Starting to Gain Experience from Push-Ups Chapter 1478 - 712: The Silver Key

Perhaps it is because the energy contained within is being forcibly extracted by the array.

The glow on the surface of the bones dims at a speed visible to the naked eye, eventually turning into ordinary gray-white fossils.

Fang Cheng stopped, bent over to pick up a piece of beast bone fragment, and held it in his palm to carefully sense it.

The residual radiation energy was almost non-existent, like a sponge completely wrung dry of its moisture.

"What a pity..."

Fang Cheng shook his head and casually tossed aside the now worthless bone.

Having gone through so much trouble to dive 10,000 meters underwater, just as he was about to reap a great harvest, it all got consumed by the City Defense Array as nourishment.

But he quickly adjusted his mindset, consoling himself.

If worse comes to worst, he would just wait until the True Qi in his Dantian was replenished, and after making full preparations, re-enter the Otherworld through the volcano’s passage.

Since these bones originated from there, there must be more energy-rich "treasures" on the other side of the passage, perhaps even living Ancient Relics.

Thinking of this, Fang Cheng straightened up and looked up.

His gaze crossed the street, looking towards the blue barrier that held back the oppressive water wall.

Just as he was about to turn back to the volcano’s mouth to check the changes below, the corner of his eye keenly caught a hint of anomaly.

In a ruined side hall not far ahead, a glint of silver reflection suddenly appeared.

The light was very faint, flickering through the cracks of collapsed buildings.

But against the backdrop of gray-white fossils and ambient bluish light, this point of silver light stood out distinctly.

As if intentionally luring him to it.

Fang Cheng’s eyes narrowed, and he immediately quickened his pace toward it.

He single-handedly grabbed a broken stone pillar weighing several tons, exerting force with his arm, and effortlessly flipped it aside.

The object buried beneath was fully revealed.

It was a silver key with an ancient and simple design, lying quietly in the cracks between the stone bricks.

The surface appeared without a trace of rust, even intricately engraved with the same complex patterns found on the massive stone pillars.

Fang Cheng leaned down, picked it up, and placed it in his palm for observation.

"What is this thing?"

He brought the key closer to his eyes.

The silver metallic texture carried a chill that penetrated straight through his palm.

Using the faint surrounding light, he could see that the patterns on the key’s surface were extremely dense.

These were not simple decorative patterns but were composed of countless intricately connected spell scripts.

These lines were like an exceedingly complex code, layered upon layer, intertwining and coiling.

It seemed that every groove, every turn of the line, hid secrets beyond mortal knowledge.

Fang Cheng raised his left index finger and gently traced along the key’s handle patterns.

At the moment his fingertip touched the engraved grooves, a subtle tremor rose from the depths of his mind.

The "All-Knowing Language" talent passively triggered, countless sparks of inspiration flashed and reorganized in his consciousness.

Fang Cheng’s pupils suddenly constricted, bursting with exceptionally bright eyes.

In just two or three breaths, he completely comprehended the meaning carried by these complex spell scripts.

This was a key capable of opening the "Ultimate Gate," containing the extraordinary power to traverse space.

But as to what exactly the "Ultimate Gate" was and where it leads?

The spells did not give a precise explanation, and Fang Cheng could not know.

However, he comprehended the operation mechanism of this item from the feedback information thoroughly.

The method was very simple.

The user needs to select a coordinate point within the visible range.

Then this coordinate simultaneously imprints on one’s consciousness and the key, thereby constructing a special Spiritual Link.

Afterward, regardless of the distance, as long as that coordinate is recalled in the mind while chanting the spell engraved on the key, a Space Gate can be summoned in the void.

Holding the key, crossing through it, and finally instantly reaching the destination.

At the end of the spell, its true name is left: "Silver Key."

"Space Jumping Ability...this is practically akin to a Divine Artifact!"

Fang Cheng clenched the key tightly, his breath unconsciously growing heavier, his heart in his chest pounding vigorously.

The regret caused by the energy-exhausted Ancient Relic was completely gone at this moment.

Compared to those one-time bones and fossils, this Silver Key was clearly the core treasure of this Undersea Ancient City.

With it, the constraints brought by distance and space would be utterly broken.

Speaking of which, Fang Cheng had always envied Cheng Jiashu, envied his mastery of Space Jumping Ability, moving freely, coming and going without a trace.

Now, having gained similar abilities through this key, he wouldn’t need to envy others anymore.

Fang Cheng closed his eyes, let out a long breath, forcibly suppressing his excitement, letting his emotions return to rationality.

"Having the instruction is not enough, I have to actually test it."

He raised his head, with his gaze crossing more than half of the ancient city’s ruins, fixing on the volcano’s mouth a kilometer away.

Utilizing the gentle light filtering through the dome, he locked onto a volcanic rock with a shape resembling a broken sword.

Focusing his gaze on that rock, Fang Cheng began mobilizing his spiritual power.

He outlined in his mind the contours of the rock and the details of the surrounding environment.

Simultaneously, he slowly infused this segment of spiritual intent through his palm into the Silver Key’s array engravings.

Drip.

A faint echo seemed to sound in the depths of his consciousness, and a hidden Spiritual Link was instantly established.

Fang Cheng raised his right hand holding the key and in a low voice uttered a quirkily syllable Spell.

The air in front suddenly started distorting.

A slender space fissure then appeared out of thin air.

Next, the fissure widened rapidly from the middle to both sides, like an awakening eye.

Eventually spreading open into a door approximately two meters high, exuding a dim blue glow.

Fang Cheng took half a step forward, pointing the center of the Silver Key towards the round hole at the center of the Light Gate, twisting his wrist to the right.

Click.

A crisp mechanic snap was heard, and the door slowly opened.

As the blue light surged, the scene behind the door suddenly became clear, revealing that volcanic rock resembling a severed sword.

Without a hint of hesitation, Fang Cheng stepped into the Light Gate.

The surrounding scenery instantly stretched and deformed, the weightlessness from space transition vanished in an instant.

When Fang Cheng’s other foot stepped back on the ground, he felt the unique rough texture of volcanic rock underfoot.

He looked back.

The ruins of the side hall, a kilometer away, were now left far behind.

"It did succeed after all."

Fang Cheng looked at the Silver Key in his hand, a satisfied arc forming at the corner of his mouth.

This successful space crossing verification thoroughly proved the defiant effectiveness of this key.

Reigning in his thoughts, he lowered his head, once again directing his gaze towards the volcano vent’s bottom.

The situation below was entirely different from before the array activated.

The enormous blue light column, tens of meters thick, resembled a tower reaching the sky, completely enveloping the twisted region that once resembled a shattered mirror.

Without the influx of seawater, the gravitational pull at the center of the focus had become negligible.

As if all spatial gravitational force was being channeled towards the giant vortex at the apex of the spire.

Fang Cheng stared intently at the swirling blue particles within the light column and slowly raised the Silver Key with flickering eyes.

Now in possession of such space-crossing wonders, he could attempt many acts that were previously unimaginable.

Should he take advantage of the array’s activation and spatial channel stability to directly glimpse the world beyond?

Even if dangers lurked on the other side of the passage, as long as he reacted swiftly, he could completely use the Silver Key to reopen a gate and immediately return to this world.

This thought hovered in his mind for a few seconds before Fang Cheng ultimately shook his head.

"Not yet."

The earlier test was merely short-distance transmission within a kilometer.

And traversing cosmic voids to reach another distant realm not in the same dimension, what degree of Spatial Energy burden it would entail was completely unknown, both of entirely different nature.

Moreover, previously to withstand the water pressure at 10,000 meters deep, the remaining True Qi in his body had once again been consumed to nearly half.

He must wait until the Dantian True Qi is replenished and his state is restored to its peak before making any plans.

Only by proceeding prudently can he ensure a high error tolerance.

In case an unforeseeable incident occurs in the otherworld, rendering the use of the key ineffective, leaving him completely trapped over there without a return.