Chapter 337 Exhibition

The conversation between Meng Xizhou and Gu Shen attracted a lot of attention.

It's just a pity.

The conversation took place in a completely enclosed private room.

Theoretically... no one knows what they talked about except for Her Majesty the Queen, who can see all things.

"Tsk, big celebrity, finally done being busy again?"

This sentence sounded familiar... After Gu Shen sat down, he looked at Zhong Yuan with a complicated expression. Why hadn't he noticed before that this Second Captain of the Investigation Corps had gossip flowing in his blood?

Fisher, with his large fishbowl on his head, also came over and whispered, "What did you two chat about? Want to leak a little?"

"What are you thinking about?"

Gu Shen vigorously knocked on the fishbowl on Fisher's head and sternly refused, "Heaven's secrets cannot be revealed!"

Fisher and Zhong Yuan looked disappointed.

The banquet began.

Of course, what everyone cared about most was not the banquet itself.

But the "demonstration session" after the banquet.

After the meal, the specialists from the Underground Research Institute led the invited guests to a hundred-meter-wide "steel cliff." This was the location of the [Furnace]. The earth had been hollowed out, revealing a scarlet cliff face, and countless pieces of steel spread and built upon this cliff, protruding into this "viewing platform."

"Rumble~~~"

Standing on the steel platform, one could feel the heat wave rushing towards them.

This was the roar of the [Furnace] in operation!

"Everyone, this is the achievement that the 'Underground Research Institute' is presenting today—"

The person in charge of receiving them today was the deputy director of the institute. He stood on the steel platform, with the roaring heat waves behind him. The scorching air stirred his white coat, as if it might ignite at any moment... However, the deputy director showed no fear. He looked at the Furnace below him, his eyes even hotter than the heat wave.

"Because of this exploration... Her Majesty's [Furnace] has obtained an 'endless' source of energy. As you can see, the 'Traveler' is imprisoned within the [Furnace]. His spark will continue to burn until his physical body dies naturally. In order to consume this enormous amount of heat, the institute has begun planning to lay out a larger 'thawing area.' If the project goes smoothly, within a year, the surrounding thirteen cities, large and small, will become 'floating cities.'"

The deputy director looked at the Furnace.

What he saw was not just the heat waves erupting from the Furnace, but also the future good fortune of a continuously recovering North Continent!

"Is the rumored 'Eighth Throne'... down there?"

A young aristocrat stood on the steel cliff, frowning as he looked down.

Although he was a member of the transcendent world, as the controller of a North Continent consortium, he didn't know much about fighting and killing, but he knew... what the name "Eighth Throne" meant.

This was an absolutely supreme god with a spark!

Her Majesty the Queen defeated him and imprisoned him in the [Furnace] to serve the people of the North Continent!

This news was enough to ignite the hearts of every North Continent transcendent.

This young aristocrat was, of course, no exception.

He squatted down, wanting to get closer to the [Furnace] so he could see more clearly... But unfortunately, through the gaps in the intersecting steel, he could only see the constantly surging magma waves below the cliff.

The figure of the "Traveler" was nowhere to be seen.

It was like a huge reef falling into the deep sea, hidden in the waves of fire.

"I heard the 'Traveler' is very big, as tall as a mountain..."

The aristocrat's tone was full of regret. He sighed, "Standing here, I can't see anything... Deputy Director, can we go further down?"

The headquarters of the Underground Research Institute was built around the [Furnace], with dozens of levels underground.

And this was just the highest level.

"I'm sorry..."

The deputy director shook his head and refused, "Because the 'Traveler' is currently unstable, the core area of the [Furnace] is undergoing intense reactions every moment. No one knows what will happen in the next second... Please watch from the steel cliff to avoid accidents."

He said this euphemistically.

"With Her Majesty the Queen here, can there still be accidents?"

The aristocrat was still full of regret. He reached out, feeling the heat waves rolling off the cliff.

This was a carefully selected "viewing position" by the Underground Research Institute, close to the exit of the Furnace. The gusts of wind coming out were only slightly hot and would not actually burn people.

The deputy director just smiled.

He didn't continue to talk, but instead indicated that everyone could feel free to watch here. The next part would be a demonstration of some research results on "Old World Creatures." The aristocrats could choose to leave at any time and go to the next viewing location.

"That 'big guy'... is hiding deep enough, not even showing his head."

Zhong Yuan also stared at the bottom of the Furnace for a long time.

Even his, a fourth-order peak expert, could not penetrate the [Furnace] with his spirit...

Although this was the Queen's divine domain, Her Majesty had not set any restrictions on the people of the North Continent. Logically speaking, he should be able to see something.

"I can't see clearly either."

Fisher also sighed, "That Traveler is hiding too deep."

Gu Shen stood at the end of the protrusion of the steel cliff. He slowly looked down, and for some reason, he felt an inexplicable sense of sorrow.

It was a very strange feeling.

Perhaps it was because of the stone wall he saw in the Underworld Palace.

The history of the Traveler race's arduous journey was replaying in Gu Shen's mind at this moment.

He was a human from the new world and should not have any resonance with these "ancient humans."

But at this moment, he felt a pang of sadness in his heart.

The Traveler race's "Throne," carrying the spark, came to the Five Continents, but was imprisoned in the "Furnace" and became a "monkey" in a zoo for people to watch.

On the other side, Mu Wanqiu, who had also read the Traveler's ancient texts like Gu Shen, also became dazed after staring at the bottom of the Furnace.

The viewers around them stopped on the steel cliff. They did not leave easily, but stood here and began to chat.

"I thought... we'd be able to see the 'Traveler'..."

"I didn't expect we'd just be touring the Furnace. Who hasn't seen a Furnace before?"

"Be patient, wait a little longer, maybe he'll come out later."

"I heard that the 'Traveler' is very big, as big as a mountain..."

"Tsk, Her Majesty is truly great, easily defeating even such an opponent... Speaking of which, that 'Traveler' isn't deliberately hiding because he knows we're coming, is he?"

The voices of the consortium's aristocrats swirled around the steel cliff along with the heat waves.

The transcendents who had participated in the Restart Mission looked at each other upon hearing these words, their expressions becoming complicated.

The aristocrats of the consortium spoke of the "Traveler" with great contempt.

These guys didn't know.

The most powerful elites of the North Continent nearly died on this Disaster Realm mission. They didn't even see the Traveler and were almost drowned and killed by the Traveler's subordinates—those bone-winged beings.

Every "survivor" standing here had deeply experienced the fear of death brought by the "Traveler."

The shockwave caused by the Traveler shattering the gate of the old world alone had destroyed the main boat along with fourteen airships hundreds of miles away!

What despair was that?

People who have never experienced war will never understand the cruelty of war!

And these people had never been to the Dolu River.

So they didn't have much respect for the defeated "Traveler"... They really just wanted to "observe" a monkey in a zoo, hoping that the Traveler would really show himself so they could watch him up close.

"Glugluglu..."

Just as they were talking.

The magma at the bottom of the Furnace, which had been calm, suddenly began to bubble.

Large chunks of magma churned and broke apart in the core of the Furnace. Then, a huge "head" emerged. The "giant," burned beyond recognition by the Queen's divine domain, seemed to have heard the human voices echoing thousands of meters above. It slowly stood up from its deep, curled-up state.

That head emitted bursts of scorching smoke!

At the center of the Traveler's brow, there seemed to be a recessed groove for embedding something. At this moment, a blazing "divine fire" flowed and churned. The Underground Research Institute believed that this was a scattered "Gospel Box Fragment" from the old world, an unrefined "Traveler's Spark." The power contained within this spark could be used to activate the entire Furnace, allowing most of the North Continent to thaw and experience spring all year round within the next five years.

The giant raised its head.

Divine fire rolled down like blood, flowing across its entire face, making it look extremely sinister and terrifying.

And its gaze directly locked onto the "steel cliff viewing platform" thousands of meters above!

"Whoosh!"

The next moment—

This giant, which had been curled up the second before, suddenly jumped up. It erupted with unprecedented athletic ability and, under the pull of countless magma strands, actually jumped nearly a thousand meters!

In an instant, its head arrived above the "steel cliff"—

That sinister, bloody face was directly facing the tiny humans on the cliff.

The scene in front of the young aristocrats who were still "chatting and laughing" on the viewing platform instantly changed, replaced by this huge Traveler's face—

The sons and young masters of the consortiums turned pale at this moment.

The sudden change left their minds blank.

Mortals cannot directly look upon gods.

This close-range "direct gaze," even without releasing a single bit of spirit, nearly detonated their spiritual seas.

That's right.

To the "Traveler," everyone here was just a tiny ant.

"Thump!"

The aristocrat who had previously suggested going down to get a closer look at the Traveler had his wish fulfilled and saw the real "Traveler," but he was so scared that he sat down on the ground, his legs shaking like sieves.

Most of the aristocrats were the same.

At this moment, those who could still stand... were only the returnees who had participated in the mission.

Lu Zhe, Zhong Yuan, and Fisher were the first to react. Although their expressions were also pale, they stepped forward at the first moment, standing in front of everyone...

The Traveler raised its palm.

It tried to slap these "viewers" on the steel cliff.

Unfortunately, this was the [Furnace], the Queen's divine domain.

"Swish swish swish swish!"

The moment it jumped up, thousands of small swords shot out from the Furnace, as numerous as ox hair, piercing its body.

These small swords seemed light, but in just a moment, they densely covered its back.

The Traveler's palm did not touch the steel cliff.

It was a little short.

But this little bit was actually an insurmountable "chasm."

Thousands of small swords exerted force together, dragging it down into the abyss... The rolling magma crashed against the Furnace, splashing out vast waves of fire.

Standing on the steel cliff, the few captains who still had the courage to look directly at the "Traveler" saw an incomprehensible scene.

As it fell.

On that face covered with divine fire, a trace of sorrow was revealed in its eyes.

This was the sorrow of defeat, the sorrow of being imprisoned, or perhaps the sorrow of being watched by mortals...

But the corners of the Traveler's lips were slightly raised.

It seemed to be... smiling?