Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 1365 - 1366: Strange Ruins

Chapter 1365: Chapter 1366: Strange Ruins

"But, how exactly do we enter the ruins? Could there be a passage in the magma?"

Staring at the ruins in the magma pool, Feng Yuan said uncertainly. Agunas flicked its tail and said,

"Not sure. I only know that these ruins are divided into many parts scattered across this area."

"Let’s go take a look first then."

Examining the ruins in the magma, Feng Yuan said. At this time, the White Wolf Deity rushed out from the Space Gate, howling loudly, as a special veil enveloped the volcano and the nearby area. Seeing this, Agunas breathed a sigh of relief, as with the White Wolf Deity’s intervention, there was no need to worry about causing too much damage to this area while dismantling the ruins.

With a stomp of its paw, an ice bridge extended from Feng Yuan and the others’ location all the way to the direction of the ruins. Feng Yuan tapped on the ice bridge, and after confirming the effectiveness of the anti-slip measures on the bridge surface, he directly stepped onto the ice bridge and said to Qi Chen and the others behind him,

"Shall we go and see?"

Ah Mu carefully stepped onto the ice bridge, and only after finding nothing unusual did he relax. Qi Chen, hugging the Flower Leaf Tree Three Spirit Beasts, constantly warned them not to move around. Then, with Ah Mu extending a hand, Qi Chen climbed to the crown of the Amu Tree, and perhaps also sensing fear, the three spirit beasts huddled closely against Qi Chen, occasionally peeking down at the rolling hot magma.

Dou Yanlan climbed up the Amu Tree crown along with them, with Cotton nestled in her arms, its tail whipping nervously, and its head buried against its body showing a reluctance to look. Xiao Hei pitifully looked at Yang Hongzhi; the latter was reluctant to send it back to the Spirit Beast Space. Looking down at the magma, Xiao Hei appeared as if wanting Yang Hongzhi to carry it.

"Do you think I can carry you?"

Looking at Xiao Hei, Yang Hongzhi said, a bit exasperated yet amused. With Xiao Hei’s current size, there was no way he could carry it under any stretch of the imagination.

In the end, Xiao Hei didn’t get its wish. Unwilling to return to the Spirit Beast Space, it could only follow cautiously behind Yang Hongzhi. Although it was a fire-attribute Spirit Beast, even a small mistake with the magma below could cause it considerable harm.

Xiao Ji hovered in the sky, circling around Feng Yuan. The Big Cat initially wanted to fly up too, but Feng Yuan stopped it. Given Big Cat’s flying ability, Feng Yuan truly feared it might accidentally plunge into the magma.

The closer they got to the ruins, the closer they came to the magma. The heat wave made Feng Yuan feel a bit uncomfortable. Long Boduo activated an ultimate move, gray-black winds whirled around, forcibly carrying away the heat.

Agunas flicked its tail and activated an ultimate move, rain fell steadily, evaporating the moment it touched the magma. The White Wolf Deity stomped a paw, icy winds howled, forcefully lowering the temperature around the ice bridge.

The location of the ruins was at a height not far from the magma. Standing on this ruins platform, Feng Yuan could see the magma flowing slowly below. When they had just come across the ice bridge, Feng Yuan noticed that these ruins were likely larger at the bottom and smaller at the top, implying that most of the area was below the ruins? But with the ruins extending into the magma, Feng Yuan was very skeptical about whether anything below still existed.

"This ruin has special magic patterns inside that maintain the temperature, so it’s not as scorching hot as here."

Agunas explained. Even though it was quite surprised that the parts of the ruins under the magma could still be entered normally, it still bore no affinity for these ruins.

"Maintaining internal temperature? Hmm, that’s interesting."

Stroking his chin, Feng Yuan spoke, glancing towards Qi Chen and the others. At this time, he saw that the entrance of the ruins was only at a normal door height. Qi Chen exchanged a few words with Ah Mu and got down from it, holding a pot plant. Ah Mu, after shrinking its size, led the remaining two spirit beasts closely behind him.

Najia looked at the ruins platform and said,

"This place, very hot. I wonder how it is inside?"

"Internally, there’s a constant temperature design. Not sure what the initial purpose was for."

Agunas spoke, leading the way into the ruins. Kong Qing glanced at Little Ice Cream, hissing a few times to gesture it to follow. As a Meteorite Spirit Beast, Little Ice Cream didn’t feel any discomfort in this hot environment and instead curiously wandered around. Seeing that Kong Qing and the others weren’t paying it any mind and were entering the ruins, the left-behind Little Ice Cream hurried to catch up.

Inside the ruins, the passages were covered with special magic patterns, without any historical murals present. Those magic patterns also connected with various strange devices. Although Feng Yuan couldn’t analyze the use of these devices and patterns, he wasn’t interested in doing so at the moment.

As Agunas mentioned, the interior of the ruins had a maintained temperature at a level comfortable for everyone. Yang Hongzhi curiously observed the surroundings and said,

"What exactly is the energy source of these ruins? How can it keep functioning continuously?"

"Aren’t ruins like that always?"

Qi Chen looked at Yang Hongzhi with a hint of confusion. In his understanding, those ruins all seemed to possess their own functions and were perpetually operational. Why was Yang Hongzhi so surprised?

Dou Yanlan shook her head and said,

"Not necessarily, most ruins have already lost their functionality, except for certain special ruins. It’s just... our luck has been rather peculiar, encountering ruins that are quite unique, capable of maintaining complete functionality."

"At the beginning of the Omeilia Dynasty Era, were there really energy sources capable of lasting this long?"

Observing the magic patterns with suspicion, Dou Yanlan exclaimed. If it were the external ruins on the Starlit Sea they encountered earlier, it would be difficult to say, as that energy source was quite extraordinary. However, for ruins from the early Omeilia Dynasty Era, could there really be an energy source capable of enduring for so long?

Keep in mind that this ruin can’t be considered in a dormant state, let alone maintaining the temperature inside the ruins, which itself is a major test of energy consumption.

"I’m not sure, but this place is an energy vent. If the excess energy is harnessed, it might be possible to maintain it continuously."

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan said uncertainly. He wasn’t very knowledgeable about these ruins and naturally didn’t understand the situation. Agunas squinted its eyes in anger and said,

"It might also directly harness the powers of the Earth Energy Circulation."

"That seems unlikely. If that was the case, wouldn’t you all have noticed?"

Feng Yuan shook his head and said. Aside from other factors, if there was truly continuous extraction of Earth Energy Circulation’s power, did anyone think Ernis wouldn’t notice? It’s been targeting problematic ruins all along. If it were true, it would have been discovered long ago. After all, extracting in small amounts over time might not be much, but these devices in the ruins would obviously have no restraint. Continuous long-term extraction—how could the Divine Beasts remain unaware?

"Freely flowing energy might sustain it, but that requires a specialized energy conversion design. What exactly is this ruin for?"

Veronia mused while surveying her surroundings. Normally, ruins wouldn’t be so complex. After all, they wouldn’t initially design them to operate independently for countless years without stopping. Those left functioning naturally typically have some unique aspects,

What is the reason for this ruin? If it were in another environment, untethered energy might suffice to maintain the temperature, but fire-element energy couldn’t be used for cooling. This ruin, wanting to lower temperature in such a scorching place, would consume quite a bit of force, and the surrounding energy to collect is predominantly fire-element.

This can only mean the ruin likely has an energy conversion device, capable of converting fire-element energy into other elemental energies. However, what’s the purpose of such an arrangement?

"There are no murals here to confirm."

Feng Yuan scratched his head, looking at the magic patterns on the wall, feeling a bit troubled. He couldn’t determine the actual situation of the ruin just by looking at the patterns. Agunas pointed a claw ahead and said,

"There’s a spherical hall in front, where there are blueprints, and it’s based on those blueprints that I determined this ruin has been divided into several parts."

"Design blueprints? How could such a thing be perfectly preserved?"

Feng Yuan exclaimed in surprise. These ruins seemed peculiar. Would a normal ruin just leave behind blueprints in place for future discoverers?