At this moment, Lin Qianxuan had a rough idea.

It seemed everyone here had entered the Dream World of the Square Stele.

A purely false world that fulfills all fantasies.

"Have they all gone in?" Peiya also understood the Square Stele's information and couldn't help but ask.

"Most likely," Lin Qianxuan replied.

His gaze fell on a metal monument standing on the ground, which described the cause and effect of the "Silo" Civilization entering the dream.

The situation inside the Abyss Ruins was somewhat like a severed Chaotic Space-Time, containing fragments of numerous worlds.

This place was similarly engulfed.

Initially, they were a complete civilization, but because of the battle between two Enlightened ones, this city was isolated and brought here.

Separated from civilization, they were not overly panicked at first, instead investigating the world's situation while living.

Until the appearance of a certain magical artifact caused a strange infectious disease to spread.

This artifact could generate food never seen before.

But the cost was that after generating food, it spread hunger. Anyone who tasted the food would experience this hunger.

At the beginning, they didn't realize anything was wrong, thinking it was a normal physical change.

Until this hunger couldn't be suppressed with food, and they realized the seriousness of the situation.

But it was too late; it spread too quickly.

Anyone who saw someone infected with the hunger disease would also be infected.

This hunger penetrated deep into the soul, uncontrollable.

Gradually, the Silo Civilization turned into a hell of hungry ghosts.

They suffered from this condition, constantly battling the urge to gorge despite being physically intact.

Some simply gave up resisting, literally eating themselves to death.

Yet a small number of strong-willed individuals searched for an escape.

The [Dream Stele] before them was the escape they found.

Abandoning the body, entering the virtual world as pure consciousness, where even though hunger persisted, it posed no problem, the hunger of the spirit becoming an insatiable thirst for knowledge.

Then, they controlled the entire civilization with spirit and will.

However, unexpected events always occur.

After everyone in the civilization uploaded their consciousness into the [Dream Stele], it became a magical artifact itself.

Yes, "magical artifact."

Artifacts in the world weren't always artifacts from the start.

They became artifacts at certain special moments, suddenly influenced by the world's strange rules.

After the [Dream Stele] transformed into an artifact, it devoured everyone's bodies.

Then the people of the Silo Civilization fell asleep in the dream world within, enjoying their own beautiful dreams.

Perhaps there, they no longer felt the pain of hunger and could fulfill all their dreams and desires.

Buzzing sound~!

The sound of rotors spinning arose, and in front of Lin Qianxuan and Peiya, a drone appeared.

It looked like a silver-white metal sphere, with a display screen on the front, showing the face of a little girl with human-like features.

[Little Ke: A drone with human consciousness. [State Constant] (Note: It's still a child.)]

[State Constant: This drone's various states will remain at peak condition (Cost: Unable to achieve any physical growth.)]

It, too, was an artifact.

And compared to other magical attributes, the only cost was that the body wouldn't grow.

What surprised Lin Qianxuan a little was its name.

"Little Ke" was mentioned in the Dark Diary, it was a new friend Peiya met after arriving at the Tower of Truth.

Unexpectedly, it was still here now and hadn't gone to the Tower of Truth.

"Where did you come from? Where are you going?" Little Ke scrutinized Lin Qianxuan and Peiya, then asked.

Its voice carried a hint of childishness, like a child.

Peiya wasn't too surprised that this thing could talk.

Having the Dao Fruit of the Artifact, she received related information when she saw it.

Peiya glanced at Lin Qianxuan, her look inquisitive, and seeing Lin Qianxuan nod slightly, she then began to negotiate.

"We are travelers, planning to seek the Tower of Truth," Peiya said.

"Then you're going the wrong way, the Tower of Truth isn't this way," Little Ke said with a helpless expression.

Hearing this, Lin Qianxuan took out the Compass to look, its pointer was spinning wildly, having lost its target.

Which means, the Tower of Truth has some shielding ability nearby?

"Then can you tell us where the Tower of Truth is?" Peiya asked.

"I can tell you, but you must take me inside," Little Ke said.

Lin Qianxuan nodded slightly and said, "That's no problem."

"Then follow me," Little Ke expressed delight, then turned and flew into the distance, stopped after seeing Lin Qianxuan and Peiya not moving, and said to them, "Come on!"

Lin Qianxuan thought for a moment and felt there shouldn't be too much danger. This drone was purely childlike and not very cunning, not like a trap.

Besides, even if it were a trap, it doesn't matter.

Now, he has enough means to deal with it.

So he signaled to Peiya, and they followed Xiao Ke forward together.

Xiao Ke's flying speed was quite absurd, easily achieving supersonic flight, and this was far from its limit.

Lin Qianxuan and Peiya's flying abilities even had a bit of trouble keeping up.

They swiftly shuttled between skyscrapers and soon exited the city.

Before long, they reached a mountain peak standing on the ground.

The mountain peak was immensely large, its summit piercing the clouds, even higher than the location of the Dream Stele in the previous city.

"Is this the Tower of Truth?"

Although it was his first time seeing it, Lin Qianxuan roughly guessed its identity.

"The Tower of Truth is located in a space-time rift. This is its carrier in reality. The way to enter it is not simple. Every sixteen Abyss Ruins moments, at the instant of space-time transition, the Tower of Truth will briefly appear with an entrance in a regular pattern. By looking at it and then retreating, you can enter." Xiao Ke explained to Lin Qianxuan and Peiya.

"Since you know how to get in, why do you need us to bring you inside?" Peiya asked.

"The Tower of Truth can only be entered by life-forms, and I am not a life-form." Xiao Ke answered somewhat sullenly, "In their eyes, I'm just a special tool..."

Seeing this, Peiya couldn't help but feel a sense of pity.

Lin Qianxuan, however, was not so sentimental.

Whether a tool or life,

sometimes the line isn't so clear.

Even life itself is nothing more than a more sophisticated instrument created by the evolution of the world.

"It's appeared, to the upper right!" suddenly, Xiao Ke exclaimed.

Lin Qianxuan and Peiya looked from afar and saw a white glowing circle appearing in the upper right of the Tower of Truth, continuously flashing as if breathing.

"Look at it and retreat!"

Xiao Ke landed on Peiya and extended a mechanical arm to grasp Peiya's armor.

Seeing this, Peiya also reached out to hold Xiao Ke, while the other hand grasped Lin Qianxuan's offered hand.

Staring at the white hole, Lin Qianxuan and Peiya began to retreat.

With this retreat, Lin Qianxuan felt the surrounding space beginning to change.

They were not moving away, on the contrary, they seemed to be coming closer in the space-time scale.

Step by step, they quickly approached the white hole.

At one moment, their figures reached near the white hole and then directly passed through it.

....

"It's been a while since newcomers have arrived."

The voice seemed to come from an old man, slightly weathered.

Lin Qianxuan and Peiya were currently in a void. Here, there was a building filled with various books, and sitting among them was an old man in a black robe, holding a book. To their surprise, he seemed to be blind because Lin Qianxuan did not see his eyes.

Where his eyes should have been, there was not even a dent, as if the corresponding organs had been removed.

"Let me introduce myself, Gavin Campbell." The old man put down the book, turned his head towards Lin Qianxuan and Peiya, and said, "I am a professor at the Tower of Truth, responsible for welcoming newcomers here."

As he spoke, he picked up a magnifying glass and scanned Lin Qianxuan and Peiya.

"Visitors from the Outer Realm not belonging to the current space-time, a mysterious unknown existence, and a tool with personality..."

Gavin sensed the information fed back by the magnifying glass, and his expression was slightly surprised.

In the Tower of Truth, such a combination was quite rare.

A person not belonging to the current space-time but able to exist in this space-time.

An existence of high mystery, even the strange object in his hand could not fully reveal its information.

An alchemical tool injected with human memory and personality, seemingly originating from the space-time fragments that appeared nearby in the past few hundred years.

But since they've entered, they are considered part of the Tower of Truth.

After all, they possess great inclusivity.

Gavin turned back and began searching in a cabinet.

"This one..."

Peiya spoke, about to ask something.

"Just call me Professor Gavin," Gavin responded as he turned around.

"Professor Gavin, what are you doing?" Peiya asked.

"Found it. It's been so long since anyone came, I forgot where I put it."

Gavin finally found three small boxes with a dark green book pattern inside a cabinet beside him.

He tossed them, and the three palm-sized small boxes floated towards Lin Qianxuan, Peiya, and Xiao Ke.

"A little gift for joining us, 'Relette's Cozy Cabin.' It will automatically enter stealth mode upon use, with no physical collisions, so there's no worry about someone else taking it. The supplies inside can be infinitely used and have a self-cleaning feature, but there's a small price: time inside there will pass twice as fast. Yet, no need to worry too much; there are no short-lived folks in the Tower of Truth..." Gavin said with a smile.

He had no eyes, and when he smiled, it was somewhat eerie.

[Relette's Cozy Cabin: A small cabin with space characteristics. [Supply Refresh] (Note: A very perfect travel cabin.)]

[Supply Refresh: All supplies inside the cabin can infinitely refresh. (Cost: Life span will double while residing in the cabin.)]

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