Chapter 437: Terrible Speculation

"I never expected that on these three planets, a splendid civilization had once arisen."

Half a month later.

Lu Xun and the two others stood in the air, looking down at the ice‑sealed city below.

The city was sealed in thick ice deep underground.

After Lu Xun discovered a clue using the Heavenly Dao's Eye, he together with the two women brought it back to the surface.

The city's architectural style differs from that of Lan Xing; its buildings are all spires, resembling spikes standing on the ground.

What surprised the three of them was that the city was ice‑sealed with countless aliens.

They resembled humans in form, but differed in many details.

For example, their hair looked like transparent tubes, and it was unknown what function they served.

"This city must have been instant‑frozen; otherwise it wouldn't be so perfectly preserved."

Fu Yue said.

Lu Xun nodded slightly.

From high above, everything in the city was visible at a glance.

He could imagine the scene before the city was frozen.

One day, who knows how many years ago, for the ordinary people in the city, it seemed to be just another ordinary day.

They lived freely and at ease as usual.

Then, suddenly,

Something strange seemed to happen in the sky, and many people looked up.

Not knowing what they had seen, surprise appeared in their eyes.

Then that surprise turned into fear.

People scattered and fled.

But before they could take two steps, a chill descended, and the entire city together with its people was instant‑frozen.

This is somewhat similar to the ancient city of Pompeii buried by a volcano on Lan Xing.

The difference is that Pompeii was buried under volcanic ash underground; after thousands of years, the people inside had long since rotted to dust.

Thus, human‑shaped voids formed underground, or cavities.

Thus, archaeologists, after discovering those cavities, inject plaster into them, which can restore the deceased's appearance in life.

Even their expressions are lifelike.

Here, there's no need for such trouble.

After being frozen, even the bodies of the people inside remain well preserved.

The city itself suffered no damage.

At the Ancient Road Nexus, such perfectly preserved ancient civilization sites are still extremely rare.

The vast majority of ancient civilization sites have turned into ruins, and the people inside have vanished without a trace.

"There's nothing of value here... let's bury this place."

"Hmm."

Lu Xun looked around and found nothing of particularly high value.

He took a few photos, intending to send them to some official agencies that specialize in collecting extraterrestrial civilization data.

Then Lu Xun prepared to act together with the two women to cover this place again with an ice layer.

"Huh?"

At that moment, Lu Xun seemed to have discovered something; he moved his body and appeared above a building.

He flicked his finger, and a strand of Phoenix True Flame shot out, instantly melting the ice sealing that building.

Immediately afterward, Lu Xun successively cast several spell seals, wrapping up a girl.

"She's still alive!"

Fu Yue and Fu Xue flew down, and after sensing the girl's condition, they were somewhat surprised.

This girl had been frozen for who knows how many years, yet she was still alive.

This being alive means there is still a life force, but whether her consciousness can remain fully intact is still a question.

"Not only her, there are quite a few others still alive here."

Fu Xue sensed the surroundings and said.

"Let's try to wake them."

Lu Xun protected the girl with a technique, then attempted to wake her.

Being alive after being frozen is not unusual.

Especially this kind of instant freezing.

In the old era, some scientists had researched instant‑freezing the human body, equivalent to suspending life pending future thawing, so one could live in a more advanced future.

But no one succeeded in the old era.

Freezing is not difficult; the difficulty lies in maintaining the freeze without killing.

Even harder is to thaw it perfectly.

In the High Martial Era, for Immortal Cultivators, there are actually many methods.

Especially since Lu Xun is also an alchemist.

Lu Xun vaporized the medicinal pill and injected it into the girl's body, then nourished her with the simple Rejuvenation Technique.

Just a few hours later, the girl's eyes blinked, and she truly came back to life.

However, her thoughts were still not very coherent.

Fortunately, Lu Xun can communicate spiritually.

"Lu Xun, what did she say?"

Fu Yue asked curiously.

"It must be a cosmic alien species; this city was instantly frozen by the cosmic alien species."

Lu Xun said.

"Again, alien species... these alien species spread across all ancient route nodes; who knows how many civilizations they've destroyed, who knows where they came from."

Fu Yue sighed.

Lu Xun remained silent.

Although he has been to few ancient route nodes, he knows quite a bit.

Cosmic alien species are too special; their forms are varied, and they can even achieve localization.

For example, some alien species hidden on Lan Xing might appear as a tabby cat or a big yellow dog.

This is because the cosmic alien species consumed the genes of cats and dogs, becoming like them.

Their descendants will forever be cosmic alien species.

The problem is,

On these ancient route nodes, where have the native animals gone?

Have they all been devoured and wiped out by the cosmic alien species?

The native animals have all disappeared, replaced by the cosmic alien species.

How have these cosmic alien species managed to spread across all the ancient route nodes they inhabit?

Although they are strong, they are not strong enough to have developed a civilization, nor strong enough to freely traverse the stars.

They are more like locusts, sweeping across all ancient route nodes.

These nodes, in the eyes of the spirit star of ascension, are nodes.

But in fact, they also have a name.

Source Land.

Here, it is a place where dark energy is concentrated in the universe.

And dark energy is the key to the evolution and leap of life.

In the ancient route nodes of the past, the number of civilizations was not small, and among them were not a few who had taken the path of cultivation.

For example, in one of those nodes, the two civilizations that fought on that ancient battlefield.

"These alien species couldn't have been deliberately released by someone, could they?"

In Lu Xun's mind, a terrifying speculation suddenly arose.