107: Chapter 107 Ancient Land! A Life of Debauchery and Indulgence!
Let alone the Alien Ruins themselves, even the mere existence of the Alien Ruins was a highly classified matter; otherwise, Zheng Jiahao would not have been the only one in the entire Moyu Squad to know about it.
Zheng Jiahao naturally loved to read, and with his entire family closely linked to the intelligence organizations in the capital, he was the only one who knew about this.
But even he had only caught a glimpse of the existence of the Alien Ruins in documents and had no clues regarding them whatsoever.
He even believed that the so-called Alien Ruins were just a fabricated lie.
Now, seeing the complex of buildings before him, Zheng Jiahao began to doubt his own life.
"Could the legend of the Alien Ruins actually be true?"
At this moment, Li Mo questioned, "Logically, this shouldn't be possible. If this really is an alien structure that crashed down along with the entire meteorite, it should have been destroyed. How could it be preserved so perfectly?"
Li Mo's skepticism was reasonable; for an alien meteorite to crash onto Earth without a single sign of damage was something that, unless physics no longer existed, shouldn't be possible.
Zheng Jiahao cupped his chin and said, "I find it strange too! That's why the existence of these buildings is so baffling. But regardless, the fact that the people from the Baiou Empire and the Black Earth Tribe haven't appeared must be related to this place!"
Xu Feng was the laziest when it came to thinking, so he simply said, "How about this, let's go in first and figure it out later! To hell with it!"
Although Xu Feng was rather reckless, what he said this time was not without reason.
First of all, there were no people from the Baiou Empire or the Black Earth Tribe anywhere, and even if Li Mo wanted to ask for information, he couldn't find anyone.
Secondly, the crashed meteorite having turned into the Alien Ruins meant that there might not be any meteorite-formed ore veins around at all.
Consequently, these Alien Ruins were Li Mo and his team's only target.
They could either abandon the mission and go back to report the situation, or investigate first and see what happens.
Obviously, Li Mo would choose the second option. They had gone through so much trouble to get here; if they went back without any gains, wouldn't it have been a wasted trip?
After thinking for a long time, Li Mo finally made a decision. "Let's go! Let's go in and take a look!"
At Li Mo's command, everyone rushed into the Alien Ruins.
However, as soon as they entered the ruins, Li Mo felt a wave of dizziness, and he almost fell backward uncontrollably.
"This..." Li Mo let out a soft exclamation, only to discover that the others in the Moyu Squad had already fallen to the ground before him.
Li Mo's vision went black, and he immediately lost consciousness.
When Li Mo woke up again, he was surprised to find himself inside his own Inner Landscape.
At this moment, an inexplicable, indescribable noise was coming from throughout his Inner Landscape, making Li Mo feel inexplicably irritable.
But even more irritable was the little figure in his Inner Landscape, which was his Soul. His Soul kept roaring at its surroundings, seemingly fighting against this terrifying noise.
"What on earth is going on?" Li Mo was bewildered. He tried to use his usual meditation method to exit his Inner Landscape, only to find that he couldn't escape at all.
Li Mo seemed to have realized something, then murmured, "Could these Alien Ruins affect the Soul?"
Just then, countless thick chains suddenly appeared in the starry sky of his Inner Landscape, attempting to bind the little figure within.
The little figure resisted desperately, but it couldn't withstand the endless chains and was gradually bound completely.
Li Mo didn't understand what was happening, but he knew this certainly wasn't a good thing. The little figure in the Inner Landscape was equivalent to Li Mo's Soul; having his Soul bound was equivalent to having his spirit shackled.
If Li Mo could see the scene outside, he would surely be shocked. Because at this moment, the members of the Moyu Squad inside the Alien Ruins were standing with their eyes closed in a strange posture, as if they were being controlled by something, mechanically and numbly walking left and right.
Li Mo, who had not yet practiced Soul cultivation, was helpless at this moment. With no other choice, he could only bring out the Chaos Star Art and begin silently reciting its mantra. This was the only thing in the cultivation techniques he practiced that could affect his Soul.
As Li Mo silently recited the mantra, the little figure in his Inner Landscape suddenly generated an infinite force. It let out a roar and then broke free from all the chains binding it one by one.
Not long after, Li Mo opened his eyes abruptly and finally returned to reality.
Then, Li Mo felt as if he had been bumped into by something. He turned around to see that it was the big guy, Xu Feng, who had bumped into him.
Li Mo said speechlessly, "Are you crazy? Old Xu?"
But immediately after, Li Mo realized something was wrong. Xu Feng seemed to be walking unconsciously. There was a common term people used for Xu Feng's current state. A zombie!
Li Mo called out to him, but he didn't react at all, just blindly walking back and forth! Not just him, everyone including Wu Yuqing was like this.
Li Mo even suspected that he had been behaving just like them a moment ago. If his Soul hadn't broken free from the shackles in his Inner Landscape, he didn't know how long this state would have lasted!
At this moment, Li Mo looked around, and a feeling of dread rose up his back. This place was truly too eerie!
Li Mo finally understood why these ruins had not been destroyed after crashing to the ground. These ruins had likely been placed under some kind of restriction, or rather, some kind of protection. Anyone who entered the ruins would be subjected to the same Soul attack and turn into a walking corpse.
Of course, this restriction not only affected the Soul but also protected the entire ruins from suffering any damage.
"Hey! Wake up!" Li Mo tried to wake the Xu Feng in front of him, but Xu Feng didn't react at all.
Among martial artists below the Sanhe Realm, there had been no precedent for anyone other than Li Mo to awaken their Soul. Xu Feng and the others were all below the Sanhe Realm and simply couldn't wake themselves up.
Thinking of this, Li Mo tried to attack Xu Feng with his Soul, hoping to wake him up, but Xu Feng still didn't react.
Li Mo could only sigh helplessly, "There's no other way, Old Xu. Don't blame me. If I can't wake you up now, there's nothing else I can do!"
As he said this, Li Mo formed his right hand into a palm and then unceremoniously slapped Xu Feng across the face. Soul attacks needed to be combined with physical attacks to achieve the maximum effect.
The next moment, a large slap mark appeared on Xu Feng's face, and he finally woke up.
"Ouch! Oh my god! What happened? I felt like I was dreaming the whole time just now, and I couldn't wake up at all!" Xu Feng exclaimed.
Then he clutched his face, "Why does it feel like I was slapped? It hurts! Captain Li, what's going on?"
Li Mo felt a bit embarrassed. He had only intended to try it out; he hadn't expected it to actually succeed.
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