Urban Peerless Expert
Chapter 451 - 471: Refuse to Guess, Not Enough Brainpower! _1

Chapter 451: Chapter 471: Refuse to Guess, Not Enough Brainpower! _1

"Death is just a term I use to describe its current state."

Han Xuecheng chose his words carefully: "The Living Unknown Land is full of mystery, with people living and cultivating there. Ordinary people cannot access it unless they have a special pass, as if there is a mysterious barrier separating the Unknown Land from the human world, making it like a Peach Blossom World, clearly existing in this world but untouchable."

"As for the Dead Unknown Land, it has lost its mysterious color, as if it has returned to the human world from the Immortal Realm, revealing its true nature. Moreover, most importantly, the restriction of the mysterious entrance disappears, and anyone who finds the entrance can enter!"

Lin Chen stared in amazement: "Is it really the Unknown Land?"

Han Xuecheng picked up a folder from a nearby table, opened it, and took out some drawings inside.

Han Xuecheng placed a drawing in front of Lin Chen: "Take a look."

Lin Chen leaned in for a closer look, which revealed a pencil sketch of a rough cross-sectional view. It was somewhat sloppy, but the details were clear.

There was a horizontal line at the top third of the paper, which should represent the ground since it had mountains and place names marked on it.

The lower two-thirds of the paper should be the underground. Starting from the far left, there was a small gap leading to the underground, with an ancient tomb beneath it. The tomb was not large, but the space beneath it suddenly became vast.

The entire underground space suddenly expanded. Judging from the cross section alone, the underground space was enormous, with a height of at least a hundred meters and stretching far into the distance, showing that this area was not only tall but also incredibly long!

Lin Chen stared wide-eyed at the drawing: "Is this the vast underground land you just mentioned, old sir?"

Han Xuecheng placed another drawing in front of Lin Chen: "That was the cross-sectional view, this one is the approximate range we detected using advanced instruments, with dimensions marked."

Lin Chen took a closer look, and his pupils suddenly contracted: "An underground city, 30 kilometers long, 20 kilometers wide, and about 150 meters high?"

Han Xuecheng’s eyes sparkled with excitement: "Yes."

Lin Chen asked doubtfully, "Could it be some huge underground mausoleum, like the imperial mausoleum of someone?"

Han Xuecheng shook his head, pointing to the drawing: "Do you know? This underground city has rows of houses, trees by the door, ancient wells for fetching water, streets, and shops. Who do you think would build these in their imperial mausoleum?"

"Moreover, the entire underground city is located within an extremely hard underground rock band. You can think of the city as being embedded within an astonishingly hard layer of rock. There is only a large gap in the upper right corner of the city’s rock layer; the rest is intact..."

Lin Chen stared, dumbfounded. His eyes fell on the drawing, and his mind was already struggling to process everything.

"Could it be that crustal movement caused the city to sink underground?"

Han Xuecheng denied it: "If it were due to crustal movement, it is indeed possible for an above-ground city to sink underground. But do you think that, after sinking underground, the houses would remain intact and not collapse, and these spaces would not be buried by soil? And how could they sink into this huge, hard rock layer?"

Lin Chen ran out of explanations and simply asked directly, "What is your conclusion?"

Han Xuecheng’s eyes lit up: "There are obvious signs of fractures around this underground city, meaning that it is only a part of the area where it was originally located. It may have originally existed in a mysterious space, but due to some reason, the Unknown Land died."

"When the Dead Unknown Land reappeared in the human world, for unknown reasons, it directly cut into the ground and forcibly smashed into the rock layer, forming its current appearance."

"This underground city has a height of 150 meters, and this 150-meter space is completely empty. From this, we can deduce that there should be some kind of energy enveloping the area; otherwise, such a large height difference would not be formed. Under such intense impact, all the houses would be destroyed by the rock layer."

"In this underground city, there are some white bones in certain areas. We tested the white bones we found, and guess what we discovered?"

Lin Chen shook his head, refusing to guess.

His mind was already stretched beyond its limit.

Han Xuecheng excitedly said, "According to our instrument’s readings, the ages of these bones are generally over 150 years old, with the oldest being 220 years old!"

Lin Chen’s eyes widened: "Such a long lifespan?"

Han Xuecheng nodded: "Yes. Our judgment that the underground city is a Dead Unknown Land is based on many factors, and the lifespan of these people is an important piece of evidence. It is said that the Unknown Land holds the secret to eternal life; although this is an exaggeration, I think they may have possessed greatly extended lives due to a special environment or cultivation method."

Lin Chen silently digested everything he had heard, and finally asked, "Old sir, why have you asked for me?"

Han Xuecheng answered: "I want to invite you to join our team and explore the underground city!"