Chapter 2562 - 2561: Strange
Ling Feng nodded and said okay, then walked out of the cabin with Xiangxue.
Once outside, they took a breath of the oxygen-rich air, which felt quite refreshing.
However, the temperature here wasn’t high; if ordinary people from Earth were here, they might not be able to handle it.
Stepping on ice that was who-knows-how-many years old, the two walked forward and soon reached the edge of the giant crater.
Standing here, a person felt especially small; the other side of the crater was almost out of sight.
"I’ll try to call out to my kin in a moment, so don’t be surprised."
Xiangxue reminded him and then rose into the air.
Ling Feng watched her fly above the crater, then placed her hands behind her ears, slowly spinning in place, while making a sound that was like gentle singing.
The sound was melodious and incredibly pleasant!
Ling Feng realized he hadn’t heard music in so long, and hearing Xiangxue’s voice now, he found himself quite enchanted.
Time passed, and just as Ling Feng was still lost in it, Xiangxue abruptly stopped singing and returned with a face full of disappointment.
Seeing her expression, Ling Feng understood something, so he carefully asked, "Couldn’t find your kin?"
"No."
Xiangxue shook her head, her mind heavy, "I can’t believe it; our race can’t have been entirely wiped out by the Devil Clan, right?"
"That depends on how many of them there were. You weren’t at the scene at the time, so it’s hard to say without knowing the balance of power between the two sides."
Ling Feng didn’t know how to comfort her, so he looked up at the massive red planet in the sky, "If it really doesn’t work out, we can go to the Devil Clan’s home planet. There must be people there, and if we capture a Devil Clan member to question, maybe we can get some answers."
"Hmm."
Xiangxue nodded but then said, "No rush to the home planet yet; I want to look around more here first."
"Alright!"
Ling Feng nodded without saying much else since they were already here; he might as well accompany her around.
The two then took to the air, flying toward the depths of the crater.
Even with the Divine Sense, they couldn’t see the bottom, and Ling Feng couldn’t help but click his tongue in secret, thinking how incredible it was that the Devil Clan could create such a massive crater on a planet!
If this crater was truly caused by something exploding, its power was not to be underestimated!
At the same time, Ling Feng thought of another problem: if Xiangxue’s people lived underground, such explosive power would be enough to cause an earthquake over ten levels across the entire planet!
If that were the case, there would truly be none of her people left on this planet!
Thinking about this, although they weren’t of the same race, Ling Feng felt a pang of sadness.
He didn’t mention it to Xiangxue, just followed her, slowly descending to the bottom of the crater.
The light started to fade below, and the environment gradually turned pitch black. Ling Feng then asked, "No light, can you see?"
"It’s fine, I have night vision," Xiangxue said.
Ling Feng responded with an "Oh," guessing that her night vision might be some special ability, so he didn’t ask further questions.
As for himself, he had the Divine Sense, so the darkness didn’t really affect him.
The two continued their descent, and Ling Feng saw that Xiangxue intended to reach the crater’s bottom and didn’t object.
Soon enough, his Divine Sense detected the bottom, where the environment was entirely different from the outside.
The bottom had an area only the size of a football field, with both the base and walls smooth as mirrors. The ground was immaculate, seemingly without a speck of dust.
Ling Feng couldn’t help but be puzzled; the shape of the crater was wider at the top and narrower at the bottom. Logically, falling rocks from above should have filled this area, so why was it so clean?
He didn’t mention this to Xiangxue, and they slowly descended, taking nearly an hour to approach the crater bottom.
And when Xiangxue saw the environment there, she let out a soft exclamation.
They then found themselves hovering above the bottom, about a hundred meters away, right at the edge of the mirror-smooth ground.
Full of curiosity, Xiangxue flew to the edge to take a closer look and even reached out to touch it, immediately letting out a low cry!
Seeing this, Ling Feng quickly moved forward, "What’s wrong?"
"It’s so cold!"
Xiangxue looked back at him, "Don’t touch this place; you’ll get frostbitten."
Upon hearing this, Ling Feng quickly asked, "What about your hand?"
"Fingers are frostbitten, but it shouldn’t be a big problem," Xiangxue said.
Ling Feng’s Divine Sense swept over, seeing that the tips of her two fingers had changed color, and he immediately said, "This is fine? The cells are already dead!"
With that, he didn’t hesitate and directly took Xiangxue’s hand.
She was momentarily stunned, and Ling Feng had already activated the energy within him.
But Xiangxue’s body automatically resisted, not allowing his energy to enter.
Ling Feng had to say, "Relax. Let me heal you, don’t resist my energy."
"Okay."
Xiangxue nodded, actively relinquishing internal resistance, allowing Ling Feng’s energy to enter.
Moments later, Ling Feng used the energy from the Classic of the Divine Farmer to repair the necrotic parts of her fingertips, then said, "This place is strange; let’s be more careful."
"Hmm."
Xiangxue nodded, her fingertips feeling restored. She gently thanked him, then asked, "You think the strange conditions here might have been caused by an explosion at that time?"
"Doesn’t seem like it."
Ling Feng shook his head, "After an explosion, a lot of rubble would have fallen and filled this place, but now there’s not a single piece of debris. I feel like something else happened here afterward!"
At a depth of about seventy to eighty kilometers from the surface, it’s not close to the planet’s core, so the idea that someone used this method to prevent lava from spreading doesn’t hold up.
Ling Feng furrowed his brow, wondering what other reason there could be.
"Do you think the Devil Clan might have used this special method to trap the last of my people below?" Xiangxue asked.
Hearing this, Ling Feng glanced at her, admiring her acute thinking!
It’s really possible!
After some thought, Ling Feng told her, "We’ll find out soon if that’s the case!"
With that, he took out the God Slayer Saber and stabbed at the mirror-like surface.
With a hiss, the blade penetrated!
Seeing that it worked, Ling Feng turned to Xiangxue, "Wait here for a moment; I’ll go below and see if I can break through this layer of extreme cold!"