Shadow Hack
chapter-429

Even though everyone was going in a downward spiral, each circle was extremely wide and thus each turn was extremely minute, to the extent that it could be ignored. Because of that, no one noticed the anomaly.

That was why even though the downward spiral was three thousand something kilometers long, the genuine depth was only three kilometers. If Li Yunmu hadn't learned about it, he could have only kept on walking behind Ya Yan's group. The more he walked, the more fatigued he would have become, but luckily, the system had already determined the position of the target.

Thus, the only thing that needed to be done was to start digging toward the target. The whole process only required some directional adjustments as well as the Flux Master level beetle.

Although digging through three kilometers wasn't completely effortless, it was as easy as stretching a hand and grabbing it. The digging process required around three hours to build a passage directly to the heart of the downward spiral.

"Let's go and see."

Li Yunmu took a deep breath.

After coming this far, he couldn't retreat, not to mention that Ya Yan's group had proved after repeated scouting that the target didn't pose any danger to humans.

Leading the shadows, Li Yunmu leaped into the passage dug out by the beetle and descended below.

Before long, they landed in an extremely dark place. Pitch-black darkness covered their surroundings, so Li Yunmu released starlight insects to brighten their vicinity.

They were small creatures used for illuminating places and were very popular in the Origin World. They were only fist-sized and would emit indigo light through their translucent bodies in pitch-black regions.

Normally, those who belonged to the servant or civilian class would use glass bottles to trap them to illuminate their houses. Li Yunmu had released thirty of them in one breath, and the originally pitch-black area brightened up when the insects soared into the air.

Li Yunmu wasn't worried that they would would run away because starlight insects purchased by him weren't the same as the wild ones used by people of the lowest classes.

He had purchased a nest custom-made for adventurers. In it, around a hundred starlight insects resided. As long as Li Yunmu kept the nest with him, the starlight insects would not abandon their home and run away.

"Still insufficient!"

Li Yunmu was quite surprised by the size of the area at the end of the passage dug out by the beetle. Thirty starlight insects only illuminated half of it.

He then released the remaining seventy. This time, the entire area brightened up completely. But when Li Yunmu saw his surroundings with clarity, he couldn't help but take in a shuddering breath.

He was in what looked like an enormous mausoleum. Silence ruled over the place, which could cause anyone's hair to stand up. The area occupied by the mausoleum was as large as ten football stadiums and was thirty meters high.

Suddenly, Li Yunmu discovered that there were two rows of sculptures of insects with fierceness in their eyes. There were several thousands of them strewn throughout the place.

They were orderly lined up like guardians. They had adorned battle armor, weapons in their hands, and capes draped over them as they protected the mausoleum. They had extremely fiendish and dignified expressions.

"System, scan them," Li Yunmu commanded.

[Scanning already done. No life signs detected. Nothing suspicious detected,] the system quickly replied.

"Then are you certain that these sculptures aren't alive?"

[Yes,] the system assured him again.

This reply allowed Li Yunmu to breathe a sigh of relief. It wasn't that he was timid, but that the insect sculptures were emitting enormous pressure on him.

Even if they were all just stone sculptures, Li Yunmu could sense a strong threat coming from them. He even had a feeling that the insects who were the commanders had attained sage flux expert level.

The strong threat coming from them made Li Yunmu sweat, but fortunately… they were all just sculptures. When he confirmed that they wouldn't come to life, he slowly began to calm down.

Only after that did Li Yunmu realize that the couple thousand insect guardians were defending an emperor seat in the middle. It needn't be said that the sculpture of the creature sitting upon it was a human. He was wearing a crown, was dressed in an extravagant robe as well as a pair of matchless boots. He was holding a large pearl in his hand while looking down upon the defenders filled with dignity and imposing manner.

Who exactly is he? Could he be the former master of the island?

Li Yunmu kept silently looking at the human sculpture. While he did so, Li Yun who was standing by his side silently transmitted a surprising answer to him.

Unexpectedly, the human wasn't the master of the island.

A new question then arose. If he wasn't the master of the island, then how did he appear on it?

But more important than even that was the system's next notification. [Host, spatial energy discovered. A large amount of pure spatial energy has been discovered.]

Li Yunmu was startled, but he asked in a hurry, "Where?"

The system's reply made Li Yunmu's eyes fall upon the human emperor. If being a bit more specific, it fell upon the large pearl in his hand.

The pearl seemed to have sensed that the system had detected the spatial energy stored in it, for it suddenly began to release a bright halo.

"That's it."

Li Yunmu was extremely excited.

It hadn't been easy. Since the time he had descended to the Origin World, this was the first time that he had encountered space elements. His discover signified that it wasn't that the Origin World lacked space elements, but that he had simply been unable to discover them.

Without thinking, he immediately signaled to Li Tian.

"Go, get it."

Li Tian accepted the task and quickly approached the emperor. When he got closer to the sculpture, Li Yunmu's breath almost stopped. He didn't dare to be the least bit careless.

He kept on glancing at the defender sculptures to make sure they were completely unmoving, as the system had assured.

He had a feeling that the closer Li Tian got to the human sculpture, the fiercer the expressions of the several thousand monsters became.

Li Yunmu knew that he was at the most crucial moment of testing the place.