Approaching the gate.
No mechanism was needed to unlock it.
Compared to the Xianzhou...
This place was much more humane.
Passing through the gate.
Ahead was a bottomless chasm.
Pink floating objects rose, guiding the confused Trailblazer and Dan Heng forward.
【Trailblazer: Omphalos?】
【March 7th: What the video just said was absolutely true; a thousand years of divine war left this place in ruins, with debris everywhere.】
【Dan Heng: But for now, there's no trace of the Titan. It's likely we'll have to proceed gradually, just like in Penacony.】
As they pondered.
The chasm ahead suddenly underwent a massive change.
Broken walls and crumbling ruins transformed into a bright, pure sanctuary building, all in the blink of an eye.
The Trailblazer was puzzled.
Dan Heng also stopped in his tracks for a moment.
【Topaz: Unsurprisingly, this should be the power of 'Memory,' recording the glorious sanctuary of the past and making it reappear.】
【Keqing: How amazing, it can make scenes from thousands of years ago reappear.】
【Kazuha: Your world is truly interesting. Immortality, retrospection, all sorts of sci-fi terms are within your reach.】
【Zhongli: Even such a powerful civilization cannot resist erosion.】
...
After much hesitation.
The Trailblazer and Dan Heng still followed.
To trailblaze always comes with strange occurrences; they couldn't retreat.
As they walked.
The scene began to change again.
At the same time...
Each time the scene changed.
It was accompanied by gibberish.
The Trailblazer didn't understand it.
Dan Heng didn't understand it either.
They categorized this strange gibberish as a unique language of Omphalos, to be analyzed carefully once it could be deciphered.
Now...
They had to hurry and find civilization.
The road was not long, but also very short.
Along the way, Dan Heng expressed his views on Omphalos: when exploring the unknown, caution should come first, and preserving one's life is paramount.
The Trailblazer didn't listen.
She weighed the baseball bat in her hand.
She galloped away without slowing down.
After a while, they finally arrived at an open space.
A cold wind howled here, the scene before them no longer changed, and the pink-haired guide had vanished as if it had never appeared.
...
【Yanqing: Is the colossal stone statue with the sphere on its back in the distance the 'Titan' responsible for creating this civilization in the video?】
【Gepard: Is he dead?】
【Serval: Hard to say. Perhaps the statue was just built by later generations.】
【Trailblazer: There's only one way to revive the giant! And that is...】
【March 7th: You know?】
【Trailblazer: I don't know.】
【Trailblazer: But I always feel like I have to say that right now.】
【Dan Heng: ...】
...
Scanning the surroundings.
The duo found no danger.
Therefore, they decided to complete the task March 7th entrusted to them: to take some memorable photos in Omphalos.
Strange architecture.
The Titan statue with the sphere on its back.
As they were taking pictures.
Suddenly, a strange sound echoed around them.
It was the sound of stone statues sliding.
Dan Heng turned his head, frowning at the three stone statues behind him, questioning the sound.
The Trailblazer turned her head at the sound.
Then, she saw that the three stone statues, which had originally been placed by the roadside, had somehow moved behind them.
Before she could wonder.
The statues regained their vitality.
Then...
Everyone in the live stream saw a girl hitting people with a baseball bat.
【Trailblazer: ...】
【Fu Hua: Not bad skills!】
【Herrscher of Sentience: But why do you use such a strange weapon as a baseball bat?】
【Jackal: Are you one to talk?】
【Trailblazer: ...】
...
The battle ended.
The three statues turned to dust.
However, more stone statues quickly slid in from a distance. After dealing with them, more would come, an endless, continuous stream.
Human physical endurance has its limits.
Soon, the Trailblazer and Dan Heng were somewhat exhausted, pondering how they would withdraw from the encirclement of these statues.
Just then!
A flash of white light joined the battlefield.
Smoke rose, and dazzling azure light weaved through the statues, effortlessly dispatching the seemingly “endless” horde of statues in a moment.
【Trailblazer:!!!】
【Jing Liu: Not bad swordsmanship.】
【Keqing: Is that swordsmanship?】
【Susanna: Indeed.】
【Susanna:????】
...
As the two were confused.
The white-haired figure suddenly smiled back, then approached the Trailblazer with lightning speed.
Snatching the baseball bat.
He knocked the spear out of Dan Heng's hand.
【Trailblazer:!!!】
【Dan Heng: An enemy?】
【Bai E entered the live stream.】
【Bai E:? What is this transparent screen, and why am I in it?】
【Black Swan: He's here. He's the Savior responsible for salvation in the story.】
【Kevin: Savior?】
...
After a brief exchange.
The atmosphere became somewhat tense.
Dan Heng's tone was cold; he was very wary of this unknown white-haired figure.
However...
Just as the tension escalated.
The arrival of a child injected a calming agent into the tense atmosphere.
【Tibo joined the live stream.】
【Tibo: Oh dear, I accidentally bumped my forehead. What is this screen?】
【Bai E: Teacher Tibo.】
【Tibo: Little Bai!】
【Black Swan: One of the three believers in the plot has also appeared...