[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-vrmmo-mage-starting-with-a-10-000x-intelligence-":3,"chapter-vrmmo-mage-starting-with-a-10-000x-intelligence--online-game-mage-starting-with-a-10-000x-boost-f-chapter-494":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Online Game Mage: Starting with a 10,000x Boost from Intelligence Potions",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2204573,3818,"Chapter 494","online-game-mage-starting-with-a-10-000x-boost-f-chapter-494",494,"\u003Cp>Instead, he led his people to continue walking toward the west side of the small town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beigong Yun quickly led his team to follow behind Qin Feng and his group, choosing the same path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Beigong Yun take action, the people of the Beigong family followed almost immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, the team from Mobius Academy, where Lin An was located, slowly followed at the very back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The road leading to the west side of the town was not built on the outskirts of the town like the road leading to the east.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To enter the west side of the town, there was only one path to take.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was to set off north along the main thoroughfare from the south gate of the town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon reaching about halfway to the center of the town, one had to turn west.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after making several turns could one reach the west side of the town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, there was only this one road, which was completely different from the roads in other parts of the town that were accessible from all directions and interconnected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The road leading from the main southern thoroughfare to the west side of the town was relatively narrow—a long, winding, constricted path that suddenly opened up into a wide expanse when they reached the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene before them did not look like an ordinary small town at all; it looked more like a bustling, large city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The area on the west side of the town could be considered to have a forest of high-rises in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Building after building, four or five stories high, sat on the west side of the town, densely packed in entire swaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although some buildings were taller and some shorter, their exteriors were identical, differing only in the number of floors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made one’s scalp tingle a little at first glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under normal circumstances, what kind of place would build dozens or hundreds of identical buildings?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the distance between each building was definitely no more than 5 meters; it was extremely, extremely dense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With such a distance between buildings, one could at most walk through; nothing else could be done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The buildings were all pitch black, as if ink had been splashed on them and had soaked in over many years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also as if they had all been burned into charcoal, pitch-black without a hint of any other color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, let alone Lin An and Beigong Yun, even Qin Feng was seeing buildings that were entirely pitch-black for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in the era when \"non-mainstream\" styles were popular, he had never seen such exaggerated buildings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of ghost place is this? Some kind of local custom?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although such buildings could not be seen on Earth, perhaps this was a unique feature of this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Qin Feng’s first reaction was not to say there was a problem with this place, but to ask if it was some kind of custom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whether it's some kind of custom, I don't know; in any case, I've never heard of it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the one with the most extensive knowledge among the three, Beigong Yun frowned and thought hard, but still could not think of where such a custom existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such an architectural form for buildings was simply unheard of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And not a few minutes later, Zhao Long also gave a response from his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dean of Mobius Academy had also never seen such buildings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone seen them, they did not exist even in books or legends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the Flame King and Xuan Xuan Yuanhu, who were far away in the hundreds of thousands of years past, suddenly fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without saying a word, they frowned, not knowing what they were thinking about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beigong Shang, who had been with them the whole time, saw this and hesitated, but still reminded everyone through the soul chain.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Lord Flame King and Senior Xuan Tong Yuan seem to have discovered something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the expressions on the two of them, Beigong Shang felt that this area of buildings probably wasn't a good place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To avoid Beigong Yun and Qin Feng and the others entering directly and encountering danger, Beigong Shang immediately gave a warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, Beigong Shang also immediately activated visual sharing, allowing Beigong Yun and Qin Feng and the others to see what he was seeing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the Flame King and Xuan Xuan Yuanhu’s expressions were somewhat solemn, Qin Feng and the others did not disturb the two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They just stood where they were, carefully observing the situation in the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the streets in the south had already been explored for the most part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the cultivators on the southern streets had also headed to the eastern and western areas respectively to carry out the subsequent exploration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number of people who entered the western area to explore was no less than thirty or forty thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for the cultivators who had already entered this black building area, as well as the cultivators blocked behind the small path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, nearly ten thousand cultivators had already gathered here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Li, is there a problem with this area?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although when first arriving here, the vast majority of cultivators would feel that the scene here was a bit eerie and prone to causing unease,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was not the case that the vast majority of cultivators would stay in place and not enter to explore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that this time, Li Li Zhangfeng was among those staying outside the western area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As one of the strongest top experts to enter the ancient ruins this time, his every move was easily noticed by others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A place that could make him stop and not continue to explore must have some kind of problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s more, the previous garden predicament was solved because of Li Li Zhangfeng’s conjecture, which allowed them to find the correct way out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the vast majority of people still considered Li Li Zhangfeng’s judgment to be relatively reliable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Such an obvious problem, can't you see it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, this area was visibly eerie to the naked eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this obviously could not be the reason for them to stop and not move forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that since Li Li Zhangfeng said so, others had no way to pursue the question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This place... is it very similar?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed second by second, and the crowd stood in a stalemate here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't that no one lost patience and went in directly, but the vast majority of people still chose to wait and see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at this moment, the whispers of the Flame King and Xuan Xuan Yuanhu reached Qin Feng’s ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is quite similar, but not entirely the same. It’s just... this defies common sense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When has this thing ever followed common sense?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s not wrong to say.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, should this be considered their good luck or bad luck?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good luck or bad? Let’s not talk about that for now. I do know what the ancient ruins they speak of are.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I guessed it too. I thought only the Sunset Empire had been left behind; it turns out none of the four great empires escaped.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The information revealed in this conversation between the Flame King and Xuan Xuan Yuanhu was too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Firstly, it could be confirmed that the Flame King and Xuan Xuan Yuanhu knew what kind of existence these black buildings were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secondly, they should also have known what kind of place these ancient ruins were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And through their conversation, if Qin Feng guessed correctly, these ancient ruins were the Sunset Empire, but not just the Sunset Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After they finished communicating completely, the Flame King said with a serious face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulations, you’ve hit the jackpot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying congratulations while looking serious made Qin Feng roll his eyes, feeling that this joke was really cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, what exactly did you see?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are two things in total. I presume you have already guessed it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the voices of the Flame King and Xuan Xuan Yuanhu communicating were not loud, they could be considered whispers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he did not intend to hide it from Qin Feng and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Beigong Shang was also able to hear it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Beigong Shang could hear it, it was no different from Qin Feng and the others being able to hear it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only guessed one thing: these ancient ruins are the four great empires of the past, not just the Sunset Empire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But regarding these black buildings, you didn't reveal any key information.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only knowing that these buildings were not simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your guess is indeed correct; these ancient ruins should be the four great empires.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the reason I made this judgment is because of these black buildings.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The pass for the ancient ruins given before was placed in the cave behind the Bright Garden.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Which means that these ancient ruins are related to the Sunset Empire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1489,"2026-06-17T06:37:00.706Z","2026-06-17T06:54:06.241Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","4345cfda5859806a75e2b3620af08f6c7793d382f64fc86ad3215bfa4d262757","online-game-mage-starting-with-a-10-000x-boost-f-chapter-495","online-game-mage-starting-with-a-10-000x-boost-f-chapter-493",496,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fonline-game-mage-starting-with-a-10-000x-boost-f-cover.jpg"]