Chapter 195: Divine Pillar
Translator: Lordbluefire Editor: Lordbluefire
Ever since the Ancient Earth Era, the island of j.a.pan had been sliding toward the Mariana Trench every year. Also, j.a.pan itself was a country with many earthquakes, and each earthquake would exacerbate the problem, accelerating this process further.
At that time, the scientists had already speculated that a few thousand years later, the entire j.a.pan sink into the Mariana Trench, never appearing on the ocean’s surface again. However, ten thousand years had pa.s.sed and not only did j.a.pan not vanish, but the j.a.panese seemed to flourish and become even more prosperous.
The prediction of the scientists wasn’t actually wrong. Such a situation didn’t occur because of the change in era. Thus, new technology was developed which prevented that from happening.
After humanity left the solar system and began to awaken the power of mythological genes, they didn’t forsake the solar system immediately. As spirit particles were made known to everyone, some of the ancient mythological ruins in the solar system were gradually excavated.
All of these were traces left behind by the cultivation civilizations in ancient times and were remnants of their respective mythology. Their presence often attracted countless humans to fight over them.
This was especially so for the region near the East China Sea. A gigantic mythological ruin had been dug out from the sea. At that moment, all the asian countries had acted like sharks that had seen the blood, rus.h.i.+ng into it and fighting among themselves. Some of them had obtained countless wondrous treasures, and each possessed unfathomable power.
But since then, 3,000 years had already pa.s.sed. There was no longer any information with regards to treasures from the mythological ruins of the East China Sea.
However, there were still stories about a treasure that had been circulated even until now.
That was none other than the fact that j.a.pan had obtained an extremely wondrous treasure back then. They had then transformed this treasure into a gigantic pillar and engineered a way to embed it inside the seabed of the Mariana Trench, supporting the entire j.a.pan. This caused the sinking process to stop; it was a miracle indeed.
And that treasure, because it took on the form of a giant pillar, became known as the j.a.panese divine pillar and was viewed by the j.a.panese as something with the traces of divine objects. This should be proof that their G.o.d, Amaterasu-omikami, had shown them a favor.
Could it be that this giant pillar under the sea was the j.a.panese divine pillar?
Although this was also the first time Feng Lin saw this, he was incomparably sure of his judgment.
After all, not everything could extend over 20,000 meters deep into the sea.
He controlled the flying shuttle and continued to scan the pillar. He discovered that this pillar was perfectly round in circ.u.mference and kept extending downward like a heavenly pillar. It was supporting the weight of entire j.a.pan, making it so that j.a.pan wasn’t able to sink any further. Given the bulk of the pillar and its toughness, even if there were no other special effects, it could already be considered a divine object.
The A.I. of the flying shuttle started scanning the quality of materials that the pillar was made from. Soon after, the results were shown. According to the scanning results, this pillar was actually formed from 100% iron. There were no other impurities.
Only iron?
How could such a common element form this divine object?
This simply didn’t conform with the logic of science.
But the reality was before his eyes. The technology of the Flowerfruit Mountain flying shuttle was incomparably developed, far surpa.s.sing the standards of the solar system. It was much more reliable compared to Feng Lin’s own probing. If the scan of the flying shuttle had a mistake, Feng Lin wouldn’t be able to discover anything either.
At this moment, in the scan, a wondrous scene appeared. The image of the iron pillar’s interior appeared before Feng Lin.
To his astonishment, Feng Lin saw that the iron atoms of this pillar were precisely meshed together with incredible density. Each atom was a node, presenting an extremely complex web-like crystal structure. The density of the pillar was far superior compared to any other objects he knew, such a superior toughness.
Also, despite further scans from the A.I., the probe was no longer able to sense anything.
This was because the density between the iron atoms was simply too packed. It was like this entire iron pillar was a gigantic iron atom. There were no gaps between the atoms at all, even light radiation wasn’t able to seep into it. By using science and technology, Feng Lin could only see the surface of this mysterious pillar.
There must be deeper secrets about this iron pillar. That should be why it could screen the probes of science and technology despite them being extremely developed.
The flying shuttle circled the gigantic iron pillar once, scanning all the information it could perceive from it. Feng Lin’s heart stirred, and he discovered that the shape of this j.a.panese divine pillar was really like a gigantic iron cudgel.
Could this be the Ruyi Golden Cudgel?
For some reason, this thought appeared in Feng Lin’s mind. But after that, a burst of self-mocking laughter rang out. How could it be so coincidental?
He was walking on the mythology path of Sun Wukong, but would he really be so fortunate as to coincidentally encounter the Ruyi Golden Cudgel?
If this was the case, wouldn’t his luck be way too good?
In the various mythology cultures, there were quite a few G.o.ds who used cudgels as their divine weapons. In India Mythology, the monkey G.o.d Hanuman was one of them. There was no need to mention about chinese deities. Several of them used cudgels as their weapons too. Naturally, this also didn’t exclude G.o.ds and deities from the other races.
In any case, things wouldn’t be clear unless he could confirm it with his own eyes.
Feng Lin stopped the flying shuttle at the seabed. He wore a diving suit that had the words, model 186, as he swam out.
This was a diving suit manufactured by the pinnacle science and technology of the Interstellar Era. It was able to resist water pressure up to 50,000 meters in depth.
The flying shuttle’s light was shut off. Feng Lin waded with his arms and swam toward the iron pillar.
When he was far away, he didn’t feel that this iron pillar would be so majestic. But the closer he got to it, he felt like he was standing before a heavenly pillar that could prop the heavens up. He felt as tiny and inconsequential as an ant.
Feng Lin increased his swimming speed. After he neared the pillar, his hands gently moved around on the surface. There were intricate lines carved on it, forming natural patterns.
Also, these patterns kept extending, forming into different pictures.
He moved nearer, observing it closely. All of a sudden, his heart pounded with shock.
He discovered that for one of the pictures, these intricate patterns actually formed into a word from the ancient chinese oracle script. Through the a.n.a.lysis of his A.I., it was an ancient word that represented ‘quant.i.ty’.
Endless fantasies appeared in Feng Lin’s mind. He continued feeling the lines. Gradually, he found eight ancient words, and upon joining them together, a rough sentence with the meaning below was formed.
“This object has no fixed form; it depends on the thoughts in one’s heart!”
So it wasn’t the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, the weapon of Sun Wukong?
Feng Lin inevitably felt a sense of disappointment. Despite knowing that the possibility of that was very small, the feeling of one’s hopes being dashed would naturally cause one to feel disappointment.
But he soon adjusted his emotions.
How could there be such a good thing in the world?
And if there was such a powerful treasure, how could a single person like him hold on to it?
Once that legendary divine weapon, the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, appeared, it would surely shake the heavens and earth. That weapon contained boundless might, and only those major Interstellar Supreme Empires would have treasures on that level. Besides they would only have very few of such treasures. From this fact, one could see the rarity of such divine treasures, and it was far beyond one’s imagination.
Even if Feng Lin obtained it, once news about this was leaked, he would also not be able to hold on to it.
If this j.a.panese divine pillar was truly the heaven-shaking treasure in the legends, how could a small country like j.a.pan on Earth, be able to maintain their possession of it?
Feng Lin no longer fantasized wildly and seriously began to examine this iron pillar closely.
Feng Lin sent his spirit force in, yet his spirit force soon rammed into some sort of barrier. The formless spirit force also had no way to seep into the iron pillar. There seemed to be a huge wall that would block all probes.
This feeling felt extremely familiar.
He suddenly felt excited once more. Even if this iron pillar wasn’t a supreme treasure from the old mythologies, it should still be a treasure with immense capabilities that was left behind by an ancient civilization. The feeling he got from this iron pillar was very similar to the furnace he had refined in the past.
Just when he was preparing to experiment more, wanting to see if he could use spirit force to attempt a refinement, a bright light suddenly flashed in the waters above him.
There were actually other humans who came so deep down into the Mariana Trench.
Who could these people be?
Feng Lin hurriedly dodged to the side; his flying shuttle had long since entered stealth mode, not leaking any trace of his presence.
A submarine as large as a whale slowly sank downward, s.h.i.+ning with a blinding light which illuminated the surroundings.
Swiftly after, over ten people swam out from within. On their diving suit, the logo of a red sun could be seen.
Feng Lin narrowed his eyes. Wasn’t this the flag of j.a.pan? These people were all j.a.panese!