113: Deciphering the Coordinates and the Truth of the "Cradle"

The Co-frequency Person's intermittent, despair-filled warning pressed down on the three of them like a heavy boulder.

'The cradle is fake... the ark is the trap...'

These two sentences echoed in Wen Youyi's mind like a curse.

He forced himself to calm down; the urgent priority was to decode the unfinished coordinates!

'Senior Brother Zhang, we need to analyze the residual fluctuations of that 'Star Language' signal!' Wen Youyi said immediately, 'See if we can extract the coordinate information from it!'

Senior Brother Zhang immediately sprang into action, taking out various homemade detection and recording Magical Artifacts.

Fortunately, when Wen Youyi received the signal, he had habitually used a Jade Slip to record its complete fluctuation frequency and structure.

The two buried themselves in front of the makeshift experimental bench in the cave, repeatedly analyzing and comparing the chaotic fluctuation data.

The essence of 'Star Language' was a special encoding based on stellar fluctuations, with each 'vocabulary' having its unique fluctuation characteristics.

The coordinate information was likely hidden in the abruptly ending fluctuation structure at the end.

This was an extremely delicate task, like searching for a specific melody amidst noise.

The two worked without sleep or rest, attempting countless decoding approaches.

'It's no use... the interference is too strong, the signal is too incomplete...' Senior Brother Zhang rubbed his throbbing temples, feeling somewhat discouraged.

Wen Youyi stared at the chaotic data stream in the Jade Slip, his brows locked in a frown.

He recalled the sense of stability when the Co-frequency Person had transmitted information previously, which was completely different from this time's haste and chaos.

The other party had clearly sent this information under extremely dangerous circumstances.

'Perhaps... we shouldn't just focus on the very end.' Wen Youyi suddenly spoke, 'Let's look at the entire fluctuation of the distress signal as a whole!'

'He sent it in a hurry, perhaps there wasn't time for detailed encoding; the coordinate information might be hidden in the overall fluctuation rhythm or some recurring abnormal peaks!'

A change in perspective, and everything suddenly became clear!

The two stopped trying to force a decode from the breakpoint and began to analyze the overall characteristics of the entire signal segment.

They plotted an energy spectrum of the fluctuations, searching for any unnatural repetitions, jumps, or regular intervals.

Finally, after a day and a night of intense effort, Senior Brother Zhang slapped his thigh hard!

'Found it! Look here!' He pointed to several extremely obscure but regularly spaced weak peaks on the energy spectrum, 'The frequency at which these peaks appear, if mapped to the positions of the stars in the sky... corresponds exactly to three specific Star Domain angles!'

Wen Youyi immediately stepped forward, and based on the Star Domain angles pointed out by Senior Brother Zhang, combined with their current approximate location, he performed calculations in his mind.

A moment later, he raised his head, his eyes flashing with an incredulous light: 'The coordinates point to... near the Qingxuan Sect? No, to be more precise, it is... Dragon Fall Abyss?!'

This result left all three of them stunned.

Dragon Fall Abyss? The place filled with 'Opportunity' traps that had drawn out the 'Scavenger' to conduct a bloody purge?

The coordinates the Co-frequency Person had died trying to send pointed there?

'Could it be... he is also in the Dragon Fall Abyss? Or rather, the secret he discovered is hidden deep within the Dragon Fall Abyss?' Zhao Iron Pillar guessed in a muffled voice.

Wen Youyi nodded slowly; it was highly likely!

The waters of the Dragon Fall Abyss were deeper than they had imagined!

'But, what do 'the cradle is fake' and 'the ark is the trap' mean?' Senior Brother Zhang was extremely confused.

Wen Youyi pondered, and combined with the information that the coordinates pointed to the Dragon Fall Abyss, a bold, chilling conjecture gradually took shape in his mind.

'Do you remember? In our previous worldview setting, it was mentioned that so-called 'Ascension' is actually just 'slaughterhouse inspection' from one Ranch to a more Advanced Ranch.' Wen Youyi's voice carried a hint of hoarseness.

Zhao Iron Pillar and Senior Brother Zhang nodded; this was the root of their rebellion.

'Then, could this 'Tianyuan Realm' that we rely on for survival and Cultivate, and which seems vast and boundless, be that so-called 'cradle'?' Wen Youyi's gaze sharpened, 'A 'nursery' that has been carefully cultivated, appearing to give us hope (Cultivate, Ascension), but in reality, keeping us penned in?'

'And the 'ark'...' He paused, feeling his throat go dry, 'If the 'cradle' is fake, a prison. Then, could we, who are trying to build an 'ark' to escape this prison... have fallen into another trap from the very beginning? A trap that makes us think we are resisting, but in reality, we are providing something... even more precious to those 'above'?'

For example, 'special nourishment' that is purer and condensed with the will to resist and independent consciousness?

This conjecture sent a chill down all three of their spines, straight to the top of their heads!

If this were true, wouldn't all their efforts and struggles have become a joke? A 'grand feast' carefully prepared for the enemy?

'No... that can't be!' Zhao Iron Pillar shook his head violently, refusing to believe it, 'The 'ark' we built is good! It can block the spirit net's extraction! That is our own power!'

'I hope so...' Wen Youyi took a deep breath, suppressing the turbulent waves in his heart, 'But the Co-frequency Person's warning is definitely not groundless. We must go to the Dragon Fall Abyss to confirm! Only by seeing it with our own eyes and experiencing it personally can we know what is hidden there, and understand the true meaning of the 'ark trap'!'

Knowing there are tigers in the mountain, yet heading towards the tiger mountain!

This time, they were not doing it for Opportunity, but for the truth, to break that despairing conjecture!

'Prepare yourselves, we leave immediately for the Dragon Fall Abyss!' Wen Youyi made his decision, his eyes as firm as iron.

No matter if there is an abyss or a trap ahead, they must go and face it.

For all the 'viruses' struggling to survive, for that faint hope of... true freedom.

(End of Chapter)