Chapter 31: 30. Creation Equation (Seeking Follow-up Reads)

30. Creation Equation (Seeking Follow-up Reads)

This problem girl.

Li Ang sighed and caught up to her footsteps.

With this, both of them arrived in front of the ruins.

The ancient temple built of giant stones had reliefs in many places, and certain mysterious patterns were perhaps lost scripts.

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.

The floor of the room was built with six concentric circular grooves, with the center of the circles pierced by three straight-line grooves, dividing it equally into six petals. On the edge of the outermost circle, six pillars were built directly facing the straight-line grooves—this should have been the original appearance of the room.

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

These pillars were mechanical devices; Li Ang felt his first impression was very much like some kind of water pump or hydraulic rod. And those symbols, the more he looked at them, the more they looked like...

"Dark Night Ancient City?"

The Dark Night Ancient City that 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 Dark Night Ancient City were very similar to these ones before them.

"Some ancient buildings in this world are relatively similar, and there are specialized scholars who have categorized them. If we record the characteristics here, it should be helpful 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 did not lift her feet.

He turned his head back in doubt, only to find that the girl's expression was not quite right.

Although she was looking ahead, it was as if she were gazing at some place that was not here, her pupils flickering.

Wait, her eyes were really flickering.

That was not a light reflection caused by moist eyes or 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: Discovered Creation Equation [Incomplete], collection progress 7%. Compose the complete equation to obtain the Power of Creation.]

What the hell, this system description?

Because the Nubis world was too ancient and remote, coupled with the isolation of the clouds, although creation myths existed in every country and race, they could basically be regarded as having been created according to the local environment after settling on the island, and there were no documents describing the same creator god or god race.

There was simply no way to find where the Creator was.

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

She fell to the ground, breathing 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 terrifying scenes. I thought I had died, I thought a long time had passed..."

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

"Ugh..." she groaned 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 the spirituality.

"The enemy is here, let's retreat to a wide area first."

The ground in the distance was suddenly pushed up.

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

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

The incoming enemy was quite cautious and did not want to show itself for the time being.

Li Ang ordered the elemental beast to charge; its jeweled claws smashed into the ground, but it did not 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 launches an attack from below."

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

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

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

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

The elemental beast stepped forward to catch up, stood directly on its two hind legs to accumulate power, and pressed its upper body down with all its might, slapping the path of advance with its own weight. The ground seemed to have ripples due to this strike, and the soil on the surface sprayed out in a cone shape.

The surprise attack of the underground thing was halted by this attack, and it changed its angle, preparing to attack again.

This kind of standoff continued several times, and the opponent did not gain any advantage, but its true form had not appeared, and dragging it out like this was not a solution.

Li Ang looked at the giant snake remains coiled around; it was like a mountain range extending to the vicinity. He glanced at the precious sword in the girl's hand and pointed to the mountain of rock, 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 rock wall surface of the giant snake remains, 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 hidden."

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

"What if it does?"

"Try to activate the energy of the Wind-Breath Sword with all your might and see if it will be provoked into appearing."

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

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

A wild wind instantly swept around the girl, and the whistling wind grew louder and louder. They brushed past the craggy jewels and solidified golden blood on the surface of the giant snake's remains, bringing up even more piercing shrieks.

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

The vibration grew stronger and stronger, and then, the ground cracked, and a bright light shadow fully over twenty meters long appeared before the two.

Its whole body flowed with light, and the scales on its body were overall a bright gold, but inlaid with strips of deep red, ink green, and light blue glazed color bands. Its body was no different from the gold-inlaid colored stone artworks of ancient civilizations, and it even possessed more divinity.

The front part of its body rose from the ground; the very front was exactly a snake head, but there was a golden horn on its nose, and there were also two golden horns on the left and right behind its cranium. Between the three golden horns, a structure resembling a crown was also constructed from glazed color bands and protruding, towering golden scales, with a perfect emerald jewel inlaid in the center of the crown.

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

Although it was not as large as the ancient giant snake's mountain-like body, the one before them was worthy of the name of a 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 kneel 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 while rubbing her forehead again.

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

Could it be that the spell pattern could not isolate the influence of the Star Soul that was close at hand?

"No, I heard her speaking."

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

Occupy? That must mean 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.