webnovelfull Chapter 1170 The Jar of Imprisonment
Chapter 1170 The Jar of Imprisonment
"By the way," the chairman said, "let me see what was photographed on this prophetic stone tablet."
"Yes." Carl had already developed the photos, so he immediately took out a few of the photos he had taken and handed them to him.
The chairman held the photos and examined them carefully, one by one.
Liu Ying couldn't help but glance over out of the corner of her eye.
However, the more the chairman looked at it, the more his brows furrowed.
What is the meaning of the mural on this stone slab?
They look like two diagrams of body structure.
One of the paintings depicts humans, while the other appears to be of ancient demonic offspring.
There was no text... to be precise, there was no text description, only some annotations.
However, all the markings on that human anatomy diagram looked wrong; all the acupoints, meridians, soul power nodes, and even the location of the heart were incorrect...
"The murals on this stone slab don't look like prophecies," the chairman said, puzzled. "Two completely different diagrams of human anatomy... what does that mean?"
“I’m not quite sure either,” Karl said. “When I first saw this stone slab, I also found it a bit strange. I think it might be related to the mysterious underground palace beneath that pyramid.”
The chairman raised an eyebrow: "A mysterious underground palace? What underground palace?"
"After we were buried underground by the earth spirit priest with divine power, we fell into an underground palace..." Karl quickly explained.
"An ancient underground palace a thousand meters beneath the pyramids?" the chairman mused.
“Unfortunately, that underground palace has now collapsed,” Karl said. “We probably have no way of verifying it now.”
“Hmm…” The chairman pondered for a moment and said, “Since it’s collapsed, let it go.” He handed the photos back to Karl: “Have someone analyze the human anatomy diagrams in these photos, and retrieve all the gene bank records in the company to see if there are any people who match or are close to this diagram.”
“Okay.” Karl put away the photo, then smiled and said, “By the way, although we failed to retrieve the prophecy tablet this time, we did manage to recover that ancient undead god…”
As he spoke, he took out a very special cylindrical container, about the length of a palm.
The container was cast entirely from an unknown dark silver alloy, with constantly flowing, eerie blue energy runes engraved on its surface. Inside, a thick, crimson mist that twisted and roared continuously floated, and the outline of a ferocious beast's head could be vaguely discerned.
The container is connected to two ends by fine energy conduits, clearly a soul-binding device that combines extraordinary sealing with cutting-edge technology.
The chairman took the bottle, looked at the blood-red outline inside, and smiled slightly: "Heh, very good. Just in time, our embryos have been lacking some 'nutrients' lately." With that, he handed the bottle to the orc doctor beside him.
The orc doctor understood the chairman's meaning and grinned. He took the sealing bottle and went to the operating table next to the huge embryo culture tank, skillfully embedding the sealing bottle into a pre-reserved groove that shimmered with complex runes.
"Click—Buzz..."
As the instrument was activated, its surface lit up with interlocking halos of energy composed of extraordinary runes, emitting a deep resonance.
At the same time, in another previously empty, transparent confinement container made of high-strength glass in the laboratory connected to the device, the energy field suddenly distorted...
The scarlet energy flowed rapidly along the inner wall of the jar like a living snake, and then a thick, blood-red mist appeared out of nowhere, churning and boiling!
At the center of the crimson mist, a massive, ferocious beast-like silhouette rapidly materialized!
Sharp bone spikes pierced the mist, revealing a ferocious beast's head with a roar, its scarlet eyes burning with boundless rage...
An ancient ferocious beast, forcibly released from the sealed bottle, has suddenly appeared!
The ancient ferocious beast, Qiongqi!
"Roar—!!!!!!!!!"
A deafening roar, filled with endless resentment and violence, crashed against the reinforced glass of the entire laboratory like a tangible sound wave!
"Beep—beep—beep—!"
Suddenly, all the equipment in the experimental base started flashing red lights.
The scientists inside the underground base were stunned by what they saw, their faces showing expressions of horror.
Liu Ying was so frightened that she took a few steps back.
"Chairman!" A scientist responsible for monitoring energy readings turned pale, his voice trembling with fear: "The undead form of the ferocious beast Qiongqi is struggling incessantly. Its power is far greater than that of the undead spirits we captured before... The energy confinement field is about to overload, and it seems we are about to lose control of it!"
The chairman remained calm and composed, looking at the Qiongqi ghost in the jar of the dead with great composure.
"A bunch of ignorant ants from later generations! They actually dare to try to control me and extract the power of my soul's origin!"
The voice of the Qiongqi demon, transmitted through its powerful spiritual energy, emanated from the sealed jar. Its crimson eyes gleamed fiercely as it stared intently at the orc doctor, the chairman, and the group of scientists outside the jar, seemingly trying to break free from the necromancy confinement: "Once I emerge, I will make you all die a horrible death!!!"
In an instant, the sonic waves of mental energy enveloped everyone in the underground experimental base!
The terrifying mental energy caused everyone in the laboratory to experience headaches and excruciating pain.
"Chairman Dong..." The scientist, clutching his throbbing head with one hand and supporting himself on the nearby equipment with the other, knelt on the ground. "I really can't control it anymore..."
Qiongqi and the ghosts realized that this chairman was the leader of this group.
His crimson eyes, burning with rage, were fixed on the chairman.
"Hmph, so you're the leader of this bunch of ants? You think you can trap the original being who roamed the primordial world with these trivial tricks from later generations?!"
The chairman remained calm, even showing a hint of disdain.
"Trapped you?" He slowly raised his right hand, his two fingers together like a sword, and uttered a string of ancient, awkward, incantation syllables that seemed to come from the beginning of time. "I really don't think... there's anything difficult about it."
The incantation ended—
"Buzz!"
An indescribable, absolute suppressive force originating from the soul suddenly descended!
Qiongqi suddenly sensed a powerful force binding the soul!
Inside the confinement jar, countless soul chains made of pure dark energy and engraved with ancient runes appeared out of thin air, instantly wrapping around the limbs, neck, and even core of the Qiongqi demon!
These chains seemed to freeze the soul, and the violent power of the Qiongqi ghost was like a flame doused with ice water, visibly weakening and sinking into silence!
Qiongqi's ferocious roar abruptly ceased, leaving only a choked, unwilling groan from its throat...