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Xiao Ce paused as he spoke, then added, "The main thing is, when I ask them anything, they know absolutely nothing."

The director gave an awkward smile, and Xiao Ce said with a smile, "Don't misunderstand, I didn't mean anything by it..."

The director nodded, then said to Xiao Ce, "Mr. Xiao Ce, it's not that we don't want to tell you... we really don't know anything..."

Upon seeing this, Odin began to report to Xiao Ce.

"Mr. Xiao Ce, our group of 118 people has all arrived and assembled here. There have been no casualties; this is truly a miracle..."

After hearing Odin's words, Xiao Ce smiled and then said, "Obviously, it was the director and the others who showed leniency... otherwise, we would all be dead..."

Odin nodded when he heard what Xiao Ce said.

However, he did not show any gratitude to those directors.

Because Odin heard it very clearly from his side...

They weren't going to let this director off the hook. The reason they didn't make a move was because they couldn't tell which of them was Xiao Ce.

If the director and his colleagues could tell the difference, they would have been killed long ago.

Xiao Ce said to Odin, "Alright, let the adventurers come with us. The rest of you wait here."

Odin nodded in agreement after hearing Xiao Ce's words.

Xiao Ce said to the director, "Next, we want to continue exploring the island, especially the giant human figure in the center... We want to see what secrets this place holds..."

"You...you've been driving away anyone who tries to come in...it must be to keep some secret, right?"

The director nodded, then said to Xiao Ce with a slightly embarrassed expression, "Mr. Xiao Ce, you're right... However, we don't know what secrets you're keeping... We..."

After hearing the director's words, Xiao Ce nodded: "Okay, you can come with us later. The rest of you can stay here with my men..."

After hearing Xiao Ce's words, the director nodded: "Okay...no problem..."

With that, Xiao Ce continued leading the team towards the center of the island to search...

As it was getting brighter, the search was not too difficult compared to the previous night.

Moreover, at this moment, with the sun as a guide, we walked along the dividing line between the eerily white gravel and the pitch-black rocks.

These adventurers are all extremely experienced.

The closer you get to the center of the island, the clearer the vibrations under your feet seem to become, and a deep, resonant hum, as if containing immense energy, seeps into the very bones of everyone.

After navigating a labyrinthine area composed of twisted, black metallic rock pillars.

The scene before them suddenly opened up, and at that moment Odin excitedly said to Xiao Ce, "Mr. Ce, this is it... I remember..."

As he spoke, Odin quickened his pace, the ground beneath his feet now covered in white gravel.

But as I walked, the sensation under my feet changed.

"Is this a broken bone?" Da Lei was the first to notice that something was wrong with what was under his feet.

After hearing Da Lei's words, Xiao Ce subconsciously lowered his head and nodded.

Odin, seemingly still shaken, said to the crowd, "If you're afraid, you don't have to go any further..."

Although everyone felt a mixture of surprise, fear, and tension...

But no one stopped.

After following Odin across this gentle slope paved with bones, the scene before them struck a chord with everyone.

The first thing that catches the eye is a metal giant statue, which stands in the center surrounded by bones of an immeasurable number.

The layers of bones, stacked high and low, formed a ring encircling the center of the metal giant. Among the bones were human bones, as well as the skeletons of various animals...

Xiao Ce was mentally prepared for these skeletons, so even when he saw them, he wasn't too surprised.

Xiao Ce's gaze remained fixed on the metal giant.

The director then spoke up, reminding everyone, "Please don't go any further... Just stay here and watch... These skeletons probably activated their protective mechanisms automatically when they got close to the metal giant..."

After the director spoke, Odin nodded.

Xiao Ce's gaze remained fixed on the metal giant.

Because this metal giant was truly strange. First of all, his head was a huge, smooth, oval sphere! It was completely covered by a peculiar helmet that seemed to be integrated with his head.

The helmet's surface wasn't carved with facial features, but rather a deep, smooth, mirror-like black plane!

This pitch-black mirror wasn't non-reflective; rather, it was clearly reflecting the hellish landscape of pale skeletons below and the gloomy sky above, cold and indifferent, like an abyss staring at ants.

The first thing that came to Xiao Ce's mind when he saw these dark, flat surfaces was solar photovoltaic panels...

With this thought in mind, looking at that mask, I couldn't go back. The more I looked at it, the more it resembled a solar panel...

What truly made Xiao Ce's pupils shrink was the very top of that helmet!

At the very top of this helmet, instead of the decorations of a traditional sculpture, is a huge, honeycomb-shaped, dense array of projectiles!

The compound eyes, with their countless bottomless, finger-thick holes arranged in a regular pattern, were now emitting an extremely faint, breathing-like blue-purple halo.

A barely perceptible flow of energy was subtly moving and converging within those holes. Xiao Ce's heart skipped a beat!

This is not just for decoration! It's a signal transmitter!

With this thought in mind, Xiao Ce turned his gaze directly to the body of the metal giant. The body of this metal giant was made of some kind of dark, unknown metal that looked like fragments of a meteorite.

His entire body is composed of cold, hard lines, and his physical features possess a rough, industrial, and violent aesthetic.

Sunlight shone on its massive, angular shell, giving it a dark golden sheen.

Most striking are the thick, tube-like structures protruding from the metal giant's surface, resembling the nerve endings of a living creature or grotesque vines, shimmering with a dark, eerie light. These structures wind their way up from the giant's legs, converging towards its head...

These are probably energy transmission cables, or something like that... This energy flows through the body and eventually converges at the helmet on top of the head...

What is most impressive is the raised hands of this giant metal statue.

There is an eye on each of the hands, one on the front and one on the back, and four eyes on the hands when they are raised.

It covers a perfect 360 degrees, leaving no blind spots...

Although Xiao Ce had guessed most of it, he was still extremely surprised when he actually saw it...

"Sure enough!"

After hearing Xiao Ce's words, Yin Pan'er asked curiously, "Your Highness, is this some kind of sacrificial site?"

Xiao Ce first shook his head, then nodded.

“Yes and no…”

Seeing Xiao Ce's ambiguous words, Yin Pan'er looked at him in confusion.

Xiao Ce was still deep in thought, though he had figured some things out...

However, there are still some key issues that I haven't figured out...

There is no doubt that this Lost Island is a place for signal transmission.

As for its specific function, it should be to transmit messages or send signals.

However, there must be some limitations...

Xiao Ce turned to the director, whose face was also deathly pale, and asked, "Director, you don't have the ability to control this thing, do you?"

The director nodded: "Mr. Xiao Ce, I've told you everything we could do... I really have told you everything completely... There's absolutely nothing I've hidden... However, as for what this thing is for? I honestly don't know..."

Xiao Ce said to Odin, "Look around and see if there's any entrance or anything like that?"

Odin nodded to Xiao Ce.

Xiao Ce said to Odin, "Just search from afar..."

At this moment, Da Lei said to Xiao Ce with a somewhat fierce expression, "Your Highness, why don't we go in and take a look?"

Xiao Ce waved his hand, then said to Da Lei, "Are you looking for death? Go find some wild rabbits or something..."

Da Lei immediately understood; finding some wild game around here wouldn't be difficult...

A short while later, Da Lei found a pheasant and threw it towards the giant metal statue...

The pheasant didn't go very far.

Upon reaching the piles of bones, a beam of red light shot out from one of the eyes on the metal colossus's hands, striking the pheasant precisely.

The pheasant instantly turned into a cloud of blood mist...

It turned directly into powder.

Describing it as dust is inaccurate; it was more like a cloud of blood mist, let alone bones.

Not even a single hair was left...

Upon witnessing this scene, the people on the other side subconsciously swallowed.

They were clearly terrified by what they saw.

At this moment, looking at Da Lei's face, which was deathly pale with fright.

Xiao Ce's face showed a playful expression, then he said to Da Lei, "How is Da Lei?"

Da Lei looked at Xiao Ce with an embarrassed expression and said, "Your Highness, what's wrong?"

Xiao Ce smiled knowingly, then said to Da Lei, "Shall we go in and take a look?"

Da Lei knew Xiao Ce was teasing him, so he gave an awkward smile and quickly waved his hand, "Your Highness, you really have a good attitude... you can still have fun here..."

Yin Pan'er nodded, then said to Xiao Ce, "That's right, Your Highness... what kind of eerie place is this... everything here is strange, even if we see these things... we don't know what use they might be..."

"Besides, judging from this, we can't get any closer..."

As she spoke, Xiaoyue suddenly realized something and asked, "Wait a minute, after being attacked by these metal giants, not even a hair was left, let alone bones. So where did these bones come from? Logically speaking, after being attacked by these metal giants, there shouldn't even be a bone left..."