“No wonder so many Muya crystals appeared beneath Fog Island. A ruin… indeed, it’s clear that discovering ruins is the quickest way to amass wealth. Hong became the richest man on Earth after discovering several ruins. He even managed to produce unique intelligent war machines.” Luo Feng immediately activated the black membrane on his body, letting it flow and cover his entire form.
This ruin was massive.
Only by personally entering could one fully explore it!
“You can’t catch wolves without sacrificing your lambs.” Luo Feng’s thoughts stirred, and in an instant, the Dark Cloud Shuttle transformed into the ‘Mountain Shield,’ while the blade fragments hovered around him.
Luo Feng narrowed his eyes slightly and silently stepped toward the hatch.
Inside the hatch was a passage approximately twelve meters wide and eight meters deep. At the end of the passage, it branched left and right into a wide corridor.
“Muya crystals!” Luo Feng looked down.
Right at the entrance, on the passage floor, clusters of crystals faintly glowing with white halos were gathered together—ten, twenty, thirty… densely packed. The rich rice-like aroma overwhelmed Luo Feng the moment he stepped through the hatch, nearly suffocating him! Luo Feng crouched down and quickly collected the semi-floating cluster of Muya crystals, placing each one into the black backpack on his back.
As he picked them up, Luo Feng kept count.
“289!” As he placed the final Muya crystal into his backpack, Luo Feng still felt his heart pounding rapidly, like a heavy hammer striking a drum.
“In three days, all Earth’s factions combined have only publicly collected 42 Muya crystals. If we include the unpublicized ones, maybe around 60 in total.” Luo Feng estimated a rough number. Each Muya crystal represented a massive fortune for humanity!
Hong might have obtained ten and was already overjoyed, offering a price of twenty stars per crystal to Luo Feng and others.
Now…
Luo Feng had just picked up a total of 289 Muya crystals right at the hatch—far more than all Earth factions combined!
“This is just where the Muya crystals were stored. How many could be scattered outside?”
“If there are already 289 at the hatch, who knows what lies inside.”
Luo Feng was filled with anticipation. An ancient civilization’s ruin would certainly not contain only Muya crystals. Yet, even just the hatch had so many, proving one thing: this ancient ruin was definitely extremely wealthy—far richer than most other ruins discovered on Earth.
…
Proceeding cautiously along the entrance passage, Luo Feng noticed the floor was already covered in a thick layer of dust.
At the end of the passage, it opened into a wide corridor branching left and right.
As Luo Feng stepped into the crossroads and looked left and right, he froze. “That… that…”
In the left corridor, the walls were made of strange metal, but now bore massive concave fist imprints—nine in total.
On the corridor floor leaned a massive corpse, half-reclining against the wall.
“Assistant AI, analyze.” Luo Feng quickly aimed his AI at the giant corpse.
“Target shows no signs of life. Deceased.” The AI screen displayed the words.
Yes, a corpse!
Luo Feng held his breath, carefully observing the massive body. Its skin was pitch black, arms thick and muscular. It wore a special armor embedded with intricate patterns far more complex than those on the Dark Cloud Shuttle. Even its fists wore special gloves, and its blood-red eyes remained wide open.
“Heavens…”
When Luo Feng met the corpse’s gaze, his heart involuntarily trembled—as if an ant faced a dragon…
No!
More accurately, like an ordinary mortal facing Pangu, the primordial giant who split the heavens and earth. Even as a corpse, those eyes lacked their former sharpness, and countless years had passed since its death… yet the faint lingering aura sent chills down Luo Feng’s spine, sweat instantly beading on his back and forehead.
“What level of expert is this? So terrifying.” Luo Feng inhaled sharply.
“Stay calm.”
“Stay calm.”
Luo Feng found himself unable to meet the corpse’s gaze. Even as he forced calm, an uncontrollable fear surged within—a fear rooted in life’s hierarchy. No matter how strong his will, it was useless.
“Avoid its eyes.”
Gradually calming, Luo Feng averted his gaze from the corpse’s eyes and examined it carefully. “Estimated height: eight meters! At first glance, somewhat similar to a black ape, but its skin is completely hairless, smooth and black. Judging from the surroundings, it must have died many, many years ago. Yet its skin and hair show no signs of decay or dryness? It looks almost alive?”
If not for the layer of dust covering the corpse, Luo Feng might have thought this mysterious expert had died only recently.
“No visible wounds on the body? How did it die?” After observing for a long time, Luo Feng could only shake his head, unable to deduce anything.
“I’ll check inside first.”
Rather than immediately investigating the corpse, Luo Feng walked past the towering figure. Along this wide passage, there were side corridors, but Luo Feng continued along the widest path.
After walking roughly three hundred meters, the passage turned, revealing tall doors!
The doors were over ten meters wide and ten meters tall, currently half-open.
“This is…”
Luo Feng tried to make no sound as he stepped through the doorway.
“Heavens!” Luo Feng couldn’t help but gasp. Before him was a magnificent semi-circular hall, dozens of meters high, nearly two hundred meters in length and width. What shocked Luo Feng most was… the hall contained no fewer than five strangely shaped corpses! No… actually six!
Luo Feng scanned them with his AI. None showed signs of life or energy.
Five of the corpses looked lifelike, showing no decay.
The sixth was nothing but golden bones—the skin and hair long turned to dust.
“Six corpses.”
Luo Feng examined them carefully.
One corpse closely resembled the one found at the entrance, though slightly smaller, about six meters tall, resembling a giant black ape. It knelt half-collapsed on the floor. Its armor was shattered, its body covered in terrible wounds, yet none showed decay.
The second corpse resembled a human, about four meters tall, covered in black scales, with a single horn on its forehead and a scaled tail.
The third corpse also resembled a human, six meters tall, with skin resembling a turtle shell—similar to the “Thing” from the old American movie *Fantastic Four*, though this corpse was clearly more aesthetically pleasing. Its shell gleamed, appearing like a precisely crafted armor.
The fourth corpse was indistinguishable from Earth humans!
Yellow skin, black hair, a scar on its face, now sitting cross-legged in meditation, covered in dust.
“An Earthling? A Han Chinese?” Luo Feng stared at the fourth corpse, feeling both curiosity and sorrow.
Luo Feng could sense… though it had died long ago, the faint lingering aura still sent shivers through his heart! This was a true peerless expert, immeasurably stronger than Hong, Thunder God, and even Luo Feng himself.
And its appearance was nearly identical to a Han Chinese, making Luo Feng feel even more regret at its demise.
“What about this fifth corpse?”
Luo Feng looked puzzled.
The first four corpses in the hall had injuries, but none were fatal. This fifth corpse stood five meters tall, its body a purplish-bronze hue, as if forged from copper. Its chest bore a massive hole, as if torn through by a hand.
Strangely… the hole’s interior remained the same purplish-bronze material, with no internal organs visible.
“Was this even a person?” Luo Feng shook his head.
“The sixth corpse seems more normal.” Observing it, the sixth corpse stood about two meters tall, reduced to golden bones. Most peculiar was the curved horn protruding from its skull, hinting at its difference from Earth humans.
…
Six corpses in the hall, plus the one at the entrance made seven in total.
Of these seven, only one had decayed to golden bones. The other six remained intact, lifelike.
“If they all died at the same time, this decayed one must have died far earlier. Why haven’t the others decayed at all?” Luo Feng was puzzled. Time was a powerful force—what corpse could resist decay through its passage?
Surveying the hall around him.
The hall was empty, though the floor and ceiling occasionally bore dents, seemingly from battles.
“Beep!”
A sound rang out.
“Huh?” Luo Feng was startled.
Suddenly, the previously dim hall lit up, bright lights shining from above, illuminating the entire space. Simultaneously, strange lights converged at the hall’s center, forming a black virtual figure. It was only about 1.45 meters tall, resembling a child with two horns on its forehead, blood-red eyes, and wearing a black robe.
“Luo Feng, you’ve finally come.” The black-robed child looked at Luo Feng, its crimson eyes showing a hint of joy.
“Who are you?” Luo Feng warily eyed the black-robed child.
The figure spoke Earth’s language—Mandarin!
And it knew his name!
“I’ve been waiting for you for fifty thousand years.” The black-robed child shook its head. “Your Earth humans have such poor talent. It took fifty thousand years for me to finally find a suitable candidate.”
“Fifty thousand years?” Luo Feng was slightly taken aback. “You mean this ruin has existed for fifty thousand years? Did they die fifty thousand years ago?” Luo Feng gestured toward the six strange corpses.
“Yes.”
“They have been dead for fifty thousand years.” The black-robed child glanced at the six corpses in the hall, shaking its head with a sigh. “They were all peerless figures across the cosmos, immortal existences. Time itself paled before them. Even in death… their bodies remain undying.”
“But when the master dies, they must follow.” The black-robed child looked at Luo Feng. “Luo Feng, come with me to pay respects to the master.”
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