Facing an Ancient God for a Year

Chapter 1074: Chapter 1072: Bronze Labyrinth (Four) Chapter 1074: Chapter 1072: Bronze Labyrinth (Four) “What interesting thing?”

Despite Lady Cecilia’s generally cheerful demeanor, she seemed at a loss upon hearing Fu Qian’s words.

By now, the two had already reached the end of the kneeling statue.

Before them lay a slightly cluttered hall, but apart from fragments scattered everywhere, nothing seemed overtly strange.

Unfortunately, after dropping his hint, Fu Qian wasn’t prepared to explain any further and simply stood silently.

Snap!

Just as Lady Cecilia furrowed her brow and stepped forward to take a closer look, a dull thud accompanied the sudden descent of a shadow from above.

“What is that?”

Even though she was at a distance, Lady Cecilia instinctively stepped back, scrutinizing the object that had landed on the ground.

Black mixed with red, about the size of two human heads, it looked like a clump of minced meat.

Having been almost flattened from its fall, it was now slowly contracting.

This thing undoubtedly surpassed ordinary human understanding, but thanks to the earlier presence of the statues, Lady Cecilia clenched her teeth and didn’t scream.

Ah—

Yet, a scream still pierced the air.

Within a breath, a shrill sound unexpectedly came from the lump of meat on the ground.

Moreover, it sounded unmistakably like a human scream, filled with ineffable loss and frenzy.

At the same time as the scream, the meat lump began to flee desperately away from the two of them.

Though its crawling movement was sluggish, the combination of the scream and its actions conveyed genuine fear.

“It looks like the head we’ve been seeking.”

Only after the meat lump disappeared around a corner did Fu Qian finally look away, briefly commenting.

“That’s truly disgusting.”

At this moment, Lady Cecilia seemed to have slightly adjusted her emotions.

“And what is that?”

Looking upward to see where this “head” had fallen from, she froze in the next moment.

Unnoticed earlier, behind the ornate chandelier, the dome above where the meat lump had been seemed already crushed by something heavy, with a bronze-colored mass extending out.

“It’s hard to say… strictly speaking, it looks like an ear.”

This time, Fu Qian answered promptly, rubbing his chin with a serious expression.

It wasn’t a groundless claim; from this angle, what had punctured the dome was indeed a giant ear with a slightly eerie design.

“Nonsense, how can a person have such large ears?”

Lady Cecilia instinctively retorted.

“According to you, did that thing just squeeze out of the ear canal?”

“It is absurdly large.”

Fu Qian did not rush to contradict her, but rather shook his head.

“I understand you don’t like being controlled, but if you truly want to achieve that, you must first learn not to be led.”

“Because I earlier mentioned that the statues were made of flesh and blood; could this be why, upon seeing the thing above, you instantly dismissed the possibility of it being a sculpture?”

Seeing Lady Cecilia momentarily at a loss for words, Fu Qian smiled maliciously.

“Why not go up and take a closer look?”

…

Often fear and anger can interconvert; at this moment, Lady Cecilia clearly in a foul mood, led the way without needing Fu Qian’s guidance, following the path the meat lump had taken in its escape.

With apparent admiration, Fu Qian followed behind.

Contrary to expectations, above the dome of the hall was a rather spacious platform.

Amidst pillars resplendent in gold and brilliance, a colossal mass shined under the sunlight.

Lady Cecilia, who had come up first, was completely frozen less than ten meters away from it.

“What is…this thing?”

Like a somniloquy, it was the third time she had asked this question on this trip.

“Considering the ear we saw earlier, this should be a brain.”

Fu Qian continued to respond smoothly.

And this time, Lady Cecilia didn’t object.

Because the shape of this thing in front of her was even more undeniable than the ears just now.

Although it was covered with a layer of light pink color, whether it was the overall shape or the channels on it, all were clear at a glance, exactly resembling a lying down brain—except it was thousands of times larger.

Most importantly, it was definitely a fleshly creation, without a trace of bronze color.

“You said…it was fake, right?”

Lady Cecilia’s voice was now dry to an exaggerated degree.

“Are you sure?”

Fu Qian corrected her incorrect statement.

“What I said was not to be easily misled, and the essence of that thing cannot be discerned, but you seem to not grasp the core idea.”

“…So, what do you think it actually is?”

“Didn’t I just say? A brain.”

“What I mean is, how was it formed? This is way beyond the normal brain size, right?”

“You’ve finally asked a meaningful question.”

Fu Qian’s tone finally showed some satisfaction.

“Is it possible that it continued to grow from a normal brain?”

Fu Qian took a few steps to the side, gesturing for Lady Cecilia to follow him.

“When you encounter something incomprehensible, one of the simplest ways is to look at it from another angle, in every sense of the word… So, do you see that?”

While talking, he pointed to a certain position below the brain.

There lay a set of remains within the size range of a human, exuding a bronze-like color, appearing as if crushed to death.

“Are you suggesting…the brain belonged to this corpse?”

And Lady Cecilia’s comprehension was undoubtedly good.

“Looking at the proportions, isn’t that ear close to the size of this brain? Could it be the head swelled and swelled until it crushed the person to the ground… and finally, with a bang.”

Fu Qian gestured on his own head.

“The skull exploded, and this thing was completely released.”

“Although I don’t want to imagine that scenario, I must say…it makes some logical sense.”

And listening to the whole process, Lady Cecilia slowly nodded.

“But why would it swell?”

“That’s a bit more complicated, the evidence we currently have is too little.”

Fu Qian shook his head candidly.

“But before asking this, we might as well ask a simpler question… Where has that ‘head’ that fell earlier gone?”

This indeed…

Lady Cecilia was taken aback upon hearing this.

The scene in front of her was so impactful that it made one overlook this most direct question.

However, during the time they were up here, that mass of flesh had disappeared.

And in this flat expanse, other than behind the stone pillars, there truly was nowhere to hide.

“I have a speculation about this.”

This time Fu Qian didn’t make it difficult for her anymore, snapping his fingers.

Beneath the thick cortical layer of the brain, a dense undulation suddenly appeared, like a startled school of fish.