Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 32 The Remnant Souls in the City

Qiu Ci strolled around leisurely at first, and then simply flew in the city on his sword. However, even so, he could not see the entire city clearly. It can be seen how big this city is. It is probably even larger than those first-tier cities on Blue Star.

She flew like this for about a quarter of an hour, and saw some completely different buildings appearing in the distance in front of her. Unlike the strange-shaped houses around it, it was a group of snow-white palaces, and they were taller than the surrounding buildings. There were also many reliefs erected at the entrance.

Qiu Ci then flew down and came to the front of the palace. She looked around and then walked towards the tall stone gate in front. Just as she stepped into the door, she heard a bang in her ears, and white lights suddenly lit up on the stone pillars on both sides. Then one after another, more and more white lights lit up, as if a switch was touched, and the entire palace complex lit up.

Is this... a street lamp?
Qiu Ci was startled and couldn't help but look at the lit stone pillars on both sides. The light came from the pillars. Although the shape was a bit simple, it was obviously a street lamp.

She recalled the agreement and glanced around, her suspicions confirmed: the construction of this city was entirely Blue Star's doing. With this in mind, she no longer hesitated, quickening her pace as she headed towards the hall.

Similar to the outside, this temple was also terrifyingly empty. At first glance, there was only a sea of white. Not to mention the beasts, there wasn't even a ghost in sight. It was so quiet as if no one had been here for thousands of years.

What was even more strange was that this place was obviously the center of the city. She had thought that there would be some defenses or checkpoints, but she didn't expect that she could come in unimpeded, as if the door was opened specially for her. It was not until she entered the largest palace that she discovered some differences.

Unlike other empty places, this temple was filled with twelve stone statues of different postures. The statues were as high as the roof, very large and lifelike. She looked closely and found that even the details such as scales and hair were there, as if... they were once alive.

Qiu Ci's heart skipped a beat and he quickly took a few steps back. Could this stone statue really be a living thing?!
While releasing her spiritual sense to explore the stone statues, she looked up and tried to see the whole appearance of these stone statues. The next moment, she opened her eyes wide. These statues were all carved with ancient mythical beasts, such as Phoenix, Black Tortoise, Nine-tailed Fox, Qilin, Kunpeng, etc., all of which were mythical beasts in legends. In the middle of all the mythical beasts was a dragon, a dragon with a body so huge that it could circle the whole temple.

She felt it looked familiar, and remembering the Azure Dragon in the agreement, she couldn't help but fly up and take a closer look at the statue's front paws. Very good, there were no scars on the paws, and the scales were perfectly distributed, not like it had been injured.

But they are so similar, I think it is not the Azure Dragon, but it could be its descendants. But why are they turned into stone statues, and why are they all placed here?

Yes, after opening her spiritual sense, she discovered that these were not simply stone statues, but were truly transformed from these mythical beasts. She could even sense subtle fluctuations of spiritual power from the stone statues, but that trace of spiritual power was so tiny that it seemed as if it was about to disappear, and these stone statues had long since lost their vitality.

Qiu Ci thought about it carefully for a while, but still couldn't understand why these mythical beasts became like this.

I simply continued walking forward. Just as I walked around these stone statues, I found a pool in front of me. The shape of the pool was very strange, with layers stacked on top of each other, and the surrounding areas were high and low, as if it was deliberately piled up to form a magic circle. In the center of the magic circle, there was a platform with some light on it, but it was empty, and there was a sunken groove about three meters wide.

It was as if something had been placed here before, but had been taken away.

Qiu Ci moved closer and looked carefully at the groove in the pool, only to find that there was still a small pool of light golden liquid there, which looked very familiar.

Could this be—gene enhancement fluid? !
Both the color and the feeling it gave were similar to the pool she'd soaked in at the research institute. She subconsciously pulled out a bottle to scoop some liquid back for the system to check, but just as she reached out, the entire pool suddenly lit up with a bright white light. The formation was suddenly triggered, and the surrounding spiritual energy surged, and the violent aura within the formation increased dramatically.

"Bastard! How dare you come again!" A loud shout was heard, and a huge shadow suddenly appeared in the air. The shadow looked like a sheep from a distance, but it had nine tails, and there was a bright light on its back, emitting flickering light. From a distance, it looked like a huge eye.

Could this be the mythical beast?

The name flashed in her mind instantly.

The next moment, the phantom, waving its nine tails, attacked her. It seemed furious, its tails whipping out with hurricane-force winds of astonishing power. Qiu Ci's heart sank. This was the first time she had encountered such a formidable opponent. A single swing of its tail was comparable to the strength of a peak-level Divine Transformation Realm cultivator.

Just as he was about to mobilize his spiritual power and respond with all his strength, suddenly a green light flashed in his arms, and a barrier instantly formed in front of him. The hurricane summoned by the monkey disappeared in an instant, as if it had never existed.

Qiu Ci looked down and found that the scale engraved with the agreement between the two tribes had flown out on its own. The barrier just now was emitted by it.

"This is... a sacred object of our tribe! How did it end up in your hands?" The shadowy figure in the air was also startled. It was obvious that it recognized the scale. Its previous irritability changed, and it spoke with some eager anticipation, "You... who are you?"

Qiu Ci reached out to catch the scale, and immediately realized that the shadow before him must be the so-called beastman. He stepped forward, clasped his fists, and replied, "Blue Star, Chu Qiu Ci! I've been sent by the First Base Mastermind to visit our beastman allies!"

"What did you say?! Blue... Blue Star!" The shadow of the monkey shook, its eyes suddenly widened, even the strange eye on its back was staring round, and its voice trembled. "The legend is actually true, really... really... there really is a Blue Star clan in this world! You... you... are finally back! Finally... Hahaha, woooo..."

No one knew what the monkey was thinking about. He was crying and laughing at the same time. The sound of him sometimes rejoicing and sometimes crying bitterly echoed throughout the entire palace.

Qiu Ci waited quietly for a while, until he saw that the other party had calmed down a little, then he asked in a low voice, "My... friend, can I ask... what happened to the beast tribe?"

The monkey looked at her, stunned for a moment. After a while, its huge body began to shrink slowly. In less than half a moment, it had become almost as tall as her and slowly floated towards her.

It was only at this moment that Qiu Ci saw clearly that this phantom was not using any magic, but... a soul, or a remnant soul that was about to dissipate.

(End of this chapter)