Mystery: Survival from the Secret Doll

Chapter 116 115 Unlocked Items

There is no logical reason for staying here, and there is no reason for them to split up and stay here. It is unfriendly, quite unfriendly.

Tang cursed in his mind. He didn't know if this was a lucky coincidence or if there was some other force at work, like a quill or something like that.

In short, these Amons completely regarded Tingen as their own amusement park. While residing here permanently, they probably also planned to stake out and hunt the extraordinary people of the Gou San family on this route and the adjacent routes.

“Things without logic are really hard to defend against.”

He looked at the Amons around him and suddenly raised his hand.

Divinity and spirituality burst out, slicing these "Amons" completely in Euclidean space, and seeing their cores, which were one after another Time Worms, and thin lines spreading to the far distance.

In the mystical definition, each Time Worm is inextricably linked to its original body. As long as the Sequence 1 Angel King does not deliberately conceal it, this mystical connection can be fully presented in Euclidean space.

Through the connection of these thin lines, Tang judged that Amon's real body was indeed not within the scope of Tingen.

He was skeptical about the information his own secret doll had obtained, but it seemed to be the case.

"So, how will Amon come here and fish?"

The real body is already hidden in a certain time worm, ready to replace destiny at any time?

Or perhaps, these thin lines connected to a high-sequence clone of Amon, who was hiding outside Tingen, eagerly awaiting his and Pales's actions?

Tang restrained his divinity and glanced at the system.

system:?
"Can the tasks issued by your subsystem be mandatory?"

system:? ?

Host, what new operations are you thinking of?
Don't do that, it's scared.

It was a sunny afternoon when we met the children who were brought out from the territory.

A huge bell tower stood not far from the principal's office. The bells rang in a deep, rhythmic voice. The sun in the sky and the passing white clouds cast a few shadows. White doves took off in front of the church, bringing with them a breeze.

The spacious principal's office covers a huge area. The floor is covered with warm animal fur. The huge floor-to-ceiling windows can see the clock tower in the distance and the students walking back and forth on the ground. The wall-mounted chandeliers emit soft light. Some exquisite mechanical objects are hung at different heights on the walls. There are many ancient books written in various languages ​​on a huge bookcase.

Quiet and heavy are the feelings this office gives people.

The differences between those modern artifacts and the general understanding of mankind in this era are also a bit weird and abnormal.

There was a knock on the door, and Emily's soft voice came from outside, "Principal Ramde."

"Please come in."

Tang, who was sitting behind the huge desk, raised his head and looked towards the door.

The door opened in response. Emily's enthusiastic expression subsided slightly when she saw Tang. She bowed to Tang and then opened the door completely, allowing the children outside to see the situation inside.

The children outside the door were curious, awed, and afraid, but still walked in hesitantly under Emily's guidance.

"Mr. Ramde."

The girl standing at the front also bowed respectfully towards Tang. It wasn't very standard, but it showed enough respect.

Tang nodded when he saw the child. He knew this child. When he saw him before, he saw that the child was beaten to death because his mother was seriously ill and stole his father's alcohol money. Now he seemed to be much better.

"Don't be so restrained." Tang also stood up and addressed the group of young boys. He looked at the bustling crowd of children before him and used the Faceless Man's ability to make his voice sound low, revealing a magical power that could comfort people. His voice was not loud, but it was loud enough to reach everyone's ears.

"Senior Emily should have introduced many of the characteristics of our school to you. How have you been these days?"

"Very well, indeed, Mr. Ramde..."

The girl's language was a little jumbled and the word order was disordered, but Tang could still understand what she meant.

With the encouragement and motivation of their leaders, the principal and Emily, the children began to describe what they had seen and heard in the past two days using words they were not very familiar with.

“It’s delicious.”

“Those things are beautiful.”

"Very good, it has never been better."

"Mr. Principal, can we stay here forever?"

“Big place, very clean.”

As they talk, when they can no longer describe something with words, some children decide to replicate it through actions.

Forty or so children chattered, but Tang's expression remained unchanged. He listened to their words and gestured for them to pause for a moment.

The group of children really stopped like that, and each of them stared at the smiling principal in front of them.

"Of course, you can stay here forever, but the people who brought you here also made some requirements of you. Remember, this is a school."

Tang said, "It is a place where knowledge and faith are given to you."

"Nothing comes for free, just like what those people who communicated with you at the beginning said."

The children fell silent, staring at Tang intently. Their dark eyes showed curiosity, confusion, and many other emotions.

They were born in bad circumstances, and until they were found and taken here, they were struggling on the brink of death.

Perhaps it was the promise of a piece of bread and a place to stay that made them afraid at first, but soon they were no longer afraid.

They were about to die, and if they met slave traders, there might be a glimmer of hope, so they came.

Loen was not safe in this era. Wars between countries could break out at any time. Food was insufficient to meet the needs of the entire society. Money and power were concentrated in the nobility. Who was more noble than the common people below?
Even in the era when Klein Moretti appeared, people were running for black bread every day. If they stopped, they would fall into a vicious cycle of hunger, cold, inability to work, and then continued hunger.

How many people were buried and cremated every day at that time?
Compared to that time, human lives in this era are even more worthless, and it is a miracle to survive.

What a miracle...

"So, in the next few years, you will need to learn languages, history, geography, humanities, etiquette, mathematics, engineering, and a whole host of other things you may or may not need. This is the price you pay for it."

"Then, work for me."

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'Updated task status'

'Side Quest: Establish a Secret Organization (Phase 3)'

"Please recruit outstanding students with the above qualities! And provide them with preliminary training in mysticism!"

'Task Progress: 100/100'

'Quest Reward: Surprise Gift Pack*1, Manuscript of the Black Magic Book "Book of the Dead."'

'Task status: Completed.'

Tang Zheng, who was sitting in a high-back chair with a somewhat awkward posture, was looking at the novel that the system had materialized from some corner of his memory. When he heard this, he suddenly raised his head.

"Is it finished?" "Yes, host, the last Sequence 7 has just been born."

Tang sat up straight and sighed silently, "The Book of the Dead is finally here..."

There were two task rewards, and he opened the surprise gift package first.

'A survey book for observing the stars.'

'Quality: System exclusive.'

'Time, location, and orientation should all be recorded promptly for each star observation. This will allow for effective comparisons and help stargazers draw correct conclusions!'

"A star-gazing notebook. Keep a record of every observation."

Tip: It is recommended to use it together with the planetarium for observing stars.

A notebook similar to a diary appeared on the desk. Tang flipped through it and found it was blank, with nothing in it.

"A star-gazing notebook. Tsk, another Astrologer's Set? Are these really all that's in this surprise gift pack?"

But this category of things did help him a lot.

The stargazer set now consists of four items: mosaic glasses, astronomical telescope, planetarium and mapping book. There should be more to come, but I don’t know what they will be.

This thing will be studied later. Compared with another thing, the mapping book, one of the items in the stargazer set, seems to be of secondary importance.

Tang looked at the things quietly placed in the corner of the system warehouse.

'A copy of the Necronomicon.'

'Quality: Unknown.'

"It is not the dead who sleep forever, for even death itself vanishes in the mysterious aeons."

'Warning: This item is quite dangerous, please use it with caution! ! ! '

"Host, if you want to see this, be prepared..."

Forget about it, he already knew how dangerous this thing was when he saw the three exclamation marks in a row.

Putting on mosaic glasses, Tang took out the "Book of the Dead" from the system warehouse.

"Unsolved... a quality that has never appeared in the system settings, an unknown mystery that cannot be interpreted, and no one understands?"

The Book of the Dead is known as the most perfect black magic book in the Cthulhu mythology.

This masterpiece explains historical events, predicts the future, reveals the true origin of human mythology and religion, and explains in detail things such as the Old Seal, Nyarlathotep, the Ancients who are much older than humans and their slaves, Shoggoths, Azathoth, Cthulhu, Yog-Sothoth, Shub-Niggurath, and Tsathoggua.

At the same time, it records the sects that believe in them and the secret rituals that worship them.

"If it were in my world, these fictional books would only be for entertainment and to supplement the Cthulhu mythology."

But it is different here. The old days and gods truly exist here. Evil gods and extraordinary things coexist. So this kind of book, especially this thing, comes from the system and the wilderness of knowledge.

Could it be something that evolved from the crazy knowledge in the knowledge wilderness?
The first impression the black book gave him was that it was heavy.

It was a large black hardcover book, locked up with tiny chains one after another. It seemed as if there were incomprehensible monsters inside, and once the chains were unlocked, they would break out of the seal of the book and appear in the real world.

"It's not impossible... The Wilds of Knowledge is the source of the Second Path of Knowledge. Sequence 4 of the Mysterious Peeper Path is called the Mystic. The mystery reappears. The less people know about something, the greater its power..."

"It is said that the original of this book was lost long ago. What has been handed down in reality are translations and transcripts of the Necronomicon. This is also a transcript..."

Tang's mouth twitched slightly, and he muttered, "Is it possible that a Cthulhu will suddenly jump up and hit me in the face?"

"system?"

System: "... Host, um, this system just remembered something..."

It crashes first.

The voice in his head died down, and Tang's mouth twitched. In the end, he did not pull out the system to face the fear with him.

It seems that the system is also afraid of this thing. It is very good and very valuable. It is probably more valuable than all the magical items he currently has.

But it is dangerous, probably as dangerous as the Sun Scepter of 'Sun Rising'.

Taking a deep breath, Tang gradually untied the chains on the outside of the thick and large book, which had a dry yet sticky and smooth surface.

The tiny chains exuded a silver luster, and each chain was engraved with strange mystical symbols. Tang identified them and found that this was not something that appeared in modern mysticism. What did it symbolize?

He suppressed his doubts deep in his heart. When the last chain fell off, there was a buzzing sound, and it seemed as if something invisible passed through the air, creating ripples.

The curtains moved suddenly.

Tang resisted the urge to take a step back and looked towards the floor-to-ceiling window with an expressionless face.

There is nothing there.

He looked around at the tables, chairs, benches, bookcases and windows, but still nothing.

Looking at the Book of the Dead on the desk in front of him, he decisively entered the Euclidean space.

"black?"

From the perspective of Euclidean space, the entire office was distorted to varying degrees, and a strange black color covered the entire room.

The black color is not so dark that mosaic glasses need to block it, but the distortion itself symbolizes a certain problem.

Tang felt a chill on his back, and he knew that his premonition of danger had been activated.

"Is the mere existence itself dangerous..."

After flipping a coin, Tang didn't check to see which side was facing up and returned to the real world.

The ring on the little finger of his left hand lit up slightly, and black curtains fell from the sky one after another, wrapping up the office and creating another layer of isolation. Tang then sat down again, grabbed the surface of the book cover, and wanted to open it.

"Host, the SAN value has been materialized."

The system panel popped up automatically, and a new row of digital records appeared below Tang's character panel.

'SAN value: 92.'

Note: A SAN value above 60 or below 80 indicates a mild SAN drop, which can lead to auditory and visual hallucinations and mild schizophrenia. However, recovery is possible with psychological counseling and appropriate treatment.

SAN values ​​above 20 and below 60 indicate a moderate SAN drop, with a large number of auditory and visual hallucinations occurring. Schizophrenia will become severe, requiring immediate psychological intervention and long-term psychiatric treatment.

A SAN value below 20 is considered a severe SAN loss. The host in this state will experience hallucinations and auditory hallucinations for a long time! Their mind will completely break down! Once the SAN value continues to drop, the host will go crazy and become a monster!

Please always pay attention to your SAN value, otherwise the mental hospital will be your final destination (heart)~

(End of this chapter)