Chapter 22 The Eighth Research Institute of the Magic Council
The black mist filled the front, and I couldn't see my fingers. There was no response to my words. It was as if I had fallen into the purest and most peaceful death. Even my soul was in a daze, and no thoughts emerged.
Suddenly, a touch of gray and white shone through the thick black fog. Downey trembled all over. He got rid of the state of frozen thinking and found that he was standing in a wilderness full of black gravel. The sky was gray and pale, as always.
The scene of the world of the dead, and not far ahead stood a dark dilapidated palace, simple and desolate, grand and majestic, exuding the endless smell of death.
Boom, boom, boom, Downey's heartbeat unknowingly accelerated again, as if something in the old palace was calling him. This throbbing was so strong, so clear, and so irresistible.
"Is there something calling me in the palace?" A male duck-like voice sounded in Donnie's heart.
Downey looked back in slight shock and found Sammy, Carl and a fat man standing behind him, similarly looking at the palace not far away.
Um, who is this fat guy?
Downey didn't ask this sentence. To be able to have nightmares with him and be included in Carl's telepathic communication, he should have a close relationship with him and others, but it's a pity that he didn't bring a notebook...
The ghost behind Sami kept shivering and buried its face tightly in Sami's neck. It seemed to be very afraid of the black palace and the things in it, but at the same time, its hands were pulling Sami's neck.
His body seemed to be urging him to enter the palace and get closer to that thing.
"Is this a 'dream' at this level?" Karl muttered to himself in a low voice, half confused and half excited, and then said in a cadence as if giving a charge order, "Let's go in and have a look!"
Donnie and Sammy didn't answer, because under the strong call, they had already moved forward.
After walking through the desolate and lonely black wilderness, the four of them approached the black palace and saw the gate carved with pale patterns.
These patterns are weird and twisted, mysterious and clumsy, and seem to contain some kind of intangible law.
Woohoo!
Suddenly, a loud and shrill cry came, frightening Donnie, Sammy and others to stagger.
Karl made a defensive posture and looked eagerly towards the place where the sound came from. To be able to make a sound in this dreamland similar to the world of the dead, the "attacker" is either powerful or weird!
I saw a half-rotten owl standing on the top of a broken stone pillar near the gate. Its body made of black rotten flesh exposed its pale bones, its two wings were gray and white, and on its head, one eye had been corrupted into
The black hole, one of which retained a strange yellow-brown color, was looking at Donnie and the others indifferently, and kept making shrill screams of "wuwuwu" and "wuwuwu" from its mouth, which made Donnie, Sammy and Jones feel frightened.
Afraid of the cold and trembling slightly, is this the messenger of death? Is this a note of urgency?
"It's not surprising that an owl can maintain its original appearance in the palace. Haven't you ever seen undead creatures? I have dissected not a hundred but fifty of these owls..." Karl said slightly disappointed.
At this time, Downey was particularly grateful to Carl for his nagging, which freed him from the sad and weird owl hoot, otherwise he suspected that his soul would be broken here bit by bit and become a part of the palace, although it was not clear
Why is Karl not affected, but his feelings are real!
"Let's go in." After Karl said a lot of words eloquently, he first opened the door engraved with mysterious patterns.
The door opened silently, and it was pitch black inside, seemingly hiding countless monsters.
Boom, boom, boom, the moment the door opened, Donnie, Sammy and Jones all clearly sensed that thing. It was right in front, right in front of the hall!
"come quickly!"
"come quickly!"
The summons seemed to have turned into a substantive voice. Downey and the others subconsciously took steps, while Karl looked left and right, looking around curiously, with a strong desire to explore in his silver-purple eyes.
The further we walked, the clearer and more substantial the call became.
"Come on! You will gain great power and you will have a long life!"
"Come quickly! Power, wealth, glory and beauty await you!"
"Come on! No more hard work to study and research, you can master unparalleled power immediately!"
"Pfft." During the telepathic call, Carl laughed out loud, startling Donnie, Sammy and Jones, whose heads were congested with blood, to wake up a little.
"Why are you laughing?" Danny asked subconsciously.
Karl couldn't help but laugh and said: "The difference between these seductive words is so big. The first two sentences are very formal and grand, but the last sentence is too specific. Haha, you can master the power without hard study and research. It's like specifically targeting
Prepared for people who have taken the Unified Entrance Examination. I seemed to see a wretched uncle-like figure holding a donut and saying to the little girl, "Come with me. There is delicious food every day. You don't have to go to school anymore."
No need to complete the exercises anymore, haha, don’t you think this is stingy and funny?”
"I don't think so..." Sammy blurted out.
Downey and Jones also nodded. Carl's humor was very weird.
"Can you hear the call?" Suddenly, Downey came to his senses. Didn't he always say that he couldn't feel the call?
Karl chuckled and said: "I have some special abilities..."
He didn't explain much, his gentle and quiet face was filled with strong curiosity, as if he wanted to see this tasteless "tempter" as soon as possible.
Passing through the hall, there are seven steps in front of you, and above the steps is a deep and majestic dark throne.
On top of the throne is a strange black full-body armor, glowing with a cold light, sitting there like a real person.
It sits quietly, but seems to fill the world and dominate everything. Behind the helmet's visor is an invisible darkness, just like death that no one can escape and see through.
As soon as they saw this full-body armor, Donnie, Sammy and Jones's heartbeats changed from intense to slow. Their eyes were confused and their expressions were infatuated. They stretched out their right hands to touch it.
The vast and terrifying power is right before our eyes, and the pleasure of being able to control everything is so clear. As long as you get a part of the full-body armor and wear it on yourself, you can easily get it!
How could Downey, Sammy and Jones, who were still magic apprentices, resist such a temptation?
Even Karl, who had always remained awake, frowned slightly at this time, his expression changing constantly, watching helplessly as Downey and others went to obtain this black armor.
In the black wilderness full of gravel, two figures were quietly looking at the huge palace. It was Felipe and the handsome young man from before.
"As expected..." The young man sneered, his slightly lazy expression not changing at all.
Just when Donnie, Sammy and Jones were about to touch the strange armor, he suddenly stretched out his right hand and pressed it into the void in front of him.
Suddenly, his whole person became illusory, as if he dispersed and appeared everywhere, and the entire black wilderness shook endlessly, and the ground quickly cracked.
Felipe clasped his hands and watched the changes silently, his expression still calm.
Power, wealth and glory were about to be obtained. Downey's heart was burning, his eyes exuded a desire that was as real as his, and his palms seemed to be able to touch the cold armor.
But at this moment, the ground shook violently, causing Donnie, Sammy and Jones to fall to the ground.
Downey, who was slightly awake, was shocked to see that cracks appeared on the alluring armor, and then it shattered silently, turning into a mass of black, white and gray.
As soon as he saw this indescribable and intangible black, white and gray, Downey felt his mind freeze, as if he had fallen into eternal silence, and even his body began to rot.
Snap, a clear breaking sound sounded.
Downey opened his eyes suddenly and looked around, but his expression froze again. He thought he had escaped from the dream, but the scene around him was still unfamiliar.
This is an endless darkness, with silvery white or golden magic runes shining like stars. They are connected into different constellations and connected into bright nebulae.
Among the flowing magic symbols, the black and gray mass was unusually quiet, and Donnie no longer felt like he would die immediately when he saw it.
"Where is this?" Danny asked subconsciously, not expecting an answer at all.
But Karl's voice sounded again, half puzzled: "A very familiar place..."
Only then did Donnie realize that Carl, Sammy and Fatty were still with him.
Creak, the sound of the door opening came. Tangny looked over in astonishment and saw a silver door protruding from the starry sky. A handsome old man wearing a bright red magic robe walked in. He seemed to have always been like that.
full of energy.
"Ah..." Karl sighed in surprise, joy and astonishment.
The old man seemed to sense something and looked over suddenly, his slightly cloudy red eyes sparkling with electricity.
Downey's whole body was shaken, as if he had been electrocuted and paralyzed, and then his thoughts became scattered and he fell into darkness.
The darkness dissipated, and Donnie turned over and sat up, breathing heavily. At the same time, he looked around again, and then quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
The light outside the window was dim, and the room was quiet and peaceful, as if it were my own bedroom. I was finally free from the nightmare!
But the old man was really scary. He just looked at him in his dream and he woke up completely.
"Finally woke up..." Sammy, the fat man's voice sounded one after another.
Carl, on the other hand, kept laughing lowly as if he was mentally disturbed, which made Donnie feel frightened, fearing that there might be something wrong.
"Carl, are you okay?" he asked tentatively.
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The dream was broken. Felipe and the mysterious young man did not appear in the place where they entered the "dream" before. Instead, they appeared in a metal tunnel, and the surrounding walls were covered with silver "honeycomb"-shaped decorations.
The two of them didn't speak. They walked a certain distance and saw a deep and restrained silver-gray door. Next to the door were written a few popular words:
"The Eighth Research Institute of the Magic Council - God-like Research Laboratory". (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)