A low roar came from the depths of the ruins, as if a sleeping giant beast was slowly waking up.

The ground began to shake violently, and rocks above head fell down, raising a cloud of dust.

Before Ye Ling and Duan Yu could react, they were shocked by this sudden change and staggered.

"What's going on?!" Ye Ling steadied herself and looked at Elder Xuanqing, whose face was pale.

"The ruins... the ruins are about to self-destruct!" Elder Xuanqing's voice trembled with despair. "It's your mecha! Your mecha has triggered the ruins' restrictions!"

"What?!" Ye Ling was bewildered. "We can't take the blame for this! We were so careful when modifying the mecha that we didn't even knock over a rock. How did we offend the restriction?"

Duan Yu glanced expressionlessly at the panicked crowd around him and said coldly, "Elder, instead of blaming us here, why don't you think about how to escape?"

Elder Xuanqing was so angry that his beard stood up. "It's all because of you mecha enthusiasts! You've ruined this beautiful cultivation site like this! Now everyone has to be buried with you!"

"Hey, old man, you have to back your words with evidence!" Ye Ling retorted unconvincedly, "Maybe this self-destruct mechanism already existed, and we just happened to encounter it? Maybe this is a test from the ruins for us!"

Lin Yu on the side looked at Ye Ling, then at Elder Xuanqing, with a conflicted look on his face.

He felt that what Ye Ling said made sense, but the elder was highly respected and would not speak without thinking...

As time passed, the shaking of the ruins became more and more intense.

The rocks above began to collapse on a large scale, and huge cracks appeared on the ground.

"Stop arguing!" Duan Yu growled, pulling Ye Ling towards the entrance of the ruins. "Let's find a way out first!"

Seeing this, Elder Xuanqing didn't bother to argue and hurriedly followed with his disciples.

Blacksmith Zhao ran and shouted, "Hey! My precious materials! I haven't even had time to use them yet!"

Senior Brother Zhou glared at Ye Ling fiercely and cursed in a low voice: "It's all because of you, you jinx! You made us..."

Ye Ling didn't bother to pay attention to him. The most important thing now was to escape.

At this moment, Ye Ling suddenly felt a powerful energy wave coming from the depths of the ruins, and she stopped abruptly.

"Wait..." Ye Ling looked solemn, "It seems like there is something..." Ye Ling suddenly stopped and the surrounding rubble almost hit her.

"Wait..." She narrowed her eyes, and her powerful perception caught a hint of something strange in the chaotic energy fluctuations.

"It seems like there's something..."

Ye Ling no longer paid attention to the noise around her, closed her eyes, and carefully felt the flow of energy in the ruins.

When she was exploring the ruins before, she felt that the energy flow of the ruins was very strange. Now, combined with the self-destructive energy fluctuations, she had a flash of inspiration!

"I know!" Ye Ling suddenly opened his eyes and pointed at a statue in the center of the ruins. "The source of self-destructive energy is right there!"

Everyone looked in the direction of Ye Ling's finger and saw an ancient statue emitting a strange light.

Elder Xuanqing was shocked: "This... This is the core control hub of the ruins! How did you know?!"

Ye Ling shrugged: "Women's intuition, understand?" She would never say that it was because she was bound to the core of the ancient mecha and was particularly sensitive to energy fluctuations!

"Nonsense! Do you think this is a joke?" Senior Brother Zhou shouted angrily, "I think you are deliberately destroying the ruins! And now you want to play tricks!" He had long disliked Ye Ling. How dare a mecha enthusiast like him interfere in the ruins of cultivation!

"Hehe, you're the only one who talks too much!" Ye Ling sneered and directly summoned his mecha.

After being transformed and upgraded in the ruins, her mecha is now extremely cool and shines with metallic luster.

"You! How dare you use a mecha here!" Senior Brother Zhou drew his sword and rushed towards Ye Ling.

"Good timing!" Ye Ling controlled the mecha to flexibly avoid the attack, and then a "roundhouse kick" hit Senior Brother Zhou in the chest.

"With this little ability, you dare to come out and embarrass yourself?"

Senior Brother Zhou was kicked out, fell heavily to the ground, and spat out a mouthful of blood.

He didn't expect Ye Ling's mecha to be so powerful. He was clearly a useless guy before...

Ye Ling controlled the mecha and pressed forward step by step, the energy cannon in his hand ready to fire.

"Now, do you still think I destroyed the ruins on purpose?"

Senior Brother Zhou struggled to stand up, his face pale and his eyes filled with fear.

"Ye Ling, be careful!"

Duan Yu flashed and stood in front of Ye Ling. A dagger with a cold glow appeared in his hand, which accurately blocked the attack from the side.

The person who launched the sneak attack was none other than Senior Brother Zhou, who had always been hostile to Ye Ling.

"With just this little trick, you still want to launch a sneak attack?" Duan Yu glanced at him coldly, his eyes as sharp as a knife.

Ye Ling felt warm in her heart. This guy is quite reliable at critical moments!

She took the opportunity to control the mecha and fired a beam of energy at the statue in the center of the ruins.

With a "sizzle", the light on the statue dimmed a little, and the vibration of the ruins also slowed down slightly.

"It's done!" Ye Ling clenched her fists excitedly, but before she had time to celebrate, she felt an even more powerful energy fluctuation surging out of the statue. This energy fluctuation was surprisingly similar to the energy fluctuation from the outer universe that she had felt at the entrance to the ruins before!

"What's going on? This energy..." Ye Ling's face changed, and an ominous premonition arose in his heart.

Duan Yu also noticed something strange. He frowned and said in a deep voice, "The self-destruct mechanism of this relic seems to be related to the energy of the outer universe..."

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