Light Fortress
Chapter 218 - 203 Lion Awakening Technology

Chapter 218: Chapter 203 Lion Awakening Technology

Lu Nanzhi sat under the banyan tree, with the residual light of drifting lanterns flickering like fireflies.

She spoke in a single breath for a long time, from her true thoughts on opposing the Awakening Bill, to her own ideals and ambitions... In fact, she shouldn’t have said so much to the young man in front of her, even though he is the "key."

After the massacre in Lion Alley, it was just her fighting a lone battle.

The meeting room was filled with faces shrouded in gloom.

It was the same at Huazhi Building; everyone wore masks.

The Throne atop the pyramid signifies power and fame, yet those who sit on the Throne are destined to be lonely, for it is too high and too cold here, and even speaking a few words... proves difficult.

"Sigh..."

After saying so much, Lu Nanzhi finally stopped.

She let out a long breath, having spoken the truths she had accumulated over the years, and the metaphorical stone in her heart seemed to have finally hit the ground...

Gu Shen, sitting opposite her, was quietly listening.

In tonight’s conversation, he was an excellent listener.

"No one knows what the ’key’ is..."

"Over the years, the Ancient Literature Society placed their hopes on the ’key,’ but actually, we don’t even know what information the ’key’ possesses," the lady said, lowering her eyes. "Now... now that the ’key’ has truly appeared, I’m afraid everyone must feel rather puzzled."

Moths to a flame.

If they are blocked by gauze, they will never touch the flame in their lifetimes.

But what if they actually dive into the flame?

"So... the decision you made in the meeting room was the right one," she said earnestly. "There are too many uncertain factors in that meeting room. I think at this stage, for the Ancient Literature Society, just knowing the key exists is enough."

Gu Shen smiled.

"Actually, I just really didn’t know what to say."

Those Ancient Literature Society members scattered across the Five Continents, hidden from the eradicated history, were the Embers left behind by Allen Turing across the Five Continents. Perhaps some of them live inconspicuously in the back alleys, and a significant number of them hold important positions in today’s Federation Council. He still couldn’t imagine these people willingly recognizing him as their leader—but at least from Chu Ling and Lu Nanzhi’s tones, he could sense that the "key" left by Allen Turing is the ultimate leader of the Ancient Literature Society.

"Mainly, my strength... is not yet sufficient," he said.

The Extraordinary Trial in the deep water area indirectly assesses a Transcendent’s depth in harnessing their abilities.

Gu Shen is currently... barely managing the third tier of the Spiritual "Great Hypnosis."

A horizontal comparison.

This speed is already extremely fast.

But a real confrontation doesn’t look at the speed of cultivation, only the strength of it.

"Before a wildfire, everything is just a tiny spark."

Lu Nanzhi also smiled, "I will hide your identity for you... Once the meeting room is repaired and the Ancient Literature Society convenes a meeting again, you can simply observe as an onlooker without speaking."

Besides her, the only other person in the meeting room who knows Gu Shen’s identity as the key should be 031.

From 031’s actions, he is definitely not someone who would expose Gu Shen.

As a key, when one’s own strength was not sufficient... one needed to maintain a sense of mystery.

"Right, come with me."

Lu Nanzhi stood up and plucked a lantern from the banyan tree branch, which had burned through the latter half of the long night. The core of the lantern was nearly burnt out, and the concentration of spiritual elements in the air was no longer rich... Despite being useful, old items like this had their downsides, such as how briefly a lantern like this could last once lit.

She entered the inner room.

Gu Shen followed closely behind. This old mansion still had many modern facilities... at least it wasn’t lit by coal gas lamps, but everything electronic in the mansion had to be manually operated.

"This place has only established the most basic connection with the deep sea..." Lu Nanzhi placed the lantern on the entryway counter and whispered, "This was deliberately customized ten years ago. Today, the lives of the people of the East Continent have become thoroughly inseparable from the deep sea, and mansions like this in Da Du have almost vanished. Where the network spreads, the eyes of the Heavenly Eye of the deep sea can reach."

An invisible Spirit Network drifted across the skies of the Five Continents.

The world had become more closely knit.

And more transparent.

"As far as I know, the council can see everything they want to see... as long as they have sufficient authority," Lu Nanzhi said calmly. "Being spied on doesn’t feel good... what do you think?"

"...Agreed."

Gu Shen looked towards the large red lantern that, after being lit, could provide a private space under the surveillance of the deep sea.

Though it was a relic of an older era, it was indeed very useful.

"In my eyes, among the inheritances left by my father, the value of this house far surpasses the tens of millions in cash in the Huazhi account," Lu Nanzhi led Gu Shen to an old password box, which was cast entirely out of bronze and had six dials and a lock hole.

The lady crouched down and picked up the bronze box.

"This mansion severs the link to the deep sea and prevents outside prying. That is the reason he came to Lion Alley... The old district is the most remote and safest place in Da Du."

"Is it for ’Lion Awakening Wine’?" Gu Shen asked. "Song Ci has offered me this drink before."

Lu Nanzhi was taken aback.

She slowly nodded: "Yes... it’s for ’Lion Awakening Wine’. This is an experiment of cross-era significance. If it were possible to extract chaotic Transcendent spiritual elements and materialize them in the material realm, this technology would shock the world."

As she said this, the lady paused, smiled softly, and said, "Let me tell you a secret. This technology was originally developed by Mr. Allen Turing and my father..."

This happened a very long time ago.

As she spoke, the lady’s smile somewhat faded, "But later, Mr. Turing passed away, and my father also met with an unexpected mishap... After that day, the experiment of Lion Awakening Wine was interrupted, and the technology was lost."

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes.

He vaguely felt something was amiss...

It seemed the lady was not aware that the linkage technology of the Awakening Bill is actually derived from the experimental research of Lion Awakening Wine.

However, this was also reasonable.

The "experiments" conducted by the Tomb Ghost in Huazhi Underground, except for Cui Zhongcheng, were unknown to anyone. The initial Lion Awakening technology had undergone continuous improvements by the council and had been upgraded several times... Apart from those like Chu Ling who had access to the source code being able to trace the origin, ordinary people, even if they were fully involved in the Huazhi Underground experiments of the bill, could not perceive the underlying connection between the two technologies.

"Actually, the technology of Lion Awakening Wine wasn’t completely lost, it was just sealed away," she said as she patted the password box. "Father left the ’Lion Awakening’ technology inside this bronze box."