83: News about Zixuanjing

“Let’s go. You all should return and recuperate first. Once your injuries have healed, we will incorporate Tianzhu Mountain into our territory as well.”

Lu Yu calmed his excited heart and looked at the Firebird and the other two ferocious beasts.

Now that the Earth Demon King and several other Earth Demons had been eliminated by him, the ferocious beasts in the direction of Tianzhu Mountain no longer posed any threat to them.

According to his estimation, ferocious beasts from other directions would gradually learn this news.

In the future, hunting ferocious beasts and expanding their sphere of influence would definitely be much easier.

The Firebird and the other two ferocious beasts nodded repeatedly, their eyes staring at the enigmatic Lu Yu with astonishment.

They felt that they had never truly seen through Lu Yu.

A Tier B Ferocious Beasts like the Earth Demon King was killed just like that—it was simply unimaginable!

Their admiration and reverence for Lu Yu reached a new level, almost treating Lu Yu as the only god in their hearts!

...The high-ranking officials of Huaxia also gradually recovered from their shock, becoming even more terrified and trembling before Lu Yu.

They only felt that the future had turned bleak, vaguely seeing a Golden Eagle soaring above the nine heavens, overlooking the changes and vicissitudes of the world!

They had watched Lu Yu's battle against the Earth Demon King from start to finish.

The strength Lu Yu displayed, as well as the even more terrifying skills that followed, had no weaknesses; he was flawlessly powerful in all aspects.

Now, even the strongest Tier B Ferocious Beasts could only be despairingly eliminated by him.

It was hard to imagine who else on Blue Star would be qualified to be his opponent!

The Huaxia high-ranking officials were in despair, discussing whether they should proactively send some gifts to Lu Yu, given his immense strength.

“Elder Statesman Zhao, good news! Good news!”

“The zi xuan crystal Lu Yu needs has been located!”

A secretary rushed into the hall and handed a top-secret and urgent document to Elder Li, who was at the head.

Elder Li and the others’ eyes immediately gleamed, and their previously disheartened and dejected moods calmed down considerably, as they stared intently at the top-secret document.

They all knew how much Lu Yu valued the zi xuan crystal; if it was found, he might even grant them one reasonable request!

With Lu Yu’s current strength, the importance of this request was countless times greater than any nuclear deterrence.

Elder Li's hand trembled slightly as he opened the top-secret document, but his dim eyes never left the paper.

Even after reading the document's contents word by word, he did not put it down. Instead, he looked at the others in contemplation and explained:

“The trace of the zi xuan crystal has indeed been found. Archaeologists discovered it in rock strata hundreds of years old underground. However, after they delved deeper, they all perished.”

“Only some text messages and video information they sent were transmitted back.”

As he spoke, he held up the photos inside.

Judging from the video screenshots and the urgent text messages sent by those archaeologists, the location of the zi xuan crystal was exceptionally peculiar.

Not only were there strange creatures they had never seen before, but they also saw something there that made their jaws drop in shock.

Some discarded technological fragments!

It seemed that at that archaeological site, there had once been a technological civilization beyond their imagination!

All attendees of this meeting were the highest-ranking officials of Huaxia. They couldn't help but stand up and gather around Elder Li, repeatedly examining the photos, their faces filled with indescribable shock.

Compared to the Spiritual Qi Revival, this matter had a much stronger impact on their hearts.

If these photos were real, and technological fragments from millions of years ago were indeed discovered at the archaeological site, the history of Blue Star would definitely be rewritten.

They particularly noticed that those technological fragments, after millions of years of erosion, still looked bright and new.

They seemed to be fragments of a massive object, imbued with a sense of futuristic technology.

This terrified them, but also gave them a glimmer of hope.

So, after some discussion, they quickly made a decision.

“Have Li Changan quickly deliver the video and text materials to Lu Yu. Additionally, strictly seal off this news, and for now, do not send anyone deeper into the archaeological site.”

...“Mr. Lu, the zi xuan crystal has been found, but its location is a bit special.”

When Lu Yu heard from Li Changan that the zi xuan crystal had been found, a hint of joy inevitably flashed in his heart.

Indeed, having humans search for it was a good choice.

After all, up to this point, he had already let the ferocious beasts spread out as much as possible to search, but there had been no news.

However, as he looked at the laptop Li Changan handed him, Lu Yu was first stunned for a moment, and then he saw the video begin to play.

A group of archaeologists wearing mining helmets, holding small hammers for surveying terrain and geology, ventured deep into a massive cave.

“Professor, look what this is?!”

The student walking at the very front cried out in surprise, picked up a soil-covered, plate-like object, and handed it to the old professor behind him.

The old professor pushed up his glasses, and the mining lamp shone on it. It looked like a metal fragment. He took it and examined it repeatedly for a moment, feeling only that it was heavy in his hand.

Other than that, he couldn't identify anything.

Immediately, he tried to gently tap it with the small hammer in his hand.

Clang~

A distant clang of metal echoed, and the metal fragment in his hand trembled slightly, shaking off the surface dust and revealing a tile-like metal fragment.

Its surface was as smooth as a mirror; if not held carefully, it could easily slip from his hand at any moment.

The old professor and the others looked on in shock.

This was an underground rock stratum from millions of years ago, only recently discovered. How could there be obvious technological products here!

“Wait, everyone, listen! What is that sound?!”

Suddenly, an archaeologist with acute hearing twitched his ears and looked around in terror.

He heard various chattering, rustling sounds in the air, coming from all directions and corners, making his scalp tingle.

Crucially, the sound grew louder and more dense, as if it were approaching them, already surrounding them.

The old professor and the others were already unnerved by the technological fragment, and now this eerie sound made their hearts tighten even more.

This was hundreds of meters underground; even ferocious beasts shouldn't delve this deep. How could there be such a strange sound?

“How about we leave here first? I have a bad feeling something unpleasant is about to happen.”

Some timid students looked left and right in panic, wanting to leave.

“Don’t be a jinx. What bad thing could happen?” The other students pretended to be calm, gripping the small hammers in their hands and scanning their surroundings.

Just as their tension grew, a strange creature with a black carapace, its footsteps making a rhythmic sound, crawled up from behind them.

Its long, spider-like legs, as sharp as blades, emitted an eerie glow in the dim underground.