You've become the warden, and you're telling me I'm an undercover agent?

Chapter 170: The Last Millennium, Mythological Civilization
Dark shop, ten minutes ago.

Chi Ping looked at the blood that had gathered on the ground. It was all seeping into one spot, and pink bubbles were popping up on the ground, which was quite cute.

So, he raised his iron fist and punched it down, creating a passage.

The passage is narrow and dark. When you put your hand in, you can feel a slight cool breeze coming up from the passage, as if you are being touched by a wet and cold hand.

Ikehira leaped into the passage.

There was a crisp sound when it landed. The ground was not mud, but a layer of stone slabs.

Chi Ping took out his phone to illuminate the passage, and the hallway suddenly became brighter. The walls and ceiling were all paved with stone slabs, carved with intricate patterns that Chi Ping didn't recognize.

But what is more eye-catching is the hexagram element, which is used frequently in these patterns.

The passage continued forward, and in the darkness where no light could reach, if one listened carefully, one could hear a faint echo.

There was someone in the distance of the passage, and Chi Ping followed the sound to find him.

After a while, you can see densely packed and jumping black dots in the darkness in the distance.

Some of them jumped and skipped towards Chi Ping.

Chi Ping picked it up in one hand and took a closer look. It turned out to be a locust. Its thighs were already covered with spikes, and its mouthparts had become extremely sharp.

Chi Ping then crushed the locusts to death. He raised the flashlight and could see a relatively empty stone chamber behind the swarm of locusts.

But to reach the stone chamber, one must cross the swarm of locusts.

Although these things can't cause any harm to Chi Ping, they are annoying.

Just as Chi Ping was thinking, dense swarms of locusts seemed to be attracted by the lights.

They spread their wings and swarmed towards the light source like a swarm of bees.

The narrow passage was filled with the buzzing sound of locusts' wings. For an ordinary person, just hearing this sound would make their scalp tingle.

But Chi Ping only took a half step back with his right leg, and put his lower body into a bow stance.

Then stretch out your hands flat and suddenly bring them together!
The clasping of his palms created a massive gust of wind that scattered the swarm of locusts, which rained down towards the stone chamber behind him.

The shells of these locusts had become so hard that they made a clanging sound when they hit the stone floors and walls.

In the air, there were many translucent insect wings floating.

Chi Ping suddenly felt nauseous, and after a few more slaps, the locusts were almost destroyed.

A thick layer of locust carcasses lay on the ground. A few, still resilient and crippled, stumbled towards Chi Ping, only to be crushed to pieces by his foot.

Only then did he see a stone tablet as tall as a person in the stone chamber.

Chi Ping couldn't understand the words on the stone tablet, but he had seen them before.

In the underground space of the Ten-Faced God, in that huge laboratory, there are such words.

Then, the Ruin Traveler was triggered.

[You discovered a stone tablet left behind by a civilization from the last millennium. The tablet seems to contain some information.]

It’s like saying nothing, the level of the Ruins Traveler is still too low.

But Chi Ping knew someone who could recognize these characters.

He took a picture of the stone tablet and was about to send it to Shi Lai, but he discovered that there was no signal in the tunnel.

Then he looked up at the top of the passage.

Then, take a leap!
With the support of his iron body, a tremendous force erupted from his feet, shattering the stone slabs. He was like a sharp arrow, breaking through the soil, the concrete foundation, and the asphalt road. He actually jumped out of the tunnel directly.

However, he did not estimate the thickness of the ground, and half of his body was still stuck in the ground, while the other half rushed out of the ground and onto the road.

Behind him, the restaurant surrounded by pillars of fire was only three or four hundred meters away from him.

A speeding car failed to brake and hit the back of Chi Ping's head.

The car's bumper had a steep dent on the back of the head.

Ikehira pulled himself out of the ground and threw a wad of banknotes at the stunned, bewildered driver.

"I take full responsibility."

Then he sent the picture and shook off the mud that was stuck in his clothes when he crawled out of the ground.

The pedestrians around looked horrified, shocked, surprised, or puzzled.

A moment later, Shi Lai sent the translated text over and told him to be careful. According to what was written on the stone tablet, the opponent seemed quite strong.

Ikehira didn't care about that and rushed back into the entrance he came from.

Half a day later, a passerby mustered up the courage to stick his head out and look down from the cave entrance.

In order to help Chi Ping better understand the contents of the stone tablet, Shi Lai also gave a brief summary in his own words:

“The civilization of the last thousand years was a mythological civilization.

“Unlike our current civilization, the S-class in the previous civilization portrayed themselves as gods and ruled in the form of religion.

“The outstanding ones among them were chosen by them to be apostles to serve them.

"Once an apostle reaches the level where they can be promoted, they will be killed by the 'gods.' The reason is that God is 'unique,' and anyone who attempts to prepare for the promotion ceremony is called a blasphemer.

"Later, because the number of S-class warriors was too small, the Mythology Civilization could not withstand the invasion of monsters from outside the fog, resulting in the destruction of civilization and massive human casualties."

The next paragraph is a translation of the original text on the stone tablet:

In the year 287 of the Mythological Calendar, the God of War descended upon His kingdom at dawn. His miracles spread across mountains, rivers, deserts, and oceans.

[His people, in every corner, devoutly chant His name, praying for His protection.]

The sun and moon hanging high in the sky are His incarnations. Through the pain of war, He makes people realize the value of peace.

The following long passage was filled with hymn-style nonsense, nothing more than praising the God of War and that weird statement:
"War is not my intention, but in order to maintain peace, I have no choice but to start a war."

At the end of the translation, I saw some useful information:
[The fourth angel, the demon of insects. God's favorite angel, the greatest disaster to the Kingdom of God.]

[He also serves as a guide for God's people. When a genius of the era receives the honor of bowing before God, the Fourth Apostle will dispatch a golden feathered insect to guide him to knock on the door of the Kingdom of God.]

Chi Ping realized that the "Kingdom of God" might be the remains of a mythical civilization.

And what is the relationship between those stone spiders and this evil insect ghost?
The mastermind behind this whole incident probably wanted to replicate the ascension of the God of War in mythological civilization. That's why he messed around with so many things.

In short, if we find the "kingdom of God", we will find the remains of mythical civilization;
If you find the ruins, you will most likely encounter the mastermind behind the scenes.

One thing to note is to prevent the outbreak of a large-scale war and hinder the mastermind behind the scenes from collecting war elements and thus completing the promotion.

Then there is only one question left, where is the "golden feathered insect" that guides the "prodigy of the times" to worship God?
As Chi Ping was thinking this, the light from his phone illuminated the shadow behind him.

It was a giant locust, its sharp mouthparts slightly opening and closing.

It simply appeared in the aisle, and its huge body blocked the entire aisle. Its head was as big as a desk.

Then, it bit most of Chi Ping's body with one fierce bite!
(End of this chapter)