Chapter 1311 - : Another Surprising Find (2/2)
The expect scene of gore and collapsing stonework did not happen. As everyone looked on it awe, a dark hole appeared before the chest of all the wardens. Thick mist roiled in the hole as if it was connected to another dimension. And in that dimension, a faint light was visible.
As the wardens’ arm went into the hole, dimensional ripples formed.
Loken pulled out a broken shard from the hole, and the shard was translucent and looked like a crystalline construct similar to the Ark’s material. Similar shards too had appeared in the hands of the other twenty wardens.
“Since this is a prison, its key should always be on the warden.” A female construct spoke, slowly and thunderously, but with a touch of feminine gentleness and grace. Even when we were overwhelmed by Chaos, our spirit had a safeguard and that shielded the location of the shards from being revealed to evil. Even if Lockmarton had destroyed all of us, the key shall never fall into its hand. Because the key could only be reformed with all twenty-one members of the wardens alive!”
Twenty-one crystalline shards floated from the giant statue’s hands and as they spun in the air they slowly reformed, and after a series of dazzling runic verification, the shards reformed into a complete crystalline disc!
“It’s actually a crystal…”
Hao Ren looked at the radiant crystalline disc, as he muttered to himself, a surprised expression slowly take hold on his face.
It was a crystal disc! Not a golden disc!
After recovering from his stupor, Hao Ren turned towards Muru and saw that even the guardian giant was stunned in awe.
Evidently, Muru did not know the origin of the crystal disc, and by the looks of things that this thing is not part of the Creation Engine!
As Hao Ren and the rest was still gathering their thoughts, the crystal disc had reformed and activated. The Lord of Kings Loken raised his arm, looking almost like Atlas cradling the world as he placed the giant disc into the cavity on the Ark of the Sacred Covenant.
A deep hum later, the disc embedded firmly in the cavity of the pyramid. After that, the Ark let out a gentle light, and Hao Ren heard a gentle, yet mechanical voice ringing by his ear.
“The final covenant is activated. The Collow security system is online. Awaiting orders. All entryways into each level can now be controlled.”
“Reporting the current system status. Stability is at 30%, the central core had already been breached and the Buffer Zone is 85% contaminated. Alert Zone is 60% contaminated, and the final Defensive Zone is 50% contaminated. Comprehensive Security Assessment: Critical.”
“Warning. The Prison is contaminated. Lockmarton’s breach perimeter is more than 50%. Containment is expected to fail soon. Reinforcement signal deployment failed. Recommended action: Wardens should activate the final containment protocol!”
Loken’s voice rang. “The final containment protocol is to push Collow into the edge of the world, outside the worlds of Order to the edge of the empty void. This crystal disc is the key to the Ark, and once the Ark is activated by the key, the engine to propel Collow’s worlds of Order can be brought online. But if that protocol is activated, everything will be destroyed.”
“Wait a minute, you said… an engine!?” Hao Ren caught the keyword and immediately understood what Loken said about “outside the worlds of Order” and the “empty void”. “You mean that this thing could turn part of this universe’s structure into a void engine?”
“Sounds like you know what is going on at the edge of the world?” Loken was a little bit surprised. “But just as you said, the Ark is a type of engine.”
The MDT immediately came to Hao Ren’s side. “Buddy…”
“I’ve caught on as well.” Hao Ren nodded. “A reaction core made out of a disc, the Ark acting as the hull and being used to propel a universe or part of it to a remote area… It looks like this is the original Creation Engine!”