Ling Cage: I am a spiritual master, devouring source matter to become a god.

Mark understood immediately, "Although you haven't succeeded even once, you've done quite a few experiments, right!"

"Yes. We've sacrificed a lot to solve the ecological problems!"

"Dragonbone Village is now occupied by Devouring Beasts, how are we supposed to get back?"

"Master Lai is trying to find a solution!"

……

Jing Yuan was unaware of Mark's conversation with Bai Yuekui.

After the memorial service, Quaid found Kyung-won.

Chapter 203 A Message from an Ancient Civilization

Quaid, the general of Steelflame Keep.

While at Steelflame Fortress, they unexpectedly discovered a metal cylinder that was fifty million years old.

The people of Steelflame Fortress couldn't figure it out themselves, so they brought it over, hoping Bai Yuekui would study it.

Quaid and his three men followed him to Dragonbone Village.

However, upon arriving at Dragonbone Village, they were immediately surrounded by Devouring Beasts.

Quaid and his men went up to the lighthouse with the villagers.

When the people of Longgu Village went up to the lighthouse, they followed Bai Yuekui's instructions and brought nothing with them, prioritizing their survival.

But Quaid and his men didn't listen. They took it upon themselves to bring the metal cylinder onto the lighthouse.

Now that things have calmed down, Quaid found Jingyuan, hoping he could help uncover the secret of the metal cylinder and then send them back to Steelflame Fortress.

Jingyuan himself was also very curious about the metal cylinder.

He naturally agreed to Quaid's request.

So Jingyuan gathered the scientists from the lighthouse and Dragon Bone Village to study the metal cylinder together.

The scientists on the lighthouse are only Carrie and Flynn. Although Jingyuan is skeptical of their abilities, there is no one else available.

Jingyuan also called over technical personnel like Jingnan and Jessica.

On the other side of Dragon Bone Village, Bai Yuekui was the leader, along with several of the village's leaders.

Besides summer, there's an old man named Antarctic Star and an old woman named Autumn Harvest.

Dr. Carrie had been trying to discuss ecological issues with the people of Dragonbone Village, but had not been given permission.

Since the people of Dragonbone Village went up to the lighthouse, Carrie has been looking for them and has even become familiar with them.

After the metal cylinder arrived at the laboratory, Carrie first examined it.

Upon receiving the results, Carrie said, "The material of this metal cylinder doesn't belong to any alloy we know of. However, judging from its strength alone, even the Old World couldn't produce such a metal. I might believe you if you said it came from outer space, but if you said it came from fifty million years ago, did the dinosaurs make it?"

Jingyuan was taken aback. Was it hard for Jiali not to talk back to people?

Quaid was a little annoyed. "I think the measurements done by our scientists are still credible."

Carrie said, "The age of the alloy cannot be determined by radioactive isotope decay, but the surrounding soil and rock layers can. You shouldn't have cleaned it up so thoroughly!"

Quaid didn't know how to respond.

Jing Yuan stepped forward and said, "Dr. Carrie, I found this thing, so it's definitely real. As for the age issue, let's not worry about that for now. Our primary concern is figuring out what this thing actually is! I scanned it with my mental power and found that it's hollow inside. Moreover, this alloy material is strong enough to last for fifty million years or even longer, so it's definitely not an ordinary object."

Carrie said helplessly, "Our current methods are insufficient to probe its interior."

Jingyuan looked at everyone and said, "That's why I gathered everyone here to think of a solution."

Jingyuan looked towards Bai Yuekui's side, where Bai Yuekui was whispering with Xia Tianlai.

Jing Yuan asked, "Boss Bai, have you discovered something?"

Bai Yuekui looked at Jing Yuan and then nodded. "Based on your descriptions, I feel that this object is very similar to a sacred object mentioned in the Heluo civilization. I want to try to electrify it."

"A sacred object?" Jing Yuan asked, puzzled.

Carrie, however, asked, "What's the voltage? What's the current?"

"It doesn't matter, normal voltage is fine!"

Carrie personally brought over the wires and looked at Bai Yuekui, "How do we connect them?"

"It doesn't matter!"

"This is metal, which could cause a short circuit."

"If a short circuit occurs, disconnect it immediately."

Carrie connected the two wires directly to the metal cylinder, and surprisingly, no short circuit occurred.

Carrie stared intently at the scene before her. Since there was no short circuit, it meant that something was consuming electrical energy.

Is this thing powered by electricity?

One minute after Carrie electrified the metal cylinder, a strange wave suddenly spread outwards.

Jingyuan sensed the fluctuation, but couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.

Then, a voice came from the metal cylinder.

"Test!"

"Detect the receiving object!"

"Target detected! No response! Initiating forced communication protocol!"

Jingyuan's eyes widened; that was exactly the feeling.

Inside the mine of Steelflame Fortress, Jing Yuan heard a faint sound, but this time he could finally hear it clearly.

call!

Carrie, who was closest to the metal cylinder, suddenly fainted.

Seeing this, everyone assumed that the metal cylinder had launched an attack and dared not approach.

Only Jingyuan took a step forward and helped Jiali up.

"Target detected! Target feedback signal received, connection established!"

"If you can receive this message, it means there is still hope for us!"

Jingyuan stared at the metal cylinder, holding Jiali in his hand.

Jingyuan turned around and asked, "Did you hear that?"

Everyone stared in disbelief.

Judging from his expression, Jing Yuan understood. He continued to look at the metal cylinder, where a figure was faintly visible.

The figure spoke to Jingyuan:

"Our civilization has been fighting against the mana ecosystem for the past few centuries."

Centuries of war, countless of our warriors fought and died, reducing the planet's population to one-thousandth of its original size.

Jingyuan looked at everyone again, "Didn't any of you hear the sounds coming from inside?"

The others looked at Jing Yuan with puzzled expressions.

At that moment, Jingyuan understood that only he could hear this voice.

He then ignored everyone else and listened intently to the figure's story:

"We once wiped out all the Devouring Beasts on the surface, but as long as the Mana ecosystem is not destroyed, the Devouring Beasts will keep reviving."

Later, we built the ultimate weapon against the ecosystem.

However, the weapons we built using the last of our civilization's resources failed to function.

We gave everything, yet all we can do is wait for extinction.

We speculate that the reason the weapons failed to work was because we used them in the wrong place.

We should not launch an attack in this dimension.

But we no longer have time to try a second time.

Later civilizations, we hope you will receive our message and learn from our lessons.

The mana ecosystem cannot coexist with us. As long as the ecosystem exists, our civilization will perish.

Only by eliminating the mana ecosystem can our planet's civilization continue.

I don't know how much time has passed.

If you find the beacon before the mana ecosystem has emerged, you are lucky; you will have more time to prepare.

We have buried more than 10,000 beacons around the world. Each beacon contains information about the ecology of Mana collected by our civilization, as well as the manufacturing plan for the ultimate weapon.

If you are now at the last moment and have no chance to build weapons to kill Mana, please still pass on the message to the next generation.

I don't know how many of those 10,000 beacons will remain in your time.

Passing on information is also passing on the hope for the survival of civilization.