Chapter 470: Chapter 469: Underground City

“…”

Lu Zixun felt completely overwhelmed. An Xiao was actually fifty-five years old?

Who would believe such a thing if it were said aloud?

Feeling deceived, Lu Zixun fell silent, this was an approach he had never heard of before.

Seeing Lu Zixun not speaking, An Xiao shrugged and said nothing.

She had been misunderstood like this not just once or twice before, and she had grown accustomed to it.

With the Compass and the lead of a push, they effortlessly found the passage leading into the Ancient City.

“How can it be so dark?”

Looking down at the bottomless passage, Lu Zixun asked.

“I’ve heard about the Ancient City in the black market; it was originally an underground city, established with the purpose of sealing something.”

Touching his chin, Zhen Zhuo Xiu continued, “Now that the Ancient City has fallen into decline, the necessary passages naturally became this dark.”

At that moment, hearing Zhen Zhuo Xiu say this, a thoughtful look crossed An Xiao’s face: “This really isn’t the Snow Domain World, after all.”

Lifting his head to look at An Xiao, Lu Zixun asked, “Why do you suddenly say that?”

Before, An Xiao had behaved as though she completely disbelieved that this place was the Crimson Land.

Now she suddenly believed it; could it be that she had discovered something?

“The Ancient City in the Snow Domain World wouldn’t deteriorate even if humanity were extinguished, because what is sealed within the Ancient City is a weapon of an Ancient God.”

Pausing for a moment, An Xiao continued, “And the Ancient Gods feared humans would destroy this weapon, which is why the Snow Domain World is under human control.”

The incoherent description caused the corners of Lu Zixun’s mouth to twitch.

But going by what An Xiao had said, the Snow Domain World should be an absolutely peaceful world, huh.

Having spent so much time in the Crimson Land, Lu Zixun had almost forgotten what a peaceful world looked like.

Taking out a tactical flashlight, Zhen Zhuo Xiu took the lead and walked at the front.

After all, it was his second time to the Fourth Layer of the Trial Land, and he was relatively familiar with the Ancient City.

There were basically no dangers, except for the guardians at the entrance of the Ancient City.

“No need for a pass?”

Looking at Zhen Zhuo Xiu’s back, Lu Zixun shook his head and called out.

It had been said before that to enter the Ancient City, one had to kill the Snow Witch to obtain a pass.

Now Zhen Zhuo Xiu was hurriedly charging in; what a hassle.

“I went over as a shadow, Lord Xun, come quick.”

Turning around, Zhen Zhuo Xiu waved to Lu Zixun and grinned.

He had already sent his Shadow to find the Snow Witch, and as soon as it was found, the pass would be sent to him from the Shadow World.

A Shadow Element Spiritual Ability User can indeed do whatever they please.

“Alright then.”

Lu Zixun didn’t say much, propelling himself with his legs and jumped onto Zhen Zhuo Xiu’s shoulder.

Others would act separately, but Zhen Zhuo Xiu used a shadow to act; one person was as good as two.

They had already been walking for half an hour, and Lu Zixun slightly knit his brows; they still hadn’t reached the Ancient City.

“The Ancient City is located seven kilometers underground; we’ll probably need another twenty or thirty minutes.”

Holding the tactical flashlight, Zhen Zhuo Xiu, looking around the passageway, spoke softly.

Upon hearing this, Lu Zixun raised his eyebrows; seven thousand meters underground—wasn’t this passage supposed to be a straight line?

The entrance to the Ancient City was not a straight line, but the descent was rather gradual, so it felt like walking in a straight line after a while.

Lu Zixun didn’t quite understand this architectural method; it would take so much longer than installing an elevator, but instead, they created a passage.

…

After an hour’s walk, the trio arrived at a spacious hall.

At this time, they could see that there were three vertical elevators deep in the hall, which, however, could no longer be activated.

Lu Zixun scanned the hall and spotted some rather interesting areas.

Not far from the elevator, there was a glass door which allowed a view of the tracks inside.

Underground transportation?

Lu Zixun narrowed his eyes, realizing that there was more than one way to enter the Ancient City besides the passage they had just come through.

But why build tracks deep underground and not utilize the surface resources?

Or was building tracks above ground too dangerous?

“We can just go down through the elevator shaft.”

Zhen Zhuoxiu said, prying the elevator doors open with his hands.

Seeing this, Lu Zixun looked down at the bottomless elevator shaft, thought for a moment, and then cut the elevator cables.

At the same time, he released the Magnetic Field Control, directing the elevator: “Let’s go, up.”

Controlling the descent of the elevator, Lu Zixun spoke up, “An Xiao, I saw the tracks earlier. What are those tracks for?”

“Hmm?”

An Xiao, who had been lost in thought, returned to his senses and after a moment said, “For transporting combat materials.”

Hearing this, Lu Zixun narrowed his eyes, “Isn’t the Snow Domain World under human control? Who are they transporting combat materials for?”

An Xiao didn’t answer this question, but instead lifted his hand and pointed upwards, making the implication clear.

“For transporting combat materials to the Fifth Layer?”

Lu Zixun muttered to himself internally and did not ask anything more.

Within the hierarchy of a First-order World, humans could move freely, as was the case between human society and the Crimson Land, but…

At this thought, Lu Zixun narrowed his eyes again. Why hadn’t he heard about the Three-layered World within the Crimson Land?

The elevator slowly reached the ground. Stepping out of the elevator hall, a glaring light appeared, forcing Lu Zixun to squint his eyes.

“An artificial sun?”

Unlike the pitch-black scenery before, a blazing sun hung above the Ancient City, illuminating it.

“No, it’s just a strange creature.”

Shaking his head, Zhen Zhuoxiu explained, “They’re like fireflies that glow naturally. They’re attracted to the food in the glass spheres above the Ancient City and have congregated there, creating this spectacle.”

That was rather fascinating.

Lu Zixun nodded, glanced at it, and then averted his eyes.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to use the Heavenly Eye to take a closer look, but it was too damn blinding.

The city walls of the Ancient City stood twenty-four meters high, twice as tall as the wall of the Demon Country.

Craning his neck, Lu Zixun still couldn’t see the top and a contemplative look appeared in his eyes.

It was already an underground city; what was the need for such high walls? Was it a matter of having too much money with nowhere to spend it, or to fend off some existence?

Thinking of the Sealing that Zhen Zhuoxiu had mentioned earlier, Lu Zixun narrowed his eyes again; this weapon might not be as simple as he had imagined.

There were indeed two Guardian Gods outside the city gate, but it seemed they didn’t need a pass; Lu Zixun thought he could fly up with the others using the Night Evil Sword.

As Lu Zixun was saying this to Zhen Zhuoxiu, Zhen Zhuoxiu quickly interjected, “That won’t work, Lord Xun, you can’t fly up there. There’s a No-fly Zone around the Ancient City.”

Wanting to try it out, Lu Zixun summoned the Night Evil Sword and flew up.

But just as he had reached a height of five meters, the Spiritual Energy within Lu Zixun disappeared instantly, and he plummeted from the sky.

“Fog Grass?”

Caught in An Xiao’s arms, Lu Zixun was somewhat dazed at the moment.