Holy Cup Fruit Forest

During the descent, Tang San asked Zhou Qing, "Qing Ge, did you already have some guesses about the Fallen One?"

"A little."

Looking into Riko's pale green eyes, Zhou Qing shared his guess. "For living things to survive, they must adapt to their environment."

"Just like the Law of the Jungle, it used to be believed that the strong prey on the weak, but this is only the appearance. The real essence is survival of the fittest."

"Like the Weeping Corpse Bird we encountered before, its immunity to the Ascension Curse must be related to its physical structure. The holes in its chest and back are not merely for imitating the cries of other creatures; they may also allow it to harmonize with the environmental Aura Field of the Abyss Ruins during its ascension..."

Based on this reasoning, Zhou Qing believes that the bodies of humans living here should also evolve in order to adapt to the Abyss Ruins.

The Fallen One is the result of this type of human body transforming as it adapts to the Abyss environment.

Moreover, compared to other creatures, humans actually have two choices.

Firstly, once it descends, it no longer ascends, so its body naturally won't undergo any mutations. As long as it finds the growth patterns of plants and animals, it will be enough to survive.

Secondly, there's the Ascension Curse after descending, which is the influence of the Aura Field of each level of the environment.

This influence, in essence, forces the human body's Aura Field to adapt to the environmental Aura Field. It is a process that can be achieved overnight, but the physical change process is extremely painful.

If you can't survive, you'll die.

Even if you survive, success is not guaranteed; it may lead to physical disintegration, making your mutated body look extremely incongruous.

This process of ascension and transformation is also the process of the Martial Soul and the physical body merging together.

Abyss People unable to awaken their Martial Soul?

Perhaps they simply cannot awaken their Martial Soul within the area covered by the Aura Field of the Abyss Ruins, but that does not mean they do not possess Martial Soul.

Therefore, during the ascent, influenced by the environmental Aura Field, the human body's Aura Field has to forcibly adapt to the outside world, so that the unawakened Martial Soul within the body is also forcibly awakened in this process, and even undergoes a deeper fusion with the human body.

After all, besides those that Fallen One, the Lord of Tianming City once said that there are also types that resemble Soul Tool.

That type might be the owner of Tool Martial Soul, but in this process of transformation, it should have undergone a deeper fusion with the flesh and blood of the human body, appearing in the form of possession rather than floating in the hand.

"Martial Soul misses its awakening time, the Soul Palace that nurtures the Martial Soul will develop wrinkles, and may even cause the unawakened Martial Soul to die in the womb."

Romantina looked puzzled. "Is it because the environment here is special, so that even if people here don't awaken their Martial Soul at the age of six, their Martial Soul don't lose their spirituality, or rather, the time it takes for their spirituality to disappear is much longer than in the outside world?"

"That's possible. After all, the faces of the residents of Abyss Town are all quite round. Even the elderly have very few wrinkles and look like Childlike Face."

Zhou Qing speculated, "Perhaps this influence not only affects their appearance, but also allows the unawakened Martial Soul within them to retain their vitality for a long time."

Xiao Wu also agreed.

In her mind, the residents of Abyss Town all had very strong emotions; they liked what they liked and hated what they hated.

Just like the Finals of the Continental Elite Tournament were held in the center of Abyss Town, most of the Abyss People, because they didn't like fighting, continued to do their own things and didn't even discuss the Continental Elite Tournament much.

Quiet and peaceful.

It can be said that the tranquility and leisure of Abyss Town are completely out of step with the hustle and bustle of the outside world during this period.

Are you researching the effects of Ascension Curse on the human body?

Riko also joined the discussion, saying, "The Explorer of the Abyss have been researching this for a long time and have not given up, but the results have been very few."

"Abel said that the Ascension Curse is also a blessing, a blessing from the Abyss. It is said that only by going down to the bottom and then climbing back up without stopping can one have the power to change the world."

This legend—

In Zhou Qing's view, it was not an exaggeration. The environmental Aura Field of this Abyss Ruins was stronger with each layer. So if a creature could go from the bottom to the top in one go and still maintain its intelligence, it would probably have extremely powerful strength.

But that's only in theory.

Perhaps on the Seventh Layer and below, or even slightly upwards, one would experience unimaginable pressure that could cause physical collapse or even lead to death by explosion.

"The power to change the world?"

Wang Sheng was skeptical.

After all, if an ordinary person can climb up from the Sixth Layer, their strength will at least reach the Soul Saint stage. If they can climb up from even lower levels, they might become even stronger.

However, according to Qing Ge's deduction, the Ascension Curse of this Abyss Ruins is ineffective or its effect is greatly reduced for people like them who cultivate their Aura Field.

Thump!

The Elevator Platform landed on the ground.

The Third Layer.

Arrive.

Unlike the darkness of the first floor and the rainy days of the Second Layer, this Third Layer is daytime, with bright sunshine, fresh air, and lush vegetation.

Around this Elevator Platform, there are some peculiar broad-leaved plants.

Why is it considered strange?

Because the trees in this forest have round, plump stems that resemble various uniquely shaped vases and cups, and under the sunlight, you can even see Sisi ripples.

The stem is hollow inside! And it contains an unknown liquid!

"This is the Third Layer, the Holy Cup Fruit Forest!"

Riko, who was visiting the Third Layer of the Abyss Ruins for the first time, was very excited, but she suppressed her adventurous spirit and introduced the general situation of the Holy Cup Fruit Forest to Zhou Qing and the others.

"Because this Third Layer is covered with various container-like plants, and more than 60 percent of these plants bear fruit, it is called the Holy Cup Fruit Forest."

"And these trees contain hot springs."

Upon hearing the word "hot spring," everyone was stunned.

Zhou Qing was the first to realize that Riko mistranslated, but Riko said confidently, "It's not a hot spring, but it's better than a hot spring! Although the water inside was rainwater at first, it's hot water now! All the plants here have small leaves at the top that look like fish scales, and they stand up at noon to absorb sunlight and heat the water."

Why heat it?

Tang San didn't understand.

Most plants don't like excessively hot temperatures, but these Third Layer plants even use sunlight to heat the rainwater they collect...

Could it be that all the plants here have characteristics comparable to the Infernal Delicate Apricot in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well?

"I don't know. Professor Abel's knowledge of the Third Layer and the layers Third Layer it is not very specific. He only has some general information."

Riko shook her head helplessly, then said excitedly, "However, Abel said that if you could soak in these Tree Hot Spring all year round, it would strengthen your body. But unfortunately, these hot spring waters only have the greatest effect when they are placed inside plants; once they're taken out, they're useless..."