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

I must escape successfully, relocate the mermaid clan, and tell everyone that Gu Ran is a bad person who killed the elder grandmother!

Alice suddenly had a thought: she couldn't let Gu Ran be seen as friendly by the merfolk. She had to go back and expose Gu Ran's crimes, and then quickly lead everyone away.

The next moment, Alice resolutely turned around and swam back towards the merfolk.

Grandma Conch didn't die immediately. She looked at Gu Ran and said, "What, aren't you going to chase after her? You're innocent. If you can persuade Alice by chasing after her now, you'll still have a chance to clear your name."

Throughout the entire process, Gu Ran remained calm, including Alice's transformation from elation to despair.

"Actually, what the merfolk think of me is not important to me, because the only thing I care about is Eudora's opinion of me, so why should I pursue Alice?"

"I must say, you are very cunning. Even though you are about to die, you still do not forget to smear me before you die. And with your prestige, I am sure to be smeared this time."

"I guess it's because you're confident that you can stabilize the current ruins and ensure the continued success of Eudora's legacy. So you're afraid that after you die, Eudora will change because of my entanglement and revert to its original state."

"You thought this would ruin your grand plan to revive the merfolk, so you didn't give me any chance whatsoever. After you committed suicide and smeared me, the merfolk severed all ties with me, and Eudora..."

Because he didn't know much about this site, Gu Ran didn't know what the little conch would look like after it came out.

Perhaps she still remembers him, or perhaps she has no memory of him at all.

But since this ruin belongs to the merfolk, there must be some connection to their bloodline, and then Eudora will return to her own kind.

At that time, Little Conch will be surrounded by friends who talk badly about Gu Ran.

Before Gu Ran could finish expressing her feelings, the little conch grandmother's body had already completely lost its life.

The blood flowing from her body relentlessly fused and solidified into the ruins.

The tremors of the ruins paused slightly...

96. Little Conch: I want to have a bunch of kids for you. (4k)

After the blood of the little conch grandmother was incorporated into the ruins, the ruins' precarious state immediately stopped.

Not only did the light from the ruins become even brighter, but the original tremors also slowly disappeared.

"Using the blood of the merfolk as nourishment, is this ruin truly left behind by the ancestors of the merfolk to protect them?"

A question suddenly arose in Gu Ran's mind.

Putting aside his thoughts, Gu Ran swam to the perimeter of the ruins to observe them.

For him, he had to prevent the little conch from receiving the legacy while ensuring her safety; otherwise, he would rather the little conch successfully receive the legacy than let her suffer any harm as a result.

Boom boom!

The ruins, which had been quiet, suddenly began to shake again, and this time the shaking was even more violent than before, giving the impression that they were about to collapse.

"What happened? Did something go wrong inside?" Gu Ran was anxious. He had thought that Grandmother Little Conch had been able to "repair" the ruins at the cost of her own life, but it seemed that she had not succeeded in repairing them, or that something else had happened.

Suddenly, Gu Ran heard a mechanical sound.

"Challenger has timed out! Failed! Challenge level reset, challenger will be eliminated!"

"Challenger has timed out! Failed! Challenge level reset, challenger will be eliminated!"

......

The voice repeated itself several times, then suddenly seemed to stop, paused for a moment, and then continued broadcasting.

"Energy is temporarily insufficient. It will be automatically replenished from the ocean. Once the energy is replenished, we will continue to eliminate challengers!"

"drop--"

After a long thud, the ruins fell silent.

The light emanating from the ruins dimmed, leaving only a faint glow that flickered as if it were "recharging".

"This ruin is a product of technology?!"

Gu Ran was somewhat surprised.

Technology is something that humans have developed in the last few hundred years, but now he actually saw a technological relic on the seabed that has existed for who knows how many years.

......

Outside the light screen.

The powerful figures present also heard the mechanical voice from the ruins and the content of the broadcast, and were just as surprised as Gu Ran.

"Modern human technology has developed rapidly in the last few hundred years because of the discovery of the wide range of uses for star stones, which has brought about a qualitative change in human life and promoted the overall progress of human civilization. This relic of the mermaid race has existed for who knows how many years, and it is also a product of technology?"

"Could there be another technological civilization in the ocean that we humans are unaware of? This would be huge news!"

The crowd couldn't help but start discussing it.

Although they are among the world's top experts, and while they may not be considered extremely knowledgeable, they still have very little understanding of the ocean. At least before this, they had no idea that such technological relics, passed down for countless years, existed in the ocean.

“Modern human technology is built on the rich starstone veins on land. The inexhaustible starstone veins provide the resources that enable human technology to develop rapidly.” Xue Xiling’s cold voice rang out. “The ocean is more than three times larger than the land, and the number of species is countless. Although before this, the academic community had never recorded any other technological civilization in the ocean, it is not impossible to understand why a technological civilization could have been born in the ocean.”

"Now the academic community can fill this gap, and it's worth noting, did you just hear that? This ruin seems to be able to automatically replenish its energy from the ocean, a technology that humanity hasn't even achieved yet. Modern human technology, you could say, is nothing without Star Stones. Oh, wait, modern human cultivation civilization, divided into superpowers and martial arts, and even the barely qualifying artificial mechanical exoskeletons, all rely heavily on Star Stones. Without Star Stones, you could say that modern human civilization is nothing at all."

"But this relic is different. If it relies on star stones like human technological civilization, it definitely won't last many years... Moreover, it just stated that it can draw energy from the ocean. If humanity can master this technology, it will definitely greatly promote modern human technological civilization."

There's one more thing Xue Xiling didn't say: it will also greatly promote humanity's exploration of the ocean.

Although Xue Xiling didn't say it aloud, Ariel quickly realized this and snorted, "Don't even think about it. This is a relic belonging to the merfolk. Even if it hadn't been destroyed, it would never have been allowed for you humans to study it."

The powerful humans exchanged glances, each with a hint of regret.

However, they had anticipated the sea queen's refusal, so they didn't say much.

After a brief discussion, everyone turned their attention back to the screen, still very curious about what would happen next.

Because they remembered the words they had just heard—"Challenger has timed out! Failed! Challenge level reset! Challenger will be eliminated!"

This suggests that the pink mermaid in the ruins has failed to pass on her lineage and is facing a life-threatening situation.

......

In the light screen.

Gu Ran circled the ruins several times to observe them.

Finally, he stood at the top of the ruins.

After observing it several times, Gu Ran found no "weaknesses" in the ruins. Almost every part was perfectly sealed, and the previous sense of disintegration was completely undetectable.

It seems that the blood from the little conch's grandmother's death did have some effect, but it's unclear whether that effect was good or bad.

With no other option, Gu Ran had to resort to the last resort—to attack directly.

With his right fist clenched, Gu Ran's martial arts golden core in his dantian began to circulate wildly, devouring the surrounding spiritual energy like a bottomless pit.

Just as he felt he had inhaled enough, Gu Ran slammed his fist down hard.

An immense surge of spiritual energy erupted from Gu Ran's right fist. Even if there were a mountain in front of him, Gu Ran felt confident that he could destroy it.

However, the ruins only shook violently once, without any signs of damage.

Gu Ran kept a cold face, withdrew his right hand, and then threw out his left fist.

Left fist, right fist, punch after punch.

"Under attack! Under attack! Emergency defense mechanism activated! Counterattack to begin immediately!"

A dazzling white beam of light shot out from the ruins once more, but this time the target was no longer the sea beasts and ferocious monsters, but Gu Ran.

Gu Ran paused slightly, closed his eyes, and then instantly enveloped himself in a layer of spiritual energy armor.

The spiritual energy on the surface of this spiritual armor is constantly circulating and endlessly replenished. As soon as it is depleted even slightly, it will be immediately replenished from the dantian.

A dazzling beam of white light shone on Gu Ran, continuously eroding the surface of his spiritual energy armor, but ultimately failing to break through and harm his body.

Gu Ran continued to punch the ruins again and again.

After being illuminated by the white beams of light several more times, the ruins seemed to have exhausted the energy they had just absorbed and came to a standstill.

Even the mechanical electronic sound only lasted for a moment before completely stopping.

boom!

With a loud bang, Gu Ran's fist finally pierced through the ruins!

With two more punches, Gu Ran finally smashed the gap in the upper level of the ruins wide enough for him to enter.

Without the slightest hesitation, Gu Ran entered the ruins directly.

The moment Gu Ran entered the ruins, he felt a familiar sense of spatial inversion.

His consciousness blurred for a moment, and when Gu Ran came back to his senses, he found that there was indeed a hidden world inside the ruins.

Because the space inside the ruins is many times larger than the space it appears to occupy from the outside, it looks like a small world with no end in sight.

This technology is something that modern human technology is completely incapable of achieving.

Without bothering to investigate any dangers in this small world, Gu Ran ascended directly into the sky, searching for the small seashell.

"Is there a mountain peak there?"

Gu Ran flew towards the mountain peak.

Compared to other mountains on land, this mountain is not particularly high, but what is remarkable is the wide staircase leading from the foot of the mountain to the summit.

The staircase winds its way up, and from a distance, the number of steps appears densely packed, perhaps tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands.