Chapter 12: The Wandering Planet

"Don't speak recklessly. The bronze coffin has overturned, and the lid of the coffin has not stabilized. There must have been displacement just now," Lin Jia calmly said, stabilizing the emotions of everyone present.

Nine huge dragon corpses, each over a hundred meters long, with scales and dark spots, lay nearby. The bronze coffin was over twenty meters long, resting on the five-colored altar, giving people a strong sense of unease.

"I think we should all explore the light ahead together."

"I also think that everyone should act together."

Many people suggested this, clearly with fear in their hearts. Almost no one wanted to stay here any longer. In the end, everyone unanimously agreed to move forward together to explore the light source.

The whole land was made up of reddish-brown soil and gravel, empty and vast, with only sporadic giant rocks as decoration.

When they passed by the huge rock they had climbed to overlook the area, Liu Yunzhi exclaimed in surprise, "There are inscriptions on that rock."

Going around to the side of the rock facing the light source, they could clearly see two huge ancient characters engraved on the stone, each over five or six meters tall, with iron hooks and silver strokes, vigorous and majestic, like two angry dragons coiled together.

The font was much more complicated than today's, and it was probably carved by the ancient people a long time ago. No one knew how many years it had been around. Everyone gathered in front of the stone wall, staring at the two majestic ancient characters. Many people frowned, unable to discern their meaning.

"This seems to be Zhongding script, and the first character should be 'ying'," Zhou Yi identified the first character, frowning and muttering to himself, "What kind of place have we come to..."

"It is indeed Zhong Dingwen, and the two characters are 'Yinghuo'," Ye Fan identified the characters and spoke out casually. He seemed calm, but the meaning behind those two characters shook him to the core.

"Yinghuo? What does it mean?"

"Is Yinghuo a place?"

Many people were confused and did not understand the meaning behind the characters.

Upon hearing the characters 'Yinghuo', Zhou Yi was also shocked and his face turned pale. He said, "Flickering flames, chaotic confusion. We really have no way back."

"What does it mean? Where are we?" The crowd was filled with confusion and doubt.

After hearing the characters 'Yinghuo', Wang Ziwen also understood their meaning and explained to everyone, "This is probably not Earth anymore. Flickering flames resemble fire, and in ancient times, Mars was called 'Yinghuo' because of its red color, varying brightness, and complex movements in the sky, which were confusing and unsettling."

In ancient times, emperors were superstitious and feared this star, believing it to be a bad omen. Whenever it appeared, either a prime minister would be dismissed or the emperor would die. However, such superstitious beliefs were not accepted by later generations.

"Oh my God!" Kade beside Li Xiaoman used all his knowledge and expertise to study the reddish-brown soil and rocks, continuously observing the geology. He was shocked and kept exclaiming.

"How is this possible?" Many people were speechless and could not believe what was happening before their eyes.

"Our feet are on this reddish-brown ground...Mars. We're not on Earth anymore?!" Anyone who heard this result would stare in disbelief, as it made no sense.

Just half an hour ago, they were on the top of Mount Tai, but now they were standing on the ancient planet of Phosphorescence. It was simply unbelievable!

Lin Jia had a slender and graceful figure. At this moment, her beautiful cheeks were a bit pale, and her phoenix eyes glanced at everyone, saying, "Now, we only see this stone carving, and we can't really confirm whether we're really on Phosphorescence or not."

"But, it's said that the dry surface of Mars is covered with red soil and gravel everywhere. Isn't what we see in front of us exactly like that?" A female classmate said with a sob.

As early as the 1960s, humans had launched spacecraft to explore Mars, and in 1997, the Mars Pathfinder successfully landed on the surface of Mars.

In the past few decades of exploration, humanity was no longer ignorant about Mars, and obtained a large amount of valuable information.

"The soil on Mars contains a lot of iron oxide. Due to long-term exposure to ultraviolet radiation, the entire planet of Mars looks like a rusted world, exactly like what we see in front of us. Could it be...we really left Earth and are now standing on another planet?!" A male classmate clenched his fist hard, and his knuckles were already turning blue.

"If we really are on Mars, I don't think we can survive. There isn't enough oxygen, no suitable temperature..." Li Xiaoman said, her face very pale. However, after these words were spoken, it still gave some people a glimmer of hope.

During this process, Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and several others remained calm. They were sure they were no longer on Earth. Was there anything worse than this? Whatever happened next, it was just like that.

The group stopped in front of the huge stone for a long time before leaving and continuing towards the faint light in the distance. It didn't seem very far, but after walking more than 500 meters, they still hadn't reached their destination, and it looked like they had to walk the same distance again.

Everyone was heavy-hearted and few spoke, appearing very dull, afraid that the last bit of hope ahead would also be shattered.

"Bang!"

Pang Bo kicked a piece of rubble under his foot, raising a cloud of dust. It was then that he showed a look of surprise, noticing that the kicked-out stone seemed to be a piece of tile.

"It really is a tile!" When he picked up the half-broken tile, he immediately confirmed that it was artificially made coarse tile.

Suddenly, a group of people gathered around, looking at the broken tile, and many of them showed excitement.

"Since there are tile fragments, there must be buildings, and people living on this land, not just a simple Five Colored Altar."

"We are saved!"

"We will definitely survive!"

The pessimistic mood decreased, and the joyful mood increased slightly. The group saw hope for survival.

At this moment, it was already dark, and the sky was dotted with stars.

Ye Fan looked up at the stars and found a blurry disc hanging on the horizon, half the size of the moon visible on Earth, which was enough to prove that this place was not on Earth. In another direction, there was a fist-sized bright star, much brighter than ordinary stars, but dimmer and smaller than the smaller moon, called a star too bright to be called a star, and too small and dim to be called a moon.

Zhou Yi, Wang Ziwen, and Liu Yunzhi were standing nearby and noticed Ye Fan's actions, also looking up at the sky. When they saw the two small moons hanging in the sky, they immediately turned pale.