Chapter 4047: Umbilical Cord, Evil Object, and Musical Instrument

After the skin-object was taken off, what was revealed was a flesh-and-blood woman's body; this body had clearly lost its own skin. She had not worn the skin-object for a particularly long time, so she still retained her own body shape and appearance. Xia De and Vigo both recognized who this was:

"Mrs. Connaught?"

The person who died in the church was wearing her skin-object, while she had put on someone else's skin-object, played another person in the opera troupe, and even went on stage to perform.

After taking off the skin-object, the flesh-and-blood woman stared blankly at her terrifying self in the mirror, then took out some bottles and jars from the cabinet under the dressing table, and carefully applied the liquid inside onto that old man's skin-object.

Miss Luo Lin had checked those containers just now; they were all cosmetics for skin maintenance. Now it seems Miss Luo Lin's conclusion was not wrong either.

And after maintaining that human skin, the flesh-and-blood woman did not put it on immediately, but entered the depths of the room, knelt down before that mermaid oil painting which had been restored to its original state, and prayed. Only after praying did she put on the skin-object of the old man again. This process was much more disgusting than taking off the skin-object, and Xia De did not really want to describe it.

And when that old-fashioned old gentleman appeared again, he looked at himself in the mirror for a while, only then pushed open the door and left here.

"This world is truly crazy, isn't it?"

Only then did Vigo say:

"To fake death to escape, she peeled off her own skin and put on someone else's skin. I think I will never be able to understand the thoughts of such people."

"Mrs. Connaught is simultaneously involved with skin-objects and that Unknowable-level relic; things have become more complicated."

Xia De said:

"However, no traces of a Skin-Craftsman were found here. It seems we still have to find the person who gave the fat woman the skin-object."

The four of them left the storage room and continued to search backstage for a while. The troupe was not completely corrupted; most of the people here were just ordinary people struggling for a living, and that "third female lead" was finally found by Vigo in the washroom.

The Eye of Edwards was reminding Xia De that the other party was also wearing a skin-object. However, the other party was actually not an ordinary person, but a Second-Ring Ring-Ringed Ringed Shushi.

In the eyes of the current Xia De and Vigo, the difference between a low-ring warlock and an ordinary person was not significant. And the woman who was washing her hands in the washroom did not panic when she saw the four strangers walk in.

"The performance hasn't ended yet, and outsiders are not allowed to enter the backstage. Also, this gentleman, do I need to remind you that this is a washroom for ladies?"

Although she did not serve as the heroine of this performance, this woman with brown long hair was still very beautiful. Under that stage performance attire, she looked like an eighteen or nineteen-year-old "first love" girl often appearing in stories, but confirming that the other party was wearing a skin-object, Xia De only felt disgust.

And he had a strange feeling that the vitality on the other party was truly too weak, almost like a seriously ill patient. Xia De thought this might be some kind of method, and he did not give up his guard just because the other party's level was very low.

"Where did the layer of skin on your body come from?"

Vigo asked with a cold face, but did not expect that woman to lean against the sink and laugh:

"Very beautiful, right? Although women don't have an eternal eighteen, there are always eighteen-year-old girls in this world. Age is truly cruel to us; once we pass the best age, all past glory and gazes will disappear, and whether it's the same sex or the opposite sex, they will look at us with alternative gazes."

"But as long as you simply put on a layer of skin, these troubles can all be solved. Do you know? I had already despaired, but after having this skin, I even started bleeding every month again."

Vigo's mouth twitched, and the expression on her face became colder:

"You are also a Ring-Ringed Ringed Shushi; you know what the raw material of the thing you are wearing is."

"Of course I know. But in my view, since women can use cosmetics and beautiful clothes to make themselves beautiful, what is the difference between this thing and cosmetics or skirts?"

The woman leaned against the sink and asked Vigo:

"So, did you come to find me for this skin? I see your appearance is already excellent enough; yes, even I am jealous of your looks, so why do you still want to look for skin-objects?"

She giggled:

"It can't be that you dislike yourself for being too beautiful, right? How about this, I will exchange the skin I am wearing now for your skin. But I can't help you for nothing; you have to let the man behind you sleep with me. Beautiful girls have this kind of privilege."

"Cough, cough, cough, cough, a lunatic whose brain was ruined by a skin-object."

Vigo cursed in a low voice while coughing, raising her hand to take action, but the woman leaning against the sink suddenly vomited toward the sink. Black blood was vomited in large mouthfuls by her into the sink; she laughed while vomiting, and her eyes were even shedding tears.

Xia De, who had been on guard, immediately blocked in front of Vigo, but the other party did not attack and soon fell to the ground without a sound:

"In this life, I can consider it worth it!"

"Damn it, actually really... false immortality... hmm? Wait a minute."

The miracle did not save the woman, or rather, the state of "false immortality" only lasted for half a second before being broken, and the woman died directly.

Vigo then signaled Miss Luo Lin to check the woman's abdomen. After the clothes were cut open, the other party's abdomen was shockingly connected to a section of umbilical cord.

That pink umbilical cord was quite fresh, even like a living insect; when seen by Vigo and Miss Luo Lin, it was trying to burrow into the corpse's stomach, but lost its activity when touched by Vigo's hand, and after twitching a few times, it stopped moving.

It looked completely devoid of traces of elements; even Xia De only sensed extremely slight whisper elements after touching it. The woman was clearly killed by this thing.

And after checking, Vigo knew what this was:

"Secret-Keeper-level relic 【Umbilical Cord of the Undead】; this thing is the umbilical cord of some nameless evil object. After connecting the umbilical cord to oneself, it can allow the holder to treat others as a host, subsequently extracting the vitality and even the soul of others."

"But the relic has been destroyed; clearly, it went out of control before we arrived, but it is not certain whether it was deliberately manipulated to go out of control by this woman, or if we just happened to encounter this unlucky event. Or, was it the Skin-Craftsman behind her who sensed our arrival, so deliberately let the relic go out of control?"

Vigo said at a fast speed, and after finishing this long string of words, she coughed violently again.

Miss Luo Lin took out blood brew for her to take, and Xia De asked:

"Did you feel that the life energy in this opera house was excessively high? I originally thought this was because it was closer to the Holy See of the 【Creation Church】; perhaps this was the reason for the relic going out of control."

He closed his eyes to perceive the surroundings. Although the miracle "Life Spark" endowed him with the ability to perceive vitality, he could not perceive abnormal life energy around this washroom:

"That unknown evil object that was just born has probably gone to other locations in the opera house. It seems something big is going to happen..."

He looked at the corpse next to the sink again; the corpse trembled and actually stood up while leaning on the ground. This was of course not resurrection; the disaster of creation was residing in her body. But before the corpse could make any further movements, black chains pierced directly into her chest, and immediately dragged a large mass of sparks out of her body.

But contrary to Xia De's expectations, even though the sparks were completely extracted, the corpse actually still stretched out both hands and grabbed the chains.

【Skin-Object.】

"She" reminded softly. Winnie, who had been silent, was faster; white frost mist was blown out by her, freezing the corpse in place. The biting cold frost formed spikes in the same direction on the frozen surface, and the skin-object that was about to go out of control was completely frozen.

Firelight emerged from the mark on Xia De's palm; the Spark Source appeared, accommodating the life energy transmitted from the chains. The skin-object, which had almost gone out of control due to the attraction of vitality just now, returned to its original state, but Winnie still froze it in ice for safety.

Xia De was very worried:

"Resurrected just after dying, this is not right. Could it be that in this opera house, there is still a life aberration hiding with a twisted spark? Otherwise, it makes no sense... Now in this opera house, there is not only an evil object born from a relic, but also a monster born from the disaster of creation."

Vigo's face looked better after drinking the blood brew:

"But where could she have come into contact with a life aberration? She was an actress tonight; she was active on stage for the first two acts just now. It couldn't be the stage..."

Xia De could not hear the second half of Vigo's sentence clearly, because a bass sound like thunder suddenly rolled past from outside the wall, and then the treble sounded like thunder splitting the sky. The walls of the entire opera house were trembling in the roar, and the mirrors and glass in the washroom even appeared with cracks.

At this moment, whether it was Xia De, Vigo, or Miss Luo Lin, they all covered their ears. Only Winnie, who was non-human, frowned slightly, and then she discovered that a certain cat that had been standing on Xia De's shoulder seemed unaffected.

"Is this the sound of the giant pipe organ in the opera house? Is that thing that loud? Why do I feel this is not air vibrating, but energy vibrating?"

After the loud noise ended, there was still a buzzing sound in Xia De's ears. When he spoke, he even felt his voice sounded like it was coming from a very far place.

Vigo was also rubbing her ears:

"The giant pipe organ in this opera house would absolutely not make such a loud sound under normal circumstances. I think I guessed what happened. Since after mechanical activation, corresponding supernatural abilities will appear due to the original effects of the machine, what do you guess this thing is activated?"

Xia De guessed it:

"If I remember correctly, on the way here just now, you said that the giant pipe organ in this opera house is driven by three steam engines. That musical instrument is two stories high, the longest bass pipe is over ten meters, with five keyboards, over a hundred stops, and over seven thousand pipes."

Vigo nodded:

"Yes, the oldest opera house has the most advanced steam-powered musical instrument. Arcadia City is very avant-garde, right?"

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