Chapter 265 Atlantis, the Playground of the Gods
Chapter 265 Atlantis, the Playground of the Gods
Atlantis, the Crystal City.
When the more than ninety strong individuals who had survived the bloody "Martial Arts Tournament" stepped into this legendary city, everyone was completely stunned by the scene before them.
This place doesn't feel like a city at all.
It's more like a gigantic amusement park, created by the gods themselves.
The entire city is built on a huge, hollow, floating island.
Below the city is not land, but a "sea of spiritual energy" that surges with seven-colored light and is purely formed by the convergence of liquid spiritual energy.
Just standing here, breathing in the dense, almost viscous spiritual energy in the air, they felt their cultivation level increasing rapidly at a rocket-like speed.
The city's architecture is bizarre and fantastical, filled with unimaginable wonder.
There is a "rainbow bridge" made entirely of flowing light, connecting different districts.
There is a towering structure called the "Tower of Babel," reaching tens of thousands of meters high and stretching straight into the sky, its body covered with countless runes.
There are "crystal palaces" floating in mid-air, like giant bubbles.
In some places, it's even more unbelievable.
For example, a "thunderstorm forest" composed entirely of lightning, with countless thick bolts of lightning dancing wildly within it, emitting deafening roars.
A "Lake of Flames" burning with an inextinguishable golden flame.
There is even an area where the flow of time is completely different from the outside world. Some people have witnessed an ordinary plant complete the entire process of germination, growth, flowering, fruiting, and finally withering in just a few minutes.
"My God... Is this... Is this heaven?" A monk from the Vatican who had miraculously survived murmured to himself, his eyes filled with fervent faith as he gazed at the miracle before him.
"No, this is not heaven." A hoarse-voiced Japanese ninja, shrouded in a black robe, said coldly, "This is... a battlefield of carnage."
He had barely finished speaking.
Not far away, in that "thunderstorm forest," a piercing scream suddenly came.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a lightning-type ability user from North America who had just entered the Thunderstorm Forest and was trying to absorb the lightning energy there. His body was instantly struck by tens of thousands of lightning bolts at the same time. He couldn't even last a second before he was turned into a pile of charred remains.
In that "Lake of Flames," a European fire mage who thought he could control flames was burned to ashes the moment he jumped into the lake by the golden divine fire.
Everyone felt a chill run down their spines, instantly snapping out of their shock and greed.
They understood.
Opportunities abound here.
But every opportunity comes with a deadly danger!
This is not a tourist attraction.
This is the testing ground for the strong and the burial ground for the weak!
"Hmph, a bunch of idiots."
A burly Norse berserker carrying a huge battle axe snorted disdainfully.
Instead of venturing into those elemental zones that looked extremely dangerous, he focused his attention on the tallest "Tower of Babel" in the center of the city.
He could sense that there was the most powerful energy fluctuation in the entire city.
"The real treasure must be right there!"
He roared and charged towards the Tower of Babel like a cannonball.
His actions served as a reminder to others.
In an instant, all the survivors transformed into streaks of light, launching an attack on the Tower of Babel from different directions.
However, they soon discovered that the tower was far more difficult to deal with than they had imagined.
The moment they approached within a hundred meters of the Tower of Babel, the ancient runes on the tower suddenly lit up!
"Buzz—!"
An invisible, heavy pressure, as heavy as a mountain, descended from the sky and pressed down hard on everyone!
"Thump!"
"Thump!"
The weaker individuals were immediately forced to their knees by the pressure, unable to move.
Even the Norse berserker was forced to stumble, his advance slowing down instantly.
"Damn it! It's a gravity array!" He gritted his teeth and roared, his muscles bulging again, and his veins bulged out like dragons under his skin.
Under that terrifying pressure, he moved step by step, with great difficulty, toward the tower gate.
The others also displayed their unique abilities.
Some people with strong mental power can use their mental power to create an anti-gravity field around themselves.
There are speed-type assassins who gather all their strength into their legs, becoming a blur as they try to break through this gravity zone.
Some people even sat down cross-legged on the spot and began to use this powerful pressure to temper their bodies and wills.
This is the first challenge of the "newbie village" that Lin Fan prepared for them.
Want to find the treasure?
can.
First, demonstrate your strength and wisdom to prove that you are qualified.
……
While the survivors struggled at the foot of the Tower of Babel.
Fang Qingxue, however, had already arrived at the top of the Tower of Babel.
She seemed completely unaffected by the gravity arrays, and strolled leisurely into the most central, spacious hall at the top of the tower.
In the center of the hall floats a rhombus-shaped crystal, about the size of a human head, emitting a soft blue light.
This crystal is the energy core of the entire Atlantis, and also the city's "central processing unit".
Inside, all the knowledge and heritage of the Atlantean civilization are stored.
Including their godlike genetic modification technology, energy manipulation technology, and... soul ascension technology.
This is the true secret to "becoming a god".
Fang Qingxue walked up to the crystal and extended her hand.
Lin Fan's voice echoed in her mind.
"This city was a refuge built in the previous era by a civilization called 'Atlantis' to escape interstellar catastrophe."
"They abandoned their physical bodies and stored their souls and knowledge in this 'spark of civilization,' hoping to one day rise again."
"Unfortunately, they failed. A sudden energy storm destroyed their navigation system, leaving them to slumber forever in the depths of the sea."
"Now, I have awakened it."
"Fang Qingxue, your task is to receive all the knowledge within this 'spark of civilization'."
"Then, in the name of the 'Sky Dome Martial Alliance,' this knowledge will be distributed as 'rewards' to those who have passed the test and are worthy of cultivation."
"You need to let them know that power doesn't come from nowhere. If they want to become stronger, if they want to acquire more advanced knowledge and techniques, they must make sufficient contributions to the 'Sky Dome Martial Alliance,' and to me."
"Use this knowledge to establish a merit exchange system that everyone must abide by."
"This is the true foundation of the 'Sky Dome Martial Alliance'."
Fang Qingxue's heart began to pound violently again.
She finally understood her husband's plan completely.
Sir, there's absolutely no expectation that those people below will find some kind of "path to godhood" in this city.
From the very beginning, he kept all the "strategies" and "rewards" in his own hands!
Then, through himself, the "GM," he issues tasks and distributes rewards to those "players"!
In this way, everyone will be firmly bound to the "Sky Dome Martial Alliance" war chariot, constantly "working" for Mr. [Name]'s plans!
What a terrifying method of controlling people's hearts!
"Qingxue... I understand!"
With utmost reverence, she gently placed her hand on the "spark of civilization."
"Buzz—!"
An unimaginably powerful torrent of information instantly flooded into her mind!
Gene sequence diagrams, energy equations, spatial transition theories, the soul matrix...
Countless profound and magnificent pieces of knowledge, like the Big Bang, unfolded in the depths of her consciousness!
Her body began to tremble uncontrollably.
The cold look in her eyes gradually faded, replaced by countless streams of data flashing and analyzing frantically.
She is transforming herself from a "martial artist" to a "god-level civilization database" at an unimaginable speed!
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