Swallowing the Stars: You Can't Escape, Mountain Dweller

Chapter 257 Ai Chen and the Chaos Monument

Early the next morning, Bai Yang arrived at the city lord's mansion and easily made his way to the tall and spacious secret room corridor.

Along the corridor, one could see huge, seemingly bronze doors on both sides. He soon arrived at the bronze door inscribed with the word "Dragon's Journey".

"Lord Kandri." Bai Yang respectfully bowed to the three-eyed old man guarding the gate.

"Bai Yang, hello." Kandri smiled and nodded, then closed his eyes briefly to check information, before opening them a moment later.

"That's amazing. You've already crossed four levels of the Heavenly Bridge, so you now have four more opportunities to gain enlightenment."

"Yes, I'd like to apply for one use now."

Candri praised, "It's been a long time since I've seen such a brilliant genius as you."

There's no one inside right now, you can go in.

The bronze gate slowly opened, revealing a dense, chaotic aura that made the interior appear blurry.

This Kandri is extremely powerful and possesses a secret technique to create numerous clones with 60% of his strength.

Bai Yang politely thanked him, saying, "Thank you, sir."

Then, in a flash, he rushed into the secret room.

The enormous Chaos Stele still stood in the center of the secret chamber, and he was the only person in the room.

This time, Bai Yang did not rush to comprehend it immediately.

He had completely grasped the content and secrets of the first three pictures.

This time, his ambitions are even greater, and he is prepared to take more efficient measures.

Many geniuses understand the principle of not trying to do too much at once, so they focus on only one picture at a time.

The information in the picture is secondary; the main purpose is to utilize the unique characteristics of the Chaos Stele to enter a state of profound understanding.

Therefore, these geniuses never feel the passage of time; it's as if time passes in the blink of an eye while they are comprehending something.

This time, Bai Yang decided to completely refrain from studying the diagrams and instead memorize all the details of the six confrontation diagrams.

At the same time, let the star guardian remind you, and you can only remember it for a maximum of 3 days.

Even with his incredible memory, completing this task was extremely difficult.

Each image on the Chaos Monument contains an astonishing amount of information.

Bai Yang had already fully grasped the first three diagrams, so reviewing them again was relatively easy.

Everything changes but the essence remains the same, and it can be remembered.

As for the three confrontation images that followed, he felt that each time he looked at them, the images seemed to change.

Not only in terms of the amount of information, the difficulty also increased several times over.

"The time is up, it's been three days."

Star Guardian whispered a reminder in his ear.

"So fast? It feels like only twenty minutes have passed."

Bai Yang was genuinely surprised.

However, no matter how much he lingers over the content of the last three pictures, he will not change his plans.

He had memorized about 9% of the fourth and fifth pictures, but he only remembered about 4% of the sixth picture, which had more variations.

Over the next four days, he began to decipher the mystery of the fourth image from scratch.

The mysteries beyond the 36th law of time are indeed much more difficult to grasp.

This time, he felt like only a minute or two had passed when he heard Candri urging him to go out.

Unlike when he was meditating and would wake up due to mental fatigue, he felt no fatigue at all in front of the Chaos Stele.

You don't even need to actively try to understand it; you can gain a lot of insights simply by being drawn into the Dragon Chaos Stele.

Each Chaos Stele can only be comprehended by a select few at a time, and there must be some special reason for this.

"This kind of opportunity is too precious to pass up. Luckily, I have [realistic simulation]."

Bai Yang stood up and walked out of the secret room, still feeling unsatisfied.

Sure enough, there were already several people queuing up outside the door, some of whom were this year's geniuses.

When they saw it was him, they quickly greeted him warmly.

Bai Yang smiled and returned the greeting, then prepared to return to his residence.

"Bai Yang? What a coincidence."

Just then, a silvery voice rang out behind him.

Bai Yang quickly turned around and saw a beautiful girl with golden hair and white wings standing gracefully behind him.

"Aichen, I didn't expect to see you here," Bai Yang greeted.

"This is my first time trying to comprehend the Chaos Stele, and I really didn't expect to meet you."

Ai Chenyu smiled sweetly, her voice gentle and pleasant.

"Comprehension of the Chaos Stele? Aichen, are you here to comprehend the Dream Conch Chaos Stele?"

Bai Yang had a sudden thought and asked casually.

"Huh? How did you know?"

Ai Chen was very surprised, her small mouth slightly open.

"When we were choosing paintings in the hallway, I saw you thinking for a long time in front of the painting 'Dream Snail'."

Bai Yang casually recounted the situation at the time.

"Oh, I see. You saw me..."

Ai Chen repeated it to himself, lost in thought.

As soon as Bai Yang spoke, he felt that something was off.

He did pay attention to Aichen's actions at the time in order to find the Chaos Monument that was most suitable for the laws of light and time.

After all, among the ten geniuses he knew, only her law configuration was exactly the same as his.

But bringing it up now makes things a bit complicated.

Neither of them knew what to say for a moment.

An awkward silence at this point can be very embarrassing.

Fortunately, Ai Chen wasn't an Earth fairy after all, and she quickly changed the subject.

"And what about you? Why did you choose the Dragon Chaos Stele in the end?"

In terms of the laws of light, the Dream Conch Chaos Monument is still stronger.

"It's just a feeling. I think the Dragon-Riding Chaos Stele might be more suitable for me."

"That's a real pity. Otherwise, we could have been fellow disciples."

If there's anything I don't understand, I can ask you for help.

"Actually, it's possible now. Two Chaos Monuments, one for light and one for time, each with its own strengths."

We can help each other if needed.

Ai Chen smiled slightly upon hearing this and was about to reply.

The bronze gate behind her suddenly began to slowly open.

The person inside the secret chamber of the Dream Snail Chaos Stele had just finished their comprehension at this very moment.

Ai Chen didn't say anything more, but gave Bai Yang an apologetic look.

Then, lifting her skirt, she ran inside.

Bai Yang was surprised. He realized that just a moment ago, he had actually been looking forward to Ai Chen's reply.

After returning to his residence, he surprisingly did not immediately recall or record the insights he had gained from the Chaos Stele.

Instead, I subconsciously began to ponder some aspects of the laws of light, as if trying to find some "questions".

By the time he realized something was wrong, a long time had passed.

"I was indeed influenced by the simulation experience."

You're overthinking it. Just do things as they are.

He quickly composed himself and practiced the "Spiritual Embryo" several times to regain his composure.

Fortunately, he has an exceptional memory.

I learned a great deal during those seven days, and I didn't miss a single thing.

He asked Star Guardian for help to build an extremely rudimentary three-dimensional model of the Dragon-Walking Chaos Monument inside the quantum computer.

I filled in as much of what I had already learned as possible.

Then lay all six pictures out side by side, so you can view them together later.

Bai Yang looked at the six pictures for a while and suddenly realized that there seemed to be other content in them.

"Star Guardian, please overlay the six images together for me."

(End of this chapter)