"This—is—impossible."

  Slowly, Chen Yue uttered these four words one by one. With each word he said, the imposing manner on his body became twice as intense. By the time he finished speaking the four words, the air seemed to have frozen. And Meteorite Crystal, who had no combat ability at all, felt as if a huge mountain was pressing on her. Her eyes looking at Chen Yue were filled with fear.

  "You're lying." Chen Yue said coldly.

  In his heart, the flames of anger were burning higher and higher. Originally, he had been toyed with by this little thing all along, and he had already been filled with anger. Who knew that now when he had completely grasped the situation, this little thing was still lying. How could he not be angry?

  Under the heavy pressure of his imposing manner, Meteorite Crystal suddenly burst into loud sobs, just like a helpless child, crying bitterly.

  "Wuwu, you bully me just because Meteorite Crystal has no relatives. Wuwu, Meteorite Crystal isn't lying. Wuwu..."

  Chen Yue was taken aback. With her crying like this, the anger in his heart suddenly disappeared. And her pitiful look like an abandoned puppy made it impossible for him to get angry.

  Thinking about it carefully, Meteorite Crystal was also a pitiful being. The era that created her had already disappeared in the long river of time. In this world, perhaps she was already alone, with no familiar people or things left. Just like Chen Yue's situation, the only thing that could comfort her was probably memories.

  "Alright, alright, Meteorite Crystal, be good. Don't cry anymore. I apologize to you. I shouldn't have been so fierce to you." Perhaps out of a sense of sympathy for those in the same boat, Chen Yue instead comforted the little thing gently. There was no trace of his previous fierce appearance.

  "Wuwuwu..." Perhaps sensing Chen Yue's kindness, or perhaps because of the unique sensitivity of this kind of living being, Meteorite Crystal no longer felt afraid of this human. With teary eyes, she threw herself onto his head. Emotions such as grievance, fear, and worry all came out at once, and she immediately started crying loudly again.

  Perhaps she had been lonely for too long and had suppressed her emotions for too long. For an intelligent life, this silent and lonely life was ultimately the cruelest torture. Seizing this opportunity, the little thing immediately cried heartily, wantonly venting her emotions.

  Chen Yue was helpless and could only let her cry in pain.

  The Frozen Rabbit and the Blade Beast couldn't understand these emotions. As creatures from the spirit world, their values were completely different from those of humans. On the contrary, Meteorite Crystal, a living being created by humans, was full of human emotions.

  However, this didn't affect them from comforting her. The Frozen Rabbit jumped over and softly chirped "Goo goo". Even the Blade Beast let out a long and clear chirp, comforting Meteorite Crystal in their own ways.

  Under the comfort of one person and two summoned beasts, Meteorite Crystal finally stopped crying. With this commotion, the tense atmosphere between the two sides disappeared completely, and Chen Yue couldn't be fierce anymore.

  Wiping the tears on her little face, Meteorite Crystal flew in front of Chen Yue and said extremely seriously, "I'm not lying."

  Shaking his head helplessly, Chen Yue understood that there must be some misunderstanding somewhere. There was no need for this little thing to lie.

  "Let's put it this way." After thinking for a while, he explained, "These two sisters of yours are not creatures of this world. Without the contract of an apostle, they can't exist independently. This is the law and cannot be violated. You should understand this, right? You said that you are of the same kind as them, but you exist in this world and are alone. This is obviously impossible, right? You are a creation of humans and are completely different from them."

  After saying this, Chen Yue breathed a sigh of relief. Having explained it so clearly, she should understand her mistake, right? However, the fact was beyond his expectation.

  Shaking her little head in great astonishment, Meteorite Crystal asked in a very strange tone:

  "Summoned beasts? What are those? And apostles? What on earth are they? Chen Yue, what are you talking about?"

  "You don't know?"

  Chen Yue was shocked. He never expected that Meteorite Crystal didn't even know about summoned beasts and apostles. Looking at her sincere face, there wasn't the slightest bit of falsehood.

  If someone could pretend to this extent, then Chen Yue would be willing to admit defeat.

  Therefore, he chose to believe Meteorite Crystal.

  Of course, there were more doubts in his heart. Fortunately, Meteorite Crystal no longer had any hostility towards him and sincerely told him in detail what she knew.

  Only then did Chen Yue know that the Ganino civilization was different from the current civilization, which was mainly based on apostles, supplemented by fighting qi and magic. It was a brilliant civilization that focused on researching technology and magic. On this vast land, they defeated countless powerful super magical beasts, established a unified hegemony, and even invented the teleportation device, connecting the boundless continent together. Many of their civilized achievements were unimaginable for people nowadays. However, most of them had disappeared in the long river of time, and only a small part continued to exist as ancient ruins and the like.

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  However, what was puzzling was that although the Ganino civilization had developed to an extremely high level, they knew nothing about the upper world—the spirit world, let alone summoned beasts and apostles.

  These terms and occupations all emerged after the demise of the Ganino civilization.

  In the Ganino civilization, the most noble were the magic technicians. The teleportation device and the elemental measurement device, which were epoch-making products, were created by them.

  The creator of Meteorite Crystal, Finorel · Diafernand, was the chief magic technician at that time. Brilliant and crazy, he had already extended his research to the field of life and had even successfully created Meteorite Crystal.

  Of course, Meteorite Crystal was different from a real life. She was more of an intelligent life, with powerful computing and control abilities, and at the same time, she had human emotions. Therefore, in a sense, except for her small appearance, she was almost the same as a real human. Unfortunately, she didn't have any combat ability at all.

  According to Meteorite Crystal, Finorel · Diafernand wasn't satisfied with Meteorite Crystal because she was still different from real humans. However, when he wanted to conduct further experiments, he received the conscription order of the Ganino civilization. He never came back after that, and it had been over thirty million years since then.

  "Conscription order?"

  Hearing this word, Chen Yue's heart skipped a beat. He remembered the battle he experienced in the purgatory difficulty.

  The elemental measurement device was also an achievement of the Ganino civilization. However, when it was first created, it was only used to let the Ganino people experience the holographic scene. According to Meteorite Crystal's introduction, the holographic scene of the elemental measurement device at that time was so realistic that it was completely different from what Chen Yue experienced. Obviously, after it was obtained by the Apostle Association, in order to add the function of testing the strength of the source of life, its structure was changed, which made it full of flaws.

  Taking a deep breath, whenever he thought of that unforgettable experience, Chen Yue would always feel a tremor in his heart.

  Especially the last sight he saw was firmly engraved in his memory and could never be erased.

  The holographic scenes in the elemental measurement device were all real events. Chen Yue had also thought about finding the battlefield in those days and going there to have a look. However, with the vast territory of the Apostle Continent, it was impossible for anyone to know the exact location of the battlefield, let alone that it had been a full thirty million years.

  There were very few people who could safely get out of the purgatory scene. Moreover, many of them experienced other holographic scenes. Even those who experienced the same holographic scene as Chen Yue and got out safely didn't have the ability to see the existence in the huge light pillar connecting the sky and the earth. Therefore, the descriptions of that scene were just a few words, and more were expressions of awe.

  Chen Yue could only suppress this strong desire. At this time, he naturally wouldn't let it go easily.

  "Meteorite Crystal, do you know what the purpose of that conscription order was?" Chen Yue asked eagerly, "Think about it carefully. This is very important to me."

  Stunned for a moment, Meteorite Crystal showed a look of hard thinking. After all, it had been over thirty million years. Even though she was an intelligent life with powerful computing ability, she couldn't immediately find the records at that time.

  It could be seen that faint colorful lights were flashing in her gem-like eyes, which was a sign of high-intensity thinking.

  After a while, her eyes lit up and she said happily, "I found it."

  "Tell me quickly."

  "Um." Closing her eyes gently, Meteorite Crystal recalled, "I remember that before Father left, he said that this was the most difficult battle for the Ganino civilization. It would be normal even if the nation was destroyed and the race perished. Therefore, he left all his life's knowledge behind, hoping that someone could inherit it in the future."

  "Then, since it's determined to be a battle, where was the battlefield?" Chen Yue clenched his fists tightly and said in a deep voice.

  "Battlefield..." Meteorite Crystal's expression clearly froze. Obviously, she didn't have any memory of the battlefield. However, she didn't give up and started recalling again. Lights were flashing randomly in her eyes, and even tiny beads of sweat appeared on her smooth little head. Obviously, she had used her brain to the extreme.

  After a long while.

  "Sorry." Meteorite Crystal looked at Chen Yue pitifully as she couldn't recall anything.

  "Forget it." Chen Yue sighed. Let's put this matter aside for now. Perhaps it was a good thing that there was no memory of the battlefield. Judging from the fragments obtained from that scene, even if only a tiny bit of super magical beasts survived, they would be far beyond what he could handle at this moment.

  It was better to focus on cultivation first. When he had enough strength, he would search for it even if he had to travel all over the continent.

  After making up his mind, Chen Yue felt a sense of relief in his heart, as if he had put down a heavy burden and felt extremely relaxed.

  "By the way, what happened to the people outside?" Only at this time did Chen Yue realize that he had forgotten about Thorne for half a day...

  "Ah." Meteorite Crystal was also full of annoyance. She quickly jumped into the air and complained, "Oh no, I forgot about this too. Chen Yue, it's all your fault."

  Rolling his eyes, Chen Yue just pretended not to hear her complaint.

  If it weren't for the Frozen Rabbit, who knew how he would have tortured this little thing. How could it be so polite now? Of course, if they hadn't reconciled, Chen Yue wouldn't have known so many ancient secrets. In a sense, these secrets were much more precious than the so-called treasures in the ruins.

  "There's no other way. We can only go there."

  After jumping around in the air for a while, as if she had made some decision, Meteorite Crystal clenched her little fist tightly and said seriously to Chen Yue, "Chen Yue, I believe in Sister Bing. Her master definitely won't be a bad person. I hope you won't tell anyone about everything here, okay? I don't want Father's research room to be disturbed."

  "I have a friend who came with me. He also knows something about what's going on here. It's impossible to hide it from him." Chen Yue pondered and said, "But I can guarantee that apart from the two of us, no third person will know the real secrets here. And after we go out, I'll also try my best to calm down this incident for you."

  "Alright then."

  Nodding slightly and reluctantly accepting Chen Yue's guarantee, Meteorite Crystal then said with a solemn face, "Since you've made the guarantee, then I'll take you to see the real ancient ruins."