The air grew increasingly hot and scorching.
The yellow sand began to howl and spread, and visibility was rapidly decreasing.
Come closer to me.
Qin Ze wiped his face.
The three Brother Devour immediately stood beside Qin Ze.
"It's going to catch fire."
The experienced Dharma King spoke up.
This was the same sign that appeared last time it burned.
Qin Ze and his group were already very close to the building.
It's about ten kilometers away.
Rumble--
Before long, the ground beneath their feet began to tremble, and in the distance, it seemed as if a thousand horses were galloping.
Qin Ze looked up and gazed ahead, where a blue wall of fire, tens of meters high, was rapidly sweeping towards them.
Even though they were still thousands of meters apart, Qin Ze could still feel the heat wave hitting him.
Without saying a word, Qin Ze immediately opened Shelter Space, enveloping the three Brother Devour within it.
The flames swept past the Shelter Space at high speed, and the yellow sand on the ground instantly burst into flames.
This scene is amazing.
There was clearly no flammable material, only sand.
But it was indeed burning.
The Shelter Space isolates it from all high temperatures and flames.
Qin Ze did not feel any discomfort.
Vermilion Bird Step took to the air and began to observe his surroundings with a monocular telescope.
In my field of vision, the whole world is on fire.
The blue flames, like will-o'-the-wisps, filled every corner of the ground and sky.
"We're very close now."
Even without binoculars, Qin Ze could see the cluster of buildings.
Logically speaking, such a high-temperature blue flame should be able to incinerate and melt everything.
Yet the building, weathered for countless years, still stands silently amidst the yellow sand, unaffected by anything.
Qin Ze frowned slightly.
Could it be that this flame is all show and no substance?
Or is all of this just an illusion?
Qin Ze returned to the ground.
After a moment's thought, he summoned an ordinary clone and kicked it out of the Shelter Space.
" Qin Ze, I'm pretty..."
The clone burst into flames the instant it left the Shelter Space.
He didn't even get to utter a complete sentence before he was reduced to ashes in just a few breaths.
The blue flames still danced on the ashes.
It was burned again and again.
"It's not an illusion."
The flames are real.
The Brother Devour said calmly, "It probably only works on living beings?"
The Dharma King pursed his lips. "Pretty intelligent, actually."
Qin Ze and his group continued forward and arrived at the complex of buildings ten minutes later.
The spire-shaped building is surrounded in the center.
Through the broken section, the group jumped inside.
The inside of the spire was pitch black.
The Dharma King immediately unleashed lightning, using himself as a giant light bulb to provide illumination.
This floor is about 80 square meters in area, with a thick layer of yellow sand covering the ground, and a downward staircase at the very back.
The spacious room was completely empty, except for a high platform in the center.
There are two statues, one male and one female, on the high platform.
They knelt face to face on one knee, holding their hands above their heads as if supporting something.
Unfortunately, the statue's hands were empty at this moment.
Qin Ze carefully observed the appearance of the Blue Flame People.
Their facial features are more rugged than those of Human Race, and they are also much taller; these two statues alone are over two meters tall.
Of course, it's also possible that the statue was enlarged.
The statue's clothing resembles animal feathers, layered and beautifully arranged.
I don't know if this is how they usually dress, or if it's a special cultural attire.
On the high platform below the statue, there is a line of crooked, tadpole-like characters.
[The blue flame will never die, the burning heart will live on forever]
The key provided the translation.
Qin Ze raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised that the key also had a translation function.
To his even greater surprise, the miser Key confiscated the Source of the World this time.
[...]
"Come over here and take a look."
"Brother Devour suddenly called out."
Qin Ze walked over.
The three Brother Devour were looking at a mural on the wall.
"Get closer, the battery will be amplified," Qin Ze said.
"Can't you generate electricity yourself?" the Dharma King muttered under his breath, moving closer to the mural.
The next second, lightning flashed, illuminating half the room.
The mural was surprisingly colorful.
The passage of time has caused some damage, but the contents are still faintly discernible.
Qin Ze quickly glanced through the painting and roughly understood its contents.
The murals record the history of the Blue Flame Clan's rise to power, or rather, their evolutionary history.
In the first painting, several Blue Flame People with bird feathers stuck in their heads are dancing and gesturing around several wild beasts, as if they are hunting.
They initially lived in caves, but in the next few paintings, civilization has evolved.
They built houses, farmed, raised livestock, and even established schools.
With the dikes built, there's no longer any need to worry about the rainy season.
Civilization has been passed down.
Seeing this, Qin Ze felt as if he were witnessing the evolutionary history of the Human Race.
Perhaps every race has come this way.
With the sixth mural, a change occurred.
A large group of Blue Flame People surrounded an extremely tall Blue Flame People Blue Flame People in the center, who raised his right hand, holding a small ball of flame in his palm.
In the next mural, dozens of Blue Flame People sat around the ball of flame, their posture exactly the same as Qin Ze's usual meditation.
It was clear that they had begun to practice the techniques.
"You've meditated? That cracked me up."
"Are the dads meditating, or something?"
"It's like you've been working so hard to cultivate yourself."
The clones chattered incessantly, interrupting Qin Ze's thoughts.
And with that, the mural project ends.
"Could that fire be the same one that's burning outside?" the Giant Overlord said calmly.
Qin Ze turned his head to look at the two statues on the high platform.
Unsurprisingly, what they were holding was the ball of fire depicted in the mural.
This flame can be said to have brought about a leapfrog development for the Blue Flame People.
The flames taught them cultivation, enabling their race to reach a higher level.
"I have an idea," Brother Devour suddenly said.
"That ball of fire is probably transmitting some evil technique to the Blue Flame People, so they can harvest them after they've mastered it."
The Dharma King shook his head. "Yours isn't as reliable as mine."
"It's likely that as the race developed, the rulers' ambitions grew, and they wanted to possess the strange fire for themselves."
"War eventually broke out, and the flames got out of control, dragging the whole world into hell."
Qin Ze seemed to be deep in thought.
He actually thinks the version by the Dharma King is more reliable.
In the Jiang City Otherworld, Human Race perished because of ambition and selfishness.
Let's go down a bit.
It's unknown how many more floors this tower has.
After all, the entire main body was buried in the yellow sand, with only the tip showing.
The next floor appears to be a library, with more than a dozen bookshelves.
Unfortunately, not a single book on the bookshelf was preserved intact.
Some books may appear intact, but if Qin Ze touches them lightly, they will immediately shatter.
"Look what I've found!"
"A basketball!"
The Dharma King suddenly started shouting.