Chapter 13: The Celestial Palace Ruins

"This is..." Despite being mentally prepared, the disappointment was still written all over their faces.

Influenced by these few people, others also looked up at the sky and soon discovered the fact that two moons were hanging in the sky.

"How could this be?" Many people couldn't help but shout out, and the last hope of going home was also shattered. They could never see their loved ones again. Many female classmates cried out in pain, and everyone understood that they were really far away from Earth at this moment and could not return.

"Mars... has two satellites, which are equivalent to... the moons seen on Earth..." Kade muttered in unskilled Chinese, and then spoke a lot in English while talking to Li Xiaoman.

For decades, some space probes have transmitted valuable information about Mars back to Earth. The two satellites orbiting Mars are extremely small celestial bodies, and due to factors such as the height from the ground, if observed on Mars, Phobos looks about half the size of the moon seen from Earth. Deimos is smaller, but brighter than other stars, and is a miniature moon.

After hearing all this from those who knew about Mars, everyone was deeply disappointed. It seemed that there was no way back home now, and the top priority was to find a way to survive.

They were already six hundred meters away from the Five-Color Altar, and they were much closer to the faint light source, which seemed to be only five hundred meters away. Without delay, they continued to move forward.

Under the night sky, a gentle breeze brought a trace of coolness.

After advancing for more than a hundred meters, they got closer and closer to the light source. Just at this moment, someone screamed out in surprise, discovering a collapsed building. It seemed to be an ancient pavilion that had collapsed under the erosion of time.

"Artificially built pavilions and terraces, there must be humans on this desolate planet. We will definitely find a way to survive."

"Is this really Mars? Why are there human buildings here? The air, temperature, gravity, and so on are not much different from Earth, just like a desert on Earth."

Although there was endless disappointment, the people were not hopeless, and they had many doubts.

"We've even seen dragon corpses. What does this matter? Maybe this is a special area on Mars."

"Perhaps. There is a magnificent five-colored altar here that can guide the nine dragon corpses and bronze coffins. It could be called a seal of the gods."

"If our speculation is true and this is just a small special area on Mars, then our living space may not be very large."

At this point, everyone fell into silence.

"If this is just a small piece of land on Mars, what other options do we have?!"

Everyone's emotions were turbulent, and this was about their life and future. No one could remain calm.

"Ah..." a female student suddenly screamed, and her voice echoed through the night sky.

"What's wrong?" Everyone's expression changed, and they hurriedly asked.

"A skull, a human skull!" The female student's face turned pale, and her body trembled continuously, trembling as she backed away.

Not far from the collapsed pavilion, half of a snowy white skull was exposed in the gravel. It had been stepped on by the female student, no wonder she was so frightened.

All the male students gathered around, and Pang Bo kicked the skull out of the sandy soil. It was obviously an adult's skull that had existed for many years. It had almost weathered away, and the bone was no longer smooth, with many rough cracks on it.

What surprised people was that there was a regular circular hole on the skull's forehead, about the thickness of a finger, like a hole made by a sharp object. The hole was very smooth around the edges.

"It seems that this place is full of unknowns and variables. Although these are bones, left behind many years ago, we should still be careful."

The unfamiliar environment and uncertain factors made people feel chilly.

"What are those in front?"

Under the hazy night sky, the stars and moon were not very bright. Only vague contours could be seen ahead, like a series of scattered rocks connected together, uneven and jagged.

When they got closer, everyone was stunned. This was actually a ruin, and what was blocking their way was only a small part of it. A larger ruin extended horizontally into the distance.

Broken walls and debris were scattered everywhere, seemingly telling an unknown story. In the moonlit night, this place seemed particularly desolate. It should have been a magnificent palace in the past, but now it was a scene of desolation.

This was a huge ruin, occupying a large area. The solid foundation was all built by stacking huge stones. One could imagine the grandeur and vastness of this palace back then.

And the light source was just behind a broken wall at the end of this ruin.

"Are we really on Mars? Was there a magnificent palace group here before?"

"How much manpower is needed to complete such a huge project?"

"What caused this place to become a ruin? All the tall and magnificent buildings collapsed?"

The people almost forgot their fear. This huge ruin in front of them made everyone amazed. If it really was on Mars at this moment, all of this was too incredible.

Ye Fan said calmly, "Actually, it's not that surprising. We have experienced a lot today that shouldn't happen according to common sense. Even if someone told me that this huge ruin in front of us is a Heavenly Palace site, I wouldn't be surprised."

Pang Bo exclaimed, "Heavenly Palace site... it's really possible, after all, we even saw a dragon's corpse."

Upon hearing these words, everyone was stunned, the ruins of the Heavenly Palace might not be a myth after all!

The source of light was just ahead, gently radiating from behind the broken wall, creating a faint halo that gave off an indescribable sense of mistiness and holiness.

"What could that be?"

The light flowed at the end of the ancient ruins, making the broken walls and debris appear even more desolate and mysterious.

"Crack," "Crack," "Crack"...

As the group stepped on the rubble, they made a series of echoing sounds that travelled far in the empty night sky. Passing by one collapsed palace after another, they finally made their way through this vast ruin. In front of them, the broken wall, though partially damaged, still stood four or five meters tall, displaying the grandeur of its past.

"We have to see what that light source is!"

The group carefully made their way around the massive wall and arrived at the end of the ruins, where they suddenly felt a refreshing sensation that made their whole body feel at ease. It was as if a divine light had cut through the void and entered their sight.

The group had finally made their way out of the ruins and found themselves behind the broken wall, where they could see the source of the light clearly.

Fifty meters ahead of them, an ancient temple quietly stood, with only a tiny light flickering like a bean. In front of the temple, a bodhi tree with a twisted trunk stood, its entire body dry and withered, with only five or six leaves dotted sparsely about two meters above the ground, each of them crystal clear and shining with a green light, like precious emerald jade.