"You can enter the core inheritance site of the Shelter, and truly discover its purposes. It’s not just a safe gathering place."
Yao Ji’s big sparkling eyes said, "The Shelter is a complete fighting machine, also a complete city, only you, my master, have the authority to release my seal and restart evolution!"
"Seal and evolution?"
Baiyu frowned, feeling rather confused.
Seeing her long-awaited "master" becoming more hesitant, Yao Ji quickly explained, "The Shelter was initially established to resist alien races, proposed as a concept of one town one race. Due to the distant era, I can no longer recall previous events, except I awoke two thousand years ago, mostly in a long dormant state.
At that time the Shelter was filled with alien races and demons, I didn’t dare to emit any signal of survival.
Because there was no energy, I couldn’t activate the protection system.
Until a hundred years ago.
Humans appeared to clear the surrounding alien races and Exotic Beasts.
Through their energy supply, I began to awaken and operate the Shelter’s functions again.
They seem to have used this place as a gathering spot, building a city to settle on my ruined foundation, and fought several great battles with alien races and Exotic Beasts.
It was through connecting to the human network that I realized, I was born in a prehistoric era.
Due to Divine Sense encoding.
These modern people cannot activate the true functions of the Shelter, nor the program for me and my master to jointly evolve, so I am still in a weak sealed state.
Only the Divine Sense encoding of ancient people can release the restricted seal."
Yao Ji’s voice was just right, smooth and extremely pleasant to hear.
But to Baiyu’s ears, it stirred a shockwave.
Have I... really traveled to the future?
Is Canglan Star Earth’s appearance in the future?
Am I the ancestor of modern people?
No matter how Earth changes, the constellations won’t change, Baiyu has never seen Polaris or the Big Dipper in Canglan Star’s night sky.
Could it be the legendary wandering Earth?
Baiyu’s mind plunged into confusion, only calming down after a while: "So you’re saying the Shelter was initially built to suppress alien races, not for Human Race self-preservation?"
"Yes, the Shelter can safely enter the multi-race battlefield of the Spirit Realm, but only for those with authority. Others wishing to enter those battlefields must find their own way in the Spirit Realm. But there are countless dangerous and eerie creatures and perilous places in the Spirit Realm, and even transcendental beings risk falling."
Yao Ji lightly lifted her skirt, "Master, I need you to truly release my restrictions."
Baiyu drank a cup of warm water and calmed down: "No rush, what is the multi-race battlefield?"
Yao Ji began to explain: "It’s a place where races battle, offering rich rewards distributed by the Spirit Realm. The battle locations are uncertain, as are the environments. Apart from the Shelter, one must find the true entrance in those ancient odd places of the Spirit Realm."
Baiyu absorbed the vast knowledge in his mind.
What Yao Ji spoke of was somewhat vague, the reality could only be understood through personal experience.
The only certainty now is that she probably didn’t deceive me.
The reason is simple.
As the actual controller of a Shelter, always considering fairness for the Human Race, Baiyu can’t think of any reason why she would deceive him as a newcomer.
"How do I activate you?"
"Just give me the command in your mind!" Yao Ji said happily, blushing: "However, I must remind you, master, once you choose me, your soul encoding will imprint on me, preventing you from signing a contract with other core spiritual bodies of Shelters.
Lijiang Shelter is just a small Shelter.
There are many powerful Shelters that can allow your starting point to be higher."
"Can you also upgrade?"
"Yes, there are resources in the multi-race battlefield that can upgrade me!"
"Then let’s do this, release the seal? Can you feel it?"
Baiyu chanted the words ’release the seal’ in his mind, but nothing changed, much like when shouting ’Balala Energy’ with a Magic Wand as a child, the legendary explosive transformation never happened.
"I... I felt it, master."
A flush quickly rose on Yao Ji’s cheeks, her voice coquettish, akin to fresh bamboo shoots emerging after spring rain, tender and delicious.
Exclamations rang out from outside the room.
The long unchanged Defense Spirit Array above the Shelter rippled, and the underground plaza carved with four Divine Beasts in its center rose, cracking the ground.
The vendors at Victor’s Plaza couldn’t even gather their goods, fleeing in panic.
The plaza with the four Divine Beasts exposed to the air, beams rose from the statues, the four beams shot into the sky, immensely spectacular.
The entire city was in upheaval.
Observing the chaotic crowds on the streets, Baiyu knew this was a scene never before witnessed, many even thinking it was an alien race attack.
Several formidable figures rushed from all directions.
Government, military, Bounty Hunter Association.
Strong individuals from these three factions promptly arrived on site, standing in front of the Four Divine Beasts Plaza, faces uncertain.
Hovering in the air, Martial Arts Grandmaster!
Five grandmasters hovered in the air around the Four Divine Beasts Plaza.
The wind tossed their garments, the invisible pressure quickly calming the panicked crowd.
Yet their expressions were obviously puzzled.
"Everyone need not panic, the Lijiang Shelter is solid as a fortress, it is not an alien race invasion, we were just experimenting with a Shelter function earlier."
Grandmaster Ma Huaqi spoke solemnly, his voice resonant like a bell.
The people below glanced at each other.
We don’t believe you.
If it were really solid as a fortress, wouldn’t it have nearly been breached by those Abyssal Ascetic Association pagans three years ago?
However, though the grandmasters’ faces were somber, it seemed indeed not an alien race invasion, and people gradually felt relieved.
Victor’s Plaza beneath the Four Divine Beasts Plaza unexpectedly rose up, which no one anticipated.
Suspended in the air were five figures of Grandmaster Level, exchanging bewildered glances, a Major General of the military quietly asked, "How did the Shelter’s foundational plaza rise by itself?"
The Shelter originally had its own buildings.
However, after East Prosperity Imperial took over, they constructed residential buildings atop these structures, hiding the original Shelter buildings and control centers underground, thus facilitating control.
So its rising is a highly unusual occurrence.
Like a house’s foundation lifting itself.
Grandmaster Wang of the Bounty Hunter Association stroked his beard, shaking his head: "We can only ask Yao Ji, all this change is related to her."