Chapter 119 Tortoise-Back Ruins, Traces of Humanity

Outside was the violent and deep endless seabed, with surging undercurrents capable of shredding steel.

Yet, on the back of this Starry Sky Giant Turtle, it was a paradise so quiet it made one's ears ring.

There was no howling sea wind.

There was no roaring of sea monsters.

Even the air was filled with a faint, floral fragrance that seemed to make one fall asleep instantly.

Jiang Chen stepped on the soft, silver beach, walking step by step toward this hidden "floating island."

His gaze swept over the dense forest on the periphery and landed in the center of the island.

The shock in his eyes could not be concealed no matter what.

This was not some primitive Secret Realm at all.

What came into view was a vast expanse of ruins that were extremely ancient yet filled with a sense of technological texture!

Rusty reinforced concrete skeletons stood straight into the clouds like the ribs of a giant beast.

The shattered glass curtain walls were covered in unknown glowing vines.

Even in the soil not far away, a metal wreck resembling a giant radar antenna was half-buried.

"What kind of place is this?"

Little Fatty Chen widened his eyes, ran to a huge, rusty lump of iron, and knocked on it.

"This material... it looks a bit like our Federation's old-fashioned war chariots, but the shape is too weird, isn't it?"

At this moment, Su Qingyue and Mu Qingxue also walked up.

The two women frowned as they looked at these ruins, which were completely different in style from the High Martial World.

"The architectural style is completely wrong."

As a mentor, Mu Qingxue was well-read and extremely knowledgeable.

She reached out her fair fingers and stroked a broken wall carved with strange symbols.

"Federation architecture is mostly based on Formations and spiritual energy, leaning toward streamlined shapes and jade Materials."

"But the structure here relies purely on physical mechanics for support."

"It's just like... ancient ruins from thousands of years ago."

Jiang Chen walked at the very front, not saying a word.

However, his heartbeat was slowly accelerating.

How could these be ancient ruins?

This was clearly the architectural style of modern Earth civilization!

That radar antenna, that concrete frame that was obviously an office building or a research institute.

Everything was stimulating Jiang Chen's nerves as someone who had undergone Transmigration.

"Could it be that other Earthlings have been here before?"

Jiang Chen speculated inwardly.

Suddenly, something furry nudged over.

Iliya, like a frightened kitten, clutched tightly at the corner of Jiang Chen's clothes.

The nine spirit tails behind her, which had just been reborn and were emitting a faint golden light, were swaying uneasily.

Two of the tails were even wrapped directly around Jiang Chen's thigh.

"Master... it's so quiet here, quiet enough to be a bit scary."

Iliya's purple eyes darted around, her soft, sweet voice carrying a hint of a tremor.

"I keep feeling like something is watching us."

Feeling the silk-like smoothness and warm body temperature on his leg.

Jiang Chen's originally tense nerves relaxed slightly.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Jiang Chen habitually reached out and rubbed her fox ears.

"Even if there really are any demons or monsters, they'll have to wait until I wake up."

"Snap."

A soft sound.

Mu Qingxue didn't know when she had walked over, holding the scabbard of her ice sword in her hand.

She expressionlessly used the scabbard to flick away the tails Iliya had wrapped around Jiang Chen's leg.

"Walk properly, stop clinging to each other."

Mu Qingxue's voice was cold, but her eyes were wavering.

"This place is filled with weirdness everywhere. If you encounter sudden danger, acting like this will affect his speed in drawing his sword."

Iliya pulled back her tails, aggrieved, pouting her lips and not daring to retort.

Clearly, Master didn't even have a sword, so how could it affect his sword-drawing speed?

This was clearly jealousy!

Jiang Chen watched Mu Qingxue's reddening earlobes and couldn't help but want to laugh.

This ice-berg teacher's possessiveness had been getting stronger and stronger ever since the last time they "snuggled for warmth."

"Alright, stop messing around."

Jiang Chen put away his joking thoughts, his eyes becoming focused.

"The System navigation shows that what I'm looking for is in the very center of these ruins."

Everyone followed the direction he pointed.

Passing through several collapsed concrete buildings.

They arrived in front of the remains of a hemispherical building that looked like a giant plant greenhouse.

The glass roof of the greenhouse had long since shattered away.

But in a huge flower bed in the center of the greenhouse, a dazzling halo was radiating.

It was a large patch of strange grass that looked like it was carved from crystal.

The grass leaves were a dreamlike purple-red, swaying without wind.

Every time it swayed, it would emit circles of visible, soothing light waves.

【Ding! Discovered Epic-grade Materials: Drunken Life Dreaming Death Grass!】

【Quantity: Extremely large (enough to fill ten pillows).】

【Characteristics: Smelling it makes one want to sleep, touching it leads to a dream of a thousand years. It is a top-tier medicinal herb for constructing a Divine-Grade Dream Domain.】

Jiang Chen's eyes instantly lit up like two-thousand-watt searchlights.

He rushed over in two or three steps.

But just as he reached the edge of the flower bed, he stopped and gasped.

"Holy crap..."

Jiang Chen stared fixedly at the giant "flower bed" holding these grasses.

That was not a flower bed built from stone at all.

It was a single, truck-sized piece of deep blue crystal!

Inside the crystal, it seemed as if a galaxy was flowing, emitting spatial and Dream Law fluctuations a hundred times purer than the Dinghai Pearl.

【Ding! Discovered Divine-Grade Materials: Dream Realm Raw Stone (Complete Version)!】

【System Evaluation: My God! Who is so extravagant to use a Dream Realm Raw Stone as a flowerpot?!】

【host, we're rich! Hurry! Take out the pillow!】

No need for the System to urge him.

Jiang Chen, with trembling hands, took out the 【star dream emperor pillow】 that had accompanied him for so long from his storage ring.

He took a deep breath and placed the pillow on that huge Dream Realm Raw Stone.

Then, he uprooted the surrounding "Drunken Life Dreaming Death Grass" and spread it in circles around the pillow.

"System, fuse them for me!"

"Even if it bankrupts me, I have to upgrade it to the top level!"

Jiang Chen let out a fanatical roar in his heart.

【Command received! Ultimate Fusion program initiated!】

Hum—!!!

A low rumbling sound rang out from the depths of the Dream Realm Raw Stone.

Immediately after, ten thousand zhang of purple-gold light shot into the sky, piercing directly through the darkness of the geocentric cavity!

The entire floating island, and even the Starry Sky Giant Turtle beneath their feet, trembled slightly under this light.

That truck-sized Dream Realm Raw Stone began to melt at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It turned into wisps of deep blue Law streamers, crazily pouring into the star dream emperor pillow.

Those purple-red Drunken Life Dreaming Death Grasses also turned into specks of starlight, merging into the fabric of the pillow.

The commotion was too great.

Su Qingyue, Mu Qingxue, Iliya, and others were forced to retreat repeatedly by this sacred and majestic light.

"Is this... is this refining a Magic Treasure?"

As a level six Grandmaster, Mu Qingxue's discernment was incredibly sharp.

She looked at the pillow in the center of the light, feeling the aura of Law that transcended heaven and earth.

"No... this is not a Magic Treasure. This aura has already transcended Heaven Rank!"

"Could this be... the legendary Sacred Artifact?!"

The light lasted for a full five minutes.

When everything returned to calm.

The flower bed in the center of the ruins had completely disappeared.

Only a brand-new pillow remained, quietly floating in mid-air.

Its appearance had undergone earth-shaking changes.

It was no longer a simple starry sky blue.

Instead, it had turned into a transparent texture that existed between illusion and reality.

Inside, it seemed to truly contain a miniature Universe, with stars being born and dying, and clouds rolling and unfurling.

【Ding! Congratulations host! Materials collected, perfect Fusion!】

【star dream emperor pillow advanced successfully!】

【Current Grade: Low Grade Sacred Artifact!】

【New Effect 1: Dream Dominator. host can forcibly pull the real space within a hundred-meter radius into the Dream Law. Within this Domain, realize true "Law Follows the Word." (Each activation lasts 3 minutes, 24-hour cooldown).】

【New Effect 2: Absolute Defense Barrier. As long as you sleep on it, attacks below War God level cannot break the defense.】

【System Evaluation: The Sleep God's Divine Artifact has finally achieved Major Achievement! From today on, you can step on the world while lying down!】

Jiang Chen looked at the Sacred Rank divine pillow floating in front of him.

The corners of his mouth uncontrollably curled up wildly, finally turning into unbridled laughter.

He grabbed the pillow into his arms.

Without caring about his image, he buried his face deeply into it and took a huge, deep sniff.

"Ah... this texture..."

Jiang Chen let out an extremely fanboy-like exclamation.

"This resilience, this silky temperature regulation, this soothing fragrance that strikes the Soul..."

"It's simply art! It's the pinnacle work in the history of human sleep!"

Jiang Chen hugged the pillow and spun around twice in place, happy as a two-hundred-pound fool.

【host, please wipe your drool.】

【Sacred Artifacts also have dignity, don't make it look like some pervert's private item.】

The System popped up a line of text, speechless.

"What do you know. This is called the highest tribute to a Divine Artifact."

Jiang Chen rolled his eyes at the System and contentedly tucked the pillow into the deepest part of his storage space.

With this 【Dream Dominator】 effect.

Even if he really encountered an old monster at the Peak of Great Grandmaster, he could pull them into a dream and teach them a lesson!

His confidence was instantly bolstered.

Just as Jiang Chen was immersed in the joy of the upgrade.

In a half-collapsed metal experimental cabin not far away.

Came Su Qingyue's somewhat urgent voice.

"Jiang Chen! Come here and look at this!"

Su Qingyue's voice carried unconcealable shock, and even a trace of panic.

Jiang Chen restrained his smile and walked over quickly.

"What's wrong?"

He walked into that dark metal cabin.

He saw Su Qingyue holding a ball of Nirvana fire for illumination.

In front of her was a huge wall covered by thick vines and moss.

Su Qingyue used her long sword to scrape off all the moss.

A huge metal relief mural carved with complex patterns was completely revealed before everyone.

Jiang Chen, by the firelight, saw clearly the content on the mural.

His pupils instantly contracted to the size of needle points.

His originally lazy aura vanished completely.

An indescribable chill surged wildly up his spine.

"The things on this painting..."

Su Qingyue pointed to the center of the mural, her voice trembling uncontrollably.

"Is this... is this the truth of our world?"

Jiang Chen stared fixedly at the mural.

This painting revealed a terrifying secret capable of overturning the entire human Federation!