Evolution from Carp to Divine Dragon - Chapter 246

Chapter 246: Path to Hell

TL: Etude

“Teacher Zhang’s call?”

Luo Xue glanced at the incoming call and saw that it was from Zhang Tiansheng.

Lin Hao nodded slightly.

Zhang Tiansheng, Luo Xue’s teacher, was already over sixty years old. Yet, last night, he had surprisingly obtained the Type 1 Battle Suit.

He became the fourth person in the Dragon Nation to acquire the Type 1 Battle Suit!

“Teacher Zhang, what’s the matter?” After answering the call, she directly put it on speaker.

“The meeting is postponed to nine o’clock tonight. The mountain beneath that mutant velociraptor indeed has a major discovery!” Zhang Tiansheng’s voice also carried a hint of gravity.

“Civilization relic!?” Luo Xue was momentarily stunned.

The real entrance to the second civilization relic was supposed to be under this Hualong Pond!

How could it be over there!?

“Should be… right.”

Zhang Tiansheng’s tone was also tinged with hesitation. Obviously, what they had discovered was somewhat beyond his expectations.

“Take a rest first, you can come over and take a look later.”

“I understand.”

“…”

After hanging up the phone, Luo Xue also furrowed her brows.

“Could it be that a third civilization relic has appeared?” She couldn’t help but speak out.

“Probably not. The second civilization relic these ETs were looking for should be down here. By the way, I have something for you.”

Lin Hao seemed to have thought of something. He then turned around and swam directly to the bottom of the Hualong Pond.

Very soon, he brought out a metallic sphere.

“This thing should be able to detect the location of the civilization relic.”

“Not sure if it’s damaged. You can take it back and study it.”

“I’ve also collected a lot of those ETs’ armor, battle blades, and some mutant biological bone materials. You can take them back when the time comes.”

Lin Hao continued.

These things were of no use to him; he had collected them just to give to Luo Xue later.

“Alright.” Luo Xue didn’t stand on ceremony.

At this moment, she inspected the metallic sphere and noticed that it was slightly damaged and couldn’t be activated for the time being.

“It should be repairable.” She carefully examined it and said seriously.

“Go and rest for a while. You should be quite injured from last night.” Lin Hao said to her.

He extended his claw, wanting to pat her hair, but quickly halted his action.

Because he had evolved so much that even his claws had become extremely sharp. A pat from him could be lethal.

“I’ll rest right here.” Luo Xue leaned against Lin Hao’s body and sat down.

“Finally, found you.” She murmured to herself.

She had seemed overly fatigued for a long time, hardly having had a proper rest.

Leaning against Lin Hao, she quickly fell asleep.

Lin Hao slightly shifted his body and lay down on the ground, making sure his thorny scales wouldn’t scratch Luo Xue’s body.

…

“There really is a discovery!”

At that moment, beside the mountain where the mutant velociraptor appeared, a special underground passage was uncovered under the excavation of numerous diggers!

Zhang Tiansheng had already entered the underground space. Under the illumination of lights, his expression was extremely solemn.

He was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, and many stitched wounds were visible on his exposed arms.

For someone of his strength, even at over sixty years old, his body’s cell activity was still far superior to that of an average young person now.

His wounds healed much faster than usual.

If it were an ordinary person, they would still be lying in a hospital bed, but Zhang Tiansheng could already move around.

“Indeed, the second civilization relic is inside.”

Luo Zhendong stood next to him, and under the flashlight, they could clearly see giant skeletal fossils in the soil inside!

“Not necessarily. I feel something’s not quite right.” Zhang Tiansheng furrowed his brow.

He walked over and, together with the others, began to slowly excavate the massive skeletal fossil from the soil.

“It seems like a dinosaur fossil.” A middle-aged man said as he carefully excavated.

“Longyin City is originally the largest site for dinosaur fossils in the country. The most dinosaur fossils have been unearthed here, mostly concentrated in the Jurassic period, which was from 135 million to 210 million years ago.

But I’m a bit puzzled as to why Longyin City has so many mutant creatures, and even multiple civilization relics…”

Zhang Tiansheng moved forward, carefully examining the fossil.

“It doesn’t seem like a mutant creature… It looks like an ordinary fossil.” After examining it closely, he spoke seriously.

“An ordinary fossil?!” Luo Zhendong walked over and was momentarily stunned.

He had initially thought that the civilization relic must be here, but now it seemed that aside from the fossil, there was nothing else to be found.

“Did we get it wrong?”

In the past, discovering such a complete dinosaur fossil would have been a delight for dinosaur researchers. But in the current circumstances, no one had the time or interest to study these.

However, how did such a vast underground space form here?

“Mr. Zhang! Coach Luo! We’ve found something!” At that moment, people in another corner seemed to have discovered something, exclaiming loudly.

“What did you find!?” Zhang Tiansheng and Luo Zhendong quickly headed toward the area.

In that corner, they had unearthed a massive stone wall!

“This is…”

Luo Zhendong’s pupils slightly contracted at the sight.

After cleaning the mud off the stone wall, they discovered many strange characters on it.

Each character was as large as a human.

“This rock isn’t ordinary.” Zhang Tiansheng, after touching it, showed a face full of astonishment.

“These characters… seem different from those found in other civilization relics.” Luo Zhendong, after carefully examining, also noticed the anomaly!

“Indeed. This is a major discovery! Apart from the civilization relics left on our planet, there might have been another species that appeared on Earth billions of years ago.”

Zhang Tiansheng spoke excitedly.

“4.6 billion years ago, Earth was formed. 4 billion years ago, the earliest single-celled prokaryotic organisms appeared… Then came the Cambrian explosion of life, the late Ordovician mass extinction, the Jurassic peak of dinosaurs, and the Cretaceous extinction at the end of the Mesozoic era. We humans can only infer from historical archaeology.

But it’s possible that during those ancient times, many intelligent beings came to Earth! The extinction of the dinosaurs might not be just due to climate change or meteor impacts as we speculate. Perhaps back then, many things we don’t know happened, including unimaginable… wars!

Continue the excavation!”

“Yes!”

Soon, more people arrived to support the excavation in this underground area.

In the central area, apart from dinosaur fossils, they also began to unearth other large biological fossils.

And a massive passage leading deeper underground appeared!

“This doesn’t seem like a civilization relic.”

As they continued along this enormous underground passage, the walls on both sides were lined with giant characters. These characters were unlike any known in human history.

Moreover, they found no machinery or anything of that sort in this passage.

The group, holding flashlights, continued to move downward at an angle.

Ahead was pitch black; even the flashlights couldn’t reach the bottom, making it feel like a passage to hell.

Even someone as experienced as Luo Zhendong felt a chill in his heart.

“We’ve been descending at an angle for five kilometers. According to this position, we’re now under a small town within the city.” Zhang Tiansheng spoke as they walked.

They were all warriors, so such a journey was manageable for them.

But the enormous passage seemed endless. Where did it lead?

Could it be leading to the Earth’s core?

Time passed, and they lost track of how long they had been walking.

Until they began to feel fatigue setting in.

“It looks like… we’ve arrived!”

At that moment, a man vaguely saw that the area ahead seemed to open up.

As the flashlight beam swept over, they vaguely saw… a huge head!