Chapter 365: Chapter 346: Hearing the Secret of ’Creating Gods’ Again
In the belly of a mountain covered in peculiar rocks, two Winged Race guards in full armor saw Brens arriving and promptly stepped forward, saying:
"Elder Brens, you’re here."
Brens merely nodded slightly in response. When his gaze fell upon the sealed cave behind the two Winged Race guards, a flicker of pain flashed across his face.
At this moment, the two Winged Race guards noticed Lin Yi behind him, initially stunned, thinking they might have been seeing things.
But when they looked closely, they pointed at Lin Yi and exclaimed in shock:
"Human Race!"
In an instant, the two guards assumed a combat-ready stance, exuding a powerful battle intent.
It seemed that every Winged Race member showed a hostile expression when seeing Lin Yi, a Human Race.
Before Lin Yi could act, the Jade Qilin and the Golden Behemoth had already roared in front of him:
"Roar~"
Jade Qilin:
"What, want to fight?"
Fortunately, at this time, Brens hurriedly scolded the two Winged Race guards and said sternly:
"Stand down, he is not the enemy."
The two Winged Race guards looked at Brens in astonishment:
"Elder?"
Yet their bodies exhibited no intention of stepping aside, still poised to attack at any moment.
Brens gave them a look that brooked no dissent, angrily shouting:
"I said stand down!"
Seeing the anger on Brens’ face, the two Winged Race guards hesitated for a moment before stepping respectfully to the sides.
They couldn’t understand:
Why was there a Human Race here?
How did he appear here, and what happened outside?
These questions spiraled in the minds of the two Winged Race guards, but Brens had no intention of explaining, directly passing by them:
"Guard this place and do not let anyone in, or face punishment according to the clan rules!"
Subsequently, Brens gestured to Lin Yi:
"Come with me."
Under the watchful eyes of the two bewildered Winged Race guards, Lin Yi followed behind Brens.
Brens had already begun to slowly open the heavy Stone Gate.
When the Stone Gate opened with a rumbling sound, even the mountain trembled, pebbles rolling down.
Judging by the dust and debris piled upon the Stone Gate, it seemed it hadn’t been opened for a long time.
The moment the Stone Gate opened, a musty smell suddenly burst out.
Standing close, Lin Yi turned his head away and retched when he smelled it:
"Ugh~"
The smell was nauseating, akin to that of a dead rat. After his retching ceased, Lin Yi saw Brens already heading inside.
Lin Yi overheard the two Winged Race guards discussing at the door:
"Isn’t this place always off-limits? How did the Human Race get in?"
"Yeah!"
"I also wonder what’s inside. Every time the Elder opens it, it reeks like this, it’s so disgusting."
At this time, one of the Winged Race members quickly said:
"Stop talking, lest the Elder hears you."
"Have you forgotten how Miss Yulia once said she just wanted to take a look inside and got grounded for three years by Elder Brens?"
Hearing this, both fell silent.
By then, Lin Yi had recovered from the pungent odor.
Seeing the cave entrance barely two meters high, Lin Yi had no choice but to recall the Golden Behemoth, then proceeded into the cave with the Jade Qilin.
But to Lin Yi’s surprise, the scent disappeared as soon as he entered through the Stone Gate.
Moreover, there appeared to be another exit, as a breeze brought a touch of chill against his face.
Passing through a winding, rugged path, Lin Yi saw a light flickering in the not-too-distant front.
When Lin Yi followed the light to its source, he was immediately taken aback by the sight before him.
Beneath Lin Yi’s feet was a bottomless pit, the dark opening like a gaping maw of a fierce beast ready to consume, terrifying to behold.
As Lin Yi stepped to the edge and stopped, stone chips cascaded down, yet no echo returned for a long time.
In the center of the vast cave, a massive platform approximately seven or eight meters in diameter floated mysteriously in mid-air.
However, Lin Yi couldn’t decipher by what means this enormous platform remained suspended.
Currently, Brens stood atop the platform while Lin Yi’s gaze was drawn to the surrounding white bones.
From the skeletal structures, it was clear these bones once belonged to his kind, the Winged Race.
Upon cursory inspection, Lin Yi counted no less than a hundred sets of bones on the platform.
Staring blankly at this sight, Lin Yi uttered:
"What is this place?"
"What happened to all these bones?"
Lin Yi’s first thought was that perhaps these were remains of deceased Winged Race members.
But then he reconsidered; no race would treat their dead by simply piling them together.
Moreover, Lin Yi noticed dried bloodstains all over the platform.
Brens suddenly turned to Lin Yi, the hatred on his face not entirely dissipated at that moment.
The Jade Qilin suddenly blocked Lin Yi:
"Be careful, this place is too strange."
Lin Yi patted the Jade Qilin’s head, comforting it:
"It’s fine."
Then Lin Yi sat on the Jade Qilin’s back and said:
"Take me over there."
The Jade Qilin looked at Lin Yi in surprise. Seeing Lin Yi’s determination, it didn’t insist further.
Finally, the Jade Qilin glanced at Brens, then flew the three-meter distance to the platform as Lin Yi directed.
Upon reaching the platform, Lin Yi saw that in the center of the stone altar lay the skeleton of a Winged Race member.
Brens suddenly asked Lin Yi:
"Do you know why they died?"
Lin Yi looked at the elderly Winged Race before him:
"Why?"
Brens responded evenly:
"Because of ’god-making’."
Yet Lin Yi, who was observing Brens intently, noticed the formidable, tangible killing intent erupting from Brens, revealing his inner turmoil.
"God-making?"
This was the second time Lin Yi heard the term, easy to understand. Anyone with sense could speculate these bones might be sacrifices to the so-called ’god-making’.
No wonder Brens harbored such chilling hatred and killing intent.
And this overwhelming intent was likely directed at whoever initiated this atrocity, but what puzzled Lin Yi was:
"Who is making gods?"
"Why are they making gods?"
Lin Yi shuddered at the thought that the Winged Race might be imprisoned here for this ’god-making’ experiment.
What kind of person would be insane enough to use an entire race as test subjects for ’god-making’?
This was madness beyond comprehension. Surely, those orchestrating this could not even be deemed human.
Using living Winged Race members for ’god-making’ experiments—how was this different from those who killed Winged Race for blood to gain strength?
It was unimaginable what suffering these Winged Race members endured, just for resembling the Ancient Divine Race? What a steep price to pay.
At this moment, Brens slowly revealed some secrets:
"Initially, our entire race migrated here. Although it wasn’t as vast and resource-rich as the mainland."
"Overall, we lived peacefully for a few hundred years."
"But that peace was shattered entirely when some people arrived several hundred years ago."
At this point, Brens’ face was contorted with rage:
"They first isolated this island from the outside world using unknown means."
"Then they carried out violent suppression on our race."
"Due to the disparity in power, we couldn’t prevail, and were utterly defeated."
"However, they didn’t resort to large-scale slaughter but instead imprisoned us."
"Later, they carried out a ’god-making’ experiment on my people for nearly ten years."
Brens looked around at the heaps of bones:
"These are the ones who lost their lives as part of that experiment."
Then Brens, with his back to Lin Yi, looked at the bottomless abyss beneath the platform, sighing sorrowfully:
"I accidentally learned this truth from their conversation."
Lin Yi suddenly asked:
"Who are you referring to?"
Brens:
"The ones I mean are..."