Facing an Ancient God for a Year

Chapter 1936: Chapter 1931: Seeing

"Let’s continue."

He could understand Old Master’s feelings, but Professor Fu showed no arrogance as the former quickly left, casually speaking to Su Gao.

"Alright..."

In contrast to earlier, the latter’s tone held a rare trace of hesitation, but ultimately, he walked ahead, continuing to move toward the unknown depths.

"There shouldn’t be too much danger on the ship."

With just the two of them left, footsteps in the darkness seemed more rhythmic, soon forming a special coordinated pace.

And as they traced another straight path in the darkness, Su Gao, walking in front, finally spoke again.

"I think so too."

Though it sounded merely like wishful thinking, Fu Qian earnestly expressed agreement.

The reason was simple; he could even roughly guess what the commotion was about — Nepheli.

The test Professor Ah Kai conducted earlier had gone wrong, creating this new passage. Although she may have had nothing to do with it, it didn’t mean that she wouldn’t take action now.

What the three-person team had been doing earlier was entirely reasonable from their perspective.

With insufficient basis for the next judgment, every new opportunity needed to be seized, no matter the risk.

But for Nepheli, things weren’t the same.

According to what she said during the tea break, the current situation was evidently not that dire; all they had to do was sit in the ark and wait for the journey to end.

Doing anything else would be superfluous, introducing uncontrollable factors — like this newly discovered area.

Though Old Master Stoss had given up on the idea of destroying the ship under his persuasion, the trio, especially the strongest among them, had disembarked to explore the dangerous area.

Perhaps the possibility of them being stuck here and the ship leaving them behind was something Nepheli was happy to see, but there was one risk she couldn’t abide —

What if the situation turned bad, and some response methods were too intense, affecting the ark’s operation?

This was not an alarmist statement; Old Master had just been preparing to violently crack it.

The simple choice in such a scenario, assuming her role, would be to create some commotion to call the three-person team back.

Preferably, they would become cautious and never engage in similar risky behavior again.

The notification from Demigod Aike just now was likely triggered by this.

This realization was why Su Gao had expressed there wasn’t much danger.

As for why she remembered Nepheli’s words yet still eagerly volunteered to explore?

Simple — she didn’t absolutely trust Nepheli.

According to Fu Qian’s understanding, Su Gao is highly responsible, and her self-proclaimed "chief investigator" title is not just for show.

Even though Nepheli’s credibility isn’t low, Su Gao still didn’t want to depend entirely on Nepheli’s words for everyone’s safety, willing to take some risks to obtain more information.

Moreover, if Nepheli wasn’t lying, everyone’s interest was partly aligned at present; even aggressive actions would require her to help mitigate the risks.

Now there was a minor issue: how far she and Fu Qian had ventured out, whether she could still manage the situation?

"This place likely isn’t reality but the manifestation of some symbols."

Without troubling herself over Lady Nepheli, Fu Qian accepted Su Gao’s judgment and immediately commented on the current situation.

The High-level Extraordinary individuals had run so far without reaching the end, and with a passage overly regulated from the journey, it felt less and less real.

"Yes."

Su Gao responded softly, suddenly coming to a halt in her tracks.

"So what do you think is the symbol? You should be able to see something by now, right?"

Seemingly expecting this, Fu Qian stopped simultaneously without collision or surprise, speaking with astonishing insight.

"I can only see a little."

After a brief silence, Su Gao surprisingly admitted to the subsequent statement.

"So what does it resemble?"

"Like a coffin... an infinitely elongated coffin."

...

This is the Echo Power indeed.

At that moment, Fu Qian could only marvel.

Even a physique that could automatically defend against the color distortion of the Prism of Radiant Transformation, facing such an alternative distortion—could it resist as well?

Having always had confidence in Su Gao, he already had similar speculations when entering this place.

Facts proved Echo did not follow the norm.

Activating Mythical Form might not necessarily counteract these, but it was far less efficient.

"After being in here for a while, I gradually started to see some outlines, but it wasn’t until just now that I could generally confirm.

"The shape and format of this passage resemble coffins used to bury the dead, though it’s empty, and exaggeratedly elongated along the direction a person lies."

While Fu Qian marveled, Su Gao resumed the quiet explanation.

"Very good, this clearly supports our guess about symbols, although it sounds a bit ominous."

Though Fu Qian couldn’t see it, he did not doubt Su Gao’s description.

On one hand, it was natural trust in her honesty; on the other hand, it was the previously praised foot feel.

Being able to confirm some spatial contours via echo while the quality and polish of the wood underfoot were undeniably solid, reaching the level where it felt ominous.

This was why strange associations were said to arise easily, now corroborated through Su Gao’s observation.

Regarding why she suddenly halted, it was evidently tied to this ominousness.

Though strong-willed in fulfilling her responsibility, Su Gao did not intend to force others into the adventure.

Naturally, on this point, Fu Qian promptly made her aware of the action advisor’s sense of responsibility.

"Do you think there’s an end point?"

In his critique, Fu Qian had already pinpointed the next issue.

"There are special patterns above, and so far, there hasn’t been any obvious repetition, although they are also exaggeratedly elongated, so I think there should be, but I’m not sure."

The advisor had long understood his concern but still decided on the current course of action.

Realizing this, Su Gao didn’t continue meaningless persuasion, directly stating the insufficient rationale.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let’s see who is hiding there."

Slightly nodding, Fu Qian signaled to continue.

...

"Be good... lie down here, nobody will find you."

At a certain moment, Su Gao in the darkness ahead stopped again.

Along with it came a distinctly female voice.

Unlike the omnipresent humming, the voice appeared directly in their consciousness, akin to earlier information infusion.

It was peculiar, but still discernably, the voice was gently consoling a child.

"Don’t move around, mom believes you will definitely win."