Chapter 506: Underground Civilization, Breaking into the Formation (6K)
About forty kilometers west of Tokyo, in the Tama River Mountains in Yamanashi Prefecture, 300 meters deep underground in Thunder Valley, there is a red underground river called "Aka Onigawa". Its temperature is close to human body temperature, and its color is that of blood.
The general red color is like a mixture of hematite and blood.
Hidden in this underground world are the remains of the mixed-race civilization of the Gods thousands of years ago. At that time, they built cities with bricks mixed with stone powder and metal, and cast a city with special metals containing bronze and iron.
A huge tower built a glorious ancient country.
However, time flies by and the years are ruthless. Under the huge disaster, all these have been completely buried. Those once magnificent buildings are now only ruins, washed away by underground rivers and changed beyond recognition.
The streets paved with metal square tiles have long been eroded by water flow, but signs of the past prosperity can still be discerned. Huge copper wind chimes are inlaid on the rock wall, occasionally being impacted by the water flow, in the claustrophobic space
It emits a low and distant echo.
And those iron houses were distorted and deformed by the squeeze of the rock formations, as if they were prisoners of time, frozen in that moment forever. They witnessed the prosperity and decline of the hybrid civilization of the Gods, and now only their cold outlines remain, telling the story of
Reminiscent of the glory and tragedy of the past.
Also in this underground place where chaos and order intersect, Yamata no Orochi, this weak "god", is now covered in white filaments and is swimming slowly in the Akagui River in an almost curled-up posture.
Or maybe walking around the streets of yesteryear.
Its body is huge and deformed, with eight heads each connected to a slender neck. The cervical vertebrae are like tangled vines, twisting and growing from different parts of the trunk, showing an unnatural beauty and a bit of a heart-stopping feeling.
fear.
The silver-blue shimmer flickers in the blood-colored waves. It is the group of ghost-toothed dragon vipers swimming silently. Their scales reflect the cold light in the dark river, and the python-like shadow also flashes in the blood-red river.
, which are the mutated basilisk and blind eel.
In the dark underground place, dragon subspecies reproduced at a rapid rate, and all became the food of Yamata no Orochi. The dragon viper group was completely suppressed by fear in front of the majesty of the ancient dragon, and they only deserved to share the leftovers left by the god.
At this moment, a sudden change broke the tranquility of the underground world. The Yamata no Orochi suddenly stopped swimming, and its eight heads seemed to be pulled by some kind of force, gathered together, and stared at an inexplicable appearance in the underground world.
uninvited guest.
There, a handsome boy sat on a rusted and broken bridge in front of him. Although his figure looked thin, he seemed to be incompatible with this dark underground world. His existence itself was a miracle, a kind of transcendence beyond common sense.
Harmony and abruptness.
He calmly took out a strong flashlight from his arms, and the beam instantly illuminated the eighteen dark golden giant pupils of Yamata no Orochi, causing the ancient "god" to shrink his pupils slightly. It was a kind of
It comes from instinctive vigilance and fear of unknown forces.
I saw its figure moving backwards, and the bone sword "Tiancongyun Sword" at the tail was naturally drawn out from under its body. The blade was shining with a faint cold light, pointing straight ahead. Its muscles were tense, ready to go, completely
It is a magical weapon that can be unsheathed and struck at any time.
It is hard to imagine that this deformed ancient dragon, which is fifty or sixty meters long, would actually look like a formidable enemy in its own territory.
Although Yamata no Orochi has long lost the ability to release word spirits, it can still control a wide range of elemental power by instinct. For example, it can create a major earthquake or tsunami, just like the 7.3-magnitude earthquake nine years ago.
Hanshin Earthquake.
This is the authority given to it by the holy bones that possessed it, turning Susano'o, one of the most powerful descendants of the White King in history, into a huge monster wandering outside the human world, infinitely close to the bloodline of the ancient dragon.
, but it is a sad existence that cannot completely complete evolution after all.
The surrounding ghost-toothed dragon vipers felt an unprecedented tense atmosphere. Although they did not smell any powerful bloodline power in the boy, they all stopped swimming and kept a safe distance. They seemed to be even cautious about breathing.
One person and one dragon, the two sides looked at each other like this. Time seemed to have frozen, and the invisible spiritual realm twisted to form bursts of elemental turbulence, eroding and shattering the nearby rugged rock walls.
Finally, it was the boy who broke the silence first. The ancient dragon text was like an ancient spell. The sound echoed in the red water. Every syllable contained irresistible power. It meant asking the other party if they wanted to conclude an ancient contract with him.
The eight heads of Yamata no Orochi swayed slightly, as if listening and thinking, and finally issued a series of long and deep syllables as its answer, but no outsider could know all of this.
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At the same time, Kuimen in the Three Gorges was also a bronze city 300 meters underground. After a simple exchange with Zhao Qing, Constantine activated the central alchemy matrix. This city that had been sleeping for two thousand years was reawakened. Countless people
The mechanical structure begins to operate.
Because the emergency recovery consumes too much, he is currently staying in the house to replenish energy from the field of the alchemical matrix, and has entered a short-term dormant state. His whole body is wrapped in a white silk cocoon, and is guarded by Samson. And here is Zhao Qing
, and under the leadership of another dragon attendant, they took a leisurely tour of the city.
As she had expected, there was indeed a large space for alchemy production in the Bronze City. After passing through several portals guarded by living creatures, many small snake-faced sculptures were rotated and moved along the way. One person and one dragon finally arrived.
The factory area here.
Inside the huge factory building, bronze pillars supported the entire space like towering ancient trees. They were hundreds of meters high. Each pillar was engraved with intricate dragon patterns. Golden and silver light wandered uncertainly on the pillars, extending to the bottom.
The bronze wall on top looks like a living thing.
"There should not be much ore left in the city, and we need to find new mineral sources... Copper ore, iron ore, tin ore, lead ore, and mercury ore are all indispensable. If you have these minerals on hand, you can
Use the best price in exchange for the alchemy products in our city."
The 15-meter-long dragon spoke in a rough and unpleasant voice, quickly bypassed several giant pillars, and came to a sculpture of a snake-faced man holding a scepter. He spit out a silver-gray key from his mouth, and used his wings to
He gently grasped it with his hand and inserted it into a gap at the top of the scepter.
With a soft "click" sound, the sculpture's eyes suddenly lit up, and two bright rays of light intertwined into complex runes, instantly spreading through the alchemical circuits between the bronze pillar walls, activating the alchemical matrix of the entire factory.
, the blazing white light illuminates every corner.
The first thing that catches the eye is the armillary sphere-like three-dimensional multiple wheels. They are cast from more than a dozen bronzes with slightly different colors, and their surfaces are covered with intricate patterns, as if they are the epitome of the stars in the universe.
These wheels rotate slowly driven by the power device, making a low and rhythmic sound. They not only bear the important task of transporting materials and energy, but also seem to echo the natural forces of heaven and earth in some ancient way.
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The giant alchemical furnaces are the core of the production line. They take on the form of Suzakus, but they are weird versions with scales and feathers. Their size is unbelievable. Each statue is hundreds of meters high, occupying almost half of the entire factory.
space.
Inside the furnace, flames burned blazingly, melting the metal raw materials put into it into a scalding liquid, but there was no trace of smoke. Only pure light and hot energy surged inside, overflowing from the translucent side screw cap.
Whenever the Suzaku Furnace spits out fierce flames, the upper and lower rows of protruding scales will flow out of the softened metal black mass and bright mass respectively. The former is the impurity in the ore, and the latter is obtained by purification.
of "fine gold".
Thousands of alchemy puppet craftsmen shuttled between the flames and light. They had different shapes. Some held iron tongs and skillfully grasped the red-hot metal ore in the furnace; some held carving knives.
, ancient dragon inscriptions are meticulously carved on the vessel that is about to be formed.
Others climbed and jumped onto giant hammering machinery and cutting machine tools tens of meters high, using complex joysticks and dials to control the processing process; alchemical reactors of different colors and densely distributed pipes
On both sides of the assembly line, numerical signals input remotely by craftsmen are received.
The movements of these puppet craftsmen are precise and efficient. They seem to be able to sense every subtle change and adjust their operations in time to ensure the production of the most perfect products. Everything is in order, as if the entire production line follows some ancient and traditional method.
Strict rules.
Zhao Qing jumped onto the walking path that was constantly rotating on the edge of the Huntian Wheel, and soon came to a production line that seemed simple, but was currently the main product. The spirally rising and falling reaction kettles poured down colorful unknowns one after another.
The solution, after a series of complex chemical reactions, becomes clear and transparent.
"This is the most needed rust-removing alchemical potion in Bronze City right now."
The dragon attendant turned his head and introduced: "According to the values of the perpetual pendulum and the alchemy dial, this place has experienced corrosion for nearly two thousand years, and the oxygen has long been completely exhausted... Therefore, in addition to the requirements for rust removal,
, we must restore the normal composition of the air as soon as possible.”
Continuing to dig deeper, Zhao Qing quickly saw the production line of air separators, water pumps and other items. Their function is to maintain the environment of Bronze City, pump out excess water in the city, and extract pure oxygen for use in furnaces.
Pressure burning.
Next, she was taken to the core area of the alchemy factory - the production line of mass-produced small alchemical cores, and witnessed with her own eyes the entire process of alchemical cores from raw materials to finished products.
I saw rows of delicate mechanical arms dancing in the interplay of light and shadow. They accurately manipulated various materials, from the initial injection of liquid metal into the mold, to fusion, compression, and reshaping. They went through countless processes of tempering and carving.
, eventually becoming alchemical cores that shine with strange light.
These cores are undoubtedly the pinnacle of dragon alchemy technology, equivalent to the status of chips in modern human technology.
Their material properties can spontaneously and periodically change over time, including hardness, toughness, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, etc., thereby displaying different functions and characteristics, making the complexity of mechanical processes increase hundreds of times.
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Next to the production line of the alchemy core, Zhao Qing also saw the assembly lines used to manufacture various common mechanical parts.
Gears, bearings, connecting rods, bushings... although these parts are small, they form the basis of the entire Bronze City mechanical system. With the blessing of alchemy, they appear to be extremely strong and precise.
Zhao Qing noticed that, perhaps because of the Dragon Clan's pursuit of artistry, all large-scale devices and products not only have exquisite craftsmanship and perfect design, but also have exquisite decorations and patterns, mainly in the style of the Han Dynasty.
Influenced by local humans.
On a bronze musical instrument that automatically plays according to the rhythm of the alchemy production line, in the elegant and melodious ancient music, they are dancing with dragons and phoenixes, or are surrounded by auspicious clouds, and there are also jade rabbits, golden osmanthus, nine-tailed foxes, three-legged crows, and feathered birds.
Typical images such as fairy perfectly combine practicality and beauty.
At the same time, Zhao Qing also sensed that in the hidden compartment under the factory building, there was a huge dragon corpse eighty or ninety meters long. It seemed to be located at the bottom of the city. It was used as a sacrifice to lay the foundation of the Bronze Temple.
Thousands of years have passed, but the remaining pressure is still far above that of the Dragon Warrior.
"The sudden attack two thousand years ago was largely due to the king massacring seven local dragon nobles, including two extremely powerful ancient dragons, and making them into living beings among the seven deadly sins. Therefore
It attracted targeted siege..."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The dragon attendant picked up two pieces from the pile of ore on the side, helped toss them and flew them into the Suzaku furnace, sighing:
"I wonder what the situation will be like for dragons and humans outside after thousands of years? Is the 'Presbyterian Council' still hiding behind the scenes, secretly controlling everything in the world?"
Dragon Clan Elders Council? Hearing this, Zhao Qing was thoughtful. He couldn't help but think of a lot of related information, and from the extraordinary scale of the ancient dragon bones of the first generation, he learned about the huge gap between the second generation ancient dragons.
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She thought for a while and replied: "The Presbyterian Church is indeed well hidden... In addition, the mining production of human society outside has improved a lot compared to two thousand years ago. It can be said to be more than enough to supply the entire Bronze City..."
"Even if it is 'recycled metal' level materials, I have unique channels to obtain them." This naturally refers to the spiritual mineral resources in the world of Sword Dynasty.
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"Speaking of which, the distance between here and Baidi City, Kuimen, Three Gorges is only over a hundred miles."
In the world of Sword Dynasty, at midnight, on the edge of a valley near Wushan Goddess Peak, Zhao Qing stood up from a stone chair she made casually, took a sip of wild tea in a stone bowl, and spoke lightly.
In front of her was a bowl-shaped valley with a very flat terrain. The moonlight was like pouring down, the clouds were misty, and the endless dwarf trees were immersed in the milky mist. It looked like a deep lake, vaguely revealing the vicissitudes of ancient times.
Breath, if you look closely, you can't seem to find anything.
Although it is only half a mile away from the secret place of the magic circle hidden in the valley, as long as you have not reached the level of cultivation and perception of moving mountains in the Seven Realms, you will not be able to detect its existence at all, let alone pry into its secrets, even if you are close at hand.
Even at noon, when the power of the formation was at its strongest, it was just an imperceptible phenomenon in the mist-shrouded environment. At other times, it was as if it had never existed and had been wiped out by the entire world.
"You're tired of eating camellias and wild fruits, haven't you waited for the time to take action?"
Xia Mi next to her put down her tea cup, her eyes sparkling with curiosity and confusion. She had been waiting here since noon and watched the sunset and the moon rise, but she never saw any change in the formation, and she couldn't help but wonder:
"I've seen it from noon to now, why is there still no action? The so-called formations are all designed based on the terrain to guide the power of the surrounding heaven and earth energy. Why don't you let me launch a local high-intensity earthquake to destroy
What’s the formation here?”
"How could such a simple and crude formation-breaking method not be taken into consideration by the person who arranged it?" Zhao Qing shook his head and replied softly: "Look at the formation, which one is best at drilling into the ground.
Even the blind dragon failed to escape, so you can see that its power is extraordinary."
"This formation is called the 'Qing Lei Tian Jue Formation'. Its energy mainly comes from the 'True Sun Fire' that is extracted and stored from the light in the mountains every day. It does not rely on the energy of the earth veins here... But at midnight
, it has undoubtedly reached its weakest point, and this is my opportunity to break the formation."
Before she finished her words, her body suddenly flew up like a huge snowflake. Countless black ice swords circled rapidly, forming a transparent light group to wrap it up, reflecting the dazzling sword light.
When Zhao Qing rose to a height of more than a hundred feet, he shot out suddenly.
Thousands of Dao Senhan's sword energy fell like a violent storm into the water mist at the edge of the formation, blowing away a corner of it on the spot, revealing the inner part that was frozen in the air as if it were absolutely still.
The grass and trees suddenly turned into countless lines carrying murderous intent, colliding with them.
In the blink of an eye, terrifying golden light pillars shot up into the sky, locking the target of the "attack". The external sword energy quickly melted and dissipated under the scorching sun, but the backlash and agitation of the formation was
It directly affected Zhao Qing's spirit.
They turned into messy branches and thorns, trying to forcefully pierce and destroy her sea of consciousness, and spread to the meridians of her body, aiming to destroy the enemy's cultivation. There was no fluctuation of vitality in the process, but a pure spiritual confrontation.
And the mystery of using God to control Qi.
Unfortunately, as soon as he appeared, Zhao Qing was trapped in a spiritual realm like an endless void. He was unable to touch any real things. He could only continue to lose power in the assimilation of the coldness, and was gradually pulled down by invisible gravity.
Entering the northern ocean below.
When this counterattack force fell into the "quagmire", Zhao Qing quickly drew a few marks out of thin air. Countless black stripes spread chaotically in the air, converging in front of his fingertips, and flowing out like dots of starlight.
The layered sword is thin and sharp, slashing straight ahead.
The sword light was hidden in the mist and disappeared, but it pushed away the vitality of the heaven and earth wherever it passed and turned it into a vast and empty vacuum. It presented a feeling like space collapse and tidal tearing, and the golden light pillar that blocked it disappeared quietly.
The sound decomposed and actually opened a passable road.
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All things in the world have their own vitality, but the original breath of all things flows within and cannot be spit out wantonly.
But at this time, all the plants and trees in the formation gate, once they came into contact with the different aura in the formation gate, they immediately spit out the original aura inside, which made the countless vegetation in the formation gate, like countless
The unruly swordsman.
Although their cultivation levels are extremely low, their extremely complex and wanton breaths have formed a huge chaotic formation. This is the legendary formation meaning of "Chaos and Clusters" that has long been lost. It is the "Sword Tomb" of the most powerful sect in the past.
"The secret method is difficult to understand even for people above the Seventh Realm.
In Zhao Qing's view, this is equivalent to the person who set up the formation back then specially "initiating" a sword spirit at the peak level of the Seventh Realm to guard this place. Using vegetation as the true spirit, the talisman formation casts the meridians, and the crystal stone serves as the
In the sea of qi, the vitality circulates and circulates, and the sword's intention will last forever.
It is worthy of the inheritance named "Sword Tomb", and it has truly implemented the concept of grass and trees as swords. Even with her swordsmanship attainments, she has also received a lot of inspiration from it, and the information about the Eight Realms Kaitian that Zhao Qing knows.
Comparing each other, I realized the changes in the laws of vitality contained within.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! I spent several hours and had hundreds of sword fights with the "Chaotic Cluster" sword intention outside of the formation, which was a little rigid due to its limited wisdom.
She gained a lot of money. Not only did she find dozens of flaws in the opponent's side that could be induced to be revealed, but she also learned a lot of the contents of the "Lingxu Sutra" presented by Qi Jinshan.
Finally, Zhao Qing used a vacuum-breaking sword that was not recorded in the scriptures. With this secret sword of the Lingxu Sword Sect, which is best at breaking restrictions, he easily tore open a corner of the outer edge of the Qing Lei Tian Jue Formation.
He casually pulled Xia Mi along and entered the outer non-core area of the formation together.
After passing through the thick layer of mist that seemed to isolate the inner and outer world, the two of them seemed to have come to a brand new world. The valley in front of them was completely different from what they had seen before. It was no longer shrouded in clouds and mist, mysterious and unpredictable, but
It turned into a dry river valley, empty and silent.
In the river valley, there is not a single weed or a tree, only densely packed oval crystals covering the entire ground. They are like countless deep red rubies, slightly transparent, flowing with heat, and there seems to be gold inside.
The fire is burning.
Zhao Qing and Xia Mi walked in the valley paved with crystal stones, feeling the hot atmosphere and energy fluctuations around them. They looked up at the sky, and saw that the clouds and mist that seemed to permeate the entire valley had been pushed away.
, floating dozens of feet above the ground.
In the center of this river valley, a huge building stands, completely made of blue rocks.
This building is extremely square, about three hundred meters at the bottom, and slowly shrinks upwards, like a huge mausoleum. However, there are curved arches all around the bottom and every ten meters upwards, with green trees inside.
Green trees and vines grow out, carrying the atmosphere of vicissitudes and age.
This feels like a garden built by the royal family. But even if it is really a garden built by the royal family, such a solid building cannot be just to surround the rare flowers and trees inside. There must be a deeper secret hidden behind it.
with purpose.
"According to the records in the classics, these stones should be the so-called 'Fire Sun Sand', which is a rare mineral equivalent to fire-attribute spiritual stones. It can be used as an auxiliary in practicing fire or yang exercises. But it seems that maybe
It can be sold as rubies."
Zhao Qing picked up a piece of red crystal stone, held it in the palm of his hand, felt the temperature in it, slowly injected the hot Qi into it, briefly tested it, and then suddenly threw it into the air and twisted it with sword Qi.
It broke into pieces and exploded into a ball of red-gold flames.
"Is the true sun fire released by the previous formation stored in these crystal stones?"
Due to the extremely stable vitality environment within the formation, the power of the explosion was greatly suppressed, but Xia Mi next to him still had a strange look on his face: "Using them as power, we should be able to create quite powerful combat alchemy puppets. If we wear them again,
Use the True Essence Heavy Armor..."
"It is indeed a highly versatile material. Unfortunately, we don't know what the reserves of this mineral are outside."
Noticing that the radiating heat was absorbed by the crystal stones on the side, Zhao Qing nodded and continued walking deeper. Soon he came to an arch entrance and felt the gravity inside which was several times higher than the outside world.
: "We're going to see the blind dragon later."
"I hope this creature is not too ugly, or there is no room for beautification." Xia Mi, who had long planned to tame the giant earthworm and become his subordinate, picked up seven or eight pieces of Fierce Sun Sand and put it in his pocket, then followed Zhao Qing.
Garden borders.
At the same time, she also released a seemingly ordinary earth-type word spirit.