Ant Lord in the Star Realm

The second massive door, about thirty meters high and more than fifty meters wide, was opened a crack.

Dragon Cypress, hiding at the back, swept over with its Soul-Setting Ability.

"Safe!"

Dragon Cypress briefly declared.

"Safe!"

Kansui notified Captain Upright Lotus, Chickpea, and Purple Cicada spiders at the front.

Simultaneously, the Wind and Thunder Primordial Energy burst forth, figures flashed forward, and they rushed into the second Treasury.

The second Treasury was neatly divided into oversized storerooms, each with a side length of about forty meters, more than fifty meters deep, and four to fifty meters high.

Doors could be pushed or pulled left and right.

By the time they arrived,

Chickpea had already successfully opened one of the doors.

The spacious storeroom had a forty to fifty-meter-tall plant in the center, resembling the Fern-Leaved Ginkgo Wood, covered in small, white flowers.

Not a living entity.

The spiritual power scanning it, the insects were mildly surprised.

All-metal, solid.

There remained only a faint trace of Primordial Energy properties.

"Dragon Cypress, what is this?"

Ink Orchid inquired.

Dragon Cypress: "If I’m not mistaken, this is a tree-shaped sculpture made from various precious Primordial Energy Metals. It’s probably used to record a particularly remarkable Origin Force Plant from the civilization!"

"A sculpture? What’s its purpose?"

Ink Orchid scanned repeatedly with spiritual power, using Metal Talent Perception, quite certain that it was a complexly structured metal artifact.

Dragon Cypress: "...still an artwork."

Dragon Cypress: "I have a bad feeling that the second Treasury is storing more artworks."

Chickpea then opened the door to the neighboring storeroom.

It was another tree-shaped sculpture, not a Natural God System plant.

Captain Upright Lotus, Purple Cicada, Kansui, and Giant Taro spiders went forward to examine it. As Dragon Cypress said, it was an extravagant plant sculpture made from Primordial Energy Metals.

Having been in a Primordial Energy vacuum for a long time, 99% of the Primordial Energy properties had been lost, along with its value.

Chickpea worked quickly.

He consecutively opened seven storeroom doors.

All were plant sculptures.

The eighth storeroom door opened, finally something changed.

A four-legged, upright sculpture resembling a human intelligent being appeared.

Standing over thirty meters tall, it was pitch black all over, shrouded in a black robe, with two eyes made from some bright red gemstones.

It slightly tilted its head upwards, holding a purple scepter with both hands, raising it high above its head, a posture that puzzled the insects.

Similarly, made from Primordial Energy materials, over billions, or possibly tens of billions, even twenty-billion years during the transition from the Old Universe to the birth of the New Universe, within a vacuum of Origin Force, its Primordial Energy properties had long eroded.

—The situation isn’t looking so good~

Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid wisely quieted down, following behind the five elder spiders, watching silently.

Chickpea continued to open the next storeroom door.

"No need to look anymore!"

Captain Upright Lotus shouted to stop them, analyzing: "The first level of the Treasury stored artworks made from ordinary materials. The second level uses artworks made from Primordial Energy materials."

Captain Upright Lotus pointed upwards with a claw, saying: "The second Treasury should be divided into three or four layers. Most likely, one layer is created using First Level Primordial Energy Materials; the second layer using Level 2 Energy Materials; the third layer using Third-level Elemental Materials."

"The properties of First and Second Level materials are certainly degraded and ruined, only the Third-level Materials can be preserved till now. We should go straight to the third level!"

"Alright—"

Chickpea agreed, leaping up, hanging upside down from the top of the Treasury, its silvery-white metal seeping into the roof, and soon opened a hole with a diameter of seven to eight meters.

The insects all followed in turn.

Chickpea continued opening another opening, leading directly to the third level.

And opened a storeroom door...

As the door just broke open, strong and peculiar Primordial Energy Fluctuation rose up.

"Wow!"

"Hoo!"

"Great!"

"Third-level Materials!"

"Captain Upright Lotus is impressive!"

The insects cheered, all secretly breathed a sigh of relief: they’ve hit a jackpot! They’re going to be rich!

Upon opening and viewing,

they were all speechless again.

The center of the spacious Treasury had a humanoid sculpture with four legs standing on a columnar pedestal about five to six meters in diameter, and around two meters high.

Possibly the precious nature of Third-level Materials, or maybe a one-to-one reproduction, so the sculpture was only about four meters in height.

With copper-yellow skin, robust muscle contours, glaring eyes, a menacing face, and crimson eye pupils.

The two hind legs slightly bent, in a jumping posture.

The two front legs held a knife-like weapon, raised high over the head in a slashing stance.

The head had one hundred and thirty-three tentacles, wildly dancing.

The whole emitted a shockingly intense Primordial Energy Fluctuation, and combined with the combat posture, gave the insects a massive sensory impact.

Staring into its eyes, one felt as if it was targeting oneself, about to jump up and chop with a single strike.

"This is true art!"

Captain Upright Lotus was overjoyed, expressing heartfelt appreciation, dashed forward to examine it, a cloud of mist lifting its body gently, floating up to the height of the sculpture, cautiously reaching out a front leg to pry off the scarlet gemstone adorning the eye.

"An almost intact Bloodflame Stone! A precious Primordial Energy Material only possible to produce at a Third Level Origin Point."

"When comprehending certain Fire System Abilities at the Habitat Realm or Overlord Strength Realm, one can absorb the power within, speeding up comprehension, and coalescing ’Star Trace’."

"Even a single such piece is worth ten million Primordial Crystals!"

"The sculpture is made from Red Bismuth, only derivable in the Chaos Star Sea. We’ve mined it before, the market acquisition price is no less than 10 Primordial Crystals/gram. The tentacles on its head are made from Chaos Beryl Copper, the weapon in its claw is made from more complex materials, which should still be separable..."

Captain Upright Lotus professionally commented, activating its Metal Ability to try and found the weapon was fused with the sculpture’s claws, then gave up.

Estimating, muttered: "Rough valuation, this artwork is valued at between 2.5 billion to 3 billion Primordial Crystals!"