Chapter 611: Chapter 15: Further Exploration of the Underground City

Having arranged everything, the next step was to quietly wait for time to push forward.

However, Lynch was not idle during this period.

Relying on the Adventurer Guild to develop and expand the Underground City to bring space knowledge fragments would indeed take some time to yield results.

More importantly, the dungeons that adventurers can currently explore can only reach the Mystical Level at most, and the level of knowledge fragments brought back is very limited.

Now, to advance the construction of the Space Domain, relying solely on these low-level knowledge fragments is insufficient. Higher-level knowledge fragments are needed, which rely on no one else but…

Personally getting involved.

…

Soon after, ruins debris.

On the gray ruins debris, the ever-present dust and deathly silence were suddenly broken by a dragon’s roar tearing through the sky.

A huge shadow swept over the desolate land, and a Bone Dragon with wings spanning the sky and filled with the aura of sulfur and death landed with a crash on the charred ground filled with rubble and bones. Its giant bone claws deeply embedded in the ground, stirring up a circle of dust.

On the broad and thick spinal ridge of the Bone Dragon, three figures leapt down one after another.

Leading them was Lynch, clad in a deep gray Wizard Robe of ancient style, the edges of which fluttered without wind, enveloping him in a profound aura that faintly resonated with space.

Following closely was Kong, who still maintained her girlish human form, her silver-gray eyes calm and depthless, seemingly capable of containing all things. Finally, there was Messiah, the Light Goddess, who stood aside upon landing, her face expressionless as always.

Lynch patted the cold spine of the Bone Dragon, transmitting a thread of spiritual power: “Thank you, old friend.” The Bone Dragon responded with a low, bone-grinding wail, its bone wings folded as it lay down like a massive skeletal sculpture, with an ethereal blue soul flame quietly burning in its hollow eye sockets.

He turned to Kong, speaking with a touch of solemnity: “Thank you for coming, Kong. The goal of this exploration requires your strength as a safeguard.”

Kong nodded slightly, her silver-gray eyes looking at Lynch, her voice ethereal as always: “It’s nothing, I’m rather bored anyway.”

Lynch nodded: “Alright then, let’s set off.”

With that, he raised his hand and gently sliced through the virtual space in front of him. Without a grating tearing sound, a space crack bordered by a silver halo and filled with a distorted scene within instantly opened, connecting to the depths below.

“Follow me,” Lynch stepped into the crack first, his figure disappearing. Kong followed closely, and Messiah took a deep breath, stepping forward as well.

Amidst flowing light and shadow, after a fleeting sense of weightlessness, the three found themselves in a vast underground space.

Scorching heat waves surged forward, crisscrossed magma ravines flowed with crimson streams beneath their feet, cutting the entire plaza into a large grid shaped like a well. The air twisted with high temperatures, filled with the smell of sulfur and molten ore. Official source ıs Nove1Fire.net

Their gazes were quickly and firmly attracted to the majestic, suffocatingly large gate at the end of the plaza.

The giant stone gate, over a hundred meters tall, was framed by two colossal stone pillars as if supporting heaven and earth. The door itself was made of a dark material neither gold nor stone, inscribed with countless extremely complex Magic Power trajectories and geometric runes, forming an enormous Magic Array that exuded an ancient and desolate aura.

The core patterns of that Magic Array had an astonishingly similar essence to the legendary “Gate of Truth”!

Standing before this giant gate, a sense of insignificance arose spontaneously. Lynch could clearly feel the terrifying aura behind the gate that had been dormant for countless ages, causing souls to freeze, not weakened by the passage of time.

Indeed,

this was the underground space where the Resentful Spirit Girl Yina was released and later the Soul Crystal was discovered.

This underground space could be considered the highest-leveled area among the dungeons explored so far, which Lynch had always kept sealed, not even registered or reported to the Adventurer Guild.

After advancing in domain, Lynch felt the gap with this place had significantly narrowed, and coupled with the current need to construct the Space Domain with high-level space knowledge, Lynch decided to explore here and see if any gains could be found.

“This is…”

For the first time, a solemn expression clearly emerged in the silvery-gray eyes of Kong. She slightly furrowed her brows, her gaze seemingly penetrating the thick stone gate, staring into the profound darkness beyond.

“Very powerful… and very ancient.”

Her cool voice was strikingly clear in the scorching space, “The aura of the domain… the core is ’soul’.” She paused, seemingly sensing carefully, “Chaos, hunger, countless shattered wills forcibly amalgamated… a… massive soul furnace, how did you discover this place?”

Lynch said: “It’s a long story…”

Then he briefly described how he discovered this place: “…That’s basically it.”

Kong listened and asked no further questions.

Lynch’s gaze returned to the stone gate and said: “Shall we proceed?”

The two nodded.

Thus, Lynch moved to the side of the stone gate, where beneath the massive Magic Array, there was a relatively small control node of intricate structure.

Lynch extended his right hand, his palm lit with a silvery spatial glow, his fingertips sketching complex runes rapidly in the air, embedding them precisely into the critical points of the control node. This was the start-up key he had deciphered from the Magic Array on the stone gate.

“Buzz——!”

As the runes embedded, the dormant Magic Array suddenly lit up! The dark Magic Power pathways flowed as if injected with life, with ethereal blue, dark purple, and dim red lights traversing, intersecting at high speed within the complex geometric structure, emitting a deep resonance as if from ancient times. The entire underground space trembled slightly under this power, and waves surged violently on the lava lake surface.

The giant stone gate, amidst the grating sound of stone friction, slowly opened a gap inward.

The gap widened, revealing not the expected corridor or hall, but rather surging, roiling darkness like a living entity! An icy, deathly aura, filled with endless resentment and hunger, flooded out tangibly like a tide, sweeping across the entire plaza instantly! The air temperature plummeted, and even the boiling lava below seemed to dim slightly.

“Go!”

Lynch uttered a low shout, silver light flickering around him, the Absolute Barrier expanding instantly to block the soul-chilling cold. A faint, void ripple surrounded Kong’s body, absorbing the encroaching negative aura like mud into the sea, leaving no trace.

The two flashed, ready to step into the roiling darkness.

However, just as Messiah followed close behind, attempting to pass through the gate slit—

“Bang!”

A dull thud sounded!

Messiah seemed to hit an invisible, resilient wall, rebounded by a tremendous force! She let out a muffled groan, staggering back several steps before regaining her composure, her face full of astonishment.

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