Chapter 1131 - The Truth of the Twilight Shroud (2/2)

Hao Ren was shocked. “You know where it is?”

Odin paused and suddenly broke out in laughter. His voice was low, but it became louder and louder. He could not help himself. “Hahaha… it is fate. The three sisters of Nolan always talked about fate, but they did not foresee this coincidence.”

Hao Ren grabbed Vivian’s arm. “Will the old man pass out just like this?”

Vivian’s brows pulled together. “No, he won’t. He had already passed out 2,000 years ago.”

Odin suddenly raised his voice. “Do you know what the Twilight Shroud is?”

Hao Ren was startled. “What is it?”

Odin’s voice was heard from all directions. “The spaceship you are looking for is right here.”

As his voice trailed off, a series of grinding sound was heard from the ground below them.

Hao Ren was horrified to find that the ground in the hall of Iron Throne was covered with a transparent layer. Everything including the throne and the cables were actually sitting on it. He knew because he now saw the slates were moving under his feet and retreating.

The grinding became louder and louder as the entire ground moved. The heavy slates disassembled themselves and dispersed quickly one by one into the base of the walls. Hao Ren began to see the secret hidden in the deepest part of Twilight Capital.

Inside a large cave glowing in a faint red light lay a massive spaceship.

Most parts of the spaceship were hidden in the darkness. It was hard to gauge its size and shape, but one thing was sure, it was a behemoth and not wholly silent. Lights were blinking on the part of its armor plates, and two light strips extended out from the depths of the darkness. Though the light was faint, it was enough to show that the central power system of the spaceship was still running.

And Odin’s Iron Throne was actually built on top of a raised structure and connected with the spaceship.

“The Twilight Shroud was the shield of this spaceship.” Odin’s voice knocked Hao Ren out of his thought. “Though at first, I didn’t know what it was, I later found out that the vines of Yggdrasil brought it to Midgard, and that it had powerful energy. Twilight Capital was not yet formed at that time. The few cities that barely survived were relying on a large number of runic shrouds to block off the threats from the outside world. So I thought this powerful source of energy could make a good defense system.”

“Unbelievable!” Hao Ren’s thought was precisely like what Odin said. Fate had a funny way to say hi to you; his decision to come here was right. Had he sidestepped Twilight Capital and looked for Mimir’s spaceship elsewhere, he would have made a costly mistake!

But then again, he did have some foresight. Before coming here, he had vaguely felt that he might find some clues about the spaceship in Twilight Capital. After all, a city surviving the Twilight of the Gods must have a powerful force—a force that was unlikely to come from the humans. In his mind, he vaguely sensed that Twilight Capital could have something to do with Twilight Capital.

But seeing was believing. Hao Ren could not help but still be surprised.

“I couldn’t open this thing though I have fiddled with it for a long time. But I could activate its shield from the outside and expand it to cover the entire city,” Odin sounded proud. “But the shroud needs the power to stay online. So I sit here, day after day, year after year, to make sure the Twilight Shroud stays up.”