Abyss Sequence-Chapter 388 - 45: Message

By coincidence, the relic discovered by the United Government was located in the eastern region, and if Yan Luo were to go there alone, it might take several days, so the United Government sent an air-space plane over.

In just over ten minutes, Yan Luo arrived at the destination.

The relic was preserved inside a mountain, and if it weren’t for a City-breaking Level mutated creature appearing nearby, which the United Government happened to strike with an orbital weapon, the existence of the relic might never have been discovered.

After the orbital weapon killed the City-breaking Level mutated creature, as the operator was remotely observing if the creature was dead, they noticed a ruin-like structure at one corner of the collapsed mountain, and upon closer inspection, it really was a relic.

Subsequently, the United Government sent people to excavate the relic.

From its ancient appearance, experts instantly recognized it as a relic from an ancient civilization era.

Even though more than eight thousand years had passed, the relic was still well-preserved, with little wear seen on its exterior; if the walls were attacked, the engravings embedded in the walls would be activated.

The engravings could nullify any attacks applied to the walls, so no matter how strong the Engravers dispatched to attack the relic walls, they wouldn’t cause any damage.

The only way to enter was through the front gate.

On the gate, there was an engraving in oracle script, and after an interpretation by linguistic experts, they learned its specific meaning.

——[Bestowed blood of the Saint, only then will this door open]!

On the door, there was a spike, seemingly necessary to collect the Saint’s Blood with it, and only when the relic senses the Saint’s Blood will the door open.

Experts tried splashing previously ’leftover’ Saint’s Blood on the door, but it didn’t work, so they could only assume that fresh Saint’s Blood was needed to open this door.

Therefore, Yan Luo came here.

At the foot of a seemingly unremarkable mountain, there was a large camp with many personnel, with many people going in and out of the camp, conducting research outside the relic gate.

Many experts had a premonition that once the relic gate was opened, humanity would have a chance to fill the historical void from the ancient civilization era over eight thousand years ago.

What exactly happened over eight thousand years ago? Why did their ancestors choose to sever the connection with the Abyss? Would they now face the same situation as their ancestors?

With these doubts in mind, the experts surrounded Yan Luo, approaching the relic gate.

Three Second Rank Engravers, along with over forty Sequence Three Engravers, and more than three times that many soldiers stood behind Yan Luo, watching as he reached his hand towards the door.

Yan Luo first tested the hardness of the spike on the door, confirming that the spike wouldn’t break under him, then he pressed his hand down forcefully.

Splurt!

Yan Luo’s action startled everyone.

The spike pierced through the back of Yan Luo’s hand, and the blood smeared on it stimulated everyone’s eyes.

"Yan Luo, you, this..."

The experts following Yan Luo were at a loss for words.

Then they saw Yan Luo pull his hand from the spike, the flesh sprouts at the wound quickly entangled and rapidly healed the hole in his palm.

Seeing this, the experts were even more speechless.

No wonder Yan Luo would directly pierce his hand; it turns out he didn’t need to worry about the wound at all.

Bang! Boom!

After the spike absorbed Yan Luo’s blood, the gate suddenly made two loud noises, vibrating twice.

All eyes turned to the door, seeing a puff of dust spray from the crack in the door, followed by the tightly fitting stone doors slowly opening to the sides.

Many people held their breath, watching the scene in shock.

Amidst a series of vibrations, the stone doors fully opened.

The internal passage was wide enough to accommodate five people walking side by side, and its height was not small, suggesting how tall the Blue Star People of the ancient civilization might have been.

Sunlight cast behind Yan Luo, pulling his shadow into the passageway, into the intimidating darkness deep within.

Yan Luo stepped in directly without any hesitation.

"Hey, the toxic gases inside haven’t..."

Yan Luo did not listen to the words behind him, confidently striding forward.

People exchanged glances, those experts wanting to reach out to stop Yan Luo withdrew their hands, sighed, activated the life-support system of their exoskeletal armor, and followed Yan Luo’s footsteps.

People formed a long queue, the chaotic sound of footsteps echoed in the passage, causing some dust adhered to the top of the passage to fall.

The passage was quiet, apart from the footsteps, only the gradually heavy breathing remained.

Lights emitted from the exterior skeleton armor illuminated the sights within the relic for the entrants.

The walls and ceiling of the passage were engraved with murals, despite their simplistic lines, archaeological experts could still recognize certain elements.

The murals seemed to tell a story——

A human defeated a giant beast, thus gaining the ability to rule over others, and under this person’s sharing, many humans became strong, then at a certain period, some individuals appeared among the crowd, wearing feathers on their heads and holding long staffs, showcasing extraordinary powers able to summon wind and rain, and wield lightning.

Time flowed slowly, several individuals emerged among the crowd able to share their powers with others, each ruling a handful of tribes.

One tribe grew powerful and desired to conquer other tribes, but was defeated by two tribes united, those two tribes due to this war merged into one, becoming the common leaders of many tribes.

Later, time continued to flow, several people succeeded the position of common leaders, ruling over many tribes.

At this time, a non-human entity descended from the heavens, the worldly leaders gained it, seemingly engaged in intense arguments and discussions, eventually making a decide.

Thus, they deliberated with others, finally toppling a high tower, scattering the gathered people.

The end of the mural aligned with the passage’s end, faint light drifted from the exit, Yan Luo stepped out, entering an underground space embedded with the starry sky.

The relic was modified from a natural cave, the walls and ceilings embedded with countless stones capable of emitting light, and years of accumulated radiation caused the Geiger counter on the exoskeletal armor to immediately buzz.

In the cave lay a small city.

Walls made of earth and stone blocked people’s view, preventing them from seeing what lay inside the city.

Why is there a city here?

With confusion, Yan Luo first headed towards the small city, leaving behind all the experts and scholars wishing to study the surrounding environment outside the city.

Helpless, the experts and scholars could only follow, and the Engravers and soldiers protecting them could only proceed into the small city.

The city walls stood tall, but the objects inside had long collapsed over time.

After passing through the dark gate, Yan Luo saw that almost all buildings inside the city had collapsed, becoming piles of ruins.

Seeing this, the experts and scholars following Yan Luo couldn’t help but lament.

These things should have been valuable historical materials, but unexpectedly they all fell.

Had it not been for this, they might have been able to reconstruct the dwellings of humans in the ancient civilization era.

At this moment, a voice suddenly echoed in people’s ears, speaking in an obscure and difficult language.

The crowd fell into chaos for a while, soon adjusting.

This might be the relic’s mechanism, likely a message from the predecessors, only because too much time has passed, the accent on this land underwent too many changes, people could no longer understand what the predecessor was saying.

Experts and scholars hurriedly activated recording devices, aiming to record the voice for study after leaving. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

The Chinese language carries continuity, if studied deeply, they might truly decipher what the predecessor left for them.

However, just because others couldn’t understand doesn’t mean Yan Luo couldn’t.

Even though the language heard by Yan Luo’s ears was equally obscure, he could understand the specific meaning of those words.

[Oh Saint of later generations, you have arrived at this city, symbolizing our earth reconnected with Immortal Heaven, what has your era become?]

[Unfortunately I can no longer see, here lies my tomb, I placed Red County Divine Land’s last Saint relic beside my coffin, if you wish to know why we chose to sever the ties with Immortal Heaven, come forth!]

[My coffin is located at the very center of this Yin City.]