To put it bluntly, how could an item like the Soul Box, which has the chance to bring people back to life, be the kind of commodity that everyone has a copy of?
Thinking of this, Liu Xing couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Crisiano, then you should know the effect of this soul box, right?"
Crisiano nodded and said: "The Soul Box, as the name suggests, is a tool that can accommodate souls. It is said that this was developed by another race in cooperation with our ancient clan. Because its materials are very rare, so in
There are only more than a hundred soul boxes in the hands of the entire ancient clan, and at least half of the soul boxes are sealed in the secret treasure house of our ancient clan. Unless there is a last resort, these soul boxes
It will not be taken out and used."
"As for the soul boxes that have been distributed, they are basically in the hands of the senior people of the Ancient Ones. As far as I know, our Ancients had a soul box in the hands of the Archon of the Earth. In addition to this,
There should be no more than two soul boxes on the outer earth. As for whose hands the remaining two possible soul boxes are, I am not sure, because this is no longer something that a low-level clerk like me can do.
I understand, but I think the soul box you are holding now, Mr. Meteor, is not the soul box of the consul, because the soul boxes issued to the consuls all have special marks."
Liu Xing looked at the soul box in his hand and found no special marks.
However, after what Crisiano said, Liu Xing became even more curious about Sirius' identity.
Although the Ancient Ones do not encourage procreation and basically only give birth to a new generation of Ancients when they need to occupy new colonies, there were some famous Ancients in the universe at that time, and their number had to exceed tens of billions no matter what.
right.
And among these tens of billions of ancients, there are only more than a hundred soul boxes. The ancients who can obtain the soul boxes are the one-in-a-billion big shots.
Then Sirius's identity is even more extraordinary than Liu Xing imagined.
But then again, this Soul Box is not an exclusive product of the Ancient Ones, but was made in cooperation with other races. But judging from Christiano's tone, it seems that it does not know whether the specific cooperation partner is from
Which race.
Could it be another bad thing done by the scapegoat Nyarlathotep?
Liu Xing now has some conditioned reflexes. Whenever he encounters something he can't figure out, he wants to put the blame directly on Nyarlathotep's head.
In the Cthulhu Run game, everything is Nyarlathotep's fault...
At this time, the research data has almost been released.
"So that's it. It seems that although the Ancient Ones at that time did not study clearly why I was able to fuse the abilities of other mythical creatures, they have also used other means to imitate this process, allowing animals with lower strength to absorb each other.
ability, but this absorption efficiency is very low, and there is a high chance that it will only be based on its shape and not what it means. The most important thing is that the stability of these synthetic beasts is very poor. The more other animals these synthetic beasts absorb, the more likely they will be.
The time it can survive will be shorter. Basically, the large synthetic beast that survives to the end will only have a lifespan of one day." Crisiano analyzed.
Liu Xing nodded, touched his chin and said: "Although the Ancient Ones have high attainments in genetic engineering, the simple and crude hybridization of the genes of so many animals in a short period of time is unsatisfactory no matter how you look at it.
There is no way to succeed, and these synthetic beasts are now completely in a free-range state, so it is basically impossible to successfully synthesize them."
Crisiano sighed and said helplessly: "Liu Xing, you are right. I think the goal of those researchers back then was to find a relatively stable synthetic beast formula and then put it on the battlefield. After all,
When I was expelled from the Ancient Clan, the Ancient Clan had basically lost all its ground cities, and our Ancient Clan was indeed very poor in ground warfare and offensive battles, so these synthetic beasts can indeed make up for our
The shortcoming of the Ancient Ones is that the manufacturing cost of these synthetic beasts is still quite high."
Liu Xing thought for a while and decided to get to the point: "By the way, Mr. Crisiano, can you now use the equipment in this research facility to create a suitable ancient body?"
Crisiano raised his eyebrows first, and then said with a smile: "So, it seems that this soul box should already contain the soul of an ancient man, but then again, the equipment in this research facility is not
Completely, some key equipment had been dismantled during the retreat, and the materials that can be used now are also very poor. Therefore, although the equipment in this research facility can create an ancient body, the various aspects of this body
The data are very poor, and can even be said to be rubbish. I believe that the fellow Ancient One in the Soul Box should not be willing to use such a body. After all, there is such a saying among us Ancient Ones - again
A good soul box can only be used once."
The Soul Box can only be used once?
Liu Xing looked at Crisiano in surprise, not expecting such a statement.
Seeing Liu Xing's surprised look, Christiano explained: "As I said before, the materials for the Soul Box are very rare, so there are only more than a hundred Soul Boxes made by the Ancient Ones.
, and the most important material of the Soul Box is the core of the Soul Box - the Soul Gem. This Soul Gem is just the name provided by the mysterious race, because our ancient race has never found a Soul Gem in the universe, and
Of course, these soul gems are also divided into grades. Different levels of soul gems can preserve the integrity of the soul and the length of time. According to your Chinese Taoism, the highest grade soul gem can completely preserve the three souls and seven souls.
, and although some low-level soul gems can also preserve the soul, they will always lose their soul."
"But no matter what level of soul gem it is, when the soul it preserves leaves it, the soul gem will be completely scrapped and turned into an ordinary gem that looks pretty good. Therefore, the soul box is only a one-time use.
Item, so I think Mr. Meteor, the owner of the soul box in your hand, should choose an ancient body that is truly suitable for it to be resurrected, instead of just randomly finding a body to resurrect. After all, this is
It is related to the rest of its life, unless it takes care of itself in human society like me."
Liu Xing nodded, he didn't expect that this soul box has so many details.
"Okay, I have now read through these research materials, but unfortunately they are of no use to me. It seems that my trip to Jekyll Island was in vain." Crisiano said with a sigh.
Liu Xing nodded and said, "So Mr. Crisiano, are we going to evacuate Jekyll Island now?"
Christiano thought for a while, pointed outside and said: "We can leave Jekyll Island at any time, but I don't know if the synthetic beasts outside will answer and agree. Although Mr. Meteor, you have certain authority, but nothing will happen.
If so, you still have no way to control these synthetic beasts, so as long as we leave the research facility, we will be attacked by these synthetic beasts, so it is not easy for us to leave Jekyll Island now."
Liu Xing frowned. These synthetic beasts outside were indeed a big problem. After all, the current combat effectiveness of his group was very worrying...
"Then how about we wait until this round of experiments is over before leaving Jekyll Island?" Liu Xing asked.
Christiano nodded and said with a smile: "I think so too, because I am still in a sealed state, so my ability can only be used once a day, so I can only kill a few at most.
It's just a synthetic beast. As for Mr. Meteor and you, because you have lost the advantage of firearms, your combat effectiveness should have dropped a lot. In addition, you are not good at hand-to-hand combat, so you may not be able to defeat a synthetic beast together."
Although it is a bit embarrassing, Liu Xing also has to admit that his entire group may not be able to defeat a synthetic beast now...
So, after a brief discussion, Liu Xing and his team decided to stay in the research facility temporarily and wait for the end of this round of experiments before leaving Jekyll Island.
Therefore, Liu Xing and his party came to the dormitory area of the research facility.
The rooms of the Ancient Ones are also very unique. Almost everything in the room is placed in the middle, and the surrounding walls are also painted with various decorative patterns.
Of course, because the researchers' evacuation was a bit hasty, in addition to important personal belongings, many daily necessities were left in the room, although these daily necessities were of no use in the eyes of Liu Xing and others.
Of course, as Liu Xing, who can understand the language of the ancients, when he saw the "tentacle care cream" in front of him and a comic called "Super Ancient Captain", he suddenly felt that the ancients were quite tall.
This clan seems to be quite "people-friendly" now...
Looking at the confused Liu Xing, Crisiano smiled and said: "Mr. Meteor, although our ancient clan's technological level is very advanced, it does not mean that our ancient clan will not improve in other aspects.
Heart, you must know that although the Ancient Ones are relatively poor in entertainment compared to humans, there are also novels, comics, movies and TV series, so Mr. Meteor, you should not think too highly of us, a race of mythical creatures.
Or maybe it’s just too rigid and boring.”
Liu Xing nodded. Christiano was right. He did have some preconceptions and thought that mythical creatures were too unrealistic... But this is normal. After all, Liu Xing came into contact with Cthulhu.
In the group games, they only describe how terrifying these mythical creatures are, and do not mention what the daily lives of these mythical creatures are...
For example, the lurking and wanting deep diver in front of you may have just confessed his love to another deep diver it has a crush on yesterday; or for example, the ghoul that is preparing to cut you into pieces is actually...
As a literature lover, of course, the literature of the ghoul family is likely to be very bloody and violent.
Thinking of this, Liu Xing suddenly felt that this setting was still confusing.
After assigning rooms, everyone went to rest.
After all, according to the previous information, this round of experiments would take several days to end no matter how fast it was. In addition, the secret room time could not be opened in the research facility, so Liu Xing and others were not interested in discussing it, so they took a rest.
one afternoon.
In the evening, Crisiano and Liu Xing took out a box of cans from the storage room of the research facility.
"Mr. Meteor, you should probably know that although we, the ancients, have the dual characteristics of plants and animals, in the final analysis, we, the ancients, are still more inclined to animals. Therefore, although we, the ancients, can absorb energy through photosynthesis, we can maintain our health.
Daily activities, but we prefer to eat meat to obtain energy. Therefore, after entering the earth, we, the ancients, created many pastures on the continent to breed various animals. Therefore, our canned food of the ancients is basically made of meat.
"For the Lord," Crisiano said, picking up a can about the same size as a baby milk powder can.
Liu Xing nodded, but still said with some worry: "Well, Mr. Crisiano, you should know that the physiological structure of us humans is somewhat different from that of your ancients, so are these cans really suitable for us humans to eat?"
Crisiano chuckled and said seriously: "Of course it is suitable. Mr. Meteor, you can rest assured, because you have all seen now that the animals outside are created by our ancient family, so since those animals outside
You all can eat it without any problem, so these cans should be no problem for you, and the cans of our ancient clan are relatively original, without adding any special materials... But I am also worried that you will
I can’t get used to eating these canned food. After all, the taste of these animals bred by our ancient clan is more biased towards that of our ancient clan.”
Liu Xing nodded again, because the ingredient list of these cans only contained some animal names and water that Liu Xing had never heard of.
As for the taste of these animals, you can only know after eating them later.
Hope it won't taste too bad.
While walking and chatting with Crisiano, Liu Xing finally got to know the real Ancient Ones.
