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Chapter 881, Section 876: The Dark Dynasty (4k views, please vote!)

Marne's eyes sharpened instantly, penetrating directly into the female ghost's surface thoughts. Countless chaotic and extreme emotions enveloped him, but he still quickly found that crucial sentence within them.

'How dare he address the Lord of Darkness by his name?'

Karina, the Lord of Darkness.

This name also carries a lot of information.

Although the female ghost's expression suddenly turned terrible after he invaded her, Ma En did not stop there, because he sensed that the other party's fear was so urgent.

He immediately used his clumsy mental abilities to continue invading the female ghost's mind, ignoring her obviously somewhat broken mind and unstable memory space, and quickly searched for the information he needed.

The most important thing is where this place is.

Moreover, what he was looking for was not information about this anomalous space, but its actual geographical location...

Eastern Federation, Lanhuo State...

Although the address that followed didn't match reality at all, those three words answered the most important question in Ma En's mind: this might be the reason why Karina's dark power could give rise to the Southern Federation.

In the past, she had already broken free from the constraints of geographical boundaries.

To further confirm this idea, Ma En continued to delve into the depths of the other's mind, determined to ascertain the specific circumstances of the other gods before this memory space and the female ghost's spirit completely collapsed.

The sun god Sera...

The idea came to an abrupt end here.

All the chaotic and extreme emotions vanished, replaced by a profound tranquility. This silence originated from the deepest part of the female ghost's heart and instantly overwhelmed her soul like a rising spring.

Marne saw it in her heart...

Pure darkness.

And in the instant their eyes met, the darkness took shape and depth, even forming in front of him the face of an adult woman who looked not only cold and vicious, but also somewhat noble.

She slightly curled her lips:
"Are you looking for me?"

Marne has fully gathered the energy needed for the jump.

But he still asked calmly:
"Are you Karina?"

She smiled knowingly.
"So you called my name, but you didn't recognize who I was?"

"interesting……"

As soon as he asked the question, the rate of memory collapse increased tenfold instantly; clearly, such a nonsensical question was utterly unreasonable.

But at this moment, the rate at which the drug's effects are being consumed is increasing even more than the rate at which the memory is collapsing.

This is because he is now delving deeper into the depths of his memory.

Maren then pressed on, asking:
“This is important. Can you tell me if the other gods are in the Southern Federation? I am a special ability user, so I can't explain the specifics to you, and my question sounds rather strange.”

"But this issue is important to both you and me."

This is an attempt at communication.

But clearly, the Dark Goddess on the other side wasn't as easy to talk to as Cao Yan.

She smiled:

"Not a bad attempt, but your words are not convincing. I know what you have done to my people. Didn't you say it yourself? You can go into her mind and take it yourself."

Why can't I do it?

Her appearance and her words at this moment reveal something very important: the dark goddess Karina of the past also possessed abilities in the realm of the mind, which may be the reason why she escaped her constraints.

As she asked the question, Ma En also felt the darkness on the other side surging towards him.

Although it is dangerous and extremely likely to cause memory loss.

But Marne still tried to speak:
"Serahn!"

Nothing happens.

Karina's playful smile grew even wider:

"You seem to have no idea what's going on. This is the age of the Dark Lord."

The darkness had already reached his ankles, but unlike his senior brother and other memory experts, Ma En did not sense any danger, and he did not even feel the presence of his ankles.

The numb darkness was engulfing him.

Only the sudden and drastic decrease in the amount of the antidote is telling the story.

Without almost any hesitation, he jumped.

He was like a seabird leaping out of the water, instantly leaving behind his original memory environment and freely soaring towards a completely new memory. However, this leap was somewhat different from the previous ones.

He didn't need to turn around to "see" that the darkness behind him was rapidly spreading and quickly swallowing up half of the memory, as if it were searching for his whereabouts.

very dangerous.

He almost lost all the remaining Reverse Mind Potions right there.

Even so, he only retained the effects of three Reverse Mind Medicines.

Half of it was consumed due to unstable memory and information absorption, while the other half was consumed when darkness silently rose above his ankles.

However, he also obtained very important intelligence.

That is, calling Serane's name had no effect at that time.

If that's all there is to it, it could be explained that Karina's space can isolate her from the outside world, but that's not actually a very reasonable explanation.

But Karina's reaction completely confirmed Marn's speculation.

She was not afraid of Serane.

Moreover, Serane may not be able to leave the Southern Federation.

You know, the last time he appeared with Karina and the Moon Goddess, he only called out Serane's name and it attracted a terrible attack from her. Moreover, from his discussion with them at the time, it was clear that these two gods were quite afraid of Serane.

If Serane couldn't leave the Southern Federation at the time, they wouldn't have had that attitude, and at the very least, Karina shouldn't have stayed in the Southern Federation.

If she were within the Southern Federation, she should be in the Dark Space.

This information is sufficient to deduce that these two scenes likely occurred in two different phases. In the previous memory, Serane was clearly the deity with the upper hand, while in this phase, the dark goddess has prevailed in the internal power struggle among the gods. Considering that Karina doesn't recognize him at all, Maen is more inclined to believe that the memory he entered this time was before the last one.

While it's possible that in the last memory of their meeting, she was a vessel for another deity, which might explain why Karina didn't remember her appearance, Ma En felt it was a bit far-fetched.

More importantly, the fact that the female ghost dared to attack him this time indicates that it likely happened in his very early and youthful memories; otherwise, he would never have been pulled into that dark space by the female ghost.

At the same time, Ma En also remembered that the moon goddess had said something like that.

"Changes in weather are just a normal part of life."

At the time, these words seemed to have a completely different meaning, but now it seems to suggest that Serane has regained the upper hand.

What happened at that time was likely that the three gods who had been defeated by the sun god were trying to reach an agreement to challenge the king of the gods again, which could explain why Karina was so aggressive at the time.

Based on this speculation, the goddess of darkness in the past was probably one of the most powerful deities.

Actually, there were some clues last time. Apart from the unknown deity he represented, the other two deities who appeared in that surprise attack, the sun god and the moon god, were both quite powerful deities.

You could even say they are the most powerful gods right now.

Thinking about it carefully, the concept of symbolizing darkness should obviously be a very powerful deity, at least not the way Karina is in reality right now.

That should have been a conflict between top-tier deities.

Perhaps her current situation is related to the outcome of a normal conflict. Although we cannot rule out all other possibilities, it is clear that this Karina is quite extraordinary.

This intelligence also serves as a reminder.

He should be more cautious in his dealings with the real-life Karina, and unless there is an unavoidable reason, he should not delve too deeply into Karina's secrets.

The worst possibility is that she was actually pretending to be stupid, and this was a trap she deliberately set.

If the situation is slightly better, then her problem is probably beyond my ability to solve, or if I really want to find her secret, I should search through her past memories.

Having encountered two dangerous creatures in succession, he almost impulsively changed his course and began to move deeper—that is, closer to the fragmented memories.

Then, he began searching for those memory fragments that were clearly brighter and softer, and also carried a faint sense of mystery.

After randomly eliminating several memories that met the criteria, he then entered his target memory.
Just as you feel outside, warm sunlight streams into the room through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

This was a meticulously furnished bedroom, with a bed, bookshelves, a desk, and a computer. However, Ma En did not attempt to touch the computer, as Cao Yan had warned him that the internet was the most dangerous place for information.

This is clearly not the room where I met the magician and his group last time. Judging from the layout of the room, it is obviously a long-term residence. The only question is whether I am the owner of this place.

Ma En first walked to the bookshelf, where various books filled about two-thirds of the space.

He began to carefully read the titles of various books.

Most of the books looked like various novels, including many fantasy works, mainly science fiction and fantasy. In addition, there were some novels that looked like pure literature, but Marx and Engels had no interest in any of them.

Besides these novels, there are also many reference books and popular science books on the bookshelf.

Judging from their appearance, these books have not been used for a long time.

Marne's gaze paused for a moment.

He saw a very interesting book.

Longevity Fist.

The book appeared to be a legitimate mass-produced print, but after confirming that there were no other books of particular interest, Marne picked it up and began reading.

Absorbing information requires consuming medicinal efficacy. Books, despite their high information density, do not actually consume too much medicinal efficacy because the density of useful information within them is often equally high.

Marx and Eng thought for a moment, then slowly began to read the book, instead of hastily memorizing it, in order to ensure they could have a first-time reading experience.

Even though they were both martial arts books, he could clearly feel the difference after just flipping through a few pages.

Although he hadn't finished reading the whole book, Ma En stood up first, punched a few times according to the description in the book, felt the exhilarating and continuous power, and then continued reading the contents of the book.

completely different.

Marne could feel a sense of elation within him; the knowledge in the book flowed into his mind like honey in the smoothest and most pleasant way.

Almost before he realized it, Marx and Engels had finished reading the entire book while simultaneously practicing.

No distracting thoughts arose.

Maren jumped off the bed and performed the entire Longevity Fist routine on the spot, following the posture described in the book. However, he then performed the Longevity Fist routine several more times on the spot, entirely out of a pure sense of satisfaction.

While he was practicing his boxing, one could feel the life force surging within him. Moreover, when Marx and Eng picked up the book again to read, they could feel a strange vitality in the pictures and words.

This seems to be the kind of thing that Li Hongyu often talks about that she can't understand.

At this moment, Maren had an almost absurd feeling. He knew what this set of boxing techniques meant and what he had gained from learning it.

His health has improved considerably. Although this may not mean much to him, if such a change occurred in an ordinary person, they might live more than a decade longer by gaining control over this feeling.

What surprised Marne even more was that he still couldn't understand how it worked. He didn't know how he realized the effects of this boxing technique, even though there was no verbal communication between them and no explanation of it in any books.

He knew it before he knew it.

This kind of insight needs no explanation, and it's probably difficult for him to understand in his current state.

Marne immediately picked up the book and memorized all the information in it, something he had hesitated to do at the beginning.

He had already planned to bring all the contents of the book to Li Hongyu to read.

He hesitated for a moment, but decided to learn it on his own first before memorizing it. After all, martial arts seemed to be a rather special knowledge system, and he almost instinctively felt that the first experience should be quite important.

But actually, he no longer needs to memorize the contents of the book.

Because he has already mastered the essence of the Longevity Fist.

He could completely replicate this martial art in real life using his body.

According to Li Hongyu, this is considered to have "mastered" the art, which is enough for most cases. The next step is to practice the boxing technique to perfection, and then to improve and adjust it.

Of course, for him there might also be a sense of proficiency.

Because he had mastered the essence of this boxing style before he became proficient in it.

That's the problem.

Why was he able to read this martial arts book so smoothly?