The carvings on the walls depicted ancient ancestors performing sacrifices, hunting, and worshipping gods. The writing was archaic and mysterious; no one recognized a single character.
Dragon patterns were carved into the palace's beams and pillars. The dragons' heads had nine branches, strange in shape yet imposing beyond measure. Complete star charts were engraved on the stone floor, echoing the stars far above.
The Energy Detector in Ying Wenjie's hand was now emitting piercing beeps. The energy reading on its screen shot straight off the scale!
Before the wall at the deepest point of the ruins, the Energy Detector's needle reached its maximum. Wu Qingya stopped and glanced at the detector in Ying Wenjie's hand. "The core energy source is behind this wall."
The wall was built from enormous blocks of bluestone, its surface devoid of ornamentation. Yet a dark red glow seeped faintly through the cracks, as though something were burning behind it.
Wu Qingya reached out and pressed his palm against the stone. It was cold, but the light seeping through the cracks was hot.
"Captain, should we blast it open?" a team member beside him asked. Wu Qingya kept his hand against the stone and fell silent for three seconds.
These were ancient ruins, possibly thousands of years old. Blasting the wall would cause permanent damage to a relic of immeasurable historical value, but whatever lay behind it might be even more important.
"Do it." He straightened and stepped back a few paces.
The team members moved immediately, without the slightest hesitation.
Specially designed small directional charges were precisely attached to the base of the stone wall, ensuring they could breach it while minimizing damage to the surrounding carvings and writing. The setup was finished in just one minute.
"Three, two, one—detonate."
Boom! Rubble flew and smoke