Chapter 31

30. Creation Equation (Seeking Follow-up Reads)

This problematic girl.

Li Ang sighed and caught up with her.

Now, both of them had arrived in front of the ruins.

The ancient temple built of giant stones had reliefs in many places, and some mysterious patterns might be lost languages.

The main gate was half-open, and the interior seemed to be a great hall. The two walked up the steps in front of the hall and saw that the interior was a room with walls covered in various symbols.

Six concentric circular grooves were built into the room's floor, with the center of the circle traversed by three straight grooves, dividing it into six petals. On the edge of the outermost circle, six pillars were built, facing the straight grooves—this should have been the room's original appearance.

Because it had been split in two by some force, the circles and mechanical pillars in the room now only had half remaining; Li Ang deduced this through the sense of symmetry.

These pillars were mechanical devices; Li Ang's first impression was that they looked like some kind of water pump or hydraulic rod. And those symbols, the more he looked, the more they looked like...

"The Ancient City of Dark Night?"

The Ancient City of Dark Night, which the Soul Apex had conquered not long ago—if Li Ang hadn't activated some rune stones, victory would have been out of the question.

"What did you say?" Zoe asked.

"I might have seen these runes before."

The runes on those rune stones in the Ancient City of Dark Night were very similar to these before his eyes.

"Some ancient buildings in this world are quite similar, and there are specialized scholars who categorize them. If we note down the characteristics here, it should help in finding out the whereabouts of your parents."

After saying this, Li Ang was about to walk into the gate of the ruins.

But Zoe didn't lift her feet.

He turned back in confusion, only to find that the girl's expression was not right.

Although she was looking ahead, it was as if she were gazing at some place other than here, her pupils flickering.

Wait, her eyes were really flickering.

It wasn't the light reflection caused by moist eyes and emotional agitation; Li Ang saw that deep within her pupils, a light really flickered, and then it seemed as if many tiny symbols inside began to move.

He looked into the ruins again, and the runes inside were lighting up one by one.

【Prompt: Creation Equation 【Incomplete】 discovered, collection progress 7%. Assemble the complete equation to obtain the Power of Creation.】

What the hell, this system description?

Because the Nubis world was too ancient and old, coupled with the isolation of the clouds, although every country and race had creation myths, they could basically be seen as created based on the local environment after settling on the island; there were no documents describing the same creator god or god race.

There was no way to find where the Creator was.

Just as Li Ang was surprised and confused, Zoe frowned and recovered from her stagnant state.

She fell to the ground, panting rapidly, her eyes filled with tears.

"Are you okay? What was that just now?"

"I don't know, I suddenly saw so many things, I didn't recognize what they were at all, and there were many terrible scenes; I thought I was dead, I thought a long time had passed..."

The girl slowly hugged her head, as if she had received a strong shock.

"Uh..." she cried out in pain.

"What's wrong?"

"My head hurts so much, it's the Star Soul..."

The "Star Soul" had arrived nearby.

Li Ang quickly drew a spell pattern on Zoe's helmet to isolate her from the influence of spirituality.

"The enemy is here, let's retreat to an open area first."

The ground in the distance was suddenly pushed up.

The earth undulated toward the two, and something was digging underground, approaching them. Li Ang had the elemental beast block its path of advance.

The underground thing stopped moving straight; the soil it arched began to show a curve, circling around the two people present.

The attacking enemy was quite cautious and didn't want to show itself for the moment.

Li Ang had the elemental beast attack; its gem claws smashed into the ground, but it didn't hit a solid body.

It seemed the opponent's digging speed was very fast, and it had quickly dived underground.

He clicked his tongue: "Underground enemies are not easy to deal with; it would be very troublesome if it launched an attack from below."

Zoe worriedly asked: "Then what should we do?"

As if responding to Li Ang's statement, the existence underground began to accelerate.

Li Ang controlled the elemental beast to walk in a circle around the two at a constant speed; this was a common defensive posture, and it would be able to respond to situations from any angle.

The underground enemy suddenly lunged forward, the pushed-up soil even kicking up a large amount of dust, approaching rapidly from underground.

The elemental beast caught up, stood directly on its hind legs to accumulate strength, and pressed its upper body down with all its might, slamming into the path of advance with its own weight. The ground seemed to ripple from this strike, and the soil on the surface sprayed out in a cone shape.

The underground thing's surprise attack was halted by this strike, and it changed its angle to prepare for another attack.

This standoff continued several times, and the opponent didn't gain any advantage, but its true form hadn't appeared, and dragging it out like this wasn't a solution.

Li Ang looked at the coiled giant snake remains; it was like a rocky mountain extending nearby. He glanced at the treasure sword in the girl's hand and pointed to the rocky mountain, saying: "Let's climb to a high place."

Guarded by the elemental beast, they ran across the flat area, and the two climbed up along the surface of the giant snake remains' rock wall, arriving at a high point.

Seeming to notice that they had left the surface, the underground existence also stopped digging, not knowing where it was lurking.

"Now what? It's hiding."

Li Ang pinched his chin and pondered, saying: "This thing should have a certain level of intelligence. Your father's note said that the Star Soul would accumulate strength and revive after being defeated; I wonder if it has its previous memories?"

"What if it does?"

"Try to activate the Wind-Breath Sword's energy with all your might and see if it gets provoked into appearing."

In gaming terms, it was letting Zoe open a taunt.

Zoe followed the instructions. She stood straight with her feet shoulder-width apart, held the treasure sword in front of her with both hands, and gathered magic power to call upon the Wind-Breath Sword's wind elemental crystal to release more energy.

A wild wind instantly swept around the girl, and the whistling wind grew louder and louder, sweeping past the craggy gems and solidified golden blood on the surface of the giant snake's remains, bringing out even shriller screams.

The wild wind blew continuously for a while, and the ground did indeed vibrate.

The vibration grew stronger, and then, the surface cracked, and a bright light shadow, a full twenty-plus meters long, appeared before the two.

It flowed with light throughout its body, its scales appearing bright gold overall, but inlaid with strips of deep red, ink green, and pale blue glass-like bands. Its body was no different from the gold-inlaid colored stone artworks of ancient civilizations, and it even possessed more divinity.

Its body at the front end rose from the ground; the very front was the snake head, but there was a golden horn on the nose, and two golden horns on the left and right behind the skull. Between the three golden horns, there was also a structure resembling a crown, constructed from glass-colored bands and protruding, rugged golden scales. In the center of the crown was inlaid a perfect emerald gem.

As if echoing the dazzling emerald, its eyes were not to be outdone, with gorgeous red and blue gems arranged on both sides of its head. And each surface radiated a six-rayed star, which were indeed extraordinary star-light red and blue gems.

Although not as large as the mountain-like body of the ancient giant snake, this one before them was worthy of the name giant snake. Compared to the former, its magnificence was even more outstanding; if it appeared before some ancient civilizations, it would not be impossible for them to regard it as a holy snake and prostrate themselves in worship.

It was undoubtedly the true form of the "Star Soul" of Satus Island.

"……"

Zoe stared blankly at the giant snake, whispering softly in her mouth.

"What's wrong?"

Zoe came back to her senses and frowned, holding her forehead again.

"What's wrong? Does your head still hurt?" Li Ang asked.

Could it be that the spell pattern couldn't isolate the influence of the Star Soul that was right in front of them?

"No, I heard her speak."

Zoe muttered: "She said, rebirth, joy, revenge, occupy!"

Occupy? That refers to using the girl with the Star Soul greenhouse constitution as a host, although I don't know how such a huge snake could inhabit a human body.

"Anyway, we have to have a fight." Li Ang snorted.

He opened the panel of this magnificent giant snake.