The Return of the God of War [The Protector] Chapter 2803

Chapter 2803 Spiritual Energy Zephyr was shocked to his core after reading the reason written in the archive. Something terrible happened when those involved in the Atlantis project dug deeper into the ocean. The completed buildings at the training base were merely basic infrastructures. However, the Dragon Palace Project's focus was naturally the Dragon Palace. The construction of Dragon Palace required the personnel to excavate deeper parts of the sea. Unfortunately, they discovered something forbidden as they dug deeper. Project Atlantis itself was already established at a deeper and secluded part of the ocean, extending further below than when Xypheria attempted to connect two opposite ends of the world by digging a tunnel through the Earth. That location was probably by far the deepest part of the ocean exploited by humanity worldwide. The place was not explorable even with the aid of modern technology. The Atlantis project had dug deeper into the ocean floor far beneath the location of the training base Levi and the others had seen. That was Erudia's top secret that was never revealed to anyone else. In the end, because of how far they attempted to excavate, they had discovered something they shouldn't have in the process. Two words were written on one page of the archive, “Dragon's Vein.” Nonetheless, the Dragon's Vein was not referring to the Dragon's Vein in geomancy. The place was given that name because the person in charge had called it the Dragon's Vein. In fact, that Dragon's Vein was a spiritual ley line. A spiritual ley line was the general term to describe all energy resources. The ley line contained all kinds of new and powerful energy resources. According to Erudia fighters' explanation, this spiritual ley line contained spiritual energy that could be cultivated. After all, according to the legends, many ancient cultivators in Erudia cultivated using spiritual energy. Specifically, the legendary clerics from the Ecclesiastic Order and theurgists from the Esoteric Guild cultivated using spiritual energy. If they really existed, then they must be cultivating at a place rich in spiritual energy because only such areas could accommodate their presence. The places where ordinary people lived were already depleted of spiritual energy. In contrast, there were many spiritual ley lines in the deeper parts of the ocean, holding different energy sources unknown to humankind. That was also the direction in which all nations were exploring to exploit new energy sources. However, the progress was slow and inefficient because of the high level of technical barriers. So far, the exploited areas did not even account for the tip of an iceberg. The spiritual ley line uncovered during the Atlantis excavation was too terrifying. That ley line was called Dragon's Vein because it was undoubtedly the most powerful and frightening among all spiritual ley lines. Putting it in another way, that spiritual ley line was like the Earth's aorta because of the unimaginable amount of energy stored. Releasing just a slight amount of the energy was sufficient to completely destroy the entire Atlantis project's training base. At that time, a small hole was made using a drill during the digging process. As a result, a tiny amount of the energy from the spiritual ley line escaped from the small hole, causing the disintegration of all Dragon Palace Project's facilities and personnel. The details of the horrible destruction were not recorded in the archive. Still, the unpredictability of the force released by the small amount of spiritual energy from the Dragon's Vein could be deduced, judging by the obliteration of the massive Dragon Palace Project and all personnel involved. Researchers immediately carried out an investigation and discovered that spiritual ley line. If they had proceeded with the excavation and unleashed the energy within, the impact could cause total destruction to the world. The consequences would be inconceivable if that spiritual ley line exploded. According to the researchers' calculations using the facilities and technology at that time, the force from the explosion could shatter the Earth. The reality could have been ten or a hundred times worse than their prediction because of the lack of technological advancement during that time. Perhaps the researchers had taken into account that factor and realized they could never quantize the energy within the spiritual ley line. They understood that if the hole was a few centimeters larger, the entire world would fall apart, much less Eastford or the Atlantis project's training base. Besides, the researchers were also aware that they could never control the massive amount of energy contained in the spiritual ley line. They did not attempt to exploit the energy source because the technology at that time was lacking, and the researchers even considered the possibility that the technologies in the few hundred years to come would be insufficient too. They could not find a solution because any slight excavation would result in the explosion of the uncontrollable spiritual ley line.