Chapter 450: Entering the Relic! You Want One?

"The relic's entrance is inside this Shanfeng. Let's go in."

Led by Leng Yuexi, the two quickly found a cave entrance at the foot of the mountain.

Boom—

Although the sun shone brightly outside, the cave interior remained pitch black.

Leng Yuexi activated her fire-type ability; crimson flames blazed to light up the surroundings.

Xu Jingming likewise drew his Flowing Cloud Golden Spear, and his SS-grade ability Doushen Shenlei crackled across the surface of his body.

His Heart Web's passive perception was pushed to its limit—any anomaly detected would trigger a wild surge of Doushen Shenlei.

Pressing forward, they walked for roughly six-odd minutes and passed four forks in the path.

Only then did an alloy gate, embedded in the mountainside, three meters tall and four meters wide, come into their view.

Ancient, unadorned script was engraved on the gate, wreathed in primal energy that glowed with a faint fluorescence.

On the ground around it, some fresh soil was scattered about.

"I only discovered this place after I chased a seventh-tier fierce beast in here before.

The original gate was covered by thick soil, with only a faint light shining through.

If I hadn't curiously cleared the dirt off it, who knows how long this hidden civilization relic would have remained hidden from the world."

Leng Yuexi said softly.

According to current data, the ancient civilization was at least two or three thousand years ago.

In that time, the world had undergone immense changes, and shifts in the terrain made this relic, already hidden within Shanfeng, even harder to find.

"After thousands of years, this relic can still operate—truly a miracle."

After marveling, Xu Jingming immediately asked, "Sister Xi, what do you need me to do next?"

"Very simple—just blast your SS-grade ability Doushen Shenlei onto the alloy gate."

Leng Yuexi replied, "If even your ability can't open it, we'll have to try combining our strength to break it open and force our way in."

"Alright." Nodding, Xu Jingming's mind stirred.

The entire cave suddenly blazed with light as resplendent, violent golden Lei Ting slammed into the alloy gate without reservation!

Crackle-crackle-pop—

The dense sound of Lei Ting echoed through the cave, carrying far outward.

Xu Jingming's current Lei Ting was enough to destroy some A-grade alloy, yet slamming it into this alloy gate produced not the slightest reaction!

The entire gate was like a gaping maw, endlessly devouring Xu Jingming's Lei Ting energy.

Just like that, they blasted away for a full three or four minutes, and the gate still showed no sign of opening.

"Still no luck? Could the analyst's analysis have been wrong? That shouldn't be the case..." Leng Yuexi's delicate brows knit tightly.

That analyst was a veteran of the Spirit Fox Guild and had deep expertise in ancient civilizations.

He had once helped the guild open four or five civilization relics of various sizes across the country.

This time, she had specially borrowed him from her father's headquarters and brought him to Myanmar.

She hadn't expected him to fail.

"Jingming, forget it—let's try forcing our way through."

Leng Yuexi's jade hand clenched in the void; crimson flames surged, and a Crimson Serpent Sword, like a long snake, appeared in her grasp.

Seeing this, Xu Jingming nodded as well and restrained his Lei Ting.

But just then, golden patterns suddenly lit up across the entire alloy gate.

Immediately after, with a hiss, the heavy alloy gate slowly opened to both sides.

"Hm? The base entrance has opened!"

Leng Yuexi's eyes lit up, but she did not enter immediately. Instead, her flames flared up, forming a barrier that wrapped around her.

Xu Jingming beside her likewise activated a Lei Ting barrier, with resplendent golden Lei Ting swirling around him.

This prompted Leng Yuexi, who had been about to remind Xu Jingming, to nod inwardly.

Although the ancient civilization relic had existed for thousands of years and couldn't possibly contain any living creatures,

there was no guaranteeing it didn't have traps or powerful robots set up inside.

After all, given the technological development of that era, achieving such things wouldn't have been too difficult.

Without protective measures in advance, it would be easy to capsize in a ditch.

Just from this single action of Xu Jingming's, one could tell he was meticulous in thought and extremely steady in temperament—far beyond ordinary people his age.

"If only Xiao Chan had Xu Jingming's disposition—I wouldn't ask for much, even half of it would satisfy me."

Sighing inwardly, Leng Yuexi stepped forward with her long, slender legs and entered the base first.

Xu Jingming closely followed beside her.

Under the illumination of flames and Lei Guang, the pitch-black base suddenly became bright. His gaze swept across, taking in the entire surroundings at a glance.

It was a hall full of a sci-fi feel, filled with many large pieces of equipment.

As well as some transparent glass tanks of varying sizes, standing upright.

These glass tanks seemed to have once sealed something inside.

But they had all been broken, and most of the instruments were covered in terrifying claw marks and long since damaged.

Only some small machines seemed to still be running, with faint lights flickering.

Apart from that, various bones were scattered throughout the hall.

Among them were human bones, as well as fierce beast skeletons three or four meters tall.

"This should be a base set up by the ancient civilization to study fierce beasts.

But for some unknown reason, the fierce beasts here escaped and killed the researchers."

The melodious voice echoed through the great hall, and Leng Yuexi, who had entered the civilization relic more than once, reconstructed the situation at a glance.

She then stepped forward to a massive fierce-beast skeleton, where flames had run rampant, scorching the skeleton pitch-black.

"Judging from the bone density, this fierce beast's level during its lifetime should have been around Tier 6.

No wonder it couldn't escape. Even a Tier 7 like me can't blast open this great door, let alone beasts like you."

Shaking her head, Leng Yuexi's spatial ring flickered slightly, and immediately a silver-white metal sphere appeared in her hand.

"Silver White, help me scan the entire great hall. I want to know the relevant information about this civilization relic."

With a toss of her right hand, the entire metal sphere flew up to mid-air in the great hall.

"Silver White, received."

A mechanical electronic tone sounded, and the metal sphere hovered in mid-air.

It projected beams of pale-blue virtual light, conducting an extremely meticulous scan of the surroundings.

"Artificial intelligence machine?" Xu Jingming's sword-brows lifted slightly. "What tier of artificial intelligence?"

"Of course Tier 1."

Leng Yuexi said with a light laugh, "I don't have the ability to get my hands on any higher top-tier artificial intelligence.

But this Tier 1 AI of mine has been fed with the internal database of our Spirit Fox Guild.

It's very useful for exploring ancient civilization relics like this."

"Internal database? That really is quite something." Xu Jingming nodded in agreement.

On the network, there's very little information related to ancient civilization relics.

These key pieces of information are almost all in the hands of top guilds and legions.

An artificial intelligence embedded with a database like this is absolutely a rare find.

"What? You want it?" Leng Yuexi looked over with a bright, radiant smile on her pretty face.

It had to be said, although she was already 32 years old, her appearance was still just like a young woman of 23 or 24.

At this moment, her beautiful features, set off by the surrounding crimson flames, looked all the more youthful and lovely.