"Huh?"
"Lingxi, you know this?"
Ye Feng was quite surprised. "I did indeed use the Annihilation Array to destroy the Stone of Hope... but it was unintentional. I didn't know it was so important to you at the time... I was dealing with enemies..."
"Wait a minute!"
Ye Feng suddenly realized and looked down at the faintly white, prismatic stone in his hand. "Lingxi, you just said the outer shell?"
"Outer shell... could it be that this white, prismatic stone is the true Stone of Hope?"
Ye Feng looked at Lingxi in astonishment.
"Mm!"
Lingxi nodded and pointed to the ancient relic Stone of Hope Ye Feng had taken out earlier. "That exceptionally large and hard one was made of a special material called 'Star磐' and was actually the outer shell used to protect the Stone of Hope."
"The true Stone of Hope is the faintly white, prismatic stone in your hand!"
"And the Annihilation Array, which can destroy almost anything, is the key to obtaining the Stone of Hope!"
Lingxi gazed at the white, prismatic stone in Ye Feng's hand, murmuring as if in a dream.
"Is that so..."
Ye Feng was greatly surprised.
"Lingxi, then these two Stones of Hope... and the unopened Stone of Hope, I'll give them all to you!"
Saying so, Ye Feng handed the two white, prismatic stones in his hand to Lingxi, but she didn't take them.
"What's wrong?"
Ye Feng looked at Lingxi, puzzled.
"Ye Feng, you should keep these three Stones of Hope!"
Lingxi took a deep breath and spoke.
"Why?"
Ye Feng was very perplexed. "Aren't these Stones of Hope hidden with the super secrets of your Angel race, seemingly related to the last hope of the entire Angel civilization..."
"That is indeed the case... but since you have the destiny to obtain three, then you keep them!"
Lingxi glanced at Leng Yue and Qiao Ying. Seeing them nod, she spoke to Ye Feng.
"Uh, alright then~"
Seeing Lingxi's firm insistence, Ye Feng nodded and stored all three Stones of Hope into his spatial warehouse.
"Ye Feng, on your future journeys, if you encounter any more Stones of Hope, collect them all... This Stone of Hope... it is... a key..."
At this moment, Leng Yue spoke.
"A key?"
Ye Feng looked at Leng Yue, quite surprised.
"Yes!"
Lingxi continued, "Have you heard of the 'Ark of Doomsday' that circulates among humans?"
"Ark of Doomsday?"
Hearing this, Ye Feng was even more astonished, as Shen Potian had specifically mentioned it to him before in Mech City.
"Mm!"
Lingxi nodded slightly. "The Ark of Doomsday is real... It was originally in the City of Angels... During the War of the Gods, the City of Angels fell... and the Ark of Doomsday disappeared..."
"There are a total of thirteen Stones of Hope, and when combined, they form the key to the Ark of Doomsday!"
"Over the years, Leng Yue, Qiao Ying, and I have explored many ancient ruins... all in search of the Stones of Hope..."
A hint of sadness tinged Lingxi's voice.
"This..."
Ye Feng felt conflicted, wanting to comfort Lingxi but unsure how to begin.
"Let's not talk about this anymore. Ye Feng, it's getting late, you should go to bed!"
Lingxi shook her head slightly and said to Ye Feng.
"Oh... what's past is past... don't be too sad, you should also get some rest!"
Ye Feng, not skilled in sentimental words, finished speaking and walked towards his tent, falling asleep shortly after.
Lingxi, Leng Yue, and Qiao Ying stood there, lost in thought for a while.
"Her Majesty the Queen said that finding the Stones of Hope depends on destiny... is that little fellow... our destiny?"
...
As Ye Feng slept soundly,
In a place as black as ink, devoid of any light, where even moonlight and starlight would vanish upon contact.
Inside an incredibly dark palace-like structure, inscribed with peculiar runes.
At the highest point of the palace structure, a hunched old woman, clad in a magnificent long robe, stood quietly under the moonlight.
The hunched old woman's eyes were gone, leaving only two black holes, yet she tilted her head upwards as if she could see the moon above...
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Suddenly, the hunched old woman spoke, her voice exceptionally hoarse.
"Apologies for disturbing you, 'Prophet'!"
A middle-aged male voice echoed. A middle-aged man in a tailcoat and large black-rimmed glasses appeared in the center of the palace as the space distorted.
If Ye Feng were present, he would be incredibly surprised, for this middle-aged man was Kelleki, who had already died twice!
The hunched old woman did not respond to Kelleki, still tilting her head upwards, seemingly "watching" the "moon"...
"Prophet, something has happened at Base Brad!"
Kelleki frowned slightly and spoke slowly. "A few days ago, the baby at Base Brad didn't transmit news to me at the agreed time as usual... He is probably dead..."
"What happened?"
The hunched old woman turned her head and looked at Kelleki with her eyes that were just two black holes. "The 'Bug' Sin Domain Array that was taught to Base Brad, and Aphrodite's 'Seafoam' were given to him to ensure there were no mistakes!"
"Unless there is a power at the level of a main god, no one can kill that little bug!"
The hunched old woman's voice was extremely stern.
"It... it is so!"
Cold sweat beaded on Kelleki's forehead, his face filled with fear.
The hunched old woman did not immediately reply. She stared blankly at Kelleki, causing the sweat on his forehead to increase.
"You go to Base Brad yourself and find the brain of that bug. I want to know what exactly happened!"
Just as Kelleki was about to be completely drenched in his own sweat, the hunched old woman finally spoke.
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Kelleki repeatedly agreed, cowering in fear.
"Get out!"
The hunched old woman's icy voice fell, and the space around Kelleki distorted.
The next second, Kelleki vanished from the palace structure and reappeared on a dark, desolate mountain.
At this moment, Kelleki's expression showed no fear whatsoever. A smile even flickered on his lips...
...
The next day,
Ye Feng and his group continued to advance in the direction indicated by the Arcane Pointer.
In the scorching sun of the great desert, Ye Feng was not in a vehicle. Instead, he was carrying a giant boulder behind the Hummer, performing those mysterious movements.
"Xiao Xiao, is Ye Feng getting stronger this way?"
Lingxi looked at Xiao Xiao, who was driving, with great bewilderment. Although Ye Feng had mentioned it before, she was still very surprised.
"Mm-hmm!"
Xiao Xiao nodded earnestly. "Big Brother trains very hard!"
"Ye Feng... his movements seem a bit awkward..."
Qiao Ying, who was watching Ye Feng through the rear window, frowned slightly. "Those movements... I vaguely recall seeing them before during the battle with the Blood Ancestor..." wΑp.kanshu伍.net
"Indeed..."
Leng Yue chimed in. "Ye Feng's movements... are very uncoordinated... but there's a very strange feeling about them..."
"Boom!~"
"Boom boom~ boom~"
Suddenly, a series of loud engine roars came from behind the large sand dune ahead.
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