Chapter 736 Secret
Somewhere in Pritt, deep in the unknown mountains.
Far away from the light of day, in a hidden cave somewhere inside a big mountain, there is an open and flat area. The whistling sound in the cave is the wind blowing through the towering cave ceiling. In the empty and huge cave, besides the sound of the wind, the only sound is the rhythmic sound of footsteps.
Above the open space in the cave, a crimson figure was dancing in a trance. A closer look revealed that it was a beautiful dancer. The tall dancer was wearing a red dance skirt and dancing gracefully above the open space. Her posture was elegant and agile, her waist was soft and strong, her arms were delicate and agile, and her white neck was graceful and noble. She was like a flying flamingo, a red carp swimming in the water, or a strand of red silk swaying in the wind.
This dancer danced tirelessly in the open space. No one knew how long this dance lasted. Although her movements were still precise and her posture was still graceful, her eyes were empty and dull, and her face and lips had lost their blood and turned pale. She seemed to have lost her mind in a trance, and was only able to dance by driving her body with her energy.
During the long dance, the dancer's original exquisite and expensive dance shoes had long been worn out and tattered, and now there was not even a little bit of residue left. The dancer kept jumping on the ground with her bare feet, and the flesh on the soles of her feet had long been worn and cracked. Blood oozed from the constantly cracked wounds and was smeared on the ground with the dancer's dance steps.
After countless steps of dancing, the ground in the cave turned bright red. After the bleeding bare feet had trampled the ground red, the blood gradually solidified, and then was dyed red again by the new blood under the dancers' feet. In this way, layer after layer, the entire stage was covered with countless layers of blood.
The dancer didn't know when she started dancing, nor when she would end. She just kept dancing like this, as if she wanted to keep dancing until the end of the world.
After all, no matter how long a dance is, it always has to end. When that moment came, the dancer gradually slowed down her movements, and finally her whole body stopped in place. She stood on the bright red ground dyed red by her own blood, raised her head and looked up at the dark sky, her expression showing endless confusion. Although her movements had stopped, her whole mind seemed to still be immersed in that seemingly endless long dance.
This daze lasted for an unknown amount of time before a hint of emotion finally returned to the dancer's eyes. Soon after, the dancer's entire body began to tremble violently, and she collapsed to her knees on the ground, supporting herself with her hands in front of her, gasping for air with heavy gulps.
“Hoo…Hoo…Hoo…”
The convulsive trembling and heavy breathing continued for quite a long time before the dancer finally came to her senses. Her eyes, which had been confused before, finally had more color returning to them, as if her sanity, which had been completely worn out, was finally gradually returning to normal.
After adjusting her breathing to normal, after her body finally stopped spasming uncontrollably, and after the wounds on the soles of her feet gradually healed, the dancer Adele slowly stood up, looked at her arms which seemed to have become thinner, then looked at the ground around her which was stained red by her own blood, and she couldn't help but narrow her eyes slightly and whispered.
"So now... there's only one round left..."
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Plitvice East Coast, Tivian.
During the day, in the Tivian West District, the Tivian Railway Station was crowded and bustling. Although it was very crowded in the past, it was even more crowded today. Dorothy, who had just got off the train, had a deep impression of this.
"There are so many people..."
Standing in a corner of the platform, Dorothy looked at the crowded and noisy platform in front of her, where people were almost shoulder to shoulder and standing toe to toe. She couldn't help but sigh and said that she had experienced the busy and crowded Tivian Station before, but this was the first time she had seen such a situation.
At a glance, Dorothy could see that there were now many different kinds of decorations in the train station. Various colorful flags and ribbons were dotted on the booths, and there were large banners with the words "Welcome to Tivian" on them. It was obvious that this phenomenon was caused by the World Expo.
Due to the vigorous publicity of the Tivian Kingdom government, the news of the World Expo is well-known both inside and outside of Plitvian, attracting not only international tourists but also domestic tourists. International tourists mainly arrive through the port of Tivian, and domestic tourists often travel to and from Tivian by train. Therefore, the Tivian train station is very crowded during this period. Although Dorothy was not sitting in the first-class compartment during her trip to Tivian, she could feel the crowding there from the noise of the ordinary compartment behind. In this era when the train system is not yet thoroughly standardized, the trains coming to Tivian are often overloaded.
After taking a look at the situation on the platform, Dorothy breathed a sigh of relief, then walked towards the crowd with the person carrying the bag and the puppet acting as a parent. Using her ability of suggestion, Dorothy made these ordinary people who were crowded together gently make way for her, and she squeezed out of the station in a hurry.
After dealing with the situation in Igwynt, Dorothy quickly began her official journey back home. In order to save spiritual energy, she did not choose to use the elementalization to return to Tivian along the railway tracks this time, but took the car back home.
After arriving in Tivian, Dorothy walked out of the train station and onto the streets of Tivian. What she saw was a street scene that was just as lively as the one inside the station.
Countless people gathered on both sides of the long street in front of the station building. Countless flowers and ribbons were decorated on both sides of the road. Horse-drawn carriages were passing by and passers-by were bustling. There was also a band playing various musical instruments on the street, welcoming tourists from all over Prit with melodious music. Various vendors also took the opportunity to set up stalls.
On top of the buildings and shops everywhere, the national flag of Priit and the flag of the World Expo were flying diagonally. Many people were distributing Expo souvenirs for free. These souvenirs included towels, cups, umbrellas and other commodities, all of which were printed with the Expo logo, a simple icon improved from the national emblem of Priit. Since these souvenirs were free, many people gathered there to scramble to receive them or even snatch them. Because of the upcoming Expo, the whole Tivian seemed even more prosperous than previous festivals.
"This is more lively than the Spring Festival..."
Looking at the scenes around her, Dorothy couldn't help but sigh and say so. After observing the scene for a while, she asked her puppet to stop a carriage and drove towards her home in the northern suburbs of Tivian.
In the carriage, Dorothy looked out at the environment, watching the drizzle gradually falling on Tivian Street. While listening to the sound of raindrops hitting the roof of the carriage, she also watched passers-by open their umbrellas, many of which were souvenir umbrellas distributed at the expo.
"The Royal Government has really spent a lot of money on this Expo. They even gave out so many souvenirs, including high-end items like umbrellas..."
Dorothy sighed in her heart as she looked out the window at the rainy street scene. Then, she headed for the destination amid the gentle swaying of the carriage and the sound of rain. After nearly two hours of driving, she finally left the main city and arrived at Green Shade Town in the northern suburbs. When she got off the carriage, the rain in the sky had stopped, but the dark clouds were still hovering in the sky.
After returning to Greenshade Town, Dorothy did not rush back to her home at No. 17, but first went to the door of No. 37. After knocking a few times without any courtesy, the door was opened one after another. Behind it appeared a girl with messy hair, gray hair, yellow eyes and a pair of glasses, wearing casual home clothes and slippers.
"I say, you, you didn't ring the doorbell, but kept knocking on the door so hard. You must be crazy." Looking at the familiar neighbor in front of her, Beverly spoke first, while Dorothy answered slowly.
"You stay at home all day, and you haven't taken care of your doorbell for a long time. It's rusty. Stop talking and let me in. I have something to offer."
Listening to Dorothy's words, Beverly shrugged her shoulders, then made way for Dorothy to enter the house. Dorothy then skillfully sat in her usual seat on the sofa in the room. After closing the door, Beverly slowly walked to the self-made coffee machine beside her and made coffee for Dorothy.
"By the way, are you going to prepare for the mission you mentioned before?"
"Not yet. I guess you'll have to wait for a while. I'll notify you as soon as I'm ready. Don't you have your own things to do recently? You just go ahead and get busy with them first..." Beverly said as she brought the brewed coffee in her hand and placed it on the table in front of Dorothy. Dorothy didn't rush to drink it, but waited for it to cool down for a while.
"By the way, you never leave the house all day. What are you researching at home? I see you doing research here all day, but apart from some coffee machines, vacuum cleaners and other things, there is nothing else. Could it be that the object you are researching is a divine thing that the craftsmen's guild wants to keep secret?"
Dorothy said to Beverly while touching the edge of the coffee cup, and Beverly answered casually while sitting on the sofa.
"Well, it's a secret... It's a little secret, but it's not all for the Craftsmen's Guild. If I have to say it, it's probably to prepare something for the next industrial age..."
Beverly said this calmly. Dorothy, who was already drinking coffee, couldn't help but frowned slightly after hearing Beverly's remarks and was about to speak.
"The next industrial age... I remember you said before that the next industrial age needs the Order Core to choose when to start. We don't know when it will come yet."
"That's true, but it doesn't stop me from making some preparations, right? Anyway, beings like me have a long lifespan and can wait any length of time. It's not a waste of time to prepare some things. A craftsman always has work to do.
"Let me tell you, according to my premonition, the so-called opening of the next industrial age is actually very soon. It won't be long. Maybe we just need to wait for a while~"
Sitting on the sofa, Beverly said this to Dorothy calmly, and Dorothy looked at her seriously and said this after taking a sip of coffee.
"Premonition...what do you have a premonition based on?"
"Well... just... just go with my feeling~ Anyway, my feeling is always pretty accurate. And I'm not just doing research while I'm in Tivian. I also have some other tasks, but these tasks are relatively... well, secret. I'm not going to reveal it to you here, I guess you'll know it later."
Beverly waved her hand and said this to Dorothy, and Dorothy put the coffee cup back on the table after tasting it, let out a breath and said.
"Secret? Haha... I don't plan to get any useful information from you for free. Now, let's not waste any more time. I came to you this time to buy the secret book. I think you have some in stock."
"Oh, you're here to buy books again. Miss Meschhaus's love of learning always impresses me. Tell me, what kind of secret book do you need this time?"
With a smile, Beverly spoke to Dorothy, and Dorothy spoke without thinking.
"There are at least three copies of the secret book 'Stone' and 'Shadow'. I think you still have some."
Dorothy put forward her request, and Beverly answered readily with a wave of her hand.
"Of course we have it! And we have it on site, please take as much as you want~"
"That's right..." Seeing Beverly answer like this, Dorothy was also ready to start her book shopping.
In order to replenish her spirituality in a targeted manner to deal with the possible large-scale conflict with the Eight Points in the future, Dorothy bought 5 "stones" and 5 "shadows" and ten secret teachings from Beverly this time, spending a total of 5,300 pounds in one go. Before this, Dorothy had 19,000 pounds in funds, and now she has 13,700 pounds left after this shopping. This is the most secret teachings Dorothy has ever bought in one go, which makes her feel the real money.
After buying the secret books, Dorothy said goodbye to Beverly and went home immediately. After a few steps, she returned to her residence at No. 17. After taking a shower, she changed into comfortable pajamas. After releasing a few zombies to clean the house that had not been lived in for a while, Dorothy sat alone at the desk in the study, ready to start reading the secret books she had just bought.
Before reading the secret text, Dorothy briefly reviewed her current spiritual situation.
During this trip to Gramorn and Igwynt, Dorothy used a lot of spiritual power, of which spiritual power was mainly used to summon the lake fairy's anecdote to call upon the will of Mirror Moon. Dorothy summoned the lake fairy's anecdote twice in a short period of time. Once she did nothing, once she was intercepted by the Spider Queen, once she arranged a ritual and once she did not. In total, Dorothy consumed 14 points of "Shadow".
Next is the Heroic Spirit Armament that Dorothy created for Anna. This ability is an enhanced version of the divine power of the Anecdotal Body Summoning. Therefore, in addition to the divine power, the spiritual power consumption is also a little bit, which consumes about 4 points of Dorothy's "Shadow". These two waves of "Shadow" consumption made Dorothy's original "Shadow" reserve, which was not much, only 19 points, drop to only 1 point.
Then Dorothy used elementalization to travel. Turning on elementalization directly consumed 4 points of Dorothy's "stones". Dorothy only had 8 points of "stones" and it was reduced to 4 points. Finally, Dorothy materialized the divine enchanted spirit silk, so in addition to divinity, it also consumed some "cups", a total of 2 points, but fortunately, Dorothy originally had more "cups", so this consumption was actually not a big deal.
After briefly reviewing her use of the leader over the past few days, Dorothy officially began to read the secret biography. Although there were only 10 secret biographies Dorothy read this time, they were poems and stories with relatively little nutrition. Only four of the secret biographies made Dorothy pay more attention to the contents.
The four types of spiritual beings in the secret transmission are 2 "stones" and 2 "shadows", among which "stone" is the name of the first secret transmission, which is called "Yishihui Yangao".
This "Research Manuscript on the Memory Stone Society" records a secret historian's research on the ancient mysterious group "Memory Stone Society". According to the records in this secret biography, this so-called Memory Stone Society is a group that existed during the Third Century Empire period.
According to the secret records, the Memory Stone Society is a group that studies ancient fossils in the strata. They searched for fossils all over the world in the Tertiary Period, mined fossils, brought them back, studied the spirituality and other mysterious powers contained in them, and used them for various purposes. The collection, research and use of fossils are the main activities of this group.
The strata are like scrolls, containing all things from the past to the present. The stones are like seals, showing traces of the past and present.
This group believes that fossils are the earth's memory of the world. By searching for and studying fossils, they can obtain the earth's supernatural power. Therefore, they named themselves Memory Stones and also called fossils Memory Stones.
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