Mechanical Alchemist Chapter 8: Statue, altar, sacrifice

Farewell to a friend whom I have only known for a few hours and whom I will probably never see again.

Su Lun felt a little depressed.

The surrounding scenery suddenly changed, from the luxurious manor mansion to...a ruin.

"Is this... the remains of the former manor?"

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 where he stayed before.

The banquet hall, corridor, study room...the layout is all familiar.

"It will take at least hundreds of years to decay like this..."

Su Lun felt a little incredible.

He felt that he was very prepared, but seeing the dilapidated scene in front of him, he still felt that his mind was a little overwhelmed.

Could it be that the previous mansion was an illusion, and the Pestoya, Baldhead and others we met were all illusions?

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

And on his chest, he also wore the butterfly brooch embellished with black gemstones.

"Things are real..."

Su Lun caressed the box in his hand, feeling as if he had woken up from a dream and 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 copy of a game?"

Su Lun looked around and couldn't figure it out.

His knowledge of the world is too limited, and many problems cannot be understood by thinking.

However, now he is faced with another question: Where to go now?

The first time he thought of the information on the retina.

"The original owner came here to find the 'relics of Sir Isaac'..."

With some free time, Su Lun had time to carefully look at the obscure information on his retina. He also realized that the "treasure" the original owner was looking for seemed very extraordinary.

It just so happens that he is also very interested in that kind of "extraordinary ability".

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

......

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

Then I counted down to my left hand and found the seventh room.

The door was completely rotten, and there were cobwebs everywhere, making it look very eerie. However, the structure of the house is still relatively stable. Apart from the mottled and peeling paint on the walls, it can still be recognized that it is a storage room.

Su Lun walked in cautiously. Except for the occasional "squeaking" of mice, there were no scary monsters that would appear in horror movies.

He took in all the furnishings in the room at a glance and saw the hexagonal lampstand on the wall.

Find the correct lamp, twist it clockwise, and listen to the sound of "clicking" and "clicking" machine gears, and a secret door appeared.

"It's been hundreds of years, but this mechanism is still functioning normally..."

Su Lun appeared in the deep passage in front of him, feeling a little surprised.

Without much hesitation, he walked in.

The passage is probably isolated from the outside air and is very well preserved.

I tested it and found that it was not stuffy and I could breathe normally.

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

Su Lun did not dare to touch anything. Since the secret door could be opened normally, 80% of the mechanisms in the secret passage could still function normally.

The message on the retina specifically warns not to touch anything outside the safe circuit.

Just like that, not long after walking, Su Lun found that the corridors around him became a little weird, as if they were exactly the same everywhere.

He knew that he was entering a maze.

There are visual distractions here.

He carved some necessary direction marks on the ground with stones, and he continued moving forward.

"After the first fork in the road, left, left, right, up, down..."

Thanks to the correct way to move the maze left on his retina, Su Lun didn't 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 is a huge luminous gem here, which lights up the whole room very brightly.

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

Su Lun did not rush into the stone chamber, but observed it carefully.

The center of the circular stone chamber is surrounded by five tall stone statues. It was wearing a cloak, covering its whole body and most of its face, and looked very mysterious. If you look carefully, you will find that three of the statues have cracks, and only two are still intact.

There is a special symbol engraved on the back of the cloak of each statue: ?, §, ?, ?, ?...

It seems to be some special code name.

What surprised Su Lun was that just looking at these statues, a feeling of sacred majesty rushed over his face, making people feel like they wanted to worship them.

That feeling, as if being watched by gods, makes people feel as small as dust in an instant.

"What a strange statue..."

Su Lun looked at this scene and sighed in his heart.

The world that had been unveiled was revealing its mystery bit by bit before 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 center they face 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 words and runes, and in the center there are incised patterns of "Ouroboros" and "Scale".

"Is this altar the secret of how to obtain the 'talent' of a bald head with bones that can withstand bullets?"

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

There is still this passage on my retina:

"My dear Fick, I'm sorry, you lost everything; through decryption, I discovered an amazing secret in the mysterious "Isaac Alchemy Manuscript" obtained by my family: In addition to the natural awakening of extraordinary talents, And blood inheritance, there is actually a third way, which is to use specific conditions to direct awakening... Although it is just an unconfirmed 'treasure map', it is also the best way I can think of to compensate you. That's the way..."

Su Lun didn’t think about this passage carefully. The cause and effect were no longer important.

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

It says that after "sacrifice his eyeballs", he "may" be able to obtain a very powerful S-level talent. An extremely rare ability that everyone in the alchemical world dreams of.

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

Goug out your own eyeballs and sacrifice them to gain superpowers?

Fuck your sister’s superpowers!

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

As for the word "possible", it also contains an element of gambling.

Because no one has tried it.

"I remember that bald man said what his ability to withstand bullets was called [C079-Steeled Skeleton]? 'S-level'...it seems to be more powerful..."

Su Lun weighed it in his mind for a moment, wondering how the talent ratings in this world differed.

But if you can get "extraordinary power" like Bald Head, it seems worth paying some price.

He already had some ideas in his mind that were ready to be tried.

Furthermore, there was another reason that made Su Lun determined.

He also thought that the background of the original owner seemed not simple. The big man who left a message on his retina acknowledged the altar's standards with honorifics. Perhaps the talent awakened here would be better than that of the "steel skeleton" "Stronger.

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

The worst result is to be blind and get nothing.

Su Lun, who had just experienced a life-and-death battle, felt that this did not seem to be an unacceptable price.

If you want to get something, you have to give something. This is a basic rule that is followed in every world.

Thinking of this, he raised his eyebrows and comforted himself: "I'm here...give it a try?"