Chapter 423 Ancient Ruins, High-Tech City of the Old Age
"It's a portal!"
In the central area of Zhuoyan District, in an underground cave.
Li Guanqi and Sophia came here and looked at the scene in front of them. Both of them had serious eyes and cheered up.
What they saw in front of them was completely reduced to a sea of magma, without any rocks. There was just a large area of extremely hot red magma. Bubbles swelled from time to time, and a piece of magma exploded, exuding scorching heat.
Deep in the magma, there is a huge space crack suspended in it, and the colorful brilliance in it is constantly twisting and changing.
"A very stable space rift, this is a portal."
Seeing this scene, Sophia made a judgment and said: "I have never been to the ancient ruins, but according to Karl's diary, this should be the entrance to the ancient ruins that the tauren said. Master..."
She turned to look at Li Guanqi, "The origin of the ice cube you are looking for should be inside."
"Okay, let's go then."
Li Guanqi's eyes were slightly focused, and a strong wind enveloped his body, carrying him across the magma sea and arriving in front of the space portal.
Sophia also flew over, half a body ahead of him, looked at him and asked: "Master, should I go in first to explore the way?"
"Let's go in together."
Li Guanqi moved and completely flew into this distorted colorful light, and the same happened to Sophia.
Soon, the two figures were completely engulfed by the colorful brilliance and disappeared.
…
…
"Um?"
After a period of dizziness, Li Guanqi opened his eyes again and was a little stunned when he saw the scene that came into view.
"This, this is ancient times..."
Sophia looked around with a shocked expression.
What appeared in front of them was a highly developed, but also deserted and dilapidated technological metropolis!
The two of them were standing on a concrete road. Parked on the roadside around them were cars that clearly did not belong to the 21st century, but the overall structure looked clearly similar to a car as a means of transportation.
Li Guanqi looked around and looked far away, and when he looked around, there were high-rise buildings everywhere. The glass surface reflected the sunlight in the distance, which made people feel a little dizzy... Hmm
?sun?
"The ancient ruins are half space, where does the sun come from?"
Li Guanqi finally discovered something was wrong.
He raised his head, pushed his eyesight to the extreme, and finally discovered that the blue "sky" was not the real sky, but just pieces of something similar to an LED screen.
The entire city is covered by a giant screen. The so-called sky is actually the picture of the screen - a mimic sky screen like the Dream Viewing Shelter.
But that "sun" is a little special.
According to Li Guanqi's observation, the "sun" is under the mimetic sky screen, which means that the sun is not a picture, but a real thing, a giant light ball that will shine.
"Master! What are those two big rings?!"
Suddenly, Sophia turned around, pointed at the sky behind, and shouted in shock.
Li Guanqi immediately looked over.
They were two giant suspended rings that were all silvery white and extremely huge. It was hard to estimate how many kilometers long they were. They overlapped each other and circled over the entire city, rotating at a slow speed. Such a huge thing was enough to make people feel uncomfortable.
Feeling a little bit of macrophobia.
"Sky ring..."
Li Guanqi couldn't help but smile when he saw this scene.
"Sky ring?"
Hearing this, Sophia turned to look at him curiously, with a surprised look on her face, "What is that?"
"Its full name is the psionic sky ring. It is a psionic device...well, it should be said that it is the power source for the magic weapon."
Li Guanqi explained with a smile: "It can absorb the free spiritual energy in the world, and then condense it into spiritual power with extremely high conversion efficiency, and finally supply it to the magic tools of the whole city. In this way, the magic tools used by people,
You can be in a state of sufficient spiritual power at all times.”
The psychic sky ring, Han Mengyao's invention in the apocalyptic era, can be called the top "power station".
But this city should not be a refuge for dream watching.
After all, this thing is not unique to dream viewing shelters.
The last time Li Guanqi returned to reality, he went to the end of the world, which was a period of 100 extraordinary years. At that time, it was Lin Xianbai and him who allowed Han Mengyao to come out of the closed space of Guanmeng Shelter and return to the wasteland.
But in fact, Li Guanqi learned from Shunkong that in the normal historical trajectory of the strange world, although the process and methods were not recorded in detail, the result in the history books was that Han Mengyao finally returned to the wasteland on his own.
Her return allowed psychic technology to flourish.
Mimetic sky screens and psychic sky rings are both standard features in cities where psychic technology has developed to a later stage.
Of course there must be a simulated sky screen. After all, according to Shunkong, until 800 years ago in the Old Era, the gray radiation clouds covering the sky were a serious problem that could not be solved.
Who likes to look up and see a gray and oppressive gray radiation cloud?
Therefore, the city's simulated sky screen is essential.
As for the psychic sky ring, the necessity of this "power station" goes without saying. Without it, large-scale psychic technology in a city cannot operate normally.
It can be said that the emergence of the psionic sky ring is the basis for the vigorous development of psionic technology, because with it, large-scale psionic equipment can operate at all times.
Otherwise, psychic technology can only be limited to gadgets for personal use.
"Why didn't psychic sky rings appear in the New Age?"
Li Guanqi looked at the sky, looking at the two huge silver-white rings, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, "Don't the Daluo Dynasty like to use magic weapons? There are so many ancient ruins, but the Daluo Dynasty has not found a few psychic sky rings.
of?"
"It is the environmental issue of the new century."
At this time, Shunkong's voice appeared in his mind, "When I first woke up in the New Era ten years ago, I also had this doubt when I looked at the green and monotonous grasslands and the barren lion-headed tribes.
Why is there not even a small sky ring in the old lion king's territory at the Jiugong level?
So I asked the old Lion King.
And the answer he gave is exactly the same as the path to becoming a god.
I can't find out the reason, but it doesn't work.
As early as around the year 3200 of the New Era, the Daluo Dynasty built a giant space storage device with a vast internal space, then installed a psychic sky ring into the space storage device and moved it out.
However, the sky ring was still in good condition at the ancient ruins, but it became ineffective as soon as it was taken out.
What's even weirder is that when the sky ring is put back into the ancient ruins, it can be used again.
So the problem is obvious, it lies in the overall spatial environment of the outside world.
This is the same method as becoming a god.
The method of becoming a god is not a secret. I will be able to provide you with a bunch of methods to become a god when you, master, reach the ninth palace level. In fact, many of the ninth palace level and national rulers in the new era have mastered the methods of becoming a god.
But these methods are no longer meaningful.
Because since the New Age, no one can truly become a god. At most, they can barely become a demigod by relying on various strange methods, such as the Emperor of Daluo relying on national luck.
But why?
Demigod?
In the old era, there was no such level at all, and there was not even such a saying. Gods are gods, and those below gods are mortals. There is no intermediate stage.
Those who can become demigods are definitely qualified to become gods directly. It is impossible to get stuck in one breath.
Therefore, the failure to become a god in the New Age must not be a human problem or a matter of idleness, but purely a problem of the environment of the times.
But what went wrong?
I couldn't figure it out before, but if what Alton, the sheep-headed man, said is true, then I have a guess.
It's the Human Emperor.
The gods joined forces and could only barely seal Pluto at the cost of collective death, but the Human Emperor could die with him on his own?
The Human Emperor must have done something to this world to gain such powerful power.
The price of gaining power may be that there is some kind of problem with the world environment. This problem prevents Xin Ji from becoming a god. It also prevents the psychic sky ring invented by Vulcan from functioning properly, making the sky ring unable to be used in the outside world.
Hmm... After Ragnarok, the Human Emperor suddenly appeared and became the most powerful god in history, but no one in the future could become a god again?
If one person is full, he will not feed the people behind him?
Well, that's not quite right, after all, he also died with Pluto in the end.
Wait, it’s still wrong.”
At this point, Shunkong's tone became a little weird, "The Human Emperor and Pluto died together, which eliminated this major problem for the gods, but if the price is to completely cut off the path to becoming a god, then this behavior will have a negative impact on the world.
It's hard to say whether it's good or bad.
Because Pluto’s goal from beginning to end was just to kill the gods, and he never had any funny ideas about destroying the world.
However, by doing this, the Human Emperor made it impossible for the entire human world to become a god.
Moreover, he also disabled the sky ring. It is estimated that the reason why the psychic technology of this era is so backward is that in addition to the fault of the times, the lack of support from this large energy supply machine is also one of the reasons. In this way, the Human Emperor...
…“
"Hey, stop for a second."
At this time, the voice of the magic knife suddenly sounded, interrupting: "Shunkong, what are you talking about? I made a hypothesis myself, and then pushed it down, 'The Human Emperor caused the change of the times and was unable to become a god.
'?This is just your guess. What's the point of letting it go?"
"Po Dao, you fool, what the hell do you know? All reasoning about the truth starts with guesswork."
Shunkong said calmly.
"What you both said makes sense. The problem is that what we want to do now is not to explore history."
Li Guanqi quickly spoke up to stop the quarrel between the two people, "What we have to do now is to find Xiaoxue's Ice Temple in this half-space, right?"
“That’s right!”
As soon as these words came out, Xiaoxue immediately echoed.
"Too."
"Well, that makes sense."
Shunkong and Demon Sword stopped talking.
Li Guanqi saw that the two grudge artifacts had lost the momentum of their quarrel. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief and asked Xiaoxue curiously: "By the way, Xiaoxue, why did you stop saying anything after entering here? You shouldn't be very excited. You kept looking at me."
Should I shout out where the Ice Temple is and then urge me to go there quickly?"
"Um……"
As soon as he said this, there was a slight hesitation in Xiaoxue's voice, "Because as soon as I entered here, the aura of the Ice Temple was very weak. It seemed that its aura was everywhere, and I couldn't tell a specific direction.
And I don’t remember that there is a city next to the Ice Temple.
I don’t know if it’s because my memory was sealed, or... this city was only built after I was sealed, during the godless period of the old era?”
"It doesn't matter. Just dig deep, search like a carpet, and search slowly."
Li Guanqi didn't have anything to worry about. "According to Karl's diary, it is a layer of ice located in a magma cave. In other words, we need to find an entrance to the magma cave in this city."
After that, he turned his mind back to the outside world.
Li Guanqi looked around and found that while he was chatting with Shunkong, Sophia ran to the front of a purple sports car, opened the hood, dismantled a bunch of parts, bent down and buried her head inside, wondering what she was tinkering with.
Son.
Li Guanqi withdrew his gaze and continued to look at this high-tech city full of moss and plants, lost in thought.
The half-space is connected to the outside world. Whatever the air conditions are outside, they will be the same inside.
So it's not surprising that there is oxygen.
But what about sunshine?
If there is no sunlight, it is impossible for these plants to survive, or it is impossible to grow these plants. If they want to grow, they will grow special plants that do not need sunlight, instead of common moss and green trees and flowers.
"so……"
Li Guanqi raised his head and looked at the dazzling "sun" in the sky. He couldn't help but be curious, "It seems that that thing can simulate sunlight...what exactly is it?"
"It's your wife's invention."
Shunkong said in his mind: "Its full name is an artificial celestial body. It is not just the sun. It will also automatically turn into the moon according to the change of time, matching the night scene of the simulated sky screen. Sometimes it will be used during festivals in the city.
Make it colorful, whatever it looks like.
According to historical records, the Fire God Han Mengyao returned to the wasteland in the Extraordinary Year 138... Note, this is the Extraordinary Year 138 in my understanding.
Master, your modern world has gained the addition of these 100 million extraordinary beings, so it has entered the extraordinary era 20 years ahead of schedule.
But the extraordinary year I talk about is counted from the year when Blood Rain came to the world. After all, only from then on did humans possess extraordinary power.
I'll just start talking at my own pace, as long as you understand.
In Extraordinary Year 138, Vulcan returned to the wasteland with the Dream Sanctuary. This artificial celestial body was invented by her in Extraordinary Year 142. It was first used in Dream Sanctuary, and then spread rapidly around the world in the past few decades.
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In the old era, the three-piece city set invented by Vulcan, the sky ring, the sky screen, and the artificial celestial body, were basically necessary infrastructure for city construction.
In addition, Vulcan has many invention patents, which have benefited mankind countless times.
But the irony is that she was actually criticized for this. After all, later on, everyone was thinking about how to pursue a higher level of individual life. She, an inventor who only dedicated herself to the bottom of mankind, was a little out of place. "
"As expected of my wife, she is so awesome and kind."
Li Guanqi couldn't help but sigh.
But this sentence may have a prefix, [without him] Han Mengyao is really awesome.
In Shunkong's words, that is, in the historical trajectory of the strange world, without him, who is Han Mengyao?
That girl is an extraordinary strong man who leads mankind to fight a bloody path in the apocalypse. She is a pioneer in rebuilding civilization for Eastern mankind. She is the founder of psychic technology. She is one of the first fire gods to become gods. She is a member of the God of Fire Domain.
Master, you have left a mark in the history books!
But with him...well...
Extraordinary 5 years, during that time, Han Mengyao lived with him in the villa, and spent the whole day either "playing basketball" together, eating, sleeping, eating, or going shopping... She was just like a stupid girlfriend.
If this situation continues, Han Mengyao will not engage in scientific research in a few hundred years.
"Co-authored or am I delaying her contribution to humanity?"
Li Guanqi felt dumbfounded when he thought of this.
"boom!"
Suddenly, a sudden explosion roar interrupted Li Guanqi's thoughts, and even surprised him.
"Sofia?!"
Li Guanqi hurriedly followed the sound, only to find that the source of the explosion was the purple luxury sports car - the same purple sports car that Sophia had been immersed in tinkering with the engine box earlier!
However, now the car has been blown up by Sophia. Although it has not disintegrated, thick black smoke is still coming from the engine.
"What the hell are you doing?!"
Li Guanqi looked at the lioness buried in the engine box, confused.
"I don't know, it suddenly exploded with a loud bang, which was scary to death."
Sophia took half a step back, straightened up, and regardless of her disgraced and embarrassed look, she raised her right hand cheerfully, "But that's not important. Master, look, what I found!"
In her hand, she was holding a piece of pure gold mechanical part, and she didn't know what it was used for.
"ah?"
Li Guanqi was stunned, "So you dismantled the car for a long time and even blew it up, just to dig out this?"
"Yes."
Sophia nodded and said excitedly: "This is gold. I smelled it just now. Among so many iron blocks around, this purple iron block smells like gold! Sure enough, I dug it out!"
"..."
Li Guanqi was speechless for a moment.
It seemed that the grassland was more barren than he imagined.
Poor lioness.
Not to mention the former seven-star, even with Sophia's current peak Liuhe-level cultivation, she would laugh silly when she found a piece of gold... It's too outrageous.
"Let's go."
Li Guanqi shook his head and walked towards the front of the road, "It's time for us to set off. We found a magma cave."
"oh oh."
Sophia wiped her dirty face, put away the gold nugget like a baby, and then followed Li Guanqi's footsteps.
As she walked, she looked at her surroundings and the high-rise buildings in the distance, and asked curiously: "Didn't you say that there are no living creatures in ancient ruins? Why do I feel the aura of several demon species? Although there are not many,