486: You're a real man.

"Would you be willing to enter with me and retrieve the Creator's legacy?"

Long Yi was very quick to adjust her emotions, returning to her usual calm within seconds.

"Let's go." Chen Heng nodded; he was also quite curious about what his Fellow Countryman's legacy was.

"Alright, then please..." Just as Long Yi was about to say she would lead Chen Heng to the entrance, she felt a large hand grab her head.

Screech~

A piercing electromagnetic launch sound rang out as Chen Heng, gripping Long Yi's head, flew towards the top of the giant world-suppressing nail.

Compared to other world-suppressing nails, which were around 30,000 meters long, this world-suppressing nail reached an astonishing 110,000 meters.

Even Chen Heng couldn't help but marvel at its immense size.

However, this tiny distance of 110,000 meters was nothing to Chen Heng, and the two quickly broke through the clouds, arriving at the entrance of the world-suppressing nail.

"How did such a huge guy end up with such a small entrance?"

Releasing Long Yi's head, Chen Heng immediately spotted the very obvious entrance.

Unlike other world-suppressing nails, this entrance wasn't a vertical shaft design; instead, it was a very normal, upright door.

The entire upright door was about the size of a regular bedroom door, and Chen Heng would have to shrink his body slightly to get through.

"Go on, don't just stand there in a daze." Chen Heng said to Long Yi, whose neck had been stretched long, then paid her no further mind.

"Uh, okay." Long Yi touched the five small indentations on her head, which Chen Heng had squeezed into existence.

Standing before the door, Chen Heng looked at the familiar card slot and took out his First Divine Tomb Research Center access card.

As expected, the access card fit perfectly into the slot, and the door before them glowed with a milky white light.

Chen Heng grabbed the handle on the door and pressed down firmly.

Hiss!

After a hiss of depressurization, the door successfully opened, revealing a passage that led directly into the interior of the giant world-suppressing nail.

Like the door, this passage was also much narrower, just wide enough for one person to pass through.

Chen Heng glanced inside, then, without much thought, stepped in.

Long Yi followed closely, looking at everything around her with a complex expression... Unlike the usual ant-nest-like designs, this giant world-suppressing nail only had this one downward passage.

The entire passage was spiral-shaped, with no light source other than the milky white light strip at their feet.

The walls were covered in red crystalline blood vessels, indicating that the Root's erosion of this giant world-suppressing nail was not limited to the outer layer.

"This thing isn't solid, is it?"

Chen Heng gently tapped the metal beside him, finding that it seemed subtly different from the relic metal.

"It's not solid. This offensive world-suppressing nail, apart from the internal cockpit, is composed entirely of anti-Root cores and energy sources."

Long Yi's voice rang out in time, answering Chen Heng's question.

"What, you're quite familiar with this place?"

Chen Heng turned to look at Long Yi, noticing that her eyes were full of nostalgia.

"Yes, this world-suppressing nail is the only offensive one, and it's a masterpiece that the Creator and I created together."

"But the Creator only left behind a cockpit, alone..."

Long Yi sighed, recalling the 'good times' she and the Creator shared.

"You..." Chen Heng's expression was a little strange; he always felt that Long Yi seemed to have different feelings for his Fellow Countryman.

No way, his own creation fell in love with him?

"There's nothing to hide now. I'd already figured it out when the Creator suppressed the Root alone."

Long Yi seemed to confirm Chen Heng's guess, a blush flashing across her tender white face.

"I do deeply love my Creator, but not in a romantic sense."

"Alright, stop talking, let's get to business." Chen Heng shook his head; she was still being stubborn after all this time.

Even a blind person could see her feelings for him, yet she was still making excuses for herself.

Hmph, serves her right to be a 'lost dog'.

Seeing that Chen Heng wasn't interested in her emotional history, Long Yi said nothing more, and the two walked in silence deeper into the structure... Ten minutes later, Chen Heng and Long Yi stood before a heavy airtight door.

"This must be that cockpit, right?"

Chen Heng looked at the door before him, which had no switches, and looked left and right but found no way to open it.

"Yes, this is an airtight door that can only be opened from the inside."

Long Yi nodded, looking at Chen Heng.

"Mr. Chen, this door is almost impossible to open by brute force from the outside, but it can be slowly... with a high-frequency cutting knife..."

Bang!

Before Long Yi could finish, Chen Heng had already pulled the circular airtight door off.

"It's so thick." Chen Heng glanced at the 'iron lump', which was about two meters thick, and threw it aside.

"Cutting what cutting? This thing doesn't need that much effort."

Chen Heng clapped his hands and stepped into the cockpit.

... Long Yi opened her mouth to say something, but held it back.

The entire cockpit wasn't large, capable of accommodating at most three or four people.

Aside from the central control panel, the rest of the space was filled with various screens and operating devices.

Most of the screens were pierced by sharp red crystals, which must have been the Root's counterattack back then.

"Damn it, I finally get to see its true form."

Aside from the most prominent control panel, the only two things in the entire cockpit were a figure seated at the operator's station.

However, that figure had no signs of life; it was merely a skeleton.

"Creator..."

Long Yi's heart tightened. Although she had long known that the Creator had used his life to suppress the Root, she was still incredibly pained when she saw this scene.

The skeleton was entirely encased in red crystals, and its face had not been affected by the hundred thousand years of time, still appearing lifelike.

But apart from the relatively intact face, the rest of the body was a gruesome sight.

Seeing this scene, even Chen Heng, whose heart was so big it could fall out, became somewhat silent.

"You're a real man."

"Alright, no time for sadness here. Where is the legacy you mentioned?"

Chen Heng scanned the surroundings; apart from a large amount of red crystals, there was nothing else.

"The legacy is the Creator himself..."

Long Yi gritted her teeth, pointing to the skull of the skeleton.

"The Creator installed the only spatiotemporal core capable of stably Breaking Through the River of Time into his own body."

"This way, the offensive world-suppressing nail wouldn't have to consider the erosion of time and could focus all its functions on developing offensive power."

"He was pretty harsh on himself..." Chen Heng smacked his lips, then suddenly shattered the red crystals enveloping his Fellow Countryman with a punch.

Removing the tattered body from the operator's station, Chen Heng and Long Yi turned and left the giant world-suppressing nail.