Chapter 952: Too Many Words, Death

Until they landed on the Shattered Plane, Lord Nai Ge still couldn't see where the hammer was: "You saying it looks like an egg makes some sense, but where does it look like a hammer? Where is the hammer?"

Everyone landed on the plane, and Du Luo Ken lifted his leg and kicked the floating dust on the ground. With a clang, a fist-sized chunk of black crystal was kicked out.

"Huh?" Everyone froze. This was black crystal, not some random stone. How could one kick out a piece just by stepping? Could the entire plane be a black crystal mine?

Everyone thought of this and immediately started digging frantically. Soon, they cleared away a layer of floating dust nearby, revealing a vast expanse of black crystal.

Lord Nai Ge pushed aside some scattered fragments of black crystal and couldn't help frowning as he said: "Why do I feel like these black crystals were smashed by someone? Look, there are some radial cracks inside. It looks like a single large piece of black crystal was smashed by something and then piled together."

Lord Nai Ge's words made Anthony draw in a sharp breath: "Smashed? What could smash black crystal?"

"The Source Power, of course. The Abyssal Maw and the Dark Source can both smash black crystal. What's there to be surprised about?" Lord Nai Ge said.

"That's even more terrifying, you know. This means a Void Source exists here. If Your Majesty's true form isn't here, and we run into a Source, we're done for." Anthony rolled his eyes.

Lord Nai Ge froze. Because of the Abyssal Maw and the Dark Source, in his eyes, the Void Source was just so-so, nothing special.

But Anthony was very right. If there were existences of the level of the Abyssal Maw and the Dark Source here, that was even more terrifying. They would all be done for. Don't underestimate the Source as mere dry rations; that is the top-tier existence of the Void.

The Void Source: only beings like Seeing Ange, who also belong to the Void Source, are qualified to become their enemies. But the problem is, Seeing Ange's true form is not here.

"It's all just guessing. The Void Source isn't a quick-growing vegetable; how could it be everywhere? Maybe something else smashed it?" Lord Nai Ge tried to comfort them.

Anthony continued to roll his eyes: "The more you say, the scarier it gets. If the Void Source smashed it, that's one thing, but if something else can also smash black crystal, isn't that even more terrifying? Even if Your Majesty successfully leveled up, he must be cautious. What if one day someone smashes him?"

"Then maybe it wasn't smashed; it might have shattered naturally." Lord Nai Ge snapped.

Anthony shrugged: "You're the one who said it looked like it was smashed."

Just as they were bickering, Seeing Ange made a new discovery and kicked hard, shooting forward.

Everyone hurried to follow and soon arrived before a large hole perpendicular to the ground.

"This hole is so straight and so deep. Who dug such a perfectly straight hole here?" Lord Nai Ge said.

The hole's diameter was about ten meters, going straight down with consistent thickness. It clearly didn't look naturally formed. Even if one dug while using a ruler as a guide, it would be hard to dig such a vertical hole.

Du Luo Ken observed the rim of the hole and said: "It doesn't look like it was stabbed in either. If something had stabbed in, the interior would show signs of compression. There's none of that here."

While analyzing, everyone entered the hole. The condition of the inner walls made Du Luo Ken's eyes sparkle as he excitedly said: "Impression marks! Look, there are so many complete impression marks on the inner walls."

"Impression marks? Were they not carved?" Lord Nai Ge also saw the patterns on the inner walls, but he obviously couldn't distinguish whether the patterns were pressed or carved.

"No, no, no, not carved. Absolutely pressed. There are no drag marks along the patterns. If it were carved, the blade marks would form drag traces along the patterns. These patterns are very flat and smooth." Du Luo Ken said with full confidence.

So... what pressed them out? Carrying such questions, everyone went down and finally entered a regular space.

This was a square space. The hole they entered was in the middle of the space. The spaces on the left and right were almost the same size, perfectly square, with only a ramp where the two faces met.

Lord Nai Ge glanced around and said: "Don't you feel like this space looks like the interior of a giant hammer mold? It's a bit like something made using the lost-wax method. Look how clear the patterns on the walls are."

"Right, lost-wax method. Carve a giant hammer out of wax first, then wrap it, melt it out, and this kind of space forms. The hole we entered is the hammer handle, and also the wax-drain outlet, so the patterns were pressed, not carved." Du Luo Ken slapped his thigh and said excitedly.

Anthony was somewhat shocked: "Such a huge wax mold? How much wax would that take? What was this thing built for?"

"It doesn't necessarily have to be wax. As long as it can be poured out without damaging the outer mold, anything works. The Void has low temperatures; ice blocks could be used too." Du Luo Ken's mind opened up, and he quickly thought of better materials than wax. The lost-wax method is just the name of a craft; it doesn't strictly require wax.

Carving a giant hammer shape out of ice blocks, wrapping them with an outer mold, then melting the ice blocks, could create such a regular interior space.

Seeing Ange suddenly shook his head.

Lord Nai Ge and the others, who were discussing enthusiastically what the giant hammer was for, instantly felt like a bucket of cold water had been poured over their souls: "What? We guessed wrong?"

Seeing Ange said: "Giant hammer smashes, black crystal body shatters, devouring power released, giant hammer shrinks."

Lord Nai Ge drew in a sharp breath: "Are you saying there really was such a huge hammer that smashed a black crystal body, then released devouring power, compressed the shattered black crystal body into a lump, and then it shrank itself, forming this space?"

Seeing Ange nodded.

"How is that possible? Do you know how big this space is? Who could carry such a huge hammer? And smash a black crystal body? With so much black crystal outside, even if you smashed a thousand old immortals, you wouldn't get this much black crystal." Lord Nai Ge shouted.

Seeing Ange tilted his head: "I can."

"Pfft..." Lord Nai Ge spat out a mouthful of old blood. He naturally understood what "can" meant. Seeing Ange's "can" corresponded to his earlier "who could carry."

Thinking carefully, if it was Seeing Ange after devouring the Red Giant Sphere, he indeed might be able to swing such a gigantic hammer. Damn, what kind of freaks are these?

Although Lord Nai Ge shouted a few times, it didn't mean he didn't believe. Seeing Ange usually doesn't speak, but once he opens his mouth, no one, including Anthony, Du Luo Ken, or even the Monarch, would doubt its correctness. Because for Seeing Ange, he is too lazy to speak about uncertain matters.

Anthony immediately thought of the key point: "The hammer shrank, so where is the hammer? Those pirates have no memory of the hammer. Could the hammer still be here?"

As soon as Anthony finished speaking, a faint voice came from a corner of the space: "Too many words, death..."

With the word "death," a hammer, accompanied by a muffled thunder sound and tiny black lightning bolts, smashed out from the dark corner.