Chapter 141: Forerunner Relics

Facing the god of war-like Zombie Hart, Richard had to sink down.

The deeper you go into the Source Sea Abyss, the denser the violent life energy becomes, and the more ancient creatures there are.

Now Ulysses and Richard have no way to deal with the bug, and can only hope for the harsh environment of the Source Sea Abyss.

As the altitude decreased, the hot wind of life continued to hit Richard’s magic shield, causing ripples.

Richard’s face was pale, sweat continued to seep out of his forehead, and a steady stream of magic power was injected into the magic barrier.

At this moment, Richard had descended nearly two hundred meters. The life energy at this depth had become extremely dense. If a level one creature fell into it, it would turn into a pool of growing barbecue within thirty minutes.

However, Bug Hart, who was chasing Richard, was not feeling well at the moment.

The violent life constantly impacted its armor of faith, causing the holy light of the armor to become dim.

This armor does not consume his energy, but consumes the power of faith. If the power of faith is consumed, Chong Yinhart, a second-level creature, will not be much better than Richard.

The magic barrier created by the wizard’s wisdom is much stronger than the energy barrier created by the indigenous creatures themselves.

“Wizard monster, do you really want to turn into disordered flesh and blood!” Wormheart shouted at Richard, wanting to end this game that he thought was a lose-lose situation.

But Richard’s idea was obviously different from his.

Richard pretended to be fanatical. “Bug, you are God’s chosen one, a great man. I am a first-ring wizard, and I feel extremely honored to be able to drag a person like you to death together! The wizarding world will remember my merits, and our world will become a better place because of me!”

Fanaticism is the best disguise.

Although Richard is unwilling to continue to surrender at the moment, as the weaker party, he must increase his bargaining chips.

And life is obviously a good bargaining chip.

He was betting that this God-chosen insect with a bright future was unwilling to be buried in the abyss of the Source Sea together with a first-ring black wizard.

And things turned out just as Richard had hoped.

Chong Yinhart was angry and annoyed by Richard’s shouting.

“You crazy person!”

But what can he do?

Feeling the power of faith being consumed in the armed forces of faith, Chong Yinhart finally chose to give up.

He was a two-star God-chosen insect and the future high priest of the Insect Kingdom. It was obviously not worth it for him to exchange his life with that of a one-star black wizard.

As he watched Chong Yinhart leave, a smile appeared on Richard’s pale face.

He won the bet.

All that’s left is to wait for these bugs to leave.

“Ulises, wake up! The bug is gone!”

Richard patted Ulises on the shoulder and took out a handful of magic stones from his pocket.

Relying on the control of flesh and blood, a tear appeared in Richard’s abdomen, and the intestines and stomach that originally held food were now filled with magic stones.

This is Richard’s backup magic power. With the help of these magic stones, Richard was able to hold on in the source sea abyss for such a long time.

“Gah, finally he’s gone.” Ulises opened his eyes, with some relief in his tone.

“Gah, that old bug actually sent the Chosen One to chase after a small character like you. He is really out of his mind. He deserves to be invaded by you. Even if you don’t come, he will die of his own stupidity.”

He was terribly frightened by Bughart, and if the old bug saw him, both he and Richard would be finished.

“Okay, stop talking. You failed at the critical moment.”

Richard glanced at him. If it weren’t for the Source Sea Abyss as a refuge this time, relying solely on Ulysses’s military force, he would have become a sacrifice now.

“Ga, this is a special case…” Ulysses argued loudly, but before he finished speaking, his head suddenly turned 180 degrees and looked towards one side of the source sea abyss.

“Gah, Richard, do you feel that?”

Richard looked where he was looking, bewildered.

“What do you feel?”

“Gah, I forgot. You are just a legendary rookie. You can’t feel such a weak spatial fluctuation.”

Richard: “…”

Ulysses flapped his wings and flew in front of Richard.

“Gah, come with me, there should be a hidden space here.”

……

There are also flying creatures in the sky above the Source Sea Abyss. A kind of flying insect as big as Richard’s head flew past Richard in groups. After sensing the pressure from Ulysses, they quickly avoided Richard.

The exoskeleton of this flying insect is extremely hard, and its mouthparts are so hard that it can chew stones as if they were cotton. It is considered a tyrant in the abyss of the source sea. Even a third-level creature would have to think twice when encountering it.

But under Ulysses’s pressure, the insects scattered and Richard took the opportunity to catch one and prepare to make it into a specimen.

A wizard will not pass up any opportunity to increase his knowledge.

As Ulysses continued to move forward, Richard’s depth in the abyss continued to decrease, and soon reached nearly five hundred meters.

Although this depth is less than one-tenth of the depth of the abyss, it is already Richard’s limit. If he dives deeper, the speed at which Richard absorbs magic power will not be able to keep up with the consumption of the life heat wind.

“Gah, found it.”

Ulises suddenly flew to a cliff and shouted to Richard, “We’re there? There’s nothing here.”

“Gah, now it seems there is nothing…” Ulysses scratched the air with his claws, and a space crack appeared out of thin air.

“But now it’s here.”

Richard was a little surprised by his move. He didn’t expect that Ulysses could use such a method even when he was injured.

Sure enough, even an injured world master cannot be underestimated.

Ulises was the first to enter the fissure to explore the way. Not long after, he flew out of the fissure, speaking with some excitement:
“Gah, Richard! You’ve made a fortune!”

“What’s going on?” Richard entered the crack in surprise, and what appeared in front of him made him gasp.

“Is this… the remains of the forerunners?”

……

After the crack, a small room similar to a laboratory appeared in front of Richard.

The room is not big and the space is very irregular, like a child’s graffiti. The walls and ceiling are made of a dark crystal.

There weren’t many things in the room, except for an incomplete crystal table covered with cracks, which looked like it would break at any moment. At the innermost part of the room, there was a broken crystal chamber, which exuded a strong fragrance that Richard couldn’t help but approach.

After the excitement, Richard looked at the room and his brows suddenly frowned.

It’s nothing, this room is too small and too irregular to be used as a laboratory.

Moreover, he could see with his naked eyes that the walls of the laboratory were shaking continuously, and space oscillations like water waves continued to appear.

“Gah, stop looking and hurry up and get your stuff.” Ulises urged, “This space is about to be destroyed. If you don’t get your stuff now, it will be gone.”

“Destruction?” Richard was shocked.

“Gah, don’t you see that the structure of this space is very unstable? This space has collapsed several times before, and I guess it will collapse completely soon. But if it weren’t for the collapse, I guess I wouldn’t have discovered this place.”

Richard didn’t say much after hearing this and immediately took action.

The first is the culture chamber at the end of the room.

The lid of the crystal cabin has been broken due to the collapse of space, and the liquid inside has become turbid.

Richard touched it with his hand, and the Miracle Furnace responded immediately.

[Raw materials: unknown liquid]

[Substances that can be refined: Soul Essence]

[Refining Consumption: 30 Mental Power]

[Substances that can be refined: Life Essence]

[Refining consumption: 2000 mana]

Looking at the information given by the furnace, Richard’s pupils trembled instantly.

Life essence is an extremely mild life-active substance that can improve the physical fitness of organisms without side effects and restore internal injuries in organisms, including damage to the core of life. It can be said that except for the rule damage caused by the first-level great wizard, all injuries can be restored by life essence.

And the soul essence is even more amazing.

Soul Essence is one of the few treasures that can improve spiritual power without side effects. In addition, after using Soul Essence, it is possible to awaken soul talent. This kind of talent can only appear in wizards who are innate wizard apprentices when they become wizards!

Richard suppressed his ecstasy and chose to refine without hesitation.

After the refining was completed, a ball of liquid that looked somewhat illusory and a ball of blood-red liquid emitting a strong fragrance appeared in Richard’s hands.

Richard put it away temporarily with fiery eyes, and then began to search the entire room.

The source material can be used at any time, but the forerunner ruins may collapse in a short time.

Richard came to the cracked crystal platform and stroked it gently.

This forerunner civilization seemed to love crystal and made everything with crystal.

After stroking it around, Richard did not get what he wanted – the Miracle Furnace prompt message.

“Is this thing even more completely destroyed than the chip I got back then?”

Richard was somewhat unwilling, so he waved his staff and tapped the crystal table gently.

Ding ding ding…click!

The crystal table seemed to have found its last straw. Dense cracks suddenly spread and the entire table instantly turned into broken crystal.

Richard was dumbfounded.

“This forerunner civilization’s creation is a little fragile.”

Ulises flew to his shoulder and said, “Gah, this broken thing is about to break. Hurry up and clean it up. This space is about to collapse.”

As if to prove Ulysses, as soon as he finished speaking, the place where the crystal warehouse was originally placed collapsed. The three square meters of space shattered along with the crystal warehouse and disappeared in an instant. Even the walls began to show dark space cracks.

The wall of this space should be similar to the world barrier of the world, separating the ruins from the space turbulence.

And now there are spatial cracks in the walls, which means that this space is about to collapse.

Without having time to think, Richard used his magic power to sweep up the crystal fragments on the ground and stuffed them into his magic pocket. These things were used as materials by the forerunner civilization to make things, so they must be of some use even if there was no information left.

The next moment, the space collapsed, and the small space shattered into pieces. Ulysses suddenly grew larger, grabbed Richard with his two claws, and left the ruins at the last moment of the space collapse.

(End of this chapter)