pjbooks Chapter 369 The Purple Gold Pagoda's Strange Movement, Pioneer's Message
Chapter 369 The Purple Gold Pagoda's Strange Movement, Pioneer's Message
Kyoto Takeda Floating City.
This university, suspended above the clouds, used to be full of youthful energy and bustle.
But at this moment, there was only deathly silence.
All students and most faculty and staff have been forcibly dismissed, leaving only a few peripheral members of the Lantern Bearers responsible for maintaining the basic operation of the floating city.
Chen Yifan landed in the deserted campus square in a private shuttle.
Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar surroundings, he had an indescribable feeling.
Not long ago, he was an unknown freshman here, working himself to the bone in the Tower of Ascension for credits and resources.
Now, however, he has returned as the leader of the Lamplighters' operation to carry out a secret mission whose purpose he himself does not know.
The world is impermanent.
Without much reflection, he followed the map given to him by Mao Tu and headed straight for the archives.
Archives B-7, located on the lowest floor of the library, is an unremarkable room.
However, the security system at the entrance is ridiculously complicated.
Chen Yifan had doubts.
Fortunately, he managed to steal the other person's memories.
Verifying passwords is becoming increasingly cumbersome.
Chen Yifan's doubts grew.
He entered the last password he remembered.
"Beep! Identity confirmed, Star Officer Captain, welcome."
Chen Yifan's scalp tingled.
The archives of Kyoto University of Science and Technology even contain the identity information of the person who held the lamp...
Is the access privilege just transferred in the last few days?
Or was it like this from the beginning?
He didn't know.
However, now is not the time to think about this issue.
Since Mao Tu asked him to retrieve the file, it means that the file is extremely important.
He might even glean some useful information from it.
Without further hesitation, Chen Yifan stepped inside.
The archive room was not very spacious, and rows of metal filing cabinets were covered with a thick layer of dust, indicating that no one had set foot there for a long time.
Following the rabbit's instructions, he walked to the innermost filing cabinet.
However, the moment he stepped into the depths of the archives...
A sudden change has occurred!
hum!
In his mind's eye, the once quiet and peaceful purple-gold pagoda suddenly trembled violently without warning!
Deep underground, a powerful force resonated strongly, as if silently calling out to it.
This is……
Chen Yifan was shocked and stopped in his tracks.
The Purple Gold Pagoda is his greatest secret and the source of his power.
It merged with the "Starry Sky Codex" and devoured the remnant soul of the Star Soul Venerable. In essence, it is already a "heretical thing" that has transcended the scope of this world's understanding.
Those things that can resonate with it are definitely not ordinary!
He suppressed his excitement and kept quiet. Instead, he pretended to be looking for files, pacing around the archives while secretly channeling his spiritual energy into the ground, guided by the resonance.
Soon, he discovered a hidden compartment concealed by an energy array behind a row of filing cabinets.
The formation's structure was ingenious, but for Chen Yifan, who had inherited most of the Star Soul Venerable's knowledge of formations, breaking it was a piece of cake.
We know the location.
Chen Yifan was not in a hurry.
Following the instructions of the rabbit, he first took the marked file into his hand.
If it is opened, it will inevitably be discovered.
but……
The secrets in this room were far more interesting to him than the files in his hands.
He casually touched the wall, his fingertips twitching slightly, and a stream of spiritual energy silently flowed into the array's core.
Click.
With a soft sound, a hidden door on the wall slowly opened.
Behind the door was a downward, deep staircase.
That sense of resonance came from the end of the steps.
Without a moment's hesitation, Chen Yifan slipped inside.
The hidden door closed quietly behind him.
At the end of the steps was a small, secret room.
In the center of the secret room, there were no divine weapons or rare treasures as he had imagined, only an old-looking, dusty, and long-dormant mechanical device.
The device has a unique shape, resembling a complex model of the human brain made up of countless crystals and circuits.
That is the source of resonance.
"What is this?"
Chen Yifan walked forward curiously, reached out his hand, and tried to touch the device.
Just as his fingertips were about to touch the outer casing of the device.
An aged, weary yet infinitely wise spiritual imprint resounded directly in his mind.
"To those who come after me, when you see this message, I may have already turned into dust in the universe."
"I am the seventh test subject of the 'Pioneer' project."
"We once thought that the 'World Engine' was a gift from God, a ladder leading us to glory. But we were wrong, terribly wrong."
"This is not a blessing, but a cage to keep us in!"
"The 'Outer God' beyond the Stargate is about to descend. But its purpose is not destruction, but... to 'find its nest'!"
"It's like a parasitic cuckoo, trying to pollute the entire world, just to find the perfect 'container' among countless 'bird eggs,' a perfect nest large enough to house its true form!"
"Remember, those who come after you, no matter how powerful you are, no matter how far you go..."
"Remember, never become a god!"
"Never become that perfect 'container'..."
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But those last few words were like thunderclaps, exploding in Chen Yifan's mind!
container!
It's a container again!
From the Holy Lord to the "pioneers" of the past few hundred years, everyone has been using this word!
For the soon-to-arrive "Outer God," wasn't he, a "lockless one" without a mental lock and who had just broken through a genetic lock, the perfect, coveted ultimate "container"?
He always thought he was fighting against fate and breaking free from his shackles.
After all that, it turns out that the path of transcendence that I was pursuing and constantly striving to become stronger was actually paving a red carpet to the end for that unknown Outer God!
absurd!
anger!
Two emotions erupted in his chest like a volcano.
On what grounds?
Why should I become a plaything and tool of you so-called "gods"?
hum!
In that instant of intense emotion, the golden pagoda in his sea of consciousness, resonating with the ancient device, suddenly burst forth with dazzling light.
The last trace of the purest spiritual essence belonging to the "pioneers" in the device was forcibly extracted by the Purple Gold Pagoda, transformed into a stream of light, and merged into the pagoda's body.
boom!
Chen Yifan felt as if his head was about to explode.
At this moment, the total amount of spiritual power surged again by a large margin!
The foundation, which had become somewhat unstable due to the forced breakthrough to level 70, was instantly made incredibly solid and stable after being washed away by this pure energy!
The joy of accident!
However, before he could even be happy for more than three seconds...
Drop...drop...drop...
In the corner of the secret room, a hidden alarm suddenly flashed a blinding red light silently!
A cold, sharp gaze, like a blade, pierced through the wall and locked onto him!
next second.
A figure appeared silently at the entrance of the secret room, as if by teleportation.
It is the Rabbit, one of the twelve guardians of the Chinese zodiac, known for its speed and spatial abilities.
Her face was expressionless, her eyes were cold, and her gaze was like a knife fixed on Chen Yifan, who was standing in front of the device.
"Star Official".
"I told you to come and get the file... so why are you here?"