Chapter 2085: Nightmare‑tier Divine Artifact

Lin An!

A voice like thunder boomed—before Lin An could even startle, the information crystal that had flown out on its own displayed a virtual projection of Number 77, which appeared automatically.

After appearing, Number 77's huge eye looked at him with utmost solemnity.

Seeing Number 77 actually follow him inside, Lin An's pupils contracted sharply—he had never imagined this scene!

"Number 77!?"

But soon, the Number 77 floating in midair sensed Lin An's shock, and the next second it solemnly denied:

"Lin An, don't be surprised—what you see now is information I recorded in advance; I actually haven't entered here."

"You can understand it as a projection with a certain level of intelligence."

While speaking, Number 77's eye rotated quickly in a circle, as if confirming its position.

Before Lin An could react and ask something, Number 77 directly swung a tentacle to interrupt him, speaking at breakneck speed:

"Don't ask me any questions first! My duration is limited—you must immediately note down the information I'm saying!"

"Lin An, you should have entered the Starlight Battlefield, and the scene is Area 6: Eternal Summit! According to my judgment, you should be located south‑east of Eternal Summit's eastern side, about 13 astronomical units (13×100 million kilometers) from the peak in a straight line!"

"As expected, this battlefield's rule is the God Ascension War! You need to summit Eternal Summit—the faster you climb, the greater the advantage and the higher the rank!"

"But first, do not go for the summit! Also, do not rush to seize any position!"

"Once the battlefield officially begins, immediately dive down to the deepest point! Go to the location directly beneath Eternal Summit, 16 astronomical units down!"

"There lies the greatest secret of this battlefield, and it is the only nightmare‑tier divine artifact you could possibly obtain at your current stage!"

While speaking, Number 77's eye instantly projected a battlefield map.

In the rotating three‑dimensional model, lo and behold, it was a world shaped like a cross‑star.

And at the bottom of the point specially marked on the big eyeball, a madly flashing red dot lay directly beneath Eternal Summit.

Its concealment is so deep that it almost reaches the outermost Void Zone!

"Nightmare‑tier divine artifact!?"

"Number 77!? What does that mean!? What use is that thing, and what do I do with it once I have it? I'm not supposed to be going for first place, am I!?"

The news came as too great a shock; Lin An instinctively asked, and a strong sense of eeriness rose in his heart—for no other reason: with his calculating ability, even as Number 77 was speaking he had already worked out how long it would take to get there.

The lateral distance is nearly 1.9 billion kilometers, the vertical 2.7 billion! Even if he used every means to dive down, it would take a lot of time to reach those coordinates—and that's not even counting how matter density increases the deeper you go!

Round trip, even without considering any obstacles, ten days might not be enough!

It seemed to have anticipated Lin An's problem—Number 77's gaze was grave, and without a pause it spoke again:

"Lin An, I know what you're worried about. It's true—getting this artifact is extremely difficult; even I'm not sure whether you can obtain it within these ten days!"

"But believe me, obtaining this artifact is far more valuable than winning first place! Only by getting it do you have a hope of creating an unprecedented miracle in the Starlight War!"

"For this, I have specially gathered all scene data of the Starlight War—you must immediately note down this route map; it shows the distribution of underground fissures, and theoretically you can speed up your progress by following them to obtain it!"

"If everything goes smoothly, you might still have a few hours left to summit!"

As the words fell, a route map as complex as a high‑dimensional honeycomb instantly appeared before Lin An's eyes.

Hardly had the route map appeared when a strong interference seemed to distort Number 77's phantom—just as if the system were obstructing it, the map flickered and deformed at high speed, making it extremely hard to see!

Time seemed to have reached the breaking point; under the system's interference, Number 77's body began to blur and turn translucent.

Not wanting to waste a moment explaining anything to Lin An, Number 77's voice crackled and distorted as it strained to utter the final piece of information.

"Note it down.. Lin An! Hurry and note it down..!"

"The effect of that artifact.. is that it can turn all life…zzz…use it together with the forging…hammer…! Don't let anyone…find out!"

"Zzz!!"

"Hum..!"

It appeared quickly and disappeared just as fast.

Almost as Lin An barely managed to memorize that extremely complex route map, he heard a soft patter—the crystal carrying Number 77's information fell to the ground.

Watching the vanishing Number 77, Lin An felt as if it had been a hallucination, only reacting a few seconds later.

"Must.."

"Obtain that artifact?"

Taking a deep breath, Lin An's hand flashed with white light as he stored the crystal back into his ring.

He roughly understood: the trump card Number 77 left him was probably the exact coordinates of that artifact. It would only tell him after he entered, presumably to confirm which scene he had entered—and perhaps also to evade the system's detection.

Lin An could see that Number 77 actually had much more to say, but because of the system's interference it couldn't even articulate the artifact's concrete effect.

But..

"The last words were probably telling me to cooperate with the star‑forging hammer?"

"That thing is the missing component of the star‑forging hammer?"

Believing that the information Number 77 risked so much to convey must be vitally important, Lin An gazed solemnly at the Eternal Summit beyond the light shield.

Outside the shield, a vast expanse of brilliant silver‑white filled his entire field of view.

So massive and grandiose, it was less a mountain and more a wall of sighs, an entire world.

Although Eternal Summit is billions of kilometers away, at this moment Lin An actually felt as if it were right before his eyes.

Looking up, the vista stretched boundlessly; no matter how hard Lin An strained his gaze, he could see no sign of the summit's upper edge shrinking. Like the mythic heaven‑reaching pillar, watching unknown power continually seep and burst from the mountain's surface, Lin An could imagine that to climb this peak would demand an enormous price—just flying up from below, who knows how long it would take!

"This mountain's size is probably even greater than Earth's..!"

The whole Eternal Summit rose like a blade from the ground, shaking the soul. Beneath the peak lay endless white earth; Lin An pressed his feet to the ground and quickly realized the material strength here was a notch above that of the Stellar Battlefield.

It's truly hard to imagine how this scene came to be.

His gaze returned, Lin An exhaled deeply, suppressing the shock in his heart.

No time to think about that—he noticed he seemed to have been independently transported here, with no sign of Mo Ling and the others around. Yet, sensing via his spiritual imprint, Lin An unexpectedly found that Ka Lian and company were actually nearby.

"Zhang Tie and the others should also be nearby; it's unlikely they were sent too far away."

Once the protective shield ends, we should be able to get in touch.

He had prepared many positioning props; Lin An didn't think otherwise, and simply took advantage of before the protection ended to quickly check the battlefield rules this time.

Star Radiance War (War Star Level)

Current scene: Eternal Summit

Current number of survivors: 2316421

Current rank: 2000000+