An ownerless rift corridor, with no rules of battle, no moral and legal constraints, and unlimited killing.
The Alchemy Temple emptied out the Heavy Forging Association branch in Sector 6 and opened the underground entrance to the Rift Corridor to the outside world.
As an alchemist association focusing on alchemical manufacturing, the Heavy Forging Association has a vast alchemy factory area. Correspondingly, in Sector 6, there are many underground entrances from the ground to the crack corridor.
Every underground entrance is wide open.
The open space near the entrance was crowded with temporary camps of various alchemical forces. Large and small tents and metal fences surrounded the underground entrance.
If it weren't for the temple guards to maintain order at the scene, the alchemy forces that swarmed in would have wanted to seal the underground entrance with an alchemy array, take it for themselves, and make a fortune by collecting admission fees.
The alchemy force that reaches the underground entrance first can occupy the favorable terrain first.
Sector 7 of the Gold Chamber of Commerce is right next door. Therefore, Conte and other security team members, as well as Darrick and other Gold Merchant Swords, have already strongly surrounded the underground entrance closest to Sector 7.
Li Nuo's adventure is based on the theme of acting in secret.
He did not go to meet the Gold Chamber of Commerce, but instead entered the lively crack corridor through the underground entrance jointly controlled by several small and medium-sized forces.
At the moment when the effect of the "Illusion Body Technique" on his body ended, Li Nuo had arrived at the corridor area southwest of Sector 6.
On the fourth floor underground, he looked around and saw the corridor plowed by guns and bombs.
There were traces of explosions emitting a burning smell everywhere, and the ground was covered with messy footprints.
The alchemy tables and various mechanical devices left here by the Heavy Forging Association were all violently overturned to the ground, and the most valuable alchemy parts were forcibly removed.
It can be imagined that before Li Nuo came here, several groups of people had fights here. They rushed to loot the abandoned assets of the Forging Association, and couldn't wait to enter the lower floors to search for loot.
Li Nuo looked at the number of footprints on the ground, then turned on "Life and Death Tracking" to check the floors below.
He nodded calmly, with a cold smile on his lips.
very good.
The gunmen who showed up here were all gang members. There is also a familiar face among them, it is the "Wolf Guard" who attacked the water convoy at night and attempted to take Fars away. This man is the alchemist of the Bulldog Gang.
In addition to the Bulldog Gang, there are also gunmen and alchemists from the Blood Fox Gang, the Vulture Gang, and the Steam Armor Gang on the lower floor.
A total of four gangs gathered here. After a fight on the 4th floor underground, they found that no one could do anything to the other, so they agreed to take charge of a corridor area.
From this, a situation was formed where the four gangs each occupied a corner of the underground floor and were on guard against each other without interfering with each other.
Thanks to the Alchemy Temple for retaining the gray violent organization of gangs and distinguishing them from peaceful and friendly security companies.
Under such an arrangement, gang forces will automatically gather together, and no kind-hearted people will mix into their ranks.
If Li Nuo is forced into a conflict with gang members, he can fight back with peace of mind without worrying about hurting kind people.
"Yes, yes, let's let the looting begin."
Li Nuo took out the face-covering robe and put it on himself, and put on an alchemy cloak that confused his vision.
He activated the "Breath of the Dead", entered the skeleton form, and rushed towards the floor below.
The 18th underground floor of Sector 6 is a large flat floor with a corridor height of more than 20 meters.
This is one of the floors that served as an outpost 30 years ago.
It originally built shower rooms, lounges, restaurants, entertainment venues and other facilities, and laid pipes to transport clean and boiled water.
Nowadays, the living facilities there are abandoned and have been transformed into underground workshops by the Heavy Forging Association.
In the central area of this level, there is a well three meters deep and two meters wide.
This well is a very small resource-based sage space, also known as the alchemy well.
Its last owner died 30 years ago, and now it is a standard ownerless thing.
Li Nuo used "perception tampering" to avoid the gang members, quietly reached the 18th floor underground, and saw the well.
Li Nuo drank the night vision potion in advance, but if he wanted to see transparent liquids like well water clearly, he still had to use a light source.
He picked up the alchemy lamp and shined it into the well mouth, and saw the damp wall reflecting the light and the three-dimensional magic array patterns floating in the air.
Moving his eyes downward, the water passed through the well and fell to the bottom of the well, where Li Nuo found a yarn ball with four-color element light.
The original owner of the alchemy well may have been a yarn ball enthusiast. He designed his sage locks to look like balls of energy yarn crumpled into a ball.
Every "hair" on the Sage's Lock is made of elemental energy.
Untying this unique "hair ball" is equivalent to releasing the sage lock, and then you can see the sage space core magic array wrapped in the "hair ball".
The next step is to use the original owner's alchemical mark to gain control of the core magic array.
After obtaining the control authority and erasing the alchemical mark of the original owner, this sage space can be completely transformed into an ownerless thing that anyone can control.
The core idea of the entire operation process is similar to unlocking a smartphone and canceling the lock screen password.
Li Nuo threw the deconstruction technique at the sage lock that looked like a wool ball.
【system information:】
[You are about to use deconstruction on the "Alchemy Well". 】
[Based on your alchemy knowledge skills, the energy required for this deconstruction is reduced to 22,000 points. 】
【Are you sure to proceed with deconstruction? 】
"Eh? Can't you deconstruct the Sage Lock alone?"
Li Nuo blinked, changed the angle, and threw the Deconstruction Technique at the Sage Lock below.
Just like the deconstruction of the alchemist must deconstruct the alchemy stone and cannot deconstruct the alchemist himself alone, Li Nuo cannot only deconstruct the sage's lock.
There's nothing we can do about it. Let's just deconstruct the entire alchemy well.
Li Nuo looked at his energy inventory.
In the pollution field, the amount of energy gained is large, and the cost is also large.
Now, he still has 51,147 energy points in hand.
Just opening the Sage's Lock consumes 22,000 energy points. How much energy does it cost to crack the alchemy mark left by the previous sage?
Li Nuo sighed secretly.
The alchemist sage is an alchemist sage after all, and just one alchemy well will cause him to bleed profusely.
Although he was distressed about his energy level, Li Nuo still silently recited "Confirm to deconstruct". At worst, find an opportunity to do a job and replenish your energy value.
【system information:】
[Deconstruction successful! 】
[You have obtained the target’s panel information:]
【Name】Alchemy Well
[Type] Micro resource type sage particles
[Status] Expanded into Sage Space
[Item Level] Level 45 (Level 70)
The levels in parentheses are the levels in peak condition, and the levels outside the parentheses are the levels after lack of maintenance.
[Construction value] 4542/7000
【Space effect】
When the structural value is at full capacity, the water output in 24 hours is about 15 tons.
Due to the decrease in structural values, the 24-hour water output dropped to approximately 10 tons.
【Sage Lock】
The unlocking method is as follows: (omitted)
【Alchemy Mark】
The imprint style is as follows: (omitted)
【Maintenance method】
Using the correct alchemical materials and spell formations can improve the structural value of this object, thereby achieving the purpose of maintenance.
The alchemical materials and magic arrays required for maintenance are as follows: (omitted)
[Binding conditions]
1. Your "Spirit" should be higher than 20 points.
2. After this object is bound to your soul, you will gain a negative effect "Mental Burden (Level 7)". This effect lasts until you are unbound from this object, and it will temporarily reduce your "Spirit" by 7 points.
【illustrate】
1. Only carrying this object, not binding it, will not cause you to obtain the negative effect "Mental Burden (Level 7)".
2. You must be bound to it before you can expand it into a sage space.
…
"The deconstructed panel information is consistent with the knowledge I have in the alchemy books. My previous speculation was also correct. Binding the sage particles will indeed temporarily deduct the "spiritual" attribute value. "
Li Nuo climbed over the well fence, entered the well mouth, and fell into the well water below.
Li Nuo fell into the water with a "plop" and sank to the bottom.
In his skeleton form, he doesn't need to worry about being unable to breathe underwater, because he doesn't have to breathe in the first place.
After reaching out to touch the "ball of wool" at the bottom of the water, Li Nuo used his flexible bony fingers to pinch the energy lines extending out of the "ball of yarn".
Following the "Sage Lock" release method on the panel information and extracting the energy lines step by step, Li Nuo quickly untied the messy "thread ball" from it.
A metal piece engraved with complex magic array patterns appeared in front of him. This was the core magic array of the Sage Space.
Although this metal piece is only about the size of a palm and is extremely thin, in fact, under the blessing of the rules of space, it is the hardest thing in the well, and it is firmly fixed to the bottom of the water.
Li Nuo took out the rune stick, calmed down, and firmly remembered the alchemy mark of the previous sage in his mind.
After making sure that there was no deviation in his memory, he used his "pen" to modify the pattern of the spell formation on the metal piece.
"Boom..."
There was a muffled sound of explosion in the corridor area above.
The four gangs were working hard to clear the corridors of aberrations.
Their target is also this alchemy well.
But don't get me wrong, they don't have the ability to crack the Sage's Lock and the Alchemy Mark.
When Li Nuo passed by the gang's team, he listened to their conversation.
Those guys plan to be the first to set up an alchemy trap next to the alchemy well, or even a trap-type sage space. Since you can't take the alchemy well as your own, no one else can use it either. That's what the gang team thinks.
The muffled sound of the explosion just now sounded relatively close. It is estimated that in a while, the first gang team to arrive here will appear.
Li Nuo was not disturbed by the muffled sound of the explosion and remained calm and composed.
After he drew the last stroke on the metal piece, his soul energy poured into the spell pattern on the metal piece.
The hazy light of the four elements bloomed in the dim water. After about 10 seconds, the light quickly converged on the metal piece.
Li Nuo put away the rune stick, stretched out his hand to hold the glowing metal piece, and gently picked it up from the bottom of the water.
The moment the metal piece came off the bottom, the well water and the wall were sucked into the metal piece like a canvas.
In less than two seconds, the surrounding scene changed drastically. Li Nuo was already in a pit without any well water.
This pit was originally dug to house the alchemy well.
Now, the alchemy well that has accompanied it for more than 30 years has disappeared, and it has naturally emerged.
Li Nuo stuffed the radiant metal piece into the blood space. Without stopping, it turned into a white skull and flew into the corridor.
There were a few aberrations wandering near the pit, and they noticed the pit that suddenly appeared on the ground.
They gathered around and stared at the pit in a daze.
With their limited brain capacity, they probably wouldn't be able to figure out where the original well went.
No matter whether Li Nuo came here or left here, he didn't pay attention to the aberration.
But there are exceptions.
Just like now.
Before Li Nuo opened the metal gate to the 19th floor underground, he killed an aberration without leaving a trace and turned it into his dead body.
The metal gate is covered with slime, and when the door is opened, the slime falls down. Li Nuo must restore the slime after entering the door, otherwise it will alert others. This requires the help of the aberrant dead.
Li Nuo stepped into the stairwell and closed the gate.
The aberrant dead picked up the fallen slime and put it on the door panel again, restoring everything to its original state.
After completing this step, it gloriously stepped into the shaft mouth and completed the destruction of corpses and traces in free fall.
Li Nuo does this on every floor. Therefore, the gang members who only focused on shooting and grabbing trophies never discovered the uninvited guests in the cracked corridor.
On the 18th floor underground, there are other resource-based sage spaces. Their products are mainly minerals, green plants, natural rubber, etc.
With limited time and energy, Li Nuo temporarily put aside the unplanned resource-based Sage Space.
After he completes his current plan, it won't be too late to consider plundering other sage spaces.
"The next place I want to go is the underground 28th floor, which is also an abandoned outpost. The underground map I obtained from the alchemy access device only includes the 20th underground floor and above. How to get to the underground 28th floor, I You have to explore it yourself.”
Li Nuo walked into the 21st floor underground while thinking.
A strong wind blew by, and the stench of the aberrations, which was far stronger than the smell upstairs, hit my face.
Li Nuo saw clearly the scene on the 21st floor underground and couldn't help but fell into a daze.
"This...this is actually like this."
The corridors he had walked through before were all completely enclosed and surrounded by hard walls.
But here, the corridor is semi-open. One side of the stairwell's metal gate is an airtight wall, and the other side is a wall composed of metal fences.
Outside the metal fence, there is a bottomless cliff, pitch black, cold and depressing.
The billowing cold wind carrying the stench of the aberrations blew up from the top of the cliff and poured into the semi-open corridor.
Li Nuo came to the edge of the metal fence, leaned on the fence and pushed outwards.
The semi-open corridors, one after another, extend downward in circles like the spiral patterns on a snail shell. The corridors on each floor are 10 to 20 meters high and more than 5 meters wide, making the space extremely spacious.
Li Nuo noticed that different floor tile colors were used in the corridors on each floor to mark their respective functions.
There are fixed brackets for the alchemy turret base on the red floor tiles. Apparently, this is the area where the alchemy turret was placed 30 years ago.
The blue floor tiles are close to the stone tile walls, and there are mechanical slide rails that have been in disrepair, with damaged gears and dried oil stains scattered around. This was the track used to quickly transport ammunition and other supplies 30 years ago.
There are other colors, such as green, purple, black, etc. Since there is nothing on these floor tiles, Li Nuo doesn't know their purpose.
Looking at the corridor extending far below, Li Nuo couldn't help but sigh for this huge alchemical project.
"Okay, no delay, I'm not here for a trip."
Li Nuo came to his senses and began to look for the corridor to the lower floor.
He drew his knife and tried to cut through the metal fence.
The metal poles in the metal fence are evenly distributed, with a gap of no more than 6 cm between each other.
When Li Nuo uses the "Bone Spirit Flying Technique", his appearance is a white skull about 20 centimeters wide.
If you can cut open the metal fence and let yourself fly out, then going from outside the fence to the 28th floor underground is undoubtedly the most efficient and convenient solution.
"No, the alchemy material used in this metal fence is unusual. My alchemy dagger, which is item level 12, cannot leave scratches on its surface."
Li Nuo threw out the deconstruction technique and took a look.
Good guy, the item level of these metal fences has reached level 35. No wonder my little dagger can't even leave a scratch.
Li Nuo carefully checked the metal fence and found no mechanical switch or alchemy array that could open it.
Then there is no choice but to take the stairwell honestly.
Li Nuo shook his head slightly and put the dagger away.
His eyes left the metal fence and followed the movement of his head towards the corridor.
A pale child with big eyes suddenly came into his sight.
Damn...
Li Nuo was startled, and his skeleton body trembled.
If he hadn't been in the "Aura of the Dead" state and his mood swings were suppressed to a minimum, there's no guarantee he wouldn't have screamed out in surprise.
Taking a closer look, this is not a human being, but a weird aberration.
Its body shape and facial contours are similar to those of an 8-year-old human child. It is over one meter tall and has a thin body, as if it has been malnourished for a long time.
Its eyes are large and dark.
This aberration is strange.
It came to Li Nuo silently and stopped to look at Li Nuo, as if it recognized that the skeleton in front of it was not a dead person, but an extraordinary person, a wizard, and a living person.
Li Nuo stared at it with big eyes.
If the other party doesn't move, he doesn't move.
A deconstruction technique was thrown at the aberrant body, and Li Nuo took a deep breath in his heart.
【system information:】
[You are about to launch the deconstruction technique on the "unknown extraordinary person". 】
[It is estimated that 100,000 energy points will be consumed to achieve 100% deconstruction completion. 】
【Notice! 】
[The system detects that deconstructing this target will cause very serious negative effects on you! 】
[The system recommends using harmless deconstruction methods to deconstruct it. 】
"I'll go... It takes 100,000 points of energy to deconstruct it 100%! And it's best to use harmless deconstruction to deconstruct it! Is this the giant among the aberrations? Eh? Wait, what's the name assigned to it by the system? Is it an 'unknown extraordinary person'? Shouldn't it be an 'XXXX aberration'?"
Li Nuo immediately realized that something was strange.
His eyes moved slowly, carefully observing the aberration in front of him several times.
This aberration's skin is also gray, but whiter than the normal aberration. The surface of the skin has no wrinkles or dents, and is smooth. The aberrant mucus hanging on the body like sweat can be vaguely seen.
Except for the extra pair of watery black eyes, the short and small aberration in front of him looked like some kind of severely stunted bipedal aberration.
But how come it was given the title of "Extraordinary" by the system...
Li Nuo thought for a while, but did not take out his magic wand or alchemy gun.
He raised his hand, waved his hand towards the other party, and said hello.
The short aberration trembled as if frightened, and subconsciously covered its head with both hands.
It looked at Li Nuo through the gap between its two slender arms. When it saw that the other party had no intention of attacking, it seemed to be surprised and its eyes widened and its mouth opened.
It's amazing, Li Nuo actually saw a surprised expression on the face of a deformed body!
There was an extremely complicated expression in this little thing's eyes.
Moreover, its open mouth is not petal-shaped, but has two rows of upper and lower teeth and a scarlet tongue like humans.
"I know! Is this..."
A flash of lightning flashed in Li Nuo's mind!
He called up the panel obtained by deconstructing the aberration as quickly as possible, focusing on the "Type" column.
…
[Type] Product of living alchemy, cursed person
…
Product of living alchemy.
Since it is "living" alchemy, living animals must be used.
Li Nuo's heart sank, and he had some bad guesses in his mind.
He was about to think of a way to communicate with the short aberration in front of him, but he felt a slight shaking coming from the floor above.
"boom…"
A faint muffled sound caused a slight shaking, and the dust on the ceiling was shaken off.
Li Nuo looked up.
At the limit of his magical vision, he saw figures caught in the melee.
When those gang members discovered the hole, they became suspicious of each other and even went to war.
"It's best for these guys to die in the melee. Then when I return, I can comfortably plunder other sage spaces."
Li Nuo lowered his head to look at the ground, then glanced around suspiciously.
"Eh? Where is that weird aberration? It was here just now, why is it gone all of a sudden?"
Li Nuo called up his own panel information and looked at it.
There are no negative effects on his "status bar" that could distort perception.
I have never received a similar system message just now.
Taking another look at the slime carpet without any footprints, Li Nuo understood.
He encountered a giant aberration who came and went without a trace.
The real deal.
And there is no obvious hostility towards himself.
Since there is no hostility, we should encounter each other again next time. Then we can consider harmless deconstruction or communicating with the other party.
Li Nuo shook his head to drive out the distracting thoughts and seize the time to find a way down.
(End of chapter)
