Chapter 577: Memories
Under the dark sky, the sea was surging with waves. A small cruise ship was swaying on the sea. On the hull with lights on, several zombie crew members were busy driving the boat. Dorothy, the operator of these zombies, was sitting in the comfortable cabin, summarizing the actions in Mon Carlo.
Sitting on her bed, Dorothy looked out the porthole at the dark sea, and as usual, thought about the spiritual energy she had consumed on this trip to Monte Carlo.
First, the spiritual power of "Shadow" is not counted. No matter how much is consumed, it is recovered in one go by eating moths. The consumption of "Light" is just to fire a low-power shot of Focused Scorch, which consumes 2 points of "Light". A beacon seal is attached to Focused Scorch for easy retrieval, which consumes 1 point of "Light". Therefore, Dorothy's "Light" consumption is 3 points. Dorothy's original "Light" is 14 points, and now there are 11 points left.
The next consumption is "Stones". This time, Dorothy's "Stones" were mainly used to control her magnetic levitation carpet to fly for a while. This time, Dorothy's flying distance was far less than the last time she flew more than 20 kilometers in Adus, so the consumption was not too great, 1 point was consumed in one go. However, since Dorothy's "Stones" were not much left after the consumption in Adus last time, only 11 points, now there are only 10 points left after deducting them.
The thing Dorothy consumed the most this time was her "cup". When she came here, she used the Seeking Sigil to find someone on the passenger ship, which cost her 2 points. When she jumped into the sea, she buffed herself, and used another 2 points for water absorption and life eating. She used 3 points to control multiple auction employees' living puppets for a long time. Later, she broke the upper limit and controlled a large number of zombies to manipulate almost the entire island's coastal defense artillery to launch an attack and cover the retreat of Withered Wings, which directly cost her 5 points. All in all, she consumed 12 points. Dorothy's original "cup" was 17 points, but now she only has 5 points left.
All in all, this is Dorothy’s current spiritual condition.
5 cups, 10 stones, 50 shadows, 11 lights, 26 silence, 50 enlightenment.
'Hiss... My spiritual condition is really bad... The required 'cup' spirituality is now in the single digits, not enough to support another movement. It seems that I really need to go to a big city to buy some books to replenish my energy this time.'
Looking at her current spiritual condition, Dorothy thought anxiously in her heart that her spirituality was not only preparing for a series of actions, but also accumulating for the possible upcoming promotion.
Dorothy already has five of the divine objects she needs for promotion. She only needs to wait for a while to collect them. Except for the first "Enlightenment" divine object, which Dorothy is still trying to obtain, what Dorothy needs to pay attention to is the accumulation of her own spirituality. Only three of the five spiritual qualities meet the standards, and the other three are a bit far from enough.
'But fortunately...spirituality and the like can be obtained through the stable channel of buying books. As long as there is enough money, these are not a problem. I happened to meet a group of predestined people on the way to Mon Carlo. I made some money by helping them complete some business. Although it is not much, I still bought a few books.'
Dorothy continued thinking like this. On the way here, she discovered the smuggling deal between the Gut Eaters and the Hooked Shark Gang because she noticed that the smell of the fish was not right. She got involved and took away 47,000 riels of the transaction money. She took it to the bank and exchanged it for 2,200 pounds. Together with the more than 500 pounds she originally had, Dorothy now had almost 2,700 pounds in cash... Although this amount of money was not much, it was enough to buy three or four secret books.
In fact, Dorothy also had a more daring plan before. That was to wait for Edward and Dead Wing to fight, and after Dead Wing summoned the moths to hypnotize the whole city, she would send the corpse dolls to steal the money and extraordinary items in the auction. Any item in the second half of the auction there was priced at 100,000 riels. As long as Dorothy stole a few items, she would make a fortune.
However, considering that the auction venue was in the central area of Mon Carlo Island, she needed to evacuate quickly after obtaining the main target. Even if the things there were taken, she would not have time to go and pick them up. Moreover, it was a very unwise choice to leave the puppets on the island when Edward was so angry that he was looking for someone all over the island. Dorothy's puppets operating the turrets were all in the sea outside the island when Edward was looking for someone. After he finished looking for someone and the false moth was released by the dead wings, Dorothy let the puppets land on Mon Carlo Island and occupy the coastal fortress on the edge of the island.
'Huh... Now, we should hurry up and sail to the nearest city to repair, then take another boat from there to a big city and buy secret teachings from the Stonemasons' Guild to replenish our spiritual power.
"But speaking of secrets, after the moth died, two memory balls randomly exploded. I don't know what the contents are. Can I exchange some spirituality to fill the gap?"
Dorothy thought so, and then she began to concentrate on analyzing the two memory balls that she had absorbed from Withered Wings before, and these memories seemed to be secret transmissions between the two.
The first secret biography is called "Lost Overlook", which is a collection and analysis of a series of folk stories about the coastal areas of the Lost Sea. In this secret biography, Dorothy obtained some basic information about the Lost Sea.
The Sea of Confusion is a vast sea area located in the eastern part of the continent, connected to the Sea of Conquest. Unlike the busy Sea of Conquest and the Western Ocean, there are almost no ships traveling in the Sea of Confusion, and only sporadic routes pass through the marginal areas. The deep sea area is a restricted area for all ships.
The Lost Sea is one of the most dangerous seas in the world. It is rumored that any navigation equipment will fail in this area, even the extraordinary navigation of the "light". Once you enter the depths, the sun, moon and stars in the sky will dim to the point of being invisible. In the vast sea without any reference points, the ship will be lost forever until all the resources on it are exhausted, the crew members die, and the wreckage will drift forever on the sea. This is why it is called the Lost Sea.
In the towns along the Lost Sea, there are various legends about the Lost Sea. Some say that a huge sea monster lives in the depths of the Lost Sea. Some say that the ships swallowed by the Lost Sea will become ghost ships and continue to sail on the sea, full of treasures. It is said that a fisherman accidentally entered the Lost Sea and successfully returned after drifting on the sea for a few days, only to find that his hometown had passed decades and everything had changed. There are rumors that the returnees witnessed a huge city phantom in the depths of the sea. There is a tradition of regular human sacrifices to the sea in the fishing villages on the seaside...
This secret biography collected many rumors about the Lost Sea, analyzed them, and identified what might be true and what might be false. In the author's summary at the end, there were some words that made Dorothy very concerned.
"In the depths of the Sea of Lost... lies the Kingdom of Night... The sea is filled with illusions, and all directions and coordinates are meaningless... The only thing that can pass through this illusion, besides the lights of the gods, is the forgiveness of the shadow itself.
"So... the incomplete black moon is the missing piece in the puzzle. It is a fragment of the lunar corona. If it can be pieced together completely, I will have the opportunity to seek the guidance of the big moon and reach the end of my confusion..." - Bartolomeu Varena.
Sitting on her bed, Dorothy silently flipped through the memory ball in her mind. It was not until she saw the signature of the author of this secret biography that her brows slightly frowned.
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