Chapter 918: Holy Ruins (1)

Perhaps he had grown too enamored with his own looks, but the once most handsome man in Chongque City sat on the throne belonging to the Death God's Eye clan with a hint of arrogance, his smile half mocking, half amused. He looked down at Li Xiaofei and the others. He did not seem worried about the terrifying power emanating from the Blood-Drinking Sword.

"I have a piece of advice for you." Wei Xiaotian rubbed his temples and said lightly, "Li Xiaofei, don’t go looking for them. You won’t find them, and even if you do, you can’t take them away."

"That’s my concern. You only need to tell me where they are," Li Xiaofei said slowly and clearly.

Wei Xiaotian shook his head. "Haven’t you realized it yet? Every person is born with a mission. Their fate is determined the moment they are born. Your wife and daughter both have to bear the responsibilities of being part of the human race, and you..."

At this point, Wei Xiaotian’s smile was both handsome and brilliant. He spoke with a tone of utmost sincerity and said, "Your responsibility is not to search for them."

Li Xiaofei no longer wanted to discuss the matter. His mind turned as a sword intent silently spread through the void. The golden and silver sword lights, like countless threads, began to weave through the entire temple, silently sealing the inner walls.

"Sigh, look at you, why don’t you believe me?" Wei Xiaotian wore a look of helplessness as he said, "Where is the trust? They really aren’t here."

"Where are they?" Li Xiaofei asked again.

"Ah, why do you have to force me?" Wei Xiaotian continued to dodge the question, looking completely helpless as he said, "I told you, telling you would only harm you. You cannot save them."

The Blood-Drinking Sword let out a clear, piercing cry. The sword qi tore through the air as killing intent appeared in Li Xiaofei’s eyes.

"Fine, I will tell you." A black well-shaped mark appeared on Wei Xiaotian’s forehead as he said helplessly, "People like you just don’t understand reason. When something happens, can’t you just talk it out properly or think it over again?"

Li Xiaofei reached out and gripped the sword hilt.

Wei Xiaotian immediately shouted, "They’re on their way to the Holy Ruins."

“Holy Ruins?” Li Xiaofei asked, “What kind of place is that?”

Liu Shaji suddenly interrupted, “I know the place.”

Li Xiaofei looked at him. A rare seriousness appeared on Liu Shaji’s face as he said, “The Holy Ruins is the birthplace of the Reapers, the very place where everything was first created... According to legend, it hides the secrets of ultimate evolution.”

The birthplace?

Li Xiaofei asked, “Where exactly is it?”

No matter where it was, he had to go find it. He had to find them.

Liu Shaji said, “I went there a long time ago, but I couldn’t get inside. It’s a very dangerous place, so dangerous that even Immortal Emperors risked falling when they entered.”

Li Xiaofei suddenly turned toward Wei Xiaotian and asked, “You lied to me?”

Since even Immortal Emperors couldn’t enter such a place, how could Si Kongxue and her daughter possibly have gotten inside?

He realized that Wei Xiaotian wanted to trick him into going there to die.

Wei Xiaotian spread his hands and said, “I’ve lied to many people, but absolutely not to you, Li Xiaofei. I already told you not to ask because it was pointless, but you insisted on forcing me to answer.”

Li Xiaofei said, “You just wanted to trick me into going to die.”

Wei Xiaotian said, “Then you can choose not to go.”

Li Xiaofei said, “Of course I will go, but I will make you take me there.”

Wei Xiaotian swung his legs and said, “Why would I want to go?”

Li Xiaofei said, “Unless you want the entire Reaper faction to know that the real Delta is dead, and that you only managed to scheme against a fake Delta.”

Wei Xiaotian immediately laughed. He suddenly stood up, looking down from above. Lightning flashed in his eyes. At that moment, he looked like a god on the verge of pronouncing judgment, exuding an unquestionable, absolute authority.

“Haha, did you think I would be afraid? Do you think I’d be afraid of your pathetic and laughable threat after I deliberately sent all the guards away to let you smoothly enter this temple today?” said Wei Xiaotian, laughing wildly.

Li Xiaofei said calmly, “Yes, you would be.”

“Damn it... You’re really good at reading people.” Wei Xiaotian suddenly sat back down, looking dejected as he said, “How did you figure that out?”

“No need to figure it out.” Li Xiaofei said, “Just think about it.”

“Damn it... is that even possible?” Wei Xiaotian asked, “When do you plan to leave?”

Li Xiaofei replied, “Now. Immediately. Right away.”

Wei Xiaotian shook his head and said, “Haste makes waste. It can’t be so fast. Even for me, if I want to go to the Holy Ruins, I have to apply beforehand and get approval from the royal family. If we just barge in, we will really end up as nothing but bones.”

“How long will the fastest application take?” Li Xiaofei frowned.

“Two or three years... uh, don’t worry, I was joking. Ten days.” Wei Xiaotian quickly said, “I can get the approval within ten days, and then we can go in.”

“Fine. If you don’t get it in ten days, then I’ll kill you.” said Li Xiaofei.

Wei Xiaotian snorted, “So violent.”

Li Xiaofei’s eyes narrowed as he said, “You had better not play any tricks. Otherwise, your true identity will soon become common knowledge to everyone in the Reaper world.”

Wei Xiaotian said, “Relax. I know what to do.”

With that matter settled, Li Xiaofei finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“Let’s talk about something else.” He asked, “What’s the deal with that continent?”

“You mean Testing Ground Number Seven?” Wei Xiaotian said, “You’ve already seen it. It’s just a small world we created to simulate the development and evolution of the human race. The higher-ups want to know where the secret of human evolution lies. How could such a weak race become the biggest obstacle on our path to evolution?”

“Number Seven?” Li Xiaofei caught the implication and asked, “So there are others? How many of these bases are there?”

Wei Xiaotian thought for a moment and said, “ There are three more within the starfields controlled by the Death God's Eye clan, Numbers Four, Ten, and Sixteen. As for the other starfields, there are too many to count. Heh heh, the number of humans imprisoned in those testing grounds may even exceed your entire population. Isn’t that ironic?”

Li Xiaofei was deeply shocked. Liu Shaji’s face also showed an expression of disbelief. There were actually that many testing grounds. The total population on the Green Continent, that was, Testing Ground Number Seven, definitely reached the billions.

That meant that those testing grounds in the Fallen Zones controlled by the Reapers alone contained at least tens of billions of humans.

On one hand, humans themselves had suffered huge population losses from the war and had to carry out the One Hundred Thousand Earth Bases project, sacrificing the past, harming the present, and overdrawing from the future to train soldiers.

On the other hand, the Reapers had raised more than ten billion humans to study and observe. So the question arose. How did the Reapers get so many humans? The first word that popped into Li Xiaofei’s mind was,

Cloning

.

But then he dismissed that thought. He hadn’t seen a single repeated face in the Green Continent’s Testing Ground Number Seven, and each person’s individual talents were different.

Forget appearances. Even their life essences were not the same. That was definitely not something cloning could accomplish.

“You don’t need to think about the reasons for those established facts anymore.” Wei Xiaotian spoke lightly, “To be honest, I was also shocked when I first arrived in the Fallen Zones. I even thought that all the humans in those testing bases might become a formidable force if they were freed and formed into an army.”

Li Xiaofei glanced at him. This man’s words were full of hooks. He had said this clearly for his benefit.

Freeing all the humans from the testing grounds?

Li Xiaofei glanced at Liu Shaji beside him. The latter’s eyes also showed a trace of temptation.

At that moment, Li Xiaofei had a huge question in his mind,

What exactly does Wei Xiaotian want?

𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Why did he go to such lengths to infiltrate the Reaper faction, setting a precedent as the first human spy to ascend to the Reaper Kingship? What is he after?

Li Xiaofei always felt that the goal Wei Xiaotian was pursuing must be extremely astonishing. At the same time, he vaguely sensed that Wei Xiaotian’s status in Eden was far higher than he had initially imagined.

But Li Xiaofei knew that Wei Xiaotian would never give him a straight answer even if he asked those questions.

So he asked, “What exactly have the Reapers learned from these testing grounds?”

Wei Xiaotian shrugged and replied, “How would I know? The Wisdom Faction is very focused on the human body’s structure. They want to fully imitate and evolve into humans so they can cultivate human techniques. Maybe they’re trying to find the answers from these bases by studying human behavior, history, and development.”