Chapter 1 So You Sent Saints Under Your Command Into That Barrier Without Even Stepping Inside Yourself?

Qinglong’s expression was rather unsightly.

He had his own selfish motives. After discovering that the Storm Divine Seat had sent people south to sea, the first thing he did was to notify Tianshui, ordering the Envoy of the Source Tower to set off immediately with a large number of elites, and only then did he convene this high-level deep-sea meeting to share intelligence.

This way, the Source Tower could be the first to mobilize and have more people to stir things up and share the risks!

But he never expected that this Storm Divine Seat was a complete madman... using both "time distortion" and "authority erasure," he actually sent saints out to sea?

"What, is there any law that says I can't do that?"

The Storm Divine Seat said indifferently, "How I use my saints is my prerogative."

The Empress, who had been silent all along, spoke at this moment, "If there is a 'place of time distortion,' then how did the first explorers to the Ice Sea return unscathed?"

"That's not hard to explain."

The Storm Divine Seat turned to look at Lin Lei, "The resistance barrier of the [Ice Sea Ruins] is likely only effective against Seed Holders... especially the 'place of time distortion.' The last exploration mission returned with everyone safe, even the [Apostles] carrying some power of authority were not affected."

"[Apostles] were not affected, possibly because they did not undergo 'Divine Advent'," Bai Shu said, "Wearing emblems does not count as possessing 'authority.' They are different from us, not constantly enveloped by the power of authority... The last exploration was calm and nothing happened, but if authority is really used, who knows what will happen."

"You have a point."

The Storm shrugged, "Regardless of the specific truth... it is an undeniable fact that the ruins do not welcome Divine Seats."

"Everyone..."

A deep voice rang out.

"The fate of the Five Continents is now intertwined... At this moment, the High Seats should be united."

The speaker was the Guang Ming Divine Seat (Light Divine Seat).

He was shrouded in blazing light, his face invisible, and his voice, like the sun, was majestic and fervent, "Now that the ruins have been discovered, it is inappropriate for the Southern Continent to go to the Ice Sea alone... In case of danger, or if laws are discovered and there is no opportunity to bring them back, then it will be a loss for humanity as a whole."

"There are no outsiders here. Just say what you want. If you want to send people to the Ice Sea Ruins, there's no need to beat around the bush."

Storm said indifferently, "I can share the specific coordinates and will not interfere with your southward journey... After all, the exploration of the [Ice Sea Ruins] cannot be completed by one force alone. You can even choose to not believe the intelligence I provided and insist on going to the Ice Sea yourself. You are welcome to do so."

"That won't be necessary," the Guang Ming Divine Seat said, "I believe you."

"Heh."

The Storm Divine Seat gave a sardonic smile, "If you all want to explore the ruins, I'll say this first. I can't guarantee that the information about the [Ice Sea Ruins] I just gave you is absolutely correct. I only stayed there for a few days and didn't have time to explore the laws. If something unexpected happens and some geniuses die, don't blame me."

Saying this, he glanced at Bai Shu.

Obviously alluding to the death of Gu Shen...

After Gu Shen's death, the Nagano investigation team, backed by the Dou Zhan Divine Seat (Battle Divine Seat), found the Holy City and demanded a large amount of compensation.

Without the support of a Divine Seat, the Storm Church could only swallow their anger and suffer in silence, eating this silent loss.

"..."

Bai Shu kept his eyes lowered, avoiding eye contact with Storm.

The Sky and Light Divine Seats smiled knowingly.

"Alright, such missions naturally involve risks, and casualties are unavoidable..."

The Guang Ming Divine Seat said gently, "Storm, you only need to share the specific coordinates of the [Ice Sea Ruins]... We will take care of things after we go to the ruins."

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The power to erase authority!

And a time-distorting barrier targeting "Seed Holders"!

Based on these two surfacing characteristics alone... the Ice Sea Ruins have become an important area destined to be explored!

Both of these powers can be called "miracles."

Human civilization has developed for six hundred years, constantly striving to resist the chaos storm that will one day descend. If the real existence of this [Ruins] is confirmed in the extreme southern sea, it will be enough to subvert the historical understanding of these six hundred years.

In places where human civilization has not yet reached, there are already traces of "intelligent life" having lived!

Is this hope or despair?

No one knows.

After the meeting between the High Seats ended, the Five Continents sent out carefully selected vanguard exploration teams. No one knew what existed inside the ruins deep in the Ice Sea... However, based on the previous two explorations, everyone had initially grasped certain laws. In order to avoid the disaster of "time distortion," the first southward vanguard team did not include any [Apostles].

Once the [Power of Authority] triggers the "time distortion restriction" around the Ice Sea Ruins, these explorers going out to sea, whose sensitivity is far inferior to that of the Divine Seats, will most likely be unable to detect it.

And by the time they return, things on land will have long changed.

At that time, the information and clues of the Ice Sea Ruins will also lose their meaning.

After the High Seats meeting ended, in just a few days, news of the [Ice Sea Ruins] caused a sensation throughout the Five Continents... This discovery was almost comparable to the [Old World], and every transcendent was waiting for news from the Ice Sea. For a time, the major forces could be said to have sent out all their elites.

Unfortunately, the Ice Sea isolates deep-sea connections.

As long as one goes deep into the Ice Sea area, no signals will be transmitted back. Due to the possible adverse consequences of the "Power of Authority" in this mission, these seafarers have lost all contact with the Five Continents, equivalent to going to a completely new world isolated from the Five Continents.

To know what happened deep in the Ice Sea, one can only wait.

At this moment, above the Ice Sea, a large airship is suspended in the high sky. The airship's style is completely different from that of the Source Energy Ship, with a bronze color throughout and carved cloud patterns.

The Northern Continent's "Source Energy Ship" technology leads the Five Continents, and the Central City deliberately retains the original blueprints and never sells new ships.

However, the Upper City has still developed a "heavy flying vehicle" comparable to it and named it "Cloud Ship."

With the same source energy core, because the Upper City Research Institute started comprehensive research on source matter earlier than the Central City, the core engine function of the Cloud Ship is actually more powerful than that of the Source Energy Ship.

A small figure stood in front of the window, quietly watching the distant sea.

"This is... the Ice Sea Ruins?"

The vanguard team of the Source Tower received intelligence before departure, obtaining the exact coordinates of the [Ice Sea Ruins] and the mental images captured by the Storm Divine Seat.

The scene at this moment was shocking.

The nearly hundred-meter-long Cloud Ship hovered in the cloudless sky, like an insignificant insect.

Every wave surging in the Ice Sea was enough to slap it down.

And on the sea surface, the ridge of a huge "whale" was vaguely revealed. The Cloud Ship hovered at the safe distance summarized from the two explorations, and a huge sense of oppression could be vaguely felt.

"What exactly is that thing?"

Many voices began to discuss on the Cloud Ship, and everyone saw that "big guy."

"Is this the Ice Sea Ruins? How long is this... ten thousand meters, twenty thousand meters?"

"Could this thing be alive?"

Everyone was shocked by the "huge thing" exposed on the sea surface.

Humans naturally fear giants.

And if this level of giant was really alive, perhaps just raising its head and roaring into the sky, the shock waves generated would be enough to shatter the Cloud Ship!

"Don't worry, this thing is 'dead' and has no life at all. It's probably just the remaining land of the Ice Sea."

At this moment, a majestic voice rang out.

The enforcers of the Source Tower on the Cloud Ship immediately fell silent. They looked towards the source of the voice... the speaker was none other than Yunhu (Cloud Tiger).

A figure in white robes and a figure in black robes appeared together.

This mission was led by Yunhu and Xuangui (Black Tortoise)!

They each brought seven candidates and dozens of low-level enforcers.

The purpose of this sea mission was to find out the relevant information about the [Ice Sea Ruins]. In the stage where the information was unclear, it was not convenient to use [Apostles].

Then the best candidates were the Divine Envoys who were still at the fourth level!

Yunhu and Xuangui were not to be outdone.

Of course... there was also an "alternative" mixed in here, that was Gu Xiaoman, who had gone south alone.

As the future "Master of Wine," Gu Xiaoman has not yet come into contact with the Fire Seed, so there is no need to worry that she will touch the "time distortion barrier."

However, her status is noble, and participating in this sea trip is actually inappropriate.

Before the list came out, Gu Xiaoman was actually a little uneasy, worried that she would be forcibly detained in the Source Tower.

But unexpectedly, the Sky Divine Seat actually approved the application to allow the future Master of Wine to go south to the Ice Sea...

So she boarded the Cloud Ship.

In recent days, the camp differentiation on the Cloud Ship has been completed. Because of her detached status, coupled with the explicit protection of Tianshui-sensei and Red Dragon, even Yunhu and Xuangui had no right to assign her tasks.

Therefore, when she came to the Ice Sea this time, Gu Xiaoman did not need to obey anyone's command.

She just needed to do what she wanted to do.

"Lord Yunhu, this [Ice Sea Ruins] is too big... How should we get in?"

On the Cloud Ship, a candidate opened his mouth in confusion.

They had also carried out many missions.

There had never been a mission like this one... even the Cloud Ship could not land. The thin "ridge" exposed on the sea surface did not look safe, and it would definitely be inappropriate to dock rashly.

Yunhu squinted his eyes and silently stared at the giant whale ridge in the distant sea.

Although he was the mission leader, he felt a little apprehensive in his heart when he saw the [Ice Sea Ruins].

People asked questions one after another.

"I heard that the saints sent by the Storm Church took the lead. Have they arrived at their destination? Why haven't we seen anyone?"

"Is the coordinates given by the Storm Divine Seat real? Could it be a feint?"

"..."

Yunhu frowned and raised his hand to make a downward gesture.

The voices in the Cloud Ship instantly cleared.

After thinking for a moment, he spoke, "Don't worry, since it is [Ruins], there must be an entrance. The Cloud Ship has prepared sufficient source energy fuel, we don't need to rush to land, let's circle around the destination first."

He and Xuangui exchanged glances.

Both of them were puzzled.

Because there was too little information, and in the two explorations, the human world had no experience in entering the ruins... So far, they were not sure whether this place could be entered!

Is there really an entrance?

"The Storm Church did send people south, there is no doubt about that... As for the coordinates, it is impossible to fake this kind of thing. A Divine Seat would not play such a shameful trick."

Xuangui said in a deep voice, "I believe more that the saints of the Storm Church have found the 'entrance'. The Storm Divine Seat may have hidden some important information. After all, he stayed here for seven days and must have discovered something. I guess he must have told his saints how to enter the ruins... to ensure that the Holy City can really be one step ahead!"

"Yes."

The Cloud Ship slowly circled around.

Yunhu said in confusion, "It's just, how do we find the entrance to this thing?"

Just the tip of the iceberg is already immeasurable.

"I also have a headache. If it really doesn't work, we can only wait for other forces to arrive here."

Xuangui rubbed his eyebrows. This could only be regarded as a solution that wasn't a solution. If other forces couldn't get in either... then everyone could be anxious together! Anyway, the Source Tower was the first to arrive!

At this moment, a cold voice rang out.

"The entrance to the [Ruins] should be a 'disaster zone', and it is likely not in the air, but at sea."

As soon as these words came out, they attracted a lot of attention. The enforcers on the Cloud Ship realized that in that deserted corner, there was still a thin, small, black figure standing there.

"Don't forget, Saint Julu sailed out to sea with a fleet. Although the Southern Continent's technology is backward, it is not difficult to mobilize source energy ships..."

"There are two reasons for doing so. One is that things are urgent, and the Storm Divine Seat wants to send people out to sea quickly."

"On the other hand, the entrance to the [Ruins] is set up on the 'sea', and it is easier to find it by traveling in a fleet."

Gu Xiaoman looked at Yunhu and said leisurely, "You can choose to wait for the teams from other continents to arrive, or you can choose to force a landing and try your luck first... But let me make it clear in advance that these are just my guesses. If I guess wrong, I will not bear any consequences."

"..."

Yunhu frowned and was about to say something.

On the other side, Xuangui held his shoulder and said to the cockpit, "Prepare to land and try your luck."

The Cloud Ship gradually descended from the high altitude. The waves in the Ice Sea were huge, and the closer it got to the sea surface, the more suffocating it became. The surging water vapor was burned by the source energy core, and a large amount of mist obscured the view. However, as the altitude decreased, almost every transcendent on the Cloud Ship felt the change in the "scene."

As if a huge illusion was shrouded over the sea.

Entering the sea.

Is entering a dream!