"Don't talk nonsense, the bronze coffin overturned, and the coffin lid didn't settle down. It must have moved just now." Lin Jia said calmly, stabilizing the emotions of everyone present.

The nine huge dragon corpses were all more than 100 meters long, with cold and dark scales, lying not far away. The bronze coffin was about 20 meters long and pressed on the five-colored altar, causing a strong sense of unease.

"I think we should all go and explore that light together."

"I also think everyone should act together."

Many people made such suggestions, obviously with fear in their hearts. Almost no one wanted to stay here any longer. In the end, everyone unanimously agreed to explore the source of light together.

This vast land was composed of reddish-brown soil and gravel, desolate with only a few huge rocks scattered about.

When they passed by the huge rock they had climbed earlier, Liu Yunzhi exclaimed in surprise, "There are inscriptions on that huge rock."

On the side of the rock facing the light, two huge ancient characters could be clearly seen carved on the rock. Each ancient character was five or six meters high, with strong, vigorous, and powerful strokes, like two angry dragons coiling around each other.

It was much more complex than the modern script, and it should have been engraved a long time ago. People gathered in front of the stone wall, gazing at the powerful ancient characters, with many frowning, struggling to understand their meaning.

"It seems to be Zhongding script. The first character should be 'bewildering'." Zhou Yi recognized the first character and frowned, muttering to himself, "What kind of place have we come to..."

"It is indeed Zhongding script. These two characters are 'bewildering and confusing'." After recognizing the two characters, Ye Fan casually said it. Although he seemed calm, the meaning of the two characters made his heart tremble.

Bewildering and confusing, how could it be bewildering and confusing? He could hardly believe all this, and couldn't help looking up at the sky, but although it was dim now, only a few stars had appeared.

"What does 'bewildering and confusing' mean?"

"Is 'bewildering and confusing' a place?"

Many people were puzzled and didn't understand the meaning of these two words.

Upon hearing the words "bewildering and confusing," Zhou Yi's heart trembled just like Ye Fan's, and his face turned pale, saying, "Bewildering flames, confusing chaos. We really... have no way to go back."

"What do you mean? Where is this?" The crowd was startled and uncertain.

Upon hearing the words "bewildering and confusing," Wang Zhiwen also understood their meaning and explained to the crowd, "I'm afraid this is no longer Earth. 'Bewildering' is like fire, and in ancient times, it was called 'bewildering and confusing,' an ominous sign. Mars was referred to as 'bewildering and confusing' in ancient times."

In the endless years before, the ancients had already noticed that Mars was red and its brightness often changed, flickering like fire. It also moved in the sky, sometimes from west to east, sometimes from east to west, in a complicated and confusing manner. In ancient times, it was called "bewildering and confusing."

Ancient emperors were superstitious and dreaded this disaster star, believing that it foretold doom. Whenever it appeared, either the prime minister would be removed from office or the emperor would die. Of course, later generations wouldn't believe such superstitious legends.

"Oh my god!" After understanding the meaning of the Chinese words "bewildering and confusing," Cade, who was standing beside Li Xiaoman, grabbed the reddish-brown soil, tapped the rocks, and continuously observed the geology, exclaiming in astonishment.

"How is this possible?" Many people were dumbfounded and couldn't believe what was happening.

"Is this reddish-brown land beneath our feet... Mars? We're not on Earth anymore?!" Anyone who heard this conclusion would be stunned, as it made no sense.

Half an hour ago, they were on the summit of Mount Tai, but now they were standing on the ancient planet of bewilderment and confusion. It was like a fairy tale!

Lin Jia, with her slender figure and enchanting posture, had a slightly pale face at this moment. Her phoenix eyes glanced at the crowd and said, "Right now, we've only seen this stone inscription. We can't be sure if we're really on Mars."

"But isn't it said that the surface of Mars is covered with red soil and gravel everywhere? Isn't that exactly what we see before us?" A female student said with a sobbing tone.

Humanity had already launched space probes to explore Mars in the 1960s, and the "Mars Pathfinder" successfully landed on the Martian surface in 1997.

Through decades of exploration, humans have gained a wealth of valuable information about Mars and are no longer ignorant about it.

"The soil on Mars contains a large amount of iron oxide, and due to long-term exposure to ultraviolet rays, the entire planet is like a rusty world, which is exactly what we see before us. Could it be... that we have really left Earth and are now standing on another planet?!" A male student clenched his fists tightly, his knuckles turning blue.

"If we were really on Mars, I don't think we could survive, with no sufficient oxygen and no suitable temperature..." Li Xiaoman said, and although her face was pale, her words still gave some people a glimmer of hope.

Throughout this process, Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and a few others remained calm. They were sure they were no longer on Earth. What could be worse than this? Whatever happened next would be nothing more than this.

Everyone lingered in front of the giant stone for a while before eventually leaving and continuing toward the faint light source in the distance. It didn't seem too far away, but after walking more than 500 meters, they still hadn't reached their destination, and it seemed they had to walk the same distance again.

With heavy hearts, few people spoke, and the atmosphere was very depressing, fearing that the last hope in front of them would be shattered.

"Bang"

Pang Bo forcefully kicked a broken stone beneath his foot, raising a cloud of dust. At that moment, he looked surprised as he noticed that the kicked stone seemed to be a piece of tile.

"It really is a tile!" When he picked up the half-broken tile, he immediately confirmed that it was a man-made crude tile.

Suddenly, a group of people gathered around, looking at the broken tile, and many of them showed excitement.

"Since there are tiles, there must be buildings, and there are people living on this land, not just a simple five-colored altar."

"We're saved!"

"We will definitely escape this danger!"

The pessimistic mood diminished, and the joyful mood increased, as everyone saw hope for survival.

At this moment, the sky had darkened, and the stars were twinkling.

Ye Fan looked up at the sky and saw a blurry disc hanging on the horizon, about half the size of the moon seen on Earth, enough to prove that this place was not Earth. In another direction, there was a bright star the size of a fist, much brighter than ordinary stars but dimmer than the small moon. It was too bright to be called a star and too small and dim to be called a moon.

Zhou Yi, Wang Zhiwen, and Liu Yunzhi were standing not far away. They noticed Ye Fan's actions and couldn't help but look up at the sky. When they saw the two small moons hanging on the horizon, their faces changed instantly.