Once the lake had completely dried up, the black hole where the stone pillar had once stood was revealed at the bottom.
Luo Jun flew down to the lakebed and approached the enormous Black Hole. Just as he was about to peer inside, a blast of heat surged out!
"Pssshhh...
A thick, scalding burst of steam erupted from the Black Hole, instantly filling the entire Volcanic Crater with dense mist. It seemed that the lake water that had just drained in had encountered magma deep within the mountain, evaporated, and blasted back out as vapor.
But Luo Jun knew it was not that simple.
Ignoring the scorching steam, he plunged directly into the opening. Pushing against the airflow, he descended deeper until he finally reached a vast open space. It was not the cave or lava he had expected, but an extraordinarily regular spherical chamber several hundred meters in diameter. Aside from the opening at the top, the walls were smooth and flat everywhere, without even the slightest gaps. It was impossible to tell where all that lake water had gone after flowing in. Yet there was nothing in this chamber. Where had that earlier pulse and oppressive pressure come from?
Just as Luo Jun was puzzled, the surrounding environment suddenly changed.
The once-smooth spherical walls abruptly split apart. Every fragment was a regular shape, producing the sounds of mechanical operation and steam jets as they moved, while revealing what lay behind the walls.
It was a complex Mechanical Body composed of countless gears, bearings, drive rods, and other components. As it moved, those mechanical parts continuously transformed and rearranged themselves. In the end, they formed a massive face made entirely of components, standing before Luo Jun.
The face was hundreds of meters tall. Every inch of skin and every