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

Our immortal civilization is on the verge of extinction, but Earth's civilization cannot perish!

Mana is not a species of our Earth; its existence is meant to drain our planet clean.

Although this process will be incredibly long, we don't have much time.

The emergence of intelligent life on our planet poses a huge threat to Mana.

Therefore, when civilization develops to a certain level, it will inevitably take action and destroy our civilization.

After years of research, we have discovered that we are not the only civilization on Earth.

There were many civilizations before us.

The growth of civilization depends on the planet's source matter. As long as the planet's source matter remains, no matter how much time has passed, Earth will once again breed intelligent life and create civilization.

And this is exactly what Mana fears most.

Therefore, it must eliminate us.

I am long gone, and this is the only way I can communicate with you.

This small world was separated from the main world by us. It exists in relation to Earth, and as long as Earth exists, it will continue to exist. We use this small world as a carrier of information, hoping that future civilizations can inherit this information and thus defeat Mana!

Based on our thousands of years of experience in combating mana, we have deduced that the main component of mana is the earth vine. However, even after destroying 80% of the earth vines on Earth, we still failed to damage the fundamental nature of the mana ecosystem.

We later realized that destroying the earth vine's body was useless; we needed to destroy its soul.

Therefore, we designed and crafted a magical artifact called 'Soul Destroyer'.

Next, I will teach you the method of refining it.

What? Another "soul-destroying" attack?

Jingyuan's mind suddenly felt very confused. The Stardust Civilization's super weapon was also called "Soul Destroyer".

The only difference is that one is called a weapon, and the other is called a magic weapon.

Suddenly, a package of information was sent into Jing Yuan's mind.

"At the same time, we have also left our cultivation methods in this world, hoping to help you."

Because of Mana's existence, Earth's energy source is constantly weakening, and we don't know how much energy source will remain in future eras.

However, since you can receive our information, at least this era can still cultivate powerful mentalists, so it's not too bad.

I hope that in your generation, you can end Mana, allowing life on Earth to venture into the universe!

In a daze, that strange energy disappeared.

Jing Yuan's mental energy was completely exhausted, and he fell to the ground.

At that moment, a flood of information filled his mind.

This is similar to how the system rewarded you with a cultivation technique; you have to open it and look at it yourself.

"It's amazing that ancient civilizations could transcend the river of time and transmit information in this way."

Next, Jing Yuan opened the information package in his mind. He couldn't wait to see what the difference was between the ancient civilization's magic weapon "Soul Extinction" and the Star Twilight Civilization's weapon "Soul Extinction".

After reading it, Jingyuan was stunned.

Because these two things are essentially the same thing!

Although the "Soul Extinction" of the Immortal Dao Civilization is sword-shaped, the "Soul Extinction" of the Star Twilight Civilization is tower-shaped.

But they all share the same internal principle: their internal structure is based on a "layer-by-layer progression"!

The Soul-Destroying Sword has seven sections, and the Soul-Destroying Tower has nine floors.

The Soul-Destroying Sword, a magical artifact of the Immortal Dao civilization, is forged by fusing together various rare and precious materials.

Jingyuan had never even heard of the materials used in this.

The Stardust Civilization's weapon, the Soul-Destroying Tower, was manufactured using technological means. The information left behind by the Stardust Civilization included specific construction plans, which they could understand.

Jing Yuan speculated that the Soul-Destroying Sword and the Soul-Destroying Tower must have a lineage relationship, but neither civilization gave a specific time, so he could not determine which came first.

Penny came running from the village, seemingly noticing something was amiss.

Penny noticed that Jingyuan looked weak, so she quickly supported him and asked, "What happened?"

"I know the secret of this place!"

Penny looked at Jingyuan with increasing admiration.

"Let's go back to the village first! They should know what's going on here."

Chapter 239 Turning the Small World Upside Down

Jingyuan and Penny returned to the village.

Jingyuan received the message from the Immortal Dao Civilization just now in the spiritual space.

Penny, being an Awakened One, sensed the fluctuations in Jingyuan's aura and thus discovered the anomaly.

The other villagers were ordinary people who did not notice anything unusual and continued to live their lives peacefully as usual.

Jing Yuan found Qin Bohan and said, "I know the secret of this world!"

Qin Bohan was taken aback.

As per Jingyuan's request, he summoned everyone in the village to the front of the Qin family's courtyard.

There were 156 people in total, from the elderly to children, everyone was there!

"Everyone, I've discovered a secret of this world. I believe everyone should know this, which is why I had Brother Qin gather you all here!"

"What is the secret of this world?"

Someone asked impatiently.

"Don't rush, let me explain slowly!"

This small world is an ancient civilization called the Immortal Dao Civilization, which was separated from the Earth. It exists in dependence on the Earth.

In other words, we are still on Earth.

The Immortal Dao civilization created this small world to preserve information for future civilizations.

So, it is possible to get out of this world; I just haven't found a way yet.

"What ancient civilization?"

"What information should be retained?"

"Then how do we get out?"

Some villagers were confused by what Jingyuan said, while others understood, and they all asked questions at once.

At this moment, Qin Yufeng spoke up, "Everyone, don't rush, let Jingyuan finish speaking!"

"This all started with our enemy, Mana Ecology."

Based on our current intelligence, the mana ecosystem has existed on Earth for at least 2.5 million years.

Over these hundreds of millions of years, more than one intelligent life form, including humans, has appeared on Earth, and more than one civilization has emerged.

In ancient times, intelligent life also emerged, and they created civilizations.

When civilization develops to a certain level, the mana ecosystem will recover and destroy the civilization.

Over the past hundreds of millions of years, Mana has destroyed Earth's civilization at least twice! We are the third known civilization to be wiped out by Mana.

"So that's how it is!" Qin Yufeng murmured, finally finding the answer to the question that had puzzled him for years.

Many scientists of his time believed that the excessive development of human technology gave rise to the mana ecosystem.

This is not the case.

Rather, it is the Mana ecosystem that is reaping civilization.

When the wheat is ripe, it must be harvested so that new wheat can be planted next year.

"The Immortal Civilization and the Mana Ecosystem fought against each other for thousands of years, but were ultimately wiped out by the Mana. Before their extinction, they left behind this small world to preserve information so that we can continue to fight against the Mana Ecosystem."

Jing Yuan's words also made Qin Bohan, who was standing next to him, feel puzzled. "If the ancient civilization left behind information, why have we been unable to decipher it for so many years, but you were able to decipher it as soon as you arrived?"

Qin Bohan's doubts were also the doubts of many people present.

"Because I am a psychic!" Jing Yuan looked at everyone. "As you all know, I can use a unique power called psychic power. Only those with psychic power can decipher those stone-carved runes."

"Now that you've deciphered those runes, can you take us out?" Xiao Wu asked from the crowd.

These children still yearn to go out into the world.

"Not even close!"

Disappointment was immediately written on everyone's faces.

Seeing this, Jingyuan quickly said, "Everyone, don't worry! The stone carvings on the entire mountain are just a message and a method for making a weapon."

The message said that the entire world here is filled with their messages. Therefore, I need to decipher the other runes before I can figure out how to get out!

"Besides that mountain, where else can you find runes?"

"Yes!" Grandpa Qin Yufeng said, "Just as Jingyuan said, the entire Pocket World contains runes!"