Energy Shield and Entry

More than half a month later, under the swirling yellow sand, the figures of two horseback travelers appeared here.

These two individuals were Lister and Wang Yue.

After learning about Wang Yue's experiences, Lister was now truly convinced of what had happened.

Although what was originally said was true, these omitted "details" drastically changed the whole story, making Lister quite suspicious.

It seems that Wang Yue was just a pitiful person who was lucky enough to survive when the village suffered a huge accident.

Now everything is clear: Wang Yue is indeed a pitiful person, but a pitiful person who has already completed his revenge.

"Isn't this the Lost Land?"

Not far away, the enormous canyon reappeared once again.

This is my destination.

Wang Yue couldn't help but wonder. She was really looking forward to this trip, believing that there was another new world, a new continent.

Who knew it would actually be here, completely different from what she had expected!

"Let's split up and search to the west; there should be a passage or some kind of entrance."

"Send a signal immediately if anything unusual happens."

Having said that, Lister shook the signal flare in his hand.

The communication stone developed by Kavin Deer can only be used within the Class Holder University.

Wang Yue isn't a gamer; she still uses the most primitive method of communication—"signal flares."

Lister knew the location of the alchemical ruins was beneath this riverbed.

They even knew the location of the ruins beneath the entire area.

However, he truly didn't know the specific method of entry.

This riverbed in the Lost Land of the previous life was the battlefield of the war between the Lucian Empire and the Great Chu Imperial Dynasty.

The announcement of the fourth act only appeared halfway through the war.

After the game updated and Lister logged back in, he was already inside the Alchemy Ruined City. The system only notified him that a player had discovered the entrance.

Therefore, he himself did not know the true path to entry and could only explore it slowly.

As he explored, Lister couldn't help but think of Kavin Diehl.

It's unclear how the other party entered the ruined city.

It has been almost two years since he left the Kingdom of Lucian, and Kavin Diehl seems to have vanished without a trace, never returning to Kingdom of Lucian.

After Hughes ascended to the throne, he only formally granted titles to his other siblings, consciously ignoring the absent Kavin Deer.

Now, within the Kingdom of Lucian, Kavin, the original sixth heir, has been completely forgotten.

Even the Sixth Guard has now been renamed the Kingdom Lion Army.

Rolf, the captain of the guard who was originally with Lister, was promoted smoothly and became the deputy commander of the army.

Lister is now more curious about what happened to Kavin Diehl in the ruins.

How much will he gain? Keep in mind that he had an agreement with the other party regarding 20% of the exploration rewards.

Hopefully, the other party can find some rare attribute potions for the second job advancement, to prepare for the future four-dimensional attributes.

After searching for most of the day, Lister found nothing in this seemingly boundless riverbed.

"Bang!"

A red signal flare was launched into the sky.

Lister quickly pinpointed the location and rushed towards the direction of the signal flare.

"A passage has been discovered?"

"No, but something's amiss here."

Wang Yue shook her head and pointed to the side.

This location is on the far western side of the riverbed and right next to the edge of the canyon. At first glance, the entire rock face looks normal, except for some areas that are slightly charred.

"I feel like this place has been bombed."

This Lost Land usually deserted, let alone someone would come here specifically to blast this rock wall. Wang Yue immediately sensed something was wrong.

With the brief respite from the sandstorm, the blast marks on the rock face became increasingly apparent.

The structure looks quite intact, and there are no caves that were blown out.

It is suspected that the massive daily sandstorms have filled in the blasted area.

Lister immediately drew his sword and slashed at the rock face.

"Boom!"

The blade easily sliced into the rock wall, its sharp edge penetrating deeper and deeper.

After Lister consciously loosened his grip on the knife, the blade's edge exploded inside the cave as he had anticipated.

Countless shards of yellow sand surged from the rock face, pouring down continuously, until finally an opening appeared.

Leading the way inside, Lister carefully observed the entire cave.

The cave is not large, and it is easy for one person to enter. There is still a lot of yellow sand piled up underfoot that has not yet been expelled, and the blast marks on the surrounding rock walls are more obvious.

The person who blasted the hole was very skilled; the surface of the blasted rock wall was perfectly smooth.

If it weren't for the charred black color adhering to the surface, giving it a slightly frosted, grainy texture, he would have suspected that it was dug by a professional.

The level of explosion is so high that it seems to be the work of Kavin Deer.

Do you know the person who blew up this hole?

Wang Yue was now equally certain that this passage had been deliberately created, and that it wouldn't be long ago.

Seeing Lister's knowing look, he couldn't help but ask.

"Well, I'd say he's a friend."

"It's been almost two years since we entered the ruins."

"Ruins?", "Two years?"

Wang Yue noticed a series of words at that moment and couldn't help but secretly ponder them.

Lister didn't explain much; she would understand everything once she entered the ruins.

He immediately walked into the cave and soon reached the end, but the passage or entrance he had expected did not appear.

At the end, it was still just an ordinary rock wall, nothing unusual.

After a moment's thought, Lister immediately realized the answer and began digging into the yellow sand beneath his feet.

Upon seeing this, Wang Yue immediately guessed that the ruins must be underground, temporarily covered by the yellow sand at the foot of the cave.

Sure enough, as the two cleared away the yellow sand, a new hole appeared beneath their feet.

The cave, which was originally only about one person high, continued to extend deeper and downwards.

Finally, after the yellow sand was cleared away, the two entered a small, regular cubic area.

As the yellow sand beneath the entire area was cleared away, a hazy energy shield appeared before the two of them.

He couldn't clearly see what was underneath the energy shield, but Lister was absolutely certain that it was an alchemical ruin.

"Notification: You have detected an energy shield. Shield strength is being scanned..."

"Scan complete: Overall shield level 8, strength S. (Note: This is the weak point of the shield, level 4, strength A, which can temporarily break the energy shield.)"

Upon seeing this, Lister immediately realized that Kavin Diehl had not entered the ruins through normal means.

Instead, they found a weak point and forced their way in.

Seeing this, Lister no longer hesitated and raised his hand to strike again.

The 4-square-meter energy shield beneath his feet continued to extend and shatter like a spider web, opening up a space with a diameter of one square meter.

Notification: The energy shield in this area has been broken. Estimated recovery time is 1 hour, 41 minutes, and 9 seconds.

Beneath the shattered shield, the Alchemy Ruined City below remained indistinct even through the narrow space.

All that could be seen was endless darkness, as if there were some additional means preventing direct observation from the outside.

Seeing this, Lister no longer hesitated; the system had already given him a warning, so he jumped down.

Seeing this, Wang Yue followed suit without hesitation.

"Warning: A user has prematurely entered a specific area. We are determining whether to proceed with the next scene."

"Detection failed, insufficient permissions, notifying the mainframe."

"The mainframe has taken over Sector 71 personally. A critical error has occurred: the Alchemy Ruined City have been prematurely invaded by alien life forms from another universe."

"Judgment: Intrusion method incorrect! The intruder is a selected special alien life form from the universe, which has been specially marked by the mainframe. No further judgment is needed. The next scene will not be initiated for now."

Notification: Energy deficit has been repaired; intensity increased.