Black crystal
Both pairs of eyes looked towards the door at the same time, and there was not much worry on the boy's face.
The light spores entangle the door handle, and if you look closely, you will find that they have filled all the gaps. Without the owner's permission, unless the door is burned down, there is no way to get in.
“Click, click, click, click, click…”
The doorknob turned in a frenzy, and the whole door was banging loudly, with dust falling from the bottom from time to time. Mason hooked his finger, considering whether to stab through the door and solve the problem for his neighbor. The person outside the door seemed to know his dangerous idea, and after knocking on the door for a long time without success, he finally chose to leave reluctantly.
Clank, clank, clank.
The sound of the door opening was heard again, then gradually faded away.
Mason withdrew his gaze and looked at the city in the distance. The crystals in the darkness emitted a clear light, which finally connected to one point and refracted into the center of the city. From a distance, the magnificent and hazy light floated like mist in the mountains, weaving a very beautiful pattern.
If he remembered correctly, the corresponding location there should be the square, where the city residents prayed every night. It seems that these crystals were most likely used at this time.
Mason pondered, using the roots of the spores as ink to sort out his thoughts. The translucent white roots combined with each other to form a large title in the air.
[One of the five taboos, No.5 The disappearing country. 】
[Taboo Introduction: It was once the largest country among humans, but it suddenly disappeared at the beginning of the Black Mist Era. All records about this country have become garbled, and the people who entered here have never appeared again. An SSS-level bloodline has been here, and the last words left were: "Don't come!"]
【After comparing the economy and culture, the terminal of the Black Fog Train is consistent with the disappeared country. The latter is a feudal monarchy where all citizens are soldiers, worships guns, has extremely high combat skills and a strong sense of unity, and its name cannot be recorded. It all fits the guide's description. In view of the fact that the disappeared country once occupied two-thirds of the human territory, it can be determined that the terminal should be part of it. 】
Having written this, Mason paused for a moment and carefully wrote down more crucial information.
[The information we can get now is: 1. Crystals come from the Mechanical City and are the key props for living here. 2. Tourists are not allowed to go out at night. Locals will go to the square to pray at night, and everyone must return to the house at night. 3. Local residents must abide by the rules at night. 4. In the afternoon, I learned that the overall planning of the city is circular, and from the outside to the inside, they are: outer city wall, inner city wall, residential area, commercial area, office area and leisure area. ]
[Key point: The city's operation depends on government agencies in the office district. There is no king's palace in the city! There is no church in the city! ]
Staring at the last line of words, Mason let out a long breath. This was the most important information he had received that afternoon.
Master Ham, a senior researcher in the Mechanical City and a promoter of crystal, lived in the King's palace, but he ran all over the city in the afternoon and didn't see the shadow of the palace. Even if he asked, the people in the city would naturally answer: "The palace is over there." No one could tell the location of the palace clearly.
Therefore, there is only one way to find Master Ham, and that is to participate in the prayer.
This leads to another point. Mason did not find a church in the city, nor did he see any priests, knights, or bloodline people. All the people living in this city are ordinary people. Although the guide boy said that everyone is a devout believer, the owner of the money exchange shop kept saying "His Majesty the King." Others never mentioned the Twelve Gods.
Theocracy and kingship are incompatible, which can be seen from the first time Canaan returned to the past. As a knight directly under the king, Ronald's ancestor even dared to cooperate with Canaan's holy knights of the Moon God to grab the leaves of the World Tree.
If they were truly believers of the Twelve True Gods, why would they not build churches, not call upon the names of gods, and instead place worldly monarchs above their faith?
Mason thought about it, but couldn't figure out why the boy lied to him, so he put aside his confusion and decided to go and see for himself.
In this dangerous environment, it is safer to act with the vest. The roots of the plants at the door quietly faded away, and Mason released a spore and observed the outside through the crack of the door.
The corridor was empty, and all the doors were open, with no one inside. Logically, so many people leaving would have stepped on the broken floor, but the strange thing was that Mason didn't hear a single strange sound.
Spore quietly turned around and made sure that all the tenants had left. Now was the best time. Mason was about to open the door, but suddenly he felt something was wrong. He let go of the door handle.
The thing that just wanted to open the door is so crazy, will it really leave?
Spore turned around and looked towards the door.
The perspective changes. In the dark corridor, a person is lying on the ceiling at the corner between the closed door and the roof.
Its body seems to be broken, clinging tightly to the door frame and ceiling at right angles, just in the blind spot of people going out.
The little round face was bloody and rotten, and blood and thick liquid flowed from the wounds. Chaos's eyes penetrated the spores, as if he was looking directly at the controller. The waiter grinned at the spores, and the corners of his mouth were cracked all the way to his ears.
"Found."
The next second, the blue-gray face suddenly enlarged, and Spore's vision dimmed.
Then there was a knock on Mason's door.
The waiter's gentle and pleasant voice came from outside the door: "Guest, are you asleep?"
“Knock knock.”
"Guest, are you asleep?"
“Knock knock…”
Outside the door, outside the window, and above my head, there were continuous voices of inquiry. The people in the room said nothing, and without hearing the answer they wanted, the waiter's voice gradually became distorted.
"Guest! Are you awake?"
"Guest! Please sleep well at night."
"Guest! You saw me just now, didn't you?"
"Hehehe... sir, I'm here to see you!"
Sharp laughter came from all directions. Mason glimpsed something through the vest outside the window, and a phantom figure climbed up the wall very swiftly, staring at the red-haired young man with a bloody face and grinning wickedly.
The main body heard a teeth-grinding friction sound from above its head, and powder fell from above its head. A big hole was forced into the ceiling.
The waiter's face was forcibly squeezed in, followed by his shoulders and arms... If it was a living thing, this action would definitely shatter all the bones in its body. The waiter slowly squeezed out of it like some kind of soft-bodied creature, staring at the boy with chaotic eyes, blood dripping from his face to the ground.
Mason frowned, and the crystal pendant on his neck flickered faintly: "If you do this, can we still live in this room tomorrow? We paid for it!"
The waiter rushed towards him as if he was stabbed. The spores floating in the air formed a spear and stabbed at him, but it went straight through. The boy dodged and heard the movement at the window.
The waiter who had climbed up also arrived at the place and rushed towards Oleus. Mason sighed and looked sympathetic: "It's better to be alive than to seek death."
The spore spear fell back into the young man's hand, and bright red lines grew on it. The latter did not move in the face of the attack, and when the opponent was about to bite him, he directly stabbed the spear into his head. The crazy waiter was struck by lightning and fell to the ground wailing.
The hot blood was stronger than the molten flame, burning the monster's body. Seeing this, the other waiter finally regained his senses and turned around to escape.
Want to run now? Too late!
Oreius flexed his arm muscles and threw the spear in his hand with all his strength. In an instant, it flew like a meteor and nailed the waiter's body to the ground.
Scarlet runes spread outward, and the waiter screamed and scratched the ground, leaving deep scratches and bloodstains. He unwillingly followed in the dust of his companions.
This is not quite what the guide boy said. Since the crystal is a symbol of the residents' status, the waiters should follow the rules of the night and be friendly to each other. But it is full of enemies from beginning to end. Is this also wrong?
If this is wrong, the exit method needs to be changed.
Mason used the spores to protect himself and squatted down to examine the other's body. He just touched the waiter, who disappeared like a flower in the mirror or the moon in the water, leaving a black crystal in its place. Another bit of energy was integrated into the bodies of the two people, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
This feeling is...
Mason's heart moved, and he suddenly heard the voice of Oreius in his submerged sea of consciousness.
"Ancestor, how did you encounter a vengeful spirit?"
He calmed down and returned to the sea of Oreius's subconsciousness.
The human mind is like the ocean. The light waves flashing through the ocean like thousands of fish are the unconscious surge of will. There are many pebble-like light spots on the seabed. They are the dormant souls of the Luo family. The Luo family souls hiding here were severely injured by the Queen of Insects before. Even the consciousness of [Luo] could not be gathered, and they fell into a deep sleep. This voice was made by one of them.
The red-haired young man stood on the sea and asked, "What is a vengeful spirit?"
"Strange, strange." The soul flashed, also confused. "How can there still be vengeful spirits in this era?"
"Ghosts are similar to lost souls, both are souls that cannot be freed because of obsession. The difference is that the latter will eventually return to the black mist, while ghosts are uncontaminated souls, and the end is self-dissipation. If you defeat the ghost or resolve the resentment, you will gain a little soul power to nourish the soul. This is why I woke up."
The other party immediately understood his confusion. In the Age of Dark Mist, it was impossible for a soul to be untainted by the Dark Mist.
From the moment they were born, the air humans breathe is mixed with black mist, every bite of food they eat carries pollution, and after death their souls are corroded by the black mist. Under these circumstances, the mutations that occur are just differences of greater or lesser magnitude, and in the end, they will all become part of the black mist.
"Something must be wrong."
The red-haired young man bent down and picked up the crystal, thinking it looked very familiar. The crystal button on the waiter's collar when he first saw her flashed through his mind, and he suddenly matched it to the model.
This is not some strange crystal, this is a crystal that has turned black.
If the crystal turns black, it must be replaced. Does this mean that in this city, once the crystal of the indigenous people turns black, they will become vengeful spirits?