The whereabouts of the Nine Treasures

Strange things are happening more and more often.

From the moment those puppets were able to make contact with him, Lin Yu had a vague feeling.

He could sense it...

This site is indeed special to me.

Now, this corpse, which only he could see, has once again become the most powerful evidence.

After realizing that Chen Le and Li Nian had seen the corpse...

While remaining undetected, Lin Yu examined the corpse more closely.

However, there were no particularly new discoveries.

The only thing worth noting is that Lin Yu feels he might have discovered the cause of the other person's death.

Beneath the other's curled-up body, hidden in the shadows of his abdomen, lay the weapon that had pinned him to the throne—because it was broken, with only a small part protruding, it was indeed not easily noticed.

"Sister Zhu Ming, you also think that chair is very valuable, right?"

Li Nian's enthusiastic voice rang in Lin Yu's ears.

Lin Yu smiled and shook his head, as if he hadn't seen the corpse, and said, "It does look quite valuable... but this thing is much bigger and heavier than the previous wooden tables and chairs—and it seems to be completely embedded in this high platform, so figuring out how to pry it off is going to be a problem."

Li Nian said, "Haha, yeah, I didn't manage to do it last time... but this time, with Brother Le and you here, I thought maybe the two of you would have an idea."

As Li Nian spoke, Chen Le, who had just been shocked and opposed to Li Nian's idea of moving the Jade Throne, fell into thought.

"If we want to take something this big, maybe we can tow it under the Sea Moth... to transport it from here to the Sea Moth..."

Lin Yu interrupted Chen Le: "Brother Le, you actually gave him some advice... From what you said earlier, I thought you were going to persuade her."

Hearing Lin Yu's words, Chen Le hesitated to speak, "I saw that A Nian really wanted it, so I was thinking maybe there was a way..."

"Stop spoiling her like that, let's get down to business," Lin Yu turned around, then grabbed the furtive Li Nian, "Come back—and put your [Item] away!"

"Have you considered that if this chair is moved, it's not just a matter of whether we can take it with us; it might also cause changes to the Palace and jeopardize our plan to find the Nether Void Realm's Nine Treasures!"

"Even if you're going to make a move on that Jade Throne... it can only be after we've finished our business."

Lin Yu said seriously.

Li Nian said with a grin, "Okay, okay... I know!"

As the girl spoke, she put away the chainsaw hidden behind her back—clearly, she had intended to use it to cut the Jade Throne off first.

Regardless of whether there was a corpse on the throne that only he could see, Lin Yu would definitely not allow Li Nian to do that.

"Brother Le, hurry up and take out the Dagger and put it there—let's not cause any more trouble."

As Lin Yu spoke, Chen Le nodded and quickly pulled out Dagger from his pocket.

Chen Le stepped forward, stood in front of the equipment, and carefully checked it again. Without further hesitation, he placed the Dagger inside.

Then...

"Click!"

With a loud thud, the Dagger, about ten centimeters away from the central notch, seemed to be suddenly drawn upwards by some force!

Then...

The light on the entire disc and its surrounding ring was activated, emanating a strange and powerful energy, and the entire disc and Rings began to slowly rotate.

"Such high-level power... no wonder it's one of the 'Nether Void Realm's Nine Treasures'..."

Chen Le muttered to himself, then frowned. "Could this device be pointing to 'Authority'?"

"Authority?"

Li Nian asked, somewhat surprised.

"I'm not entirely sure, but it feels like... Zhu Ming, what do you think?"

Chen Le looked at Lin Yu.

Although "Zhu Ming" is only "Tier 2", everyone in the "Freedom Alliance" knows that she has a Summoned Creature that can use part of the "Destiny" Authority. Therefore, Chen Le also understands that "Zhu Ming's " understanding of matters related to "Authority" may be stronger than some "Tier 3" Player.

Lin Yu did not shirk his responsibility or act modestly.

"I think it's like Authority... but it's not related to the Authority of the previous 'Chosen of God.' Perhaps... it's related to the Authority of another fallen Deity —like the 'Ocean'?"

Lin Yu analyzed it with an air of seriousness.

"The Ocean? I don't think so..."

Chen Le shook his head.

Of course it doesn't look like it.

Lin Yu said silently to himself.

Although he had already shared enough information he had sensed and analyzed, Lin Yu still concealed a considerable amount of "information" that he, as "Zhu Ming," should not have known.

For example... he knew very well that the aura of "Authority" emanating from these Nine Treasures was definitely not from the "Ocean".

Because he had just obtained a fragment that allowed him to communicate with the "Ocean" Authority —now, Lin Yu might be the only "Player" who had truly experienced the aura of the "Ocean" Authority.

Even if we expand this scope to all Living Beings in the Ten Realms and all "Player," aside from the Deity, perhaps only Ka and himself could sense the aura of the "Ocean."

If this high-level energy fluctuation, which resembles the Authority, truly points to some kind of Authority, Lin Yu, based on his perception, would likely guess...

This "Authority" might be similar to "war" or "Calamity".

Lin Yu could sense that this "Authority" contained a certain extreme sense of oppression, and felt stiff and cold.

"Anyway, I need to note down the fluctuations of this Authority first, and then discuss it with Old Wu later," Chen Le said, before taking out a voice recorder and pressing the start button. "However... before that, let's first confirm whether this facility can actually lead us to the locations of the other Nine Treasures."

As Chen Le spoke, he looked at the Rings that was spinning faster and faster.

As the rotation speeds up, the energy surging within also increases—the symbols that originally emitted a bluish-green light on the Rings transform into a blurred stream of light as the rotation accelerates, as if about to break free of its limitations and overflow from the original facility itself.

No...

Not "as if".

Lin Yu soon saw that the glowing symbols and patterns were indeed spreading outwards, exceeding the limitations of their original carrier.

The overflowing light seemed to come alive with each rotation, transforming into writhing snakes that slowly extended, as if probing into another space.

More and more light flowed from the rotating structure, gradually...

Those streams of light almost covered the entire Palace —although some had already reached outside the Palace, for some reason, Lin Yu and the other two could still inexplicably see those lights extending beyond the gates, beyond the walls, and even beyond the [Azure Sea Sky Dome]!

Final...

"Whoosh!"

Some of the cyan-green light snakes burrowed into Chen Le's arms, marking the outlines of the four "treasures" he had already mastered, and causing those treasures to faintly glow.

The emerald green light outlined the shape of the treasure, flickering with the rhythm of breathing and humming.

And the rest...

This extends to four even more distant places.

Soon, two of them stopped extending and began to glow—although they seemed to be hundreds or thousands of kilometers away, a clear outline could still be seen if one looked closely.

Chen Le said, "That's really amazing... You two, try touching that extending light beam!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu looked at Chen Le, whose face was full of astonishment, and then bent down to gently touch the two beams of light.

The instant I touched it...

Lin Yu experienced an even more wondrous feeling!

The information fed directly to the soul through the light could even sense... how far away the two treasures were from his current location, and even vaguely perceive what the surrounding environment was like—it was as if he had suddenly become those two treasures, or as if those two treasures had suddenly become a part of his body!

Li Nian, who had also done as instructed, let out a scream and jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

"Whoa! Whoa! What's going on... This feeling is so strange! I suddenly feel like my soul has traveled thousands of miles away and split into two parts! What's happening?!"

Lin Yu calmly withdrew his hand and reassured her, "It's alright, this is normal and harmless—take a break, A Nian."

Although he was no longer surprised by such things, the feeling of a soul suddenly appearing in another place was probably quite novel to Li Nian.

Even... because the only time Li Nian experienced her soul being split was when she almost died in the Gray Domain, she might have developed a psychological trauma related to such things.

Lin Yu was somewhat surprised that Chen Le hadn't reacted much just now.

As expected, even the strongest "Tier 3" beings have a wealth of experience...

Of course, Chen Le would probably be even more shocked by his own calm demeanor.

"You seem to be quite used to this feeling."

Lin Yu shrugged. "It's alright, but... it's definitely not the first time I've experienced something like this."

"After using Zhu Qiansi's Karma Threads Illusion many times, you'll eventually get used to this feeling."

Lin Yu explained, then added, "In short... these two artifacts are indeed still in the 'Pure Ruins.' I feel like one is inside the body of some giant Sea Race, perhaps it was swallowed, while the other... I'm not so sure."

Chen Le nodded. "I agree with you on the first point; there is indeed one that seems to be inside Sea Beast."

"As for the second item, based on my intuition... it's very likely in a settlement of Sea People, in a 'Vault' built by Sea People!"