Xingtetsu: You are not included in Elio's script!

The cold air in the cave was even colder than outside. The white mist exhaled instantly condensed into tiny ice crystals, falling on the collar and making rustling sounds.

The ice wall is covered with irregular cracks, and the earth energy seeps out from the cracks, forming flowing light bands in the air, like ribbons wrapped around the rock wall.

The drone controlled by Dan Heng led the way in front, and the cold-resistant lights on the fuselage emitted two bright beams of light, illuminating the winding downward passage ahead.

The ground of the passage is covered with a thin layer of ice, which makes a "crunching" sound when you step on it, so you need to be extremely careful with every step.

"The purity of the leyline energy is increasing, but impurities are also increasing." Cerydra walked in the middle of the group. "The rock beneath the ice shell contains impurities that could interfere with the signal. I need to purify the leylines along the way, otherwise we might not be able to find the core of the anchor point."

As she spoke, she raised her hand and injected the white light in her palm into the cracks in the ice wall.

The moment the light thread touched the earth vein energy, it spread out like ink dropped into water. Wherever it passed, the originally restless earth vein energy gradually became stable.

The light bands seeping out of the cracks became purer, and even the chill in the air seemed to have weakened a bit.

Heather followed closely behind, holding his sword horizontally in front of him, energy lingering on the blade, and stared vigilantly at the shadows on both sides of the passage.

Occasionally, the sound of ice breaking can be heard there. Although it is most likely a natural phenomenon caused by the flow of earth energy, it should not be taken lightly.

"The image sent back by the drone shows that there is an open hall 500 standard meters ahead. The energy signal of the anchor point is coming from there." Dan Heng called up the real-time image of the drone, and a circular space outline appeared on the screen.

There was a faint light flickering in the center of the hall.

"However, there is an energy barrier at the entrance of the hall. The energy fluctuations are consistent with the anchor point. It may require developing energy to open it."

Lin Yu nodded and quickened his pace towards the hall.

The closer he got to the hall, the more restless the pioneering energy in his body became. Light particles kept appearing and disappearing at his fingertips, as if responding to the call of the anchor point.

When everyone finally arrived at the entrance of the hall, a translucent barrier appeared before their eyes.

Complex star-track patterns flow across the barrier, identical to the "primordial anchor point" pattern depicted in Akivalli's journal. The flickering light spots between the patterns are the energy signature of pioneering destiny.

"This is the first barrier of the anchor point." Lin Yu stretched out his hand and gently touched the surface of the barrier with his fingertips. A warm energy came from the barrier, resonating strongly with the pioneering energy in his body.

"The pioneering energy can resonate with it, but the energy is too scattered. It requires concentrated strength to break through the barrier."

Walter took a step forward, and light blue gravity energy condensed in his palm.

"I will help you stabilize your energy output and reduce scattered losses."

"Cerydra, continue to purify the surrounding leylines to prevent interference from foreign energies. Heather, you will be responsible for guarding the interior of the hall. Once the barrier is opened, immediately monitor for any unusual movements."

"Understood." Everyone responded in unison.

Cerydra once again injected silver-white energy into the earth veins. On the ice walls surrounding the hall, the earth vein energy completely stabilized and turned into regular light bands that flowed around the barrier.

Heather stood sideways at the entrance, with the tip of her sword pointed towards the interior of the hall, ready to strike.

Walter's gravity field slowly unfolded, enveloping Lin Yu. The light film was like an energy container, firmly locking the restless pioneering energy in Lin Yu's body.

Lin Yu mobilized all the pioneering energy in his body and gathered it at his fingertips.

This time, under the constraints of the gravitational field, the light particles no longer dispersed, but gradually condensed into a slender light blade.

He raised his hand and slashed the light blade towards the patterns on the barrier.

The moment the light blade touched the barrier, the lines suddenly lit up and merged with the light blade. Tiny cracks began to appear on the originally translucent barrier, and stronger pioneering energy seeped out of the cracks and flowed into Lin Yu's body along the light blade.

"Now!" Walter increased his output, "Concentrate your strength and break through the barrier!"

Lin Yu gritted his teeth and poured all the pioneering energy in his body into the light blade.

The light blade suddenly expanded, creating a huge crack on the barrier. With a crisp "crack", the barrier completely shattered, turning into countless golden light spots that slowly fell in the hall.

The interior of the hall was more spacious than everyone had imagined, with a core about ten meters in diameter suspended in the center.

The surface of the core is wrapped with layers of lines, and pioneering energy flows between the lines. This is exactly the "original anchor point of the star track" they are looking for.

A line of huge words was engraved on the rock layer below the core.

“The road to pioneering begins with a single step and ends with the stars.”

"This is the core of the anchor point!" Lin Yu walked quickly to the bottom of the core and could clearly feel that the pioneering energy in his body had an unprecedented resonance with the core.

Light particles surged out from his body, flew towards the core, and intertwined with the core's energy.

The pioneering energy in his body is being guided by the core, like combing out tangled silk threads to form a complete vein.

Cerydela walked to Lin Yu's side, and a light net condensed in her palm, covering the surface of the core.

"There's still residual energy around the core. I'll help you purify it so the resonance is more complete."

At this moment, Lin Yu's system panel suddenly lit up, and the "opening up" destiny icon changed from gray to gold. The energy bar below began to rise rapidly, and the originally scattered energy instantly condensed into a complete vein.

A line of prompts pops up on the destiny panel.

"Activate the pioneering destiny and gain the ability to guide. You can sense the routes in the universe and stabilize the coordinates for cross-dimensional navigation."

"Success!" Lin Yu's voice was full of excitement. He could clearly feel that the mark of opening up his destiny had formed in his body.

The originally vague concept of "pioneering" has now become extremely clear.

It is not just a simple exploration, but building a "star track" between the unknown and the known that allows later generations to pass through. This is exactly the "pioneering" that Akivalli pursued back then.

Walter looked at the energy resonance between the core and Lin Yu, and a hint of relief flashed in his eyes.

"The anchor point not only activates your pioneering destiny, but is also transmitting information to us. Look at the patterns on the core surface; they are projecting a new star map."

Everyone looked up and saw that the core pattern projected a huge star map, covering the dome of the hall.

There are countless unknown star fields marked on the star map, and one of them is specially marked with a line of small words attached to it.

"The roots of the Tree of Existence are located there, and the power of the two stars is needed to open it."

"The power of two stars?" Lin Yu frowned and subconsciously touched the star core seal on his wrist.

The two star cores were trembling slightly at this moment, resonating faintly with the core's star map. "Are you referring to my two star cores?"

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