Chapter 3754: Secret Treasure

The Mad Beast Train gradually came to a halt. As soon as the carriage doors opened, the bustling, clamorous voices of the Black Iron City station flooded in.

In other worlds, this was a common sight, but in the Eternal Light World, it could only be seen at the Black Iron City station. This was the only large-scale shelter in the world, while the Shelter City at the center was merely a cage built by the Lightless Divine Sect.

When Su Xiao first entered this world, he saw in the world introduction that the lifespan of Shelter City residents had been continuously declining over the past hundred years. Initially, few lived past 60; now, it was rare for anyone to live past 40.

For a race in a high-tier world like the Eternal Light World, the average lifespan of a commoner should be around 200–270 years. The situation in Shelter City clearly indicated that the Lightless Temple had set something up within the city to slowly absorb the residents' primordial life force. The less primordial life force they had, the shorter their lifespan.

This primordial life force must have fallen into the maws of the Four Giants of the Lightless Temple. Compared to devouring all the living beings in Shelter City at once, this method allowed for a much longer period of consumption.

This approach by the Four Giants of the Lightless Temple undoubtedly revealed a lack of life-attribute secret treasures. The four of them were only able to cooperate because they could divide the primordial life force obtained through Shelter City.

As powerful world-ending existences and Abyss-corrupted beings, even if the Four Giants of the Lightless Temple did not devour primordial life force for a long time, they would not perish, but they would weaken.

This meant that once a life-attribute secret treasure appeared, the Four Giants of the Lightless Temple would certainly not let it go, especially since a Law-Breaker had arrived in this world and revealed an intent to slay them.

Stepping off the train, Su Xiao had been to Black Iron City once before and had exchanged a sum of Black Iron Coins at the local exchange. This time, entering the city went much more smoothly; a patrolling officer even recognized him. He had asked this officer for directions when he went to the exchange previously.

The streets of Black Iron City were slightly dim, with every shop along the road lit by lamps. Su Xiao hadn't walked far when the aroma of food made him slow his pace. It was a small-looking restaurant, and the neon lights on the door formed the shape of a horned monster.

Smelling that it was quite good, and having not eaten a proper meal in the last two days, Su Xiao stepped inside. As soon as he pushed the door open, a wave of heat hit his face. There were many customers inside, and they were all speaking loudly due to drinking. Su Xiao sat down and opened the menu, almost thinking he had picked up the wrong thing; it looked like a monster encyclopedia.

After flipping through a few pages, he discovered that this small restaurant specialized in cooking exotic beasts. When some adventurers hunted exotic beasts, the beasts' organs were valuable after being air-dried and processed, serving as materials. Only the meat had an average price; compared to the processing costs, it was better to sell it cheaply to the restaurant.

Since he had come to the Eternal Light World, he naturally had to taste the local delicacies. He took out the Goddess of Luck's "Myriad World Gourmet Guide" and wrote on a blank page: "Eternal Light World · Exotic Beast Restaurant."

Before long, a bowl of exotic beast meat over rice was placed in front of Su Xiao. The rice was an ingredient he provided himself. He picked up the cutlery and took a bite; surprisingly, the taste was quite good. Although the meat was a bit tough, it was cut into small pieces over rice, and mixed with the fragrant, thick sauce, it had a unique flavor.

Su Xiao, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, and Baja had a hearty meal, which only cost 2 Black Iron Coins. Before leaving, the restaurant owner even gave them a few glasses of fruit juice. It was squeezed from a berry native to Black Iron City; it tasted a bit sour and astringent, but left a lingering sweetness in the mouth afterward.

Just as Su Xiao exited the restaurant, he saw a familiar figure sitting across the street—the Grocery Brother, Thorns.

Carrying a large package and wearing a face mask, the Grocery Brother raised his hand. After Su Xiao approached, Thorns said, "The Mechanical Creator has noticed you and wants to see you. Will you go? If not, I have a way to help you deal with it."

The Mechanical Creator was the founder of Black Iron City. Although a world-ending existence, he was an outlier among them. He had no interest in devouring living beings, but was obsessed with creation. The several Watcher Towers in this world were all built by the Mechanical Creator.

After pondering for a moment, Su Xiao decided to meet the Mechanical Creator. Seeing this, Thorns prepared to lead the way, and Su Xiao casually took a bottle of Elemental Brew from his storage space.

The Grocery Brother, Thorns, said, "This kind of good wine is rare; you should keep it."

"Home-brewed."

"Hm?"

The Grocery Brother, Thorns, immediately took the Elemental Brew, pulled out the cork, and took a large gulp. But as soon as he swallowed it, he coughed repeatedly, and the pupils in his eyes dimmed at a visible rate. After a dozen seconds, he waved his hand to indicate he was fine.

Boarding the city's orbital train, they arrived at the central district half an hour later. This was an industrial metal zone filled with pipes and steam, with a steel building towering in the very center of Black Iron City.

At the top of this towering steel building was a huge metal ring, and inside the ring was an orange-red flame, looking like a giant eye of fire. This was actually the power core of the entire Black Iron City.

After passing the outer perimeter checks, Su Xiao entered the steel building and took the elevator to the top floor. The space here looked empty, with various instruments placed against the walls. In the center was a glass column, and inside the translucent solution, metallic-textured marine creatures were swimming.

Seeing these metallic creatures, Su Xiao gained an understanding of the Mechanical Creator's level. The other party was not top-tier in manufacturing inanimate objects, but in the creation of mechanical life, he had reached a level rarely matched by anyone.

Walking further inside, Su Xiao entered a manufacturing room and saw the Mechanical Creator. The other party looked like an old man with white hair and beard, and a slight hunchback. His left eye was a mechanical eye, and a microscopic lens was fixed over his right eye, which could adjust focus. Behind him was a metal structure from which an octopus-like mechanical arm protruded.

The Mechanical Creator had a total of three arms, two of which were complex mechanical arms. The only normal arm had only four fingers, but the fingers were thick and sturdy, and besides calluses, there were traces left by burns and erosion.

The Mechanical Creator wore a mask on the lower half of his face, and his mouth was covered in dense air holes, which made his voice sound somewhat muffled and metallic when he spoke.

"It has been many years, Law-Breaker."

As the Mechanical Creator spoke, he stopped using the microscopic lens on his right eye, stared closely at a beating small metal heart, placed it into the solution, and tightened the lid.

"What do you want with me? If you want to leave, I can help you open the door."

Su Xiao would not refuse the Mechanical Creator's departure from the Eternal Light World. The Law-Breaker faction had long allowed him to leave, but the Mechanical Creator felt that this place was more suitable for creation, so he never left. Later on, he built Black Iron City.

"The people here need me. Besides, if I leave, where would I go? This is my home; here are my disciples, and here are the people who admire and respect me."

As the Mechanical Creator spoke, a small mechanical octopus detached from his shoulder, ran along his arm to the table, and stared at Su Xiao with a mechanical eye emitting red light.

"Then why did you call me here?"

"A long time ago, a Law-Breaker left something with me. As the last Law-Breaker, you are qualified to take this thing from me."

The Mechanical Creator took a wooden box from under the table, and the octopus mechanical arm pushed the wooden box toward Su Xiao.

Su Xiao was surprised for a moment. For a long time, he had rarely had such an experience; usually, it was because some predecessor Law-Breaker had left behind a mess.

【You have obtained Scarlet Eye (Key-type item).】

【Scarlet Eye】

Origin: Eternal Light World · Law-Breaker Faction.

Quality: World-class.

Durability: 1180/1500 points (As time passes, the durability of this item will gradually decrease. When the durability reaches zero, the seal of the Purgatory Nightmare will fail).

Item Effect: Can open the seal of the Purgatory Nightmare and enter the interior of this place, into the Scarlet Nightmare.

Introduction: The root of the scarlet is right here. The Law-Breakers sealed it in the nightmare at the innermost side of the Sea of Sand.

Su Xiao picked up the scarlet eye inside the wooden box, and a wonderful scene occurred: the 【Scarlet Eye】's durability, which was originally slowly decreasing, immediately stopped falling. It seemed that as long as a Shadow of the Law carried this item, it could prevent the scarlet deep in the Sea of Sand from continuing to erode the Purgatory Nightmare that sealed it.

"Law-Breaker, just carry it with you; there will be no danger. At least in all the years I have kept this item, there has been no danger. Moreover, your Law-Breaker fortune will stop this eye from being eroded by the scarlet. It should be kept by you, and only you have this qualification."

As the Mechanical Creator spoke, the small mechanical octopus on the table approached Su Xiao, making a move to pounce on Su Xiao's face, but was caught by the Mechanical Creator's octopus mechanical arm.

After being caught by the Mechanical Creator, this small mechanical octopus became exceptionally irritable and fierce, even opening its mouth full of metal fangs and letting out a roar.

"Don't mind it; this is one of the sealed items I keep."

As the Mechanical Creator spoke, he locked the small mechanical octopus in a transparent container. It could be seen that the Mechanical Creator had no fear of this thing at all.

Su Xiao looked at the small mechanical octopus. For some reason, he didn't feel that this thing was very dangerous, even though the Mechanical Creator clearly stated that this thing had brought disaster more than once.

"Let me see this... dangerous item?"

"Do not touch it directly; it is very dangerous, and besides..."

The Mechanical Creator's words stopped halfway, because after Su Xiao took the container containing the metal octopus, the metal octopus inside, which was originally baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, suddenly shuddered as if electrocuted, and then curled into a ball.

"You must spend a lot of resources to restrain this sealed item, right?"

Su Xiao, holding the transparent container, raised his finger and tapped the outer shell of the container twice, but the metal octopus inside remained curled into a ball, motionless.

"Yes, every few months, my apprentices have to feed it some rare metal resources, but compared to the trouble it would bring, this is nothing."

"So, you don't object to someone taking it away?"

Su Xiao opened the transparent container and pinched the curled-up metal octopus between his thumb and index finger. Just as he was about to stop him, the Mechanical Creator, who had already raised his mechanical arm, paused, because he saw with his own eyes that Su Xiao was pinching this thing with his thumb and middle finger, and even tapping it with his index finger.

This made the Mechanical Creator very puzzled. This disaster item that he had sealed for many years, he didn't know what was wrong with it today, but it was surprisingly obedient.

"If you can take it away, it will be a good thing for the entire Black Iron City, but it is more dangerous than you imagine."

"How does it compare to an Original Sin item?"

"That cannot be compared; the two are not on the same level. Even if it had one-tenth of the danger of an Original Sin item, I would not keep it in Black Iron City."

After the Mechanical Creator finished speaking, Su Xiao carefully examined the metal octopus pinched between his fingers. This thing could burrow into the brain of a living being, control the living being's actions, and grant this living being the ability to control the minds of others.

"Look, this thing has a deep connection with me; why not let me take it away."

As soon as Su Xiao said this, the metal octopus in his hand became restless. It no longer curled into a ball, but stretched out, trying to break free from Su Xiao's hand. When it was extremely angry, it opened its mouth full of metal fangs, preparing to bite Su Xiao's hand.

But just before this bite, the metal octopus's single eye met Su Xiao's eyes, which were looking down at it. This made the metal octopus no longer dare to bite down. An instinct told it that the consequences of this bite would be very serious, serious enough to make it tremble uncontrollably.

The Mechanical Creator once again stated that this thing was dangerous, but under Su Xiao's insistence, the Mechanical Creator decided to give it away. As a reward, the Mechanical Creator originally wanted to gift Su Xiao some mechanical creations, but Su Xiao was more interested in a manufacturing plant in Black Iron City.

This manufacturing plant was used by the Mechanical Creator before. Although he didn't know what Su Xiao was planning to do, he still transferred this place to him.

An hour later, in front of the door of the manufacturing plant, this was a three-story building built of concrete, with many pipes climbing on the outside of the walls. After opening the door, there were several bedrooms on the first floor, as well as several workbenches, plus various instruments, while the second and third floors were full of various instruments.

After checking, Su Xiao decided to manufacture "Life Ore" right here. If he lacked any machinery later, he could borrow it from the Mechanical Creator. He could be certain that the Mechanical Creator and the Four Giants of the Lightless Temple were in a hostile relationship, and the reason lay in the millions of residents of Black Iron City.

The Mechanical Creator truly regarded this place as his home and was willing to protect the residents here, but the total number of living beings in this world added up to just over ten million. Excluding the scattered wanderers and scavenger tribes, only Shelter City and Black Iron City had many living beings.

The primordial life force of the living beings in Shelter City was about to be devoured by the Four Giants of the Lightless Temple, so they naturally set their sights on Black Iron City. Therefore, the Mechanical Creator and the Lightless Temple were inevitably in a hostile relationship.

The enemy of an enemy might not be a friend, but if one could make the enemy suffer, even if they didn't cooperate, they wouldn't betray the enemy's enemy, and might even provide a certain degree of convenience.

This was the situation Su Xiao wanted. He didn't need the Mechanical Creator to care much about the old friendship of the Law-Breaker faction; as long as they didn't stab him in the back, that would be enough.

Checking the team channel, Zayas had already left the underground labyrinth. From his words, it could be seen that Zayas, Wood, and Caesar had all gained a lot this time, while the Dark Eater was huffing and puffing without speaking, likely having been fooled quite badly, but unable to do anything about it.

Discovering this, Su Xiao decided to give the Dark Eater some compensation after he returned to avoid this blockhead getting angry and quitting the team. He would still have to face the Priest later, and this blockhead might become a trump card.

The "good teammates" were about to be in place, and the raw materials for manufacturing "Life Crystal" were also on the way. It was a total of three days' worth of mining from the Silver Queen's hive. The reason the other party was so generous was that Su Xiao promised that as long as the trouble in the Eternal Light World could be solved this time, he would increase the Zerg secret medicine promised to the other party from 20 bottles to 30 bottles.

Su Xiao still had more than 200 bottles of this medicine. When he originally formulated it for Jila, he formulated 1000 bottles at a time, but as Jila drank it, the improvement limit of this secret medicine was reached, leaving only these 200-plus bottles.

Of course, these secret medicines could not all be promised at once. Later, when entrusting the Silver Queen to do something, he could slowly add more. For example, this time, the Silver Queen originally only promised to provide 1 day's mining amount of Life Stone, and he had to wait, because it was mined on the day and delivered the next day. Now, the Silver Queen agreed to provide three days' mining amount and directly took out her inventory.

In addition, Su Xiao also asked the three "good teammates" in the team channel whether they could refine and process "Life Crystal". Regarding this, the three "good teammates" all expressed that they couldn't do it; it was too difficult and seriously exceeded their ability range. Seeing this result, Su Xiao was relieved. If these three scoundrels could do it, and they didn't say anything, that would be a problem.

This matter was basically settled. Su Xiao took out a translucent sealed container. Seeing this, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baja both leaned over, and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang even poked his big head under Su Xiao's right armpit, looking at the metal octopus inside the container.

Regarding this thing, the first time Su Xiao saw it, he felt that its aura was a bit familiar, very close to the Mysterious Eye he possessed.

Perhaps for others, this metal octopus was quite dangerous, but for Su Xiao, who held four Original Sin items, this level of risk was nothing at all.

This was also the reason why the metal octopus didn't dare to be the least bit arrogant after seeing Su Xiao; it clearly felt that Su Xiao was sealing Original Sin items.

Su Xiao took out the Mysterious Eye. He had always suspected that this Mysterious Eye was missing something. After encountering this metal octopus, he was certain that the Mysterious Eye was indeed missing something. The core part of this thing was lost, which was why it was so difficult to use.

The metal octopus was naturally not the original core of the Mysterious Eye, but it had a certain similarity to the original core. When Su Xiao took out the Mysterious Eye, the suction force targeting the metal octopus spread from within the Mysterious Eye, which meant his guess was correct.

With a "bang," the metal octopus kicked the Mysterious Eye away with a mechanical tentacle. Seeing this, Su Xiao's brows furrowed slightly, pointing at the kicked-away Mysterious Eye, meaning for the metal octopus to pick it back up.

The result, however, was that the metal octopus went straight for Su Xiao, wanting to pounce on his face.

Clang!

A crystal short blade was nailed to the place where the metal octopus was about to pass, making the metal octopus stop immediately. It looked at Su Xiao with its mechanical eye emitting red light. Su Xiao stood up, retrieved the Mysterious Eye, and placed the Mysterious Eye in front of the metal octopus, letting it burrow into the interior of the Mysterious Eye.

Clang~!

The metal octopus kicked the Mysterious Eye. This time it didn't kick it away, but it firmly indicated that it would not enter the Mysterious Eye to be bound. Su Xiao would also have to provide it with good food and drink, just like the Mechanical Creator's several disciples.

Seeing this, Su Xiao took out the "Book of Original Sin" and, without giving the metal octopus a chance to react, sealed it into the fifth page.

Time slowly passed. After about half an hour, Su Xiao unsealed the fifth page and pulled the metal octopus out from inside. He found that the metal octopus had become limp. When it was locked in the Book of Original Sin, its mental fluctuations were wiped out by the adjacent Soul Crown. This thing was actually half-dead.

Su Xiao took out several metal-characteristic materials, then formulated a potion and slowly poured it onto the metal octopus. As a result, this dangerous item's body trembled, and then it completely lost its breath. This thing that had killed many living beings actually died completely just like that.

Su Xiao felt it was a pity. He still thought this thing was quite tough, but it died completely after being locked in the Book of Original Sin for only a while. It had to be said that Brother Molten Gold Demon really had a great background; after being locked in the Book of Original Sin for so long, apart from the pain mask on his avatar becoming more vivid, he hadn't dissipated.

He manipulated the Mysterious Eye to unfold, wrapping the metal octopus within it. He wanted to try whether he could use this thing as a temporary core.

【Prompt: Mysterious Eye has been activated.】

【Detected that your activation method is special, failing to unlock the Mysterious Eye to the final stage.】

【Mysterious Eye】

Origin: Second Era · Alchemy Era.

Durability: 100/100 points (This equipment can restore its own durability by absorbing world power).

Equipment Requirement: None.

Detection Form: After activating this function, you can detect enemy data.

Unlock Form: After activating this function, you can enter adaptive unlock mode.

Enhancement Form: After activating this function, you can let this equipment attach to the item that needs to be enhanced. The volume of the enhanced item cannot exceed 3 times that of this equipment.

Introduction: A wonderful way of using it; perhaps even the creators of this equipment didn't expect that this equipment could be used this way.

Su Xiao decided to try the newly unlocked detection function of this thing after encountering a strong enemy. If this detection was easy to use, then he would have made a huge profit. He had never been able to buy detection equipment; the detection equipment on the market was all judged by Charm attribute.

Su Xiao really couldn't imagine what the detection judgment of a negative Charm attribute would be like after wearing such equipment. Could it be that it would publish his data to the enemy?

Putting away the Mysterious Eye, Su Xiao returned to the Gray Sanctuary with the Watcher Ring. After the spatial fluctuations dissipated, he came to the potion room. Amu was still sleeping soundly, and the "Primordial Potion" on the formulation table had completed its catalysis.

【You have obtained Primordial Potion (Perfect).】

Failing to formulate a (Miracle) grade potion made Su Xiao somewhat hesitant about whether to drink this bottle of 【Primordial Potion】. Each person could only drink one bottle of this potion in their lifetime; daring to try drinking a second bottle would surely lead to death.

The Perfect grade 【Primordial Potion】 could already raise one's ability foundation to a very strong level, but compared to the (Miracle) grade 【Primordial Potion】, there was a qualitative difference. It was like no matter how hard the stone material was, it was ultimately not as solid and reliable as metal.

Drinking the 【Primordial Potion】 did not directly increase combat power. Su Xiao decided not to rush to drink this potion. If he could survive and return to the Reincarnation Paradise this time, he could try to sell this thing for Precipitated Glaze.

In this way, he could not only buy 【Primordial Fruit】 again for the next formulation, but also make a huge profit. Repeating this several times, there would always be a time when he could formulate a (Miracle) grade 【Primordial Potion】.

After putting away the 【Primordial Potion】, Su Xiao left the Gray Sanctuary. After the space mist dissipated, he returned to the manufacturing plant in Black Iron City. Just after returning to this place, he saw Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang returning from outside. Checking the team storage space, there was already a large amount of "Life Stone" inside.

Coming to the workbench and putting on the 【Miracle Maker】 title, Su Xiao began to liquefy and purify the "Life Stone" in batches. In the end, he obtained a liquid substance with extremely high purity of life characteristics, but this life force characteristic was closer to plant nature. Therefore, the Four Giants of the Lightless Temple had no interest in the life mineral veins of the Wild Growth Land.

Su Xiao took out 10 kilograms of Black Maple tree branches, but thinking of the benefits of killing more than two of the Four Giants of the Lightless Temple, he took out another 5 kilograms of Black Maple tree branches. Using this as the main material, he began to twist and enhance the characteristics of the life liquid.

When Su Xiao completed all the formulations, a liquid emitting pure life force fluctuations was contained in the container. This had exceeded the classification of biological characteristics and plant characteristics, and climbed to the "Life Primordial" level of a higher tier. At this moment, these life liquid substances already had a huge attraction to the Four Giants of the Lightless Temple.

"This is really tempting; even I want to take a sip."

Zayas examined the liquid "Life Primordial" in the container. Not far away, Caesar was already busy and sweating profusely. After uttering some unintelligible Goblin language, rich Abyss power surged out from the Abyss Jar; this was extremely pure Abyss energy.

Caesar didn't have time to wipe the hot sweat from his head before pouring the liquid "Life Primordial" into the Abyss Jar. After he muttered something else, he poured it out. At this time, the liquid "Life Primordial" was already so rich that crystal particles appeared inside it on their own.

Zayas took the container, raised one hand, and signaled for others to move aside; he was going to show off... cough, he was going to display his ability.

Zayas saw slight distortions in the space around him. A few hours later, the container held in his right hand aged and cracked rapidly, finally turning into powder and scattering, while the liquid "Life Primordial" inside condensed into three "Life Crystals" of different sizes.

It was originally three "Life Crystals" for the Four Giants of the Lightless Temple, and one was destined not to get one. When the three "Life Crystals" were of different sizes, the three giants who got the "Life Crystals" would have new arguments among themselves.

"Phew~, it was quite difficult to condense."

Zayas let out a long breath. He held the three "Life Crystals" in the air, not touching this thing at all throughout the process. Details determine success or failure. Although touching this "Life Crystal" might not necessarily be detected by others, it was better to be safe.

This time it was Su Xiao's turn. He crushed a 【World Core (Fragment)】, and then used the world energy that exploded from it to wrap the three "Life Crystals". A few hours later, the three "Life Crystals" looked as if they were sealed with a layer of amber.

Subsequently, Wood wrapped the three "Life Crystals" with a kind of gray smoke. A few hours later, when the gray smoke dissipated, these three "Life Crystals" could no longer see any traces of post-processing. Everything was natural, as if this was a natural secret treasure produced by nature.

At this moment, the most critical question appeared: where should the members of the Lightless Temple discover these three "Life Crystals"? The answer was the Wet Salt District, because the Lightless Temple was searching for the location of the Monarch's Treasure, and they had been searching extensively in the Wet Salt District.

As for who should discover these three "Life Crystals", Su Xiao already had a candidate in mind: the Temple High Priest of the Lightless Temple, Ezzler, because the more he looked at this person, the more he looked like the Priest. ===== CHAPTER 3755 =====