107: Chapter 107 Speculation
A tremor came through.
The next moment.
The black structure slowly rose.
That was not all.
The entire structure began to change shape.
Ji Yebai and Bai Zhu floated in mid-air, rising higher and higher.
It wasn't until it had risen a full fifty meters that the structure stopped rising and changing.
By this moment.
What appeared before Ji Yebai and Bai Zhu's eyes was a completely transformed structure.
A silvery-white pillar rose from the center of the lake, and atop this silvery-white pillar.
Was a massive, transformed structure.
It was shaped like a lotus, gleaming with the sharp feel of metal.
Counting carefully, this metal lotus was strange; it had seven petals.
On each petal was a crystal platform.
In the very center of the lotus was a seat resembling a cockpit.
In summary, the structure before them looked like a fifty-meter-tall lotus.
Except that it was entirely composed of metal.
Ji Yebai and Bai Zhu exchanged a glance.
Then, the two of them descended onto the lotus platform below.
The lotus platform.
The entire platform looked quite extraordinary.
Its body was composed of silvery-white metal, with crystal blocks embedded here and there within the silver metal.
What was most surprising was that a crystal platform over a meter high extended from each metal petal.
Those crystal platforms looked as if they had grown naturally out of the silver metal.
There was not the slightest gap.
Ji Yebai reached out and touched a metal petal.
That was right.
It had the exact same feel of that silver metal.
It was identical to the metal on the silver UFO.
Moreover.
Ji Yebai looked at the giant silver metal pillar beneath the lotus platform.
"Could this thing be connected to the first and second levels!?"
This speculation couldn't help but surface in Ji Yebai's mind.
It wasn't his fault.
The pillar was identical in size and thickness to the ones on the two levels below.
"This place seems to be for holding something!"
Seeing the crystal platforms, Ji Yebai fell silent.
He couldn't help but examine the other lotus petals, becoming increasingly certain of this thought.
"Huh, this seems to be a control console!"
Bai Zhu suddenly spoke up.
He was standing in the center of the lotus, in what looked like a cockpit.
Ji Yebai looked up.
He saw Bai Zhu reaching out to touch the console above the cockpit.
"It seems all the energy was absorbed here!"
Sensing Ji Yebai's gaze, Bai Zhu looked up and said.
As he spoke, he reached out, and a wisp of silvery-white lightning flickered.
Crack!
A flash of light in the Void Realm.
Whoosh!
A blue light appeared.
Bai Zhu had always been vigilant.
The moment the blue light appeared, he retreated quickly.
But immediately after, he stopped.
Even if he hadn't eaten pork, he had seen pigs run.
Accompanied by the blue light, a star map appeared before them.
The iconic Solar System Family was rotating endlessly.
"A 3D projection!"
Ji Yebai couldn't help but reach out and touch the rotating Jupiter passing before him.
Naturally, he couldn't touch anything.
Immediately after, the projection began to change abruptly.
It was as if it had shrunk drastically, or as if it had switched to a different patch of starry sky in an instant.
A white silken thread extended, winding continuously along the star map.
Finally, the white thread reached a phantom of a planet.
In an instant, the planet's phantom began to enlarge.
Then, as if locked on, it began to fixate.
Hum!
The moment it locked onto the planet's phantom, the entire lotus platform suddenly trembled.
It was as if a massive machine had started up.
Ji Yebai's hair stood on end, and a feeling of palpitations surged in his heart.
But before he could react, the massive lotus platform quieted down as if it had stalled.
Ji Yebai and Bai Zhu exchanged a glance, both feeling a bit of fear.
In that instant just now, an indescribable energy had gathered.
For a split second, it felt as if he had descended beside the sun, feeling restless and uneasy.
"Hm!?"
Ji Yebai's gaze swept over the central cockpit, his expression surprised: "What kind of script is this!?"
In the star system projection, a blue screen had now risen, with a line of text on it.
It was a script resembling tadpoles or some other creature.
It looked extremely strange.
"It looks a bit like Divine Script!?"
Bai Zhu leaned in, saying with a puzzled expression.
"Divine Script!?"
"What kind of script is that!?"
Ji Yebai looked at Bai Zhu in surprise.
He knew about Oracle Bone Script, Bronze Script, and hieroglyphs, but this was the first time he had heard of Divine Script.
Bai Zhu: "According to some ancient Daoist texts, all scripts in the world originate from the Divine Script."
"Shaped like tadpoles, resembling life; one character conveys a hundred meanings, one script understands a hundred scripts!"
Bai Zhu looked at the blue screen with uncertainty: "I only recently flipped through some ancient books and vaguely have this impression. I cannot judge the specifics."
"I am becoming increasingly suspicious of these myths!"
Ji Yebai sighed softly.
He had previously read through myths, and as he read more, he discovered that there seemed to be something hidden within them.
Now, Bai Zhu's words truly deepened his thoughts.
"Yes, I have felt that before too. Some long-surviving myths seem to want to tell the world something, but I have never been able to comprehend it."
"Moreover…"
Bai Zhu reached out his finger to touch the blue screen text: "I remember that ancient classic recorded that Divine Script is the script used by gods. Before, I just laughed it off—how could there be gods in this world! But now…"
A grave look flashed in Bai Zhu's eyes: "Do you think it's possible that these 'gods' are just aliens!?"
Ji Yebai's heart surged with emotions.
This speculation was very possible.
However…
"The place where I found the UFO was a scene where a Martial Artist and an alien perished together. If the aliens are gods, then what about that Martial Artist!?"
"Since all scripts originate from Divine Script, then what about the Dao of martial arts!?"
"A Martial Artist capable of killing an alien must be extremely powerful, which means there existed a brilliant martial arts civilization at that time. Since a civilization existed, there must have been a script. This doesn't quite make sense, does it!?"
Ji Yebai slowly voiced his doubts.
Bai Zhu thought for a moment, then finally shook his head slowly: "This is indeed impossible to explain. However, the matter of the Divine Script remains to be verified; perhaps it is just a coincidence."
"Perhaps, a martial arts civilization already existed on Blue Star, and these so-called gods were the outsiders!"
As soon as he finished speaking, both men fell silent.
A pile of questions and doubts arose, making one think of many possibilities in an instant, yet feeling each one was impossible.
"Forget it, let's leave this for the scientists to explore!"
After a long while.
Ji Yebai sighed and gave up on wild speculation.
"Yes, scripts all have logic; I suppose the scientists will crack it!"
Bai Zhu nodded.
"Since everything here has been investigated, there's nothing left for me to do, so I'll be leaving!"
Ji Yebai said indifferently.
This third level could be considered the most precious.
The life-force lake water below was a Heaven-Defying Opportunity, but it was poisonous.
Whoever used it would die.
Upon comparison, it was actually inferior to the second level.
Since there was nothing to do, Ji Yebai prepared to leave.
"Mr. Ji, where are you going!?"
Bai Zhu looked up.
"Returning to China to go into seclusion and consolidate my gains."
Speaking of this, Ji Yebai paused: "Right, do you have the next stage of martial arts cultivation!?"
"Hm!?"
Bai Zhu was slightly stunned, then immediately shook his head: "I don't have a clue yet!"
"It's okay, I believe you will have a clue! I'll wait for your good news!"
Ji Yebai didn't mind, waved his hand, and flew downwards.
Who was Bai Zhu!
He was a peerless Genius, and the path of martial arts up to now could be said to have been laid by him.
For the subsequent path, Ji Yebai had one hundred percent confidence in him; he would definitely be able to find it.
The only thing lacking was time.
"Wait for my good news!?"
Bai Zhu watched Ji Yebai's figure flying away, stunned.
Shouldn't it be me waiting for your good news!?
Those who constitute an era are piles of Prodigies born of the times, but the ones who can lead an era are definitely the Children of the Era.
I am not a Child of the Era!!!
"Hey, Mr. Ji, if you find the cultivation method for the next stage, you must tell me!!!"
Bai Zhu shouted.
Landing on the space teleportation entrance platform, Ji Yebai waved his hand upon hearing this.
He didn't take Bai Zhu's words to heart.
Although he had already become an Innate, his bone structure and Aptitude were no longer important.
However, Ji Yebai didn't think he would be the one to find the path for the next stage of cultivation.
That was something that should be done by a group of peerless Geniuses like Bai Zhu.
Ji Yebai stepped forward, blue light erupted, and his figure was submerged within it.