They traveled through time at the same time, but the villainous scientist

Chapter 530 Relics of a Sage
"Damn it, done it!"

Zhang Jie gritted his teeth and said with some eagerness,

"A B-level side quest, and it's even a team reward! This is a great deal!"
Not to mention those cultivation treasures; I've long wanted to try what it's like to fly on a sword!

"Saint's relics...the initial experimental subject...interesting."

"All plans are suspended. Everyone, assemble at your coordinates."

The value of this 'Sky Pavilion' far exceeds anything we do here.

Chu Xuan pushed up his glasses, his calm tone revealing a hint of excitement.

Although he had long anticipated that this world had value, he never expected that such a thing would exist.

At a command, the members of the Central Plains team, scattered across the vast land, began to assemble.

After the team assembled, the entire Zhongzhou team devoted themselves to this massive treasure hunt for the next two weeks.

Zhang Jie and Zhan Lan used their mental scanning abilities to conduct a thorough search.

Zhang Qi, drawing on the experience of sorcerers, analyzed the direction of the mountains and rivers, attempting to pinpoint the possible blessed land of "Lingkong Pavilion" from a feng shui perspective.

The others directed the physical exploration work.

Finally, one evening two weeks later, as the setting sun painted the mountains a golden-red hue, Zhang Jie's weary voice rang out, tinged with barely suppressed excitement.

“Found it… Inside the mountain, there is a huge… cavity.”

Everyone perked up and quickly ran in the direction he pointed.

It was an extremely secluded mountain valley, the entrance of which was completely hidden by a huge rock and tangled vines.

If it weren't for Zhang Jie's mental scan, even if someone passed by a hundred times with the naked eye, they would never have noticed anything unusual.

The overlord stepped forward, took a deep breath, his muscles bulged, and with a burst of strength, pushed the several-ton boulder aside.

With a deafening roar, a dark hole was revealed to everyone.

A smell wafted towards me, a mixture of soil, humus, and some unknown fishy odor.

The cave entrance was small, and inside it was filled with collapsed rubble and weeds, as well as some dried and rotten animal skeletons and insect shells.

"It looks like no one has been here for a long time."

Qi Teng stepped forward and inspected the area, a look of delight appearing on his face.
"This is good news, indicating that the site has not been visited by anyone else."

"I'll handle it."

Zhang Qi stepped forward, but he did not summon the full-fledged Augment Armor.

"Om-"

An invisible high-frequency sound wave spread out, and the piled-up rock fragments at the cave entrance seemed to be crushed by an invisible force, instantly disintegrating and shattering into fine dust.

Immediately afterwards, Li Shuaixi, who was following behind the group, put his hands together and muttered some incantations. A soft white light enveloped the entire cave entrance.

The dust, rotting debris, and foul odors were all rapidly purified, decomposed, and disappeared without a trace in the white light.

A clean passage leading into the interior of the mountain was clearly visible to everyone.

Qi Teng stepped forward quickly, his fingers tracing the stone walls on either side of the passage, his eyes focused:

"Judging from the way these stones are cut and the style of masonry, they are typical architectural techniques from the pre-Qin period, or even earlier... but the level of craftsmanship is frighteningly high."

"really……"

Chu Xuan stood behind him, looking at the tightly fitted boulders, and said softly.

"Um……"

Zhang Qi nodded as well.

This further confirms their previous speculation that the cycle of reincarnation is not simply a replica of the movie plot.

This pre-Qin period building is the best proof.

Setting aside these thoughts for the moment, Zhang Qi looked at Zhang Jie.

Zhang Jie understood, walked to the tightly closed stone door at the end of the passage, stretched out his right hand, and an invisible psychic force surged out like a tide, enveloping the entire heavy stone door.

"Crunch...squeak...creak..."

The heavy stone gate, seemingly an integral part of the entire mountain range, slowly opened a crack inward amidst a teeth-grinding scraping sound.

"I'll go first."

Without further hesitation, Zhang Qi activated all the sensors on the head of the Kappa armor and stepped into the darkness behind the door.

The others immediately followed, with Zero and Overlord flanking the sides, Chu Xuan and Qi Teng in the middle, and Zhan Lan and Zhang Jie bringing up the rear.

Two powerful mental forces unfolded simultaneously, like two invisible nets, attempting to incorporate everything around them into their perception, in order to prevent any possible accidents.

However, the moment they stepped through the stone gate, Zhang Jie and Zhan Lan's expressions changed slightly at the same time. "Our mental strength... is being suppressed!"

Zhan Lan's voice carried a hint of surprise and doubt.
"Within here, my mental energy cannot extend more than one meter outside my body!"

This sudden turn of events put everyone on edge.

In previous horror movies, mental scanning was one of their most important means of avoiding danger and gathering intelligence. Now that this ability has been disabled, they are like blindfolded hunters who have entered an unknown jungle.

"Everyone stay alert and be aware of your surroundings."

Zhang Qi's voice came from under the armored helmet.

Everyone nodded, becoming more vigilant.

The procession continued forward, the passage deep and winding, with smooth stone slabs underfoot and mirror-like walls on both sides, devoid of any decorations or murals, only deathly silence.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, just when everyone thought the passage would never end, a soft light suddenly appeared ahead.

The light grew brighter and brighter, and the sight before them as they stepped out of the passage stunned everyone.

A vast underground plaza, unimaginably wide, appeared before them.

The plaza covers an area of ​​over two thousand square meters, with a dome so high that it seems to reach the horizon. The walls of the entire space are inlaid with countless strange crystals that emit a soft white light, illuminating this underground space like a divine realm, mysterious and sacred.

However, what's most puzzling is that this magnificent square is at the end of the road.

There was no road ahead.

"What a nice view……"

Zhan Lan and another female member of the team, Ming Yanwei, exclaimed almost simultaneously.

Under this dreamlike crystal light, the tense and oppressive atmosphere seemed to have been greatly relieved.

"Tsk, what a grand display."

Zhang Jie looked around, then pursed his lips.
"But speaking of which, wasn't this place left behind by cultivators? Why is there a Buddha statue in the middle of the square? Shouldn't there be some kind of statue of the Three Pure Ones or the Dao Ancestor?"

Everyone's gaze followed the direction he pointed, and in the very center of the square stood a lotus platform, upon which sat a lifelike statue of Buddha.

The Buddha statue has a solemn and dignified appearance, with a slight smile on its lips, quietly watching the people who have entered this place.

There's no road here, yet a Buddha statue is placed here out of nowhere; it just doesn't make sense.

Chu Xuan and Zhang Qi exchanged a glance, then immediately stepped forward and examined the Buddha statue closely.

Chu Xuan took out various instruments to scan and analyze, while Zhang Qi, relying on the super-strong perception brought by the bio-armor, scanned the surface of the Buddha statue and lotus platform inch by inch.

Zhang Qi quickly noticed the anomaly.

"This Buddha statue and the lotus pedestal... are not a single unit."

His voice came from under his helmet.

"Their surfaces appear smooth and even, but at a microscopic level, they are composed of countless tiny runes finer than a hair, and the direction of those runes... looks like... a circuit diagram."

"Qi Tengyi, you try it and inject your innate Qi into it."

Zhang Qi turned his head and said to Qi Tengyi.

"it is good."

Without hesitation, Qi Teng walked to the Buddha statue, took a deep breath, and gently placed his palm on the base of the lotus platform.

A pure and gentle energy slowly flowed into his palm.

In an instant, a strange change occurred!

The entire white jade Buddha statue and stone lotus pedestal seemed to be instantly activated, bursting forth with dazzling light.

The light did not scatter, but rather, like a living thing, flowed completely into the ground along the tiny runes on the surface of the Buddha statue and lotus platform.

Only then did everyone realize that the vast square beneath their feet was not just an ordinary stone slab; it was also carved with countless man-made marks using some kind of supernatural craftsmanship.

As the flowing light spread out, these marks were also illuminated one by one, revealing an enormous, bizarrely shaped runic image!
At this moment, the entire plaza seemed to transform into a mysterious and indescribable runic temple.

Immediately afterwards, to everyone's astonishment, the square beneath their feet trembled violently!
"Boom——"

With a deep rumble, this huge plaza, which was more than 2,000 square meters in size, began to descend vertically at an extremely fast speed!
This...this entire plaza is actually a giant elevator!
The sudden feeling of weightlessness startled everyone, but they quickly regained their balance.

They stood in the plaza that had carried them straight to the ground, watching the surrounding crystal walls rush upwards, eventually being replaced by endless darkness.

The entire descent lasted about one or two minutes, at which point they had no idea how deep they were underground.

The square had become completely dark and empty, as if it were suspended in a void abyss. Only the rune light underfoot stubbornly illuminated this small corner of the world.

Just then, a light suddenly appeared in the darkness ahead without warning.

It was a pure, flowing silver light, within which the outline of a pavilion was vaguely outlined, with flying eaves and brackets, simple and elegant, full of oriental charm, quietly floating in that endless dark abyss...

(End of this chapter)