There was a whoosh, and a figure flew past. It was a space-exploring powerhouse.
Following that, one figure after another left. These space-exploring powerhouses were all rushing towards the interior of the centipede.
Lu Yin inspected the buildings. "Monkey, can you tell which era these buildings are from?"
"Seventh Bro, do you really think I'm an archaeologist? Everything I know was recorded by powerhouses. I don't know anything about eras, so how would I know these things?"
Lu Yin casually pushed aside a wall, but it crumbled to dust when it hit the ground. Too much time had passed, and nothing could be preserved. There weren't even any words on the buildings.
"To be able to place their family in such a huge centipede, this family must be quite powerful. The materials they used to build their buildings must be extraordinary, but even so, they've been reduced to dust. You can only imagine how old they were."
Lu Yin was puzzled. "That centipede's corpse was perfectly preserved. Why didn't it disappear with the passage of time?"
"I don't know. Logically speaking, it should have disappeared." The monkey was puzzled as well.
"Right, Seventh Bro, put the spacecraft into your cosmic ring," the monkey suddenly said.
Lu Yin frowned. "I can't fit it in a spacecraft. It's too big."
"You're talking about a normal cosmic ring. The one you're wearing right now was given to you by Northgate Lie. It might work," the monkey said.
Lu Yin's eyes lit up, and he returned to where the spacecraft had landed to try it out. Unfortunately, he still couldn't fit it in. The spacecraft was too big, and a cosmic ring could only store items that were one square meter in size. He would have to dismantle the spacecraft in order to fit it in.
"Forget it, I'll wait until I get a better one," Lu Yin said helplessly.
At that moment, another spacecraft crashed nearby. Lu Yin's heart skipped a beat, and he slowly approached it.
This was a small spacecraft that could fit over a hundred people.
The doors opened, and the people inside walked out one by one. They all wore the same uniform, and it was obvious that they were mercenaries. However, they weren't very strong.
Finally, a middle-aged man with a muscular body walked out. He had a fierce gaze, and he immediately saw Lu Yin walking over. The man had a cigarette in his mouth, and he exhaled fiercely. White smoke formed a circle that slowly dissipated.
"Go, bring him over," the man ordered.
A few mercenaries immediately surrounded Lu Yin and brought him over to the man.
"When did you get in?" the man glanced at Lu Yin and asked casually.
Lu Yin looked at the man. "You should have universal armor..."
The middle-aged man frowned. "What are you answering? When did you come in?"
"Give me a set of universal armor," Lu Yin answered.
Everyone looked at Lu Yin strangely.
The middle-aged man was furious. "I'm asking you a question. Answer me honestly, or I'll kill you."
Lu Yin frowned, and the air around his body revolved before spreading out in all directions to sweep through everyone. An intense pressure immediately enveloped the area, and even though the middle-aged man was an Explorer, he was still forced back several steps by this pressure. He looked at Lu Yin in shock; how could a Limiteer be so strong?
Wait a minute, this person looks very familiar.
"I said, give me a set of universal armor, and I won't make things difficult for you," Lu Yin said slowly.
The middle-aged man immediately tossed a set of universal armor over to Lu Yin. He did not say a single word and was very decisive.
Lu Yin inspected it, nodded in satisfaction, and turned to leave.
The middle-aged man heaved a sigh of relief as he watched Lu Yin's departing figure. This young man was too frightening. For a Limiteer to have such strength, he must be a freakish genius from a great power, and such a person could not be provoked. No wonder Lu Yin looked so familiar; he must have seen him somewhere before.
"Captain, what should we do next?" one of the mercenaries asked.
The middle-aged man waved a hand. "Let's go in. I don't believe that there are freaks like him everywhere. With our mercenary group's strength, even if we can't get anything good, it'll still be good for us to gain some experience. Right, record the scenery along the way. We can sell it for a high price."
"Yes, Captain."
With the universal armor in hand, Lu Yin did not have to worry about being exposed to the universe for the time being. He walked towards the centipede's body.
This centipede's body was too large, and no one knew what was inside. Thus, everyone was very careful as they walked.
"Monkey, do you think there's anything alive inside this thing?" Lu Yin asked.
The monkey muttered, "It's hard to say. There might be, but there might not be."
"There shouldn't be. After all, this centipede's life force has already been extinguished, so there shouldn't be anything alive inside it," Lu Yin said.
The monkey did not interrupt, as this was all just a guess.
Anything that had been around for a very long time could undergo unimaginable changes.
Lu Yin and the monkey's guesses were useless, so they could only continue forward.
However, they had not walked very far when a corpse appeared, causing Lu Yin's mood to turn gloomy.
The corpse belonged to a man who had died not too long ago. Death was actually very common in the universe, but this corpse was very strange because it had been frightened to death.
The man's eyes were wide open, and his pupils were dilated. His face was green and stiff, and there were no injuries on his body. However, he had died in a strange manner, as if his soul had been stripped from his body.
Lu Yin felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at the corpse on the ground. This person had been an Explorer, and within the centipede's body, where Cruisers were not allowed out, such a person was already considered a powerhouse. Even if Lu Yin wanted to kill this person, it would be impossible for him to leave no injuries behind. How had this person died?
"Seventh Bro, don't you feel scared?" the monkey asked sinisterly.
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed. "Don't use that tone of voice, or I'll block you."
"Hehe, don't scare me. You can't block me in a place like this. Blocking me means that your right arm will be crippled. Do you still dare to cripple your own right arm after seeing this corpse?" the monkey asked confidently.
Lu Yin ignored the monkey and focused on the man's corpse. Under his domain's protection, this person really did not have any injuries. His spiritual force was already gone, which meant that his body still had vitality, but his soul had died.
Did a person really have a soul?
Countless people in the universe had explored this question. Some people said that spiritual force was a person's soul, while others said that the soul was a type of energy that could not be transferred by one's willpower. There were even some who firmly believed that humans could reincarnate, and as long as a person's spiritual force was completely integrated into another person's body, that person would be considered reincarnated.
These debates had continued for countless years, and Lu Yin was actually more in favor of the soul theory. After all, wasn't Possession the same as stripping off his soul and integrating it into another person's body?
The Daynight clan's methods of attacking spiritual force were equivalent to attacking the soul.
The nameless elder that Lu Yin had met on Driftcharge Planet had also said that a person was separated into a physical body and a spiritual force. Was the spiritual force equivalent to the soul?
Lu Yin could not understand it, but it would be more appropriate to explain this corpse's situation by saying that his soul had been wiped out.
This person's soul had been wiped out.
The monkey was right, and Lu Yin was indeed scared out of his wits. He had never encountered a power that could directly wipe out a person's spiritual force. Even the Daynight clan's battle techniques had only injured him, and the pressure that a Hunter could exert on a lower-level cultivator was just pressure. There was no battle technique like the Daynight clan's that could wipe out a person's soul. Had this person died at the hands of a human, or had he died at the hands of some indescribable existence within the centipede's body?
"Monkey, have you encountered a soul attack before?" Lu Yin asked.
"Soul attack?
Seventh Bro, you still believe in such things?
That's just a superstition. "
Lu Yin slowly walked forward. "How do you explain the Daynight clan's battle techniques?"
"The human body has spiritual force, and the Daynight clan's battle techniques target that. However, that doesn't mean that spiritual force is the soul. Spiritual force is more like a substance produced by the human body, and humans just haven't discovered it yet. Seventh Bro, you're overthinking things. There are no souls, ghosts, or reincarnations in this world. Otherwise, how could Progenitor Wushang have died? He would have gained eternal life long ago."
Lu Yin exhaled. This was something that had been researched for countless years and still could not be discovered.
There was a whoosh as an Explorer streaked across the sky at an extremely fast speed. There were several Explorers chasing after him, and it seemed like they were here for vengeance.
Lu Yin walked on the ground, occasionally speeding up to cover a certain distance. Ever since he had seen that mysterious man who had been scared to death, he had become somewhat apprehensive about this place.
He didn't know how much time had passed, but he found out through his gadget that a day had already passed. More and more people overtook Lu Yin, and he saw more and more corpses. Almost all of them had died at the hands of humans, but there were also two corpses that looked like they had been scared to death.
He didn't know if the others had noticed, but he was becoming more and more apprehensive.
After walking for so long, it seemed like he still hadn't left the area of the centipede's severed limb. It was obvious that the centipede's body was enormous, and it shook the heavens.
Not all of the limb was made up of structures, as most of them were shells covered with mud and other materials. Walking on them was like walking on land.
Gradually, Lu Yin caught up to the main group. For some reason, many people in front of him were slowing down, and they eventually formed a small bazaar where they exchanged resources.
Lu Yin didn't greet anyone and just sat down in a corner to rest. He soon learned why this group of people had stopped moving forward. It was because there were creatures ahead of them that looked like white earthworms.
These worms were enormous, and their defenses were very strong. The surface of their bodies could deflect most attacks, and although they didn't have much attack power, there were too many of them. Anyone who fell into a sea of worms would be easily squeezed to death. Many powerhouses had already died, and once they died, their corpses would be eaten by the worms. It was a terrifying scene.
"They should be parasites," the monkey said solemnly.
Lu Yin raised his brows. "The centipede's been dead for countless years. Where did these parasites come from?"
"You'll have to ask them about that. Who released the parasites? You should know that some organisms have parasites that can freeze themselves. If no one destroys them, they can live forever. They're different from humans, and some organisms can even achieve true immortality."
These people were probably waiting for more people to join them. Lu Yin had changed his appearance in a low-key manner, as he didn't want to be recognized as a pawn that would lead the charge for someone else.
The area was very wide, and Lu Yin's group gathered in one area. Far away from them, Northgate Lie and the other youths from the Northline Flowzone had gathered together and were walking forward.
This group was led by Northgate Lie, and although they came from different families, they were very united. This was the rule of the Northline Flowzone: to be united against outsiders.
Lily Anne, Northgate Gang, and the others were also in the group.