Douluo Continent: Dragon Shadow Rebirth

Just as Zhang Meng desperately turned the last slab, the vibration of the entire space gradually weakened, and the crazy energy fluctuations began to calm down. Qin Feng and others could finally breathe a sigh of relief, watching the hanging energy ball no longer out of control and regain its stable light.

"I... I knew that in the end it would still depend on me." Zhang Meng panted, his hands on his knees, his face full of pride, as if he had just saved the world.

Ye Li rolled her eyes: "Don't be too proud too soon, we haven't even left yet."

Chu Tian smiled and patted Zhang Meng on the shoulder: "You did a good job this time, but don't you also have to consider whether you should use your brain more instead of relying on luck every time?"

Zhang Meng curled his lips and said disapprovingly: "Luck is also a part of strength! Besides, my genius strategy always works at critical moments."

"Genius strategy?" Ye Li couldn't help but laugh, "Just keep bragging."

Qin Feng ignored their jokes and fixed his eyes on the energy ball. He walked to the center of the altar and carefully observed the glimmering energy ball, frowning slightly: "Although we have temporarily calmed the energy, the energy of this ball seems not to have been fully released. We may need to further crack it."

"More?" Zhang Meng's face changed immediately when he heard this. "We were almost blown away just now. How come there is a follow-up?"

Qin Feng nodded, his eyes thoughtful: "This energy ball seems to be the key to our final puzzle, but its core may hide deeper secrets."

Chu Tian looked around and said, "What should we do next? Do we have to unlock the mechanism in this ball again?"

"That's right, but we have to be more careful this time." Qin Feng walked to the energy ball and tried to touch it with his hand, but as soon as his hand approached, a strong rebound force emanated from the surface of the energy ball.

"It seems we can't touch it directly." Ye Li said with a frown.

Zhang Meng scratched his hair, looking confused: "What should we do? We can't just stand here and stare at it."

Qin Feng slowly stood up, walked to the side of the stone slab, and scanned the symbols again. He thought for a while, and suddenly said: "These symbols are not randomly arranged, they seem to be some kind of ancient language, guiding us how to unlock the secrets of the energy ball."

"Symbols again!" Zhang Meng said with a bitter face, "Symbols really give me a headache."

Chu Tian patted his shoulder and said, "Just get used to it. Symbol puzzles have become our daily routine."

Qin Feng continued to analyze the symbols, his eyes fixed on the last stone slab. He found that there was a subtle connection between the arrangement of the symbols and the frequency of the energy ball. After careful reasoning, his eyes suddenly lit up: "I understand!"

Ye Li came over: "What did you find?"

"These symbols are the codes to activate the core of the energy ball." Qin Feng explained, "We need to follow the order of the symbols and trigger them at specific times to completely unlock the power of the energy ball."

"So complicated?" Zhang Meng's eyes widened. "Can you explain it more simply?"

"To put it simply - we need to touch these symbols one by one in the order I said." Qin Feng said with a smile.

"Okay, I understand that." Zhang Meng grinned, "Just stop asking me to turn those gears."

So, Qin Feng began to instruct everyone to operate in the order of the symbols. His fingers passed through the air, accurately pointing to each key symbol. Zhang Meng, Ye Li, and Chu Tian quickly executed, touching each symbol in turn. With each touch, a slight humming sound came from the air, as if the entire space was responding to their operations.

"The last one!" Qin Feng pointed to the stone slab engraved with complex symbols.

Zhang Meng rushed up again and slapped the symbol hard. The moment his palm touched the stone slab, the entire altar emitted a dazzling light, and the energy ball began to vibrate violently, as if it was releasing its last strength.

"Get out of the way!" Qin Feng gave an order and everyone retreated quickly.

The energy ball gradually floated to the top of the altar, and the light it emitted became stronger and stronger, and the entire space was enveloped by its brilliance. Suddenly, the energy ball emitted a dazzling beam of light that shot straight into the sky, and the entire hall seemed to be lit up at this moment.

"Is it really going to explode this time?" Zhang Meng looked at the dazzling beam of light, feeling uneasy.

"It's not an explosion." Qin Feng's eyes were fixed on the energy ball, "It is opening some kind of transmission channel."

Sure enough, as the light of the energy ball gradually faded, the ground in the center of the hall slowly cracked, revealing a portal leading to a deeper place. The door was surrounded by powerful energy and seemed to be the entrance to another world.

"This is our next step." Qin Feng said in a deep voice.

Zhang Meng looked at the portal and couldn't help frowning: "Will it be another maze this time?"

"I hope not." Ye Li said with a smile, but there was still some caution in her eyes.

"We have no choice." Chu Tian shrugged, "Since we have come this far, we have to continue."

Qin Feng nodded and took the lead to walk towards the portal. As he stepped in, the others followed closely behind him, and the whole world was engulfed by light in an instant. After a brief feeling of weightlessness, they landed firmly on the ground again.

However, the scene before them shocked them all. What appeared before them was no longer a dark underground world, nor a maze full of traps, but an endless void, surrounded by colorful energy flows, as if they were at the core of the universe.

"This... where are we on earth?" Zhang Meng was so shocked that he was speechless as he looked at the magnificent scenery around him.

Ye Li was also shocked: "This place doesn't feel like the real world at all. It feels more like some kind of energy space."

Qin Feng remained calm and carefully observed everything around him. He found that they were standing on a huge floating platform, with a huge crystal suspended in the center of the platform, and the surface of the crystal was flashing with symbols they had seen before.

"This crystal is the final puzzle." Qin Feng said in a deep voice, "All the puzzles we solved ultimately point to it."

"So how do we solve it this time?" Zhang Meng approached the crystal cautiously, fearing that it might emit some unstable energy fluctuations again.

Qin Feng looked at the symbol on the crystal and fell into deep thought. After a moment, he suddenly smiled and said, "No need to solve it this time."

"What?" Zhang Meng was stunned. "No need to solve it?"

"That's right." Qin Feng nodded and said, "We have solved all the puzzles and cracked the mechanism of the energy ball. Now this crystal is the key to our final answer. Just touch it, and it will reveal the answer by itself."

"So simple?" Chu Tian seemed a little unconvinced.

"Sometimes, the simplest things are the most correct." Qin Feng said with a smile, reaching out his hand and gently touching the crystal.

As his fingers touched the surface of the crystal, the entire void instantly became brighter. The symbols inside the crystal began to change rapidly, as if showing a complex scene. Suddenly, the crystal burst out with a dazzling light, enveloping all of them.

Surrounded by the light, Qin Feng and the others seemed to be in an infinitely extended universe. They saw countless stars, traveling beyond the boundaries of time and space. Finally, all the scenes turned into a stream of light and returned to the crystal in front of them.

The light gradually dissipated, Qin Feng and others returned to the floating platform, and everything before their eyes returned to calm.

"Is this... the answer to the riddle?" Zhang Meng scratched his head, bewildered. "What... are those things we see?"

Qin Feng said solemnly: "We just saw the secret hidden behind this world. This crystal is the source of all power and the ultimate answer to this trial."

"So we succeeded?" Ye Li asked softly.

Qin Feng nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, we succeeded."

Zhang Meng finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's finally over! I thought we would have to wander in this maze forever."

Chu Tian smiled and said, "It seems that your genius strategy this time really worked."

Zhang Meng raised his chin proudly: "Of course, who am I!"

Just as they were laughing, the portal appeared again and took them back to the real world. Qin Feng looked at the energy world that was gradually disappearing behind him, feeling deeply moved.

"This adventure is finally over." Qin Feng said in a low voice.

"Yes," Ye Li said with a smile, "but I feel like this is just another beginning."

"Of course!" Zhang Meng laughed, "As long as I, Zhang Meng, am here, the adventure will never stop!"

They looked at each other with anticipation in their eyes. A new adventure might be waiting for them not far away, and this time, they were ready.