The villains are redeemed, and the heroines cry and beg for forgiveness.

If it keeps decreasing, will it eventually disappear completely?

Gu Ran pondered.

He is no longer a martial artist or a superhuman, so he no longer needs to rely on spiritual energy, but what about other powerful humans?

Without the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to replenish them, their endurance would drop to a terrifying level.

They can only maintain their peak strength for a very short period of time.

Is this black mist something that the abyssal demons can control at will?

If the answer is yes, then it means that the abyss demons possess something that poses a great threat to powerful humans.

What is the purpose of the abyssal demons appearing here, and how did they cross the divide between different worlds?

Even with his spatial abilities, he couldn't simply pass through. First, he didn't know the exact coordinates of the abyss. Second, even if he did know the coordinates, he might not be able to teleport there, because the abyss's barrier, according to legend, isolates all spatial teleportation abilities.

While he was pondering this for a while, the "long-legged" monster he created with his telekinesis had already brought them to the center of Lungmen City.

The central area of ​​Longmen City was an area that could not be clearly seen with the naked eye, as if it had been pixelated, and even psychic power was repelled. Although he could not see it clearly, Gu Ran knew that the triangular crystal cone was inside.

Because the triangular crystal cone in his pocket was now restless, as if it wanted to rush in.

"This impulse... is quite strong. If I hadn't already taken control of its highest authority, I probably wouldn't be able to control it."

With a thought, Gu Ran made the triangular crystal cone in his pocket fly out.

"Hey, Dad gave you even this?" Xue Xiling asked in surprise.

Gu Ran immediately looked at her: "You mean... the principal also has this?"

“Yes, he said it was a very important research item, kept in the deepest part of the laboratory, but he rarely takes it out to look at it. You mean... this triangular crystal cone wasn't given to you by your father.” Xue Xiling suddenly said happily, “If he knew you also had a triangular crystal cone like this, he would be very happy, because he often says that it would be great if we could find other triangular crystal cones.”

Just how much does that old fox know?

Gu Ran felt that he might have to confront that old fox when he got back. After all, although he could sense the old fox's friendliness towards him, he would always have a knot in his heart if he didn't understand the old fox's true intentions and background.

After the triangular crystal cone was released, the mosaic in front of it seemed to sense it and quickly parted to create an opening.

Gu Ran frowned. It was pitch black inside, as if it were an unknown place.

After carefully sensing the situation, Gu Ran realized there was no danger. The triangular crystal cone rushed in, and after thinking for a moment, Gu Ran also led Xue Xiling and the still unconscious Wu Wang inside.

To Gu Ran's surprise, but also to his familiarity, what he found inside was not the life-or-death test he had imagined—the kind where failure meant certain death. Instead, he found himself in a dark and empty space, with a triangular crystal cone suspended in the very center.

The scene felt familiar because he had seen it before in the relics of the merfolk.

The triangular crystal cone contained records of the great achievements of the merfolk queens throughout history, which were displayed on a screen.

Here, there is a triangular crystal cone and a light screen, but there is no image on it for the time being.

"Intruder detected. Initiating removal."

The familiar electronic mechanical sound.

Gu Ran bit her finger and flicked the blood towards the triangular crystal cone. The blood shot out like a bullet at an extremely fast speed.

When the blood hit the triangular crystal cone, the entire space paused.

"Initiating DNA testing, confirmed as highest level."

"Highest privileges have been granted. Please check."

Check your message?

New tricks?

How do I check this?

Gu Ran was puzzled.

Just then, a line of text suddenly appeared on the screen of the triangular crystal pyramid display.

Do you want to understand the truth of the world? Do you want to truly... live?

Below are two options: YES or NO.

Gu Ran was taken aback.

Isn't this sentence structure the opening sentence structure of the infinite flow novels he liked to read in another world?

Why is this sentence structure displayed here? Is it just a coincidence?

Suddenly, Xue Xiling's body went limp and she collapsed onto Gu Ran's shoulder.

Has he fainted again?

Gu Ran frowned slightly as he helped Xue Xiling up.

Could this encounter, like the last time I saw the "tyrant phantom," involve the secrets of the world's rules?

After a moment of silence, Gu Ran stepped forward and pointed to YES with her finger.

The next moment, the content on the screen changed again.

"Haha, very good, as expected of *. So, one last question: what if this choice leads to unhappiness for you and everyone around you? Although this unhappiness could take many forms, and I'm not entirely sure yet, but—"

"What is certain is that the more outstanding one is, the more influence one has on the world, and the more unfortunate one will be. Unfortunately, no one can be mediocre. Even if one does not cultivate, one's strength will automatically increase, making one the strongest in the world. Moreover, one's personality would not allow one to lose the people around them one by one."

"So the choice is probably to solve this puzzle rather than be a cowardly coward. After all, cowards who fear death will eventually die... No one understands this better than me, so I might as well take a gamble."

The content on the screen seemed to be a message from someone else, but several parts of the text appeared to have been censored, and the original content could not be seen.

"I don't know how many times the content left here will be seen, and I can't leave too many hints, otherwise not only will the hints disappear, but I will also disappear prematurely. Finally, I still have a few things to do, so I can't take a gamble for now."

This tone doesn't seem quite like that of the "tyrant" from over three hundred years ago, with whom he had a close connection.

"If you, in future generations, do not succeed in the end, you can also preserve this thing like I have, leaving it for those who come after you. Of course, this is a helpless and sad choice... I hope that those who come after you will succeed. Even if I am already dead, it may not mean much to me, but I still hope that they will succeed."

"If you see this comment, you'll probably think the same way in the future."

"Alright, enough with the nonsense. This is only a corner of the truth, but it's not easy to preserve this corner for so long without it being erased by the rules. We must use methods that don't affect the world as much as possible. If you want to pursue the complete truth, then go and find other such triangular crystal cones. The truth is recorded in them."

As the text slowly disappeared from the screen, the image began to appear.

A massive flood.

These floods rose dozens of meters high, like ocean waves, and what was even more unsettling was that they were all black.

......

The people outside the screen had a rather peculiar feeling about watching the images within the images.

However, when the floods appeared in the footage, their appeal was completely captured.

As for the text related to the "truth" mentioned earlier, although they had some guesses, there wasn't much discussion about it for the time being, because they didn't know for the time being either, and it was better to continue waiting for the "decryption" of Gu Ran's memories on the screen.

But when these floods appeared, they couldn't help but recall what the "tyrant phantom" had said to Gu Ran.

Could this be a record of images from a previous civilization?

154. Images from the Great Flood Era? The Ancestral Queen of the Merfolk! 4.1k

From Gu Ran's previous conversation with the "tyrant phantom," everyone already knew that they, the humans, were all descendants of the remnants of the previous civilization.

The previous civilization did not rely on astral technology, but on other technologies, which were far more advanced than their current astral technology.

What puzzled them was why their ancestors, who had survived the great flood, did not pass down their original technology, but instead seemed to have returned to a state before civilization and lived like primitive people.

Even now, the history of more than two thousand years ago is still vague and unclear, with only some legends that resemble myths.

Could it be that the truth of the world recorded by the triangular crystal cone that Gu Ran saw was the situation of the Great Flood at that time?

Thinking about this, everyone couldn't help but become somewhat interested.

......

That scene definitely depicted a massive flood.

In the boundless flood, there was only a black, deathly silence.

But suddenly, a ray of light, representing life, appeared in the dead black silence, as if dispelling the darkness.

Those were nine enormous "arks" that resembled cities!

The area comprised of nine arks resembled a single continent in a black ocean, a new continent carrying life!

These ark cities were moving in a certain direction at a slow but incredibly determined pace.

Just then, strange, black-transformed monsters suddenly appeared in the black waters. These monsters had no beauty of life and looked like nothing more than a distorted geometric structure.

They have no eyes, no voice, no claws or fangs, and seem to have no offensive "weapons".

However, when they flew over the Ark City, they caused a panic.

"They're here again! Be on guard!"

"Turn the sun lamps up to the maximum!"

"Go and inform the Prophet!"

"Don't let them touch you!"

Although their words and actions revealed great fear, the people on the Ark City remained relatively calm and composed, clearly indicating that this was not the first time they had encountered such a situation.

These bizarre monsters rushed onto the Ark City, as light and fleeting as shadows, yet extremely deadly.