Chapter 2217 - Ruin (2/2)

Han Sen and his companions were quite surprised. They had no idea what had gotten into the man.

The Extreme Kings they had met in the Ice Blue Knights were noble people. Their rank in society put them above almost everyone else, and they always looked so powerful and stoic, too. This was the first time they had seen a person of the Extreme King in such a mess.

“Who are you?” Ji Qing asked the Extreme King man.

“I… I am a back-up knight belonging to the Ice Blue Knights. Please let me go,” the Extreme King man said. All the while, he repeatedly kowtowed before Han Sen.

“Explain your situation, or we will take you back to the knights.” Han Sen frowned.

The Extreme King man looked very frightened at that, and he quickly explained everything.

They heard his story, but they found it hard to believe what he was telling them.

He was just like Han Sen. He had been brought on as a back-up knight to the Ice Blue Knights. He was an Extreme King, however, and on top of that, he was a captain. His task was very similar to Han Sen’s, in that he was supposed to clear out the xenogeneics that resided around the base. His area wasn’t where they were now, though. He was supposed to clear out a desert elsewhere.

Their team came across a ruin in the heart of that desert. After calling their supervisor, they were told to wait for the arrival of higher-level Ice Blue Knights, who would then explore the ruin with them.

But much to their surprise, when the higher-level Ice Blue Knights arrived at the ruins, they didn’t go in and explore. Instead, they slaughtered the entire team that had discovered it.

One of the weaker knights was a man called Bai Wenxuan. After getting stabbed, he fell into a well. The Ice Blue Knights believed him to be dead, but his body wasn’t entirely done for, despite the injury he had sustained. And so, he remained in the water.

The well was connected with an underwater system, and Bai Wenxuan stayed there for a long time.

He didn’t dare exit, for he was afraid of being killed.

But since the caves weren’t entirely safe, he frequently moved from place to place. He had been chased by a xenogeneic for the past two days, and that was why he had come to this part of the caverns. He saw a light and wanted to get out of the cave to avoid being killed by the xenogeneic, but Han Sen was there, and Han Sen had been able to break his way inside.

After Han Sen heard the story, he asked Bai Wenxuan, “What kind of civilization might that ruin have belonged to?”

Bai Wenxuan quickly said, “I don’t know. I’ve never seen architecture like that, and I was unable to read the text that we saw.”

Han Sen’s face darkened, and he coldly said, “In that case, we cannot help you. You know that what our teams record is impossible to delete. You have been filmed, and so if I do not take you back, I will be punished.”

“No, you cannot take me back! If they know you saw me, and they see that I’ve been telling you about the ruin, they will kill you, too!” Bai Wenxuan screamed.

“I will be interested to see if they do.” Han Sen signaled for his companions to draw their weapons. It looked as if they were going to kill Bai Wenxuan.

“Sacred!” Bai Wenxuan shouted. “The ruin was a Sacred ruin!”