The entire Sun Base was in turmoil, while Ye Ningze and his companions desperately honed their strength within their own base.
Ye Ningze had a premonition that the next crisis was imminent, so they had to find ways to continuously enhance their power and become stronger. Only then could they overcome the crisis.
Besides strengthening himself, Ye Ningze was also relentlessly pursuing the secrets of the bronze cauldron.
Ye Ningze studied the bronze cauldron daily, and today, its patterns seemed to have changed.
The symbols, which originally represented flora and fauna, had completely transformed into a different kind of script.
This new script resembled landmarks and time, but to truly decipher it, one needed to understand what the bronze cauldron represented.
After contemplation, Ye Ningze continued to connect these elements repeatedly, studying them.
Finally, through his persistent research, Ye Ningze discovered the true meaning of these symbols.
As Ye Ningze had suspected, the symbols indeed represented geographical coordinates and time.
Ye Ningze summoned Su Xue and shared all that he had learned. Upon hearing Ye Ningze's account, Su Xue hesitated:
"You say there are events happening at these coordinates or within this time frame? What could they be?"
Humans possess curiosity, and driven by it, they can sometimes do rather irrational things.
Ye Ningze slowly shook his head. He himself didn't know what would happen at these coordinates or during this time.
However, he knew that if they didn't go, they would never find out what transpired at those coordinates and during that time.
Therefore, only by going could they ascertain if what they sought was there.
"What do you say? Are you interested in this place? If you are, I can take you along. I can also bring your Su family and your trusted confidantes."
Su Xue naturally understood that Ye Ningze had a purpose in acquiring this bronze cauldron. Now that the cauldron only displayed coordinates and a time frame, it indicated that these held some value.
The specific value could only be determined by visiting, but going there might lead to a significant discovery.
Ye Ningze was unsure if he could acquire whatever was there, so he needed Su Xue's assistance.
Furthermore, Su Xue also needed to continuously strengthen herself. Ultimately, Su Xue decisively agreed to Ye Ningze's request. She would bring her subordinates and explore the place with Ye Ningze on that day.
After Su Xue departed, Ye Ningze continued to observe the massive bronze cauldron. He always believed that beyond the time and location, the cauldron must hold other secrets that he had yet to uncover. Thus, he kept studying it, hoping to find something.
As Ye Ningze was examining the bronze cauldron, he suddenly noticed that its patterns seemed to come alive.
These patterns writhed, combined, and shifted, eventually transforming into the face of a beast.
The beast's face opened and closed its mouth, as if trying to convey something to Ye Ningze, but he could not hear any sound.
After about an hour, Ye Ningze tried numerous methods to communicate with the bronze cauldron before him but received no response.
Ye Ningze knew that the bronze cauldron possessed its own consciousness and intelligence.
Since it had its own intelligence and consciousness, they must have their own means of communication.
And their unique communication method would require specific techniques. Ye Ningze looked at the patterns on the bronze cauldron, believing the answer lay there.
Indeed, in the next moment, the patterns on the bronze cauldron shifted to depict a person dripping blood onto it, which seemed to be the key to communicating with the cauldron.
Thus, Ye Ningze immediately bit his finger and dripped a drop of blood onto the bronze cauldron. The cauldron instantly changed from its original bronze hue to a blood-red color.
The colossal beast's face, formed from the bronze patterns, then became fully materialized.
The beast's face appeared in Ye Ningze's mind, and as it opened and closed its mouth, its thoughts automatically surfaced in Ye Ningze's consciousness.
"Human, why do I sense a familiar aura on you?"
Ye Ningze did not understand the meaning of this statement, but if there was anything special about him, it was his inheritance.
As expected, this entity had an inexplicable connection to that so-called inheritance, which was why he could sense it and it could sense him.
If that was the case, Ye Ningze had to find out what special secrets this entity held.
So, Ye Ningze spoke to the entity before him:
"What exactly are you? Why do you seem like a machine, yet also like a living being, even possessing some characteristics of a demonic beast?"
Ye Ningze was genuinely perplexed by the nature of the entity before him, so his questions were quite normal.
The next moment, the colossal bronze beast spoke:
"What do you think I am? I am a life form from ten thousand years ago, a war beast that fought alongside my master. Those so-called demonic beasts were insignificant before us, but our numbers were extremely scarce, so few knew of our existence. My master was one of the thirteen most powerful beings from ten thousand years ago."
After the bronze behemoth finished speaking, Ye Ningze finally understood what kind of existence this entity was.
And to obtain this entity, he would likely have to pay a great price.
Thus, Ye Ningze spoke directly and decisively to the bronze behemoth:
"Tell me, how can I obtain you."
The bronze behemoth let out a cold laugh and then said to Ye Ningze:
"Mediocre human, even with your inheritance, you wish to obtain me? Is that not too presumptuous?"
"Our war beast race possesses immense power, and we can transform into various weapons or armor to protect our masters, or provide them with even greater strength. Therefore, to obtain our power, one must earn our recognition."