Returning to his bedroom, Han Lin immediately noticed a string of black and red bead bracelets placed on his nightstand. This bracelet was made from eighteen black and red wooden beads. Each bead was carved with a Buddha statue using gold thread, and each statue had a different appearance and posture, some sitting cross-legged, others standing on one leg, displaying various poses.
"Computer-drawn, machine-carved, at most five yuan, no more!" Han Lin sighed and casually put the string of Buddha bead bracelets, which looked like a modern craft piece, onto his left wrist.
Normally, Han Lin would practice Ancient Beast Fist until after 10:30 PM, but today he finished washing up and went to bed early at nine o'clock. On one hand, it was because his Mother had to work overtime all night and wouldn't be coming home, and on the other hand, he needed to be in high spirits to face learning the Visualization Method the next day.
Late at night, while Han Lin was sound asleep, the Buddha bead bracelet on his left wrist suddenly began to emit a faint glow. Before long, the light emanating from the bracelet completely enveloped the sleeping Han Lin. The next moment, the light disappeared, the bed was empty, and Han Lin also vanished with the white light.
After an unknown amount of time, Han Lin finally woke up, rubbed his eyes, and sat up from the ground.
Observing his surroundings, Han Lin found that he was no longer in his own bedroom, but lying at the entrance of a temple.
This temple was built on a small mountain. The entire mountain wasn't tall, appearing to be just over a hundred meters high. A winding stone path extended from beneath Han Lin's feet all the way to the foot of the mountain.
Han Lin tried to walk down the mountain along the stone path. After only two steps, he was blocked by a layer of transparent light shield. The moment Han Lin touched the light shield, the transparent light shield in front of him suddenly shimmered with a faint blue light, which quickly spread outwards from the point of contact.
It was then that Han Lin discovered the entire temple on the mountaintop was enveloped within a thin, semi-ellipsoidal light shield. With a gentle poke of his finger, he could feel that this light shield was very elastic, like rubber, but it couldn't be pierced. The more force he used, the greater the shield's rebound force. Even with Han Lin's Acquired Realm fifth-layer cultivation, there was no way to break through this light shield.
Han Lin turned back and stood at the temple entrance again. Inside the temple, it was silent and quiet. It seemed that all the monks in the temple had left, and it was severely dilapidated.
Above the temple gate was a broken plaque with two strange characters on it. The strokes were complex and crooked, but after Han Lin looked at them, the words "Snow Toad Temple" inexplicably appeared in his mind.
"These two characters mean Snow Toad Temple. It's just a pity the plaque is too severely damaged. There should be one or two characters before them..." Han Lin thought to himself.
"I'm sure this is the first time I've seen this kind of character, but seeing it, the meaning of these two characters directly appeared in my mind... This place is really a bit strange!"
Han Lin stood outside the temple, his face full of hesitation. After a moment of contemplation, Han Lin lightly tapped his temple twice, and a semi-transparent screen immediately popped up before his eyes.
【brain network temporarily unable to connect. Enable offline mode? Yes/No】
"What's going on? What kind of place is this that I can't connect to the brain network?" A look of surprise appeared on Han Lin's face.
The brain network is a constellation composed of 108 communication satellites. The constellation covers the entire Blue Star. As long as a personal brain is activated, one can connect to the brain network no matter where they are on Blue Star. It's very difficult for a situation where connection is impossible to occur.
"Could it be that I'm no longer on Blue Star?" Han Lin thought to himself.
"Enable offline mode!" Han Lin said softly, "Activate recording mode, activate map surveying mode, activate combat detection mode!"
【Beep!】
【Recording mode activated, map surveying mode activated! Bio-energy consumption increased by 30%】
【Combat detection mode activated. In this mode, one point of Mental Power is consumed per minute. When Mental Power is below three points, this mode will automatically shut down!】
After preparing himself, Han Lin took a deep breath and stepped towards the temple gate before him. At this moment, all of Han Lin's attention was focused on the strange temple in front of him, and he didn't notice that on his left wrist, only one bead on the Buddha bead bracelet was emitting a faint glow, like a crystal clear jade stone, while the other seventeen beads were all dim and lusterless, returning to their previous red and black wooden texture appearance.
Han Lin stepped over the temple threshold and entered the temple. As he moved, the environment within his line of sight was quickly depicted on the retina of his left eye.
The biological brain is integrated with the user's brain at the genetic level, essentially becoming part of the user's body. Simple functions like recording and depicting consume the bio-electrical energy unconsciously emitted by the user's body. If more complex functions are to be enabled, the user's Mental Power will be consumed.
Entering the temple gate, the first thing that came into view was a spacious bluestone Snow Toad Temple Training Ground. The entire Snow Toad Temple Training Ground was about the size of two basketball courts. Opposite the Snow Toad Temple Training Ground was the main temple hall, facing south, where a deity should be enshrined. However, the main hall's gate was tightly shut, and the scene inside couldn't be seen.
On the left and right sides of the Snow Toad Temple Training Ground, there was a row of wing rooms, which should be the rooms where the temple monks usually lived. These two rows of east and west wing rooms looked very dilapidated, and it seemed no one had lived in them for a long time.
Han Lin looked around at the surrounding environment and finally his gaze fell upon a skeleton sitting cross-legged in the center of the bluestone Snow Toad Temple Training Ground.
This skeleton lowered its head, wearing a gray, tattered monk's robe. The robe was already severely decayed, as if a gust of wind could blow it away. It looked like a monk who had passed away here.
Because combat detection mode was enabled, a red cursor appeared on the retina of Han Lin's right eye. The cursor remained motionless on the skeleton in the center of the Snow Toad Temple Training Ground. At the same time, a mechanical prompt sounded in Han Lin's ear.
【Target detected possessing powerful energy. Energy attribute unknown...】
【Enabling fuzzy judgment mode. Target strength estimated as Innate Realm first layer. Combat suggestion: Flee!】
This is the drawback of offline mode. If connected, the brain could connect to the Base City library for information when encountering something unknown. But in offline mode, if it's knowledge Han Lin has never encountered, the brain cannot make an accurate judgment!
"An Innate Realm skeleton? And it's alive?" A look of surprise appeared on Han Lin's face. He didn't expect to encounter an undead creature in this strange place.
Han Lin's strength was only Acquired Realm fifth layer. If it were an opponent of the same Realm, he would still be confident in maneuvering with Ancient Beast Fist and Willow Leaf Movement Technique. But being a whole major Realm apart, the crushing difference in power rendered any technique useless. This was also why the brain's immediate combat suggestion was to flee.
An Acquired Realm fifth-layer Martial Artist was completely helpless against an innate realm martial artist. Han Lin's heart immediately tightened, and his movements became increasingly gentle as he slowly retreated towards the temple gate behind him.
Just then, the faint greenish flame that was originally in the skeleton's lowered head suddenly burned fiercely, the flames rising high. At the same time, two clusters of faint greenish flames also ignited in the skeleton's eye sockets.