I upgraded and added points in the Holy Inquisition

Chapter 325 Chapter 324. Incomplete Miracle

The shape of the crystal ball is somewhat similar to the one held by Professor Fernand before. There is a trace of active substance flowing inside, which is constantly flowing and changing.

But in comparison, the one held by the professor was like a poor imitation, which had no appeal to Lloyd at all, and even felt a little weird.

The one in front of me is even more mysterious, dreamy, beautiful and intoxicating.

The moment Lloyd saw the crystal ball, his whole body and mind seemed to be sucked away. He stared at it intently, seeming to have forgotten where he was and why he was here.

It wasn't until about half a minute later that he was 'awakened' by various movements in his head.

Whether it's inspiration, weird intuition, or even the always calm "Book of Truth", they are all reveling and restless, like a banquet in the village.

But they were not warning of danger, but urging Lloyd to hurry up and take possession of the crystal ball.

Lloyd wanted to follow this urging, get closer and hold the crystal ball in his hand.

But the rationality he had gradually recovered finally prevailed, allowing him to realize in time what kind of environment he was in and what he was here to do.

Lloyd quickly stopped, suppressing the restlessness in his brain and heart, and observed his surroundings.

So Lloyd didn't have much time to think or hesitate. He had no choice but to walk to the crystal ball and look down.

But most of his spiritual power had just been consumed, and he couldn't hold on for long...

"Professor? Professor, are you here?"

It shows that the professor's group has indeed been here and made initial arrangements.

And without that crystal filter, in Lloyd's eyes, they were no longer beautiful and charming, but revealed some indescribable evil and weirdness, appearing dangerous and deadly.

Even the air was getting colder, and as his breathing accelerated, it stung his throat.

So Lloyd chose to 'believe in yourself' and immediately took out a pair of silver-gray lead boxes from his storage bag——

"Quick...run away..."

Even the dense collection of books on the bookshelf stayed calm and did not rush toward Lloyd.

Instead, his weird intuition and the "Book of Truth" reminded him in their own ways to grab his things and run away!

They no longer reminded Lloyd with the carnival-like attitude they did before, but behaved more calmly and steadily.

Along with this severe pain, Lloyd suddenly "awakened" and shuddered. His thinking and rationality, which were almost frozen, regained their vitality because of the "scorching heat" of the steel needle.

This should be the normal state.

It's like the center of a storm. It's calmer than outside, and even the air is much cleaner. Not only does the panel not remind you of mental pollution, but even the readings in the upper right corner of the field of vision have returned to a series of '0's.

What followed was a burning sting in his brain, as if a red-hot steel needle had been inserted into his brain. The pain was so painful that he almost fainted on the spot.

But after only two or three seconds, they stopped flowing and no longer changed. As if they had completely lost their activity, they quickly solidified, froze, and finally turned into a pool of blood-red ice.

The physiological survival instinct instantly suppressed his inspiration, intuition, and even the restlessness of the "Book of Truth", causing him to subconsciously raise the dagger in his hand, activate [Extraordinary Swordsmanship], and strike the crystal with one sword. on the ball.

The tough crystal collided with the sharp blade, a burst of metallic sparks burst out, and then it was split into two.

[Ding~Insanity value +1000]

Lloyd tried to shout a few words.

At that time, Lloyd didn't pay much attention to such trivial details, but he still believed the seller's statement and kept the box. Unexpectedly, it would actually come in handy now.

But fortunately, he still has [Dizziness Resistance]

Some arranged rituals can be seen on the ground, but they are not in operation. You can also see a bottle containing spiritual ink near the desk, as well as broken mirrors, extinguished candles, etc.

Lloyd had to mobilize the spiritual power in his body and circulate it rapidly around his body, trying to maintain his body temperature by consuming spiritual power.

But where will they go?

The fascinating substance inside was like blood, changing into a bright red and sticky texture, flowing freely on the simple desk.

[Ding~Special skill fragment +5]

I even want to completely give up thinking and completely integrate into it.

Lloyd's inspiration didn't say anything about it.

That was the last time he bought the core material for the third [Transcendence], the seller gave it to him as a gift, saying it was the best container for holding spiritual materials, and also reminded him not to throw it away after using it.

No one responded, only his own voice echoed around him.

Under close observation, the material inside is even more beautiful and charming, like a whirlpool of thoughts, which can attract all thoughts and attention, making Lloyd completely unable to take his eyes away.

That kind of sculpture that has no ice residue but is motionless is just like those 'seniors' outside...

He obviously had his own voice, but Lloyd felt inexplicably that it was too quiet here, so quiet that it was suffocating.

But where are their people?

Surrounded by towering bookshelves, although the central area was spacious, there was no obstruction to the view, but Lloyd could not see a single person.

Until there was silence, I suddenly heard a weak reminder:

Except that the professor and others could not be found, everything was safe and sound here.

I have just regained a little bit of rationality, and it seems I am about to completely fall into it.

[Enough skill fragments have been obtained to unlock special skills - incomplete miracles]

There were no traces of fighting or use of power in the air.

If he stayed here any longer, Lloyd suspected that he would be frozen into a sculpture.

He quickly scraped the bloody ice slag off the table with his dagger, then put it into the lead box, sealed the lid tightly, and finally wrapped it tightly with oil paper, and then threw it into the storage bag. .

After he finished all this, he suddenly heard muffled sounds of 'dong dong dong' and a crisp sound of 'clattering' coming from all around.

Lloyd looked up and found piles of bones, like a stormy wave, pouring down from all directions, trying to bury Lloyd.

And on the towering bookshelves around, not even a single page can be seen on them...

It seemed that the densely packed books were all turned into corpses in an instant.

Some of these bones look like those of humans, and some look like those of monsters. They all have a gray-black decaying texture, similar to fossils, as if they have experienced thousands of years of baptism.

It looks similar to the two matches that Lloyd used for divination before...

Their texture was already so fragile that they looked like barely piled ashes. As they poured down in the air, they turned directly into pieces of powder, raising large plumes of smoke and dust in the air.

[Distortion Realm] instinctively sensed the danger, and the passive distortion function automatically turned on, helping Lloyd withstand the ashes pouring down in large areas, and gained a precious space for him to still stand.

And Lloyd found a few things that still maintained human form among the pile of ashes.

It was Fernand who taught them!

Although they looked extremely old, they were even more skinny, and their bodies were covered with scattered ashes. They looked like some Greek god of war.

But they are still alive, and they can even moan and groan.

"My legs...fuck..."

He is a bald mage. Although his originally shiny bald head is covered with age spots, and his strong muscles have shrunk to the size of a carrot, he still has the energy to cry out in pain...

Of course, Lloyd ignored him for the time being, and quickly picked up several other piles of ashes and rescued the professor and others who were buried inside.

This was supposed to be a heavy physical job, but somehow Lloyd felt that he had endless brute strength and his speed was even more amazing. With just a few pulls of his hands, he was already extremely old. Professor Fernand was rescued.

Although he fell into a coma, he was still alive, but he didn't know how long he could live...

Lloyd turned his head and looked again, and found that the old bald man nodded to him, but he didn't have the strength to speak, so he could only motion for him to continue.

Lloyd continued to use the seemingly inexhaustible brute force in his body to pull out several other people from the ashes at extremely fast speeds.

When the prospective professor from the engineering department was pulled out, although the other person was too old to speak, he still used his last strength to drop a metal box and then passed out.

The box fell to the ground and immediately began a mechanical expansion and transformation, like a Transformer, turning into a cart with four wheels?

Lloyd was worried about how to take these people away. Now he had a handy tool. He quickly placed a few people sideways on the trolley, then opened the portal back to the camp, and then found the two vertical control rods at the end of the trolley. The lever, pulled.

The cart immediately flew out like a sharp arrow and plunged into the portal.

It was just that there was an unavoidable bump and shake, which made the bald mage call out again:

"Ouch! My back..."

Lloyd ignored him and let the trolley rush into the elevator, then threw the people on it down one by one.

Then he quickly turned the car around, preparing to rescue the lecturer and teaching assistant again.

He has already felt that as the core area, that is, the library just now, has changed, the surrounding space has also begun to 'stop acting'. The surrounding space is no longer undercurrent, but has begun to become turbulent.

The space storm has arrived.

It's just that it hasn't developed to the most terrifying level yet, and it hasn't reached the place where Lloyd is.

But the space elevator has also begun to bump and drift under its influence, as if it will be blown away at any time.

Fortunately, Lloyd's [Projection] is still here and should be able to hold on for a little while longer.

"I'll go rescue them and be right back!"

Lloyd said, opening the portal again and locating the coordinates of the lecturer and teaching assistant.

The only person present who was still awake was the bald mage. Although he no longer had the strength to speak, he still had the last strength to open his eyes wide, as if he had discovered a madman, watching Lloyd rush in again. The portal.

This scene seemed to have given him such a strong psychological impact that the portal disappeared, and he was still staring blankly at the place where Lloyd disappeared.

Then, his lips trembled slightly and he managed to squeeze out a few unclear and unrecognizable syllables.

What he actually wanted to say was, 'May flowers bloom under your feet'. ……………………

"Uh...ha...ha..."

The assistant bounty hunter was holding his broken left arm and leaning against the wall. His face was pale. The sweat flowing from his forehead and back was flowing down the river, mixing with the blood dripping from the wound.

In front of him, the two lecturers were barely maintaining a temporary [intellectual barrier] to resist the crazy impact of those 'seniors' and books.

Although they are still alive and remain conscious and rational for the time being, they are at the end of their rope...

Shortly after they separated from Lloyd, the three of them also discovered that the 'seniors' and the books had come to life.

The assistant teacher was caught off guard and was touched on his left arm by a 'senior'.

The first half of his left arm decayed at the speed of light in just two seconds, and in the blink of an eye, only the yellow bones remained.

And this decadent trend has the tendency to spread throughout his body.

So the assistant coach drew out a dagger-like psychic blade without hesitation and decisively cut off his left arm.

But this can only allow him to survive for a little longer...

Although he was holding on to his life, the spiritual power in his body seemed to have been affected and was passing away at an exaggerated speed.

The 'senior' who succeeded in the sneak attack immediately began to 'shake people'. In an instant, countless 'seniors' and books swarmed towards the three of them.

Fortunately, the two lecturers were both from the [Intellect] department. They had a certain restraint effect on this kind of knowledge-based monsters and had rich archaeological experience, so they managed to fight their way out.

However, the original path plan was completely disrupted. In a panic, the three of them failed to meet the professor and the others or return to the camp. Instead, they were forced to a relatively small tea room.

The 'senior' and the book had no rational thinking at all, so naturally they didn't understand the concept of collision volume. The three of them were able to hold on for a little longer despite being crowded with each other.

However, it was precisely because of the three people's actions that they attracted all the ghosts near the corridor and stairs, which gave Lloyd an "opportunity" behind him.

It's just the price...

"I can't get out. I will use the last [law] to create a chance for you."

The assistant teacher said weakly, struggling to sit up.

"No need, we can't get out..."

Lecturer Lille smiled. There was not much despair on his face, but more of a kind of calmness and generosity.

Even before setting off, he had already prepared himself to face certain death.

"Huh~huh~ At least... we have to hold on until the space storm starts..."

Lecturer Randy was also speaking feebly.

He would rather be torn to pieces by the space storm than fall into the hands of these monsters.

That way, at least I can die as a human being...

"I hope Lloyd and the others have evacuated...so at least we are not completely wiped out. We can let the academy know what is happening here and stop asking people to die."

Instructor Randy continued.

In the process of resisting the monsters, the three of them quickly exchanged opinions and reached a consensus on the current situation——

The [miracle] that this operation wants to recover may no longer be the original [time freeze].

The miraculous magic that originally had high hopes and was believed to be able to change the future of mankind has been affected by some unknown factor, or 'tampered', and it no longer has the effects originally recorded.

It may also have certain [freezing] and [time] attributes, but it shows completely different effects.

It may still be used to combat mental pollution, freezing it in place.

However, these mental pollutions can produce some strange changes in the [frozen] state, thus giving rise to brand-new monsters such as 'seniors'.

Even if such a [miracle] is successfully recovered in the end, I am afraid that it will not bring future and hope to mankind, but disaster and despair...

"Haha, think on the bright side. At least our death was not in vain. It can make people today understand that these past [miracles] are not our hope."

Lecturer Lear said this despairing conclusion in as optimistic a tone as possible.

There was just a wry smile on his face, but he couldn't hold it back no matter what.

He actually still remembered his fiancée and the big villa that had just been renovated and he didn't have time to enjoy it...

At this time, lecturer Randy suggested again:

"How about...William, why don't you sacrifice yourself and give me a good blow? I believe in your skill in this area."

"Yes, yes, me too."

Lecturer Lille also said quickly.

The assistant teacher looked up at the monsters that were frantically attacking the temporary barrier, nodded, then clenched the psychic blade in his hand, and stood up with barely enough support.

The next second, several invisible sword lights broke through the air and struck in the direction of the two lecturers.

However, he narrowly missed the two of them and did not hurt them at all.

On the contrary, the 'seniors' who had hit the hardest were immediately split in two from the middle, revealing the dark hollow inside.

The assistant teacher couldn't help but froze, wondering if he had lost too much blood and was dazzled.

He seemed to have seen a few matchsticks flying past just now?

Then, he looked back.

The wall that he was originally leaning against had turned into a space rift at some point, and a portal was opened, from which Lloyd's upper body was exposed, and he was saying angrily:

"Why are you hiding in such a small place? You almost couldn't find it!"

As soon as he saw Lloyd's appearance, the assistant's face suddenly became even paler.

He hasn't left yet?

He was actually stupid enough to come to save himself?

"you this……"

The assistant coach was about to curse, but Lloyd's hand was faster, grabbing his shoulder and pulling him into the portal with a strong tug.

The remaining two lecturers did not expect this scene to appear. They seemed to be stupid all of a sudden, and they did not know how to run away or complain.

In the end, Lloyd stretched out his hands, grabbed the waistbands of the two people, and then used the extra brute force on his body to drag them directly into the portal.

Without the resistance of the temporary barrier, those ghosts outside were no longer hindered and wanted to swarm forward again.

But the monster at the front seemed to suddenly notice something, and suddenly stopped, blocking the roads behind.

They are no longer as greedy towards Lloyd as they were before. Instead, they have become a little instinctively afraid and dare not go up again.

And Lloyd also smiled coldly and threw out the last few matches in his hand.

"Fuck you!"

As the last amount of madness was recorded, his upper body retracted into the portal, and then he let out a long breath.

Then he faced the three 'Calabash Babies' who had just been rescued in front of him, showing a helpless smile and spreading his hands:

"Okay, now the question is, how should we go back?"

"here it is……"

Lecturer Randy was the first to come to his senses. He immediately looked around and found that the position where several people were standing looked like half a canteen?

It's literally 'half'. Only half of the floor, shelves, counters and other facilities here are left, and the other half is a dark space crack, like a different space outside.

If the four of them were characters in a comic book, then the situation they were in was as if the page had been torn out, leaving only this half.

"where is this place?"

Lecturer Lille also asked, then reached out and scratched his forehead.

He felt like his hair had grown out again.

But with his previous experience, he knew that Lloyd was helping him, so he didn't say anything more, but he was more curious about the situation in front of him.

Before Lloyd could explain, the space where the four of them were was suddenly spinning and spiraling, making everyone feel dizzy and lose their ability to identify direction.

But their feet were clearly standing on the floor, and their relative positions to the shelves and counters did not change. It seemed that their brains were spinning on their own.

"Oh wow wow..."

"Eh, eh, eh, eh?"

"vomit……"

The lecturer and teaching assistant each experienced various symptoms of discomfort.

Lloyd is fine, but his face is not good-looking, but at least he can still speak normally:

"Ahem... If the conditions don't allow, let's get over it a little bit and see if the storm will blow us a little further away, so we won't be so dizzy."

After saying that, he showed a helpless smile and complained:

"I didn't expect that in addition to driving the elevator, I would also have to drive a boat..."

(End of this chapter)