Tai Yu could not help rolling his eyes.
He had once thought that Qiao Mian, Chao Yongdao, and the others' intense interest in "ruins" and "treasures" had been something of an act to lure people in. But now, with them repeatedly stressing it and finding nothing strange about it, it seemed more like a kind of "faith"—and not a particularly rational one.
Still, the oddness of it kept him from jumping to conclusions.
Fortunately, Qiao Mian did not leave him guessing any longer:
"It isn't just that one. In fact, there are many similar ruins here in Mirror Spacetime.
"Some haven't been discovered. Some have been found, but remain locked away behind their own restrictions. Others were forced open, causing most of them to collapse and leaving them unrecognizable, just like these ruins.
"In the six thousand years since the Abyssal Sky Overlord fell and the Tian Yuan Empire collapsed, people have put considerable effort into searching for and excavating them, yet we still can't claim to have handled them properly. Since the Gatekeeper Lord was the keeper of the gates, he most likely had access to some unique resources..."
Tai Yu's eyelids twitched as he listened. "You aren't expecting a Historical Projection to tell you the truth, are you?"
"Not quite. But if we really can summon the Gatekeeper Lord's Historical Projection from the River of Time, it will at least improve our chances of a favorable outcome."
Tai Yu fell silent, but his brow furrowed even more deeply:
The reasoning made sense, but what practical significance did excavating these ruins have for a Great Monarch like Qiao Mian, who had all but reached the top?
Even if the excavation succeeded, with the Myriad Gods Hall watching, the most valuable things inside would probably have to be "allocated" by