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It is also what Li Re has been exploring, the reason why the Giant King has not yet pieced together the last "fragment" and fully recovered his strength and awakened.

Because this furnace city itself -

It is the obstacle to the Giant King's awakening!

"Am I right?" Li Re looked sideways at the high wall of the furnace, at the old man who appeared at some unknown time and walked out slowly with a complicated expression: "Your Excellency, the Great Elder?"

"Great Elder?" Antis was slightly startled when he looked at the old man approaching.

The high wall guardian Yabulu had a bitter look on his face. He knew that this kind of thing would involve a big secret! As a 'newcomer' among the Crucible Knights, he really didn't know these things!

Alina was also shocked, and was obviously a 'newcomer' as well - they were the two 'youngest' members of the Crucible Knights.

"It seems you have already noticed my arrival."

The great elder came out, his long beard fluttering, his old-fashioned face slightly gloomy under the shadows of the city: "Are you saying this on purpose for me to hear?"

"After all, there must be a 'confirmer' for any inference. At present, it seems that you are the only one who may know these things - the real ruler who has been Andre's deputy since the camp era and has continued to rule the Crucible City."

Li Re grinned: "And now, I have confirmed from your eyes - I guessed right!"

Of course, in addition to this, there is also the reason why Li Re made such an inference in public.

It is also to draw on the thoughts of the many people present.

He guides their thinking.

It also allows Xinggong Yue to steal their voices.

With this, put the pieces together!

With the help of everyone, we can decipher this final secret in the shortest time possible!

Chapter 394: Heart of the Giant

The wheels rolled into the city again. The world within the high walls of the furnace was the same as before, but different from before. This time, more than one car returned to the Furnace City - before Antis's gorgeous carriage pulled by a Furnace Giant driven by a Furnace Knight, there was a smaller cart also pulled by a burning giant.

The old man in the car sat upright with his long beard fluttering and his face stern. His withered but tall figure looked like an ancient shrub.

They went down into the basin-like underground of the Furnace City.

The residents of the streets of Furnace City, who had just experienced an evacuation and chaos due to the attack of the abyss monster, saw the old man in front of them and bowed their heads with awe on their faces.

In front of the gorgeous carriage behind the old man, Li Re stood facing the wind and looked around this city that was unique in this era. Looking at the expressions of the residents, he thought that this "great elder" was really "majestic". Looking back into the carriage with the door wide open, he saw Antis sitting upright, staring at Li Re with blue eyes under his dazzling golden hair, and there was also a hint of nervousness in his eyes.

It's like facing a strict elder...at least the attitude of a 'grandfather' generation!

Li Re couldn't help but laugh.

Although I already knew that this 'Great Elder' had a lot of experience, even more than Andre to some extent, I didn't expect that this old man would have such 'deterrent power'.

The beautiful girl wearing a cloak and whose personality consciousness returned to Lu Baixi was also looking around with curiosity.

but...

"Lead the way?"

Li Re narrowed his eyes slightly.

The scene of the 'Great Elder' riding in a chariot and leading the way also reminded him of the scene when the old man walked out from the shadow of the high wall just after he finished speaking outside the high wall.

The old man didn't say much at that time, he just looked at himself.

Turn around immediately.

"Come here, I'll take you to a place where all your confusions will be solved naturally."

That’s what the old man said.

He turned around and got into his chariot parked inside the high wall.

It was a bumpy ride down the road, and we finally got to this scene...

"But what does this have to do with me?"

The 'High Wall Guardian' Yablu Velvis, who was riding in the same car with the 'Great Elder', stood in the wind with his tall armored figure, and a helpless look appeared between the cracks in the iron plates. He only wanted to guard the high walls and this furnace city, and did not want to get too involved in too many secrets - he always felt that ignorance was a blessing and that it could help him better maintain his beliefs.

However, outside the high wall, he was still called by the 'Great Elder' and pulled over.

He felt that this must be the Great Elder's revenge for not being able to punish him before!

"do not think too much."

The Great Elder opened his eyes slightly as the vehicle was bumping along the way: "You are also a Crucible Knight."

"You'll have to know these things sooner or later."

"But it's better to be later than later." Yabulu also understood this, but still wanted to struggle.

The Great Elder ignored him.

After opening his eyes, he just raised his head and looked forward.

The 'Giant Car' was moving at an extremely fast speed, and the carriage carrying the 'Princess of the Moon' was moving unimpeded towards the huge furnace located in the center of the entire Furnace City under the fluttering star-moon flag, going deeper and deeper into the furnace as it moved forward.

Naturally, those soldiers would not and dared not to stop them.

Li Re, who was at the back, dropped his hands. As the distance got closer, the huge furnace finally came closer than ever before.

They had even crossed over to the 'Council Hall' located directly in front of the furnace.

Reach deeper.

The existence called "Furnace" was clearly outlined in the dazzling and flowing light and shadow. It was a "building" like an inverted tower, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. The gray shell was like a cone that pierced deep into the ground - it was exactly the same as what Li Re saw from afar when he had just set foot in the Furnace City.

Only when he got closer did he discover...at the bottom of this huge furnace, above the ground of this inverted tower-like building, there was an outline of a huge portal.

The gate opened wide, revealing a wide, dark road leading downwards!

"It's underground indeed."

Li Re said this, further confirming his previous guess - at the bottom of this furnace, there is indeed another 'front line' to resist the invasion of the abyss!

"Um..."

Antis behind Li Re also looked surprised.

this place--

"Why do you look like this is your first time here?" Li Re glanced back at the girl and said, "Didn't you use your soul as firewood?"

"Yeah." Antis came back to his senses, took a deep breath, and responded with his red lips slightly parted: "That's why, in fact, I never went near the furnace once."

"You can't get close either."

"The burning sensation when I get close to it will cause me unbearable pain." Antis responded while looking up at the huge furnace in front of him.

Then he suddenly laughed again.

"But not now."

"Indeed..." Li Re understood a little. Although he promised Antis that he would not block her burning soul, he did not say that he would let her continue to suffer.

So he had already diverted Antis' burning pain.

During this journey, she did not suffer from the disease again.

This is something that everyone knows tacitly.

Lu Baixi sat beside them, swinging her legs and listening to them talk. She looked up at the dark deep portal and blinked, then suddenly tugged at Li Re's sleeve from the side.

"Are, there are a lot of strong 'consciousness' down there."

"I know - I felt it too." Li Re reached out and rubbed Lu Baixi's head under his hood: "That must be the other Crucible Knights that I guessed before, who have never been seen!"

Alina, who was driving the trailer of the Furnace Giant, was slightly startled as she stood on the back of the giant.

This was the first time that Antis was so close to the 'Furnace'.

But this was her second time as a Crucible Knight - every Crucible Knight had to go through the cruel trial of throwing himself into the furnace, but this was actually her first time to observe the furnace from such a close distance.

The trial won't let them stand here.

Just by gazing at it, Alina, as a furnace knight, felt an extremely close feeling to the furnace.

Her strength comes from this.

The iron and fire in her body also come from this...

Of course, it has been a year since she became the Crucible Knight. At that time, the furnace fire was still maintained by normal firewood, and Lord Antis had not returned yet.

Alina was the last Crucible Knight to pass the trial. After her, no one else participated in the trial or threw themselves into the Crucible, and naturally no new Crucible Knights were born.

The sound of clattering was heard in front, and the carriage under the 'Great Elder' slowly slowed down as it was dragged by the giant. The old man sat on it without moving, and the gorgeous carriage following behind also stopped soon.

Docked beneath the furnace.

In front of that dark door.

Yabulu was the first to get off the carriage and reached out to help the great elder, but was rejected on the spot by the clumsy old man. The old but still tall old man landed slowly but steadily. After standing still, he also looked at Li Re who was in the carriage following closely behind him.

"Let's go."

The old man said, "You will understand everything when you get down there."

down...

On the stopped carriage, Antis landed first and stretched out his hand to lead Li Re, and then Lu Baixi jumped out of the carriage while Li Re stretched out his hand to hold her... The 'Great Elder' was also stunned when he saw this scene, and seemed to be thinking about something.

After a bumpy journey, we finally arrived at our destination.

Under the protection of countless soldiers guarding the furnace with their eyes lowered, they walked into the deep downward passage one after another... This road was very long, stretching downward as if passing through the underworld to reach another world.

What came into view afterwards was another darkness.

And the countless bookshelves and books in the dark world!

“This is the Great Library.”

The old man turned his head and looked at Li Re behind him. He said, "This is the place where I collected all the books that have been scattered since the Silver Moon Era."

Countless books.

Countless knowledge.

Li Re paused for a moment, and saw the old man in front of him pointing to a door at the end of the dark underground space.

"Behind that door is the underground battle line you just mentioned!"

The so-called battle line is behind the big library!

Li Re subconsciously looked up at the top of the huge library.

He asked, "Is this the 'bottom' of the furnace?"

"Yes." The elder exhaled and said calmly, "In fact, what you said just now in front of that high wall is indeed correct."

"You are just as wise and sharp as Lord Andre said back then."

"But I think you know this because you got some fragments from Andrei, right? Even though... he obviously didn't tell you the whole story, Mr. Save the Time Lord."

"But what I'm going to say next is what you just failed to say - the clue you're missing."

Antis was silent while listening to the old man's words. She looked at the core area of ​​the Crucible City where she, as the actual controller of the Crucible City, had stepped for the first time and thought to herself that she was really an unqualified "princess". Lu Baixi's face hidden under the hood was calm and she just listened carefully to the words from the old man.

The Crucible Knights Alina and Yabulu stood on their own, their heads lowered, their eyes focused on their noses, their noses focused on their hearts.

Li Re listened to the old man's words and laughed.

After this bumpy journey, he did have some guesses in his mind - but since the old man in front of him was willing to say it directly, why should he continue to waste brain cells thinking?

So he didn't say anything, just stared at the 'Great Elder'.

The old man continued, "It is just as you said. The Crucible City was not built from scratch. It was a relic of the Silver Moon Era discovered by Lord Andre. He did not take the furnace out of the ruins, but chose to build the city on the spot. The abyss monsters that the high walls on the ground deal with are just a part of those that overflow from the underground. The real defense line against the abyss is underground, outside that door!"

"And now, I can tell you the reason for all this."

"Because this land of Crucible City——"

"It is the heart of the Giant King!"

The Crucible itself is the Giant King's...heart!?

Antis suddenly raised her head and looked at the old man in front of her. Her pair of gorgeous blue eyes were surprised for the nth time. She thought that what Li Re said before was enough to surprise her, but she didn't expect that the words uttered by her "elder" were even more horrifying.

'Furnace City' is the heart of the 'Giant King'.