Chapter 229: Ruins No. 8, Consciousness of the Star Realm?

"Okay, if that's the case, I'll make the arrangements." Yun Yan could only nod. "I'll take you to stay first, and then go to Ruins No. 8 tomorrow. How about that?"

Since Yu Cang insisted on going, they must be responsible for security.

Yu Cang naturally agreed.

Yun Yan's car was much more stable than Yu Cang's tricycle, and the driver was also very steady, so there were no bumps along the way, and they arrived at the Shenwu Hotel they had booked.

After getting off the car, Yu Cang glanced to the side.

Um...Shendu University.

The hotel I stayed in this time was very close to Shendu University, just across the street.

"This is the hotel where you will stay temporarily." Yun Yan got out of the car and walked to Yu Cang's side.

He felt that the area near the school was lively after all, and it was a place where young people like Yu Cang could stay. Moreover... it would be convenient to invite Yu Cang to visit the school and discuss academic issues later.

Behind him, a car also stopped. Several men who looked like bodyguards got out and surrounded him.

Obviously, these are the security forces that Yun Yan called in.

Not far away, a pitch-black armored vehicle stopped. The surrounding glass was completely black, making it impossible to see what was going on inside.

"Uh..." Yu Cang had obviously never seen such a big scene.

Wait a minute, I didn’t see these people at the airport just now...where did they come from?

"Master Yun, these people are..."

"Oh, you mean them." Yun Yan said as a matter of course, "My friend, now that your identity has been made public, there are definitely many people in society who have ill intentions towards you. It's only right to take some precautions."

"Is there a possibility that I am also a soul card master?" Yu Cang was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

He doesn't know how many people are working in secret. At least, most of those in the open are only level three or four, not as powerful as him.

Although he is only a fifth-level soul card master, he can be considered powerful among his peers.

But that is only in the arena. If he breaks away from the restrictions of the arena, Yu Cang's strength will only become stronger.

After all, he has Qi'er - Qi'er's suppression of soul energy wells and spell cards cannot be displayed in the arena.

With Qi'er around, it would be difficult for a level six or even level seven soul card master to pose any threat to Cang.

In addition, the Weeping Girl is also on guard at all times. Her ability to absorb emotions is like a radar. If there is any malicious intent towards Cang around, it will be detected instantly, thus eliminating the possibility of being attacked by surprise.

If there really is someone who can bypass the two safeguards of Qi'er and Qi Nu and wants to attack Cang, then these security forces in front of him will be of no use, and Cang may even have to find a way to save them.

Of course, frequent use of Qi'er's abilities might lead to further banning of the card, so it should not be used lightly unless it is a dangerous moment. But no matter what, Yu Cang really doesn't need to mobilize such a large force right now.

Yun Yan didn't know this.

To be honest, he had originally invited Yu Cang to come to Shendu in Yujiang just to get a deeper understanding of the mechanical department and see if there were any opportunities for cooperation. Later, he guessed that there might be a new summoning method, and he just wanted to see if there were any insider information.

Now that Yu Cang can come, he is of course happy, but the morning before you came to me, you suddenly announced your identity as the winner of the Flame Emperor Medal and the corresponding achievements... That made him feel frustrated!

My goodness, right now is the time when Yu Cang is receiving the most attention. I guess the whole country is curious about who Yu Cang is... and now you leave the ancient capital and run to me...

He is not Ren Zheng!

Yun Yan is extremely desolate now.

Especially when he was in Yujiang, he saw that Yu Cang seemed to be at odds with some forces in the imperial capital, as if they had become enemies.

He didn't have any detailed information about Yu Cang, so he didn't know how many "enemies" Yu Cang had outside.

If they choose to assassinate Yu Cang when he leaves Ren Zheng, then he will have no way to argue even if he is right!

When Yu Cang told him today that he was coming to Shendu, he was really shocked. He wanted to refuse, but who knew that Yu Cang was already on the way.

He now only regretted that he was too casual when he spoke to Yu Cang, saying "you can contact me anytime". He was digging a hole for himself!

There was no other way. After failing to refuse politely, he could only hurry up and find as many security guards as he could. Don't be fooled by the unprepossessing looks of those bodyguard-looking men, but they were actually active military personnel, and were equipped with mechanical card decks. Yun Yan had to talk a lot before he got permission.

Of course... it's also because the person being protected is Yu Cang. If it were someone else, they wouldn't be qualified to have the army protect them whenever they go out.

So, in response to Cang's complaints, he could only say, "Hey, when you're out, it's better to be careful... My friend, please understand. Besides, even if it's not for safety reasons, these people are necessary."

"Not for safety's sake... what do you mean?" Yu Cang was a little confused, but seeing that some people from Shendu University had already come over to watch the excitement, he quickly said, "Let's go quickly and don't block their way."

"Okay, okay, come, follow me..."

However, Yu Cang obviously underestimated his current influence.

…

One side.

Gao Heng had been studying for a whole day and had just bought dinner for a few of his roommates. As he was about to go back to the dormitory, he suddenly saw this scene out of the corner of his eye.

He couldn't help but laugh.

Good job.

It’s such a big event, you must have a lot of bodyguards, right?

The person in the middle is still so young. Who are you? What contribution can you make to society? What? Do you really think someone would assassinate a young man like you?

He wanted to see who this person was.

Carrying four lunch boxes, Gao Heng squeezed to the front of the crowd and took a look.

Oh, look at this little face, it's quite handsome. I guess it's some third-tier celebrity who deliberately put up this kind of a show for marketing purposes.

Hmm...wait, this face looks familiar.

Did I just see this somewhere... huh?

Gao Heng's eyes suddenly widened.

I am Zhuo, Yu Cang!

"I'll chow! I'll chow!" Gao Heng was so excited that four lunch boxes fell to the ground. He was so excited that he started dancing and took out his mobile phone, as if he wanted to take a photo immediately. However, he didn't dare to go forward because of the intimidating gazes of the black-clad bodyguards.

My Zhuo, Yu Cang! Male god, this is male god!

Winner of the Flame Emperor Medal! Saw him alive!

At this moment, he understood who these security guards were guarding against.

…

"Is it that exaggerated..." Yu Cang breathed a sigh of relief after hiding in the hotel.

Just now, not everyone actually recognized him. After all, his information on the official website was an ID photo, which was somewhat different from his daily appearance.

But it seemed to be the time when classes were over, and there were many students on the road, so even if only some people recognized him, the noise was a bit exaggerated.

Okay, Yunyan, you are right.

It seems necessary to bring some people with you.

Behind him, Yun Yan came up with a smile, "My friend, I realize that you underestimate your current popularity... Even an old man like me who hasn't surfed for a long time knows you, let alone others."

Yu Cang: "..."

"Okay, let's not talk about that anymore. Next, just have a good rest. The rooms are already booked. They're two adjacent rooms on the tenth floor. If you need anything, just tell me directly."

"Okay, sure." Yu Cang took the two room cards.

On the side, Gu Jieshuang blinked and put away her expectant look.

What... According to the normal plot development, shouldn't it be "not enough rooms" at this time, or Yun Yan "knows how to deal with things" and take the initiative to say that there is only one room left?

Then he and the boss would have to live together… ahem, of course, she wasn't looking forward to that… and it was a pity!

After all, he and his boss are innocent now! They should sleep separately!

Gu Jieshuang coughed lightly and quickly asked her aunt to adjust the temperature to suppress the redness of her ears.

Speaking of which, the last time we spent the night together was at Zulong Snow Mountain, when we were playing Monopoly.

Gu Jieshuang's face was tense, but outsiders couldn't tell that she was lost in thought. After quickly completing the check-in process, Yu Cang and Gu Jieshuang went back to their rooms.

It was still the same as before, Yu Cang had one room by himself, and Gu Jieshuang and Qi'er had another.

After settling in, Yun Yan left the hotel, and the security guards he brought with him also found places to hide.

Yu Cang had already had dinner on the plane, so he was not that hungry at this time.

He took a shower and returned to bed, feeling somewhat confused.

Hmm… Now, shouldn’t Grandmaster Yun send me some basic information about Ruins No. 8?

I can’t just go there and check it tomorrow... Could it be that I forgot?

Yu Cang thought about it and sent a message to Master Yun asking for his opinion, but he did not reply.

Um?

Are you busy?

Yu Cang glanced to the side and saw Ye Lai lying on the windowsill of the room, overlooking the night view of the capital, looking very relaxed.

...Forget it, it's okay to look at it tomorrow.

Yu Cang put away the terminal, stood up, and walked to the windowsill.

He gently stroked Ye Lai's little head and looked out the window.

Divine Capital...the hometown of Emperor Wu.

I heard that this place is rich in melee soul card masters, and the strongest melee soul card master in the world today comes from here.

Yu Cang's eyes turned to the side.

I wonder what level the combat club of Shendu University will be at.

I heard from Grandmaster Yun Yan on the way that... the student from the Combat Academy who was trapped in Ruins No. 8... is the president of this year's Combat Club of Shendu University.

It would be a real pity if such a talent really died in the ruins.

Thinking of this, Yu Cang's mind naturally began to speculate about the information related to the ruins.

I still remember that Grandmaster Yun once said in Yujiang that this relic is the remains of a civilization from tens of thousands of years ago... What we know is that at that time, humans had not yet separated from the scope of spiritual beasts, and were just struggling to survive. It can't be called a civilization at all, let alone leaving behind any mechanical relics.

If it's related to the star realm... could it be a civilization outside of Blue Planet?

Yu Cang was daydreaming here when there was suddenly a knock on the door behind him.

Um?

When Yu Cang opened the door, he saw that it was Gu Jieshuang.

"Is something wrong, Jie Shuang?"

"Uh... that boss." Gu Jieshuang held a document in her arms. "Master Yun seems to have left the information about Ruins No. 8 in my room. I'll bring it to you."

Yu Cang blinked: "Oh, is that so..."

"Yes, yes, here you go... Then I'll go back first..."

Bang!

Suddenly, there was a sound of a door closing behind him.

Gu Jieshuang and Yu Cang turned their heads at the same time.

Hmm...Qier closed the door of Jie Shuang's room.

Gu Jieshuang's body suddenly froze.

It’s bad…she didn’t bring her room card.

The two men's bodies stiffened for a moment.

"Come in first." Yu Cang said, "It's just right. We have to go into the ruins together tomorrow, so we can discuss it together."

"Oh..." Gu Jieshuang hugged the materials to her chest again, "Well, excuse me for disturbing you."

"fine."

Yu Cang let Gu Jieshuang in, and a hint of fragrance drifted into his nose along her hair.

Hmm... Jie Shuang seems to have just taken a shower.

The two entered the room, and Yu Cang brought a chair to Gu Jieshuang.

"Let me take a look." Yu Cang took the information, flipped through it casually, and then focused on thinking, suppressing the slight throbbing in his eyes.

Look at the materials first.

Ruins No. 8 is located in a valley southeast of the Divine Capital. In the past, this valley was often shrouded in mist, and ordinary people would get lost if they entered. Fortunately, no matter how lost one gets, they will eventually stumble out of the valley. No one has ever been seen getting lost in it, but few people can actually enter it.

When Di Chang'an was collecting myths, he traveled almost all the mysterious places in the land of Yan State. But for some reason, he seemed to have missed this place. It was not until Ye Yan became a myth and came here that he finally dispelled the fog surrounding it.

It was not until this time that people finally entered the depths of the valley and saw what was inside - the ruins of a white metal building.

These wreckages have simple lines and a style that is different from that of Yan Country and other civilizations in the world. It can even be said that the style is completely different. Moreover, there are a large number of mechanical structures among them. It is unknown where those mechanical structures get their energy from, and they are still running until now.

When people saw the wreckage, most of it was already broken, but there was no rust on the metal shells, making it difficult to judge the history of the ruins.

It was Ye Yanshen who made the final conclusion.

Ye Shenhua sighed at the time and said, "Ten thousand years have passed. What a pity."

Yu Cang's expression changed.

Judging from the material, those metal mechanical structures are still able to operate after thousands of years, and there is even very little rust. If it weren't for the myth, it would be difficult to determine the specific time of the ruins?

This kind of technology... considering the current civilization of Blue Star, I'm afraid no one can do it? Even with the help of Soul Cards.

You know, even mythical soul cards that have been passed down to the present day need to be constantly repaired before they can be used normally, and the oldest myth is only 6,000 years old.

But why does Shinhwa say "what a pity"?

Yu Cang quickly turned the page.

Ye Yanshen left a message before leaving.

He recognized the material that made up these buildings. It was a metal from the astral plane, so these "buildings" must have come from the astral plane.

The information included some introductions to the star realms, all of which Yu Cang had never heard of before.

Generally speaking, people born in a world like Blue Star cannot enter the astral realm because of gravity.

When one's strength reaches a certain level, one can actually vaguely sense that the starry sky above one's head comes from another world. Theoretically, as long as one keeps flying upwards, one can enter the starry sky, but this is impossible.

The gravitational rules of this world are different from those of the previous life. The higher a person flies, the stronger the gravitational force on the body will be. There is no limit to the strength of this gravitational force. Therefore, even myths can only reach the height of the moon. Going higher, they will be powerless.

In the era of Ye Yan's myth, the only way to enter the astral realm was through the World Championship, and the Nightmare Boundary was something that had only been discovered recently.

Ye Yan had been to the Star Realm, so he could recognize the origins of these buildings. However, he was still young when he participated in the World Championship and could not stay in the Star Realm for long. After he became a legend, he could no longer take the path to the World Championship.

Therefore, Ye Yan was very surprised when he discovered this place, but unfortunately, after all, tens of thousands of years have passed here, and the core part has become necrotic, with only simple defensive instructions left. If Ye Yan wanted to enter the core, he could only use force to break the magic.

But Ye Yan did not do that - because he vaguely felt that there seemed to be a dormant consciousness in the core area of ​​this relic!

Consciousness from the astral realm!

If Ye Yan chose to break through forcibly, it would be very likely that this consciousness would be killed, so he did not do so.

However, after so many years, there was no movement in the ruins, so Ye Yan gave up waiting for consciousness to awaken, and instead chose to travel, trying to find a way to the star realm in other worlds.

"Consciousness from the star realm..." Yu Cang thought thoughtfully.

Thinking this, he continued reading.

After Ye Yan left, the military of Shendu took over the ruins and was responsible for its daily maintenance and exploration.

This relic can resonate with many rhythmic patterns related to machinery, but that's all. Therefore, this relic has not received much attention until now. It has only recently shown signs of becoming popular, but then this incident happened again.

Yun Yan guessed that the rainbow light rising from the ruins might indicate that consciousness has awakened, but for some reason, it still did not show any signs of communicating with the outside world.

However, after years of investigation, the structure of these ruins has actually been almost figured out - they are called astral buildings here, but in fact they are just the wreckage of a huge aircraft.

Yes, an aircraft!

This aircraft may contain the secret to breaking through the gravitational layer of the small world, but no one knows what happened and it has now been torn into pieces and turned into such a "complex of buildings".

While Yu Cang was reading the materials carefully, Gu Jieshuang was quite nervous beside him.

I'm sorry, I misunderstood Yun Yan... You are indeed good at handling things.

Just booking a house or something is too trivial, and it is also abrupt and not effective.

This move of putting the wrong materials together is really silky smooth.

Anyway, if the two of them had the idea, it would be impossible to stop them even if they booked separate rooms, after all, they were next to each other - so Yun Yan just gave a reason.

But... she really didn't have that idea!

She and the boss had only held hands and hugged each other at most, everything else was innocent... Even if there was a high probability of sausage in the end, it wouldn't be now!

Gu Jieshuang's cheeks were burning, and she could only calm down with the help of her aunt.

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The other side.

Qi'er was lying in the corner, his face serious and his ears pressed against the wall.

But... I didn't hear anything.

She looked at the doll beside her in confusion. "Sister Weeping Girl, didn't you say that if a brother and sister have a good relationship, they'll make some "hmm" and "ahh" sounds when they're in the same room? Why aren't there any now?"

"Uh...haha, um, um..." The little doll looked away embarrassedly.

(End of this chapter)