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Chapter 341 I fucking take it all!

Upon returning to Jinpeng Peak, Xu Feng did not linger for long.

He brought the core information he obtained from "Chen" City back to the quiet room and carefully analyzed its contents, especially the incomplete 3D map.

"Qiming's main city is surrounded by four fortified cities, like four points of a star."

The city of "Chen" where we are located is in the northeast.

Hui City is located in the southeast.

Northwest of Xicheng.

"Xu" city, southwest.

Xu Feng's gaze fell on the map, lost in thought.

"Only a quarter of the main city map is lit up, which means that each of the four citadels should hold a map fragment."

Only after collecting all the items can you piece together a complete map of Qiming's main city, and may even gain higher privileges.

The immediate priority is to explore the surrounding fortified cities and complete the map of the main city.

So the next target is "Radiance" City, which is closest to "Dawn" City.

According to the information core, during the Ling Shu era, the city of "Hui" mainly undertook the functions of "energy supply" and "maintenance of large Ling Shu creations".

The city contains several "Spirit Gathering Towers" and a large-scale "Maintenance Workshop".

"Since Morning City has the Pill Pavilion Secret Treasury, Radiant City must also have a similar core facility."

It likely contains information related to energy technology or high-level spiritual creations.

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Xu Feng was making plans in his mind.

Having finalized his plan, Xu Feng didn't delay any longer. He immediately told everyone to rest and prepare to continue their exploration.

Three days later, in the underground secret chamber of Jinpeng Peak.

This secret chamber is located deep within the peak.

The secret room was extremely spacious, with a floor covered in dark blue metal plates and walls inlaid with crystals that emitted a soft white light.

Deep inside, a towering, oval-shaped "gateway" with a surface shimmering with silver light like ripples on water floats silently.

Around the portal, eight thick metal pillars stood tall, their surfaces engraved with runes, and tiny arcs of electricity occasionally flickered, maintaining the portal's stability.

This is the main entrance guarded by the Tenth Peak—the hub connecting the main city of Ling Shu, "Qiming," and the four guard cities.

It is also one of the ten main entrances to this secret realm group.

"Is everything ready?"

Xu Feng looked at the crowd behind him.

Xiaofeng, Chixu, Yanshan, Silvermane, Cangya, and Huda. Fox two.

Jin Pengfeng's entire team is here.

Xiaofeng oversees the overall situation, Chixu is proficient in ancient ruins and runes, Yanshan has strong defense, Yinzong is good at stealth and assassination, and Cangya is a master of tracking and vigilance.

Fox Big and Fox Two were brought here purely by Xu Feng for training.

Of course, if there are any gains from the ruins, there will naturally be a share.

"Everything is ready, Peak Master," Xiaofeng said in a deep voice.

Fox Big and Fox Two followed closely beside Xu Feng, their faces full of excitement.

Ever since they learned that Xu Feng had disguised himself as an "alien" and infiltrated this top alien force, they had been very nervous and rarely went out, for fear of exposing their secret and causing trouble for Xu Feng.

But after Xu Feng won the position of the tenth peak master, they realized just how strong he really was.

Therefore, Xu Feng was willing to take them to explore the ruins, and the two brothers were naturally very enthusiastic.

At this moment, apart from Xu Feng, everyone else was wearing specially made animal armor and carrying a large amount of supplies and tools.

"Set off."

Xu Feng was the first to step into the silver market.

A familiar, slight dizziness came over me, and the light and shadows shifted before my eyes.

After a few breaths, stand firmly on the ground.

The view before me suddenly opened up.

This was an extremely vast wasteland, with a flat metal ground beneath their feet that stretched into the distance.

Most strikingly, several miles directly ahead, the outline of a majestic city loomed faintly in the hazy light.

The city wall is tens of feet high and is made entirely of some kind of dark silver metal, with intricate geometric patterns covering its surface.

At intervals along the city wall stood tall towers, their tops shimmering with light.

Even from this distance, one can feel the ancient, majestic, and technologically advanced aura emanating from that giant city.

That is Qiming, the main city of Ling Shu!

Between the main city and the entrance, a few miles to the right, stands another, slightly smaller but equally magnificent metal city.

The city walls are a pale gold color, reflecting a warm luster under the light from an unknown source, just like its name, Yihui (meaning "shining").

"According to the map, the entrance is located in the wasteland area of ​​the buffer zone between the main city and Huicheng."

Xu Feng determined the direction and said in a deep voice.

"We won't go into the main city, we'll go straight to Huicheng."

"yes!"

The group concealed their presence and, led by Xu Feng, quickly headed towards Huicheng.

The buffer zone is flat and open, with occasional glimpses of collapsed metal structures or partially buried pipe remnants, but there is no danger.

In less than two hours, the group arrived at the foot of the eastern city wall of Huicheng.

The city wall is over twenty zhang high, with a smooth, mirror-like surface and no obvious doors or gates.

"Make some minor repairs, Red Beard, find the entrance." Xu Feng tossed the map to Red Beard and then gave the order.

"Yes, Peak Master, this entrance should be hidden somewhere."

Chi Xu looked up and observed, his fingers gently stroking a pattern on the surface of the city wall.

"These patterns are not only decorations, but also part of the energy circulation."

According to the architectural practices of the Ling Shu Era, city gates are usually integrated with the main energy node, remaining hidden under normal circumstances and requiring specific activation methods.

Xu Feng nodded and took out the spare control token he had obtained from Morning City, tossing it to Chi Xu.

Although this token only has Level E authority, it is a creation of the Spiritual Pivot and may resonate with some kind of power.

About twenty minutes later.

Chi Xu held the token and circled the city wall for a while before returning to his starting point. He then infused the token with his vital energy, causing the runes on its surface to glow faintly.

Almost simultaneously, the pale golden patterns on the surface of the city wall, about ten feet in front of them, suddenly began to flow!

Like mercury spilling onto the ground, the patterns quickly reorganized and converged, eventually forming the outline of a "door" about three zhang high and two zhang wide.

Inside the outline, the metal is recessed and flipped inward, revealing a brightly lit passage behind.

"It's done!" Fox Two exclaimed in delight.

Fox Da grabbed his shoulder.

Fox Two immediately looked at Fox One with dissatisfaction: "I didn't mean to rush."

Fox rolled his eyes, said nothing more, and simply looked at Xu Feng.

"Stay alert and advance in the previously assigned formation." As he spoke, Xu Feng took the lead and stepped into the passage.

The walls on both sides of the passage were also made of light gold metal and inlaid with luminous crystals.

The ground was spotless, and there was a faint, ozone-like scent in the air.

Clearly, the city's energy system is still functioning, at least in part.

After walking about 100 zhang (approximately 50 meters), at the end of the passage, there is a spacious square.

The square is paved with black and white metal bricks, forming a huge yin-yang symbol.

Around the plaza stand eight thick, golden metal pillars, each topped with a spherical crystal that slowly rotates and emits a soft glow.

In the very center of the square stands a metal statue that is five zhang tall.

The statue is in human form, dressed in an ancient robe, holding a polyhedral crystal in both hands, with a solemn expression and looking straight ahead.

"This is—the statue of the 'Great Sage of Energy' from the Ling Shu Era."

Chi Xu whispered to the map Xu Feng had given him, his voice filled with barely suppressed excitement.

Xu Feng copied all the records he saw from the three cores onto the map, giving each person a copy to prevent them from getting lost in the ruins.

According to the map, there were twelve great sages in the Ling Shu era, each in charge of technology and knowledge in different fields.

The one holding the "Source Crystal" must be the "Radiant Sage" who governs energy technology!

Xu Feng's gaze fell on the polyhedral crystal.

The crystal looked ordinary, but with his keen spiritual perception, he could sense that it contained an extremely pure and vast amount of energy.

"Could the crystal in the statue's hand be the core information of Huicheng?" Yanshan asked in a deep voice.

"Possibly," Xu Feng nodded, "but we must not act rashly. In the Ling Shu Relics, the more conspicuous something is, the more dangerous it often is."

He gestured for everyone to disperse so he could carefully examine the area around the square.

With a swift movement, the silver-maned figure seemed to blend into the shadows, silently moving along the edge of the plaza.

A moment later, he returned and whispered, "There are six passageways around the square, each leading in a different direction."

Three of the passageways showed signs of battle, with charred and cut marks on the walls, indicating they were left a long time ago.

"Are there any signs of creative activity in the Ling Shu?" Xu Feng asked.

"Nothing has been found yet, but—"

Silver Mane paused.

"About thirty feet deep in that passage to the northwest, I sensed a faint energy fluctuation, similar to—the Dan Tong Guardian of Morning City, but more subtle."

"Let's go take a look."

Xu Feng led his team toward the northwest passage.

This passageway is wider than the entrance passageway.

There are niches at intervals on both sides of the wall.

The niche, which once seemed to contain some kind of statue, is now completely empty.

After walking thirty paces, the passage turns right.

At the corner, some metal fragments and several weathered skeletons were scattered on the ground.

The skeleton's clothing is completely different from the style of the Spirit Pivot Era; it's more like—a modern martial artist?

"They are explorers. Judging from their weapons and equipment, they should be from our race," Cangya crouched down to examine them. "They have been dead for at least fifty years."

The skeleton bears marks from high temperatures and sharp objects, indicating it was attacked by the guardians of the Spirit Pivot.

However, no guardian spirits were found in the surrounding area.

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Xu Feng's gaze swept over the area, and he felt a slight chill in his heart.

Did someone explore this place fifty years ago?

He signaled to everyone to be vigilant and continue forward.

After turning the corner, the passageway ahead suddenly opened up, revealing a semi-circular hall.

The hall was about ten zhang high and more than thirty zhang in diameter. Around the hall, twelve metal human figures stood in neat rows!

These humanoids are similar to the Danton Guardians, but they are taller, approaching the height of an average person, and are dark gold in color with more complex surface patterns.

Their eyes were closed, as if they were asleep.

However, Xu Feng could clearly sense that they contained energy fluctuations that were even more powerful than those of the Dan Tong Guardians.

"It's a strongman!"

Redbeard let out a low cry.

Xu Feng nodded: "The information core mentioned that the main guarding force of Huicheng is these strongmen."

Powered by spirit-gathering towers, their combat strength rivals that of top-tier ultimate lords, and they can form battle formations, making them extremely difficult to deal with!

Xu Feng raised his hand, signaling everyone to stop.

His gaze swept across the hall and suddenly landed on the right wall.

There was an inconspicuous side door, its door ajar, with a faint light shining through the crack.

"Silvermane, take the spare control token and go check behind that door."

Silver Mane nodded and accepted the token. His figure transformed into a blur and quietly crept to the side door.

He listened intently for a moment, then slipped inside.

A few breaths later, he returned, his eyes filled with joy.

Behind the door is a maintenance passage leading to the basement.

There were no guards inside, but there were some—the remains of damaged strongmen, and a large number of spare parts and tools.

Xu Feng's eyes lit up.

Maintenance access? Spare parts?

"Let's go around through the maintenance access road."

The group entered through the side door without making a sound.

Sure enough, behind the door was a narrow metal passage.

The walls on both sides were covered with all sorts of strange tools, and metal limbs and broken crystals were scattered on the ground.

The passageway extended downwards, and after walking about fifty steps, we arrived at a wider underground space.

This place resembles a warehouse, with dozens of metal shelves neatly arranged.

On the shelves were various sizes of energy crystals, rune plates, metal joints, and drive cores.

Deep inside the warehouse, there are three complete warrior statues, fixed to work frames, their chests open to reveal their intricate internal structures.

"This is—the place where the warriors maintain themselves!" Redbeard exclaimed excitedly.

Fox Two glanced at the map, then at the surroundings: "This seems to be Maintenance Workshop No. 2... What a strange name, a workshop..."

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"The Ling Shu Civilization is a civilization that combines cultivation and technology, and it has some similarities with human civilization, so it's not surprising that it's called a maintenance workshop."

After chuckling, Xu Feng strode over to a statue of a powerful warrior and carefully examined its internal structure.

Compared to the "Dan Tong" guardian, the "Li Shi" has a larger spiritual core and a more complex energy circulation path.

There are also additional cushioning and reinforced protective designs at the joints.

the most important is.

Inside his chest cavity, he saw a familiar interface—a slot that matched the shape of the Morning City backup control command!

"Try the control order."

Xu Feng took out the token and carefully inserted it into the slot, but it got stuck after only being inserted halfway.

Then, Xu Feng took out the Tenth Peak Master's Token.

This time, it was successfully inserted.

Suddenly, a pale golden light shone in the eyes of the warrior!

But the light lasted only a moment before quickly dimming and falling silent again.

"Insufficient energy." Xu Feng frowned.

He pulled out the token and glanced across the warehouse.

"Since there's a maintenance workshop here, maybe they have a maintenance manual. Let's take a look!"

The group immediately dispersed to search.

Soon, in a locked metal cabinet in the corner of the warehouse, Xiaofeng found a palm-sized, rhomboid object engraved with…

A dark gold token with the character "丙".

"Level C clearance order!"

Xu Feng took it and examined it carefully before exclaiming with delight.

"This is probably a special access control order for maintenance personnel, which can temporarily mobilize inactive warriors."

It can execute basic commands such as patrolling and maintenance, but cannot be used for combat control.

This item should help us avoid some battles.

He immediately took the Class C order and led everyone back to the upper level.

Upon arriving at the entrance of the hall again, Xu Feng infused his qi and blood into the token.

The token flashed, and lines of Ling Shu characters immediately appeared on the statue of the sage in the center of the hall.

At the same time, the twelve warriors trembled, opened their eyes, and scanned the hall with their pale golden gazes.

But they did not attack; they simply stood quietly, as if waiting for instructions.

"Walk."

Xu Feng took a deep breath and stepped into the hall first.

The crowd followed closely behind, holding their breath as they passed through the strongmen.

The guards did not react.

The group successfully arrived in front of the statue.

"Two people each, use this repair order to remove the energy cores of the warriors, then help me move these warriors away, and then leave this hall immediately and wait for me."

Xu Feng turned to the crowd and said.

His gaze was fixed on the "polyhedron" in the sage's hand.

The group immediately opened the strongmen one by one, took out their energy cores, and then carried the strongmen away from the hall.

After everyone had left, Xu Feng took a deep breath and grabbed the "polyhedron" in the sage's hand.

But the next moment.

The polyhedron remained motionless, as if it were frozen in mid-air.

At the same time, the "Great Sage's" eyes suddenly lit up with a red light: "Warning: Insufficient permissions, a Class C main city control order has been detected. Temporary access to low-risk areas is permitted."

Current risk level of the area: medium to high.

Please possess a Level B or higher authorization order or provide "Research Supervisor" identity verification.

A cold, mechanical voice rang directly in Xu Feng's mind.

"Not even enough authority for the Tenth Peak Master's Order?" Xu Feng frowned and instantly released his grip.

The great sage's eyes immediately dimmed.

Just then, Xu Feng placed his hand on it again, and the warning sounded once more.

After several attempts, Xu Feng suddenly had an idea.

He took out one of the "Information Storage Cores" from the secret vault of "Dawn" City from his bosom.

Holding it in his hand, he placed his hand on the polyhedron again.

And this time—

"The temporary access request has been accepted."

"The applicant has been detected to possess the Morning City-3 Backup Core." Access level: Level B.

"Approved, a one-time pass code will be issued, valid for three standard hours."

Access Area: Core area of ​​the Huicheng Ling Shu Research Institute (excluding the Crystal Tower Control Room).

"The access code has been imprinted with the applicant's mental identity and can be used directly."

The silver light receded, and the sequence of runes disappeared into Xu Feng's brow.

Xu Feng was startled and immediately touched his brow, but found nothing unusual.

Just then, *click*.

A wide door suddenly opened behind the statue of the Great Sage.

Behind the door was a wide corridor.

On both sides of the corridor are individual laboratories separated by transparent energy barriers.

Most of the laboratories were already empty, with only a few remaining strange instruments and unfinished parts of the Ling Shu creation.

Xu Feng called everyone back and led them into the area.

"Red Beard, take men to search these laboratories and see if there are any valuable technological fragments or documents."

"Xiaofeng, come with me to the central control room."

After dividing the tasks, Xu Feng led Xiao Feng down the spiral staircase at the end of the corridor.

The stairs seemed endless, extending downwards at least thirty stories.

Finally, a dark silver metal door appeared ahead, thicker and more densely covered with runes than the entrance door.

There was no keyhole on the door, only a palm-shaped indentation.

"Identity verification." Xu Feng activated the access code imprint again.

Press your palm down to create an indentation.

"Temporary access permission detected."

"Access to Huicheng Research Institute - Master Data Database is permitted."

"WARNING: The database has an automatic defense mechanism. Do not attempt to disassemble or copy the core storage unit, otherwise you will trigger a spirit explosion trap."

The metal door slid open silently.

Behind the door was a circular hall ten times larger than the secret chamber at the bottom of the "Dawn" City's vault.

There was no stone platform in the center of the hall.

Instead, it is suspended in a huge "honeycomb" structure made up of countless red hexagonal crystals.

Each hexagonal crystal emitted a faint glow, seemingly containing a vast amount of information.

Directly beneath the "hive," an extremely complex array of multiple runes is etched on the ground.

At this moment, the array was slowly rotating, emitting a heart-pounding energy fluctuation.

This should be the so-called "automatic defense mechanism"—the spirit explosion trap.

If anyone were to forcibly take away or copy the storage core, the entire hall would likely be torn apart by the raging psionic energy in an instant.

"This is the true city-level information hub" —

Xu Feng looked up at the crystal honeycomb with a diameter of over twenty meters, feeling awe.

Unlike the three solitary backup cores in "Chen" City, the storage scale here is more than a hundred times larger!

All of Huicheng's research data, technical files, and experimental records are probably here.

"Peak Master, we don't have much time," Xiaofeng reminded him.

The one-time pass code is only valid for three standard times, and they have no concept of these "three standard times".

Perhaps it's three hours, three shichen (a traditional Chinese unit of time), or even thirty minutes?

Just hurry up.

Xu Feng nodded and quickly walked to the control panel at the edge of the hall.

The console surface was covered with a layer of dust, but the runes remained intact.

He attempted to connect his mental energy.

Buzz—

The console lights up, projecting a semi-transparent interface into the air in front of it.

The text on the interface is in the ancient seal script of Ling Shu, but Xu Feng, having received information from the core of "Chen" City, can barely make it out.

Search: City map, Spiritual Pivot Guardian Control Protocol, Energy Core Location —

Xu Feng entered the keywords.

A moment later, the interface refreshed, listing dozens of search results.

One of them is labeled "Huicheng Territory Structure Map (including defense system annotations)".

The other one is the "Ling Shu Guardian Cluster Control Protocol (Version 7.3)".

Without hesitation, Xu Feng opened the data and began memorizing it, while simultaneously telling Xiao Feng, "Help me record this too!"

"Okay!" Xiaofeng only glanced at the messy scribbles before sweating profusely.

In the intervals between recording this information, Xu Feng glanced around and noticed an inconspicuous record: "Experiment Log - No. 737: Cross-City Ling Shu Network Stability Test (Chencheng & Huicheng)".

Test results: The two-way psionic transmission channel was successfully established, and the latency was lower than the standard value.

However, an unauthorized external mental disturbance was detected, suspected to originate from the forbidden area of ​​Qiming Main City.

It is recommended to strengthen network isolation.

Xu Feng's pupils contracted slightly.

Ling Shu Network? Intercity connection?

And—an "unauthorized mental fluctuation intrusion" from the forbidden area of ​​the main city?

What does that mean?

What is the forbidden area of ​​the main city?

Unauthorized mental intrusion?

Xu Feng glanced at the timestamp of the information, which showed that it was from ten standard hours ago.

His back immediately broke out in a sweat.

This place is a bit eerie.

About thirty minutes later.

Xu Feng took a deep breath and forcibly memorized everything.

As a precaution, Xiaofeng memorized it again, just in case Xu Feng's memory was fuzzy.

"Walk."

Without being greedy, Xu Feng knew that this place was not a good place to stay for long.

Just as the two were about to leave the hall, the entire honeycomb structure suddenly trembled slightly.

Immediately afterwards, a deep, slow voice, as if just awakened from a long slumber, echoed throughout the hall: "Detected—non-standard access permission—"

"Identify the visitor's identity — holder of the 'Morning City - Backup Core No. 3' —"

"Application for Temporary Access Code Source — Main City Central Hub — Automatic Response System" —

"Judgment: Compliant access."

The voice paused for a moment, as if processing some complex information.

Xu Feng paused, stopping at the doorway of the room.

Then it rang again.

This time, there was a barely perceptible hint of—doubt?

"However—the mental fluctuation characteristics of the holder—deviate from the standard template of the Ling Shu Era—by 37.8%."

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"You are not one of the people of the world."

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"Who are you?"