Chapter 1885: Chapter 1881: How Did They All Die?

"Did you all know this is the Ancient Poison Crystal Core?"

Bai Shengqi frowned in confusion, having learned about the Ancient Poison Crystal Core from these monsters, much like Hua Yingjie did. Thus, he began a slaughter spree, intending to kill everyone and then figure out how to acquire the Ancient Poison Crystal Core on his own.

"What is the Ancient Poison Crystal Core?"

Tang Xinhai and others were startled and suspicious.

"It’s actually the Ancient Poison Crystal Core. Indeed, only the Ancient Poison Crystal Core could create such an environment."

Zhuge Guang’s face turned solemn.

Everyone looked at Zhuge Guang simultaneously, wanting to know what the Ancient Poison Crystal Core was.

"Looks like we don’t need to fight anymore; the immediate priority is to destroy the Ancient Poison Crystal Core. Otherwise, once this thing appears, it will definitely cause destruction and rivers of blood."

Zhuge Guang warned them with a serious tone.

"What exactly do you know? I only know there’s an Ancient Poison Crystal Core here, but I’m uncertain about what it really is."

Bai Shengqi confusedly stared at Zhuge Guang.

"In simple terms, the so-called Ancient Poison Crystal Core is an ancient biological weapon, a dangerous object that can be reused,"

Zhuge Guang thought for a moment, then spoke with a face full of apprehension: "According to the Heavenly Mechanism Sect’s records, throughout history, the Ancient Poison Crystal Core has appeared five times, each time causing countless deaths.

The first appearance of the Ancient Poison Crystal Core was two thousand five hundred years ago along the Mediterranean coast, triggering a plague that was actually a mutated rat disaster.

The Ancient Poison Crystal Core appeared at its peak in Constantinople of the Byzantine Empire, resulting in one billion deaths, leading the mighty empire to its demise.

Two thousand years ago, the Ancient Poison Crystal Core resurfaced in overseas areas, known as the ’Black Death,’ claiming 25 million lives, accounting for one-third of the overseas population at that time.

This plague originated in Central Asia, where the Crusaders and Persian merchants mistakenly thought the Ancient Poison Crystal Core was a treasure and took it from underground, turning the overseas area into a living hell, a scene of Ai Hong.

The third time was fifteen hundred years ago, erupting in the capital of the British Empire, killing one-fifth of the population of the empire, with the culprit still being mutated snakes, insects, and rats. Although historical records describe the disaster names differently, they’re very similar to the previous two times.

The fourth occurrence was a thousand years ago in the previously isolated East Sea overseas region. At the time, industrialization in the West Sea overseas region led people to start developing colonies, and to eliminate the indigenous people of the East Sea Continent, they threw the Ancient Poison Crystal Core onto the newly discovered continent.

Records indicate that at the time, the already sparsely populated West Sea overseas region lost over 500,000 people, allowing the developed countries in the West Sea overseas region to successfully occupy the East Sea Continent.

The last appearance of the Ancient Poison Crystal Core was five hundred years ago in the southwestern part of our country, causing immeasurable losses to the citizens at the time, with nearly 1.2 million deaths.

Overall, three conclusions can be drawn. First, except for the first appearance of the Ancient Poison Crystal Core inexplicably, the other four disaster occasions have human traces, using it as a weapon.

Second, although the historical records show different names for the five disasters, each time there were small animals that mutated first, ultimately causing large-scale human deaths.

Third, it seems the Ancient Poison Crystal Core appears every five hundred years, and now appears to be the sixth five-hundred-year deadline."

"Wow, are you telling a story?"

After listening to Zhuge Guang’s explanation, everyone was quite frightened.

The death toll ranging from millions to tens of millions, even billions, was simply too exaggerated.

"I’m definitely not alarmist; this is all information that can be found in the Heavenly Mechanism Sect’s records, which you naturally wouldn’t know."

Zhuge Guang confidently looked at everyone: "So we absolutely cannot let the Ancient Poison Crystal Core leave here, or else many people will surely die."

"Damn it, although I expected this thing to be terrifying, I didn’t realize it’s truly terrifying."

Tang Ming swallowed hard and only reacted after a while.

"This sounds more frightening than biological weapons; we can’t let this thing leave here no matter what."

Hua Yingjie also nodded repeatedly.

"This is interesting."

Tang Xinhai squinted his eyes, showing great interest while observing the direction of the plaza. If this thing is so poisonous, then refining it would be a massive benefit for those who cultivate Poison Skills.

"If I could control this thing, it would be equivalent to holding an atomic bomb, and I would become the sovereign of the world."

Bai Shengqi observed the direction of the plaza with greedy eyes flickering.

Each had their own thoughts, whether it be Jinzai and Shao Wuchou. They came here with ulterior motives, and now that they discovered how powerful the Ancient Poison Crystal Core is, naturally, their thoughts became active.

The group fell silent, looking at each other with no movement.

After a moment, everyone moved simultaneously, racing towards the plaza.

Under the current circumstances, whoever gets the Gu Poison Crystal Core first will own it, while those lagging behind will have difficulty snatching it from someone else’s hands.

At this moment, Hua Yingjie and Bai Shengqi ignored their standoff, leading their respective monster armies aggressively forward, but unfortunately, they couldn’t beat the speed of martial generals like Tang Xinhai and others.

"Old Hua, why are we running?"

Tang Ming grabbed the giant rabbit’s neck, asking in confusion.

"I don’t know! But judging by the posture, everyone wants to get the Gu Poison Crystal Core. If we don’t hurry, we’ll fall behind."

Hua Yingjie responded while controlling monsters.

"Bro, there’s a death zone around that plaza; you and I have both seen that terrifying scene, running there is useless."

Tang Ming reminded helplessly: "If we could go there, we would have already done so."

"Oh right! Then why are we running?"

Hua Yingjie realized, suddenly not so urgent anymore.

The others quickly reached the plaza’s edge, seeing piles of skeletons, and stopped their actions, while Bai Shengqi and Hua Yingjie had to jump off the beasts’ backs because those beasts wouldn’t move any closer.

"What is going on here? Why are there so many skeletons?"

Jinzai looked around in confusion.

"No need to look, Old Hua and I have checked; the entire plaza is surrounded by a boundary line, and inside close to this line are all skeletons."

Tang Ming spoke with a smile to remind them.

"How did these people and animals die?"

Shao Wuchou asked, puzzled.

"Who knows, anyway we didn’t dare to go in, why don’t you try?"

Tang Ming playfully looked at Shao Wuchou.

"Me, you want me to be your pathfinder, no way."

Shao Wuchou snorted, then stopped talking and focused on studying.