Chapter 573 - 569: Memory
The system sensed something was off with Su Muyao’s body and worriedly asked, "Host, what’s wrong with you?"
Su Muyao held her stomach and said, "I don’t know why, but my stomach is starting to hurt."
The system said, "That shouldn’t be. You were fine earlier, even when you fell down, you didn’t feel any pain. Why does it suddenly hurt now?"
"If we count the time, it’s only been half a month."
Even if the host were to give birth to a snake child, it would take a full month, and it’s only been half a month now.
Su Muyao had a vague feeling in her heart. She focused and said, "Maybe Wen Nanxi is in danger, and I need to open this place and find him."
After she said this, her stomach suddenly stopped hurting.
Su Muyao was stunned, finding it quite miraculous.
Was the baby in her belly sensing something, or was it aware of something?
At this moment, she had a subtle feeling in her heart.
However, Su Muyao couldn’t dwell on it for long. She quickly touched the Bronze Star Hub.
Her subconscious seemed to believe that the key was there.
But as soon as her fingertip touched it, a sharp buzzing sound erupted in her mind.
Her head ached, and there was a buzzing in her ears.
At that moment, she felt as if something long-sealed in her mind had been forcibly pried open. Her vision blurred, and the scene before her twisted, with the outline of the dark chamber fading away, replaced by an endless field of stars.
A tall, breathtaking figure crashed into her consciousness without warning.
The man sat on a grassy field beneath the starry sky, wearing a loosely draped cyan robe exuding a lazy aura. The hem of his garment fluttered in the night breeze, like surging clouds.
His appearance was so beautiful it seemed unreal, hard to differentiate between male and female. The corners of his eyes were slightly upturned with a lazy air, and the starlight reflecting in his eyes seemed to fill them with a brilliant galaxy.
But the starlight’s brilliance quickly extinguished. When he turned to look at her, he revealed a cold, indifferent expression with a faint hint of irritation and vicious energy.
Although Su Muyao had never met him before, her heart felt as if it was being clenched by an invisible hand, a pang of soreness intertwined with familiarity surged up, making her instinctively want to call out a name, but no sound emerged from her throat.
"Since you managed to survive the drug’s effects, I’ll keep my promise to you. Speak, what do you want?"
"I made it clear from the beginning, I can’t give you love, don’t waste this opportunity in vain."
"What you did is of no use to me, don’t think you can control me."
She seemed to see herself speaking, word by word, "I want to learn the mechanical array."
"And how to solve this."
She held a mechanical model, the Star Constellation Mechanism model.
He seemed to chuckle softly, then said, "Watch closely."
The lazy, aloof voice echoed directly in her mind, unfamiliar yet familiar, etched into the depths of her soul like a brand.
Su Muyao watched as the man raised his hand, his slender fingers resting on the Star Constellation Mechanism identical to the one in the dark chamber. The warmth from his fingertips seemed to transmit through the memory.
"The rotation of the constellations, using blood as a guide, first push the horn constellation two positions forward..." His fingertips glided over the star chart, each movement executed with utmost precision.
"Remember, these two constellations must simultaneously return to position. If there’s even the slightest deviation, not only will the mechanism not open, but it will automatically lock."
When the memory withdrew like a receding tide, Su Muyao abruptly returned to her senses.
Who exactly was that man?
Why did he seem so similar to the figure she saw when she met the gaze of the Chaotic Wild Beastman statue?
The exact appearance was still unclear, only those eyes, very vivid.
The gaze felt so cold.
Su Muyao tried hard to steady her mind, not letting herself think about anything else.
She quickly slit her finger, letting the blood drop onto the mechanical hub.
At the same time, her fingertip landed on the point of the horn constellation.
The sudden emergence of the memory had been so clear, it didn’t seem like an illusion, and the man’s voice still echoed by her ear, carrying an aura of strategic mastery.
No, his arrangement and unlocking of the Star Constellation Mechanism seemed like child’s play.
It was too easy for him.
She took a deep breath, suppressing the turmoil in her heart, and slowly pushed the point of the horn constellation according to the guidance from the memory.
A "click-clack" sound continuously echoed.
In the dark chamber, the light sound of gears meshing resonated, like a giant beast long asleep gradually awakening.
Su Muyao’s hand kept moving without stopping.
When she finally pushed the two star points to their designated positions, the moment all the star points aligned, the entire Star Constellation Mechanism suddenly erupted in dazzling silver light, the star patterns of the twenty-eight constellations seemed to come to life, flowing incessantly across the bronze surface.
The stone platform slowly parted to the sides, revealing a thick stone gate behind it.
Star charts carved on the stone gate resonated with the mechanism and as the mechanism was correctly activated, the stone gate emitted a muffled sound, slowly opening inwards, and light began to seep through bit by bit, as if an ancient and mysterious secret was hidden beyond.
As the gate opened, Su Muyao’s heart pounded more intensely.
At that moment, she could sense Wen Nanxi’s location, right inside.
At that moment, a breeze seemed to blow in, carrying the fresh fragrance of plants.
Su Muyao looked through the door inside, discovering a completely different world beyond.
The entwined branches of ancient trees reached skyward like azure dragons, fragmented light leaked through the canopy that shaded the sky, the ground was carpeted with soft grass, a riot of vibrant flowers and exotic plants grew unrestrained, along with numerous previously unseen medicinal herbs, some still glistening with dew, and the sound of a flowing stream could be heard, resembling a paradise on earth at first glance.
Su Muyao said to the system, "This isn’t an Illusion Realm, is it?"
Su Muyao wondered how such a place could conceal danger, and the aura emitted by these plants seemed quite normal.
"It shouldn’t be."
Su Muyao didn’t hesitate and quickly stepped forward.
As she crossed through the stone door, the instant her feet touched the grass, the ground suddenly began to tremble violently.
The previously spreading exotic flowers abruptly folded their petals, revealing thorns hidden within the stamens.
The low-growing grass suddenly grew wildly, countless dark green vines sprouted like awakened giant pythons, entwining towards Su Muyao.
In the distant thickets, peculiar Spirit Plants suddenly shot up, their leaves turning as sharp as blades, spinning and striking out with a cold gleam, attacking Su Muyao.
Su Muyao, already on guard, changed her expression in an instant, her wrist flipping at a rapid speed, the Green Lotus Sword already unsheathed.
The vines reaching out were swiftly cut off by her.
Yet these vines stretched out again to entangle her, their edges had suddenly sprouted thorns, aiming to pierce Su Muyao.
Su Muyao lightly tapped the ground with her toes, her body like a butterfly, nimbly leaping aside to avoid the vines’ entanglement while sweeping her sword horizontally.
A disciplined blue Sword Qi swept out, as though transformed into countless sword energies, shattering the approaching vine Spirit Plants into pieces.
However, the Spirit Plants seemed to be endless, and as soon as the old vines were cut, new ones crazily sprung from the soil.
Numerous vines attacked again, the assault growing increasingly fierce, as if they possessed a consciousness of their own, even coordinating with each other.
Some aimed to bind her, others to strike, enveloping her from all directions.
Su Muyao continuously twirled and struck with her sword, the Green Lotus Sword creating a screen of blue light in her hands, wrapping around her impenetrably.
The sword blade and light swept through, cutting the vines into pieces. Even a few plants capable of shooting poisonous thorns joined the fray, the thorns carried a pungent odor, too densely packed to dodge.
Su Muyao activated her superpower to create a protective shield around herself.
This way, the poisonous thorns couldn’t harm her.
Instead, Su Muyao managed to carve a path within the sudden onslaught.
The system, seeing the strange Spirit Plants’ dense attacks through the light shield, spoke with a tremor in its voice, "Why are there so many mutant plants here?"
"They are more formidable than any mutant plants we’ve seen, resembling the mutated vines outside the dense forests of the Moon Clan, yet more powerful than the Spirit Plants there."
"They seem to have thoughts and awareness, even coordinating with each other."
Su Muyao noticed this too, "And have you noticed, the sealed vines and plants within the stone wall outside looked very similar to these."
"Yes, yes, many are alike. Could it be they were sealed here?"
"These are too aggressive."
Su Muyao said, "They don’t appear to be mutant plants. It’s as if they were originally like this, with attack capabilities, look, they bear no sign of being invaded."
"Then that’s even stranger, where exactly is Wen Nanxi?"
Suddenly, they heard a sound of collision.