Alien Science Cultivation

After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Qiang appeared in a cave… Chen Ying lay on the stone bed before Zhang Qiang. As her armor slowly recovered, she slowly opened her eyes…

"Does it hurt anywhere else...?"

"...Hehe...except for no one hurting me...I feel pain everywhere..."

"...That's good... There's one less person feeling sorry for you... And it also means no innocent people were hurt..."

"……Ha ha……"

"I just used the golden finger to analyze it. Combined with your abnormal thunder tribulation, I can judge... this is not an isolated case... It seems that the rules of the world of cultivation have begun to change... In the dark... it seems that there is some powerful existence that wants to prevent all living things from embarking on the path of cultivation. The original heavenly tribulation was an obstacle to the cultivation of living beings, but the current heavenly tribulation is more like using the power of heaven to kill cultivators like us... The world of cultivation is going to be in chaos... In this case... In order to successfully overcome the tribulation, cultivation resources will be highly concentrated... The war is about to begin..." Zhang Qiang whispered.

"...I think so too... Let's improve our strength as quickly as possible... I guess no one can avoid this war... I hope no mortals will be harmed..."

"...Go find that underground river... Even if it's a dangerous place, I'll definitely venture into it..."

“…Hehe…it’s us…”

Half an hour later... Chen Ying, clad in full armor, followed Zhang Qiang, sprinting through the icy river. Upstream... the concentration of Guixu Qi was slowly increasing, but compared to the entrance to Hell in the Dark Forest, it was still far from concentrated enough to allow a cultivator's soul to form a Bose-Einstein condensate. It was unknown how much time had passed! Transparent ghostly forms began to occasionally appear within the pitch-black underground river, though most of them were at the Jindan realm. Zhang Qiang knew they were getting closer to the source of Guixu Qi. He also surmised that they were moving deeper into the forest. The denser the Guixu Qi, the richer the spiritual energy, and where powerful beasts and ghostly forms would gather. Within the pitch-black underground river, the passage of time seemed undetectable... It seemed like half a month had passed, then another, and more powerful beasts began to occasionally appear within Zhang Qiang's consciousness. They hunkered down on the ground, frantically absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy, seemingly sensing the shifting laws of heaven and earth... Every powerful beast was absorbing spiritual energy, and the vast forest above was utterly silent... The few ghostly forms within the underground river also gathered in groups of three or five, quietly cultivating. Their cultivation levels were low, though most were only at the Fusion Realm, with a few at the Mahayana Realm. Zhang Qiang and Chen Ying each donned porcelain robes and advanced stealthily... Half a day later, they appeared beside the entrance to a bottomless, circular cavern, a mere one-meter in diameter. Zhang Qiang glanced around, "It seems this place is ruled by that Tribulation Realm Serpent. Those lower-level ghosts dare not approach the cave entrance, even if it's empty... They even gather in groups of three or five, cultivating from afar... I guess that snake is quite brutal..." Zhang Qiang couldn't help but whisper to Chen Ying, "I have a feeling there's another world down there... Besides the aura of Guixu, there's also a familiar aura emanating from here, the aura of the evil spirits from the thunder tribulation..." Chen Ying responded, seeming uncertain. After all, ghosts are only legends. They had never seen them, but they had sensed a little during the evil spirit tribulation. However, it was a manifestation of the laws between heaven and earth, and they were unsure whether it even existed... And only Chen Ying, who was in the thunder tribulation, could sense this aura.

"...Evil spirit breath? This should just be a tiny hole in the underground Guixu aura outlet... The deeper we go into the forest, the bigger the hole will be... If it's really as you expected..." Zhang Qiang couldn't help but hesitate. After all, Dulong had told him that no living creature could enter the Guixu entrance alive, and similarly, no living creature had ever come out of the Guixu entrance...

"Is it true or not...? Let's try it and find out..."

"…Try?"

"Don't underestimate the seventh-level technological civilization..." Chen Ying said, and then took out three mechanical moths from the space ring. They were made of an unknown alloy and were basically the same size and shape as real moths. Zhang Qiang couldn't help but think of Ni Fang's snake-shaped puppet!

"Is it being lowered? We have no idea how deep it is..." Zhang Qiang couldn't help but wonder. After seeing the moth, Zhang Qiang's first reaction was that it was some kind of reconnaissance machine, which would be limited by distance and signal... But then he seemed to feel that a level 7 technological civilization was not that simple. He swallowed the rest of his words back...

"...What else?" Chen Ying replied, looking at the three "moths" in her hand with a pained expression. Without hesitation, she released one toward the cave entrance. A moment later, the moth vanished, and Chen Ying's gold finger activated. The screen went dark... Only Gold Finger's voice echoed in their minds... "...3 feet... All data normal... Continue to go deeper... At 10 meters, there's a turbulent flow of Guixu Qi..." As Gold Finger's voice fell, Zhang Qiang's expression hardened. "This might cause a turbulent flow of Guixu Qi... It could turn a cultivator's Golden Core into nothingness... and plunge them to the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment... Let's retreat feet to ensure safety... While we won't lose our foundation, experiencing another Golden Core Tribulation would be quite painful..." With that, Zhang Qiang prepared to lead Chen Ying back.

"Wait a minute... If you're sure it won't damage your foundation, then it's an opportunity... The unusual Jindan tribulation I experienced earlier was just a temporary relief. Although it was difficult... the rewards were also great... If it happens again, it will truly be a great opportunity... Are you sure it will happen...?"

"... Damn... Yeah, why didn't I think of that... Isn't this a bug? I'm absolutely sure..."

Zhang Qiang was naturally certain that he had been staying at the entrance to hell for more than 20 years and had witnessed it with his own eyes no less than 10 times.

"Is this the turbulent flow of Guixu Qi? ... It's coming out soon..." As Chen Ying's voice transmission ended, the turbulent flow of Guixu Qi arrived as expected... Chen Ying's aura also quickly dropped to the perfect stage of foundation building...

"...There really is such a thing... Hehe... From now on we won't have to bother killing strange beasts. We can just brush off the thunder tribulation when we have time..."

"Alright... As long as you're happy..." Zhang Qiang shook his head helplessly. He felt that this matter was not that simple. If the thunder tribulation really continued to occur endlessly, then the entrance to hell would be filled with thunder tribulations every day...