The Death Knell

It was pitch dark inside the temple, with pillars supporting the complex vault structure. Looking up at the silhouettes in the darkness, they looked like giant crows spreading their wings and carrying a round ball on their shoulders. shaped dome.

There are no characteristics of the snake-man architecture at all here.

Of course, the reliefs outside the gate are in the language of snake people, which does not mean that the entire temple was built by snake people, but this style is full of mystery, and Su Ming likes it very much.

He said before that there was a labyrinth in the temple. This was not nonsense, but an inference based on some information he had learned in his previous life.

According to local mythology, this world was originally just a seed, called the Star Seed, or Zora. There was essentially no difference. They were both the original form of the universe.

It’s called the ‘Cosmic Egg’ on Marvel’s side, and ‘An Idea in Chaos and the Void’ on DC’s side. It has different names in different worlds, but it’s actually pretty much the same.

This seed sprouted, and the power of Hui Ke was born. The power of Hui Ke is a mixture of the two forces of light and darkness. It is the embodiment of balance.

Just look at the appearance of Whikburg and you will know that if its attribute is complete light power, how can its temporary residence look like a big skull, and how can the hero it chooses be called the 'Grey Bones King'.

The origin of the title "King of Gray Bones" is that the snake-men he killed were all over the ground. He could not collect all the corpses, nor could they burn them all. As a result, all the corpses were weathered. Within a period of time, all the corpses in his territory were destroyed. They are all gray skeletons.

Of course, that was all a long time ago, and now those bones have been turned into fertilizer.

The Gray Bone King has also died a long time ago. The power of Huike that belongs to him was given by Zola and was passed down in the Sword of Power, which is being carried by Ciri.

In short, under the influence of the cosmic energy of Huike's power, various ancillary concepts began to sprout, such as life and death, order and chaos, technology and magic, etc., and it gradually formed a universe.

At first it was called Cybertronia, and gave birth to a race of snakemen. They were like bugs in a fruit core. While worshiping Zola, they also sucked her blood to survive.

Until one day, no one knew what happened, and the seed suddenly changed. Instead of growing from a seed to a tree like other universes, it skipped that stage and turned into a fruit.

The original star seed had a layer of Cybertronia on the outside, which is the 'core'. This time, it has a layer of Cybertronia on the outside. This is the new 'pulp' that grew out, becoming This is what everyone sees now.

It was precisely because of the birth of Etania that the Cybertronia was completely buried. The remnants of the snake people had been hiding underground for countless years and counterattacked the new species that appeared on the surface - humans.

As a result, they were wiped out by the Gray Bone King. It can be said that there is no chance of survival. The survivors fled to the dark side of the planet to hide, and later attached themselves to the Skeleton King.

This shows Zola's style. The snake-men were also her creations, but when they asked for endless demands from her, she created humans backhandedly and wiped out all her former believers.

What’s funny is that the surviving snake people still worship their god ‘Cybertron’ and have no idea that she is actually one of Zora’s ancient vests.

Today's Etania's structure is a bit like the earth's geological layering, the crust, the mantle, and the core of the earth. It's just that it's more metaphysical. It's not just a physical covering, but also involves a large number of layers. Changes and subversion of the heap concept.

Therefore, if the Apokolips Army wants to destroy the concept of balance and destroy or seize the source of the birth of Huike's power, they must go deep underground and find the root of this world.

And Su Ming was confident that no matter who the opponent's leader was, they would definitely be inferior to him in terms of intelligence.

They may have investigated the existence of the Star Seed, Zola's multiple incarnations, and the origin of the entire universe, but it was certainly not comprehensive.

In any case, if you want to find the Star Seed, you have to go through Cybertronia, which has been destroyed on a conceptual level, and the most critical thing along the way is not the maze in reality, but the wreckage of the old era. Six conceptual puzzles that have been transformed.

This is also called the six paths of reincarnation, which are dreams, earth, sky, war, death and eternity. Only by overcoming these six difficulties can you be qualified to find the seed of the stars, which is Zora.

That's right, passing these six levels is equivalent to getting an admission ticket. At that time, the real journey of tracing the roots has just begun.

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"The new gods of Apokolips are one step ahead of us, but they shouldn't be ahead for too long." Su Ming followed behind Ciri, who was holding a sword, and talked to his teammates: "There will be some tests next, but As long as you obey my orders, your lives will not be lost."

"Don't worry, we all have the ability to protect ourselves, and we know how to choose." Luther took off his helmet. There should be no possibility of being spied on in this temple, because he saw that the death knell had also recovered its original form. , saw the familiar black and yellow armor.

Everyone took off their disguises, Damian pulled off the fake beard and octagonal hat on his face, and Cyborg also changed back from a long-legged oxygen concentrator.

The temple soon reached the end, and a huge door appeared in front of everyone. Compared with its huge size, the open door gap that could allow seven or eight people to pass side by side was as thin as a hair in sight. .

"I have never entered the temple before. Should this door be open?" Ciri shook her blond hair and turned to look at the man beside her.

In fact, there is no need for the death knell to answer, just look at the dense footprints on the ground and you will know that this place must have been closed in the past. As for how the new gods opened it, it is not clear.

So Su Ming just motioned for everyone to go in. He reminded everyone to be vigilant:

"Next we will enter the first maze, which is the dreamland. Daniel, Big Cat, watch everyone, don't let them get stuck in it and not wake up, otherwise they will become a vegetative state."

"It's a dream, meow, I smell it, but it's a little strange. It's more like a dream of the deceased. It should be attributed to death, meow. I'm not professional."

The big cat still squinted its eyes. It seemed to be talking in sleep about the dream of the deceased. Who knows what it smelled.

"The Black of Decay can still dream. It's okay. I believe in your strength." Su Ming walked into the door first. He didn't even take out his weapon, because the test of this level is not the combat power at all, but the illusion. The ability to find reality.

Relying on imagination and brains rather than brute force, the Legion of Destruction actually passed this level quite easily. (To be continued)