Half an hour ago.
Lu Zhou stood next to the clear and transparent space fragment. He heard the voice from the Holy Relic.
“Have you decided?”
“I have.”
“Then let’s begin.”
The space fragment gradually turned into a white mist in front of him. Lu Zhou suddenly thought of something and said, “Wait a second.”
“Changed your mind?”
“Nope.” Lu Zhou shook his head and said, “Can I make a request?”
“What request?”
“Send my teammates out of this place safely.”
The voice went silent for a while.
Just when Lu Zhou began to doubt whether this was possible, the voice suddenly spoke with a relaxed tone.
“Of course, not a big deal.”
The white mist entwined in the space fragment suddenly formed a circle. The lines inside the fragment were tangled together.
Just like a broken jigsaw puzzle, the lines and their corresponding tunnels were broken and recombined under the control of a special physical law.
Lu Zhou saw his teammates and even the wrist-mounted computer he had dropped through the four-dimensional space fragment.
Under the control of the mysterious power, all of the objects that did not belong in the ruins were moved to the surface.
“Unbelievable.” As Lu Zhou looked at all these changes, a shocked expression appeared on his face. “It’s almost like…”
“Like what?”
“It’s like the power of a god.”
Lu Zhou watched his teammates being chased by the “collapsing” tunnel. One by one, they escaped from the boundary controlled by the four-dimensional space fragment.
Under the domination of this force, all creatures were as small as ants, swayed by invisible chains like puppets.
“God? That’s it?” There was a faint mockery in the voice. “Not even close.”
Lu Zhou asked subconsciously, “So you’ve seen a god?”
“It depends on how you interpret the concept of a god.” The voice continued in a casual tone, “If you are referring to the primitive beliefs of the origin of life, then this kind of god is probably just an imagination of the unknown and mysterious. But if you are referring to some great will that governs the universe… It is difficult for you to prove that it does not exist.”
Lu Zhou: “This statement sounds a bit confusing.”
“Any rigorous theory sounds a bit confusing. This is the new universe, and the laws of the old universe may not necessarily apply. Of course, my advice is, if you can’t perceive that kind of existence, don’t bother to think about it. Regardless, you probably won’t have the chance to come into contact with that level of being anyway.”
There was a hint of sarcasm and superiority in the voice, which was rather unpleasant.
However, considering that this guy was a lonely old man from the outside of time, Lu Zhou did not take his arrogance to heart.
“Now that your compatriots have been sent to the surface, if you don’t want to continue to waste time here, we should leave.”
“Let’s go then.” Lu Zhou nodded. He looked at the space fragment that once again changed its internal shape. He suddenly thought of something and asked, “Speaking of which, where are we going next?”
“A bit deeper than here… Aren’t you curious? Why did those Martians build such crooked tunnels in this place?”
Lu Zhou: “Why?”
“Because of greed and instinct. By the way, the original shape of this ruin is actually a straight line.”
Lu Zhou: “…?”
The four-dimensional space fragment moved again.
However, the changes this time were somewhat different from the last time.
The mist circled around the fragment. As if being pulled by some unknown force, the white mist gathered into a ball, finally compressed into a point.
Lu Zhou couldn’t help but frown and ask, “What is it doing?”
“I said before, this is a key.” The voice continued, “The key is used to open a door.”
Lu Zhou was taken aback for a moment. He suddenly reacted.
“Is this—”
“Haha, you have guessed it! That’s right, this ruins is about to disintegrate and return to its oldest appearance! It’s too late to stop now!”
Lu Zhou didn’t want to stop it. He was just surprised.
Lu Zhou guessed that the fragments of the four-dimensional space distorted the original appearance of the ruins, but he didn’t expect it to be more than that. It even hid a part of the space outside the three-dimensional axis…
And now, it was going to restore its original form!
Layers of cracks appeared on the surface of the fragment, like a glass ball that fell to the ground, shattered. The space fragment floating in the air burst into smaller pieces.
A circle of milky white ripples spread out along the singularity, passing through everything it touched.
Lu Zhou raised his hands and almost activated his nitrogen shield.
However, he soon discovered that the spreading ripples did not affect him at all. They passed through him and disappeared into the walls behind him.
All this seemed like a dream.
Suddenly, a wave of tremors suddenly came from under his feet.
However, the tremors did not last long. He felt his world spin, and after a while, the gravity of Mars threw him into an open grotto again.
This time, Lu Zhou didn’t feel any pain.
He slowly climbed up from the ground. When he saw the behemoth stopped in front of him, his pupils shrank.
“This… Is this…”
There was a silver-white spacecraft with a streamlined shell and a long fusiform outline. As for why Lu Zhou knew it was a spacecraft, it was because he had seen it before.
From the memory of the old universe.
It had once belonged to a powerful civilization!
Lu Zhou looked at the spaceship in front of him. He was silent for a long time before he suddenly said, “You are General Reinhardt.”
The air went silent for a few seconds.
A sigh with a hint of loneliness and nostalgia came from the communication channel.
“I didn’t expect to hear this name in the new universe…
“Makes me feel nostalgic.”
Lu Zhou gulped and spoke.
“So, this is your spaceship?”
The voice spoke lightly.
“It used to be.”
Spaceship of the Calan Civilization!
That is the civilization that once conquered a star!
Lu Zhou glanced at the solid dome above his head. He took a deep breath and suppressed his excitement. His mind was racing with thoughts.
“Are there any weapons on the spaceship? Or something like a protective shield?”
Although he was deep underground, a spacecraft from the Calan civilization should have no problem escaping to the skies!
After hearing Lu Zhou’s question, the voice answered in an honest way.
“There are basic shields and weapons.”
However, just as he was about to give the order to start the spacecraft, a long sigh came from the communication channel.
“… But I’m sorry, the shields, weapons, and engines cannot be used anymore.”
Lu Zhou: “???”
Suddenly, the air went strangely quiet…