Saying goodbye to a friend whom I have only known for a few hours and whom I will probably never see again again.
Su Lun felt a little depressed.
The surrounding scenery suddenly changed, from the luxurious manor mansion to a...ruin.
"This is...the remains of the former manor?"
Although all the decorations in the house have decayed, judging from the frame structure of the house that has not collapsed, this is the manor where he stayed before.
The banquet hall, corridor, study room...the layout is all familiar.
"It will take at least hundreds of years for it to decay like this..."
Su Lun felt a little incredible.
He felt that he was very prepared mentally, but seeing the dilapidated scene in front of him, he still felt that his mind was a little overwhelmed.
Could it be that the previous mansion was an illusion, and the Pestoya, Baldhead and others I met were all illusions?
But he looked down and saw that he was holding a wooden box in his hand, which was exactly the box containing the "Rune Doll".
And on his chest, he also wore the butterfly brooch embellished with black gemstones.
"The stuff is real..."
Su Lun was stroking the box in his hand, feeling as if he had woken up from a dream and brought the things in the dream back to reality.
"Could it be that the brightly lit manor just now was a special space like a copy of a game?"
Su Lun looked around and couldn't figure it out.
His understanding of the world is too limited, and many problems cannot be understood by thinking.
However, now he is faced with another question: Where to go now?
For the first time, he thought of the information on the retina.
"The original owner came here to find the 'relics of Sir Isaac'..."
After being free, Su Lun had time to carefully look at the obscure information on his retina. He also realized that the "treasure" that the original owner was looking for seemed to be quite extraordinary.
It just so happens that he is also very interested in that kind of "extraordinary ability".
After thinking about it, Su Lun decided to go take a look first. He also speculated that there should be no other dangers in this manor. If there were, Pestoya should be the biggest BOSS.
...
Su Lun found the banquet hall of the mansion based on his impression.
Then, counting down the left hand side, I found the seventh room.
The door was completely rotten, and there were some cobwebs everywhere, making it look very eerie. However, the structure of the house was still relatively stable, and apart from the mottled and peeling paint on the walls, it was still possible to tell that it was a storage room.
Su Lun walked in cautiously. Except for the occasional "squeaking" of mice, there were no scary monsters that would appear in horror movies.
He took in all the furnishings in the room at a glance and saw the hexagonal lampstand on the wall.
After finding the correct lamp, twist it clockwise, and then listen to the sound of "clicking" and "clicking" machine gears, and a secret door appears.
"It's been hundreds of years, and this mechanism is still functioning normally..."
Su Lun appeared in the deep passage in front of him, feeling a little surprised in his heart.
Without much hesitation, I walked in.
The passage is probably isolated from the outside air and is very well preserved.
After testing it, I found it was not stuffy and I could breathe normally.
The corridor is made of blue bricks, and a wall lamp is hung on the wall at regular intervals. Although the light of the yellow gemstone of unknown material is very weak, it is enough to illuminate the entire secret passage.
Su Lun did not dare to touch anything. Since the secret door could be opened normally, 80% of the mechanisms in the secret passage could still function normally.
The message on the retina specifically warns not to touch anything outside the safe circuit.
In this way, not long after walking, Su Lun found that the corridors around him became a little weird, as if everything was exactly the same everywhere.
He knew that he had entered a maze.
There are visual distractions here.
He carved some necessary direction marks on the ground with stones, and he continued moving forward.
"After the first fork in the road, left, left, right, up, down..."
Fortunately, the correct way to move through the maze was left on his retina, so Su Lun didn't encounter any trouble along the way.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, he arrived at his destination, a spacious sealed stone room.
There is a huge luminous gem here, which lights up the whole room very brightly.
"Is this the 'Great Hermit Altar' marked on the treasure map?"
Su Lun was not in a hurry to step into the stone chamber, but observed it carefully.
In the center of the circular stone chamber, there are five tall stone statues surrounding it. It is wearing a cloak, covering its whole body and most of its face, and looks very mysterious. If you look carefully, you will find that three of the statues have cracks, only
Both bodies are still intact.
And on the back of the cloak of each statue, there is a special symbol engraved:?,§,?,?,?...
It seems to be some special code name.
What surprised Su Lun was that just by looking at these statues, a feeling of sacred majesty came to his face, making people feel like they wanted to worship them.
It feels like being watched by gods, making people instantly feel as small as dust.
"What a strange statue..."
Su Lun looked at this scene and sighed in his heart.
The world that had unveiled its veil was revealing its mystery bit by bit in front of his eyes, making Su Lun's desire to discover more and more intense.
...
There is nothing superfluous in the secret room.
Five statues stand on each side, and in the center they face a circular altar with a diameter of about five meters.
The altar is engraved with an eight-pointed star magic circle, surrounded by some incomprehensible special characters and runes, and in the center there are incised patterns of "Ouroboros" and "Scale".
"Is this altar the secret of how to obtain the 'talent' of a bald head with strong bones that can withstand bullets?"
Su Lun looked at the carved patterns on the altar, and a deep thought appeared on his face.
There is still this passage on my retina:
"My dear Fick, I'm sorry, you lost everything; through decryption, I discovered an amazing secret in the mysterious [Isaac Alchemy Manuscript] obtained by my family: In addition to natural awakening and blood inheritance, extraordinary talents can
, there is actually a third way, which is to use specific conditions to direct awakening... Although it is just an unconfirmed 'treasure map', it is also the best way I can think of to compensate you.
..”
Su Lun didn't think about this sentence carefully. The cause and effect were no longer important.
He captured several important keywords: sacrificial medium, directional awakening, talent.
It says that after "sacrifice his own eyeballs", he "may" be able to obtain a very powerful S-level talent. An extremely rare ability that everyone in the alchemy world dreams of.
If Su Lun saw this on Earth, he would definitely treat it as a joke.
Dig out your own eyeballs and sacrifice them to gain superpowers?
Fuck your sister’s superpowers!
But after witnessing so many extraordinary powers just now, Su Lun thought about this issue very carefully.
As for the word "possible", it also contains an element of gambling.
Because no one has tried it.
"I remember what the bald man said about his ability to withstand bullets [C079-Steeled Skeleton]? 'S-level'...it seems to be more powerful..."
Su Lun weighed it in his mind for a moment, wondering how the talent ratings in this world differed.
But if you can get "extraordinary power" like Bald Head, it seems worth paying some price.
There were already some ideas in his mind that were ready to be tried.
Moreover, there was another reason that made Su Lun determined.
He also thought that the background of the original owner did not look simple. The big man who left a message on his retina acknowledged the high standard of the altar with honorifics. Perhaps the talent awakened here would be stronger than the "steel skeleton"
.
Opportunity, no matter what world it is in, always has an element of gambling in it.
The worst result is that you become blind and get nothing.
Su Lun, who had just experienced a life-and-death battle, felt that this did not seem to be an unacceptable price.
If you want to get something, you have to give something. This is a basic rule that is followed in every world.
Thinking of this, he raised his eyebrows and comforted himself: "I'm here...give it a try?"