Read Hero of Hearts Chapter 7485

Chapter 7485 An Eye-Opening Experience

The moment this question crossed Charlie’s mind, he already had the answer in his heart.

Although he did not know exactly when the Dharma-Ending Age began, based on Master Meng’s experience, the Dharma-Ending Age had already arrived when he attained enlightenment.

Therefore, the cultivators who built this underground city must have lived before, or even long before, the Linde era of the Tang Dynasty.

If so, the history of this square pagoda must be older than the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.

Based on what he saw during his spiritual journey through Chang’an, the Great Wild Goose Pagoda was built by Xuanzang and many other monks for the Tang Dynasty. So why were they built in the shape of a square pagoda like the previous ones? Was it a replica, or perhaps a matter of faith?

If this square pagoda was a kind of totem of cultivators before the Dharma-Lattering Age, then the motivation of cultivators in the Dharma-Lattering Age to build the identical Great Wild Goose Pagoda in Chang’an City is understandable.

When the Dharma-Ending Age arrives, the final group of cultivators before the Dharma-Ending Age will split into at least two sects. One sect will choose to cultivate diligently during the Dharma-Ending Age, while the other will migrate to the Antarctic continent, viewing it as the final gateway to spiritual ascension.

Or perhaps, only the highest-ranking cultivators from the final group were entitled to come here for the final battle, while the rest were essentially abandoned.

Although they were abandoned by the last group of cultivators attempting to ascend to higher realms, they did not give up. They continued to cultivate diligently in the world of the Dharma-Ending Age, and even showed concern for all living beings. This is why they worked together to build the Great Wild Goose Pagoda and forge the Four Directions Treasure Banner, a powerful feng shui artifact that could influence the fate of a nation.

Charlie jumped down from the cave entrance and landed gently on the square plaza below, which was a hundred feet wide. Looking up at the square pagoda, he felt that the building was solemn and majestic.

When Charlie reached the bottom of the square, he discovered that the space here was much more than just a square. Hidden around the square was an underground city with a ceiling height of about five zhang (about 10 meters) and a depth of at least three kilometers, covering nearly ten square kilometers in circumference. Various ancient houses and buildings stood in the city, and the layout was very orderly. There were four main roads leading to the square, and the Four-Sided Pagoda was the central core area of ​​the entire square.

What Charlie didn’t understand was that this underground city was completely suspended in the rock layers, and no visible structures were in contact with the surface. Considering the geological and physical characteristics, building such a massive underground city wasn’t impossible, but it would require a comprehensive and extremely robust support system.

Just like the underground parking garages of large shopping malls, there must be numerous load-bearing columns to prevent the roof from collapsing. Furthermore, this kind of basement is not a building. The roof of the building is made of cast-in-place reinforced concrete slabs, which have strong integrity and stability and will not break, collapse, or fall. But here, everything is rock. Normally, without support, the rock would gradually break and collapse. But here, without any support or protection, the rock can be firmly supported without any damage. This is truly remarkable.