After the oil painting was burned, there was a smoky smell in the castle.

Cheng Shen controlled the fire without affecting other objects.

After all, this will be his territory in the future, and any damage caused will damage his property.

Randomly searched all rooms.

Cheng Shen then went to the deepest part of the room, which should be the bedroom of the owner of the castle.

I didn't see the proper room decorations. This bedroom looked like a secret room specially used for worship, with dim candlelight flickering, and every brick wall was carved with dark, evil and obscure lines.

The textures converge toward the center.

There is a crystal coffin placed horizontally at the center of the room.

The material of the coffin should have been pure crystal, but it seemed to have been corroded by darkness and was covered with mottled rust. The marks were like tadpoles swimming in the crystal, covering a rotten corpse in the coffin.

call……

A gust of evil wind blew into the room from the door.

The firelight in the silver-white candlesticks in the four corners of the room immediately shook violently and became dim, and the dense and terrifying evil patterns quickly faded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

puff!

The candle suddenly went out.

Cheng Shen snapped his fingers and a few flames floated out, lighting the candlestick again.

But at this time, no formation patterns could be seen in the room, except for an increasingly old crystal coffin.

The entire secret room has become exactly the same as an ordinary stone room.

"My arrival triggered some kind of protection mechanism, causing the formation to self-destruct..."

Cheng Shen raised his eyebrows. This was not good news. The self-destruction mechanism of the formation would usually destroy the things it protected.

If this formation also has corresponding functions.

It meant that there was a treasure that was completely destroyed before he even saw it.

Cheng Shen walked directly to the crystal coffin. In this short period of time, the entire crystal coffin was covered with cracks and fine lines, as if it had been weathered by time for thousands of years, as if it would be broken immediately if a gust of wind blew by.

When he saw this, he immediately gave up the idea of ​​opening the coffin.

"Maybe there is still a chance to make amends..."

Cheng Shen thought.

He had just seen that the secret hidden in this secret room was to be unlocked through a magic circle.

Although, he did not remember the original structure of the formation.

But he can try to crack it.

It is impossible that this magic circle has existed for a long time without leaving any traces.

Of course, this requires his body to do it.

Cheng Shen's body froze, the eight slender purple eyes on his face slowly closed, and his consciousness fell into silence.

soon.

A strong spiritual wave enveloped the entire castle.

After switching back to his original body, Cheng Shen felt even more at home. His spiritual power, as deep as the ocean, penetrated into every corner of the castle. His natural abilities were also activated, and he immediately searched out some places that he had previously neglected.

"The existence of Laboratory Zero cannot be found..."

Cheng Shen's thoughts moved slightly.

In a short time, he searched every alchemy laboratory, including several large manufacturing plants built behind the castle.

But none of them discovered the most secret area of ​​the castle.

He seemed to understand something.

His eyes finally focused on the secret room on the third floor.

Within the vision of energy control, disappearing lines slowly appeared on the wall.

Cheng Shen was stunned for a moment, then realized that the organizer of this formation seemed to have anticipated an invasion by the enemy.

The so-called self-destruct mechanism.

It's just a cover-up.

He also retained the backbone of recovery.

But this backhand should be discovered through some kind of special item, and only those who know it can find it. But he probably didn't calculate that he would have such a legendary talent of energy control, so he could discover it directly.

"Quite a bitch."

Cheng Shen thought that this was in line with the cautious character of the castle owner.

maybe.

He even prepared a backup plan in case the castle was destroyed...

Cheng Shen's mental power automatically sketched out obscure and complex runes one after another. Translucent lines that were completely different from before were highlighted on the wall one by one. The entire formation structure was completely repaired in a matter of seconds.

Buzz!

The formations on the ground lit up, illuminating the entire secret room. The crystal coffin placed in the center of the room lit up with gorgeous brilliance, and a colorful energy channel clearly appeared in Cheng Shen's mental perception.

"really……"

Cheng Shen's consciousness sensed a cold space through the passage.

He first came to the faceless angel, patted it on the shoulder, and the consciousness that had been silent in its body immediately returned to its true form.

Then he looked at this deified body with the biological strength of a twenty-fifth level lord.

I couldn't help but have some thoughts.

"Although the actual combat power of this body is weaker than that of normal lord creatures of the same level, the characteristics of the deified transformation give it incomparable advantages over conventional creatures.

and.

It can continue to be transformed..."

Cheng Shen deliberately wanted to make it an exclusive clone.

In the future, he can use it not only to carry out exploration missions, but also as a life-saving trump card. If his body suffers an irreversible destructive blow in the future, his identity can be preserved in this clone.

certainly.

This is just a preparation for him to face the worst case scenario...

"There's just one problem. If you want to strengthen this body, you can only transform it by further developing active metals..."

"Active metal..."

The conditions for obtaining active metals flashed in his mind, and a trace of hesitation flashed in Cheng Shen's heart.

"First find the information on the deification experiment."

He thought quickly.

If the information on this deified experiment was also altered by that devil.

The situation may turn around.

The faceless angel who lost his mental control was considered an ownerless object, so Cheng Shen put it directly into his backpack.

Then his attention returned to the crystal coffin in front of him.

Boom!

Cheng Shen stepped forward and pushed open the coffin lid. There was a decaying corpse lying inside. As the formation recovered, the surrounding energy continued to gather in the corpse's body, and its withered body was gradually becoming fuller.

"Is this the body of the castle owner?"

Cheng Shen saw that his facial profile and clothing were very similar to the man in the oil painting he saw before. He had his hands folded on his lower abdomen, holding a crystal ball in his hands.

A dark space was faintly reflected inside the crystal ball.

"Huh?"

Cheng Shen looked at it curiously.

The energy channel he sensed was leading to the inside of this crystal ball.

There is an independent space sealed inside this crystal ball!

"There is also this wonderful prop..."

Cheng Shen was surprised and tried to send a ray of spiritual power into the crystal ball. He saw that the crystal ball immediately broke away from the corpse's control and hung in the sky above the crystal coffin, releasing a colorful and miraculous light.

Scenes like scenes are projected inside the empty and narrow chamber like a fantasy, and then gradually transform from illusion to solidity.

In a trance.

The environment around Cheng Shen changed.
To be continued...