If they were to take action, they would very likely be no match for the opponents!

As Xu Heng spoke, Wang Ye, Bai Zi Suo, Yuan Shuo, Wang Hui, Liu Na, and the other Martial Warriors who had entered were slowly gathering around Xu Heng.

The group stood huddled together.

That way, if these consciousnesses truly harbored hostility towards them, they could respond immediately.

They needed to find a way to escape from the ancient ruins.

After the consciousness made a sound, it did not speak again—it seemed to have fallen silent, or perhaps it was contemplating.

Finally, the voice of the consciousness sounded again:

"Now, how many years have passed since our death?"

"We don't know," Xu Heng shook his head. "This ancient ruin is the first one we've discovered. We haven't started investigating everything yet. All we know is that from your era to our current one, at the very least, it has been 250,000 years!"

"250,000 years..."

The consciousness murmured, then the voice stopped again, while Xu Heng and the others still stood in place, saying nothing, unmoving.

They were just patiently waiting.

In the few moments that they spoke, Xu Heng and Wang Ye also realized that the reason the other party took breaks between their sentences was likely due to contemplation.

The speed at which these consciousnesses contemplated issues seemed to be much slower than before.

On the other hand, there might have been a slight gap in language, after all, hundreds of thousands of years had passed.

So, it was very likely that the consciousness had to translate their words first.

After translating their words, it would then translate its own message into a language they could understand when speaking to them.

All this required time.

Soon, the voice came through again, "Our City Lord said he would like to invite you to the City Lord's Mansion for a visit, would you be willing?"

City Lord's Mansion?

At the words of the consciousness, Xu Heng and Wang Ye exchanged glances, and they could see the surprise in each other's eyes.

The City Lord also possessed consciousness.

That meant the ancient ruin they had been exploring was, in fact, still maintained and operational to this day.

This thought immediately stirred a turbulent wave in their hearts!

Hundreds of thousands of years!

An ancient ruin that was hundreds of thousands of years old was still operational!

At that moment, Xu Heng and the others even harbored a sense of regret.

They shouldn't have opened this ancient ruin!

Since the armors in the ancient ruin had consciousness, even if their physical bodies were dead, did that not also mean that they still had the capability to settle some matters?

Could they still take action?

With their capabilities, if they were to come out of the ancient ruin, could the people outside withstand them?

The moment this question arose, they exchanged glances again. At this time, what they needed to consider was not the issue at hand but whether to visit the City Lord's Mansion.

They still did not know what attitudes these consciousnesses had towards them.

If they were to rashly follow these consciousnesses to the City Lord's Mansion, what if the consciousnesses decided to deal with them on the spot?

The consciousness seemed to know their thoughts, likely because the previous two translations of languages had made them slightly proficient in the language of the Dragon Country, so this time when the consciousness spoke, it happened swiftly.

"Rest assured, inviting you to the City Lord's Mansion is only because the City Lord wishes to understand some matters from you," it said.

"There is no malice intended."

"If we really had malice..."

At that point, the voice of the consciousness stopped and a tremendous force bore down on Wang Ye and the others!

The instant the pressure struck, the expressions on the faces of Xu Heng, Wang Ye, and everyone else changed in that moment!

The pressure was formidable!

Even Xu Heng, who was the most powerful among them, could not withstand this pressure.

It was suffocatingly strong!

Luckily, this suffocating sensation lingered only for a fraction of a second before dispersing.

But in that fraction of a second, Xu Heng and Wang Ye felt as though they had walked through hell.

They gasped for air, their breaths heavy.

If that force had remained for even three seconds longer, they would not have endured and would have died under its oppressive power.

Xu Heng and Wang Ye, however, did not show signs of fear on their faces.

Instead, their expressions were grave.

"Let's go, let's see what's there," Xu Heng said.

Now, they could only hope that the City Lord's Mansion would not do anything to them.

Of course, the City Lord's Mansion indeed would not do anything to them, because if they had wanted to harm them, they could have just extended that tremendous force a few seconds longer and killed them outright.

In the face of absolute power, eliminating them would be as easy as crushing an ant.

After speaking, ten black armored figures began to move, heading towards them.

Due to a long period of inactivity, these black armors made a grating sound of rust friction as they moved, which was unpleasant to hear.

But gradually, that sound disappeared.

Meanwhile, emotions surged again in the hearts of Xu Heng, Yuan Shuo, and Wang Ye.

Astonishment!

Sheer astonishment!

These black armors could still move!

Wang Ye had been shocked by the ancient relic he had found last time, but now he realized that compared to this one, that last relic paled into insignificance.

Not to mention anything else.

The armors in this relic could move whereas those in the relic he had explored last time could not.

But what Wang Ye did not know was that the relic he had explored last time also had a conscious presence, and the armors could move.

In fact, that consciousness had even tried to merge into the armors and eliminate Wang Ye, to kill him outright.

It just hadn't done so, allowing Wang Ye to escape with his life.

Otherwise, Wang Ye would have been dead long ago.

The ten black armors, five on each side of Xu Heng, Wang Ye, and the rest, collectively led them towards the direction of the City Lord's Mansion.

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