Above The Sky
Chapter 1130: 161: Hive City and the Rites of the Star Gods_3

Chapter 1130: Chapter 161: Hive City and the Rites of the Star Gods_3

Especially since Sio recently moved out to live on their own, it’s the perfect time to be excited about their secret base, and there’s no need to say much.

And at this moment, another familiar figure walked out of the mansion.

It was a radiant young girl, with emerald green hair coiled at the back of her head, and a pair of light golden eyes that shone as brilliantly as the sun, mesmerising everyone around. Her off-shoulder evening dress in purple-black accented her slender neck and rounded shoulders, making her skin seem even fairer. Around her neck hung a silver Ashlight pendant, its decoration more exquisite than that of Anfa’s.

At this moment, everyone held their breath, Master Gravie had a serious look in his eyes, and even Sio turned slightly, seemingly surprised.

And who could she be?

Of course, it’s another Anfa!

Even Ian took half a second to comprehend who this more poised, stronger maiden who looked identical to Anfa was—indeed, it’s another one of Anfa’s doppelgangers. However, this doppelganger had the power of the Second Energy Level Peak, bordering on the Third Energy Level, thus creating a clear disparity with the First Energy Level Anfa beside him.

Under the influence of life’s essence, even the same appearance, a high energy level always shines brighter and more captivating than a low energy level.

At the same time, Ian keenly noticed that the more powerful Anfa doppelganger exhibited more traits of dragon blood, whereas the First Energy Level Anfa only had some scales on her neck and behind her ears. The Second Energy Level Peak Anfa not only had these features, but her eyes were also vertical, and among her coiled hair, slightly protruding dragon horns could vaguely be seen. Her slender fingers appeared more pointed compared to a normal girl’s, somewhat similar to the Dragon Sub-human Radiant Nun.

After the appearance of Evening Dress Anfa, the Long Gown Anfa, previously standing beside Ian and the others, became motionless and walked silently towards a room at the back of the mansion. Meanwhile, Evening Dress Anfa naturally took over her original position, standing next to the white-haired boy: “Ian, come, I’ll show you that mysterious artifact.”

“…This feels rather intriguing. Dragon Soul, truly wondrous.”

Ian glanced with an odd expression toward the direction Long Gown Anfa left, then looked at the Evening Dress Anfa beside him, who didn’t feel the slightest discomfort and smoothly took the guiding position—even with a subtle sense of being cuckolded? Evening Dress Anfa cuckolded Long Gown Anfa… No, what on earth is this?

It’s not that Ian was being sensitive; although Sio also had doppelgangers, most of her doppelgangers were gone, leaving only one girl doppelganger shaped to her appearance, not giving Ian the feeling of having multiple identical friends’ bodies present at once.

Each is Anfa, yet none is wholly Anfa. Under the power of these true dragon blood descendants, the boundaries of self, body, and soul are so blurred that human morality and common sense cannot define their logic and actions.

This is… extraordinary beings.

Under Anfa’s guidance, Ian quickly passed through the Ashlight family’s mansion, room by room, into a secret storeroom deep inside.

Anfa herself lifted the hem of her dress and jogged into the storeroom, then presented a box sealed with pure crystal. Surrounding the box were bright inscription patterns forming a seal. In fact, it wasn’t even held by Anfa but floated in the girl’s palm.

“This is it, Ian, this is the crucial mysterious artifact we found from the Exotic Species Research Institute…”

Anfa initially wanted to introduce more, like why she could get it before the exploration started, and the exact location it was discovered.

But the Elf Girl quickly noticed, Ian’s expression froze.

The silver-blue radiance swirled like a vortex in the boy’s eyes, a phenomenon when a Spirit Energy User unleashes their Spirit Energy to the limit. Although Anfa knew she hadn’t opened the box yet, to Ian, it didn’t matter at all. Before she opened the box, he had already seen the artifact inside, seen its extraordinary essence.

—Is this the Prophet? The multiple seals that can block the probing of the Fourth Energy Level and even Fifth Energy Level cannot block their sight…

Anfa thought so. No wonder everyone says the power of the Prophets is the true miracle…

For Ian, it all became simple.

Golden brilliance revolved around that tiny box, like the crown of the World Tree City, entwining the Dyson Cloud of the stars.

[Simulated Origin Quality Calculating Chip Fragment]

[Fifth Energy Level·Fragmentary·Authority·Edible]

[The result of the pre-Terra era civilization gathering the full force of civilization to attempt to replicate the Rites of the Star Gods. Although the civilization level could not fully replicate the essence of the Rites of the Star Gods, under the Pioneers’ development, a Source Quality Calculating Chip surpassed the current civilization level, laying the foundation for the technological leap of the pre-Terra era civilization]

[This Source Quality Calculating Chip is damaged, leaving only a few fragments. Due to losing the power module, the Source Quality Calculating Chip has lost its high-energy essence. Having separated from the core body, the Source Quality Calculating Chip lost database support]

[Contained Origin Quality: 3.0012 Authority Units]

[…]

“…Origin Quality, Calculating Chip…Rites of the Star Gods…Pioneer…”

Ian took a deep breath, calming himself down, mentally reciting the keywords: “And the Fifth Energy Level…Embrace Light above.”

Though it didn’t show on his face, the white-haired boy’s heart was already in turmoil: “Could this be the imitation created by the Pioneers in the past, mimicking the Silver Chip? And the essence of the Silver Chip…is actually the so-called…”

“Rites of the Star Gods?”