Immortality Cultivation: I can use my clansmen’s energy and blood to add points.

Although Su Xiaowan was still a little scared, seeing that Senior Brother Luo and Sister Wan'er had made up their minds, she could only bite the bullet and say, "Okay, okay, let's go! But let's make a deal, if there's any danger, Senior Brother Luo, you have to be the first to go!"

Luo Qingchen was amused by her straightforward words and wanted to laugh, but at this moment he couldn't laugh. He just nodded: "Don't worry, I will protect you."

After a brief discussion, the three of them no longer hesitated. Although Luo Qingchen's injuries had not healed, he had recovered most of his combat power. He walked in front again, with the power of chaos on high alert and full perception. Lin Wan'er, holding Bai Ling'er, followed closely behind, ready to support at any time. Su Xiaowan, holding a few defensive talismans, followed carefully at the end, her little head constantly looking left and right, alert to any disturbance.

The closer they got to the center, the thicker the ancient and vast atmosphere in the air became, but it was also mixed with a hint of fear and uneasiness that came from an unknown existence. This made Luo Qingchen feel a little more at ease, at least proving that the remaining power of the dragon soul was still there.

The light blue crystal ground beneath his feet became purer, and the reflected starlight became clearer, as if he was stepping on a real galaxy. The surrounding crystal stone pillars became taller and denser, and the starlight flowing on them became brighter, faintly forming some kind of mysterious formation veins.

After walking for about half an hour, they finally passed through the dense crystal column forest and arrived at the core area of ​​this underground star dome.

The scene before them made the three of them hold their breath again.

In front of them was an enormous circular platform, made entirely of a light blue crystal that was purer and more translucent than the ground. Its surface was as smooth as a mirror, and inside it seemed to contain a flowing nebula, emitting gentle yet powerful energy fluctuations.

In the center of the platform, there is a huge irregularly shaped crystal stone about the size of a house suspended!
This crystal was exactly the vague outline they had seen from afar before!

It was a deep blue in color, and its surface was covered with countless naturally formed golden lines that looked like star tracks. These lines flowed slowly, as if they contained the truth of the birth and death of the universe. Inside the crystal, countless points of light could be vaguely seen sinking, floating, and disappearing, like a miniature cosmic star core!

An indescribable, vast and ancient aura emanates from this "star core", vast and majestic, yet carrying a kind of deathly silence and exhaustion after endless years.

At this moment, the golden lines flowing on the surface of this "star core" that should have exuded supreme majesty appeared a little dim and disordered, and it was even trembling slightly, as if it was still immersed in the fear brought by the dragon soul before.

"What...what is this?" Su Xiaowan was stunned. "What a huge sapphire! If I could dig out a piece..."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Lin Wan'er quickly covered her mouth, fearing that her words would disturb the seemingly silent "star core". Although it looked "cowardly" now, who knew if it would suddenly go crazy?

Luo Qingchen stared at the huge "star core" with shock in his eyes. He could feel that this "star core" seemed to be the energy source of the entire underground starry sky, and the core that maintained everything here! The energy it contained was so vast that it was unimaginable, even far exceeding any spiritual vein or treasure he had seen before!
At the same time, he finally understood that the cold and indifferent will that he had felt before, which looked down on all living things, came from this "star core". It seemed to be an extremely special existence, between life and non-life, with some kind of ancient consciousness similar to that of an "instrument spirit" or "earth spirit".

At this moment, the consciousness of this "star core" was obviously full of vigilance towards them and... a hint of lingering fear.

Luo Qingchen tried to use the power of chaos to sense the internal structure of the "star core" in order to find clues to the teleportation array. However, as soon as his perception touched the surface of the "star core", it was bounced back by a gentle but irresistible force.

Although the "Star Core" is afraid of the Dragon Soul, its own defense mechanism still exists and does not allow external forces to easily explore it.

"What should we do, Senior Brother Luo? It doesn't seem like it will let us get close." Su Xiaowan was a little anxious.

Luo Qingchen frowned slightly, and his eyes swept over the huge "star core" and the platform it was on. He noticed that there were twelve slightly smaller grooves evenly distributed on the edge of the platform. These grooves had different shapes and seemed to be used to place certain specific items.

"Keyhole?" Su Xiaowan immediately thought of the scene of opening the door before, "Does this also require a key to open it?"

Luo Qingchen walked to a groove and observed it carefully. The inside of the groove was also engraved with fine lines, which were faintly connected to the golden lines on the surface of the "star core" and the energy veins on the platform. He tried to probe the power of chaos into the groove. This time it was not bounced back, but the groove did not react at all, as if it lacked the necessary medium.

"Maybe." Luo Qingchen thought for a moment, "These twelve grooves are likely to be the key nodes for activating a certain function."

"Then what is the key? It can't be the stone that turned into an eyeball, right?" Su Xiaowan scratched her head.

Luo Qingchen's eyes moved slightly, thinking of the crystal stone pillar that he and Lin Wan'er had destroyed together before. He took out several larger pieces of light blue crystal fragments with relatively complete energy fluctuations from his storage ring.

"Try this." Luo Qingchen carefully placed a piece of crystal fragment that roughly matched the shape into one of the grooves.

hum!
At the moment the crystal fragment was placed into the groove, the lines inside the groove suddenly lit up, and a soft starlight flowed along the energy veins on the platform to the huge "star core" in the center!
"There's a reaction!" Su Xiaowan exclaimed in surprise.

The "star core" in the center seemed to sense this energy as well and vibrated slightly. The golden lines on its surface sped up a bit, but it did not show any hostility. Instead, it seemed as if... some of its functions had been awakened?

"It seems that these stone pillar fragments are the 'key' to activate the platform!" Luo Qingchen's eyes flashed with joy. He immediately called Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan to put the collected crystal fragments of suitable shapes into the corresponding grooves.

Soon, ten of the twelve grooves were successfully filled and activated. Every time a groove was activated, a portion of the energy veins on the platform lit up, and the starlight flowing to the "star core" became brighter and brighter. The entire platform began to emit stronger and stronger spatial fluctuations, and the central "star core" also resonated with it, and the internal nebula flow accelerated, as if a dormant transmission hub was slowly starting up.

However, when they tried to fill the last two grooves, they found that none of the remaining crystal fragments in their hands fit perfectly.

"Oops, we're still two pieces short!" Su Xiaowan looked at the two empty grooves, feeling a little frustrated. "Aren't there enough pieces for the pillar we broke?"

Luo Qingchen frowned. They had not been very careful when collecting the fragments, so they might have missed some, or the pillar itself might not contain fragments that could fit into the two grooves.

Without the complete twelve "keys", the transmission platform seemed unable to be fully activated. Although the spatial fluctuations were getting stronger and stronger, it was still missing the most critical link and could not form a stable transmission channel.

Time was running out, and they could not afford to search the ruins for possible fragments. Luo Qingchen's eyes flickered as he looked again at the two empty grooves and the slowly rotating "star core" in the center. Since these crystal fragments could be used as keys, it was because they contained the star energy and law marks that originated from this place... Then, could they be simulated or replaced by other methods?
His eyes fell on himself. The power of chaos encompasses everything and evolves everything. Theoretically, as long as the essence and laws of the star energy here are understood, the power of chaos can be completely simulated.

This was a bold idea, and also an extremely dangerous attempt. If one directly used one's own power to touch or even try to integrate into this level of ancient teleportation core, one might be torn into pieces by the powerful force of space, or be backfired by the will of the "star core" itself if one was not careful.

But right now, there seems to be no better way.

"Wan'er, Xiaowan, you guys step back and protect Bailing'er." Luo Qingchen said in a deep voice, with a serious look on his face.

"Senior Brother Luo, what are you going to do?" Lin Wan'er realized that what he was going to do was not simple, and asked worriedly.

"Nothing. I'll try to use my power to see if I can activate the last two nodes." Luo Qingchen tried his best to make his tone sound more relaxed.

He walked to one of the empty grooves, took a deep breath, and slowly extended the power of chaos. This time, he no longer simply injected energy, but highly compressed and condensed the power of chaos, and at the same time, he separated a part of his mind and fully analyzed the imprint of the star law that he had sensed from the crystal fragments before, and then tried to use the power of chaos to simulate and reproduce that unique energy fluctuation and law rhythm!

This is an extremely delicate and mentally exhausting process. Fine beads of sweat oozed out of Luo Qingchen's forehead, and his mind was highly concentrated.

hum...

As he slowly injected the simulated star power into the groove, the lines inside the groove actually began to light up little by little! Although the light was not as stable as when it was activated with crystal fragments before, and even flickered a little, it was indeed successfully activated!

"Success!" Su Xiaowan exclaimed in surprise.

Luo Qingchen did not dare to delay and immediately turned to the last groove and did the same thing.

The moment the last groove was activated, the entire circular platform suddenly burst into an incomparably bright light! Twelve streams of starlight converged towards the "star core" in the center!
Rumble——!
The huge "star core" began to rotate at high speed, and the nebula inside was boiling, emitting unimaginable space energy! A thick energy beam composed of pure starlight suddenly shot up from the top of the "star core" and penetrated the high dome, as if connecting to some unknown distant time and space!

At the same time, the entire platform began to vibrate violently, and the crystal ground beneath the feet began to ripple like water waves. Countless mysterious space runes appeared and disappeared in the light!

A powerful pulling force acted on the three of them, as if it was going to suck them into the pillar of starlight that reached the sky!
"The teleportation array... has been activated!" Luo Qingchen was delighted, but then his expression changed again.

Because he felt that the space energy contained in this teleportation array was too violent! It was far more violent than any teleportation array he had experienced before! Moreover, the target of the beam of light did not seem to be a specific location, but a piece of... a space turbulence full of chaos and unknown? !
What's worse is that as the teleportation array was fully activated, the consciousness of the "star core" in the center seemed to be stimulated and became active again! A cold, scrutinizing thought instantly locked onto Luo Qingchen!

It seemed to realize that the last two nodes were forcibly activated by external forces!

"Not good!" Luo Qingchen thought to himself that something was wrong.

At this moment, the dim Nine-Turn Resurrection Grass leaf between the eyebrows of Bai Ling'er, who was unconscious in Lin Wan'er's arms, seemed to sense the crisis, or was touched by the powerful spatial fluctuations, and it glowed with an almost undetectable golden light again.

The cold intention that was locked onto Luo Qingchen suddenly paused, and quickly shrank back as if frightened.

The rotation of the "star core" paused for a moment, as if it was hesitating and weighing the pros and cons.

It's now!

Luo Qingchen seized this fleeting opportunity, grabbed Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan, and enveloped the three of them with the power of chaos, roaring: "Let's go!"

He no longer resisted the powerful pulling force, but instead took the initiative to mobilize his strength and rushed towards the pillar of starlight that reached the sky with the two of them!

The three figures were like shooting stars, instantly disappearing into the dazzling beam of light!

The moment their figures disappeared, the rotation of the "star core" returned to normal, but in the end it did not make any blocking move. It just hovered there quietly, as if tacitly consenting to their departure.

The light on the platform gradually dimmed, and the pillar of light that reached the sky slowly dissipated. The rotation speed of the huge "star core" slowed down, and the nebula inside returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.

Only among the twelve grooves, ten were still embedded with light blue crystal fragments, while the other two were empty, with only a faint trace of chaotic aura remaining, proving what had just happened.

The underground starry sky has once again restored its eternal tranquility. Only the tired and ancient "star core" continues to silently guard the secrets of this place in eternal solitude.

As everyone entered the pillar of starlight that stretched through the sky and the earth, Luo Qingchen felt an irresistible and terrifying tearing force coming from all directions. The scene in front of him instantly twisted and shattered, turning into countless colorful and chaotic blocks of color, like an overturned dye tray, spinning, interweaving, and annihilating wildly.

This wasn't any teleportation he had ever experienced.

Ordinary teleportation arrays, even if the distance is far, strive to be stable and open up a relatively safe space channel. (End of this chapter)