After listening to this, Gu Ran asked without hesitation, "Is there any way to obtain the last level of authority? Even if it's just an attempt, or some kind of guess?"
Looking into Gu Ran's eyes, Queen Ariel hesitated for a moment and said, "I can see your determination, but there are some things that cannot be accomplished by determination alone. Intelligent creatures have their limits after all, whether they are mermaids or humans."
Gu Ran also kept looking into the eyes of Queen Ariel. He paused and said, "It seems that you do have some methods that you want to try. How do you know that it is impossible if you don't try it? Maybe the success rate is very low, but since you have the idea of trying, then in your heart there is still some success rate. If you don't even dare to try, the success rate is zero.
"Whatever the method, please tell me."
Gu Ran even changed it to a respectful title.
Queen Ariel pondered for a moment and said, "The ruins have a core hub, a three-sided crystal cone. Have you seen it?"
Gu Ran immediately asked: "Can we still project a light screen and play the images?"
"It seems you have seen it. Yes, it is the three-sided crystal cone. It is the core of controlling the ruins." Queen Ariel said, "The key to whether we can completely control the ruins should be the three-sided crystal cone, so we must find it first."
"Can you find it?" Gu Ran asked.
Queen "Ariel" and several other mermaid ancestors' souls shook their heads.
“Although we are considered part of the ruins, we are a detached part and are not familiar with the conditions of each part of the ruins.”
After hearing the answer, Gu Ran paused for a moment and then said, "I have seen it. Since you can't find it, try my method."
After saying that, Gu Ran stretched out his finger, and spiritual power gushed out from his finger, drawing a circle on the spot.
When Gu Ran finished drawing the circle, the space where the circle was located actually collapsed.
Gu Ran gritted his teeth and wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "This relic is composed of several independent spaces. The triangular crystal cone is in one of the independent spaces. As long as we keep breaking through the space and traveling through the space, we will definitely be able to find it."
"Your current strength... ... shouldn't be very high. I feel like you don't even have a martial arts golden elixir in your body. How did you do it?" Queen "Ariel" looked at the "space door" that Gu Ran opened in surprise.
"I once had a martial arts golden elixir." Gu Ran replied after the pain in his dantian eased a little, "but it just broke. Although it has been broken, the remaining spiritual power in the dantian can still allow me to use it for a while. I can repair it later."
The shattering of the martial arts golden elixir is a nightmare bolt from the blue for a martial arts master, but it is not a completely hopeless situation, as there is still a glimmer of possibility of cultivating back.
Some top martial arts sects, for example, have retained some techniques for breaking the elixir and rebuilding the body.
Relying on his understanding of space, Gu Ran can still open a space portal with only the small amount of spiritual power remaining in his dantian.
Of course, this "space portal" is definitely not comparable to when he possessed spatial abilities. Not only is it impossible to locate the coordinates, the distance of the transmission is also impossible to control.
But there is no need to think about these things in the ruins, because of the special nature of this place, as long as you don’t specifically locate a spatial coordinate like a space ability user, after breaking the space, you will definitely enter other independent small spaces, which is equivalent to a "portal" to teleport to other spaces.
However, Gu Ran's luck was not very good. He failed to find the space where the triangular crystal cone was located the first and second time. It was not until the third time that he finally arrived at the independent space where it was.
"What should we do next?" After seeing the triangular crystal cone placed on the platform in the distance, Gu Ran turned to ask Queen "Ariel".
"Because you are a human, not a mermaid, it is impossible for you to control the core of the ruins, let alone the last level of authority." Queen Ariel said lightly, "So a mermaid must initially control the core of the ruins, and then try slowly."
"A mermaid is required to initially control the core of the ruins?" Gu Ran frowned slightly, "Does that mean I need to go to the mermaid tribe's location and find a mermaid now?"
Queen Ariel: "That's not necessary. After all, not every mermaid can control the core of the ruins. Both talent and will must be top-notch. As you said, the mermaids can't find any suitable challengers at the moment. So even if you go back and find a mermaid now, it will be useless because you won't be recognized by the core of the ruins.
"Let me do it. I have controlled this relic before, so I am very familiar with it. And if I do it, it will be easier for me to test my guess."
"But aren't you a soul now? Can the soul also control the core of the ruins? Aren't the ruins determined by factors such as the blood of the flesh?" Gu Ran asked with some confusion.
"That's right, but I have other ways." said Queen Ariel.
Gu Ran narrowed his eyes and examined her.
And Queen Ariel also looked back at him, without any dodging of the gaze.
101. The Will of the Mermaid Queen 4.1k
Although Gu Ran always acted as if he was obedient to Queen Ariel and the others, he did not forget that he was the intruder into the ruins, and he had just destroyed the ruins beyond recognition.
And Queen "Ariel" was able to become a queen who ruled a region in the past, so she must have been very cunning and resourceful. Did she really help him sincerely without any other purpose
Gu Ran didn't know, so the look in his eyes just now was actually a test of himself.
Queen "Ariel" obviously also felt Gu Ran's suspicion, so she expressed her attitude.
Gu Ran shifted his gaze to the triangular crystal cone. Regardless of whether she really had other purposes, he could only trust her temporarily.
Queen "Ariel" floated over, and there was a hint of complexity in her eyes as she looked at the triangular crystal cone.
Then, she looked at Gu Ran: "Actually, you look a lot like me... an old friend. If it weren't for your poor martial arts talent, I would have almost thought you were him at that moment."
Poor martial arts talent
Although Gu Ran had not communicated much with other warriors, he knew that his training speed was definitely not "bad" among warriors.
How high is the martial arts talent of her "old friend"
Gu Ran: "I have already reached the Martial Arts Golden Core stage. Even if we look at the entire human world, I am not a rare existence, but at least I should be called a 'Martial Arts Genius', right?"
Queen Ariel smiled and said, "At your current age, it is indeed very rare in the human world to be promoted to a martial arts master. However, at your age, he has already become the number one martial arts master, and even if all other martial arts masters are added together, they cannot beat him."
Gu Ran raised his eyebrows. If that was really the case, then he was definitely a martial arts genius that only appeared once in hundreds of years. It was normal that he could not compare to him.
He asked with a little curiosity: "What is his name? Why have I never heard of such a martial arts genius hundreds of years ago?"
Is it because he is ignorant
"His name is..." "Ariel" the Queen opened her mouth, and a confused look suddenly appeared on her face, "Yes, what is his name? Why can't I even remember his appearance?"
Ariel's face suddenly showed panic, as if she had forgotten the most important thing.
"Why can't I even remember his voice or appearance?!"
"No way, how could I forget him?!"
Gu Ran looked at Queen Ariel, whose emotions were gradually getting out of control, and immediately stopped her from reminiscing: "Don't think about it anymore! Maybe it's because your soul has existed for too long and you have forgotten him!"
"Impossible! How could I possibly forget him!"
Queen "Ariel"'s eyes revealed extreme sadness. If it were true that the soul could not shed tears, Gu Ran believed that she would have been in tears.
Could it be her old lover
Why do I get so emotional after realizing I can’t remember anything
Gu Ran shouted, "Wake up, nothing is impossible! Even if you remember him, so what? So many years have passed. Even if he is a martial arts master, he has been dead for who knows how many years."
Gu Ran’s shouting worked, and Queen “Ariel”’s sadness slowly subsided.
"You are right. No matter how amazing a person's talent is, they cannot resist the enemy of time." Queen Ariel smiled bitterly. "Whether it's me or him, we will eventually disappear in the long river of time."
"But you know what? The feeling of losing relevant memories is like losing your most precious treasure. It makes you want to go crazy."
"Are you also lovers?" Gu Ran couldn't help but ask.
If that's the case, it would make sense why Queen "Ariel" would help him.
"No." Queen Ariel shook her head, "Although I don't remember him very well, I can still remember this.
"So much time has passed, and the people back then are no longer around. There's nothing to hide. In fact, I loved him unilaterally, and he never gave me any response or promise - at least that's what my memory tells me now."
Gu Ran was a little surprised. Even though Queen "Ariel" was in a soul state now, her peerless beauty could still be seen. Moreover, she was also the queen who ruled over an area of sea and had a noble status.
Even so, is it just unrequited love
Queen Ariel looked at Gu Ran and said, "Now I realize that I had almost forgotten everything about him, but when I saw you, I don't know why, I suddenly remembered him.
"The reason why I'm helping you is actually because of him back then. Of course, I'm not absolutely sure that I can save your lover.
"Besides, even if you really rescue her, there will be sequelae. Are you ready to accept it?"
Gu Ran also looked at her: "What sequelae?"
"I can't tell exactly what the aftereffects are, but from what you said before, she accelerated her fusion with the ruins, so it's hard to know how much soul essence she still has." Queen Ariel said, "If she has already merged deeply with the ruins, then even if we rescue her, we have to replenish her soul essence. Otherwise, she won't be able to maintain herself without the soul essence and will gradually dissipate."
"Then how can we replenish the essence of the soul?" Gu Ran asked hurriedly.
Queen Ariel said: "You can't help me with this. You must control the inner core of the ruins and gather the souls of other mermaids in the ruins to make up for it. The sequelae I mentioned are also here. After losing part of the soul origin, the consciousness carried by that part of the soul origin is also lost. Maybe it is some memories, or maybe it is some personality traits. It is difficult to explain. We can only see the specific situation at that time.
"In other words, although you have saved your lover, it is still unknown whether your lover is still your lover. Can you accept a so-called lover whose temperament has changed drastically and even forgotten you?"
Gu Ran was stunned: "If all past memories are forgotten, wouldn't that be equivalent to another kind of death?"
Queen Ariel explained, "Not all of it will be forgotten, because it is impossible to lose all of the soul essence. If too much is lost, it will be true death. It's just that what is lost depends on luck, and if the soul essence of other mermaids is used to supplement it, some of the characteristics of other mermaids will also be mixed in."
"Is there any way to get back the lost traits?" Gu Ran asked.
"I said, it all depends on luck. If you are lucky, you may not even lose important traits, such as memory deterioration and frequent forgetting of directions. If you are unlucky... then your personality will change drastically, but you will also retain some of your original traits." Queen Ariel looked at Gu Ran, "As for where the lost traits went and whether they can be recovered, this is beyond my knowledge, but I guess it is impossible."
Gu Ran couldn't help but be silent for a while, and finally he nodded: "I have understood everything, you can start."
Queen Ariel looked at Gu Ran deeply and said, "Okay, since you have made your decision, I will start..."
After she finished speaking, determination appeared in Queen Ariel's eyes, and she threw herself into the triangular crystal cone without any attachment to this world anymore.
From the moment Queen Ariel plunged into the triangular crystal cone, the entire ruins seemed to shake.
Gu Ran didn’t know what Queen Ariel was doing inside, but judging from the movement in the ruins, what she was going to do was definitely not simple.
At this moment, Gu Ran could only hope that the other party succeeded.
Once again, Gu Ran felt his own "weakness" and helplessness.
If only he could be stronger, if only he could be more knowledgeable.
Then, these tragedies would not have happened...
For some reason, Gu Ran seemed to feel that there was a pair of mysterious hands influencing the trajectory of his destiny...