Chapter 333: Secret Passage, Key Clue and Secret Garden

"Snap."

Accompanied by the dust floating and swaying in the air, the experimental log was closed with both hands.

His fingertips rubbed its rough and flexible surface, recalling the records in the log, Xia Nan's expression was thoughtful.

Although it was filled with a large number of cumbersome and complex experimental terms that were difficult to understand, and mixed with many subjective ramblings and incomprehensible inner voices.

But if you look at it page by page from the beginning, omitting the content without much information, and summarizing it slightly, you can also get the identity of the owner of the log and the cause and effect of coming here.

An adventurer with a "Druid" professional category whose level has reached lv5, because he accidentally encountered a powerful monster named "Gauss Beholder" on the outskirts of the Underdark, the team suffered heavy losses, two teammates died one after another, and he himself was triggered by the special line of sight of the Beholder.

In order to find a safe and hidden place to heal, he came to this canyon.

It's just that the curse on this Druid seems to be particularly vicious, and ordinary treatment methods are difficult to alleviate.

It happened to be the month of Summer Tide, which is the blooming season of Mist Lamp Grass.

The other party accidentally found an opportunity to heal his injuries from the blooming Mist Lamp Grass, and even move forward to lv6, but at the same time, he needed pure vitality as the medium and catalyst for it.

Thus, Mist Lamp Village, which is close to the canyon, naturally became his target, and was forced to hold a sacrificial ritual, regularly offering "sacrifices" to him.

And this is the origin of the so-called ancient ritual passed down for generations in Mist Lamp Village.

There is no information in the diary that can judge the precise time when the Druid came to the canyon.

But through the words and phrases Xia Nan got in the village, it can be roughly judged that this ritual has lasted for many years, and even the village chief has changed many terms.

This also makes this ritual, which was originally just to satisfy the Druid's selfish desires and was forced to be held, gradually become a tradition of Mist Lamp Village under the inheritance of one generation after another.

Even in the later period, the Druid's experiment made major progress, his injuries healed, and he no longer needed pure vitality as a supplement, Mist Lamp Village still offered a sacrifice into the canyon every few years.

Thinking of this, Xia Nan only felt absurd in his heart.

According to the Druid's description in the log, in the years when he first came to the canyon, he might have really provided help to Mist Lamp Village.

After all, it is the main source of sacrifices, and maintaining the safety of the village and allowing the number of villagers to fully develop is also conducive to his own experiments.

And as a lv5 Druid, in this kind of location that doesn't even count as the outskirts of the Mist Forest, helping to drive away some weak monsters, or making the villagers have a good harvest every year through professional skills, can be said to be too simple.

But as he slept for longer and longer, and the experiment progressed deeper, the Druid who no longer needed pure vitality naturally reduced his help to the village.

And developing to this extent, for Mist Lamp Village, the sacrificial ritual has long been given a meaning beyond its original one.

It has become a tool for rulers to maintain their own power and status.

Although he knew that the protection of the so-called Spirit of the Canyon did not exist, he still held rituals regularly and offered sacrifices.

Facing challengers to authority, even if he used the insidious means of "killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred," or actively attracted external monsters, or created panic about crop failure, he had to suppress the other party and maintain his own status.

Looking at it this way, the resistance of Aspen after his daughter was chosen as a sacrifice, and the final submission, were not the punishment of the Spirit of the Canyon in everyone's mouth, but were deliberately guided by the village chief behind his back.

Using Aspen's own sense of responsibility and feelings for the villagers to threaten him to make a choice between the village and his daughter.

And the monster lurking around the village that didn't leave until two months after the ritual ended, probably wasn't because the ritual went smoothly and forgave everyone, it was likely that it was full, or some other reason, so it chose to leave.

"Not a good person..."

Xia Nan subconsciously recalled the longbow with words carved on it behind Aspen, and the old village chief with a face full of flesh folds.

Killing intent emerged in his heart.

Thinking that when he left the village later, he would tell the villagers the truth.

I think the anger of the simple and hardworking masses will give the old village chief's professional career a "perfect" end.

In addition, Xia Nan also found an unexpected gain from this log left by the Druid.

The other party mentioned that one of his teammates went to Shoal Islands in the Southern Archipelago to recuperate after the squad disbanded.

This is not the key.

What really made Xia Nan pay attention and pay special attention to was the address in the Druid's mouth:

——"That kid from the Morton family."

This surname, as long as you are slightly familiar with the history of the Servia Kingdom, you will not be unfamiliar.

If you add the "Nianshu Duke" and "Inherit the Title" mentioned in the log...

Then the identity of this teammate of the Druid can be determined.

It is exactly the one Xia Nan just passed by with the mage Weirouer not long ago, the ruler of Nianshu Duke in the Yuansha Province, the source of the 【Molten Gray Silver Ingot】 spoils, the object of loyalty of the professional "Larsen" he killed, the initial source of 【Dream Weaving Corridor】——

The descendant of the Duke Morton family!

Turning around, I didn't expect to meet him here again.

And what makes Xia Nan's heart fantasize most is the description of this young master Morton by the Druid.

It is said that when he left home, he stole the heirloom in the family, and the appearance of the heirloom was a strange silver-white metal object that could not be seen for specific use.

When Xia Nan saw this sentence for the first time, the first thing that popped into his mind was the 【Dream Weaving Corridor】 on his body.

Although this technological artifact that can improve combat technique proficiency has changed into a silver ring after activation and is worn on the ring finger of his right hand.

But when he first met it, wasn't it the "strange silver-white metal object that couldn't be seen for specific use" described in the log.

"Morton of Nianshu Duke," "Family Heirloom," "Useless Metal Object"...

These terms, if taken out separately, might not be worth paying attention to.

But if combined, it couldn't help but make Xia Nan, who knew the inside story, jump in his heart.

Could it be that 【Dream Weaving Corridor】 is not just one piece?

Or, the thing in the hands of that young master Morton who ran away from home is not some 【Dream Weaving Corridor】 body, but something related to it, for example...

Key!?

The strong premonition that suddenly surged in his heart made Xia Nan's emotions fluctuate uncontrollably.

The super-powerful function of 【Dream Weaving Corridor】 naturally doesn't need to be repeated. The promotion of 【Tooth Hunting】 at the beginning was helped by it. As long as it can be activated, the combat technique proficiency that skyrockets through virtual simulation will help Xia Nan save a lot of hard work.

Now, its energy has a clear replenishment channel. As long as you look for alien secret realms, you can charge it through special items inside.

Only the "key" required to open the device is not yet available.

And looking for the key itself is one of the medium-term goals he set for himself.

Finally, there is a clue.

Even if it is finally confirmed that this heirloom taken out of the Morton family is not the 【Dream Weaving Corridor】 key he is chasing, for this one percent possibility... 【333-

This "Shoal Islands," he likely has to make a trip there as well.