Mechanical Alchemist

Chapter 8 Statues, Altars, Sacrifice

Saying goodbye to a friend who I have only known for a few hours, but will probably never see again in the future.

Su Lun felt a little depressed.

The surrounding scene suddenly changed, from the luxurious manor house to a ruin.

"This is... the remains of the manor from before?"

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 he stayed in before.

Banquet halls, corridors, study rooms. The layout is very familiar.

"It will take at least a few hundred years for it to decay like this."

Su Lun felt a little weird.

He felt that he was mentally prepared, but seeing the dilapidated scene in front of him, he still felt that his mind was a little bit hard to turn around.

Could it be that the previous mansion was an illusion, and the Pestoya, the bald head and others encountered were all illusions?

But when he looked down, he was holding a wooden box in his hand, which was the one containing the "Rune Doll".

And on his chest, he also wore the butterfly brooch adorned with black gems.

"Things are real."

Su Lun was stroking the box in his hand, as if he had woken up from a dream, and then actually 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 game copy?"

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 a problem: what to do now?

For the first time, he thought of the information on the retina.

"The original owner came here to find that 'Sir Isaac's relic'."

When he is free, Su Lun has time to carefully look at the obscure information on the retina. He also realized that the "treasure" that the original owner came to find seemed very complicated.

It just so happened that he was also very interested in that "supernatural ability".

After thinking about it, Su Lun decided to take a look first. He also speculated that there should be no other dangers in this manor. If there is, Pestoya should also be the biggest boss.

Based on his impression, Su Lun found the banquet hall of the mansion.

Then counted down the left hand and found the seventh room.

The door is completely rotten, and there are cobwebs everywhere, looking very gloomy. But the structure of the house is still stable, except for the mottled and falling paint on the walls, it can still be recognized as a storage room.

Su Lun walked in cautiously, except for the occasional "squeak" of a mouse, there was no scary monster that would appear in a horror movie.

He glanced at the furnishings in the room and saw the hexagonal lampstand on the wall.

Find the correct light, twist it clockwise, and then hear the sound of "click" and "click", 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, slightly surprised.

Without hesitation, he walked in.

The passage is probably isolated from the outside air, and the preservation is very complete.

I tried it out, but I didn't feel stuffy, and I could breathe normally.

The corridor is made of blue bricks, and a wall lamp is hung on the wall at intervals. Although the light of the yellow light gem of unknown material is very weak, it is enough to illuminate the entire secret passage.

Su Lun didn't dare to touch anything. Since the secret door can be opened normally, the organs in the secret passage can still function normally.

The information on the retina specifically warns against touching anything outside the safe line.

In this way, not long after walking, Su Lun found that the surrounding corridors became a little weird, as if they were exactly the same everywhere.

He knew that this was entering a maze.

There are visual distractions here.

With some necessary directional markings carved in stone on the ground, he continued on.

"After the first fork, left, left, right, up, down"

Thanks to the correct way of walking the maze left on the retina, Su Lun did not 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 are those huge glowing gems that light up the whole house.

"Is this the 'Great Hermit Altar' marked by the treasure map?"

Su Lun did not step into the stone room in a hurry, but observed it carefully.

In the center of the circular stone room, there are five tall stone statues. It was dressed in a cloak, covering its whole body and most of its face, and looked very mysterious. If you look closely, you will find that three of the statues have cracks, and only two are still intact.

And behind the cloak of each statue is engraved with a special symbol: ,§,,,

Seems to be some special codename.

What surprised Su Lun was that just staring at these statues, a sense of sacred majesty came upon his face, making people feel as if they wanted to pay homage.

That feeling, as if being watched by a god, makes 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 has unveiled the veil is revealing its mysteries little by little in front of his eyes, making Su Lun's desire to discover more and more intense.

There is nothing extra in the secret room.

The five statues stand on each side, and in the middle of them is 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 there is an inscribed pattern of "Ouroboros" and "Scales" in the center.

"This altar hides the secret of the way to get the 'talent' with a bald head that's hard to resist bullets?"

Su Lun looked at the carved patterns on the altar, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

There is still this passage on the retina:

"My dear Fick, I'm sorry, you lost everything; through deciphering, I found an amazing secret in the mysterious [Isaac Alchemy Manuscript] that I got from my family: the extraordinary talent is not only able to awaken naturally and inherit the bloodline. , In fact, there is a third way, which is to use specific conditions to direct sexual awakening. Although it is just an unproven 'treasure map', this is also the best way I can think of to compensate you."

Su Lun didn't think about this passage, the cause and effect are no longer important.

He captured several important keywords: sacrificial medium, directional awakening, talent.

It said that after "sacrifice his eyeballs", he "may" be able to obtain a very powerful S-rank talent ability. An extremely rare ability coveted by everyone in the world of alchemy.

If it was on Earth, Su Lun would definitely take it as a joke when he saw this.

Gouging out your own eyeballs to sacrifice, get super powers?

Go to your sister's super powers!

But after seeing so many extraordinary powers just now, Su Lun thought about this very carefully.

As for the word "maybe", it also has an element of gambling.

Because no one has tried it.

"I remember that the bald man said that his ability to resist bullets is called [C079-Tempered Bones]? 'S-class'. It seems to be more powerful"

Su Lun weighed in his heart for a moment, wondering how the talent ratings in this world were different.

But if you can get the "supernatural power" like a bald head, it seems worth paying some price.

Some ideas in his mind were already eager to try.

And, there was another reason for Su Lun to make up his mind.

He also thought that the background of the original owner was not simple, and the big man who left a message on his retina would use honorifics to admit that this altar is of extremely high specification. Perhaps the awakened talent here will be stronger than the "steeled bones". .

Opportunity, no matter what world it is, there is always an element of gambling in it.

The worst result is blindness and nothing.

Su Lun, who had just experienced the battle of life and death, felt that this was not an unacceptable price.

If you want to get, you have to give. This is the basic rule that any world follows.

Thinking of this, he raised his eyebrows and comforted himself: "I've come here. Try it?"

Thank you for 'Secondary Yuan Yifeng Yeyu' 1500 coins, 'I eta', and 'Rainy Night Smile'. Thanks to the three for their support, thank you.

(End of this chapter)