In the end of the world, I become an immortal alone

#376 - Great pioneer

"Everyone pay attention, don't damage anything on the streets, and don't provoke those drones."

Wang Ji Xuan howled directly.

There was no way around it; the radio had no signal, and transmitting sound required spiritual sense. They were completely suppressed now.

Then, Wang Ji Xuan had Amina fly him a distance ahead and watched as Nielda Tamon was locked in a small room by the side of the street.

The drones flew away directly.

Nielda Tamon, with a dark face, was about to tear open the railing when Amina reminded him in time:

"I advise you not to."

Amina reminded him with a smile:

"The technology here completely restrains us, and there are protective devices everywhere. Once you attack this city, something more terrifying than these small drones will pop out."

Wang Ji Xuan clicked his tongue: "I didn't expect that a fellow Daoist would also have a day of being imprisoned."

Nielda Tamon smiled bitterly.

He asked in a deep voice, "Is there any way to get out? I was just testing things out."

"Let me think," Amina seemed to be searching for relevant knowledge in her memory.

Soon, she gave some advice.

"You might as well rest here for a while. As long as you don't attack, this city won't show hostility. There are no living beings here anymore."

Nielda Tamon then said, "Can't the walls here be destroyed either? I didn't sense any spiritual energy fluctuations on them."

"It's best not to," Amina said, "But if you want to be a physical experiment for us, then we will naturally express our gratitude and encouragement to you appropriately."

Nielda Tamon stopped talking and turned to walk back to the small bed in the confinement room.

As soon as Nielda Tamon sat down, a projection screen-like thing appeared on the wall, with a barbell drone on it, asking with a gentle synthesized voice:

"Hello, dear 'Unknown Identity Resident'.

"A momentary mistake is an individual impulse and cannot negate your contribution to civilization and the value you can generate in the future.

"Do you need to read?"

Nielda Tamon glanced at the two guys outside and frowned, "I never read."

The barbell drone added, "According to the outline of the security regulations, reading for two hours in the confinement room can reduce your total confinement time by two hours."

Nielda Tamon said, "Please give me some fun books."

Wang Ji Xuan: He's already conforming to the rules here!

The wall on the other side vibrated slightly, and there was a drawer inside containing some spiritual energy-wrapped, paper-like books.

Wang Ji Xuan waved his hand, turned around, and left, his smile somewhat rippling.

Amina was a little worried about Wang Ji Xuan's safety, gave Nielda Tamon an apologetic smile, and proactively followed Wang Ji Xuan.

They continued to search in this vast city.

Wu Man found their library, but couldn't understand the books inside. Only the spiritual energy core circuit could understand the knowledge here.

Zheng Shiduo quickly found the dark corners of the city and saw traces left by some self-degraded individuals.

Ji Xiao soon ran over to report that he had discovered some usable instruments.

Wang Ji Xuan was afraid that there would be problems after everyone dispersed, so he called a few people to come and explore together.

As for Gao Huating's whereabouts…

They had been exploring for so long that they hadn't even finished exploring a corner of the northwestern area of the city. Some buildings were directly shrouded in a power similar to a formation, and they hadn't been able to enter yet.

The Daoist priest could only pray for Gao Huating.

After entering this city, Wang Ji Xuan actually relaxed a bit.

Since that ancient remnant spirit could capture Gao Huating, it shouldn't take too much effort to capture him during the teleportation process.

But so far, the other party still hasn't shown any hostility.

'Could it be that they're playing some long-line-fishing-for-big-fish trick?'

'Did they discover that I deliberately left the Mahayana remnant soul on the surface?'

'Speaking of which, if they want to harm me, how should they do it?'

Wang Ji Xuan kept thinking, and soon arrived at the area where Ji Xiao was. Except for Nielda Tamon, the others quickly gathered here.

This should be a small medical institution, sandwiched between two spires.

It was very magical;

After an unknown number of years, the instruments here could still operate normally.

Wang Ji Xuan was most interested in something similar to a beauty instrument, which didn't take up much space. In the center was a soft mask, and next to it was a simple control panel.

Amina studied it for a while and said softly, "It's for skin care, and it's for men only."

"Old Zheng, do you want to try it?"

Wang Ji Xuan turned around and asked, his eyes full of encouragement.

Although Zheng Shiduo was a little uneasy, he was very clear about his team positioning, so he calmly went up.

"Brother Wang, if my face is ruined, remember to help me book a plastic surgery!"

"Hurry up!"

Ji Xiao laughed beside him:

"If there's really pain, wouldn't you be thrilled to death?"

Amina pressed a few buttons, and the instrument made a slight humming sound. The mask was attached to Zheng Shiduo's face.

Spiritual energy began to flow;

Wang Ji Xuan keenly noticed that the spiritual energy in this area seemed to be mobilized, but the amount was very small.

A faint halo appeared on the mask on Zheng Shiduo's face.

After only half a minute, the mask began to spew out white mist and left Old Zheng's face.

A handsome young man who looked no more than twenty years old appeared in front of everyone, looking radiant.

Zheng Shiduo clicked his tongue: "Why is it really painless?"

"Damn," Ji Xiao shouted, staring, "You really became handsome!"

"Huh?" Zheng Shiduo raised his hand and touched his face. His skin was so delicate that it could be broken with a touch, and it even had a bit of a crystal-like texture.

"I'll try it too!"

Ji Xiao sat down with a thud. In less than a minute, the spiritual energy flowed again, and the second handsome young man appeared again.

Wang Ji Xuan touched his chin and pondered carefully, muttering, "Amina, did you feel it?"

"What?"

Amina thought for a while and said seriously:

"Is it the characteristic of the large circuit of spiritual energy circulation?

"The entire city is covered by a huge formation, and there are spiritual energy pathways everywhere. The spires in each area can also transmit spiritual energy to each other.

"Even if only a small beauty instrument was activated just now, there was a slight flow of spiritual energy throughout the city, but this fluctuation was already very weak when it was transmitted to a distance."

Wang Ji Xuan said, "A special Dao, or rather, a rule."

"What rule?"

"Time."

Wang Ji Xuan squatted down by the door and raised his hand to stroke the smooth ground.

He said in a low voice, "This civilization has mastered the rules of time. Although it's just the surface, the effect is very amazing. This city can remain intact for hundreds of thousands of years because of the protection of this rule. These instruments are equivalent to having no wear and tear, or the wear and tear is extremely slow."

Amina nodded and didn't say much, just kept observing everywhere.

Empty city;

Low sky;

Circulating spiritual energy.

"Such a powerful civilization was destroyed in the end, wasn't it?"

Amina said faintly:

"Perhaps we should also let ourselves accept the fact that civilization has completely collapsed."

Wang Ji Xuan smiled and didn't say much.

Following the spiritual energy circuit activated by the beauty instrument, he began to study the flow of spiritual energy here.

He could feel that there was a huge spiritual energy gathering point nearby.

It was like a power station of human civilization;

If he could enter this gathering point, it might be another extremely good blessed place for cultivation.

However, this was not the top priority.

"Let's try to find the central area as much as possible, and don't let that old remnant spirit wait too long."

Wang Ji Xuan said in a deep voice, and everyone agreed.

Wu Man still gave up the idea of getting a beauty treatment, after all, he was still young, but he had been working too hard recently, and he had been developing a little too fast.

… …

Nielda Tamon casually flipped through this 'magazine', which was written an unknown amount of time ago.

Yes, this was a magazine-like book, with a summary of the news that had happened in the 'recent' half year, and it had a strong formal flavor.

The content of the first page was bound to be the speeches of the leaders.

Nielda Tamon simply counted that there should be more than twenty leaders, each managing different resources of the civilization.

The first few pages seemed to be a routine, using official document format to promote achievements and political achievements.

Victory in the extraterritorial war of the star field;

The stalemate of the rebellion war;

The rise of the Fire Giant Clan caused concern;

Evidence of the enlightening effect of subtle spiritual energy on non-intelligent life;

Etc.

When Nielda Tamon flipped through the first few pages, the content began to become rich and colorful.

The emotional life of famous people in this civilization;

Which noble family gave birth to a new offspring;

A certain powerful general was photographed spending a day and a night with several opposite sexes of other races;

A certain celebrity in Cloud City was suspected of cheating again;

Tabloid news.

He loved this.

Nielda Tamon read with relish, without the slightest guilt about wasting time on these things.

The desire for knowledge and the desire for voyeurism were satisfied at the same time.

Nielda Tamon flipped through an unknown number of pages, and the smile on the corner of his mouth suddenly froze.

He was originally lying down, but suddenly sat up, frowning at the picture in the center of the page.

Wang Zheng?

Nielda Tamon simply couldn't believe his eyes.

He stared at the picture carefully for more than ten seconds.

It resembled him, but the shape was biased;

But a strong intuition told the strong man that this picture was Wang Zheng.

Why would Wang Zheng appear in a magazine from hundreds of thousands of years ago?

Nielda Tamon immediately looked at the ancient civilization's writing around the accompanying picture, understanding each word and sentence, afraid of making any mistakes.

[Study the sayings of the great pioneer.]

[The reason justice is justice lies in the fact that morality and law jointly define the boundaries of justice. Although the execution of justice may sound easy and exciting, when justice crosses this boundary, it itself is an unjust act.]

Below were more than a dozen interpretations and repetitions from experts and celebrities.

Nielda Tamon turned to the next page, which was more gossip news.

He rushed to the location of the drawer, replaced a magazine, and quickly flipped through it.

Same page number, same section, different content.

The title was still [Study the sayings of the great pioneer.]

This time, the content became:

[The Dao is the rule of nature, and we are also part of the rule of nature. When we merge with nature, we can gradually master the power of nature. The Dao gives birth to one, and one is the beginning of all things.]

Nielda Tamon's face was filled with blankness.

He quickly changed to the third and fourth magazines, and all the magazines in the drawer were pulled out by him. The same person's different busts appeared in the middle pages of each magazine.

Study the sayings of the great pioneer;

Great, pioneer.

Nielda Tamon sat back on the bed, his brain racing, but he couldn't figure out the key point.

But he knew that he had inadvertently found important information.

Based on the principle of not betraying allies, Nielda Tamon rushed to the fence of the confinement room with a magazine, looked at the empty street, and shouted:

"Amina! Wang Zheng! Come over here!"

However, the buildings on the street flickered slightly, and his sound waves could only travel within a range of three hundred meters.

Wang Ji Xuan and the others had already begun to delve into the central area of the Northwest region.

Nielda Tamon wanted to directly crush the fence in front of him, but just as he was about to make a move, two dumbbell drones fell from above, curiously observing Nielda Tamon.

Nielda Tamon raised his hands, took a few steps back, and indicated that he was harmless.

He can only wait for Wang Ji Xuan and the others to come over on their own, or for him to leave after his confinement ends.

This ancient civilization seems to have some unclear relationship with Wang Zheng.

And for Nielda Tamon... it was fresh and exciting.

...

"Didn't you check carefully when you came here before?"

"I checked some areas," Amina explained simply, "Every time I come here, I fly directly to the core palace complex and haven't wandered around here."

She paused and asked, "Why don't we just go over and get straight to the point with them?"

"Don't rush, let's learn more about this place," Wang Ji Xuan looked at the library shrouded in formations in front of him and said with some regret, "It would be great if this place was open, maybe we could find their history books."

Amina asked, "What are you looking for? Do you have a specific direction?"

"Not yet," the Daoist Priest put his hands behind his back and scanned the area, "But I have a premonition, a very strong premonition, that this place is related to me."

"Why?"

"Formations."

Wang Ji Xuan raised his chin:

"Perhaps in your understanding, this is the primitive or more advanced version of a spirit energy circuit, but in my perception, this is more like the formations of our cultivation world."

"These formations have been operating on their own for so many years, the materials used for the formation bases should have the blessing of the laws of time."

"Or, they have created something... based on the formations I know..."

"Brother Wang!"

Zheng Shiduo waved vigorously from the roof of a residential building not far away:

"Over here! Come over here and take a look! We found you!"

Wang Ji Xuan was stunned.

Amina had already raised her hand to grab Wang Ji Xuan's arm, taking him straight up and landing in the area where Wu Man and Ji Xiaoting were staying.

There was a row of sculptures there, more than thirty in total, all of them human busts.

The largest bust in the center had been pushed over, and there were traces of burning flames on it, while the other sculptures had a sense of newness.

And this fallen sculpture...

Wang Ji Xuan took a closer look, and the corners of his mouth twitched a few times.

The face of the sculpture, who else could it be but his own original appearance! The charm between his eyebrows is absolutely impossible to imitate! That is the confidence of a Great Ascension stage expert!

Immeasurable, that Great Demon Sovereign!

Damn it, what the hell is going on!