Chapter 25 The Whereabouts of the Little Knight, the Sanctuary of Souls
The square was very big and the rain was heavy. Lu Zhengkang watched the water droplets gather into water, flowing freely on the statues and spreading on the ground of the square. In the gaps between the floor tiles, they gathered into small ditches, reflecting the cold light, silver and bright.
Like ice.
This scene is like his dream, a dream about his hometown.
It also rains all the year round. Pedestrians and man-made buildings face the water droplets falling from the sky. Umbrellas are hit and crackle, mixed with chaotic wind, blowing the raindrops into the small space under the umbrella, wetting the clothes of pedestrians.
Or even wet your face.
It won't be a pleasant experience, but it will be memorable.
Lu Zhengkang was lost in thought in the rain, and the complicated thoughts in his heart gradually became clearer. He seemed to have found a huge motivation to move forward in this life. This realization made the terrible energy hidden in his soul become more intimate, and his control became smoother.
Sometimes, inner cultivation can also bring about changes in reality.
Lu Zhengkang cheered up and began to search for the soul sanctuary.
He vaguely remembered that there was a collector below the Soul Sanctuary who purchased antiques, such as the Wanderer's Diary, the Hallownest Seal, the King's Statue, and of course the most precious mysterious egg. The purchase price was fairly fair, and he was considered a relatively decent person.
of insects.
The small shop opened by the collector had a road sign. Lu Zhengkang found the road sign, and it turned out that it was under a strange-looking tower.
This tower seems to be merged with the upper platform. It should be a spliced work of two buildings. If nothing else, the building on the upper platform is the soul sanctuary.
Enter the tower, take the elevator upstairs, and come to the collector's cabin.
The Collector is a weird-looking insect with two horns, one long and one short, and the beard-like body structure on his face is extremely lush, dragging it directly to the ground. He looks like a strange old man wearing a big cloak, but his voice is still good.
Considered young.
"Another guest has arrived. Welcome." He was neither enthusiastic nor cold.
Lu Zhengkang asked him, "Who else has been here recently?"
The collector sighed and seemed helpless at Lu Zhengkang's curiosity, but he still answered the question patiently, "There is a little man who comes here often recently. He can always find a lot of things like the Wanderer's Diary. There are too many of them.
, my store is almost out of stock.”
"Small man? Does he wear a big mask with two horns on his head?"
"Do you know each other?"
Lu Zhengkang answered ambiguously, "In a sense, yes, I know him, but he doesn't know me."
"That's really strange. Guest, our store has been purchasing antiques for a long time, which are those useless things. If you have them, I will buy them at a reasonable price."
"What a pity, I don't have one. Is the Soul Sanctuary up there?"
"Oh, yes, it's been a lot cleaner there recently. I don't know what happened. You can go if you want, but be careful."
The collector didn't want to talk to Lu Zhengkang anymore, so he turned around and went into the back room.
Lu Zhengkang also felt that he was a little impatient and rude. He was actually a little distracted. He was really happy to hear the news about the little knight.
Real players will have an empathic reaction to the protagonist in the game, and will put themselves into the protagonist's identity, so they will identify with the protagonist. Lu Zhengkang loves the protagonist of Hollow Knight, the Knight, and will try his best to help the Knight if he has the ability.
, sharing his tragic fate.
From what the collector said, it seems that the Little Knight has already been to the Soul Sanctuary, so will he still be there? Or has he already gone to the next destination?
With a kind of expectation, Lu Zhengkang hurriedly climbed the tower.
Along the way, it was indeed very clean. The resurrected insect bodies were all lying on the ground, and it seemed that they had been killed again. The wounds were very simple and sharp, and Lu Zhengkang was very excited. This precise and deadly but slightly weak swordsmanship was definitely
Hollow Knight!
The little knight is delicate and frail, so it doesn't really hurt when he kills someone.
Along the way, all the doors of various institutions were opened, allowing Lu Zhengkang to walk without any hindrance, and soon he arrived at the soul sanctuary that he had longed for.
The door of the sanctuary is very unique, semi-elliptical, and the top decoration is a bug with an arrogant face. It seems that the bugs coming out of the Soul Sanctuary all have this stinky face with the corners of their mouths turned down.
Upon entering, there was a hall with various documents scattered on the floor. Lu Zhengkang picked up one and read it. What was recorded on it was the research on soul energy.
At a cursory glance, Lu Zhengkang saw a large number of barbaric and extensive technical methods about forcibly stripping the souls of the living, stripping away the energy of insect eggs, soul fusion, etc. He looked at the experimental subjects equated with livestock in the literature, and deprived hundreds of people in one experiment.
A life is simply shocking.
These Lu Zhengkang had already been mentally prepared and saw this when they absorbed the memories of the soul warriors in the Colosseum.
The role played by the Soul Sanctuary in the kingdom is very evil and extreme. Although the original intention is to develop technology to resist radiation infection, the person in charge of the Sanctuary, the Soul Master, was secretly bewitched by the radiation and began to sacrifice human life in pursuit of eternal life.
The leader of Hallownest, King Bai, discovered Soul Master's conspiracy and vetoed his research.
But now it seems that the Soul Master has indeed achieved a certain degree of immortality. After the death of King Bai, the Soul Sanctuary started to operate again, and it was even more unscrupulous.
From Lu Zhengkang's point of view, there is nothing refreshing about this story, and it is just one of countless tragedies in the game. But it is these frantic researchers who have the most advanced methods of using soul energy.
Lu Zhengkang knew that he would spend the next period of time here, so for the sake of safety, he had better explore the entire Soul Sanctuary first.
The sanctuary contains the bodies of many soul warriors, soul twisters, and the remnants of mistakes and folly.
As we go deeper into the hinterland, there are more and more corpses, and there is basically no life here except for mistakes and stupidity.
These disgusting things like slugs are simply some kind of symbol of the sanctuary. They are everywhere, appearing from the void, and then madly pounce on those who come, and are easily killed in the end.
There are also many scattered documents in the corner, as well as many special instruments and the long-dead corpses of many insects.
In a transparent container similar to a large kerosene lamp, pure white soul energy is swirling. This is pure energy extracted from the corpses scattered on the ground and can be absorbed and utilized.
In a sense, soul energy is no different from electricity or steam.
But everyone who uses soul energy is burdened with heavy blood debts.
