The gloomy silence was replaced by a distorted prosperity, and the surrounding environment was completely transformed.
The tower walls are inlaid with eerie minerals that emit a faint glow, illuminating the space.
This floor was densely packed with bizarre statues, some depicting a combination of humans and animals, others in completely abstract cloud shapes, exuding an eerie atmosphere.
The walls and floor tiles are arranged almost identically to those of human buildings, with some paintings depicting eerie white mist hanging on the walls in an attempt to add some character.
Li Yu's gaze swept across the front, and she was taken aback.
In the very center of this floor, there was a human corpse specimen.
A true human being!
The human's expression was so lifelike, as if he had simply fallen asleep.
Feng Zuo was also startled, his gaze constantly shifting between Li Yu and the specimen. Although he didn't speak, the shock in his eyes was hard to hide.
After all, apart from their appearance, Li Yu and the advanced alien beast specimen in front of him were almost identical.
Li Yu didn't stop. She passed through the room, which was completely modeled after a human, and continued upwards along the passage.
Layer upon layer.
More and more traces of human habitation are appearing in the deep tower.
Li Yu even suspected that there were living people here right now.
Human tools, human creations, and even human-made toys were carelessly placed in a corner.
Feng Zuo, who was behind him, was obviously climbing the Deep Tower for the first time, and was immediately attracted by the various objects inside.
Li Yu suddenly stopped in one place.
Beside him, a bookshelf embedded in the tower wall was neatly stacked with many books. He casually pulled out a thick, hardcover book.
The cover is made of worn leather and has no title.
I casually flipped through the yellowed pages of the book.
Lines of familiar Chinese characters come into view, telling a story fragment that has long been buried in the dust of history.
Zhongzhou characters!
Li Yu turned around, her gaze calm as she looked at Feng Zuo, who was staring intently at a metal music box behind her. Holding up her book, she casually asked:
"Can you 'humans' understand this kind of thing?"
Feng Zuo looked at the book in Li Yu's hand and suddenly fell silent, without answering.
After seeing everything inside the tower, he began to doubt his own convictions for the first time.
Seeing this, Li Yu simply shook her head, put down the book in her hand, and continued walking uphill.
As the passage to the top floor opened automatically, Li Yu and Feng Zuo finally arrived at the top floor of the Deep Tower.
Feng Zuo stood outside the door, his face full of excitement. Although he wanted to meet the Soul Master, he could only watch Li Yu step inside.
He cannot enter without the Soul Master's order.
Li Yu glanced back at Feng Zuo, who was still outside the door, shook her head, and went inside alone.
The moment he entered the top-floor lobby.
"Boom..."
The door behind me suddenly slammed shut.
The muffled sound of the doors closing seemed to mark the beginning of some ancient ritual.
The lights suddenly came on, dispelling the darkness of the entire floor.
At the center of the top floor, a large, backless chair resembles a throne.
A figure sat quietly with his back to the door.
On the low table in front of him were many crystal-clear chess pieces. The pieces were made of a peculiar material; one piece looked like solidified mist, while the other shimmered with a warm, jade-like luster.
A hand, marked by the passage of time, hovers above a misty chess piece, seemingly having pondered for a long time.
Li Yun could clearly feel an invisible gaze sweeping over him from the back of the chair, carrying a sense of melancholy and majesty.
As Li Yu stopped walking, the hovering hand finally moved.
He didn't just casually place the piece; instead, he slowly withdrew it.
The chair, which resembled a throne, suddenly spun around, and the figure on its back slowly turned around.
The first thing that caught Li Yu's eye was a head of silver-white hair that fell over her shoulders.
The snow-white eyebrows and beard blended together, as if the years had been wrapped in white silk.
A pair of thin-rimmed glasses sat on his nose, but the pupils behind the lenses gleamed with a metallic golden light, shimmering with an inhuman cold radiance under the lamplight, as if they could pierce through the soul of the living.
His clothing was exactly the same green as the flag of Zhongzhou, and the gold trim on the edges of the fabric exuded both worldly luxury and a solemnity that seemed otherworldly.
The old man raised his hand and took off his thin-rimmed glasses, revealing a pair of pure golden eyes, and calmly looked at Li Yu:
"Hello, human."
Li Yu's eyes were filled with shock: "You are the Soul Master?"
"It's me." The old man nodded slightly, a very faint smile playing on his lips.
Upon hearing the affirmative answer, Li Yu was overwhelmed with astonishment.
The Soul Lord before him, who ruled over a vast underground kingdom of ghosts, was completely different from the sinister and treacherous image of the Ghost King he had envisioned!
Although he is the ruler of the underground ghost kingdom, he strangely possesses a real physical body.
The loose skin and throbbing pulse clearly indicated that this was an elderly human being who was on the verge of death.
Coupled with the faint life force emanating from the old man, none of this was a disguise.
The Soul Master's golden eyes swept over Li Yu, a faint golden light flashing in his pupils, as if he were analyzing some kind of complex pattern.
After a moment, he spoke slowly, his voice carrying a strange certainty:
“You are very different, unlike anyone I’ve ever met.”
"How are they different?" Li Yu asked back.
The Soul Master smiled faintly, a smile that seemed somewhat fleeting on his aged face:
“I can see that you are not an awakened one.”
The golden gaze seemed to pierce through Li Yu's outward appearance, looking directly at his essence:
"The power within you is incompatible with all the energies in this world; it's not a superpower that an awakened being could possess!"
Upon hearing this, Li Yu shuddered, a cold killing intent flashing in his eyes, and his expression became more solemn than ever before.
This is his deepest secret, which he has never told anyone and has never been discovered by anyone!
But this old man, whom I was meeting for the first time, immediately recognized my extraordinary nature in just one glance.
Buzz!
The Phoenix Bow instantly floated in front of him, with flames swirling within it, emanating a terrifying aura.
Li Yu's gaze was already fixed on the Soul Master in front of her.
The Soul Master seemed completely unconcerned about this potentially fatal threat. Seeing Li Yu's readiness to act at any moment, he merely waved his hand lightly, his gesture carrying a weary air of someone who had seen through the ways of the world.
"Don't be so nervous." He pointed to his golden eyes:
"It's just that my eyes can see things that ordinary people can't."
The Soul Master was able to see the swirling energy around Li Yu because of his special eyes.
He had never seen that ever-spinning core.
Moreover, in the eyes of the Soul Master, countless golden threads shot up from Li Yu's body, connecting with an astonishing number of beings.
The Soul Master was equally shocked by this.
How can one person have so many connections?
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