Chapter 1055 - 460: The Secret of the Ancient Ruins

"Your civilization is quite interesting."

Chu Xiu remarked with a sigh, is it stricter against your own kind than outsiders?

However, he could understand. In lion prides, young lions often challenge the old lion kings, and the loser may lose everything, even their life. It seems this civilization reveres the strong, where the weak are prey.

Though Chu Xiu is also an invader, he did not accept the initial "Power Division," so, out of respect for the strong, he has the right to demand "Allocation."

Chu Xiu was quite intrigued by what Karsen mentioned as secrets, after all, this concerns God, and even casually discarded artifacts from God are priceless.

However, he wasn’t foolish enough to fully believe the other party’s words; maybe according to the Molten Steel Civilization’s tradition, a newly emerged strong person indeed has the right to allocate, but he wouldn’t think the other side would kindly help someone coming to seize resources.

Their actions probably have ulterior motives.

"What secret might that be?" Chu Xiu asked.

Though he knew the other party might have other intentions, listening wouldn’t hurt.

"Since you’ve come to seize the ’Key,’ you presumably already know about the newly excavated ancient ruins." Karsen said.

Chu Xiu neither confirmed nor denied, so Karsen continued, "The ruins are located underground at a depth of 170,000 meters. Based on material analysis and testing, it’s likely over two million years old, the deepest and most ancient ruins we’ve discovered so far."

"Furthermore, this ruins possesses a feature other ruins do not — a special reaction to high concentration Holy Blooders."

"Including but not limited to hearing mysterious whispers, receiving certain guidance, being able to activate mechanisms with blood, etc. In short, Holy Blooders are more likely to gain something from these ruins, the higher the bloodline purity, the more evident."

Chu Xiu understood, "So you speculate this ruins might be directly related to that God?"

"Exactly," Karsen nodded, "After two million years, it still retains such extraordinary characteristics, a power undoubtedly owned by God, and it shouldn’t be a low-level ’Pseudo-God,’ but a ’True God’ or ’Star God’ holding the Rule Origin Power."

True God or Star God!

These words made Chu Xiu’s heart tighten. The rank of a True God is far higher than a Pseudo-God, and although a Star God is theoretically on the same level as a Pseudo-God, they possess power almost close to a True God on their main planet. If Karsen’s speculation is correct, this place might indeed have Secret Treasures retaining strong powers even now!

Karsen continued, "The interior structure of these ruins is extremely complex, like a massive three-dimensional palace spanning tens of billions of cubic kilometers, and it seems to be alive, offering special ’Care’ to ’Holy Blooders,’ an incredible Ability hard for ordinary ’Pseudo-Gods’ to achieve."

Chu Xiu marveled in silence, tens of billions of cubic kilometers... that’s far larger than a Star Jumping Ship, even exploring it would be difficult.

And this is just one palace... undoubtedly, this is a divine relic that no matter how strong a Demigod might be, it cannot be achieved; the gap between Demigod and God cannot be crossed.

"So the secret you’re referring to is..."

"It’s the position of the ’Core Area’ of this giant ancient ruins." Karsen gave a mysterious smile, "During the past four years of exploration, we’ve roughly pinpointed the location of the ruins core through field exploration, archaeological research, radar scanning, and other methods, though it’s still a vast area of billions of cubic kilometers, it must save you considerable time."

Chu Xiu didn’t beat around the bush and said directly, "Why tell me?"

Karsen smiled, "If the tradition of our civilization isn’t enough to convince you, then I’ll give another reason."

"Due to the peculiar nature of these ruins, already many powerful figures from other expeditionary ships have heard the news and come seeking a share. Although few in number, they have seized high bloodline purity descendants from other regions, among which are powerful figures leftover from the old era."

"Those figures stood out in the old era, their bloodline strong, after years of cultivation exploring ruins holds an advantage, not comparable to monsters we catalyzed..."

At these words, Chu Xiu showed a sudden understanding.

The people here captured the Holy Blooders for catalyzing, from a long-term exploration perspective, this is clearly the worst strategy of exhausting the pond to catch the fish, now it seems it’s a necessary measure against other Molten Steel People.

Otherwise, if they got ahead and seized the most essential Secret Treasure, what use would their numbers be?

"So what do you want me to do?" Chu Xiu narrowed his eyes.

Karsen smiled, "It’s simple. Although the seven expeditionary ships are rivals, they all come from the same mother planet, some underlying rules must still be respected. Theoretically, discovering intruders from other ships allows direct action, but practically, it’s much more complicated."

"Behind every expeditionary ship is a major force from the mother planet, and even though we might never return there in our lifetime, it doesn’t mean this place becomes a complete isolated island... Our connection with the mother planet still exists."

Chu Xiu understood, "You want me to act as your black gloves."

Karsen said, "I know this is a difficult request; I can directly say you won’t receive help from us publicly, on the contrary, you will become our highest-level wanted criminal. But rest assured, these warrants won’t truly threaten you, and behind the scenes, we will offer rewards that will absolutely satisfy you."