The mysterious ancient temple was hidden near the dragon vein with the most auspicious feng shui.
Elaborate totems were carved on the outer edge of the massive stone arch, with two giant dragons coiled above auspicious clouds, their winding bodies half-concealed.
The ferocious dragons’ eyes were wide open, their claws were raised high and there was white mist being exhaled from their mouths. The once cruel and proud beasts now cowered and half-knelt, devoutly lifting a round moon.
Within the moon’s glow stood a vaguely discernible female figure.
Graceful ribbons wrapped around the upper body, the features not distinctly discernible due to the marble’s carving.
Bai Lixin paused at the entrance and looked at it for a while before stepping inside.
At that moment, an enormous space revealed itself before him.
He looked up and saw that the ceiling was as high as ten meters above him.
The ground ahead was square, and the walls extended from the floor, gradually converging into a circular shape.
The overhead stones seemed to be made of luminous pearls, and from a distance, the ceiling resembled a colossal moon.
A pale green “moonlight” spilled from above, illuminating the entire expanse.
A round heaven and a square earth.
Yue (moon), the moonlight.
Yuexian. (Moon Immortal)
Everything was interconnected.
In this vast place, each corner held a statue of a woman with flowing ribbons on her shoulders.
The four maiden statues were slightly tilted, their gazes directed at the diagonally opposite statue.
The floor was also meticulously crafted, each piece appearing thick and adorned with intricate totem patterns.
Aside from the four maiden statues, the room was empty.
Bai Lixin entered and slowly circled the hall before returning to the entrance.
There seemed to be no hidden doors or passageways.
He once again looked up at the moonlight above.
Could this room be dedicated to the moon overhead?
Was Lady Yuexian represented by these statues in the four corners?
Lock the moonlight within a coffin, then venerate it with the constant offering of three water columns.
Was this the service to Lady Yuexian?
Bai Lixin’s gaze shifted from the moon above to the spacious ground below.
For some reason, he felt like something was missing here.
It was too open.
Rather than saying the maiden statues were looking at the diagonally opposite statue, it was more accurate to say their gazes were fixed on the center of this hall.
After a moment’s contemplation, Bai Lixin lifted his foot and walked toward the intersection of the diagonal lines connecting the gazes of the maiden statues.
Just when he had taken two steps, he halted.
Fine gravel on the ground began to dance merrily, and the ground trembled slightly.
Bai Lixin looked down, and through his shoes, he could distinctly feel the jostling from beneath the ground.
Sounds of cracking came, as if something was slowly emerging from the depths like shoots after rain.
“Crack”
“Crack”
Two seconds later, instead of subsiding, the jostling intensified.
And the cracking sounds extended from underfoot to the surroundings.
The sound echoed from all directions, as if Bai Lixin was now in the midst of a surround-sound concert.
Bai Lixin looked up at the walls, and unbeknownst to him, the gazes of the four maiden statues had all turned toward him.
The walls began to distort, and the ground trembled even more violently.
Bai Lixin blinked.
Once again, the four maiden statues underwent a transformation.
They left their corners and approached in Bai Lixin’s direction.
Some raised their slender arms, revealing sharp claws.
Some altered their alluring faces, baring fangs akin to canines.
Bai Lixin stared at them, took a deep breath, and slowly retreated a step.
The four maiden statues kept their gaze on him, their hollow marble eyes fixed on him.
Bai Lixin stared at the statues, and they stared back at him.
“Boom!”
A violent shake suddenly erupted from below, and in the next moment, the ground trembled as countless clumps of earth emerged.
Like waves, they carried the maiden statues and rushed towards Bai Lixin.
Bai Lixin glanced at the room’s center regretfully, then turned and ran toward the staircase.
The waves of soil kept breaking through the floor and concrete, showing no intention of letting Bai Lixin go.
Amidst the intense earthquake, the maiden statues emitted harsh and terrifying roars.
However, in the blink of an eye, Bai Lixin had reached the wide corridor. The originally lifeless stone figures stiffly twisted their joints, slowly crawling from the walls to block Bai Lixin’s path.
Behind him, the maiden statues continued to roar.
—Stay.
—Stay.
—Stay and accompany us!
Bai Lixin swiftly withdrew the silver sickle from his backpack, and slashed at the stone figures.
With a loud “clang,” sparks flew where the blade met the stone, and Bai Lixin felt a tingling sensation in his hand. However, the figures remained unscathed.
Bai Lixin frowned.
This scythe was a divine weapon that could easily sever even the boss of a copy, yet it couldn’t cut through these statues.
What in the world was this underground temple?
And what were these stone figures?
As the figures reached out to grab him, he bent forward nimbly and passed through the gap between them like a shooting star. Then, he slammed the scythe to the ground and propelled himself into a graceful arc in mid-air, easily bypassing the stone figures from above.
However, he had no time to catch his breath. After evading two stone figures, nearly a hundred more lay ahead, waiting for him.
The soil wave behind him followed relentlessly, and when it reached the stone figures, it swept them along as well.
There were fierce tigers at the front, and chasing soldiers behind.
Seeing the dual attack closing in, Bai Lixin made a tough decision and retrieved an item from his backpack.
Just as the stone figures obstructing his path collided with the soil wave behind him, Bai Lixin suddenly vanished into thin air.
With a thunderous crash, the stone figures were knocked down like bowling pins.
—Where is he?
—Where is he?
—Why did he disappear?
The stone figures angrily shouted these questions, but there was no response.
In a corner they couldn’t see, an invisible figure moved silently.
———————————-
In the live broadcast room
[Fuck, my heart was in my throat. I was scared to death. Fortunately, God Xin used an invisibility item in the end.]
[So, these stone figures are blind.]
[Aren’t these stone figures terrifying? The scythe that easily killed multiple copy bosses couldn’t do a thing to them.]
[This copy is really difficult. Looks like brute force won’t cut it.]
[Go, God Xin! We believe in you. He’s a miracle; he can do it.]
[Of course, he can do it.]
————————–
A small pebble on the ground moved.
In an instant, the stone figures turned their gazes in unison.
While Bai Lixin had vanished in place, these stone figures didn’t return to their original positions. They patrolled the narrow corridor like hunters, refusing to leave.
Any slight, irrational sound would catch their attention.
Although Bai Lixin was invisible, his movement was limited because of it.
He had only five minutes of invisibility left, and he had walked for three minutes, covering only half the distance.
The stone figures patrolled back and forth, so he had to move cautiously and sidestep to avoid them.
The scythe in Bai Lixin’s hand trembled silently, as if it were weeping.
‘It couldn’t cut through, wuuu.’
Bai Lixin gently stroked the blade’s cold edge, soothing its wounded soul, and silently stowed it in his backpack. Then, he took out the dagger for self-defense.
He looked up at the distance ahead, and he could vaguely see the exit.
At this moment, the nearby stone figures made a “crack crack” sound, and they began to communicate.
—Did he really disappear?
—Impossible, no one can leave god’s tomb.
—God? Are we still considered gods? We’re just forgotten stone figures.
—No, at least we’re still alive.
—It was the master who saved us.
—Yes, the master saved us. The master saved us but also imprisoned us. Trapped underground, it’s no different from being dead. Not being remembered leads to disappearance, but I’ve long been forgotten. I died, but I’m still alive. So am I alive or dead?
—You’re a living dead.
—We aren’t humans; we’re living dead gods.
—Hehehe, gods? It’s better to say captive gods.
—Hehehe,hehehe.
—Jie jie jie jie.
—Hahaha, hahaha.
One of the stone figures’ words seemed to trigger a humorous nerve among them, and laughter erupted from their mouths as if they were infected.
They laughed heartily, and gravel and dust fell from their bodies, rolling to the ground, some landing at Bai Lixin’s feet.
A stone was momentarily halted by an “invisible” wall, and it came to a discordant stop.
In an instant, the laughter of all the stone figures ceased abruptly, and their gaze simultaneously fixed upon that odd stone.
—There’s something there.
—Something invisible.
—Not something, a small flying insect.
—Hahaha, found it, found you, hehehe.
The stone figures emitted horrifying sounds, scrambling and rushing towards Bai Lixin.
In the unseen underground, the sound of crushed stones resounded continually.
The pace of stone being crushed was astonishingly fast, as if an invisible figure were sprinting through the stone figures.
The stone figures chased the broken stones without any intention of letting go.
Seeing the increasing number of stone figures closing in from behind, S419M yelled frantically: [Help, dear heavens, Buddha, gods, deities, ancestors, anyone, please save us! Lord Host, run faster; this is like an attack by giants! I don’t want to experience this!]
Escape System: [So thrilling, so cool!]
Bai Lixin: […]
Who could rein in this pair of lively characters?
By the time the five-minute invisibility window was up, Bai Lixin had reached the staircase.
In the moment he became visible again, the stone figures, like hyenas scenting prey, accelerated their movements once more.
The audience in the live broadcast room held their breaths, silently praying for Bai Lixin.
At this point, there was nothing else they could do aside from praying.
They could only watch the events on the screen unfold. The small display made the scene seem unreal, yet everyone knew that in some corner of a copy they couldn’t touch, someone was running for their life.
They also knew it wasn’t just one person.
There were tens of thousands of people in places they couldn’t fathom, struggling against the pressures of these spine-chilling copies.
Run faster!!!
Survive!!!
Don’t let anything happen!!!
Players watched intently as the stone figures’ monstrous hands reached out from behind, and just as the dark stone fingers were about to touch Bai Lixin, a powerful arm suddenly extended from the pitch-black corridor.
The mysterious ancient temple was hidden near the dragon vein with the most auspicious feng shui.
Elaborate totems were carved on the outer edge of the massive stone arch, with two giant dragons coiled above auspicious clouds, their winding bodies half-concealed.
The ferocious dragons’ eyes were wide open, their claws were raised high and there was white mist being exhaled from their mouths. The once cruel and proud beasts now cowered and half-knelt, devoutly lifting a round moon.
Within the moon’s glow stood a vaguely discernible female figure.
Graceful ribbons wrapped around the upper body, the features not distinctly discernible due to the marble’s carving.
Bai Lixin paused at the entrance and looked at it for a while before stepping inside.
At that moment, an enormous space revealed itself before him.
He looked up and saw that the ceiling was as high as ten meters above him.
The ground ahead was square, and the walls extended from the floor, gradually converging into a circular shape.
The overhead stones seemed to be made of luminous pearls, and from a distance, the ceiling resembled a colossal moon.
A pale green “moonlight” spilled from above, illuminating the entire expanse.
A round heaven and a square earth.
Yue (moon), the moonlight.
Yuexian. (Moon Immortal)
Everything was interconnected.
In this vast place, each corner held a statue of a woman with flowing ribbons on her shoulders.
The four maiden statues were slightly tilted, their gazes directed at the diagonally opposite statue.
The floor was also meticulously crafted, each piece appearing thick and adorned with intricate totem patterns.
Aside from the four maiden statues, the room was empty.
Bai Lixin entered and slowly circled the hall before returning to the entrance.
There seemed to be no hidden doors or passageways.
He once again looked up at the moonlight above.
Could this room be dedicated to the moon overhead?
Was Lady Yuexian represented by these statues in the four corners?
Lock the moonlight within a coffin, then venerate it with the constant offering of three water columns.
Was this the service to Lady Yuexian?
Bai Lixin’s gaze shifted from the moon above to the spacious ground below.
For some reason, he felt like something was missing here.
It was too open.
Rather than saying the maiden statues were looking at the diagonally opposite statue, it was more accurate to say their gazes were fixed on the center of this hall.
After a moment’s contemplation, Bai Lixin lifted his foot and walked toward the intersection of the diagonal lines connecting the gazes of the maiden statues.
Just when he had taken two steps, he halted.
Fine gravel on the ground began to dance merrily, and the ground trembled slightly.
Bai Lixin looked down, and through his shoes, he could distinctly feel the jostling from beneath the ground.
Sounds of cracking came, as if something was slowly emerging from the depths like shoots after rain.
“Crack”
“Crack”
Two seconds later, instead of subsiding, the jostling intensified.
And the cracking sounds extended from underfoot to the surroundings.
The sound echoed from all directions, as if Bai Lixin was now in the midst of a surround-sound concert.
Bai Lixin looked up at the walls, and unbeknownst to him, the gazes of the four maiden statues had all turned toward him.
The walls began to distort, and the ground trembled even more violently.
Bai Lixin blinked.
Once again, the four maiden statues underwent a transformation.
They left their corners and approached in Bai Lixin’s direction.
Some raised their slender arms, revealing sharp claws.
Some altered their alluring faces, baring fangs akin to canines.
Bai Lixin stared at them, took a deep breath, and slowly retreated a step.
The four maiden statues kept their gaze on him, their hollow marble eyes fixed on him.
Bai Lixin stared at the statues, and they stared back at him.
“Boom!”
A violent shake suddenly erupted from below, and in the next moment, the ground trembled as countless clumps of earth emerged.
Like waves, they carried the maiden statues and rushed towards Bai Lixin.
Bai Lixin glanced at the room’s center regretfully, then turned and ran toward the staircase.
The waves of soil kept breaking through the floor and concrete, showing no intention of letting Bai Lixin go.
Amidst the intense earthquake, the maiden statues emitted harsh and terrifying roars.
However, in the blink of an eye, Bai Lixin had reached the wide corridor. The originally lifeless stone figures stiffly twisted their joints, slowly crawling from the walls to block Bai Lixin’s path.
Behind him, the maiden statues continued to roar.
—Stay.
—Stay.
—Stay and accompany us!
Bai Lixin swiftly withdrew the silver sickle from his backpack, and slashed at the stone figures.
With a loud “clang,” sparks flew where the blade met the stone, and Bai Lixin felt a tingling sensation in his hand. However, the figures remained unscathed.
Bai Lixin frowned.
This scythe was a divine weapon that could easily sever even the boss of a copy, yet it couldn’t cut through these statues.
What in the world was this underground temple?
And what were these stone figures?
As the figures reached out to grab him, he bent forward nimbly and passed through the gap between them like a shooting star. Then, he slammed the scythe to the ground and propelled himself into a graceful arc in mid-air, easily bypassing the stone figures from above.
However, he had no time to catch his breath. After evading two stone figures, nearly a hundred more lay ahead, waiting for him.
The soil wave behind him followed relentlessly, and when it reached the stone figures, it swept them along as well.
There were fierce tigers at the front, and chasing soldiers behind.
Seeing the dual attack closing in, Bai Lixin made a tough decision and retrieved an item from his backpack.
Just as the stone figures obstructing his path collided with the soil wave behind him, Bai Lixin suddenly vanished into thin air.
With a thunderous crash, the stone figures were knocked down like bowling pins.
—Where is he?
—Where is he?
—Why did he disappear?
The stone figures angrily shouted these questions, but there was no response.
In a corner they couldn’t see, an invisible figure moved silently.
———————————-
In the live broadcast room
[Fuck, my heart was in my throat. I was scared to death. Fortunately, God Xin used an invisibility item in the end.]
[So, these stone figures are blind.]
[Aren’t these stone figures terrifying? The scythe that easily killed multiple copy bosses couldn’t do a thing to them.]
[This copy is really difficult. Looks like brute force won’t cut it.]
[Go, God Xin! We believe in you. He’s a miracle; he can do it.]
[Of course, he can do it.]
————————–
A small pebble on the ground moved.
In an instant, the stone figures turned their gazes in unison.
While Bai Lixin had vanished in place, these stone figures didn’t return to their original positions. They patrolled the narrow corridor like hunters, refusing to leave.
Any slight, irrational sound would catch their attention.
Although Bai Lixin was invisible, his movement was limited because of it.
He had only five minutes of invisibility left, and he had walked for three minutes, covering only half the distance.
The stone figures patrolled back and forth, so he had to move cautiously and sidestep to avoid them.
The scythe in Bai Lixin’s hand trembled silently, as if it were weeping.
‘It couldn’t cut through, wuuu.’
Bai Lixin gently stroked the blade’s cold edge, soothing its wounded soul, and silently stowed it in his backpack. Then, he took out the dagger for self-defense.
He looked up at the distance ahead, and he could vaguely see the exit.
At this moment, the nearby stone figures made a “crack crack” sound, and they began to communicate.
—Did he really disappear?
—Impossible, no one can leave god’s tomb.
—God? Are we still considered gods? We’re just forgotten stone figures.
—No, at least we’re still alive.
—It was the master who saved us.
—Yes, the master saved us. The master saved us but also imprisoned us. Trapped underground, it’s no different from being dead. Not being remembered leads to disappearance, but I’ve long been forgotten. I died, but I’m still alive. So am I alive or dead?
—You’re a living dead.
—We aren’t humans; we’re living dead gods.
—Hehehe, gods? It’s better to say captive gods.
—Hehehe,hehehe.
—Jie jie jie jie.
—Hahaha, hahaha.
One of the stone figures’ words seemed to trigger a humorous nerve among them, and laughter erupted from their mouths as if they were infected.
They laughed heartily, and gravel and dust fell from their bodies, rolling to the ground, some landing at Bai Lixin’s feet.
A stone was momentarily halted by an “invisible” wall, and it came to a discordant stop.
In an instant, the laughter of all the stone figures ceased abruptly, and their gaze simultaneously fixed upon that odd stone.
—There’s something there.
—Something invisible.
—Not something, a small flying insect.
—Hahaha, found it, found you, hehehe.
The stone figures emitted horrifying sounds, scrambling and rushing towards Bai Lixin.
In the unseen underground, the sound of crushed stones resounded continually.
The pace of stone being crushed was astonishingly fast, as if an invisible figure were sprinting through the stone figures.
The stone figures chased the broken stones without any intention of letting go.
Seeing the increasing number of stone figures closing in from behind, S419M yelled frantically: [Help, dear heavens, Buddha, gods, deities, ancestors, anyone, please save us! Lord Host, run faster; this is like an attack by giants! I don’t want to experience this!]
Escape System: [So thrilling, so cool!]
Bai Lixin: […]
Who could rein in this pair of lively characters?
By the time the five-minute invisibility window was up, Bai Lixin had reached the staircase.
In the moment he became visible again, the stone figures, like hyenas scenting prey, accelerated their movements once more.
The audience in the live broadcast room held their breaths, silently praying for Bai Lixin.
At this point, there was nothing else they could do aside from praying.
They could only watch the events on the screen unfold. The small display made the scene seem unreal, yet everyone knew that in some corner of a copy they couldn’t touch, someone was running for their life.
They also knew it wasn’t just one person.
There were tens of thousands of people in places they couldn’t fathom, struggling against the pressures of these spine-chilling copies.
Run faster!!!
Survive!!!
Don’t let anything happen!!!
Players watched intently as the stone figures’ monstrous hands reached out from behind, and just as the dark stone fingers were about to touch Bai Lixin, a powerful arm suddenly extended from the pitch-black corridor.
