To this, Gwen could only say "awesome."
The safe was successfully opened, and inside, in addition to the key they needed, there was also a pistol-shaped weapon.
"What's this?"
"I don't know, maybe it's something new the lab developed." Greed picked up the key. "Alright, let's head straight to the birth chamber!"
Although Jiang Ran really wanted to take a look at the pistol, he was aware of the nature of [Greed] and thought that rashly taking something that didn't belong to him might offend him.
Let's wait until we get the Jade of Greed before coming back for this pistol.
The birthing room was right next to the laboratory. As before, Jiang Ran first threw away the sign and then followed greed into the room.
This is a room full of large glass jars, the smallest of which is more than a meter tall and generally more than half a meter in diameter.
Inside these glass jars was a churning black liquid, and Jiang Ran could even see ferocious expressions on them!
"What...are these?"
"Oh, you mean this?" Greed patted one of the churning jars. "Inside are the [Chinese Zodiac] animals, of course!"
"Let me see... This jar is a [snake], right? That means a [snake] on a certain floor was killed, so naturally a new [snake] is needed to replace it."
Chinese Zodiac?
To be honest, based on this black liquid, Jiang Ran couldn't possibly connect it to the Chinese zodiac animal that resembled a human so closely!
The birth chamber... so it turns out that the animals born there are the Chinese zodiac signs?
"However, these devices can malfunction occasionally, so we'd better not linger. Let's take the Heart of Sin and leave as soon as possible."
No sooner had the greedy words been spoken than a loud rooster crowed outside!
The rooster will warn you of impending danger!
"Oh no, the rooster has crowed!"
The jar that Greed had previously photographed shattered instantly, spilling black liquid all over the ground!
"Sir! This really has nothing to do with me!"
Jiang then took a step back, and the liquid on the ground seemed to rise gradually as if it were aware of something, even emitting a hissing sound like a snake.
A red light flashed in the corridor outside!
He felt like he'd seen that thing on the ground somewhere before...
"Wait, is this the Shadow Dragon?"
"No, no, no, sir, you're mistaken." Greed shook his head. "This is clearly a Shadow Serpent!"
While the two were still talking, the Shadow Serpent on the ground suddenly pounced, instantly forcing Greed back!
"Gwen, please!"
Jiang Ran figured that this level would require using the pistol from before. He reconsidered and realized that as long as he explained that he was "borrowing" it, Greed shouldn't trigger any strange dialogue.
But it doesn't matter. Jiang Ran has Gwen by his side, and he doesn't really need combat-related items. Gwen can definitely handle anything that a pistol can handle, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
Gwen quickly beat up Shadow Serpent, who then fled towards the door. Gwen tried to chase after him, but Greed stopped her.
"Don't worry, the Shadow Serpent can't escape the birth chamber."
Sure enough, the Shadow Serpent turned to ashes and vanished the moment it left the room!
"Phew—" Greedy wiped the sweat from his brow. "Miss, thank you for saving my life! How can I ever repay you?"
He then looked at his underwear.
"Stop! There's no need for that!"
After greedily obtaining the Heart of Sin, the three immediately left the Birth Chamber.
"【Shadow Serpent】..." Jiang Ran felt a crack open in his mind and continued to press greedily, "So, 【Shadow Dragon】is the same as 【Dragon】? No, this completely overturns the existing rules!"
"Hahaha, sir, you're joking. How can a defective product like the Shadow Dragon be called a Dragon? Even the Shadow Serpent doesn't deserve to be called a Serpent; they're just remnants of failed metamorphosis!"
"Is the Shadow Dragon simply a product of a failed attempt to transform into a Dragon?"
Although the greed before him was a "great sin" just like everyone else's, he clearly knew far more information than the others, and Jiang Ran had to get some answers to certain questions here!
"You can understand it that way too." Greed nodded. "Apart from [Shadow Dragon], none of the other defective products are qualified to leave the birth chamber. [Shadow Dragon] is considered one of the best among the defective products, haha!"
"Since you say these defective products are the result of failed transformations of the [Zodiac], then their existence presupposes the death of the corresponding [Zodiac], so a new [Zodiac] needs to be generated to fill the gap, right?"
"With the continuous creation of Shadow Dragons, does that mean there are still vacant Dragon positions?"
Besides the ghost story tellers, can the Zodiacs die for other reasons?
"Theoretically, that's true, but I've never seen a [dragon] either, which is strange, right? There are clues about [dragons] on many floors, but no one has ever seen them."
"Are all the dragons dead?"
If the snake dies, then the snake on that floor will be vacant until the next snake takes its place. However, there will still be a snake in the room's notification area!
Similarly, some rooms on certain floors may indicate the presence of a "dragon" on that floor. The reason they haven't seen the "dragon" might not be because the "dragon" is hiding from them, but because the "dragon" on that floor is no longer there!
Greed shrugged: "Who knows? Ever since I came here, the [dragon] has only been a legend."
"Alright, so the next question is, since the Shadow Dragon is a defective product of the Dragon, then what is the Virtual Dragon?"
"That is the liquidator of this place. Sooner or later, all the [great sins] and [zodiac signs] will die under his liquidation. This is the fate that everyone is destined for."
"What connection does he have with [dragons]?"
"Maybe so, after all, he does look quite similar to [Shadow Dragon]." Greed shook his head at the end. "But I really don't know about that. Maybe you can ask the other [Great Sins]."
"Go find [Gluttony], he's probably the person who knows the most secrets here."
"Then farewell, generous sir, may you go to heaven with me after you die!"
The fourth Great Sin Jewel is in hand!
Jiang Ran also had a guess about the identity of the [Virtual Dragon].
The [Virtual Dragon] may be an aggregate of the [Shadow Dragon]. The [Great Sins] have clearly been here for a long time, and so far none of them have seen a [Dragon]. Therefore, the [Shadow Dragon] must have been generated an infinite number of times during this period. The [Virtual Dragon] is essentially an accumulation of countless [Shadow Dragons], and naturally it also possesses the power to cleanse everything. As a defective product, it must harbor resentment towards this world and also have the motivation to cleanse it.
Of course, this is just speculation.
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