"There are thousands of palaces on this continent. It's impossible that all of them are paintings." Wang Ran showed a thoughtful expression. He was sure that the ancients would not leave only some meaningless works of art to their descendants. The treasures he expected might be in other palaces. "Go and take a look at other palaces."
He walked out of the palace and suddenly stopped at the door.
He was silent for two seconds, turned around and solemnly closed the palace door, then walked towards other palaces.
Although these paintings have no practical significance, they are the result of the hard work of the ancients. As the successor to the ancients' heritage, he has reason to keep them well.
Wang Ran came to another palace nearby.
He took a deep breath, reached out and pushed open the door, breaking the stillness of time in the palace.
He walked into the palace carrying the torrent of time, and rows of exquisite sculptures came into his eyes. Like the previous palace, these were all beautiful top works of art, but they had no practical significance.
Wang Ran pursed his lips, turned around and walked out of the palace, closing the door.
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Paintings, statues, music, books, etc. Wang Ran discovered more works of art that had no practical significance but were exquisite in other palaces.
He gradually realized one thing.
"These palaces seem to be a museum built by the ancients for themselves to commemorate themselves." Wang Ran got rid of the excitement of receiving the ancient heritage. He searched dozens of palaces, but he never found what he expected. "These palaces are like their own tombstones."
When a civilization is on the verge of extinction, what will it do
The ancients gave the answer.
That is to collect all the things that shine with the brilliance of humanity, build a museum for yourself, and pass on your own culture. Even if the material is destroyed, the spirit will not be extinguished.
As long as there are successors, it can be considered eternal in a sense.
Wang Ran felt deeply moved.
However, the earth is full of disasters, and he hopes that the ancients could leave behind something that can help the people on earth survive.
He flew high up and overlooked the entire continent.
There was no need to explore the other palaces. Those palaces most likely contained some works of art, and what he was looking for was not in those palaces.
His eyes fell on the palace located in the center of the continent.
He had been to this palace in the simulation. This palace was the largest of all the palaces. Although it had been destroyed in the simulation, there was a sculpture in the center of that palace, while this location in other palaces was empty.
Since other palaces were tombstones built by the ancients for themselves, if the ancients left any treasures for their descendants, they could only be in this special palace.
"Go to this palace and you should have the answers to all your questions."
Wang Ran flew straight towards this special palace.
He landed on the steps in front of the palace gate.
This palace is different from other palaces, which can be seen from here, because the gate of this palace is a heavy stone door with all kinds of exotic flowers and rare animals carved on it.
"Other palaces are for themselves. They are the fading past and do not need gorgeous decorations, but this palace is for future generations. Future generations are the rising future and like this kind of fancy carvings..."
Wang Ran put his hand on the stone door and pushed hard.
boom!!!
The stone door slowly moved inward with a loud roar, revealing a gap large enough for one person to pass through.
The moment the door opened, time from the outside world poured in.
Everything in the palace came alive. Refreshing fragrance seeped into Wang Ran's cuffs, moving music lingered in Wang Ran's ears, colorful birds that had never been seen before circled and danced in the air, and beautiful plants that had never been heard of before swayed their branches in the soil.
Wang Ran was slightly stunned.
The frozen time has sealed everything in a moment tens of thousands of years ago. Now that time has resumed its flow, everything has returned to its original state.
Wang Ran walked into the palace and found the sculpture in the simulation in the center of the palace. In fact, it was not a sculpture, but a gorgeous stone platform. It might have been damaged too badly in the simulation, causing him to mistakenly think it was a sculpture.
A bracelet emitting a blue glow was floating quietly on the stone platform. It was obviously a treasure left by the ancients to future generations.
But Wang Ran's gaze only stayed on the bracelet for a second, and then quickly shifted away, because there was a person sitting under the stone platform.
A living person!
Wang Ran was startled at first, then he had an idea.
[Start real-time simulation]
[…]
[Simulation ends]
Wang Ran pursed his lips and walked towards the man.
"Hello, Colonci."
He was the first to send out greetings.
The man raised his head. He didn't say anything, but Wang Ran easily caught the doubt in his eyes.
Wang Ran could guess what he was thinking.
"Tens of thousands of years have passed. I am your descendant." Wang Ran waved his hand and answered the man's inner question as if he had foreseen the future. "I know your name because I have mastered some predictive abilities. You have won the war against the giant beasts. Their leader is now lying half-dead on the earth, and a new generation of humans has grown up."
Colónci was a genuine ancient.
From the [Real-time Simulation], he learned that Colónchi was a messenger chosen by the ancients to convey messages to the future, and he was also the last ancient. His duties were to convey information to future humans, and to guard and exhibit the artworks left by the ancients.
Hearing Wang Ran's words, a strange expression appeared on Kolonchi's face, and it was hard to tell whether it was relief or sadness. He slowly stood up, picked up the glowing bracelet from the stone platform behind him, and threw it to Wang Ran from a distance.
Wang Ran reached out to take the bracelet, and when he looked closely, he saw that there were a total of twenty-three beads on the bracelet, and each bead was emitting a blue light.
"This is the miracle bracelet." Kolonchi showed a nostalgic look, and said apologetically, "We are in a decisive battle with those long worms. We don't have anything extra to give you. This is our only and most precious thing."
Wang Ran pursed her lips: "Thank you."
He now understood that when the ancients built this place, they had probably been pushed to the brink of genocide. Any weapon, any elixir, or any piece of armor might be the key to determining the survival of the race, so the ancients took them for their own use and did not leave them for future generations.
But they left behind the miracle bracelet.
Kolonchi sighed and said, "We haven't figured out the true purpose of this bracelet. If we had, we might have won the war... But we used it to create the worlds outside. You should have seen them when you came here."
The mirror world is created with this bracelet.
Wang Ran fell into deep thought.
Anything mysterious on earth is closely related to gods. What exactly is this bracelet