Night Exploration of Abyss's First Layer

A Soul Tool?

Upon hearing that there was such a category as Fallen One, Zhou Qing was surprised, guessing that it might be a type of Fallen One produced after the Tool Martial Soul and the human body are completely fused.

Although the residents here cannot awaken their Martial Soul in this unique environment, they still live on the Douluo Continent. Even if their Martial Soul are not awakened, it does not mean that they do not exist.

The Martial Soul still exists within their bodies, but it may be in a state similar to "stillborn".

After introducing the general situation of the town of Abyss, the city lord of Tianming City led everyone through the town to the edge of the entrance to the Abyss Ruins.

At the center of that Abyss maw, which is more than ten kilometers in diameter, there is a circular metal platform about five hundred meters long and wide. The pillars beneath the metal platform are only one size smaller than the platform itself, with a diameter of about four hundred and eighty meters, leading to the first level of the Abyss.

It is said that the bottom of the first level is only 500 meters below the ground, but it is pitch black and shrouded in mist, so even Zhou Qing cannot see what is below.

This massive pillar also serves as the main access route for most residents of Abyss Town to go down for exploration.

Why is it considered the main one?

Because some adventurous residents would prepare their exploration equipment and then hang a climbing rope from the edge of the Abyss, using the natural platform on the edge of the mountain to descend.

If most Soul Master follow Martial Soul instinct to be strong and crave battle, then the residents of Abyss Town are obsessed with exploring the Abyss Depths.

The politics, economy, culture, and everything else in this town are all related to Abyss.

But it is precisely this strong spirit of exploration that makes the residents of this town far more active than the common people in other cities on the continent.

It's as if their Life will always have meaning as long as the Abyss is not fully explored, and the courage and passion to explore the unknown will always accompany their hearts.

Subsequently, the Lord of Tianming City arranged for the fifteen academies of the Heaven Dou Empire to reside in a large manor north of the cave entrance, while the fifteen battle teams of the Star Luo Empire were located to the south.

The Finals will officially begin tomorrow on a metal platform, which is made of extremely tough material that even Titled Douluo would find difficult to destroy.

As night fell, Zhou Qing and Tang San quietly left the room and arrived at the edge of the Abyss Ruins.

"The ancient ruins that the Soul Saint described in his diary should be below, right? I just don't know which floor they're on." Tang San took out the Soul Guidance Crystal from the Moonlit Pavilion on the twentieth floor, looked at the darkness below, and slowly sighed, "The ancient civilization is truly incredible."

"They've just gone further than us."

Zhou Qing smiled faintly, took out a climbing rope from the Gray Pouch, and said, "Let's go down and take a look. The first level is only 500 meters from the ground, which is not too high. If we time it well, we can come up before dawn and also try the so-called Ascension Curse."

The first level of the Ascension Curse is accompanied by mild dizziness and vomiting.

According to Ning Rongrong, neither ordinary people nor Soul Master can avoid it.

In other words, it has little to do with an individual's physical strength; it's just that people with strong bodies are more resistant to illness.

Given its unusual nature, Zhou Qing and Tang San naturally wanted to find out what was going on. The reason they didn't invite Xiao Wu and Romantina was because the Nuoding Team needed someone to stay behind.

After tying one end of the climbing rope to a nearby rock, Tang San saw members of other teams appearing not far away, and they also had ropes and such in their hands. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "It seems that we are not the only ones who are curious."

"Are you going down?"

In the dimly lit street, a round-faced blonde girl, about 80-90 centimeters to 1.12 meters tall, jogged out. However, her accent was very strange, like that of a foreigner who spoke awkward Mandarin Chinese in Zhou Qing's previous life.

She was dressed in a brown adventure outfit, with gloves on her hands, round-framed glasses on her nose, and a round hat on her head, with a Soul Conductor lighting device embedded on top.

Similar to a searchlight.

Their attire was almost identical to the stereotypical image of explorers that Zhou Qing had in his previous life.

"How old are you?"

Zhou Qing decided to ask the child's age, since it was difficult to judge the age of children and teenagers in Abyss Town just by looking at their appearance.

"Fifteen years old."

The girl... oh no, the young woman spoke sweetly, "I'm a great Explorer, and I know the first level quite well. I can be your guide for just one Gold Soul Coin."

Gold Soul Coin are also the common currency in Abyss Town.

Although the residents of Abyss Town cannot leave, they can trade with the knights guarding the mountains, exchanging the things they find on their adventures for necessities such as food.

After all, this mountain pass area doesn't look like a place where large-scale grain cultivation is possible, and the slopes outside the mountain are not suitable for large-scale crop cultivation.

Zhou Qing didn't agree immediately. Instead, he glanced around at the other academy members and noticed that some children-like boys and girls had also walked over. Only then did he nod to the round-faced Golden-Haired Girl in front of him, hand her a Gold Soul Coin, and say, "Okay, we'll hire you as our guide."

Thank you.

The girl began to introduce herself, saying that her name was Riko and that her dream was to explore the deepest part of the Abyss Ruins, but she had only been to the first level so far.

Moreover, the girl was very talkative and had no defenses against others. Even though she didn't know the names of Zhou Qing and Tang San, she told them everything about herself.

For example:

She was an orphan, but not born in Abyss Town; rather, she was born on a level below the Second Layer of the Abyss Ruins, and was brought to the surface by her mother...

Her mother seemed to have used some kind of disposable Soul Tool to prevent her from being affected by the Ascension Curse...

One of the reasons she wanted to explore the deepest part of the Abyss Ruins was to find her mother. She believed her mother was still alive and had gone to the bottom, but was unable to return due to the Ascension Curse...

Zhou Qing wrote down everything Riko described, then noticed the red whistle hanging around her neck and asked curiously, "I've noticed that most of the residents in the town seem to be wearing whistles around their necks. What's the reason for that?"

"What are you talking about?"

Riko didn't hear clearly and turned around to ask.

"???"

Tang San was completely baffled.

Zhou Qing fell silent, struggling to recall the English he was almost forgetting, and it took him a long time to remember what Riko's words meant.

So--

Could the earliest humans on the Douluo Continent have come from Earth or Blue Star?

Riko realized she had spoken in a language that outsiders couldn't understand, and immediately said in the Soul Land Common Language, "You spoke a little too fast just now, I didn't hear you clearly, could you repeat it?"

"Excuse me, why are you all wearing whistles around your necks?" Zhou Qing slowed his speech and asked about the whistles again.

"Whistles are a way to communicate, and they also represent the explorer's level..."