglomeration than a maze. The relatively spacious streets formed a well-shaped grid, and in the grid were various warehouses. Functional equipment and residences are criss-crossed by roads that are not smooth. Even if some buildings have collapsed and become blocked by rubble, they can be easily crossed with the power of the sublime.

The light source here is not as bright as the first layer of Jishui Plain, but is a bit like the evening, with the overall tone of the sunset. This is probably because Jishui Plain is a planting and grazing area, and this layer is the real shelter. The place where the residents live, so the lighting will be adjusted.

But this doesn't make sense... because according to the design, although this place is a bit narrow and depressing, the conditions of the residential buildings are definitely more comfortable than those in the villages in the Jishui Plain. Ian glanced at both sides of the road. Those densely packed rooms made me feel quite confused.

——Why did the residents of the sanctuary a thousand years ago leave this place and settle in the Jishui Plain?

The answer is simple.

Because there are ‘monsters’.

"Wow, Anfa, don't you think this place looks a bit like the Capital of World Tree?"

At this moment, Xio was wandering around quite excitedly. She had never been to any pre-era ruins, so she was naturally curious about these ancient buildings with strange shapes, especially the buildings in the Dusk Sanctuary. Each one was very tall. Like pillars, it is supported from the floor to the ceiling. At first glance, it is indeed similar to the hive city of the World Tree Capital. It is a design that can accommodate the largest population in the smallest volume.

However, just when Xiou was about to climb onto a ruins and follow the crumbling concrete slabs to observe the design mechanism inside a residential house, Ian suddenly turned his head and raised his hand to burst out a beam of steam.

Just as he blew away the elf team headed by Jiegena with one blow, this high-temperature steam beam like a cannonball knocked away a black shadow that suddenly jumped out of the room, and Anfa also reacted immediately, she The sword on his waist immediately rose into the air and fell into his hand. Then the elf girl's figure flashed, and a black shadow appeared on the side.

Buzz - The metal squeaked slightly, and the black shadow had turned into pieces of flesh before it hit the ground. At this time, Xio blinked and realized what had just happened: "Wow!"

"What kind of monster is this?"

Even if she was attacked, she was not afraid at all. The red-haired dragon girl jumped down from the ruins with a curious look on her face, and came to the monster's body with Ian and others: "My psychic warning did not take effect. This monster is resistant. Psychic coating?”

"Indeed."

Ian didn't blame Xiou for being careless, because in fact, if he didn't take action, Xiou wouldn't die. This dragon girl was protected by several layers of psychic jewelry, but it was best not to waste it if possible.

At this moment, he carefully looked at the monster in front of him, then raised his head and looked at Anfa who also raised his head. The two nodded in unison: "The mechanical chimera beast."

The monster that was shot away by Ian and chopped into pieces by Anfa was not a normal monster. It was a 'cyborg monster' with a steel exoskeleton and a biological core. This should be some kind of centipede-like insect monster. The damaged room It was in its lair that it launched an attack directly after realizing that Xio's body was the weakest among everyone present.

"But something isn't right."

Unlike Xio, who had already squatted down with great interest and started to turn over the flesh and blood of the demonic insects, Isengard frowned slightly: "There are too many doubts - we are three second-level people, and we do not hide our momentum and strength, even if we are It is impossible for the demonic insects to be so mentally weak as to launch a surprise attack on us."

"Secondly, has the mechanical chimera beast been invented by civilization in the previous era? No, the invention must have been invented, but hasn't this technology been eliminated and completely replaced by metal-based life forms..."

"Well, Ethan, you are right, but there is one more thing that is very suspicious."

Ian touched his chin and said with confusion in his eyes: "This mechanical structure... is very new."

"I believe that the civilization of the previous era created semi-mechanized monsters to protect their homes. The semi-mechanized monsters went out of control and drove humans out of the shelter, forcing them to build villages and towns on the first level... I also believe it."

"but……"

With that said, Ian raised his hand and picked up a chopped piece of Warcraft corpse. He carefully observed the inscription circuit on it, then shook his head and said: "The civilization of the previous era used the anti-resistance technology developed in recent years. I don’t believe in psychic coatings and hidden circuits.”

He threw down the insect's flesh and blood. Ian looked around at everyone present and said firmly: "The insect may be old, but the mechanical structure is definitely new."

"Indeed. This is not normal. This is a safe area, and our advance team has driven away most of the dangerous creatures... The same is true for the demonic insects. These mechanized demonic insects should not exist. They have only appeared in the past two weeks. !”

Anfa felt a little uneasy at the moment. Although this semi-mechanical centipede was not strong at all, even if the defense of the mechanical structure was taken into account, it could barely reach the first energy level. If it were not for the anti-psionic coating, it would even be able to sneak attack Xiou. Less than.

But its existence itself shows that there have been changes in the ruins: "I didn't stay on the second floor for a long time last time, and I didn't encounter enemies on the third floor, so I'm not very sure... But if we say that there are still changes in the current Alien Research Institute Has the ability to create this kind of mechanical monster..."

"Then, the environment in the maze must be more dangerous than we imagined!" She looked solemn.

"Let's show you the tricks."

Ian's expression remained unchanged and he did not continue to speculate. He signaled everyone to move on: "If nothing unexpected happens, other exploration teams will probably encounter such monsters... It's interesting. If such a semi-mechanical monster with stealth and sneak attacks is stronger, It is obviously enough to kill the second energy level, but it uses such a weak demonic insect for a sneak attack, which seems to be just a test and reminder."

The young man's words made Anfa fall into deep thought, and Ian said leisurely: "It seems that what this ruins wants to select is not only dragon blood...but also strong spirit and sharp reflexes. Interesting, what exactly is it selecting?" "

——The anti-psionic paint is expensive but not very effective. It is selecting a person who can detect all kinds of monsters and traps out of thin air even without psychic powers... The answer is self-evident, it can only be a silver chip.

The plan to select the target starts from the smallest details... Even Ian had to admire the thoroughness of the people behind the scenes, but the people behind the scenes also miscalculated one thing.

That is, Ian is still a prophet. He doesn't need a silver chip to detect anything amiss.

"Pick...what?"

Everyone followed Ian, Anfa was still thinking, and Isengard also took the initiative to use the high life perception of the Corrosion Dragon to try to find hidden monsters that might be around.

As for Xio, she still didn't care, but this time, anyone with psychic vision would be able to see that behind the pretty girl, there was a vague dragon shadow emerging, covering the surrounding area for wide-area exploration.

There are no traps or monsters that can sneak up on Ian and his team who are serious about it, and this second level of ‘Twilight Shelter’ is indeed full of murderous intent, full of traps and monsters.

Some are ancient landmines from pre-era civilizations. They may have been laid to deal with out-of-control experimental monsters. God knows why they are still functioning after more than a thousand years. The shelf life itself is already mythical, and its power is like an alchemical cannonball. Terrible.

But in front of Ian, before these landmines were detonated, the control centers were all destroyed by strong magnetic fields.

Some are various mechanized insect-like monsters. These monsters are hidden in the darkness and ruins of rooms. As long as they get close, they will ignore the difference in strength and attack.

But let alone these monsters that crossed Anfa's sword, Isengard could control the flow of fire and roast them all into pieces of iron-clad insect meat.

The various buildings inside the ruins are distributed in a grid, which is huge and extremely complex. The various damaged and collapsed buildings have turned the place into a man-made maze. There are a lot of gaps and holes in the originally solid rock ground, which need to be crossed carefully. However, no one knows which of those buildings that look exactly the same contain wealth that needs to be discovered, and which ones hide terrifying monsters and traps.

But under Ian's guidance, everyone wandered around the ruins as if they were walking in the park. Occasionally, they could find some relatively intact pre-era civilization machinery, such as miniaturized air conditioners, and some were probably abandoned. There are crystal discs for storage devices, as well as some mysterious things that don't use silver chips, and Ian can't tell them apart for a while.

It's not that Ian is incompetent, it's that no one can figure out what the palm-sized 'compression capsules' will turn into after being decompressed... He can guess that these heavy but inconspicuous compression devices should be some kind of simple Infrastructure equipment can help people in shelters survive in the outside world, but what they are exactly needs to be decompressed before they can be determined.

"This kind of compression technology can really be learned. Unfortunately, it should be a complete technology chain. Even if I use a silver chip to analyze it in the future, it will only be the finished product. The previous processing and compression procedures will have to be slowly reversed and restored."

Putting away these compressed objects that were about the size of a palm and weighing nearly a ton, and leaving the Jin Deng family's beacon in place, Ian and others continued to move forward. After that, the Jin Deng family's logistics staff will send these 'harvests' back to the first floor, and then back to the camps around Half Moon Lake.

This kind of exploration continued for a long time. Even though everyone knew that Ian was a prophet, it was normal to discover these things that others could not discover... but when they actually encountered them, they still felt extremely surprised.

"It's hard to imagine that these 'safe areas' that have been explored many times can actually have so many undiscovered artifacts from pre-era civilizations..."

Anfa is really incredible. Sometimes, being able to discover does not mean being able to understand. Ian can obviously not only foresee the existence of these things, but also know their specific effects: "This is simply the combination of prophet and true vision." Two become one..."

"True Sight?"

Hearing this, Ian couldn't help but be a little curious: "I have heard people say the name of this psychic power, but it is very mysterious. I have never heard of it since then. What is it? It is almost the same as the prophet. Comparable?"

"True seeing psionic power is the most powerful observation psionic power."

Before Anfa could speak, Isengard had already explained: "It has the ability to see through concealment, invisibility, reduced sense of presence, optical camouflage, incorporealization, and can also see source matter spiritual energy and virtual realm fluctuations at the same time. In addition, In addition, when there is a projectile, the holder of the true vision ability can see all its changing trajectories, and if he encounters a strange sublimated person or monster, the holder of the true vision ability can also see his strength and know himself. The strength gap with the opponent.”

"Not only that, it can also see all the traps and treasures like you do now, Ian. In general, a person with true vision has 'real vision'. With a pair of eyes, he can see this Almost all dangers and opportunities in the world...except fate."

Having said this, the blond boy smiled at Ian with a firm look on his face: "So it's still not as good as Ian's prophet. After all, being able to see into the future is the truly powerful spiritual power."

"Really?"

But Ian was stunned, because from Isengard's description, he felt an inexplicable familiarity with the so-called true sight...

Because, with precognitive vision, there is indeed part of the ability to see! As for other abilities, Silver Chip also has them!

The combination of the two is the ability that has helped Ian along the way - the ability to see through all dangers and opportunities in the future!

Maybe... this is really a kind of true vision?

In addition, Ian is also keenly aware that this true vision is a bit like a digital vision.

Especially seeing through projectiles and enemy strength gives him the feeling of an 'auxiliary combat system'.

In the previous life of the Earth, before the Unification War, this kind of system had already been installed in the army. When combined with combat AI, it could instantly turn an ordinary person into a battle-experienced super soldier, able to see through all information on the battlefield... and True Vision. But it is stronger and more comprehensive than this system.

Does this kind of spiritual power really exist? Even weirder than the prophet. After all, the prophet is just a special person who has noticed the ability of the true ether flow to penetrate time and space and can accept the information contained in it.

And True Vision has more of a sense of design...

"Perhaps the ability of the silver chip is a collection of a large number of extremely rare psychic powers? And this special psychic power may also be 'designed' or even 'created' by some beings..."

Ian's expression remained unchanged on the surface, but he was slightly shocked in his heart: "With the power of the Star Gods, this is not impossible... but since they are already so powerful, why did they design these abilities?"

Ian's sudden silence did not surprise his friends. After all, they had long been used to Ian suddenly falling into thinking. Anyway, after a while, Ian would return to normal after he had figured it out.

But this time, before the white-haired boy could figure it out or stop thinking on his own initiative.

A huge source of energy fluctuation interrupted the silence.

"oh?"

Ian raised his head. He sensed the violent fluctuations of the source material and looked to the north curiously: "Is someone fighting?"

Opening his eyes wide, the water-colored halo circulated, and Ian suddenly became interested: "Familiar fluctuations - let me see... One of them is of the Sun Bird bloodline, the eldest grandson of the emperor of our Setar Empire... "

Then, he raised his voice slightly, obviously feeling surprised and excited: "And the other one is actually the Cangtian Royal Court?"

"Haha, the royal heirs of two powerful countries are actually fighting now?"

Tomorrow’s update will probably be before 8pm! It will take some time to return to 8 o'clock!