She passed by an ant nest tree hole along the way, but considering the time, she did not go in immediately, but went to the top of the giant tree first.
A red and white bird was foraging in the black worm swamp when it spotted a greenish-blue substance it had never seen before flying Extreme Speed towards it.
"Grumble!"
Realizing the object was coming towards it, the red and white bird instinctively spread its wings and jumped backward, arcs of electricity gathering on its body.
However, it was no faster than the flying Wilderness Weapon. The next moment, the bronze shard flying diagonally tore half of its body apart, and blood splattered everywhere.
"It consumes less energy than Wind Blade... Oh no!"
Wen Jing had just begun his assessment when he was suddenly startled.
As the red and white bird was dying, it unleashed a burst of electricity, which struck the bronze plate.
"When..."
In an instant, the copper plate emitted a subtle, soft sound and simultaneously emitted a faint white light.
It won't just melt away in the lightning, will it?
Wen Jing was startled and quickly put away the bronze piece to examine it carefully.
Because she was already immune to the Red and White Bird's lightning, and because the current in the material universe couldn't affect the Wilderness Weapon during the test, she temporarily overlooked the fact that the current in the Ancient Wilderness world was different.
"Huh?"
Upon seeing this, Wen Jing couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
One moment she felt that obtaining a Wilderness Weapon was a terrible misfortune, but the next moment she found that under the electric shock, the bronze piece was not damaged as expected. It only emitted a faint white light and did not even generate heat or energy fluctuations.
Now that the 'battery' has subsided, the white light has quickly dimmed and returned to normal.
If Wen Jing hadn't acted quickly, we wouldn't have seen this change.
Could this Wilderness Weapon hold some unknown secret?
She immediately perked up. If it was a reaction to lightning, then that was easy!
"Crack!"
"Wait, I don't have time to mess around with you right now."
In the treetop, Wen Jing used a shield to deflect the beak of the red and white bird that was attacking him, and observed the bronze piece that had been struck by lightning.
"When..."
This time the lightning was stronger, the sound louder, and the white light emanating from the bronze plate was even more intense.
However, apart from these known changes, there has been no new development.
It seems the battery is low.
Wen Jing shifted her gaze to the red and white bird not far away. The bird, its feathers ruffled, stood warily on the opposite branch, observing her as if facing a formidable enemy.
"Borrow some more lightning?"
"Chirp!" The red and white bird suddenly flapped its wings and flew away.
Wen Jing, Wen Jing didn't give chase, because she discovered that the red and white birds also had 'blue bars'. Lightning, as their special move, couldn't be used continuously, and they would mostly use their Sharpness beaks and claws to finish off enemies.
Fortunately, this tree has no shortage of red and white birds, since the canopy area is much larger than the root system.
The little insect with a scientific spirit took action--
Finding the red and white bird incubating its eggs. "Stop incubating them, I'll eat the eggs."
Finding a red and white bird foraging for food, it said, "Stop eating! If you're so capable, come and eat me!"
Finding a red and white bird preening its feathers. "Since you're so free, you should definitely come and give me some electric flair!"
Soon, Wen Jing 'invited' more than ten red and white birds to come and charge the bronze plate together.
"Crackling and popping..."
With lightning striking continuously, Wen Jing was extremely busy—guiding the lightning from so many red and white birds to fall on the Wilderness Weapon was quite a challenge.
As the battery level increased, the bronze piece transformed into a completely white, luminous object.
Wen Jing kept a close eye on its changes--
The bronze piece floated in mid-air, unaffected by any attack, yet it still made the same sound as before.
Unlike before, this time the sound wasn't just a single sound; it rang out continuously.
"Clang, clang... clang clang..."
The unprecedented sound from the ancient, verdant tree startled the surrounding birds, causing them to scatter in all directions.
Wen Jing naturally did not chase after the bird.
Previously, she had only heard a single sound, but now the sounds were continuous and had a clear variation in speed and rhythm. She naturally understood what was happening after the bronze plate was electrified.
music.
The bronze plate acted like a music player, playing a piece of music after it was fully charged.
Listening to the crisp, bright, and melodious tapping sound, Wen Jing felt a sense of familiarity from the timbre.
The School District Planet doesn't teach music classes, and the music of this era is basically electronic synthesizers and various new material instruments. She's certain she's never heard of this kind of instrument in her life.
If not this life, then it must have been a past life.
Wen Jing carefully traced this sense of familiarity, and the memory that most quickly surfaced in her mind was--
It was a picture taken with an old-fashioned filter, with billowing white smoke, a chicken eating endless rice, a dog licking endless noodles, and a candle flame burning a large lock...
No, no, what she was thinking about was the music from the 'Heavenly Palace' scene corresponding to this image, the musical instruments in it!
chimes!
Wen Jing retrieved the corresponding shape of this ancient Huaxia musical instrument from his subsequent memories.
If you simply split a chime bell in half and remove the patterns, wouldn't it perfectly resemble the Wilderness Weapon you possess?
This thin bronze piece turned out to be a fragment of a set of chime bells!
Just then, after the 'player' finished playing a piece of ancient and elegant music, a strange change occurred.
More indistinct, different-toned chime sounds arose from somewhere, joining the individual musical notes in a chorus.
Wen Jing sensed spatial changes and overlaps around the fragments of the chime bells through gravity.
Consciousness 'saw' another spatial scene contained within the outline of white light.
In the dim candlelight, a row of chimes seemed to play automatically in the deserted palace, as if heralding the start of a night banquet.
The bronze fragments played the prelude, and these increasingly dense ensemble sounds gradually propelled the music towards its climax.
Amidst the lively ensemble of classical music, the small fragment located in the giant wood space began to tremble slightly, but the tremors became increasingly frequent.
When the most exciting part arrives, it leaps up as if a weary bird is returning to its nest, seemingly heading back to its original form.
Sensing the vibrations of the Wilderness Weapon, Wen Jing was instantly jolted awake by the mysterious sound and the shock of glimpsing another space.
That won't do!
She immediately increased her energy output while simultaneously pulling on the Gravity Silk stuck to it, trying to retract them.
At the same time, she couldn't help but feel a lingering fear. If her mental strength hadn't exceeded 50, she might not have been able to regain her senses at all.
However, waking up was useless. It seemed to have stimulated the space opposite as well. The next moment, the location of the palace increased its attraction, and the spatial fluctuations suddenly contracted, directly swallowing the glowing fragments of the chime bells.
"...!"
At this critical moment, Wen Jing had a flash of inspiration. Instead of maintaining his energy to fight against the entire space opposite, he released a large number of Gravity Silk at the fragment.
"Whoosh!"
The ensemble music reached its final climax, and in the multiple spaces, Wen Jing saw the palace candlelight grow brighter and brighter, as if one door after another was opening.
Shadows, indistinguishable as human or animal, drifted within, seemingly depicting a dance of many people, or an intrusion of an army. Yet, upon closer inspection, the distorted shadows were clearly not human at all...
In the instant everything erupted, a blinding white light engulfed everything.
Not only the palace, but the space where the giant tree was located also flickered.
After the flash, the overlapping spatial fluctuations completely disappeared, Wen Jing with nothing in front of him.
Her newly acquired, barely-warmed-up Wilderness Weapon was gone just like that.
But at the same time, a new coordinate system for the nighttime space was added to her perception of the Ancient Wilderness—
It was the mysterious palace where the chime bells were located!
Floating in mid-air, the little insect pulled on the Gravity Silk, picked up the bird egg that had been used as bait to lure the red and white birds, and took a vicious bite.
"You won't even give me a fragment now, don't blame me for taking the whole set of chimes later!"
Chapter 64
While munching on bird eggs, Wen Jing pondered the location where the Wilderness Weapon had disappeared.
During previous testing, Dean Bai briefly mentioned that this Wilderness Weapon was discovered in a river environment.
If it involves important information such as the nighttime environment and historical relics, the other party cannot possibly avoid mentioning it.
This only proves that the banquet palace I saw was a completely new location.
The appearance of the fragments also reveals clues. Perhaps Dean Bai obtained its location in a 'modern era', while what she just obtained was in a 'historical era' where the chime bells were being used.
According to Xie Ming's theory that "the more recent the Ancient Wilderness ruins, the more dangerous they are," the space where the bronze chime bells are located may not be as dangerous as the space explored by Dean Bai.
But it was also a night in the Ancient Wilderness.
Although I'm furious, recalling the danger of the mysterious altar last time, I think we need to plan ahead before exploring the chime bell area. At least we shouldn't blindly rush over there now.
After sucking the bird egg into the storm, Wen Jing calculated the time and arrived at the ant hole in the middle of the giant tree.
Life: 65
Strength: 65
Speed: 38
Spirit: 51
After glancing at her own attributes, she once again crawled into the tree hole and ventured into the ant nest.
This time, Wen Jing didn't enter the ant nest empty-handed; she had brought a small piece of crimson mushroom with her when she came up from the lower level of the giant tree.
Returning to his former workplace, even though Wen Jing's current size is significantly larger than other ants, he is still seen as a standard ant by the other ants due to the combined effects of pheromones and Basic Invisibility.
The crimson mushrooms she carried were naturally also collectibles to be moved back to the warehouse.
She entered the mine with practiced ease, first devouring a batch of Emerald Crystal Rice Grain that hadn't yet been moved into the warehouse, before heading towards the core area where the Queen Ant was located.