Chapter 4070: Great Roulette

Seeing the upgraded version of the "Mysterious Eye," Su Xiao, who had Benni on his head, was also stunned. Her cat eyes widened, and then she tilted her head back to keep from laughing out loud.

Discovering that Su Xiao didn't take the "Mysterious Eye," the Life Workshop was somewhat displeased. It had truly brought out one of the treasures of this place as a reward, and yet this intruder didn't even want it?

Crack, crack~

Sounds of friction and surging came from within the surrounding walls, and the ground beneath his feet began to rumble and tremble, causing a bit of dust to fall.

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. He simply took the "Mysterious Eye" and skillfully twisted it with a crack-crack sound, which left the Life Workshop stunned.

In just half a minute, Su Xiao completed the adjustment of the "Mysterious Eye." Although it was an upgraded version, it was more of an improvement in performance; calling it a second-generation "Mysterious Eye" would be more accurate.

Su Xiao pinched the "Mysterious Eye" in his hand with one hand, and with a click, he threw it out. After the "Mysterious Eye" traced a wonderful arc and flew back in front of Su Xiao, he had already blocked his eyes with one arm, while Benni on his head covered her eyes with her two cat paws.

Boom!

The "Mysterious Eye" emitted a violent, intense light, roasting the walls on both sides until they hissed and turned red-hot. The crystal layer in front of Su Xiao dissipated.

After seeing this scene, the Life Workshop silently picked up the "Mysterious Eye" with its eerie arm. If it didn't understand by now, it would just be looking for trouble. Before long, the Life Workshop handed over another item: a mechanical arm guard that could wrap around both the fingers and the forearm.

【You have obtained Ironclad Proof of Hatred.】

【Ironclad Proof of Hatred】

Origin: Second Era · Alchemy Civilization.

Quality: None (This type of causal characteristic equipment will not be given a grade certification).

Category: Causal Characteristic / Divine Curse Item.

Equipment Requirement: Any sentient unit in any sense.

Equipment Effect 1: Source of Power (Passive), when hated by others, you will gain more powerful strength, the degree of improvement will be determined by the number of haters and the comprehensive strength of the haters.

Equipment Effect 2: Hatred/Ironclad Proof (Active), you can steal the abilities of those you have defeated who hate you. The more intense the hatred of the person who hates you, the more powerful the ability you steal will be, even exceeding its original upper limit strength by several to several dozen times.

Total Ironclad Proofs: 0/3 (Each Ironclad Proof is an empty slot for a stealable ability).

Causal Power 1: Nameless Disgust (Causal Passive), you will be disgusted by others for no reason, or even actively attacked.

Causal Power 2: Hatred Burning (Causal Passive), the hearts of all who hate you will be burned by hatred, causing their hatred to continuously increase.

Causal Power 3: Pleasure of Hatred (Causal Passive), you will gradually enjoy the feeling of being hated by others, and even feel happy and mentally pleased because of it.

Causal Power 4: Causal Mutual Consumption (Causal Passive), you will gradually devour the causality of those who hate you until their causality is completely swallowed. You will permanently increase the comprehensive combat power of the devoured causal quantity (increasing main attributes, core ability levels).

Causal Cost: Self-Denial (Causal Passive), when you encounter setbacks, you will have a certain probability of "self-denial." Once you enter "self-denial," your existence causality will disappear, and you will disappear forever.

Rating: -- (This item will not be rated).

Introduction: Hate me, until you kill me, or are swallowed by hatred yourself.

Price: -- (This item will not be priced).

Undoubtedly, this is a treasure that can quickly strengthen oneself. The problem is that its side effects are terrifying. Once there is the slightest wavering and one begins to doubt oneself, that is eternal disappearance.

In fact, this might be even more terrifying than falling into the eternal sleep of darkness. Where one goes after disappearing is completely unknown. If the consciousness simply dissipates, that would be fine, but if one is trapped in an unknown rift, eternally sealed there with no hope of improvement, one can only wait for one's own consciousness to gradually disintegrate to find release.

From this increasingly evil treasure of the Alchemy Civilization, one can see how extreme its later development path was. In fact, alchemy is not suitable for forming a large force at all. If alchemy is loose and scattered, then every alchemist would be a guest of honor for major forces; even an alchemy apprentice could have a very good status in small and medium-sized forces.

But if alchemists gather together, not to mention many, three alchemists gathering together might randomly refresh into an idea guy, a doer brother, and a whatever brother. What alchemy creations are developed later can only be left to fate.

A group of alchemists gathering together means most are idea guys + doer brothers, and the rest are slacker brothers.

When more than 80% of the alchemists in the Star Realm gather together, and their whimsical ideas collide, other forces had better pray that these guys won't develop something that threatens the entire Void, or even affects the entire Star Realm.

In fact, the alchemists of the Second Era weaving causal curses into alchemy was not only to imprison the enemies of the sentient world but also a denial of this kind of knowledge. It's just that they devoted their whole lives to it and were never willing to admit this point in their hearts, so they used the excuse of imprisoning enemies to do these things.

The alchemists of the Second Era didn't have to be like this. Alchemy was never evil knowledge. The formation of the alchemy lineup was the result of too many coincidences coming together. The initial alchemy civilization was very much like the current Pharmacist Guild of the Void. What truly caused alchemy to lose control was combining alchemy with "causal power."

"Causal power" is a stable and traditional power system. By the later stages, the perception system becomes the causal system. What the luck attribute corresponds to is actually the "causal power system." Luck, destiny, divination, etc., all correspond to "causal power."

The problem is that alchemy can unrestrainedly pry into "causal power," which is the source of all disasters. Moreover, this prying method is clearly man-made, not something alchemy inherently had. By eliminating this man-made disaster, alchemy would return to being one of the several mainstream extraordinary knowledge systems.

Or rather, the alchemy civilization of that time was not qualitatively different from the current Arcane Eternal Star. The power of elements is too fascinating, and the power of causality is no less so.

The alchemy civilization chose self-destruction, which counts as a final bit of dignity. However, the fact that the Law-Extermination camp and the Spell-Casting camp chose to temporarily truce at that time already represented many problems. If the alchemy civilization wasn't willing to die with dignity, someone would help them die without it.

Su Xiao took the 【Ironclad Proof of Hatred】. Although this item is currently useless, it is an early creation of the alchemy system's abuse of "causal power," and it might be of some help in subsequently destroying the "Causal Lock Ring."

【You have submitted the "Deadly Treasure" bounty.】

【Due to the multi-fold bounty + bounty correction of the "Hunting List · Blood Pact," you will receive a bounty with a total value of 44,000 ounces of Space-Time Power.】

【You have obtained Space-Time Stone Fragments × 2690 (This is an equivalent, which can be sold to Reincarnation Paradise at any time to obtain 26,900 ounces of Space-Time Power).】

【You have obtained Happy Grand Prize Coins × 2 (This item is equivalent to the value of 100 ounces of Space-Time Power in this judgment).】

【You have obtained the Wonderful Magic Wand (Unique Characteristic · Abyss Strange Item, this item is equivalent to the value of 17,000 ounces of Space-Time Power in this judgment).】

【Wonderful Magic Wand】

Origin: Abyss · Wandering Land.

Quality: Abyss Grade.

Type: Special Equipment.

Equipment Requirement: Real Charisma attribute 1200 points, and be recognized by this weapon.

Equipment Effect: Miracle Transformation (Active), can turn a single target into a harmless small animal, lasting from 1 second to 820 years (determined by the Charisma attributes of the user and the transformed target).

Tip: If you have already mastered this type of "causal system" ability, this weapon will bring a super-huge enhancement to that characteristic ability.

Warning: Each time this wand is used, there is a 5% probability of permanently losing 1 point of a random physical attribute.

Tip: If you are fully recognized by this wand, you will not need to pay a price, but you can use this wand at most 5 times per natural day.

Equipment Debuff: Vicious Personality (Passive), holding this weapon will affect your personality to a certain extent, making you prefer pranks or making others look foolish, rather than shifting toward an evil camp characteristic.

Rating: 9800 points.

Price: After use, it cannot be sold, traded, etc. Attempting to discard it will result in a backlash.

This is a pure white magic wand with a huge gemstone embedded at the top. Su Xiao held this item in his hand and faintly sensed that this was an Abyss item with a certain consciousness. Such items are generally dark and cold. A personality like the 【Wonderful Magic Wand】 is simply rare.

Furthermore, once recognized by the 【Wonderful Magic Wand】, one can use this item without cost.

Seeing the attributes of this item, Su Xiao immediately thought of Wood's sister. The reason is that Mi'erwei herself has this type of ability and is more likely to gain the recognition of the 【Wonderful Magic Wand】.

Su Xiao wouldn't find Wood to sell this thing, but would choose the old immortal of the Devil race. Although Mi'erwei's ability has no lethality and is even a bit cute, it is quite practical if used in actual combat or exploring dangerous places, and more importantly, it has a deterrent effect.

Mi'erwei can be called the nemesis of ancestor-level figures. What the old immortals of major forces least want to encounter is undoubtedly Mi'erwei. If they were turned into a fluffy sheep during a fight, and happened to bleat twice, that would be a hurdle they could never get over in their entire lives. Especially since these old guys are generally very concerned about their face; this is even more uncomfortable for them than being seriously injured.

Given the style of the Devil race, those old devils might really take Mi'erwei with them when negotiations with hostile major forces break down and do this. When it comes to the bottom line of integrity, the Devil race is definitely the lowest among the major forces in the Void, for no other reason than being plagued by the Great Father-level · Original Sin Item.

He materialized the attributes of the 【Wonderful Magic Wand】, took a photo with a click, input it into the communicator using the terminal, and sent it to Wood. No more words were needed. Dealing with old schemers, besides being easily calculated, is very convenient in other aspects.

He took the two 【Happy Grand Prize Coins】 floating in front of him, and relevant prompts appeared.

【Happy Grand Prize Coin (Special Consumable): Each time a coin is consumed, it will summon a wandering Lich Merchant and gain one chance to draw from the "Happy Grand Roulette." While there is a probability of getting rich, there is also a certain probability of losing wealth because of it.】

【Tip: The wandering Lich Merchant is a "neutral-leaning unit." Before it breaks the rules of the roulette, you cannot threaten or attack it.】

Su Xiao tried to activate the 【Happy Grand Prize Coin】. A phantom of an old teleportation machine appeared in front of him. He inserted the coin into it, and the phantom gradually solidified. A rumbling sound like shaking a trash can came from the teleportation array.

With a bang, the old teleportation machine opened, and a Lich Merchant with oily green skin, about 1.3 meters tall, and pointed ears ran out. It was hard not to suspect that before becoming a lich, he was one of the classic cannon fodder in stories—a goblin. They were truly too similar.

"Hello, this gentleman. Let me introduce myself grandly: I am the great Venerable of Insight and Game, Gio. To show friendliness, you have the honor to call me Venerable, or Mr. Gio. Next, I will start our game."

Lich Merchant · Gio snapped his fingers, and a roulette wheel over five meters wide with thousands of partitions appeared beside him. Compared to this heavy metal roulette wheel, Gio was even smaller.

After observing this roulette wheel, Su Xiao discovered that the rewards on it were exaggerated. There were even 50 million Soul Coins, 999 "Soul Crystals," and especially the first prize of 100 "Original Cores," as well as the grand prize of??? quality equipment, making one wonder if these were fake rewards.

The problem is that all of this is notarized by the Void Tree.

Gio had a confident smile on his face. Using the front side of this roulette wheel to attract the attention of the drawer makes things easier, because this roulette wheel has two sides.

For example, in the area of 999 "Soul Crystals," the front side is indeed a win, but the back side is a loss of 1099 "Soul Crystals." In one go, one would have to give Gio 100 "Soul Crystals" instead.

Su Xiao didn't hesitate and pressed the start button set up separately beside the roulette wheel, which made the smile on Gio's face even brighter. But in the next second, the smile on his face froze.

Zing~

The long blade slowly unsheathed, and the long blade in Su Xiao's hand pressed against Gio's neck. This immediately triggered the punishment of the Void Tree, and a certain amount of Void Tree reputation began to slide off every second. After seeing the judgment of "neutral-leaning unit," he knew that the risk of attacking Gio would not be high.

At this moment, all the pressure was on Gio's side. He gulped, and his years of experience in cheating and swindling made him certain that if the other party lost this roulette draw, at most it would be a loss of wealth, but what he would lose was his entire head.

But there was one point Gio couldn't understand: as a contractor of the Paradise camp, how dared he, how could he, press a blade against his neck before he had shown hostility or even had time to cheat? How dared the other party!

The problem is that Su Xiao just dared to do so. Not only did he dare to do so, but he had also decided that if the gains this time couldn't satisfy him, then he would take the opportunity to appreciate the sight of Gio's head flying off.

A drop of cold sweat flowed down Gio's cheek. He gulped, and before the roulette wheel stopped, the scene of the roulette wheel stopping had already appeared before his eyes. It was actually... the grand prize!?

Seeing this result about to appear, Gio's blood almost turned cold. The higher the winning prize on the front of his roulette wheel, the more the back side would take away.

The grand prize was a seizure quota he had always wanted to use but never had. The reason is that no one would be so unlucky as to really hit the grand prize. To be safe, he set it so that one would need at least -50,000 luck to have a probability of hitting the grand prize. Note, it's a probability, not a certainty.

It can only be said that Gio looked down on people. The one in front of him had -150,000 luck. Spinning this roulette wheel, at least eight or nine out of ten times would be the grand prize.

Gio knew that things couldn't go on like this. His eyes widened, and his hands quietly clasped together, starting to cheat and manipulate the roulette wheel. But once he started in secret, he found that the roulette wheel was very wrong. Today's roulette wheel was surprisingly difficult to control.

Gio's teeth chattered, and the veins on his forehead bulged. In the end, he crossed his fingers in front of him and let out a forceful shout.

Gio's eyes were bloodshot. The pointer of the roulette wheel stopped one grid before the grand prize. As long as it went another 0.5 millimeters, it would be the dazzling golden area of the grand prize.

"Ah~!"

Gio let out a relaxed groan. Just a moment ago, he had already felt the chilling sensation of death approaching behind his neck.

At this moment, he didn't doubt at all that this guy holding a long blade with red light faintly showing in the center of his pupils would ignore the massive deduction of Void Tree reputation and cut off his head with one slash. This guy was a complete lunatic.

Gio only wanted to do one thing now: leave immediately and then change his pants, which were wet with urine. The feeling of death gradually approaching made him almost cry and run with snot. He was indeed a degenerate gambler, but he was also exceptionally precious of his life.

【You will lose 3 million Soul Coins.】

【You have obtained a 4.5 million quota Soul Coin savings card.】

【You actually obtained a 1.5 million quota Soul Coin savings card.】

The moment the draw was completed, Gio sent an application to the Void Tree and slipped away immediately.

After putting away the Soul Coin savings card, Su Xiao tried to activate the 【Happy Grand Prize Coin】 in his hand, but received a prompt that he had been blacklisted by the organizer of this game and could not use this item.

Seeing this, he came to the wall, pressed one hand on it, and the crystal layer formed an "Eye Ritual." He sent this 【Happy Grand Prize Coin】 to the 【Eye of No Darkness】 through the Eye Ritual.

After doing all this, Su Xiao let Benni communicate with the "Life Workshop." He wanted to continue deeper through this place.

A moment later, the passage in front merged on its own. When he and Benni reached the end, the door made of flesh and blood gradually opened to both sides. Some sticky flesh and blood tissues appeared in a stringy state, and after reaching a certain degree, they snapped.

Clang~, Clang~, Clang~

Bell sounds that seemed to come from distant history arrived. The golden sunset shone on his face. In front was an open space paved with yellowish-brown stone slabs, with walls carved from rock on both sides. The hollow structures on them allowed the golden sunset to shine through.

In the distance that seemed near yet far, there was a magnificent building. This building had more than a dozen floors but was hundreds of meters high. It was built entirely of rock, very much like the headquarters of the Alchemy Civilization recorded in the Soul Library, only it was a miniature version of the alchemy lineup headquarters.

Arriving in front of this building, Su Xiao pushed the metal door with both hands. Accompanied by the rumbling sound of the door opening, a prompt appeared.

【You are about to enter the Initial Sanctuary.】

【Warning: Located within the Initial Sanctuary, you will be polluted by dark knowledge. Because you have mastered "Top-tier Abyss Studies," you will be immune to the pollution of dark knowledge.】

Su Xiao grabbed Benni from inside his clothes and let her play nearby. The dark knowledge pollution of the "Initial Sanctuary" was no joke.

Not all erosion can be treated or removed by returning to Reincarnation Paradise. Some erosion or damage is not recovered by Reincarnation Paradise, or rather, the recovery function of the Paradise is both extremely powerful and single-characteristic.

Stepping into the "Initial Sanctuary," just for an instant, thousands of whispers appeared in Su Xiao's ears. Obscure and twisted dark knowledge began to affect his consciousness. However, after these crazy and messy whispers gradually became clear in his ears, the impact of dark knowledge on his brain began to decrease.

'About to appear.'

'Ours.'

'Source of light.'

'Darkness, we, don't continue, indulge in darkness.'

'Star Realm.'

'Source of light.'

'Devour light, drive away dark pain.'

'Wait, wait for the elemental barrier to melt.'

'Everything, belongs, to.'

'Us!'

The chaotic and deep Abyss language whispers continued endlessly.

"Shut up."

Su Xiao's "Blade of Soul" automatically switched to "Green Steel · Soul Core," which caused blue light to faintly show in the center of his pupils.

The invisible whispering existences around him suddenly all retreated, and some simply crawled on the ground in fear.

'Green Steel's, Shadow King.'

'Forgive, forgive me.'

'Traitor! You, traitor! You are all, traitors!!'

'Ah~, supreme existence.'

'Forgive us, we will never dare to cross the threshold again, never dare to appear before you again, forgive us.'

The whispering sounds around gradually dissipated. Su Xiao continued to move forward. He could faintly sense that those invisible existences had not left too far. Whether large or small, they were strange in appearance and almost filled this empty giant hall of tens of thousands of square meters, which was paved with pure white marble floor tiles.

Su Xiao's hand pressed on the hilt of his blade at his waist. The blue light in his pupils due to the "Green Steel · Soul Core" state made the invisible existences on both sides of the path he passed, whether willing or not, crawl or kneel on the ground, which was very spectacular and full of epic feeling.

Until Su Xiao reached the innermost side and stepped onto the spiral staircase going up, these invisible existences stood up one after another and gradually disappeared into unknown places.

Following the spiral staircase upward, he arrived at the top floor of the "Initial Sanctuary" smoothly. This was a library. Rows of wooden bookshelves stood side by side. The smell of old books and the natural woody scent of cloud wood gave this place a sense of tranquility.

Walking between the bookshelves more than ten meters high, Su Xiao bypassed from the right side and came to the innermost side diagonally opposite, where he saw a figure sitting on a bookshelf ladder.

He was wearing a white robe, about 1.6 meters tall, severely hunchbacked, with a strong upper body and a withered lower body, making his body proportions very uncoordinated. His right arm was thick, his left arm was a slender mechanical prosthetic limb, his eyes were alchemy prosthetic eyes like inch lenses, and the goatee on his chin was groomed meticulously.

That seemingly ordinary white robe had a golden scale pattern on the back. This was something only one of the five most famous alchemy mentors of the Second Era's alchemy civilization, that is, the five alchemy masters standing in their respective fields, could possess.

This was none other than the Second Era, no, even to this day, still the absolute ceiling of alchemy, Alchemy Master · Koin · Mo'erbo!

People in the world have a very outrageous misunderstanding, which is that Koin · Mo'erbo is an alchemy master who is not strong himself and only fights with alchemy creations. In fact, this error is quite outrageous. The pressure this alchemy master gives people at this moment is no less than that of the three giants such as the Bell Tower Master, and even stronger by a point.

Koin · Mo'erbo's large hand on his right arm closed the book in his hand with a slap. He tilted his head to look at Su Xiao and said in a somewhat hoarse voice:

"Kid, you finally came to save this old man. I've been waiting for you for a long time." ===== CHAPTER 4071 =====