Zero finished speaking, and before Ziyu could respond, Ziyu had already begun to fall.
In front of Ziyu's descent, countless spikes appeared!
Ziyu steeled himself; the Battle Armor immediately disassembled, with each part equipped with an independent power source flying out to brace against the walls on either side, pushing them apart while Ziyu safely descended. However, Ziyu was now without any protective measures, and the Battle Armor was struggling to keep the gap wide enough to prevent Ziyu from being affected by the spikes.
"Come back!" Ziyu commanded.
"Sir, that's not possible. The walls on both sides are exerting force toward the center. If the Battle Armor doesn't hold, they will close in and crush you inside," Zero replied helplessly.
The interior of this pyramid must have employed some mechanism to eliminate every human intruder here.
"Sir, an object is approaching rapidly, but my detection is limited by the Battle Armor and I cannot scan clearly... Its approximate location is in the corridor we were in before, and it is closing in quickly."
Ziyu felt a chill; there were other moving things here.
"Zero, I can see the bottom." This gap was not infinitely deep; Ziyu had already spotted the bottom deep underground.
Zero's Battle Armor had been pressed against the rock wall while descending to protect Ziyu, which allowed Ziyu to maintain contact with Zero.
"Sir, if I go to help you and prevent your descent, the walls will close in. But if I don't help you, you will fall to your death..." Zero was at a loss for what choice to make; it seemed that no matter what Ziyu chose, it would lead to death.
"Sir, that object is just ahead!"
"Zero, is your Battle Armor capable of handling this...?" Ye Ling's voice sounded beside the Battle Armor as a figure appeared not far away—it was Ye Ling's Battle Armor.
Without further ado, Ye Ling accelerated and dove down, grabbing Ziyu and starting to fly upward.
"Damn it, you scared me to death," Ziyu said.
The two flew above the rift, and Ziyu and Ye Ling stood on the ground. Ziyu's Battle Armor emerged from the rift, which then closed again, leaving only two shattered footprints, as if nothing had happened.
"Ye Ling... why did you follow me?" Ziyu questioned. Although Ziyu would have been in trouble without Ye Ling this time, she still didn't want Ye Ling to come to such a dangerous place.
"Hehe... your new Battle Armor supposedly lost its communication function, so I just stayed behind the spaceship, outside its detection range," Ye Ling replied with a smile.
"You... you can't do this next time. Be careful here..." Ziyu said helplessly, "There are ghosts here."
"Come on, stop lying. Do you think I'm a three-year-old?" Ye Ling pouted, looking somewhat dissatisfied.
"I’m serious. Remember I told you that souls are a form of electromagnetic waves? Just now, when the incident occurred, Zero detected electromagnetic waves right here... strong electromagnetic waves that actively attacked Zero's files," Ziyu explained. "It's very likely that some electromagnetic consciousness was not quite awake and mistook Zero for a person, attacking it forcefully."
"Ah..." Ye Ling looked around in fear. After all, she was a girl and naturally felt timid about such matters.
"By the way, the files have been destroyed. How did that happen?" Ziyu suddenly asked.
"Um... I sent out a little signal to detect changes in the nearby environment, and then that strong electromagnetic wave invaded through the signal and damaged part of the files," Zero replied awkwardly.
The sudden presence of electromagnetic waves made Ziyu wary.
"Hey, do you think it could be Pharaoh's curse? When you go out, check again to see if there are still strong electromagnetic waves nearby," Ye Ling said, her eyes darting ahead as she pointed at Ziyu.
"Um... please don't scare me," Ziyu said, unable to remain calm in such an environment. However, she felt it was necessary to investigate thoroughly.
"Zero, check if there are any electromagnetic waves still present," Ziyu instructed.
"They have always been present. But it's as if they are frightened animals, cautiously surrounding us and not approaching for now," Zero said.
Ziyu stepped back a few paces, then turned around to face the Wooden Coffin.
"Zero, monitor the changes in electromagnetic waves and see if there are any fluctuations when I start speaking," Ziyu took a deep breath, while Ye Ling tightly gripped Ziyu's arm.
"I don't know who you are, I don't know your name, I don't know your identity, but I know you exist, you have always existed." Ziyu faced the Wooden Coffin and spoke in Universal Language.
"But we mean no harm by coming here... Of course, what you do might also be your mission." Ziyu continued speaking to the Wooden Coffin, then looked around Nearby.
"I know you are not in this Wooden Coffin, but you were here before... We Easterners like to do this; it is our custom."
"I am from this planet, the current Earth... uh... it should be referred to as Planet 31135. Here, we have developed to the point of contacting other planets in the universe."
"I don't know what your mission is; I have encountered other beings studying humans, and I don't know if they are your kind."
"I hope you can give me some guidance... I do not wish for us to be studied while living on our own planet... I do not understand why those beings do this, but I feel that since we exist here, we should... we should have freedom and not completely adhere to some mission or rules."
"The current Earth Humans have already forgotten why they came to Earth."
Ziyu spoke entirely based on his assumptions, speculating that these people from Egypt were also studying humans and different beings, guessing that humans and these beings came from the same place, assuming that their study of humans was a kind of mission, and believing that they also longed for freedom in existence.
"Sir, there is a drastic change in the magnetic field," Zero said. "It started fluctuating violently when you began speaking in Universal Language."
"It really works," Ziyu felt a surge of joy inside.
"I don't know if what I'm saying is correct... but I believe it's generally accurate," Ziyu continued speaking.
"Bang bang..."
The ground ahead of Ziyu suddenly shattered, but it did not harm Ziyu.
"The strong electromagnetic field generated by the nearby electromagnetic waves has reacted," Zero said.
The electromagnetic field seemed to signify something.
"We are independent beings. Our mission is to live happily, not to use the tasks assigned by others as tools that bind our freedom. Our purpose in life is not to suffer endlessly," Ziyu said.
Metal shards floated up from the shattered ground, the sharp spikes from the previous cracks.
The spikes hovered in the air, controlled by the magnetic field, pointing towards Ziyu and Ye Ling.
"How you choose is up to you, it depends on your heart," Ziyu knew that running was useless; this formless existence could easily kill her.
"Whoosh..."
The sound of wind breaking echoed as the spikes suddenly shot towards Ziyu!
[End of Chapter]
[Hehe... cutting off at a critical moment]
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