The two moved one ahead of the other, weaving through the rain of falling rocks.
Their speed grew faster and faster.
By the end, Han Yuchen's figure had almost turned into a streak of light.
He leaped off rocks for momentum and slid through narrow gaps.
Pulled along by him, Leng Yuebai felt like a kite being flown.
Except she was the kite.
Ten minutes later.
The two safely passed through the outer "Meteor Maze."
The view before them suddenly opened up.
This was the very center of the valley.
The ground was as smooth as an enormous mirror, entirely paved with black Obsidian.
At its center stood an ancient stone gate.
The gate was roughly ten meters tall. No one knew what material it was made of, but it emitted a faint Starlight.
There was no keyhole on the gate.
Only countless grooves and lines formed an incomparably intricate pattern.
"What is this?"
Leng Yuebai stepped forward, staring at those rune-like lines with tightly furrowed brows.
"A Star Map."
Han Yuchen released her hand, walked up to the stone gate, and lightly traced the lines with his fingertips.
"A very ancient coordinate language."
"You can solve it?" Leng Yuebai asked.
"I'll give it a try."
Han Yuchen put on a show of studying it for a while.
In truth, the system had already provided the solution.
This was not some complicated code at all, but a route map of the starry sky.
He only needed to inject Soul Power and light up the correct Star nodes.
"It seems the person who left this ruin behind was a stargazing enthusiast."
Han Yuchen smiled and pressed his finger against a groove in the upper-left corner of the stone gate.
A wisp of Soul Power flowed into it.
That groove instantly lit