Chapter 496 (2/2)

Vivian immediately focused her mind on the topographical map that her little bats had provided. She then passed it over to the MDT telepathically. The next second, everyone disappeared from the crumbling storm.

A second later, they came to a hill, hundreds of kilometers away from Alamanda. The vengeful spirit did not seem to notice this place: it seemed quite calm.

Lil Pea was still singing in Hao Ren’s hands, but she suddenly realized that the environment had changed. The little kid opened her eyes and saw that the storm had vanished and clapped her hands happily: she thought it was because of her.

“What is this place…?” Hao Ren looked around and found that it was a barren hill. Behind him was a peculiar tower-style building, glittering with a light golden luster. “What is this?” he asked.

“I don’t know. The bats found it half way. Could be one of the relics left behind by the Tannaeans.” Vivian beckoned her little bats back into her body and continued, “Looks like it’s intact.”

Lily was surprised. “Why didn’t the First Born tear down this place?”

“The aim of the First Born was to destroy the Second Born’s ecosphere. If there’s no one here, of course, the First Born would be too lazy to care about it,” Hao Ren said while he approached the building. It appeared to be a lookout platform. He discovered the gate and found that it was open.

The Tannaeans who had been stationed in the tower must have evacuated the place when the First Born approached their line of defense. They did not think of returning, so the place was abandoned in a hurry.

Like all the other buildings belonging to the Tannaeans, the tower also had an unknown source of light to illuminate it. Hao Ren walked in and found that it could actually be a research facility.

After passing through two gates, they could see that there was an old equipment room inside. All kinds of instruments and equipment occupied almost half the space of the big room. Everything was covered in a thick layer of dust, but they did not see any big damages on those devices. The technology of the Tannaeans was very advanced, especially when it came to material science. The things they made were more durable than things made by other mortals.

“Landlord, look over there.” Lily dragged Hao Ren by his sleeve and pointed at a wall not too far away. There was a huge star chart hanging on the wall and also some boards that seemed to be used for keeping a record of events.

Nangong Wuyue dusted the hanging board with mist and found that it was a complicated planetary motion record along with some confusing formula charts. “This place looks like an observatory, doesn’t it?” she asked.

The MDT was emitting a faint blue light and floating around in the room. It scanned the ancient devices, which had been around for 10,000 years, and suddenly, it emitted a loud whistle. “Yo, I’m a genius. I think I’ve found a readable memory.”

Everybody’s attention was immediately on the MDT, but Hao Ren was attracted by something else.

He saw something strange on a console of some sort not far away from him. The air there was slightly distorted, and there seemed to be an invisible energy field or gravitational anomaly.

He walked forward slowly, while the distorted air did not experience any abnormal movement. Seeing this, Hao Ren boldly stretched his hand out.

A strange memory suddenly materialized in his mind.