Chapter 50: Crystalliser ruin
Bian had tried multiple ways to leave the island, all to no avail. He was thoroughly surrounded by water.
He spent the majority of his time practicing jadeskin and mastering the treading cloud footstep.
If sparticle required an input of one to give an output of one. Treading cloud required an input of one to give an output of three. It was more efficient.
Sadly he found no other mutant or sacred-blood creatures in the ocean. His gene points remained stagnant for months. His sacred geno points at 11 thanks to the jade crocodile.
As they reached a crystalliser planet, Bian heard a cracking sound in his sea of soul. The minotaur had finished evolving and became a super creature of second god sanctuary.
Bian fed the black crystal to the jade crocodile in his sea of soul. It ate the crystal and was soon covered in a cocoon of light.
"Okay, follow my lead newbie. Don't try anything funny unless I instruct you" researcher John said.
Although the researchers smiled and laughed with Bian, they were envious of his qualifications at such a young age. They wouldn't give Bian a chance to shine.
"You got it" Bian didn't like the inner greed of people, he would just agree on a surface level, but would do as the situation demanded.
Daphne soon landed on a crystallizer planet with different architecture connected with one another. Han Yan came to meet Bian before they disembark from the spaceship.
"My mom gave me the pendant a while back." Han Yan brought out the nine life pendant.
"As we got closer to the planet, the pendant got hotter. I think the pendant might be related to the planet" she said with a worried look.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine." As the excavators and several professionals left, Bian was part of them.
As he approached the planet, he looked at the architecture type, just by seeing it, he knew the general location of the entrance.
He said nothing and waited for the researchers to identify the patterns themselves. As they moved towards the source, Bian noticed some oddities in the formation.
"Judging by those shifting swastikas, the security system here should still be in place." Bian mumbled, these looked different than those from his memory.
"The security system is still active, we should be cautious" Bian pointed to the moving swastika embedded in a crystal.
"Signs like those are present everywhere. What makes this one different." A researcher by the name of Toby called him out, he looked at Bian in disdain expecting him to admit his mistake.
"Well, I'm not surprised you were fooled by it. If you observe it in tandem with a known swastika, the difference is clear" Bian said.
When Bian observed the swastika, it looked like any other. With his mental point targeting gene lock though, he observed the swastika while watching the other from his memory. He easily noticed the difference.
The crystallizer technology was almost magical. Even with the best of memories, each individual swastika remained the same unless observed together.
If the security was inactive, the swastika would look the same in movement and pattern. Any other situation would cause a distinct difference between the swastika, a difference only noticeable when viewed and compared.
"What is this fool going on about, just because you're young doesn't mean..." Reasercher Toby said while checking his commlink for the swastika, as he observed them together his mouth was sown shut.
"There really is a difference when it's viewed together." Researcher John declared.
"Mister Toby, you need to take this seriously. Thanks for getting the hint mister Bian"
Researcher John was very thick skinned. He pushed all the blame for not noticing the difference on researcher Toby.
They would send this back as a way of identifying the difference in swastika. They would need to know what it meant though.
"Found it, the pattern matches that of a ruin with simulating crystals" another researcher said.
"Simulating crystals, what a pain. Hey you got any bright ideas?" Professor John said to Bian.
Bian, who had already earned some respect with his keen observation, contemplated the situation. "Simulating crystals are tricky,"
Bian thought of many solutions such as fighting, or even rushing into the ruin. He eventually came up with an ideal method for dealing with them.
"A mannequin, well need lots of mannequin from daphne" Bian suddenly had a big brain moment.
With the current technology of the alliance, they could easily 3d print something as easy as a mannequin.
After daphne got the command, the mannequins were soon made. They were delivered to the members on the planet by an ordinary cook house soldier. Bian instructed the soldier to follow along.
"Alright listen up, stimulating crystals can only copy one element. Their greatest advantage is the element of surprise." Bian looked each personnel in the eye as he spoke.
Even the researchers and scholars took his words seriously. No one would play with their lives, he continued. "We need all of them to become something, as docile and stationary as a mannequin."
Bian told them to throw the mannequin towards the crystals once they spot them. As they followed his lead towards a large black gate in the distance, they spotted a single red crystal.
Bian and the rest took a mannequin from Han Yan. Bian threw the mannequin towards the red crystal, with a red camera-like flash, the crystal transformed into a mannequin.
They spotted hundreds if not thousands of red crystals in the distance. Gradually majority of them turned into mannequins, as they observed the objects and other simulating crystals which had become mannequins. This created a domino with all the simulating crystals becoming mannequins.
The excavators carefully made their way to the large black crystal gate, avoiding the path of thousands of mannequins. It's exterior looked like the guts of a clock, after studying the pattern. Bian knew this was a royal crystallizer settlement.
"It's a royal crystallizer settlement, one from the diya galaxy." professor Toby said in excitement. Upon careful scrutiny they discovered different crystals such as parasite crystals and guard crystals would be present.
"We will need a special type of grenade for handling the rubix crystal and parasite crystals en masse." Bian said to the commlink, unfortunately he only got static.
"Seems like our connection has been compromised." Professor John said, he brought out a yellow and black grenade and gave it to Bian.
Bian accepted it with a nod and put it away. The excavators soon pried the door open.
"Should a cookhouse soldier follow us into the ruin." Researcher Toby said with contempt.
"Will you carry all the mannequin?" Bian asked. Each member had a role to play, roles should not be easily interfered with.
"I also brought some extra grenades." Han Yan added. Researcher Toby released a grunt and said nothing more.
As they made their way into the crystal gate, Bian told them to be ready for anything. A flood of pink crystals soon came their way. This pink crystals were parasites.
They threw 4 grenades in tandem, destroying a good chunk of them and expanding the floor. This made it difficult for the parasite crystals to get to them, the rest were soon taken out one by one.
They moved on and found a second black gate. As the excavators pried it open Bian gave a warning. "Once you unseal it, step away without creating an aperture" they followed his command.
Bian roughly had a fitness of 100 he pried the door open and a blinding light escaped from within.
Instantly all the researchers were thrilled, the wandering light meant they could be treasures up ahead. They sent a excavator personnel to fetch a camera.
Normally, an AI would be used to record this event in real time. Since the connections were scrambled, they would have to make due with a camera.
After waiting for a while, the camera soon arrived. "Surely the cookhouse soldier can't follow us into the light." Researcher Toby said.
"Actually I can, a cookhouse soldier is still a soldier" Han Yan retorted, her hands became like a crystal. A clear evidence of micro crystal which would allow traversing the light.
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