Above The Sky
Chapter 1201: 182: The Labyrinth Master Who Failed to Fish but Instead Blew Up the Fish (Writer's Block Short Chapter)

Chapter 1201: Chapter 182: The Labyrinth Master Who Failed to Fish but Instead Blew Up the Fish (Writer’s Block Short Chapter)

“…?”

Even Ian, upon seeing this Origin Core Chip, couldn’t help but be stunned for a while.

He looked at the chip, then at the hourglass on it, and then glanced back at the dusky light of the shelter outside, falling into deep thought.

Without a doubt, what appeared before him was the reason the Twilight Sanctuary was named as such.

If he walked over now and restarted the hourglass, retrieving that Origin Core Chip, he could restore the full operation of the Twilight Sanctuary and obtain a vital artifact…

Only a fool would believe that!

“What’s going on, did the Pioneer actually leave an Echo? Or did his Echo degrade to this form, making any trap so plain and simple?”

Ian composed his expression, pretending to still be seriously gazing at the hourglass and chip in front of him, as if analyzing what this thing was, while in his heart, he was already mocking: “Even though I’m a Prophet, I can’t have everything I want. This must be someone intentionally testing me—yet it shouldn’t be like this.”

“Since arriving at the ruins, I haven’t exposed any abilities, neither the Prophet nor the Silver Chip is exposed at all… Of course, this Origin Core Chip doesn’t seem like it’s testing the Silver Chip, but rather testing the Prophet.”

“If it really was a trap targeting the Silver Chip, it should be a grand ambush, rather than such a probing trap!”

Clearly, this test proves one thing, and that is, within the Exotic Species Research Institute, hidden conspirators, the Dark Gold Colossus Dragon… has allies within the Exploration Team!

And it was precisely because of this that the previous life’s Exploration Team failed, allowing the Dark Gold Colossus Dragon to obtain related bloodline data, leading to Prince Carlos facing a deadly crisis in this life, and the data of my Prophet Psychic falling into the hands of the Dark Gold Colossus Dragon, which then led to this test.

“Interesting. Perhaps it is not that the Dark Gold Colossus Dragon is stupid, using such simple methods to test me.”

Ian squinted his eyes, vaguely understanding: “It seems that the Dark Gold Colossus Dragon can’t control the entire system of the Exotic Species Research Institute either—He can only use pre-existing records in the system, such as displaying them when a facility is damaged for other personnel to repair, but cannot directly use the Origin Core Chip as bait alone, needing to tie it with the damaged time system, which increases flaws.”

“Similarly, He can use the authority related to Dragon Blood, restricting countries to send only the young generation with Dragon Blood Inheritance into the ruins, but He can’t check directly if I have a Silver Chip—it’s known that if His detection method is a blood test, I’d have to uninstall the Silver Chip on one arm, using the uninstalled arm to pass the test. While this is possible, it’s much more troublesome.”

“In other words… the Dark Gold Colossus Dragon, in reality, has no concrete method to determine who has the Silver Chip… so He designed so many small traps to test!”

Ian was quite certain of this speculation.

After all, without the Silver Chip, everyone would die, like the Spirit Disaster Path, where the Dark Gold Colossus Dragon collected information on many new era strongmen, eventually leading to the Terra powerhouses overturning the table, killing everyone present… This means no one could see through His conspiracy, and Canaan Moore’s Fifth Energy Level didn’t have the chance to act.

And those who frequently use the Silver Chip, even though the Dark Gold Colossus Dragon cannot fully control the relics, could still identify who is the true owner—which was why he and Yisen Gard both died, as one was the current chip owner, and the other was the descendant of a previous chip owner.

As for occasionally using the Silver Chip… it would cause hesitation from the Dark Gold Colossus Dragon, confounding Him as to what happened. Even though He might guess it could be the Silver Chip, He can’t be sure, resulting in the bloodline collection plan being delayed slightly, exposing a flaw, giving everyone a sliver of hope.

“Everyone, I found something good!”

Upon this realization, Ian had made up his mind, and he immediately called out, summoning everyone over.

Quickly, the middle-aged people who hadn’t gone far again gathered here, everyone surrounding the hourglass, and the Origin Core Chip on the pedestal, glancing at each other, feeling the situation had become complex.

Everyone could see that Anfa had put in so much effort, only obtaining a little Origin Core Chip beside the third level Abyss, yet there was a relatively complete structure on the second level… This was beyond ordinary.

“This thing looks extremely valuable.”

Yisen Gard exchanged a look with Ian and then said aloud: “I think we shouldn’t get involved. Let’s directly call over the Fourth Energy Level from the camp to retrieve it.”

“Yeah, yeah.” Sio read the room, feigning concern: “So dangerous. Let Mother handle it.”

Anfa: “This clearly isn’t something we ordinary explorers should touch.”

At this moment, Ian used several friends as mediums for the Foresight View, observing the various possibilities of his choices.

Everything was just as he speculated… Now was the time to use the Silver Chip!

Even though Yisen Gard and the others made their point so clearly, this Origin Core Chip and the Twilight Hourglass hadn’t been taken back, nor was there any reaction—the Dark Gold Colossus Dragon’s control over the entire Relic System was likely extraordinarily low!