Ruins Closure - Bonus Chapter 1

He took the key from Helen's hand, and the key transformed into a golden ring that wrapped around Gu Ding's index finger, while Helen's phantom gradually faded away.

The moment the ring was put on, everything in the Helen Ruins was completely under Gu Ding's control.

He could see every corner of the ruins from a god-like perspective. He saw Liliath and her group hiding in a cave on the sixteenth floor, and he also saw the seven henchmen that Wayne had sent to hunt him down gathered together. They had entered the Demon Suppression Tower in the desert and were staying on the tenth floor of the Demon Suppression Tower.

Suddenly, Gu Ding had a thought and moved the location of the strongest Steel Arm Giant Ape on the tenth floor to near the seven people. This was also a special ability of the key, capable of moving the positions of all the native creatures in this ruin.

The Steel Arm Giant Ape, whose strength was already extremely close to that of High-rank God, looked around curiously after its position was moved, but quickly sensed the presence of the seven humans and immediately charged over in a frenzy.

Caught off guard, all seven were killed by the giant ape.

After the seven people were slaughtered, Gu Ding sat cross-legged on the spot and began to study the function of the key.

"Huh, it can even close the ruins on its own. Anyway, Lily and the others haven't gained anything, so closing the ruins in advance will save a few days of travel time... I'll then teleport myself to Liliath and the others, so no one will know that I obtained the ruins' inheritance." Gu Ding immediately made a decision and chose to close the ruins.

After making this choice, Gu Ding set the ring on his index finger to a hidden state. A moment later, he felt a tremor under his feet and was teleported out.

Liliath and the others were also teleported outside the Demon Suppression Tower. When they saw Gu Ding appear, Liliath and the others were stunned at first, but they immediately recognized him and surrounded him.

"Gu Ding, you've grown taller!"

"Yes. It's gotten quite muscular!"

"You look even more handsome than before!"

The group of people were all talking at once, leaving Gu Ding both amused and exasperated.

Whether it was intentional revenge or not, Liliath kept pinching and squeezing Gu Ding, saying, "Your skin feels better than before!"

"Captain, what's with all this sudden change?" Bigge asked with a smile.

"I don't know either. Wasn't I in a coma the whole time? When I woke up, I had become a demigod and turned into this." Gu Ding himself couldn't understand it either.

Only the Sea Emperor knew that Gu Ding had actually died once, his bones turning into water, but he was brought back to life by a mysterious force, which greatly benefited Gu Ding.

"Were you on the Sixth Layer the whole time?" Liliath asked, winking at Gu Ding. She asked Gu Ding this question on purpose so that Clark and the others could hear.

"Yes, there's no one to guide us. We can only stay on the Sixth Layer, for fear of entering a fake door and being teleported to another place." Gu Ding's answer was a verbatim recitation of what the Sea Emperor had given him.

"Gu Ding. Have you seen Aurora on the Sixth Layer?" Clark was ranked second, also came over. He was more concerned about the affairs of his team members.

"I didn't see him. I guess I was still unconscious when he entered the Sixth Layer. He probably didn't notice me, otherwise I wouldn't be alive now. He was able to smell your scent along the way, so he must have followed you to a higher floor." Gu Ding's words were taught by the Sea Emperor.

"It's possible that he followed you two to the sixteenth floor. He encountered a four-star monster and was killed." This was Liliath's previous guess.

"When we passed the Sixth Layer, it seemed like something was happening inside. Didn't you know, Gu Ding?" Clark asked, still somewhat unwilling to give up.

"An anomaly? I don't know. I was unconscious for the entire day after I was teleported down, and I woke up the next day." Gu Ding's reply was still the Sea Emperor's original words.

"Clark, no need to ask anymore. Aurora is definitely dead, otherwise she would have been teleported out of the Demon Suppression Tower like us." Gale finally spoke up.

Clark frowned slightly, Gale knew why he looked like that. Clark had led the team into the Helen ruins, and they had lost a member. This wouldn't be missed in a Top 2 file; it would be a negative entry in Clark's resume, affecting his future career.

At this moment, Brog, who had been stroking his chin, suddenly spoke up, "How strange. Today is the twenty-sixth day since we entered the ruins. Logically speaking, the Demon Suppression Tower should not close until the thirtieth day, and then we will be teleported out."

"Thirty days is probably just a rough estimate," Liliath, seemingly oblivious to this.

"According to our official records, thirty days is an exact number of days. Every time this site is opened, it lasts for thirty days, and this has never changed." Clark shook his head and gave the official data.

"But they've only teleported us out of the Demon Suppression Tower; they haven't opened the passage out of the ruins yet. It's not over yet," Lolo Li offered her opinion.

However, not long after she finished speaking, the sky over the entire ruins changed color.

Then, the voice of the Middle-Aged Man had spoken first rang out:

The Helen Heritage within the Helen Ruins has already been obtained; therefore, the Helen Ruins will no longer be open. The exit passage will open within ten minutes, located beneath the six Demon Suppression Tower. Those still alive must leave the ruins within one hour. After one hour, the ruins will automatically collapse, and this space will completely vanish!

"Someone has obtained Helen's legacy?!" Many people who heard this news widened their eyes.

Even Clark was stunned. He was clearly the strongest among those who entered the Helen Ruins, yet Helen's legacy had been taken by someone else, which he found hard to believe. "How could this be?"

"Didn't you say the death rate at the Central Demon Suppression Tower was very high?" Liliath couldn't help but tease.

"The Central Demon Suppression Tower Demon Suppression Tower ten doors on each floor, nine of which are fake doors and only one is a real door. The locations of the real and fake doors, as well as the teleportation points of the fake doors, change every time the ruins are opened. The experience of the predecessors is completely useless. If someone really obtained Helen's inheritance, it can only be said that that person's luck must be incredibly good. They accidentally walked into a fake door and were teleported to the twenty-first floor."

Clark said this. He didn't believe Gu Ding had obtained the inheritance, because everyone saw Gu Ding enter the Demon Suppression Tower in the dense forest. They thought it impossible for Gu Ding to be in the Central Demon Suppression Tower, since it's impossible to exit the Demon Suppression Tower in reverse. But what they didn't know was that each branch tower had a unique teleportation point connected to the Central Demon Suppression Tower.

"If only we had gone to the Central Demon Suppression Tower to try our luck!" Liliath thought that with the Sea Emperor's help, it might actually be possible to obtain the final inheritance. Little did she know, the one who actually received the inheritance was Gu Ding.

Of course, Gu Ding didn't intend to discuss this matter in this setting. With so many people watching and knowing he had received the inheritance, some would inevitably covet it. Besides, even if he were teleported out, he would still be under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government. Being forced to hand over the key wasn't out of the question.

Clark thought to himself that if Liliath had entered the Central Demon Suppression Tower, she might have actually received the inheritance. However, Liliath and her group had entered the Demon Suppression Tower in the dense forest, and they had hardly left his sight in the past few days.

In front of the Central Demon Suppression Tower- Central Demon Suppression Tower. Each of them sized up the others, guessing that the person who had received the inheritance must be among them. These were all daring and powerful individuals, eager to try their luck inside the Central Demon Suppression Tower. However, the vast majority remained on the First Level, a few advanced to the Second Level, and only one person reached the Third Level.

None of them knew of Gu Ding's existence because, under the Sea Emperor's surveillance, Gu Ding successfully avoided all the humans in the Central Demon Suppression Tower.

Among this group was one of the top 2 members. He silently recorded everyone's appearance, planning to take action against them after leaving the ruins, in conjunction with the other top 2 members.

Ten minutes later, the exit passage of the ruins finally opened, and Gu Ding and the others stepped out and quickly left the site.

The spatial tremors caused by the premature opening of the ruins' exit were immediately felt by Bucknell. He instantly appeared above the exit, somewhat puzzled. p2 A total of eighteen people entered the ruins this time, and sixteen of them survived.

When the group gathered at the exit of the ruins, Clark's face became even more grim. Losing Aurora was already a headache for him, but he didn't expect that another guy named Bensol would also perish.

"I said from the beginning that we should operate in pairs, who's with Bensol?!" Clark roared.

A boy wearing a red shirt stepped forward. "I entered the Central Demon Suppression Tower with Bensol. We encountered a fake door on the First Level. I was teleported to the eleventh floor, but I don't know where Bensol was teleported to. I haven't seen him since."

Clark frowned. Before the operation began, the higher-ups had not stopped everyone from entering the Central Demon Suppression Tower. Bensol and the red-clad youth Andis entered the Central Demon Suppression Tower of their own volition, and he could not say anything more.

"Clark, I haven't come away empty-handed this time either. Since someone has obtained Helen's inheritance, it must have come from the Central Demon Suppression Tower. Besides me, there were thirty-one other people who came out of the Central Demon Suppression Tower with me. The one who obtained the inheritance must be one of these thirty-one people. We just need to capture them and interrogate them one by one. We'll find out who obtained the inheritance eventually. Furthermore, it's not impossible to get that person to hand over the inheritance. I've already recorded the appearance of all thirty-one people..." Andis clearly intended to forcibly seize it.

"You mean someone has obtained Helen's legacy?!" Bucknell felt a surge of tension upon hearing this news. It meant that the Helen Ruins would cease to exist, which was something he did not want to see.

Clark nodded reluctantly. "Yes, someone has inherited Helen's legacy."

"Let's go. This site has delayed our journey for almost a month." Gu Ding didn't plan to linger any longer. The longer he stayed, the more likely it was that the fact that he had received the inheritance would be exposed, so he had to leave as soon as possible.

Just as Gu Ding and his group were about to leave, someone blocked their way, saying, "Want to leave? Not so easy!"