Starting to Gain Experience from Push-Ups Chapter 1481 - 714:
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Zheng Hongxin’s originally cloudy eyes suddenly became exceptionally bright when reflecting that touch of blue light.
The muscles on his face twitched slightly, and his gaze was firmly fixed at the top of the altar.
After scrutinizing for a while, he seemed to perceive some extraordinary change through that momentarily flickering light.
"Teacher, what is happening?"
Chen Jiandong stepped forward and looked up at the altar.
The aura flowing on the surface of the Truth Stele flickered on and off, faintly revealing a restless aura.
He also sensed the anomaly and immediately voiced his inquiry.
Zheng Hongxin did not reply but simply raised his right hand, pressing his palm downward.
"Stop, everyone immediately disconnect spiritual links and stay alert."
The order was not loud, yet it carried the weight of accumulated authority, like thunder exploding.
The twelve newcomers immersed in meditation and visualization were startled and shaken.
They opened their eyes, raised their heads, and looked blankly at the vice chairman standing in front, completely unaware of why the inheritance ceremony was abruptly halted.
Zheng Hongxin pulled back his hand and turned to look at Chen Jiandong:
"Jiandong, let’s work together, establish communication circuits, and check the alert nodes around the island."
Chen Jiandong was surprised by these words.
He was well aware that the spiritual nature of the Truth Stele had severely diminished in the past six months.
Two months ago, the teacher issued an order that unless faced with a large-scale invasion by a strong enemy, the stele’s inspection imaging should not be used to avoid depleting its essence.
But seeing Zheng Hongxin’s serious expression, he did not ask further and immediately nodded in agreement.
The two swiftly faced the altar and stood with their hands clasped in front of their chest.
The low chant alternated from their mouths, like ancient prayers, echoing through the vast underground cave.
Guided by their thoughts, an intangible spiritual wave rushed toward the altar.
The Truth Stele standing at the highest point emitted a faint humming sound.
Next, the mysterious blue light revealed from within the stele was noticeably denser than before.
However, Zheng Hongxin’s eyebrows furrowed tighter, and his aged face bore a solemn expression.
Standing beside him, Chen Jiandong’s face turned slightly red, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
Evidently, constructing this communication circuit consumed a significant amount of his energy.
He took a slight breath and couldn’t help but ask:
"Teacher, is there something wrong with the Truth Stele? Why hasn’t it responded to our instructions?"
Zheng Hongxin slowly exhaled the turbid air from his lungs and explained in a deep voice:
"The stele seems to be autonomously running another function. Now, two forces are competing for system operation resources, causing conflict and preventing coexistence, so our spiritual instruction is being rejected."
Chen Jiandong was momentarily stunned by these words.
After Zheng Hongxin finished speaking, his face did not ease but became gloomier.
Just now, using the spiritual circuit, he barely caught a glimpse of a scene revealed by the stele.
It was not any surveillance node around the island, but a deep darkness.
Within the darkness, only a dazzling blue light was expanding wildly, like a supernova explosion in the cosmic void.
Besides this, there was nothing else.
What shocked him the most was that the stele was not resonating with their guidance.
Instead, the energy structure within the stele was inexplicably strengthening against logic.
What on earth is going on?
Although he provided Chen Jiandong with what seemed a reasonable explanation, the doubts and vigilance in his heart had soared to the extreme.
Because there was a critical detail he didn’t mention.
If it could directly suppress the directive led by both their forces.
Doesn’t that suggest the autonomously running program has an unbelievably high priority?
Even high enough to outright ignore his highest authority as the guild vice chairman.
Since taking charge of the guild, this kind of event had never occurred.
Could it be that the spiritual nature of the Truth Stele has weakened to the degree of being uncontrollable?
Or could it be that some overwhelmingly powerful enemy has quietly reached Yong’an Island, using absolute crushing spiritual power to block the stele’s inspection function?
Upon thinking of this, Zheng Hongxin’s palm broke into a cold sweat.
"Stop dazing, everyone perk up!"
He immediately turned around and gave orders to the newcomers sitting cross-legged behind:
"Now, all follow me in chanting the spell and pray to the Truth Stele together!"
The twelve new members looked at each other, faces full of confusion and bewilderment.
Due to their training camp bred habit of obedience, they quickly adjusted their sitting posture and followed Zheng Hongxin’s rhythm, chanting those unfamiliar spells.
Inside the cave, the prayer chanted gathered into a low sound wave.
While leading everyone in chanting, Zheng Hongxin also observed the situation on the altar.
The Truth Stele did not calm down because of this.
The dark blue light kept flickering, faster and faster, on and off.
As if an old machine running overloaded, ready to explode at any moment.
The surface of the stele remained gray-white without revealing any specific picture or scene.
Seeing this, Zheng Hongxin quickly pondered various countermeasures in his mind.
Then decisively discarded his staff, bent his knees, and knelt on the rocky ground.
"Boundless abyssal sea, bearer of all things. Ancestors of all spirits, protect my clan. Bloodline shared, divine soul linked..."
Zheng Hongxin bowed his head to the ground, hands spread before him, continuing a muttering incantation.
