Chapter 547: Seeing and Hearing the Secret Movements in the Dark
As he looked up the information, his brows knitted together involuntarily. "No wonder the empire is still like this."
According to the information he had learned, it was now clearly known that the Empire had opened the Holy Castle.
He had not had much in-depth contact with the Star Alliance or the Federation, and he was not sure whether the other party had opened the Holy Fortress.
Since we have this kind of information, it is equivalent to obtaining the "inheritance" of the Titans. Although the technological level may not reach the peak of the Titans, it will not be much weaker.
But the Empire's performance was too different, and there wasn't even much Titan technology.
Only after seeing the information in person did Li Ming understand why.
Titan technology is not something that can be easily reproduced, and it is almost complementary to their evolutionary path.
Moreover, they live in a dimensional world, and many of their basic technologies are completely opposite to those of the main universe.
When the Holy Castle was opened, the empire had grown and it was impossible to switch systems. Trying to rely on these to rebuild the Titan civilization was like a foolish dream.
The most correct way to use it is to draw on its high-end technology.
“…Apart from these materials, is that all?” Li Ming looked at the Supervisor, seeming a little disappointed.
The Overseer raised his hand, and amidst the intertwining lights, several objects appeared before his eyes. "There are also five portions of World Blood, and five weapons..."
"Oh?" Li Ming was slightly shocked.
Of his main combat-type control items, only three have not been upgraded to Level X.
But he doesn't only control main combat types. For example, the [Magnetic Crystal Heavy Domain] that can assist in development also needs to be upgraded.
Naturally, the more upgrade materials like World Blood you have, the better.
Combined with Klonoa's big health pack, it should be enough for a short period of time.
Li Ming thought to himself that as for those X-level weapons, they were also used as recycling materials.
After thinking about it, Li Ming felt that he was still a little unsatisfied, so he asked tentatively, "These are the only things. Didn't the Lord leave behind any supplies for the successor to make a comeback?"
The Overseer didn't understand. "What supplies? You still need those things? Shouldn't you be thinking about how to evolve?"
"Uh..." Li Ming paused for a moment before realizing that it would be a Titan who opened the holy castle.
Seeing so much world blood left, he must have been ecstatic.
It is enough to support his evolution to the secondary dominant level.
But for him, although it is not completely useless, it is not a direct enhancement after all.
"Who can predict what will happen hundreds of thousands of years later..." Li Ming shook his head. This is the difference in evolutionary systems, and no one can do anything about it.
"Besides, the Holy Castle is merely a carrier of the 'holy relic,'" the Overseer added. "These things are merely scraps."
"The Titan's holy relic... that is, a relic." Li Ming suddenly remembered and immediately became alert. "Then what holy relic is it? Where is it?"
"Up." The Supervisor looked up, and Li Ming also looked over. A bright light reflected in his pupils was floating above his head.
One can vaguely see an extremely delicate red crown with six sharp prisms floating in it. The material seems to be some kind of crystal, reflecting the sunset-like glow.
"The Crown of Diglas is extremely strong. Its wearer can withstand the attacks of the ultimate life forms, and it is also difficult to be harmed by various cosmic laws." The Supervisor narrated slowly.
Li Ming's throat rolled, and his eyes flashed green, and only two words could be seen - greed.
"But...why did it crack?" Li Ming couldn't help but murmur.
That's right, even with the dazzling light, Li Ming could still see the fine cracks on the crown, with traces of light flowing through it, destroying the almost integrated beauty.
According to the Inspector, the armor that was strong enough to withstand the attacks of the Ultimate Life Form has been broken.
The Overseer paused, "Because of that war."
"The war with the Yuan Clan." Li Ming restrained his expression and asked, "Now, I should have the authority to know the details of that war, right?"
"What exactly happened?" The Overseer shook his head. "I didn't participate in that war. I was merely a mechanical being created in its final stages to monitor the Holy Castle."
"But I can tell you that it was a hopeless war."
He spoke calmly, "Titan, there were eight Overlords at the end of the era, and none of them survived."
This short sentence made Li Ming feel suffocated.
There is no need to say more.
After a long silence, Li Mingcai said, "What about the Guixu Stage?"
"I can tell you this." The Supervisor walked up to the prism, stretched out his metal finger and immersed it into it, as if he was also absorbing the information in it.
"…The Return to Ruins period is a special cosmic stage. During this period, the life forms in the Eternal Abyss will no longer be suppressed and can break free from the Eternal Abyss to be active and free."
"What about the interval time?" Li Ming asked.
"The exact interval is unknown. The Guixu period in cosmic history has never had a clear interval, and the Titans don't know the cause either." The Supervisor shook his head.
"However, what is certain at present is that although Yuanzu will hunt down any active life forms, its main targets are still the Overlord level."
"Mainly hunting the Overlord class?" Li Ming was slightly stunned. Various kinds of information were intertwined in his mind, as well as a large number of online novels he had read in his previous life.
A thought suddenly popped up.
"Is... the universe cleaning up?" he asked tentatively.
The Overseer couldn't help but be surprised. "I was just about to say that although the Overlords don't know for sure, I have a guess that the main cause of the Guixu period may be related to the number of Overlords."
"This type of life form has evolved to an incredible level. Every existence of it is a great violation of the laws of the universe."
"Eternal Abyss is most likely used specifically to cleanse the Overlord."
Finally, the Supervisor emphasized, "But this is just speculation, there is no substantial evidence to prove it."
"Because, there are twelve Titan Lords at the peak level, but none of them have entered the Guixu stage. There are only eight at the end level, but they have entered the Guixu stage."
Li Ming nodded thoughtfully. If the Guixu period was really triggered by the number of ultimate life forms, then this would be an almost unsolvable problem. The desire for evolution of all life forms is instinctive.
They will try every possible way to evolve to a higher level, and it is almost impossible to stop them.
However, this is just a speculation, and it is hard to say whether it is true.
Let's put this matter aside for now. He is only an S-level life form, so there is no point in thinking too much.
Li Ming thought about this and said, "Oh right, you just said there are eight Lords. Does that mean there are also eight Holy Castles?"
"No, there are only seven holy fortresses. The Lord Sayatore whom you found in the Red River Star Stream mysteriously disappeared at the end and did not have time to build one." The Supervisor shook his head.
"How many have you opened?" Li Ming stared at him.
"I didn't know this before, but now that you've opened the Holy Castle, your authority has been elevated..." The Overseer, still absorbing information from the prism, said after a moment, "Not counting this one, there are four."
"Four?" Li Ming was slightly surprised. This number was not small.
One for the Empire, one each for the Federation and the Covenant?
There's one left.
Li Ming thought about it and asked the supervisor if he could determine the time and location of the opening.
"I don't know exactly when and where it will be opened." The Supervisor shook his head.
Li Ming stroked his chin, sorted out his gains this time, and finally looked up at the Crown of Diglas above his head.
"Once I pass the Secondary Overlord Trial, this thing will belong to me, right?"
"Not bad." The Supervisor nodded.
"Let's go... and try the so-called secondary overlord trial." Li Ming rubbed his hands, eager to give it a try.
When he looked at the monitor, he suddenly noticed a hint of a smile on his face.
When he looked again, it had disappeared, and Li Ming became suspicious.
The Overseer shook his head and said, "No need for that. The Lesser Overlord's Trial takes place within the Holy Fortress. The intensity of this trial is too much for the outside world to handle. That's why the Holy Fortress is open."
The mechanical pupils flickered slightly, and a familiar gray mist suddenly emerged from the ground around Li Ming. The hall of the Holy Castle turned into a trial arena.
"Fight as soon as I say so?" Li Ming's heart skipped a beat and he quickly focused his attention.
In the secondary overlord trial, I wonder how strong those old guys will be.
As he was thinking, a figure emerged in the swirling fog around him. The appearance of the Yuan clan became refined, the facial features became more delicate, and the patterns on the surface became more complicated.
An armor-like exoskeleton has covered the entire body.
The moment it took shape, his eyes blurred and his pupils suddenly contracted. Before he could even react, the other person had already appeared in front of him.
A punch came like a star exploding. Li Ming could only watch with his cheeks shaking violently.
grass!
Li Ming immediately became certain that the expression he saw on the Inspector was definitely not an illusion.
Bang!
His eyes went dark and he didn't even feel the pain.
The difference in strength this time was beyond his imagination. He had almost no reaction time, and it was even more difficult for him to withstand the opponent's punch.
This was the first time he was "beaten to death" in the trial arena.
The gray-black mist around dissipated, and the broken flesh quickly repaired itself.
Li Ming frowned. Being beaten to death in the trial arena was not a real fatal crisis, so it would naturally not trigger the [Life Power Core].
But he still clearly remembered that there were only three challenge opportunities, and this time he had no preparation at all and directly used one.
His gaze fell on the Overseer not far away. He said calmly, "Although I used some special means to enter here, it complies with the rules of the Holy Castle. You mentioned this many times, but I didn't pay attention to it."
"But this time you deliberately tricked me, that's a bit too much."
His voice was flat and his eyes were indifferent.
But the supervisor felt a little hesitant and couldn't help feeling a sense of awe.
This time, he quickly explained, "You've opened the Holy Castle, and your authority has been elevated. You're no longer restricted by the number of failures, and you can challenge as many times as you want."
"Oh?" Li Ming was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but laugh: "Oh, you should have said it earlier, otherwise it would be bad if there was a misunderstanding."
Tsk... This Inspector, who used to "hate" me so much, is now playing a joke on me.
The face of a machine.
The Supervisor was speechless and shook his head, "It's my problem."
"It doesn't matter whether it's a problem or not. We are all brothers." Li Ming patted his shoulder, and then was secretly shocked.
The intensity of the trial of the secondary overlord was ridiculously high. He had no chance to resist and was beaten to death.
It is estimated that the energy level is even close to 2000X.
After a rough estimate, Li Ming helplessly discovered that even if he pushed the development progress to its maximum and took the infinite hammer, the energy level would be around 3000X.
We can still fight our way through the front, but it is very difficult to break through the final siege.
The lethality is achieved, but the gap in other aspects is too big.
I guess we have to become an X-level life form to be able to really defeat it.
"Tsk..." He looked at the cracked Crown of Digras with some reluctance.
It's only a matter of time, he told himself.
It took some time to absorb the World Blood and those X-level weapons, and recovered nearly 4 billion metal energies.
"Well, it can be used to create a life force core, and the rest can be used to upgrade the control object..."
Li Ming thought about it and felt that the harvest this time was not too small, after all, he didn't pay much price.
After dealing with these, he was about to log off, but was stopped by the Supervisor, "Someone has triggered the King Challenge."
"Hmm?" Li Ming paused, then asked in surprise, "Another person? A new one?"
"Hmm..." The Overseer seemed to be receiving information. "You're not really a newcomer. It seems you've been challenging yourself to become a King and are also in the Peak Transcendence Trial stage. It's just that you passed the Peak Transcendence Trial, so his data has been updated."
"It's been going on?" Li Ming couldn't help but become interested. "I remember the first time. Can I take a look?"
"Indeed." The Supervisor nodded. "The distance this time is quite far."
………
In a distant star field, in a brilliant starry sky, many planets gather together, and strangely shaped spaceships shuttle back and forth, which seems to be the core of a civilization.
On the largest planet, in a magnificent palace, a huge, dilapidated dark golden throne stood in the center, its surface covered with dense cracks, and it was shaking violently at this moment.
A burly giant with gray-black skin stood before the throne, with a Cyclops behind him, reporting in a low voice:
"The Black King...Spiritual Leader and his men have found the Holy King's bloodline, but the other party is not the one who triggered the trial to become a king."
"After all this time, we finally have news." The black giant said in a dull voice, "Unfortunately, it's too late. Another holy fortress has been opened."
"The Holy Fortress is open?" The Cyclops behind him was stunned and couldn't help but explain, "Spiritual Leader and his men were assassinated and captured by a powerful civilization in that star region, so they only just sent back the news."
The Black King said coldly, "I warned them to be careful. That star region was once the main battlefield. Several holy fortresses were opened by the life forms in that area."
After a pause, he added, "This one, too."
The Cyclops was getting more and more surprised. "So, should we go?"
"It's not time yet. Morris is currently breaking through the peak Transcendent Trial. Once he succeeds, he'll be able to initially master the Eternal Throne..." The Black King stared at the glittering Eternal Throne before him, a hint of heat gleaming in his dark eyes.
"We are the orthodox Titans. Those mixed-bloods know nothing. The Titan relics are not that easily manipulated."
"The Holy Castle Trial is just the most basic thing. Anyone who thinks that passing the Holy Castle Trial means success is ridiculous."
As soon as he finished speaking, he walked forward, and when he was within a certain range of the Eternal Holy Throne, his figure suddenly disappeared.
(End of this chapter)
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