"However, what can be guaranteed is that someone is creating here. Otherwise, there would be no need to place this energy here. For such powerful energy, if not for experiments, what else could it be for?"
"Initially, this person was not from our Huakaluo world at all. What he used, and how he existed, was entirely unlike anything from our world."
"If it weren't for you all, we wouldn't have even seen the final moments of this brother."
"When the door was opened, all we could see were those wires. Those wires didn't look like that at the beginning, but after so much time and destruction, they might have naturally degraded to that state."
"But what use is it even if we've arrived here? It seems this is not the core you are looking for, which means we can't get out of here at all."
Suddenly, Yao, who was standing beside them, slowly shifted his steps and walked towards a specific direction. Jiang Fan, seeing this, was a little curious about what Yao had seen.
At this moment, Yao inserted his finger into a hole and, looking at the structure within, said.
"This should be a keyhole. Opening this keyhole would be the complete unraveling of all the mysteries here. Our main problem now is that we cannot open this place because we haven't found any key."
Dai Xiaomei immediately nodded upon hearing this.
"That's right. I've indeed seen this orb before. It can be changed with some kind of key. Although I don't know what its function is, it must have a key. Perhaps the core we're looking for is inside this orb."
Although the possibility was slim, this was the only theory Jiang Fan could cling to, as he had no other more favorable evidence.
"This key must be around here. Let's search for it. We'll likely find it soon."
Based on past experiences, these keys could always be found, but they would be hidden by the creator with some riddle, making them not so easy to locate.
However, this did not dampen Jiang Fan's spirits, and he immediately began searching.
"This can't go on."
"We've been at it for so long and still have no clue. Our energy is almost depleted. Let's sit down and eat something first."
Bala suddenly said to everyone. Hearing this, Jiang Fan immediately slumped onto the ground.
They had been searching for nearly an entire day without finding any clues.
They didn't even know what time it was outside, only that it was already night because the temperature difference was significant.
The deeper underground they went, the more extreme the temperature fluctuations became. At night, it turned very cold, like a natural refrigerator.
Jiang Fan, feeling the peculiar temperature, was utterly helpless. His energy was rapidly declining, and Dai Xiaomei also felt extremely fatigued.
"Let's temporarily follow Bala's suggestion and sit down to rest. This place is too strange. We won't be able to solve it in a short time."
Everyone sat together and began to share food. By this time, Dai Xiaomei and Zhou Niannian had already fallen asleep. After searching for a while, they started feeling dizzy, so Jiang Fan let them rest first. Only Jiang Fan, Yao, Bala, and Gun Gun, the four of them, slowly began to feel exhausted.
"Bala, do you have any other clues? Just eating like this, it doesn't seem easy to find the exit to the puzzle. If we can find it quickly, we can leave, and you can return to the world of normal people."
Hearing Jiang Fan's words, Bala could only shake his head helplessly.
"It's not that I don't want to leave quickly, but in this state, I don't think I can. We can only wait and see. When it's noon, it won't be so cold here."
Jiang Fan was also very helpless. After hearing Bala's words, he went to Zhou Niannian's side.
Sensing the warmth beside her, Zhou Niannian immediately leaned on Jiang Fan's shoulder to rest. The warmth made her very comfortable. Jiang Fan, feeling Zhou Niannian leaning on him and a trace of body heat, also fell into a peaceful sleep.
The first group of people slept huddled together. The next day, Jiang Fan suddenly heard the orb begin to rotate at high speed.
The noise instantly woke everyone present. They looked at the orb spinning rapidly, and Bala was in disbelief.
"This shouldn't be happening. There shouldn't be any high-energy manufacturing at this time. Why is it suddenly operating so fast? Doesn't it only happen once every few years?"
Bala kept speculating about what could have happened above, but after some calculation,
He realized it was the legendary annual "Food Delivery Day" from the "Great Figure."
According to legend, the Great Figure would deliver food at this time every year. Although food hadn't appeared for many years, they still remembered this day. Thus, on this day, the entire city would experience a significant surge in power usage.
Everyone would turn on their lights so that the Great Figure could find their location. They firmly believed that the Great Figure simply couldn't find their way.
However, they had persisted for many years without ever seeing the so-called Great Figure.
Looking at the rapidly spinning orb, they felt it was quite magnificent.
"Although it's currently useless to us, its operational method is truly astounding. The precision machinery within is also of a very high caliber."
Upon hearing this, Bala quickly nodded.
"Indeed. When this eighteen-layer underground palace was constructed, although there were only wires, and only these seemingly rudimentary technologies,
"The power here is immense."