Chapter 451

"Our Spirit Fox Guild originally did not sell this artificial intelligence to outsiders."

"But considering your hard work along the way, and since you're also my junior, once we get back, I can get you one."

Leng Yuexi said with a hint of pride.

"Then thank you, Sister Xi." Xu Jingming naturally did not refuse something he could get for free.

But as soon as artificial intelligence was mentioned, he thought of Eva, the top-tier AI of Magic University.

Eva's performance and database were undoubtedly far superior to Leng Yuexi's Level 1 artificial intelligence.

"Since we're going to the No. 3 Civilization Ruin anyway, we'll get to see Eva's mother body."

"Then I can ask if she can give me a sub-unit."

He really wanted that little twin-tailed girl with her encyclopedia-like database...

"Scan complete. Preliminary estimate: this civilization ruin is approximately 2450 years from modern times."

"These instruments are respectively the flesh-and-blood analyzer and element analyzer commonly found in ancient civilizations..."

Just two or three minutes later, the metal sphere hovering in midair spoke in an electronic mechanical voice.

"A civilization ruin from 2450 years ago—so it's also from this time period."

Xu Jingming's expression turned thoughtful.

Ever since leaving the No. 9 Civilization Ruin last time, he had specifically searched the Magic University database for information on civilization ruins.

After reading, he discovered that nearly all civilization ruins were dated to around 2450 years ago.

As if the entire Second Civilization Era had vanished completely in that single year.

"I wonder what happened that year to cause Jin State to suddenly collapse."

"Even all the bases were buried deep underground..."

While he was pondering, the metal sphere in midair suddenly blared an urgent alert:

"Ding-ding-ding! Detected elemental energy fluctuation! Ding-ding-ding! Detected elemental energy..."

"Elemental energy fluctuation? Could it be a Guardian Rune?"

Leng Yuexi's eyes lit up. "Jingming, let's go—Silver White found something good!"

"Silver White, lead us to where the elemental energy is coming from."

The metal sphere spun swiftly and flew toward a corridor on the right side of the hall.

Xu Jingming and Leng Yuexi quickly followed in that direction.

Of course, their Lei Ting barriers and Flame barriers remained active the entire time.

Under the metal sphere's guidance, the deeper they went, the more skeletal remains littered the ground.

Most were human bones; few were beast bones.

"At the moment of death, these humans seemed to have all tried to flee toward that direction."

Xu Jingming's gaze flickered. Following beneath the metal sphere, he ran for less than a minute, then turned a corner—and the space ahead suddenly opened up.

Before their eyes appeared a side hall of about two hundred square meters.

Unlike the pitch-black main hall just now, this entire side hall was brightly lit.

The light columns embedded in the ceiling were still functioning normally.

At the very center of this side hall stood a cylindrical instrument over a meter tall and more than forty centimeters in diameter.

Inside the transparent glass dome at the top of the instrument, three distinct glowing orbs floated silently: one red, one white, one blue.

The red orb was much brighter; the other two were very dim.

"What is this? It doesn't seem like a Guardian Rune."

Xu Jingming looked puzzled; beside him, Leng Yuexi was equally baffled.

She had considerable knowledge about civilization ruins, yet she had never seen anything like these three glowing orbs.

But she felt an inexplicable pull from the crimson orb.

As if it wanted to be absorbed into her body.

"It must be something good."

Leng Yuexi's eyes gleamed faintly. She ordered the metal sphere above: "Silver White, analyze the elemental composition of these three orbs."

"Silver White receives."

Another virtual beam shot out, scanned briefly, then delivered its analysis:

"These are three highly compressed elemental energies. Their elemental categories are Fire, Light, and Water."

"According to internal database matching, these three energy clusters show 84% similarity to the ancient civilization's legendary item, 'Elemental Essence.'"

"Detailed matching requires further physical contact analysis..."

As the metal sphere finished speaking, Leng Yuexi's pupils shrank to needle points.

Then came an ecstatic cry, so excited her voice turned shrill:

"Elemental Essence?! I never thought this thing was real!!"

Leng Yuexi's face flushed crimson, her heaving chest rising and falling rapidly.

This clearly showed the intense shock this object had caused her.

"Sister Xi, what exactly is Elemental Essence?"

Seeing Leng Yuexi, a Seventh-Rank Master, lose her composure like this, Xu Jingming immediately became curious.

"Elemental Essence is one of the Heavenly Marvels recorded by ancient civilizations."

After taking a deep breath to calm her excitement, Leng Yuexi spoke softly:

"Its most important function is to refine the elemental abilities of elemental affinity cultivators, giving them a chance to... evolve!"

As she spoke the last words, her beautiful eyes burned with intense heat.

Every awakened Blue Star human had wondered whether their ability rank could be upgraded.

Leng Yuexi was no exception.

In the ancient civilization records she had read, the odd artifact 'Elemental Essence' was precisely such an item.

But since no Blue Star human today had ever discovered one, she had assumed it was fake.

Yet she never expected it to appear right before her eyes, alive and real.

And more crucially, among these three Elemental Essences, one was exactly the Fire Elemental Essence corresponding to her!

"Elemental Essence that triggers ability evolution?" Xu Jingming's eyes lit up too.

If he could find a Lightning Elemental Essence, could he then bypass the system?

Directly upgrade his Doushen Shenlei from SS to SSS rank?

After all, even with 250,000 ability points now, the interface still hadn't shown any option to spend points on ability upgrades.

He had no idea how many ability points would be needed to trigger evolution.

"Elemental Essences aren't easy to find—I've entered six or seven ancient ruins before, and this is still my first time seeing one."

Seeing Xu Jingming's thoughts, Leng Yuexi shook her head, "Also, according to the records,

Elemental Essence can raise an ability to S-rank at most.

For you, an SS-rank ability awakener, it's useless."

"I see. Sorry to bother you," Xu Jingming immediately lost interest.

Obviously, his Deep Blue System was still the best...

PS: Three chapters today—another one coming soon.