Eternal Swordmaster -
Chapter 967 - 962: Beginning 2
Chapter 967: Chapter 962: Beginning 2
Gao Shan Headquarters · Stone Seal Mountain.
Stone Seal Mountain is not a mountain, but rather a medium-sized meteorite located between the Aojia Empire’s home planet and the border of the East Empire’s territory.
The true headquarters of the Gao Shan Organization is within the core of this meteorite.
Inside the silver-gray metal headquarters passageway.
Lin Xin walked step by step on the hard, cold alloy ground, quickly moving through the passage into a spacious, pentagonal, dim hall.
Inside the hall, a familiar figure had been waiting for some time.
It was the second commander of Gao Shan, known as the Prophet, an elderly man.
He leaned on his cane, his withered face resembling tree bark, and upon seeing Lin Xin enter, he immediately displayed a friendly and sincere smile.
"Dear Third Commander, my friend, this is your first time at the Gao Shan headquarters, feel free to treat this place as your home."
"Prophet? Where is the First Commander?" Lin Xin was somewhat interested in the Prophet; it was he who dared to appoint Lin Xin as the Third Commander without being certain of his strength. It showed decisiveness.
There is also a mysterious First Commander who has not yet appeared.
Lin Xin had even asked several high-level Illusion Kings at Gao Shan, but none had seen the First Commander.
"The First Commander is already waiting for you." The Prophet gave a chrysanthemum-like smile and replied.
"Where is he then?" Lin Xin looked around but did not find any living beings other than the two of them.
"I’m here."
A blurry, twisted humanoid figure appeared on the wall directly in front of Lin Xin.
"Oh?" Lin Xin instantly guessed the identity of the First Commander of Gao Shan. His face showed a hint of interest.
"Is it a pure electronic life?"
"It’s a pleasure to meet you, a great being so powerful that the three major Empires kneel at your feet. Lord Yang Shen."
The First Commander was very courteous; as an electronic life, his information sources and reaction speeds far exceeded those of ordinary intelligence personnel.
Almost immediately after Lin Xin destroyed the Imperial Capital of the Aojia Empire, he received the news from countless electronic devices.
The ensuing series of major actions, he gained firsthand intelligence of them all.
Thus, the more this was the case, the more he revered Lin Xin’s power.
This was a man whose depths were entirely unseen.
A god-like existence so powerful that all humanity trembled before it.
"First Commander, summoning me in haste, is there something?"
Lin Xin was slightly impatient; this First Commander had a significant air, actually wanting him to come in person for the meeting here.
"It’s like this." The First Commander, quick to sense Lin Xin’s impatience, promptly replied. "I have some intelligence on the Millennium Key you’re seeking, something you might need.
Additionally, because only here can I manifest a complete form to meet with you, I must inconvenience you to come here. I ask for your understanding."
"Tell me about the Millennium Fragment." Lin Xin’s eyes lit up. He glanced at the smiling and silent Prophet beside him, evidently informed in advance.
"What have you found?"
The First Commander immediately knew he had successfully piqued Lin Xin’s interest.
"It concerns Folded Space."
"Continue."
Lin Xin nodded.
"Within Folded Space lie distinct fragments of the Millennium Keys, and these fragments can quickly coalesce into the genuine three Millennium Keys."
The First Commander paused.
"Based on intelligence I’ve gathered for years, these three Millennium Keys pertain to a peculiar, ancient secret."
"What secret?" Lin Xin casually asked.
"It should be that when the three keys unite, the true secret hidden within them will emerge." The First Commander promptly replied.
"Three keys united....."
Lin Xin directly took out the three keys, preparing to embed the final fragments before the two.
"If you could wait a moment. May I and the First Commander retreat first?" The Prophet, who hadn’t spoken all this time, now spoke suddenly.
"Retreat?" The First Commander was confused for a moment, then reacted, "Understood. Third Commander, may we temporarily depart?"
Lin Xin narrowed his eyes, examining the two.
This was indeed advisable, after all, the origins of these three keys were undoubtedly not simple, if they were to inadvertently summon the virtual shadow of a terrifying Primordial Being, even a glimpse of the void shadow would be beyond what the two before him could bear.
Just encountering the presence of such a level, the sheer amount of information involved in a momentary gaze could very well overwhelm the two into corrupted puppets.
"You may go first."
He waved his hand. Confronting these three mysterious keys, he was uncertain about the changes they might incite.
"Thank you."
The Prophet and the First Commander nodded slightly and left the pentagonal dark hall separately.
Once their presence had thoroughly departed this space.
Lin Xin then turned his gaze to the three keys floating before him.
The first was already fully integrated.
Now it was the turn of the second.
He extended his hand and gently touched it.
The fragment of the second key slowly fused onto it.
Click.
The fragment fitted perfectly into the second key.
Nothing abnormal occurred, unlike the previous emergence of Huang Yuerong’s image.
The third key, too, under Lin Xin’s direction, slowly fused.
Click.
Hum!
This key, however, suddenly projected a blurry humanoid form.
It’s still Huang Yuerong.
"When the three keys converge, it is the crucial moment to obtain the Primordial Trace.
For those destined, if your strength is insufficient, this Primordial Trace will instead become a terrifying mark that destroys your soul.
If you haven’t reached the Stigma Level, solving the mystery of the three keys will harm you rather than benefit you."
Huang Yuerong cautioned.
"This Primordial Trace is the mark I carved with all my might while breaking through levels.
It was initially meant for my division purpose, but if you can find it, this is your chance.
Comprehend it, absorb the information within, and then... find the method to enter the green Star Ring. There lies the opportunity to achieve Primordial."
"Achieve Primordial...." Lin Xin repeated the phrase.
Huang Yuerong’s image suddenly dissipated.
The three keys directly merged together, instantly melted, condensing into a light cyan ring.
The ring was only about the size of a human head.
But a dynamic line, resembling a dragon or snake, was slowly spinning at the center.
The line was only finger-length and rapidly twisting and changing colors.
From red to blue, to green, to purple, then it started cycling anew.
"This aura is....." Lin Xin was slightly dazed upon seeing the line.
The aura on this line was incredibly familiar to him.
It was the Abyssal aura!
"But compared to the Black Cosmos, the Abyssal aura here is far denser...."
Lin Xin vaguely recalled the situation in the Black Cosmos.
"The Thirty-Three Heavens and Sixty-Six Abysses in the Grand Cosmos are complete. The Black Cosmos is merely formed from the projection of the true Thirty-Three Heavens and Sixty-Six Abysses of the Grand Cosmos.
This means, breaking through space from the Grand Cosmos offers a chance to enter the true Sixty-Six layer Abyss."
The depths of the Abyss are terrifying, Lin Xin had felt it intensely in the past.
Even at his strongest, he only reached the fortieth layer, many further layers he could neither find the entrance nor the methods to enter.
But even the fortieth layer was enough to forcibly suppress most of the Taoist Ancestor level’s power.
He reached out his hand, gently grasping toward the line.
Boom!!!
The surroundings suddenly flashed and twisted.
Lin Xin’s entire body shuddered, and when he came back to himself, he stood on a slope of lush green grass.
In the distance, vast grasslands stretched, with an old broken windmill slowly turning, continually working in the soft wind.
"Is this..... the windmill from that time?"
Lin Xin suddenly recalled that he had inadvertently come here while following the battle of those two Taoist Ancestors.
The gloomy sky was densely clouded, and black hills undulated across the ground, extending to the far reaches.
The air carried a faint moisture of earthy scent.
Lin Xin slowly looked toward the windmill, just about to lift his foot to move.
"You’ve come again."
A slight woman’s voice came from behind him.
Lin Xin turned around with difficulty and saw a woman in a white dress with a translucent body, calmly staring at him.
"Yes, I’ve come again, can you tell me, what place is this?" he asked calmly.
"You’ve come again, yet you still don’t know what place this is?" The woman’s face was pale and expressionless, resembling a corpse dead for a long time.
"I might know, or not know, or perhaps I’m just uncertain."
Lin Xin said.
"This is the Abyss."
The woman answered.
"The Abyss?"
Lin Xin frowned.
"Or once was the Abyss...."
The woman finished speaking and no longer paid attention to him, floating away and disappearing from Lin Xin’s view.
Lin Xin reached out his hand, wanting to use his strength to stop her from leaving, as he had many things he wanted to ask.
But it was useless.
All his strength had vanished without a trace, and he didn’t know when.
At that moment, he seemed like an ordinary mortal, weak and defenseless.
"Am I...." Lin Xin looked down at himself.
His clothing was unchanged, except for a continuously changing colorful thread around his wrist.
It was the Primordial Trace he had obtained earlier.
"If this is the Abyss, I don’t know what layer it is.
In the Black Cosmos, I reached the fortieth layer of the Abyss, which was just a pitch-black void space."
Lin Xin slowly lifted his footstep, struggling with the extreme gravity, making it hard to walk.
After only a few steps, he felt drenched in sweat, unable to move farther.
The loss of physical strength was enormous, so he simply sat down on the grass to rest.
This time coming in, he felt due to the Primordial Trace, he might not be thrown out like last time.
He just didn’t know why the suppression he faced this time was far greater than before.
"Is it because of this?"
Lin Xin couldn’t help but recall what Huang Yuerong’s original form had told him about how to break through to the Primordial level.
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