The Stars Were Dying
Yesterday, there was a spot called [Contamination].
Su Luo stood outside that black area and observed. The images and information that were fed back gradually became distorted, difficult to understand, and even tried to combine themselves into unsettling and suggestive patterns.
Like a mud horse with a twisted mind, Su Luo ran away swiftly.
The Land of Darkness itself is a vast, chaotic, and perilous wasteland. The gravity environment fluctuates like the blood pressure of the Survivors, and the energy Tides surge and explode erratically.
Therefore, Out-of-Zone Exploration is genuinely dangerous. Everyone should improve their mobility, otherwise, it would be laughable to get killed by the environment alone.
These extremely dangerous areas likely correspond to more advanced Exploration Quest and are from a very ancient era.
Su Luo could occasionally glimpse a high-energy Ocean boiling at high temperatures, radiating terrifying energy fluctuations, resembling some kind of battlefield.
Unfortunately, Su Luo had to hurry on her journey, so she didn't have time to examine the exciting parts of the trip closely, or to observe and record the most outrageous areas.
Su Luo was not idle for most of the voyage.
After finishing learning Alchemy, Su Luo processed the accumulated data in the Calculation Zone and began writing the Skill Book.
Your "Three-Cycle Method" has been upgraded!
[Spirit +0.1]
Your "Three-Cycle Method" has been upgraded!
[Spirit +0.1]
[Mana +1]
[...]
[Spirit: 22.0 (↑0.4)]
[Mana: 51 (↑2)]
A 0.4 increase in Spirit Attribute is already very significant among Attributes with a value of 20 or higher.
Thanks to the solution to massive computational problems provided by [Genli Zhi Mo], Su Luo saved a lot of time.
Although the quality of "Three-Cycle Method" is still displayed as blue, its level has been forcibly pushed to level 38, far exceeding the normal level cap of 30 for ordinary blue skills.
However, the Three-Cycle Method was already nearing its limit. Su Luo had already finished referencing the two Attribute Skill Books obtained from the Continued Battle, and even browsed through several Attribute Skill Books dropped by other professionals.
The "end" of this road is in sight. The triple- Cycle framework, after countless Optimizations and expansions, has become incredibly complex and precise, yet it feels somewhat sluggish due to over-design.
The foundation needs to be changed; once changed, it will reach purple quality.
In addition, the control of [Heartfire] has been refined and made more flexible and versatile. Although its power has not increased, its application scenarios and controllability have been greatly improved.
Finally, there's the improvement in the Spell Permanence Technique, which Su Luo decided to focus her energy on for the next few days.
The Land of Darkness is not isolated and cold; it is lively and warm. If you are not careful while walking, you may fall into some kind of terrain and become a dish.
Su Luo's Laboratory was already able to navigate the upper and middle regions of Fixed Star with ease. Except for the core and the adjacent death zone with a temperature exceeding one million degrees, the Fixed Star's thin matter density posed no threat to him.
However, at that moment, the silver-white hull crashed violently into a Jingjing floating mass of wreckage.
In an instant, the outer wall melted through, and scorching plasma poured in. He had to stop and carry out emergency repairs in the silent darkness.
While sewing and mending with the materials, Su Luo also took the opportunity to measure the temperature of the wreckage.
3.7 billion kilowatt-hours? What the hell?
He released his senses and slowly circled the Laboratory. His Divine Power extended like tentacles, but was easily burned off the moment it touched the wreckage. However, he didn't care and continued to expand his senses.
Countless enormous celestial debris, some even the size of the moon, some resembling Fixed Stars, but most were broken and twisted into strange shapes, confined to the ground by some force, neither floating nor sinking, like a cemetery.
Ordinary matter, common Mana, balanced elements... Su Luo recorded the seventh marker as: [Celestial Body Tomb].
"Do Stars really exist in the Land of Darkness?" Su Luo murmured to herself, somewhat doubtful.
This should be a continental world, so where do Fixed Stars and planets in deep space come from?
Even if such a thing existed, it should be a creation of some higher-level concept, not the material remains similar to those before her. At least, Su Luo didn't observe any.
This area has a radius of tens of thousands of kilometers, and its terrain is as intricate as a maze. It took Su Luo quite a bit of time to find a way out, and then she drove the Laboratory at high speed for half a day before finally arriving at the destination indicated by the system.
That was a "ruin".
Su Luo categorized the strange areas of the Land of Darkness into three types: terrain, ruins, and battlefields.
For example, in Zone 76, there are many small ruins: mage towers, cellars...
Dangerous Terrain, Abyss, and Gravity Source are all considered terrain features.
The battlefield was even more obvious, a place ravaged by war.
Many of them showed obvious signs of intelligent life, but perhaps because they were too ancient, Su Luo did not find Text or anything of value in the few she explored.
As for monsters, Su Luo encountered quite a few, including level 9, level 10, and level 10 Elites, none of which could be Appraisal.
They can't beat them, but they can run away or take a detour, because the monsters in the Land of Darkness aren't very aggressive, which is probably largely due to the lack of light. Su Luo will investigate this later.
The relic before us is made of neither gold nor stone, but a dull grayish-white color. Its surface is covered with huge and abstract geometric engravings, interspersed with countless impact dents and tear marks.
Its scale is extremely grand, and its overall structure vaguely resembles a combination of a crater and a cluster of spires, but all its edges and corners have an unnatural smoothness and twisting, a kind of artificial beauty.
Its appearance showed no signs of energy fluctuation, and it looked very ancient.
After going around in circles, Su Luo finally confirmed that the location indicated by the system was indeed in that "ruins".
Su Luo circled the ruins several times, confirming that the mission location was inside. He stacked several layers of shields on himself, prepared various consumables, and activated several key items. He parked the Laboratory to the side and walked alone toward the colossal structure.
Not entirely alone, a few New Life Soul Servant have already been sent ahead to scout the way.
According to the information, the Exploration Quest itself is not dangerous. You just need to be careful not to be killed by the ruins or terrain alone. There's nothing else to worry about, since life is scarce in the Land of Darkness.
It was a smooth depression with a diameter of over a kilometer, with a crater-like structure extending inwards. The grayish-white material at the edges curled upwards, forming some kind of channel that extended inwards, its depths unfathomable.
Standing on the edge and looking down, the interior is naturally pitch black, and even if you try to perceive it, you can't see anything.
He did not rush in, but first took samples and analyzed the circular edge at the entrance.
My fingertips traced the wall, where some raised marks remained, resembling Text or totems, three-dimensional and ancient.
The mere touch was enough to infiltrate consciousness a mixture of ultimate brilliance, profound despair, and some immense intent, like a spiritual echo left from long ago.
Su Luo placed his hand on it and sensed a large amount of residual mental Spell. It was extremely ancient, at least hundreds of thousands of years old, and extracting it would be a technical task.
The system's translation only arrived belatedly after Su Luo pieced together a relatively complete set of character patterns.
"The stars are dying."