Pretending To Be A Boss

Tang Xian did not witness this scene.

It was probably because Li Xiaoyu deliberately avoided it, not wanting Tang Xian to see her foolish side.

It is worth mentioning that before entering the eighth layer, there was an extremely cumbersome lord confirmation ceremony.

The lord is the highest responsible person at the top level of a Pyramid, but the confirmation of the lord is not just from the recognition of the people of the Pyramid.

There was also an official procedure.

On the dial, Li Wanye needed to personally complete the claiming of the lord's authority.

After completing this ceremony, an extra scale appeared on the ring that Li Wanye wore on his hand.

But these things, other people did not know. Even Li Xiaoyu and Li Zheng were not clear about it.

Even for him, it was only when his father was at the point of death that he was told the secret of the ring.

In everyone's eyes, this ring was just a decoration with significant commemorative value.

However, the distribution of power within the Pyramid, and the transportation of core equipment, were all dependent on this tiny ring.

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The purple light slowly engulfed the entire gate.

The numbers on the dial finally turned to one hundred percent.

The light from the dial instantly dimmed, while at the same time, the entire bronze gate shone dazzlingly. Explore hidden tales at My Virtual Library Empire

People covered their eyes, able to hear the sound of the gate slowly opening.

This process lasted for about a minute, and gradually some people opened their eyes, including Tang Xian.

Then, exclamations and cheers from the people reached his ears, lasting a long time.

Tang Xian, holding Tang Xiaojiu's hand, calmly looked at the scenery inside the eighth layer.

It was a vast space without visible boundaries.

It was like suddenly stepping into a thick fog that obscured the view.

If it weren't for the indistinct sight of countless huge steles erected in the distance, everyone would have thought that this layer was actually empty.

"Let's go, everyone, today will be a day that goes down in history, let's go in together and have a look," said Li Wanye.

After all, Li Wanye was the master of the fortress, and his demeanor at this moment was the calmest and most composed.

His tone was like inviting someone to walk around in his own yard.

The crowd stepped through the gate.

After Tang Xian walked inside the gate, he found that there were no uncomfortable sensations.

This empty eighth layer seemed to have nothing wrong with it.

It was just novel.

Just like the pattern on the floor of the bronze gate, after entering the gate, one could see that the east and west borders stored a large amount of building materials.

Li Xiaoyu walked by Tang Xian's side.

She knew that Tang Xian probably had many questions.

The others were also discussing topics they found interesting.

"These are building materials. You see that the architectural styles of the first five layers differ from those of the sixth and seventh layers, because the building materials are very different, and there are blueprints for the buildings, too," she said.

"Blueprints? I see," Tang Xian suddenly understood.

No wonder there was such a huge difference in the architectural styles between the layers; it turns out that the expansion of the Pyramid not only left behind different building materials but also the blueprints for architectural styles corresponding to each layer.

But something still felt strange.

It was as if there was a deliberate intention for humanity to develop in a certain direction.

And strangely enough, humanity did develop in that way.

Tang Xian furrowed his brows.

Seeing Tang Xian's confusion, Li Xiaoyu said:

"According to the records of our ancestors, when they were exploring the sixth layer, it was the same. There were many steles in the distance. These steles provided many clues about living organisms and some materials that were very useful to humankind in conquering the mining area.

"But some steles did not display any text; the inscriptions only appeared after each style of building mentioned in the blueprints was constructed in the respective places."

Tang Xian nodded, "So, these buildings are not just structures; they also act as keys. In this way, in order to gain more knowledge, one would inevitably construct buildings in the style recorded on the blueprints."

"That is correct," said Li Xiaoyu.

She pondered for a moment, then had another thought, adding, "It's like deliberately creating a hierarchy between layers, and indeed, the architectural design ideas in the blueprints are much more advanced than our existing architectural concepts. So there is a clear, visually evident cultural difference between each layer."

Tang Xian understood Li Xiaoyu's point but became even more perplexed. What kind of existence was the owner of the Pyramid?

What was the purpose behind this design?

As the group discussed, they had already arrived in front of the steles.

Only when they reached this point could they see the entire grand extension of the eighth layer.

The group had walked for more than ten minutes and still could not see the end.

Tang Xian roughly estimated that the eighth layer was at least not smaller than the seventh.

When they reached the forest of steles and looked further away, what everyone saw was no longer the steles that unveiled knowledge.

Instead, there was a row of standing figures.

Everyone was shocked at this sight, and only with the help of long-distance viewing equipment could they see that these were merely statues.

The statues looked like bronze terra-cotta warriors.

Only unlike the terra-cotta warriors, the design style of their armor, such as the patterns on the armor, was very similar to the patterns on the floor and the bronze door.

There were a total of twelve such statues.

They stood silently in the distance as if they had been standing there for thousands of years.

As for inanimate objects, no one cared.

The focus of the crowd now returned to the steles.

In this forest of steles, there were many steles. Tang Xian regretted that some of the steles were in a sealed state, which must be what Li Xiaoyu had said about the content in the steles being locked until the construction of the buildings on the blueprints was completed and reached the corresponding number.