Chapter 274 Survival of the fittest

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[You try to unlock the shackles in front of you. Your lucky value today is: 9, and the unlocking success rate is: 1.2%. Note: If the lock fails to be unlocked, the shackles will close the keyhole, and you can try to unlock it again after 24 hours. 】

The lock that traps the scale is quite smart and has a built-in blocking function. Once it fails to open, it will automatically block the lock hole, which means that it can only be tried once a day, avoiding the possibility of being cracked by violence.

Fortunately, Libra and Capricorn didn't try to unlock it casually before, otherwise Muyou wouldn't be able to help them if the keyhole was blocked.

[You used 'Lock Heart Opening', the shackles snapped and popped open automatically, and Holy Light Nana was freed. 】

This type of shielding was ineffective against Mu You. After backtracking dozens of times, the lock was successfully unlocked.

[Holy Light Nana: Thank you! 】

[Curse of Winter: The vampire from before has probably entered the tomb. Do we need to catch him together? 】

[Captain Ghost: No need, I will take care of the vampire. The monsters here only recognize my identity. You guys, please leave first. 】

[Holy Light Nana: So this is your territory...I'm sorry. 】

[Captain Ghost: It’s nothing. Thanks to your reminder, I discovered that someone had sneaked in here. 】

The two of them said goodbye and left first. They came in through the 'door' and had to go back within one day.

Mu You turned around to collect the loot.

[You picked up the shackles on the ground. 】

[Drawing the ground as a prison: A magical shackle, after being placed in a certain location, the shackle will automatically become invisible. The first person who touches the shackle will be locked in place and cannot be freed until the lock is unlocked. Shackles owner: Rhine Mai. (Temporary borrowing status: automatically recycled after 7 days and 5 hours)]

This is an epic prop!

Unfortunately, this prop seems to have an owner and is just being lent out for others to use. After a week, no matter where the shackles are, they will automatically return to the owner.

"Lein Mai?"

Mu You looked at the name displayed in the text. Who is this person? The vampire mentioned by Libra? However, the description of the person seemed to be that of a male vampire, and the name seemed to be that of a female.

Mu You couldn't figure it out for a moment, but at this moment, the gargoyle scout sent out returned and brought back a piece of news.

[The gargoyle flew back to your shoulder and reported to you the situation it detected: In the middle of the tomb, far away from the cave, there is a male vampire crawling furtively. The target is exactly at the top of the tomb. Secret room. 】

[You arranged for the war eagle to follow the gargoyle. Through the war hawk's perspective, you indeed saw the vampire who smuggled in. 】

[Rodney (Level 13): A vampire servant raised by the Rhine family. He has average combat power, but has a strong ability to survive, as well as a shrewd and greedy character. 】

There was very little information fed back, but judging from this guy's actions, it seemed that he could hide his aura to a certain extent, so he dared to wander around the tomb.

Ever since Mu You extracted the vampire skin, the pressure in the tomb has disappeared, but there are still many high-level monsters serving as tomb guardians.

This guy deliberately used the map fragments to trick the Libras and the two into the cave, just to use them to attract the monster's attention and thus create time for himself to act.

After confirming that it was only a thirteenth-level vampire servant that came in, Mu You relaxed a lot.

Now Mu You can directly order the tomb-guarding beasts to surround and kill this guy, but there is no rush, let's ask him clearly about the purpose of this guy's coming here.

Thinking of this, he controlled the character to return to the secret room at the top, opened the ice coffin, took out the bodies of Vivian and Grandma Lin Xue and put them away, and then he lay down in them.

[You lie down in the bitterly cold coffin, observing every move of the vampire servant through the perspective of a war hawk. 】

[Under your command, the tomb guardian beasts did not leave the cave and still gathered in front of the cave. The vampire servant had enough time to move, and after crawling for more than ten minutes, he finally arrived at the secret room at the top of the tomb. 】

[The vampire servant opens the door to the secret room and walks in. 】

[After looking around for a week, he quickly walked towards the coffin where you were. 】

[The vampire servant saw the vampire claws and ghost cloak you kept in hand, and a greedy light flashed in his eyes. 】

[After looking around to make sure no one noticed, the vampire servant swallowed, quietly opened the lid of the coffin, and reached out to touch your vampire claws. your choice……】

[You suddenly opened your eyes and grabbed the other person's hand! 】

["Rodney, you seem to be very interested in my claws?" You stared at the other person with a stern face and spoke. 】

[The moment Rodney saw you open your eyes, he was frightened. He knelt down in fear and explained to you in a panic: "No, Master Liston, you misunderstood. I was just following Miss Mai's order." , I’m just here to wake you up...”]

["Miss Mai?" You expressed doubts about the name he mentioned. 】

["She's your biological sister, have you forgotten?" Rodney looked at you with a strange look. 】

[Obviously, your question aroused his suspicion. You choose to reply...]

"My biological sister..."

Mu You looked at the text prompt. So, this person was sent by the vampire count's family. It was not surprising that his family would know his burial place.

However, no one has visited him for so many years, so there must be a reason for his sudden visit.

Muyou enters a message in the text box.

["I was resurrected not long ago, and my memory is still a little confused." You casually found an excuse. 】

[Your explanation made the other person feel relieved, but there was still some doubt in his eyes. your choice……】

[You chose to expose the other party’s lies! 】

[You absorbed Count Vampire’s skin, so you know best that Liston’s resurrection time should not be now, but in the more distant future. The other party must have other purposes for coming here. You choose to make an angry expression and continue Ask him why he came here. 】

[Rodney is a servant of the Rhine family and has no power to resist the vampires of the Rhine family. He was frightened by your coercion and did not dare to hide it, so he hurriedly told the whole story of his origin. 】

[The thousand-year vampire clan meeting is about to be held. Vampires sleeping everywhere need to attend, but vampires are a secluded race. In order to avoid being discovered by demon hunters and church people that vampires gather in large numbers, it is necessary to use the 'Heart of Mist' Come to the hidden clan meeting place. 】

[And the Heart of Mist was taken away by vampire Count Liston for safekeeping a thousand years ago. Now the vampire prince requires the Rhine family to hand over the Heart of Mist as soon as possible, so Rhine Mai has no choice but to arrange for his servants to search for his brother's tomb. 】

[However, according to the information Liston left behind, he will not be resurrected for nine thousand years. Therefore, Mai gave her servants two orders: First, if her brother has not yet awakened, let Rodney quietly take the Heart of Mist and leave. Second, if the brother has woken up, just hand the prepared letter to the other party. 】

[After Rodney finished explaining, he hurriedly took out the letters and things prepared by the master and handed them to you. 】

[You have obtained an autographed letter from 'Rhine Mai'. 】

[You have received an invitation to the 'Vampire Clan'. 】

"Heart of the Mist...the vampire clan will..."

There were two new terms mentioned in this text, but I won’t mention them at the clan meeting. They must be internal matters of the vampire clan, and he didn’t understand them at all.

On the other hand, the 'Heart of Mist' sounds like an item. Is it the source of the fog around Mist Mountain?

[You open the letter and read it. In the letter, Rhinemai first expresses his longing for his brother in gorgeous words, and then focuses on mentioning that the vampire clan meeting will be held in the middle of next month. Please be sure to rush back to the family with the 'Heart of Mist' ...]

Let me bring the heart of mist home in half a month, but I don’t know where the heart of mist is yet...

["Get up." After hearing the explanation, you did not continue to embarrass Rodney and asked him to get up. 】

[Rodney stood up as if he had been granted a general pardon and hurriedly bid you farewell. The pressure on you is too great. Now that the letter has been handed over to you and his task is completed, he can't wait to leave. your choice……】

["Stop!" You suddenly ordered the other party to stop. 】

[Rodney looks at you anxiously and asks if you have any other orders. 】

[You tell the other party that you will continue to sleep and will not wake up until nine thousand years later, so you will not be able to go to the clan meeting next month and let the other party go back directly with the Heart of Mist. 】

Mu You was not interested in the so-called clan meeting, but he was still very interested in the Heart of Mist. He didn't know where that thing was, but this servant was here to get it. He must know the location, so he was going to fool this person. The servant found the things for him.

[Rodney heard your words, greedy light flashed in his eyes again. As a servant, he does not dare to comment on your decision, but carefully waits for you to take out the Heart of Mist. 】

["Do you want me to do this little thing myself?" You scolded the other person with a serious face. 】

["No need to bother you, I'll come, just let me come!" Rodney apologized to you in a hurry, and then retreated to the fireplace in the secret room, as if preparing to crawl into the chimney. 】

"Getting into the chimney? Could it be that the Heart of Mist is hidden on the top of the mountain?"

Mu You's heart moved, and he hurriedly opened the panel and clicked on the newly learned 'Soul Fire' in the spell column.

The environment on the top of the mountain is not something that ordinary people can bear. This man went up the mountain without saying a word. It seems that he may be able to withstand the hypothermia on the top of the mountain, so Mu You temporarily decided to add a 'monitoring technique' to him to monitor him remotely. Every move he makes to see how he survives on the mountain.

[You released the 'Soul Fire' on Rodney. Rodney immediately felt the ignited fire in his soul. He knew that you were monitoring him, but due to your authority, he did not dare to say anything more and remained silent. climbed up the chimney. 】

[Through the perspective of Soul Fire, you see Rodney climb to the top of the mountain after a difficult climb. 】

[What appears in front of you is a white world covered with ice and snow, with vast white snow-capped mountains connected together. Strong winds are roaring in mixed with ice and frost. You see that Rodney has difficulty breathing and quickly enters a state of hypothermia. The health value is declining at a rate of 5% per second...]

[Rodney ignored the pain his body was suffering and walked in a certain direction in the snow. After ten seconds, only half of his health is left, but from this point on, you find that his health begins to decline at a slower rate. 】

[Thirty seconds later, Rodney’s life remaining is 5%...]

[Fifty seconds later, Rodney’s life remaining is 1%...]

[One hundred seconds later, Rodney has 1 life point left...]

[You notice that Rodney's life has stopped declining! 】

[This is Rodney's innate ability of 'survival of the fittest'. As a low-level servant of the vampire clan, he has not awakened a powerful fighting ability, but has awakened the tenacious survival ability of Xiaoqiang. He can quickly adapt to high temperatures, severe cold, suffocation, and drought. and other extreme living environments. 】

"There is also this kind of talent..."

Mu You raised his eyebrows. Although it was not a fighting talent, in terms of practicality, it could be said to be one of the strongest talents in survival. No wonder the vampire family would send him here to get the Heart of Mist.

While watching the progress of the text, Mu You took the time to send a message to Lin Xue through the forum.

"What?" Fortunately, Lin Xue wasn't asleep yet.

"Go online, come to the Misty Mountain Tomb..." Mu You briefly explained the situation to her.

Mu You, the vampire servant, had no intention of letting him go back. Regardless of the 'Heart of Mist' or the vampire's own ability, Mu You had no reason to let him go.

Lin Xue also left a teleportation array in this secret room, and was teleported over shortly.

The location of the Heart of Mist is farther than imagined.

Mu You looked at the text prompt, and Rodney finally stopped after walking for half an hour.

[You saw Rodney coming to an abandoned altar. After digging around on the altar covered by ice and snow, he found a crystal sphere in his hand. 】

[The shape of a mountain range emerges from the crystal sphere, which is exactly the steep shape of the Misty Mountain, and the periphery of the Misty Mountain is shrouded in a layer of mist, as if wearing a coat. 】

[Rodney got the crystal ball, a flash of surprise and uncontrollable greed flashed in his eyes, but then he thought that you were watching him, and did not dare to do anything inappropriate. He hurriedly put the crystal ball away carefully, and then said to The position of the chimney is turned back. 】

It took another half an hour to turn back, but what left Mu You speechless was that this guy was looking around with sly eyes all the way. There were undoubtedly many treasures on the snow-capped mountains. If it weren't for the surveillance system that was added to him in advance, Mu You would have been seriously injured. I suspect that he will plunder all the good things on the mountain before leaving.

[You lay back in the coffin. 】

[After a while, you hear movement from the chimney. 】

[Rodney appeared in the secret room again and found you who had re-entered the coffin and was sleeping. At the same time, he also discovered the vampire claw that you deliberately placed on the stone table. 】

[Rodney was overjoyed, thinking that you had forgotten the treasure outside before falling asleep, and hurriedly walked to the table quietly. 】

[After turning back to confirm that you were still asleep, Rodney stretched out his hand towards the paw on the table...]

[The 'painted ground as a prison lock' that you placed on the table in advance closed automatically, locking Rodney in place. 】

[Everything went smoothly according to your script. You stood up from the coffin and looked at the other person calmly. To you, he is already a piece of meat on the chopping board. 】

["Lord Liston, I, I just want to help you put back the lost treasure..." Rodney watched you walk over without saying a word and explained to you in panic. 】

[At this moment, the door to the secret room was suddenly pushed open, and a girl in red with a sickle walked in from the door. 】

[The vampire servant looked at the two people in front of him in surprise, seeming to understand something, and suddenly began to struggle violently: "No, you are not Lord Liston, who are you?"]

[Unfortunately, Rodney, who was imprisoned by the chains, had no possibility of breaking free from the chains. During the struggle, his last health points were exhausted. However, due to the effect of the chains, he was resurrected after death and was still trapped by the chains. In place. 】

Seeing this man struggling to death without opening the lock, Mu You finally confirmed that he indeed did not have the key. The key seemed to be in the hands of the cheap girl.

Now he was relieved and started killing with Lin Xue.

This vampire's fighting ability is indeed not strong, and one of his hands is locked. With the cooperation of the two, the other party has no resistance at all.

Since the body of a person swallowed by death would disappear directly, Lin Xue did not use the sickle in order to preserve the other person's skin.

Mu You had been prepared to fight fiercely all night, but the opponent did not have much life left.

After killing thirty-one times, the vampire servant died suddenly.

Lin Xue collected 10 basic vampire skin fragments during the killing process and synthesized a set of 'vampire' skins, but the effect was very weak. He only had the talent of sucking blood to recover injuries, and he also had the curse of being afraid of the sun. Being able to say that is better than nothing.

Because Mu You already has the upper-level skin of a vampire, he cannot collect the fragments. However, his real target is the skin left by this person.

[You search around the place where the opponent died and found a set of skins for 'Servant Rodney' and a 'Heart of Mist' skin. 】

[Servant Rodney: Originally a low-level family member created by vampires, he has a rare talent that is not weak. He was favored by the Rhine family and promoted to a family servant. However, because of his greedy nature, he has been unable to obtain it for a long time. to reuse.

Talent 'Survival of the Fittest': The lower the health value, the stronger the ability to adapt and resist extreme environments.

Curse of 'Scorching Sun': When exposed to sunlight, the body will suffer from burning pain.

Curse of 'greed': When you see the treasures owned by others, you will involuntarily feel coveted. The more precious the treasure, the easier it is to affect your own sanity. 】