Having obtained the sixth chapter, not long after he left, a drone flew over.
No, it would be more accurate to say it had been circling nearby for quite some time.
From the moment he entered to the moment he emerged, an entire day had passed.
Of that, reading the stele's contents and learning the technique took, at most, an hour. Entering had taken only a little over an hour as well.
As for all the remaining time, it had been consumed by that wondrous scene, which had cost Li Su an enormous amount of time.
Faced with this, Li Su grew a little anxious. Three days for the sixth chapter—what about the seventh? The eighth?
Without stopping for even a moment, he hurried onward. Using the drone, he swiftly located the seventh chapter and charged straight in.
This time, nearly three days had passed by the time he emerged.
Once again, he saw the wondrous scene before the stele. If before, he had only glimpsed a corner of it from some distant horizon—
Then this time, the distance had been infinitely shortened. He could increasingly feel the terror and vastness of that giant.
The sixth chapter's contents lay within the body.
The seventh chapter's contents lay upon the surface.
There was no need to mention how much more complex it was—it was astonishingly so. Even Li Su spent more than half a day comprehending the crisscrossing patterns on the stone slab, like stars scattered across the sky yet carrying mysterious spirals, before he finally understood them.
The process took a great toll on Li Su. Who knew how many brain cells he had burned to death?
Without pausing, he immediately headed for the eighth stele.
This time, the difficulty had truly risen.
Not the difficulty of learning it, but