Looking at the empty space in front of him, Gu Ding guessed that he should have been teleported to the twenty-first floor. According to previous experience, the environment on the sixteenth floor should be similar to the previous ones, but in this environment, there is no gravel, no weeds, no dead trees, and some are just gray stone paved ground.
"We're lucky!" Neptune quickly confirmed Guding's guess, "This is the twenty-first floor."
"How should I go?" Gu Ding looked around, feeling that it seemed to be the same in any direction.
"I don't know either." Neptune gave a strange answer, "When I didn't reach this layer, the detection result of this layer was like a cloud of fog, and I could faintly see something emitting from the center of the fog. Light. But after entering now, it’s like entering a fog, and I can only see a vast expanse of whiteness all around. If it weren’t for your eyes, I wouldn’t even be able to detect this ground. There should be some special rules here that can be circumvented My coveting and probing."
"All other places in this ruins have no secrets for me, except this area, so Helen's inheritance can only be hidden in this layer, and cannot be hidden in other places." The Emperor of the Sea gave own speculation.
"Then let me choose a direction at will!" Gu Ding turned around again and found that it was the same in any direction. This ghostly place made it difficult to tell the difference between east, west and north, so he had to choose a direction at random and run away.
The day passed quickly, and Guding didn't see anything other than the gray stone ground along the way.
"Neptune, have you found anything unusual this way?" Gu Ding couldn't help asking.
"My investigation is useless, but I have been using your eyes to observe the surroundings, and I have not found anything unusual, but I found that every gray stone brick on the ground is exactly the same, in shape, size, color, and even two pieces The size of the gaps between the bricks is exactly the same." Neptune said the results of his investigation, "It feels like walking in an illusion..."
"Wait, phantom formation... This is very likely a phantom formation. It is because the phantom formation is useless to you that you cannot see the gray stone ground. It is very likely that the fog you see is this layer The real scene." Gu Ding said, stopping.
"But I can't detect any sign of formation formation." The Sea Emperor expressed his doubts again.
"If you can't detect it, it may be because your authority is not high enough." Guding gave his own guess, "Tell me, where is my current position in the direction of the fog, and how can I get to the center of the fog? ?”
"You are always in the center, no matter how you move, the fog seems to move." The Sea Emperor discovered from the very beginning that Guding's teleportation location was in the center of the fog.
"I understand!" Gu Ding stopped immediately and sat down cross-legged.
"What do you understand?" The Sea Emperor couldn't figure it out.
"I just have a guess. Let time tell us if it's right or not." Gu Ding didn't say what he understood, but sat firmly on the ground, and took out the one-star monster corpses that had piled up into a mountain. , using the devouring flames to engulf those beast carcasses and start refining them.
Seeing that Gu Ding directly entered the state of cultivation, the Sea Emperor didn't ask any more questions. What he couldn't understand was why he couldn't understand what Gu Ding understood. He was obviously much smarter than Gu Ding. However, he has been paying attention to the movements around him, as well as the movements of Liliat and the others.
Time passed day by day, and the day when the ruins were closed was getting closer. Gu Ding had been sitting on the spot refining the animal corpses, and the blood energy kept pouring in.
Guding sat on the spot and practiced for three days and three nights, refining tens of millions of beast corpses, but the effect of the Vientiane Emperor Body only increased from 3000 times to 3100 times permanently.
On this day, Neptune finally discovered that the fog within his detection range had gradually faded, so he quickly notified Guding. "Guding, the fog seems to be fading slowly."
Only then did Gu Ding open his eyes, and took back the piled animal carcasses, but still sat cross-legged and waited patiently.
Under Neptune's investigation, the fog finally dissipated completely, and he finally found a palace not far away.
At this time, a golden palace suddenly appeared in front of Gu Ding's eyes. The steps of the palace were less than 50 meters away from where he was sitting cross-legged.
Only then did Gu Ding stand up, and he finally knew that his guess was correct.
"What did you discover at that time?" The Sea Emperor couldn't help asking.
"If you are the organizer of this ruins, and you have a treasure that you want to hide in the maze, where will you hide the treasure in the maze?" Gu Ding asked.
"Of course it is hidden in the deepest part of the maze! Because the further you go in, the less likely it is for outsiders to escape the confusion of the maze, and the less likely they are to obtain treasures." Neptune gave his own answer, and he was very happy. Quickly understand, "I understand. If you regard the area covered by the mist as a maze, the center of the mist is the deepest part of the maze, so the treasure is hidden in the center of the mist!"
"Because the treasure is in the middle of the mist, and the location I was teleported to is also in the middle of the mist, it means that the treasure is always at my hand. And no matter how I move the position, the central position of the mist keeps changing. It shows that the position of me and the treasure is actually the position of the person and the shadow, there is no need to waste energy chasing my own shadow. So, I chose to wait." Gu Ding gave his answer.
"Now that the palace has appeared, let's go in and have a look!" The Emperor of the Sea also seemed a little excited. Although he was able to detect the existence of the palace, he still knew nothing about what was inside the palace. His detection was blocked by strange rules. Shielded outside the palace, nothing inside could be detected.
Gu Ding also stepped onto the steps of the palace and walked towards the main hall.
Above the gate of the main hall, there is a golden plaque with the words "Suppressing Demons" clearly written on it.
Walking to the door, before Gu Ding reached out to push the door, the door creaked and opened automatically.
Gu Ding froze for a moment, but immediately stepped into the gate.
As soon as he stepped into the gate, a beam of light shot over. Gu Ding dodged quickly, but he couldn't dodge. After being swept by the beam, Gu Ding didn't feel anything unusual. "what's the situation?"
Suddenly, a mechanical female voice sounded:
[Age: 15]
[Cultivation: Demigod]
[Comprehensive Cell Index: Eight Stars]
[Spiritual Power Index: Five Stars]
[God Source Strength: Thirteen Three Stars]
[Martial Arts Field: Three Stars]
[Martial arts artistic conception: into small success]
[Whether you have the power of taboo: Yes]
[Shenhuo grade: A+, A+, A+, A]
[Potential Rating: A]
[Comprehensive score: B+]
[Detection result: Good]
Gu Ding did not expect such a beam of light to sweep over, and his details would be discovered. Generally speaking, everyone can only detect their own body data with a smart watch that they have identified as the owner. Other methods are not possible. Therefore, the other party's detection made Gu Ding a little annoyed.
"Hi, young man, it was just a routine detection just now, no offense intended." A woman stepped out from the darkness. She was wearing a red armor and had a slender figure.
Gu Ding was startled. From the very beginning, he didn't notice that there was anyone in the hall, and after he walked out of the other party, he still couldn't detect the other party's existence.
"I can't detect her existence!" The Emperor of the Sea felt a little uneasy. This was the first time he encountered such a situation where he could clearly see the other party standing there, but could not detect anyone.
"It's normal that you can't detect my existence, because now I'm just a projection." The woman continued to walk towards Guding.
Only then did Gu Ding see her appearance clearly. She was a heroic short-haired beauty. After looking up and down, she suddenly felt a little familiar.
"She's Helen!" The Sea Emperor recognized her immediately.
"My name is Helen, you should have heard my name before entering the ruins." The woman introduced herself very freely, "I fell more than 200,000 years ago, and now this is just a projection, talking to you Yes, fragments of my consciousness."
"Hello, my name is Gu Ding." Gu Ding was a little relieved, "What is this place?"
"This is the Demon Hall of Shanggu Town, where strong demon suppressors are trained." Helen introduced.
"Although the monster race and human beings are no longer allies, there is no need to suppress them. Now the biggest enemy of human beings should be the Zerg race." Gu Ding felt a little confused.
"The demon we are talking about is different from what you said. What you are talking about is the demon clan of the local plane, but the demon I am talking about refers to the invaders from other planes. The invaders from other planes, No matter what race it is, it can be called a demon. For example: Zerg, Abyss, Nether, Protoss... There are many other races." Helen explained seriously, "These invaders from other planes , is the enemy of all of us human beings. The Temple of Demon Suppression is also an existence that cultivates against these guys."
"In other words, the main task is to kill the insects?" Gu Ding probably understood what the other party said.
"The Zerg race is powerful now, so you can understand it that way." Helen nodded.
"I don't quite understand. What do you mean, do you need me to join this organization called the Demon Town Hall?" Gu Ding asked with a slight frown. He didn't want to join any organization, which was the main reason why he chose to become an interstellar pirate.
"Suppressing Demon Hall is not an organization, it is actually just a special type of inheritance palace with teleportation function and reward function. Only those who have been approved can get the key of this palace, and thus gain the authority to enter this palace. In this In the palace, you can accept corresponding challenges to get rewards and improve your strength. All in all, it is a platform that allows you to obtain more high-quality cultivation resources."
"When I was alive, the reason why I was able to become the number one powerhouse in the shallow sea area and slay the starry sky behemoth with the strength of the upper gods was also because what I obtained from the Temple of Demon Suppression was always the best training resources, far surpassing those in the shallow sea area. Other powerhouses in the area."
As Helen spoke, she took out a golden key, "There are nine keys in total to the Demon Town Hall, and they are in the hands of nine people. This one is one of them. Most of my wealth is placed in the In the warehouse of the Town Demon Hall, the warehouse needs this key to open. There are also my memory and inheritance, as well as the inheritance and memory of those strong people who used this key before me, all in this key. Now I Give it to you, and from now on, you will be the owner of this key."