The moment this question shed through charlie Wade’s mind, he had an answer.
Although he didn’t know exactly when the Dharma-ending Age began, based on Meng Changsheng (Willie)’s experience, he had already entered the Dharma-ending Age when he attained enlightenment.
Therefore, the cultivators who built this underground city must have been much earlier than the Linde era of the Tang Dynasty.
In that case, the history of this square pagoda must be even earlier than the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.
And ording to what he saw when he traveled through Chang’an in his mind, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda at that time was built by Tang Xuanzang and countless cultivators for the sake of the Tang Dynasty. So why would they build the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in the shape of this square pagoda? Could it be a kind of replication, or a belief?
If this square pagoda was some kind of totem of cultivators before the Dharma-ending Age, then the motives of cultivators in the Dharma-ending Age building an identical Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Chang’an would be understandable.
As the Dharma-ending Age descends, thest batch of cultivators before its end will split into at least two factions. One faction will choose to cultivate diligently during this era, while the other will migrate to the Antarctic Continent, regarding it as the final gateway to ascension.
Alternatively, only the highest-ranking among thest batch of cultivators will be qualified toe here for a final struggle; those who remain are essentially abandoned.
Although they were abandoned by thest batch of cultivators striving for ascension, they did not give up on themselves. They continued to cultivate diligently in the world of the Dharma-ending Age, even showingpassion for all living beings. This is why they worked together to build the Great Wild Goose Pagoda and forge the Four Directions Treasure Pagoda, a powerful feng shui artifact capable of influencing the fate of a nation.
charlie Wade leaped down from the cave entrance,nding slowly on the hundred-zhang-wide square za below. Gazing up at the Four Directions Treasure Pagoda, he felt its solemn and majestic presence even more profound.When charlie Wade reached the bottom of the square za, he discovered that the space was far more than just a square. Hidden around it was an underground town, about five zhang high, extending at least three kilometers in depth, or nearly ten square kilometers in radius. Various ancient houses and buildings stood there, meticulously nned, with four main roads leading to the za. The Four-Sided Pagoda formed the central core of the entire za.
What charlie Wade couldn’t understand was that this underground town waspletely suspended in the rockyer, and none of the buildings within his sight touched the ceiling. Considering the geological and physical characteristics, building such arge underground city wasn’t impossible, but it required a sophisticated and extremely robust support system.
Like the underground parking garage of arge shopping mall, which requires numerous load-bearing columns to prevent the roof from copsing, this underground space isn’t like a building with a reinforced concrete floor, possessing strong integrity and stability, preventing breakage and copse. But here, it’s all rock. Normally, without anchoring, the rock would gradually crumble and copse. Yet, without any support or anchoring protection, the entire rock structure remains perfectly supported—it’s simply unbelievable.
charlie Wade spected that even cultivators couldn’t defy thews of physics, so there must be some kind of formation providing support and anchoring.
A nearly ten-square-kilometer underground city, ording to modern engineering standards, would require at least 100,000 load-bearing columns, with a lifespan of only a few decades. But here, a formation can rece 100,000 load-bearing columns and operate stably for over a thousand years. The energy of this formation must be astronomical.
charlie Wade was incredibly shocked and instinctively wanted to explore this underground city, so he chose a main road and stepped forward.