Unlike the mountains and forests, unlike the wilderness, and unlike the roads that connect various places…
This gigantic city is a completely different marvel, a predetermined place seemingly full of order and special rules.
Scarface knew that things different from nature are also called "man-made."
Just like those massive streets outside, this gigantic city is also a "man-made structure."
[Why is it called 'man-made'?]
[And what is 'man'?]
Once again, various doubts flashed through his mind.
Unaware of the reasons, Scarface began circling around the city ruins with the Dragon Wolf.
In fact, nothing here matches the streets of the outside world.
This gigantic city just suddenly appeared here.
Through observation, Scarface could see that the road he traveled continues to extend outward, just like a river endlessly flowing to the sea.
Yet, this gigantic city blocked the further extension of the road.
To make a possibly inappropriate analogy, it's like a normal flowing river suddenly having a boulder pop up in front of it, cutting the river right in half.
This gigantic city plays the role of the "boulder."
"This city… fell from the sky."
At the edge of the gigantic city, cracks were spreading in all directions.
The originally flat and smooth avenue had become uneven due to those cracks, losing its original sense of order.
Upon further observation, Scarface even saw that at the city's edge, the city's foundation was brutally smashed into the ground over ten meters deep.
Evidently, that was not constructed along the road; it was the city's inherent foundation.
"Is it possible… for a city to exist in the sky?"
He looked up at the sky obscured by clouds.
Deep in Scarface's inner thoughts, something told him that it's impossible for a city to exist in the sky.
But what Scarface saw made him somewhat doubt this instinctual thought.
This instinctual thought allowed Scarface to skip the enlightenment phase of general biological wisdom, directly possessing the ability to speak and recognize words, even forming an innate thought pattern in his mind.
Yet this did not mean that Scarface would unconditionally accept this instinctual thinking.
After all, Scarface was born from Li Hao's corpse, but after all is said and done, he was not Li Hao's avatar.
The process of self-birth, nurturing wisdom…
After passing through these two stages, Scarface had already learned self-doubt and self-examination.
And this was one of the important reasons he could stand out among many peers and become the Wilderness Prophet.
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Uncertain whether it's Li Hao's current form of existence or the inherent rules of this dream world.
For Li Hao, time was meaningless at that moment.
He felt as if, in the blink of an eye, Scarface had already toured most of the gigantic city with A Dui.
In terms of time perception, it's an extremely contradictory feeling.
Li Hao's consciousness clearly knew that exploring the city wouldn't be a short endeavor.
Yet he felt as if he indeed, in just a blink, had followed Scarface and A Dui through every corner of the city.
[Time... is meaningless to me now.]
This realization flashed through his mind as Li Hao clearly saw Scarface and A Dui arrive at the city's central zone.
Slightly different from Li Hao's understanding of a "city center."
Here, there were no grand buildings, nor any proper palatial cluster…
All that existed here was a large sacrificial site resembling a labyrinth.
Its core was the altar built from unknown materials.
On top of it sat a large sealed container similar to a jar.
Due to the inheritance from the Dragon Race, Li Hao recognized the runes on the large sealed container at first glance—the Dragon Seal.
[Artifact: Sealing Pot]
[Type: Object]
[Quality: Legend]
[Function①: A mysterious pot etched with the "Dragon Seal," possessing the ability to seal a special object.]
[Function②: Can consolidate itself through the power of the earth veins, nearly impossible to destroy through normal means.]
In the concept of the Dragon Race, the "Dragon Seal" was akin to the exclusive script of the Dragon Race.
However, unlike regular text, the "Dragon Seal" inherently possessed some sort of mysterious power.
For instance, the "Sealing Pot" before him was inscribed with types of Dragon Seals like sealing, suppression, communication, earth, and enhancement.
Of course, to Li Hao, the inscriptions on the "Sealing Pot" felt more like a piece of sacrificial text.
The general meaning was entreating Ancestor Dragon and Earth Mother for protection and shelter for the city, to seal and suppress the "sinful object" before it, making it endure eternal suffering.
Honestly, Li Hao was very curious about what was actually sealed inside the "Sealing Pot."
Having followed Scarface's perspective for so long.
Li Hao had actually roughly guessed who the creators of this city were.
The beings under Candle Dragon's protection…
Possessing enormous bodies…
Suspected floating wreckage of a city in the sky…
And the "Dragon Seal" that only the Dragon Race could master…
Upon piecing these conditions together, the conclusion pointed to the same race—those who once lived on this land were the legendary Dragon Race.
Thus, for what the Dragon Race regarded as a forbidden "sinful object," even at the cost of a city's power to suppress and seal it.
The thing sealed within the "Sealing Pot" definitely concealed some earth-shattering secret.
"What… is this?"
While Li Hao was still pondering what might be sealed inside the "Sealing Pot,"
On Scarface's side, he and A Dui had already traversed the outer layer of the labyrinth, reaching the very core of this desolate ruin.
Unlike Li Hao's perspective, Scarface gazed at the massive altar with eyes filled with curiosity.
If the city's architecture outside was already enormous enough.
Then the altar before him could no longer be described simply as "enormous."
Scarface's gaze couldn't even see to the end of this altar.
Particularly when Scarface curiously tried to climb the altar, each step here was taller than even Scarface himself.
With no other choice, Scarface turned his gaze towards the Dragon Wolf beside him.
"Woo!"
Facing Scarface's unabashed gaze, the Dragon Wolf could only let out a pitiful whimper.
Subsequently, the four soft appendage-like tendrils on its back intertwined, transforming into two rudimentary fleshy wings.
"Yes, that's a good child!"
Nodding in satisfaction, Scarface seamlessly climbed onto the Dragon Wolf's back, then motioned for it to head toward the top of the altar.
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