Chapter 157 Nest

Li Tianran narrowed his eyes. To him, the most daunting aspect of the ancient civilization wasn't the ancient kings, but these "nests" built to resemble architectural wonders, incorporating the civilization's most advanced technology!

The Battle of Cartier Castle had shown the ancient civilization the terrifying destructive power of the Kunlun dreadnought. Li Tianran also gained firsthand knowledge of the miracle architectures' defensive capabilities.

Despite a missing corner of its defenses, the Sky Castle withstood the full force of Death Valley's most explosive assault, suffering only damage without collapsing on the spot. This demonstrated its sturdiness surpassed any fortifications humans currently possessed.

The ancient civilization's six miracle architectures were products of the combined top technologies of six races. Their destructive and defensive capabilities were beyond human imagination.

If one had to describe them as a human weapon, the closest equivalent would be… a Tiger tank!

Decades ago, it was a top-tier weapon on the battlefield, possessing top-tier firepower and defense.

There was no armor it couldn't destroy, nor any fire that could destroy it!

What could destroy it was only itself!

The miracle architectures now possessed by the ancient civilization were positioned in the same way.

Humanity's current weapons could hardly inflict serious damage. Although their technological weapons hadn't been revived, they simply used their superior defenses as shields, mountains, peaks standing before the Burning Steel Wall, enduring the brunt of the attacks for the invading beast tide. This was enough to give Li Tianran a headache!

"Not a slow reaction... they know how to use this method of siege." Li Tianran watched the Sky Castle gradually approach Raging Tides Island. Light and space seemed to be slightly distorted around its exterior, like a layer of transparent electronic shielding.

Li Tianran knew it was an energy barrier created by the "Boundary Tower" defense system within the Sky Castle, capable of withstanding light, sound wave, and thermal energy attacks. If the Boundary Tower's shielding hadn't enveloped the Sky Castle last time, the complete eruption of Death Valley would have likely caused the miracle architecture to vanish from the world entirely.

At this moment, the sky above Raging Tides Island was similarly shrouded in an invisible barrier, subtly reflecting light under the sun.

"It also possesses Boundary Towers…" The Sky Apostle stared at Raging Tides Island, speaking solemnly in the ancient civilization's language, conversing with the two apostles beside him: "And many of them!"

"The manufacturing cost of Boundary Towers is extremely high. We collected over seventy percent of the Earth's resources to create a Boundary Tower array capable of enveloping our entire 'homeland'…"

"Furthermore, the technology to create Boundary Towers shouldn't be something present-day humans can master! We dedicated nearly two hundred Earth orbital cycles to meticulous research in order to build the Boundary Towers! Humanity... has only been in the industrial age for a little over a hundred orbital cycles."

The Night Apostle slowly raised its head, its voice deep and rumbling like thunder: "Have you not noticed? Only Raging Tides Island has displayed an advanced level that is incongruous with the current level of human civilization."

"Light-speed weapons, aerospace weapons, Boundary Towers, and a secure network capable of withstanding our technical intrusions…"

"All of these things originate from Raging Tides Island."

The Ocean Apostle listened to their conversation. Suddenly, the female head spoke, its voice gentle: "And a planetary-level energy conversion engine."

The invisible net created by the Four Seas Dragon King had just spread through the ocean. Although the commotion was extremely subtle, the three-headed serpent of the Ocean Apostle detected the anomaly with its special abilities. It sensed that in that instant, all the energy generated by the ocean had been plundered!

"This human is showing too many unusual things! Through the memories of some high-ranking humans, I am certain that he didn't possess these super-era technologies not long ago. He made these products appear in a short period of time." The Ocean Apostle stared at Li Tianran from afar, a trace of barely perceptible apprehension and unease in its indifferent gaze: "If he develops at this rate... is it possible for him to develop his civilization level to level one or higher in a short amount of time?"

The three apostles fell silent simultaneously.

Even for them, a level-one civilization was powerful and distant!

"If we could reach the level of a level-one civilization, we would be able to control the entire Earth! We wouldn't have to be forced to sleep and hibernate because of the Great Devastation, buried underground like insects for countless ages... waiting for a new civilization to emerge on the earth before reviving again, seizing their lives and resources to replenish ourselves, and then waiting for the next Great Devastation to arrive before sleeping again." The Night Apostle's voice was distant, as if recalling some distant memory: "Or, we might be destroyed by a new civilization after a certain revival, and then the other party would continue to repeat the process of hibernation and revival in our place, and the cycle would continue endlessly, without end."

Since the ancient civilization's revival, Li Tianran had always regarded them as mere "destroyers," but he had never understood the ancient civilization's history.

At this time, through the conversation of the three apostles, some important information was revealed.

One was a terrifying disaster, the "Great Devastation"!

The second was the purpose of their revival!

Through these words, it was easy to obtain a general background, that even the ancient civilization, which was so powerful, had something to fear on Blue Star. When the "Great Devastation" arrived, they needed to be forced to sleep, otherwise, they might be in danger of extinction.

The purpose of their revival was precisely because the race's hibernation for countless years after the "Great Devastation" resulted in insufficient energy reserves and reduced vitality of life cells. When they reawakened, they needed to take some measures to return to their peak, to ensure that their race could withstand the hibernation of the next Great Devastation.

In the process of implementing these measures, they needed to kill the races that competed with them for resources!

"We have experienced seven Great Devastations, and our civilization level has still not been able to enter level one, and Raging Tides Island is impossible!"

"In the previous six revivals, we also tried to get along with the newly born civilizations in harmony and jointly advance to a higher level of civilization, but without exception, all of them failed! And in the sixth revival, with our help, the other civilization's level advanced by leaps and bounds, reaching the same level as us, but they later tore up the peace agreement and took the initiative to start a war with us, wanting to kill us!" The Sky Apostle shook its hideous dragon head, flapped its giant wings and soared into the sky, roaring: "The current me no longer expects to enter a level-one civilization, and I will never coexist with a new civilization!"

"Just according to the way we once liked the most, destroy the new civilization, restore our peak, and maintain our rule!"

"Either we destroy Raging Tides Island, or let Raging Tides Island destroy us, there will be no third choice!"

The Sky Apostle roared into the sky, its dragon roar spreading throughout the entire sea.

In its roar, the Sky Castle had entered the attack range of the Burning Steel Wall. Below the huge Sky Castle were countless sea beasts with scarlet eyes and inferior sequence followers of the ancient civilization!