I dared not consider it, for the thought was too insane, and if true, it would represent a discovery that overturned everything.

By my reasoning, the purpose of bringing me to this location was likely because the Jurassic period was the first age of biological flourishing on Earth; prior to that era, the planet's nascent life forms had not achieved such richness and diversity.

Could it be that they intended for me to witness the masterpiece the Atlanteans were so proud of?

It seemed I was beginning to understand why the voice in my mind had told me, "They bear us no ill will."

If my conjecture was correct, this situation was far more profound than simply "no ill will."

With this realization, I took a deep breath, as if trying to draw the pristine, unpolluted air of hundreds of millions of years ago into my lungs to wash away the dust coating them.

Whether I inhaled anything or not, I saw a massive, dark shadow swooping down toward me from above.

Startled, I thought the notorious Pterosaur of that age was about to snatch me up as a snack, and I instinctively dodged aside.

At that moment, the huge, furry white object landed squarely on a low shrub beside me.

I glanced over and felt a strange mix of amusement and exasperation.

It was a spore, similar to a dandelion seed, produced during the reproduction of ferns, only this specimen was hundreds of times larger than a dandelion clock.

Perhaps the wind had picked up, because immediately afterward, countless such enormous spores began to drift down from the sky.

Witnessing this scene, I was momentarily transported, feeling as if I had arrived in the world of Avatar.

I smiled faintly, mischievously like a child, and blew a puff of air toward a spore that had settled on the grass before me.

I don't know if an airflow actually left my mouth, or if a gentle breeze happened to pass, but the white, downy fibers of the spore swayed, pure as freshly fallen snow.

Just as I was savoring this spectacle that others would never see in a lifetime, the woman's voice suddenly echoed in my mind again, speaking to me in halting, excruciatingly awkward Chinese: "Walk forward..."

I paused, lifted my foot, and indeed found that I seemed capable of movement, stepping forward onto the tiny, moss-like plants ahead.

Strangely, these low-growing plants did not collapse under my weight; instead, they continued to sway in the dappled sunlight filtering through the woods.

I understood that here, I seemed to possess no mass, so when moving through the thicket ahead, I chose to leap.

To my surprise, I bounded more than two meters high, just as if I were on the Moon, effortlessly clearing layers of shrubbery as I advanced.

However, just as I was enjoying this bizarre sense of lightness, a strange, guttural sound suddenly rumbled from the dense forest ahead.

I stopped dead in my tracks, my heart beginning to pound erratically.

Because I knew that the true overlords of the forest two hundred million years ago—the Dinosaurs—might burst forth at any moment to give me a surprise welcoming gift.

My heart raced, not so much from the fear of being eaten, but more from sheer excitement.

Although humanity had long unearthed dinosaur skeletons, and scientists had reasonably reconstructed their appearance, the question of whether dinosaurs were covered in feathers or clad in thick, leathery skin and scales remained a point of intense debate. Now, I was about to personally settle this mystery.

Taking a deep breath, I finally lifted my foot and moved forward.

But what quickly filled my vision was not the colossal dinosaur I had anticipated, but a metallic disk resting amidst the tangled vegetation.

The disk shone with the luster of aged brass and was the size of a basketball court.

Though partially obscured by plants, I could make out two perfectly circular black dots atop the disc’s surface.

"Zhú Shén!" I gasped, recalling the disk I had encountered beneath Black Bamboo Gully, revered as a god by the Wei people.

In the language of the Wei, this object was called Zhú Shén.

The colossal Zhú Shén remained motionless among the growth, but its base emitted an extremely low hum, like a car engine idling.

As I stared, transfixed, a white appendage began to sprout from one of the black spots on the Zhú Shén’s apex, growing with the sped-up rapidity of a bean sprout in a nature documentary.

I recognized this growth as the same sort of tongue that had emerged from the mouths of the Atlanteans earlier.

This pale, fleshy tongue writhed out from the top of the Zhú Shén like a snake before twisting and dropping onto the ground.

Then, the object began to thicken and expand, developing appendages resembling human arms and legs around its core.

Soon, the white humanoid figure, formed from the "tongue," clambered to its feet and moved slowly toward the deeper part of the forest, **ing its body as it went.

Intensely curious, I followed closely behind.

Rounding the obstruction of the Zhú Shén, I saw a massive creature covered entirely in brown feathers lying prone on the ground—a sight that genuinely stunned me.

This enormous being possessed an extremely large, elongated skull; its nostrils alone were larger than my fist. It squinted its vast eyes, resting its head upon its coiled tail, and atop its hindbrain sprouted a tuft of multicolored feathers that looked like a decorative coronet on a young girl's head.

The giant beast lay still, its chest rising and falling with breaths that sounded like rolling thunder.

"Is it asleep?" I wondered, stepping forward three or four paces. I then noticed its eyes were not fully closed; its massive eyeballs were still rolling around within the narrow slits, gazing at three tiny black dots on the ground.

Confused, and assuming the beast couldn't see me, I decided to approach for a closer look.

As I crept toward the colossal creature, I realized the objects it was focused on were not mere specks on the ground, but three human figures clad in black, crouched low!

I had never heard any record of humans existing in the Jurassic period; the earliest documented human traces dated back only seven million years ago.

Driven by curiosity, I continued to move forward, slowly grasping the situation.

When I circled around to face the three individuals, I saw them clearly: three Atlanteans with pale complexions and unnaturally elongated chins.

These three Atlanteans were squatting, gathered around several animal eggs the size of watermelons.

If the giant beast beside them was the legendary Dinosaur, then these eggs must surely be its offspring.

Despite the span of hundreds of millions of years, a creature as massive as a dinosaur would likely possess a fierce temperament, particularly the carnivorous species, which were among the most brutal animals on Earth.

The carnivore before me, easily over ten meters long, was watching the Atlanteans gesture towards its eggs without showing any sign of aggression.

Upon closer inspection, I realized the Atlanteans were communicating with the dinosaur in a language I couldn't comprehend.

The beast resembling a dinosaur opened and closed its eyes slowly, emitting soft grunts that seemed to function as replies to the Atlanteans.

I recalled the scientific hypothesis that dinosaurs might possess high intelligence, perhaps even language, especially among the carnivorous types.

The basis for this theory was that some dinosaurs had large cranial cavities capable of housing substantial brains; if their cerebral cortexes were as complex as humans', they could be twenty times smarter.

The Atlanteans, meanwhile, seemed to possess an ability to communicate with all life forms; I recalled how the giant bat earlier had interacted peacefully with them.

I couldn't decipher the conversation between the Atlanteans and the massive dinosaur, but I saw them using a device resembling a scanner, probing the eggs for data.

I intended to get a closer look at the scanner’s readings when, at that very moment, one of the dinosaur eggs emitted a sharp crack, splitting open slightly.

Knowing a hatchling was about to emerge, I focused intently on that egg.

After a moment, the small creature inside struggled twice, slowly pushing the shell upward with its head.

And then, through the widening fissure, I saw something resembling human hair!