Chapter 1942: Chapter 1936: The Truth of History

From the perspective of a Deity, the Exotic Realm is often a place of abundant harvest.

Completely different roots blossom into different flowers, and this “diversity” and “possibility” are what beings whose evolution has hit a bottleneck most desire.

Perhaps, in some worlds, water and fire are incompatible, but in others, water in the form of flame is merely a component of the ocean.

Therefore, for those practicing extraordinary feats of fire or even water-fire, such a world opens a gateway directly; an instant ascension may be exaggerated, but a year equating to a hundred years of work is normal.

For Lu in particular, the discovery of these “Stone-men” is quite subtle. At least visually, progress is distinct.

The Courtyard is the embodiment of Lu Ping’an, and in this world, it has further materialized.

During the timeline of the Underworld, Lu Ping’an established a group of Fortresses because, with his “Divine Kingdom” gaining the ability to further interfere with the Mortal World, it could also be interfered with by the Mortal World.

Observation is often two-way, interference as well… Unlike the previous “Invincible Man,” the current Lu Ping’an is both the strongest and the most fragile.

Once the Courtyard is entirely destroyed, he will have no future.

“This might indeed become the true Silver City…”

Shining Stone is the final name given to this material. Its effect as a weapon is subtle, but as construction material, it has excellent traits like “self-repair,” “gaining strength after sustained attacks,” and “shining radiantly.”

At this moment, the extensions of the Fortress, such as city gates, critical outer walls, and Tower peaks, are all coated with a white Shining Stone layer.

Lu Ping’an also discovered that instead of directly infusing fresh spirit bodies to allow it to develop, directly imparting Life-points, a crystallized form of Life Energy, shows more pronounced benefits.

Just this trait alone filled Lu Ping’an and his party with ideas about this life form, even sparking a desire to acquire more…. So they indeed went to acquire it.

“Did the Hunting Team succeed?”

“A Crystal Spider of eighth-tier, Zhuzhu and Eve are fighting over it, on the verge of a brawl. There’s also a golden one, suspected to be between seventh-tier to eighth-tier, sent to the research department…..”

The research of materials is quite simple and pure… perhaps because this material itself is quite pure.

Just like many advanced goods of calculation units are just an “accumulation of rank” of lower goods, upon verification, these high-tier Shining Stones are often evolved from low-tier ones, and the reality of Lu Ping’an’s “Life infusion” making them grow is an apt material for cultivation.

By removing its “purging of Life” trait, it can become a practical construction material.

Although it clearly has the dangerous trait of Soul-devouring, its effect as a weapon is quite subtle due to this constant evolution trait.

“As a weapon… it’s too heavy and too blunt.”

The more it evolves, the higher its hardness and Protection, but its mass increases to an abnormal scale, even making a Peak Decree dagger weigh as much as a truck.

The most fatal is when wielded, it feels like an astonishingly blunt club with poor feedback in all aspects, and its only advantage as weapon material is its hardness… in the same unit weight, other choices are more preferable.

As for the Soul-devouring trait, top-tier rules weapons often have many traits and extraordinary enhancements, where weapons that bring about destruction only after killing are just blank labels in many people’s eyes, resulting in most not bothering with them (Lu Ping’an did make some specialized ones).

Naturally, using it as a building material greatly fortified the “Fortress.”

Some tried to use it as Protective Equipment… but its traits made its non-integration evident, making it too heavy and rigid as protection, with high hardness equating to high mass, and no advantages over other materials, naturally leading to disuse.

Some people made large shields and Wall Shields, seemingly effective, but the peculiar sight of wielding gates and walls as weapons garnered much nuanced commentary.

It wasn’t without effective development; the Metal Life in the Courtyard, including Animated Armor and Metallic Humanoids, heavily devoured one batch.

This material, unique in evolving from “Stone” to “Metal,” does not require a full replacement, but key parts can be swapped to effectively increase strength.

Too heavy? As a part of their self-formed flesh, it effectively avoids this loss, conversely, actual tests showed it increased their physical force and instant output.

Perhaps, this construction material was prepared for them from the beginning.

The Hunting Squad tried to collect various “advanced materials” as much as possible, even Chris personally acted, bringing back many quality “stones,” but from the results, there was no difference from those cultivated by spending Life-points.

In a sense, this is a good thing, indicating that as long as there are enough materials, they can be continuously cultivated, but from another angle, the “mystery” within might be accessible only to the God Above Gods level.

The battlefield material harvest is not limited to this.

“No Dragon Bone was found, but we found….. fossils of Dragon Eggs.”

The stone eggs turned into fossils, and the Dragon Bones might have turned into ashes over the long ages.

No materials of the Giants were found either… but there were some of their weaponry, like fossils of super-sized open-front pants and Wolf Fang Club fossils.

The expansive underworld is buried with ancient battlefields, forming a naturally occurring maze in some sense, with much still hidden within the earth yet to be excavated. From the current results, they are rather formidable existences.

“In the Dragon Egg fossils, there’s a trace of Elements…. This could be a naturally above seventh-tier Dragon Species.”

Elemental dragons that naturally bend reality match the descriptions in the documented records, also piquing the flame-playing Lu Ping’an’s interest greatly.

At this moment, the research team is trying to restore the “Element Ancient Dragon Gene” and integrate it into the Newborn Dragon descendants’ ethnic group.

Only slightly unfortunate is the lack of Giant genes, considering this was supposed to be the Giants’ Cloud City…..

“Indeed, I was shallow…”

Quickly, the situation took a turn; they did find the “Giant gene.”

“…No one initially thought that those Giant statues were actually their skeletal remains.”

In the relics, they accidentally found fragments of those massive sculptures, and validation was achieved.

A breakthrough, however, came as a coincidence.

“The fragments… are highly similar in structure to Shining Stone! They can be regarded as having the same origin!”

And this, possibly, implies a reality.

“The God Above Gods we thought overhead…. could it be an ancient giant’s return? Then this time, it’s not necessarily an invasion by outsiders, but a revenge by the escaped?!”