A strange golden firelight illuminated the scene on the altar.

There was a body lying on it.

This corpse was very strange. The overall appearance was that of a man, but half of a woman's body grew strangely from behind. She was hanging on the altar with her back to Cheng Shen, and seemed to be trying to break free from the man's corpse.

She almost succeeded.

"The essence of the saint..."

Cheng Shen was horrified when he saw the darkness shrouding the woman's body.

It has not completely broken free from the suppression of that strange object, but it has already formed such a terrifying weirdness.

You know, part of its power was stripped away by strange objects, forming a darkness that shrouded the town. When it completely escapes and regains its power, you don't know what kind of terrifying existence it will become!

Aoki wants to control it?

Perhaps, only by releasing the two terrifying monsters suppressed in his coffin board can there be a chance...

This is the path he chose.

Cheng Shen won't care.

Anyway, to him, there are already enough terrifying and unknown things in this world, and one more Aoki is nothing.

As long as he doesn't affect himself.

He looked around and soon saw a copper box placed behind the altar that was not affected by the saint's power.

Territory treasure chest!

It's almost the same style, Cheng Shen will never admit it wrong.

He glanced at the corpse lying quietly on the altar, and suddenly became worried. Aoki was entangled with the saint. It might not have the intention to pay attention to him, and its strange power seemed to be restrained by his profession...

Tick...

Tick...

Cheng Shen moved on the ceiling to the location of the treasure chest, and his body immediately turned into blood and dripped down.

Wow!

A bloody outline surged on the ground. Before Cheng Shen could fully gather his figure, he reached for the territory treasure chest.

Ding!

He pulled open the padlock of the treasure chest.

Channels of green and blue light suddenly burst out from it.

Get rich!

Cheng Shen's eyes lit up.

This treasure chest actually contains a lot of materials for building a territory!

Iron ingots, gold ingots, souls, blood stones...

At the end of the day, they are all high-quality materials!

Limited weight capacity.

Cheng Shen could only pick up the rarest supplies and stuff them into his backpack.

[Obtain: 31 gold ingots!]

[Obtain: Bloodstone 42!]

【Get: Gear 19!】

[Obtain: Soul of the Demonic Wolf 6!]

…

What about the main tower?

Cheng Shen picked it up happily for a while and then suddenly thought of the most important thing.

Although there are blueprints in the treasure chest, they are only two not very valuable equipment building blueprints, and there are not even ordinary defense tower manufacturing blueprints.

There is no drawing of the main tower that Aoki mentioned.

Did he lie to himself?

Although it is not impossible...

Cheng Shen was mentally prepared when he accepted his invitation.

The main tower is so precious.

Even if this survivor draws a lot of seats, he will definitely use them to exchange supplies with others.

The possibility of staying at the bottom of the box is very slim...

He had thought of all this beforehand, but Cheng Shen was more willing to fight for a slim hope.

That's why I came here.

"well."

Cheng Shen sighed softly.

Then he felt happy again when he looked at the box full of resources.

On this trip, I not only upgraded my level, but also accidentally captured a strange part of the power, and also obtained so many high-level resources.

In short, it’s not a loss.

suddenly.

Cheng Shen noticed the two purple stones stored in the corner of the treasure chest.

That's the only perfect item in this treasure chest.

【Reshape Gem】

【Props】

[Level: Perfect]

[Note: It can be used on any item or defense tower to reshape its original characteristics. If other substances are added during the reshaping process, it will greatly affect the characteristics of the final product. This item can only be used once]

…

Reinvent...

Could it be that Aoki is referring to this thing?

Cheng Shen put away the gem.

I also found a yellowed manual in the bottom compartment of the treasure chest.

[Obtain: Ancient Diary!]

Cheng Shen opened it and flipped through it.

It was discovered that this was the note left by the 17th-century survivor, and the handwriting on it was automatically translated into the Chinese he was familiar with.

"When you open this notebook, I will be dead..."

That's the first sentence at the beginning.

Cheng Shen nodded in agreement.

Keep looking.

"I belong to an ancient organization that exists in reality and was ordered to investigate this mysterious game that has existed for thousands of years..."

"Um?"

Cheng Shen made an unexpected discovery.

In the 17th century, Europeans had the habit of being religious... Could it be that he was also a member of the Abnormal Creature Investigation Committee?

But he then wrote:

"The cruelty of this game is beyond my imagination. I discovered a terrible fact. All the gods that originally existed in this world seem to be dead, and the beliefs they left behind have become the most terrifying curse..."

"Maybe we were all fooled..."

God, dead?

Aoki just said the same thing, and his conclusion should have been conveyed to him by this survivor through other information.

Faith becomes a curse…

etc……

But the missionary clearly mentioned to him before that the founder of their organization was the person who had a great influence in reality. The belief he spread is still the most influential religious sect in reality...

Were they cheated?

What exactly does this sentence mean?
To be continued...