The existence hovering in midair exuded a supreme aura that could neither be pried into nor understood.
Simply looking at it stirred an inexplicable fear in one's heart.
Wu Heng's shock was beyond words.
He had imagined strange artifacts, ancient viruses, even unknown lifeforms, but he had never expected the source of the global catastrophe to be something like this—something very likely connected to gods.
Anything related to "gods" was inherently beyond the bounds of common sense.
At that moment, it hovered quietly ahead, continuously releasing incomprehensible fluctuations that distorted and affected everything around it.
Even while controlling a lifeless skeleton, the Divine Sense Wu Heng had attached to it was under immense pressure.
Dizziness, eerie whispers, and all sorts of stray thoughts and emotions that did not belong to him crashed against his consciousness like a tide.
If he had not been controlling the skeleton through his skill, he probably would not have been able to approach even in his Hero state.
Directly beneath that dazzling Light Orb lay the Black Dodecahedron Container he had seen in the photographs.
Its top had opened outward like blooming metal petals.
Sure enough, it was a container!
The skeleton endured pressure that nearly tore its consciousness apart as it approached with difficulty.
The mental interference grew increasingly violent. Wu Heng's actual body even felt waves of physical nausea and disorientation, but he gritted his teeth and persevered, carefully searching for a way to close the container.
His gaze remained fixed on the incomparably complex outer shell of the dodecahedral container.
Upon those perfectly smooth surfaces, he vaguely caught sight of extremely faint patterns that seemed naturally formed. They intersected one another, vaguely forming a rune-like structure.
A bold thought flashed through his mind.
He had seen the Stone Coffins the vampires used