Chapter 4057

The person who poked out of the wall was exactly the high-level Mimic that had confronted Xia De in the core room of 【Mimic's Home】. Last time, Xia De had clearly used the power of the Red Moon to completely destroy it with the cooperation of many girls, but it had indeed "reborn" from inside 【Mimic's Home】 again.

Calling it rebirth wasn't quite accurate; it represented the collective consciousness of the "Mimic" group. As long as the relic's main body was not destroyed, such an appearance would never completely disappear.

"You again?"

The high-level Mimic, with half its flesh-and-blood body poking out, also recognized Xia De, Ellie, and Winnie. Compared to last time, it appeared more like a normal human at this moment:

"Why, do you want to come in too?"

The tower door of the black tower creaked open. Xia De smiled:

"Do you really want me to come in?"

He raised his right hand again. Even though it was daytime, an inexplicable red moonlight fell into his hand, until it transformed into that "Flower of the Corroded Moon" with a strange glow.

This was a wide-range Qi-Art specifically targeting flesh-and-blood life. Although Xia De didn't want to go in, if the Mimic dared to let him in, he would be quite willing to try out just how powerful the Qi-Art that Danister had repeatedly warned him not to use at full strength really was.

The Mimic's expression didn't change, but the black tower's door closed:

"Perhaps we can make a deal. When I fought you on the southern island last time, I saw through part of your essence. You are not human; you are actually one of our kind. How about I trade the answer I know for a cooperation?"

Xia De shook his head:

"I am not the 【Blood Spirit School】 or the Blood-Crying Hermons. I will not cooperate with you."

But the Mimic said:

"But you clearly have the aura of another powerful relic on you. I can vaguely see that it's a pair of butterflies. Since you can have such a deep intersection with them, why can't you cooperate with us?

And you were right, this time the enemy is indeed a human named Hermons."

The wall beside it fell away. Behind the bricks and stones was a layer of translucent blood-colored flesh membrane. Behind the membrane, Xia De saw Hermons stepping on the shoulder of a "Giant God Soldier," fighting the Mimics in that blood-red city surging with flesh and blood. Xia De even saw the "Madonna of the Infant" standing on the other shoulder of the "Giant God Soldier," lowering her head and humming a lullaby.

Under the enhancement of that strange golden light, the "Giant God Soldier" replicated by the relic displayed terrifying power. Even though they were currently on the "Mimics'" home turf, they were not at a disadvantage at all.

Of course, although it looked like the group from the 【Blood Spirit School】 and the 【Son Alliance】 were just behind the wall, they were probably deep inside 【Mimic's Home】 at this moment.

"Last time you cooperated with them, this time, you have become their prey, haven't you?"

Seeing that it wasn't the Leather Objects doing the attacking, although Xia De was a bit surprised, since they were all his enemies, he wasn't disappointed no matter who fought whom.

The "Mimic" that had poked half its body out of the wall replied:

"They don't know what you've done. They still covet the secrets deep within 【Mimic's Home】, covet the mysteries of flesh-and-blood creation, and want to claim our life energy as their own. This greed is very delicious and can help us continue to grow, but we cannot let them go any deeper."

It extended an invitation to Xia De again:

"You are not human, not a Mimic, not any life known in this world. But since you have absorbed our mother fluid, we are willing to put aside past grudges and treat you like a human friend."

From this sentence, one could see that "Mimics" were not human after all:

"I have no reason to help you expel this group of people who broke into 【Mimic's Home】. Wouldn't it be more beneficial for me to watch you both suffer losses?"

The Mimic was silent for a moment:

"They seem to be your enemies too. Once they really obtain our secrets, does this really have no impact on you, God-Caller?"

Hearing it say this, Xia De became even less anxious:

"The deteriorated flesh of the eldest son has disappeared, and the door to the delivery room has been closed by me. What other secrets could you possibly have?"

The blood-colored Thernier River was flowing gurglingly, and the blood rain was falling onto the ground and the river channel. Although the high-level Mimic wasn't human, it could understand Xia De's meaning:

"What flows out of the delivery room is only mother fluid. Transforming it into us involves very ancient knowledge of flesh-and-blood creation. Although the flesh on the door has disappeared, the bloodline of the first son has long been integrated into us, and we know its secrets.

Also, the original founder here, the original owner, once left behind some ancient stone tablets. That is knowledge about the Mythological Era, which is a priceless treasure for you and for them."

The Mimic's eyes looked at Xia De. At this moment, Xia De really felt that the other party was a human:

"Those stories have a certain connection to the ancient Creator choosing an heir. The outsiders hope to obtain all of this, and I think you should want to obtain all of this too."

It was right this time, but Xia De wanted more than what it said:

"Was it that Ancient God who established this place? What I want is not just knowledge; I want to know the true origin of 【Mimic's Home】."

The Mimic on the wall shook its head:

"Don't be too greedy. That is a story that should have been lost in mythology long ago. These stories are buried forever in the twilight of the past, which is a good thing for you and for us."

"What if I must have that story?"

The Mimic that had poked its body out of the wall looked at him inquiringly:

"God-Caller, if one day you can knock on the door of 'Mimic's Home' according to human etiquette and accept our banquet, we are also willing to tell you those ancient stories buried deep in the bloodline of the Mimics.

But at least today, it is not yet time to tell stories."

It said to Xia De:

"Imitating human methods, I want to make a deal with you. You go and expel the other humans who have invaded 【Mimic's Home】. In return, you can get some ancient knowledge from us, just like the deal the human named 'Hermons' once reached with us.

Since you have cooperated with the unknown butterfly relic, you can certainly cooperate with us. You can keep your vigilance, but this time we will not lie, because you are one of our kind."

Xia De indeed didn't want to see the 【Blood Spirit School】 and the 【Son Alliance】 really gain too much from 【Mimic's Home】.

"If I want the secret of the 【Creation Delivery Room】, can you provide it?"

Xia De asked, and the Mimic nodded:

"Yes, but we can only provide partial knowledge."

"I also want you to promise the Ancient God that the Mimics will not expand their influence in this area within fifty years."

The Mimic continued to nod:

"Yes. But this time, I will not invite you into 【Mimic's Home】."

The Mimics were obviously also guarding against Xia De cooperating with those humans. Last time they suffered a big loss under the Red Moon, and this time, facing Xia De who had mastered the "Flower of the Corroded Moon," they wouldn't make the same mistake as last time.

Xia De then asked:

"Without entering this house, how am I supposed to help you expel the evil guests who have broken into the house?"

"Wait a moment, the bright red city will overlap with the material world. At that time, you can enter that city directly from the material world and defeat our common enemy from inside the flesh-and-blood city."

"Fine, but defeating this enemy won't be easy. Provide me with some supplies; consider this a deposit."

Facing Xia De's excessive demand, the Mimic actually didn't object:

"Okay."

The half-body that had poked out of the wall retracted into the black tower. Before long, the black tower's door opened, and a low-level Mimic with three ears and its nose and mouth positions reversed, under Ellie's vigilant gaze, gave a red stone the size of a fist to Xia De.

"Blood Essence of All Things."

Although Xia De had often compared 【Blood Essence of All Things】 and the 【Philosopher's Stone】 recently, the 【Philosopher's Stone】 was a genuine relic, while 【Blood Essence of All Things】 was just a precious alchemical material.

Their status in alchemy could sometimes be mentioned in the same breath, and both were red, but their actual functions were completely different.

The 【Blood Essence of All Things】 provided by the Mimics this time was larger than any Xia De had seen in the Fifth Era and the Sixth Era. The powerful vitality contained within it even caused the "Source of Fire" in the imprint on Xia De's palm to react.

"What should we do in a while?"

After that low-level Mimic went back, Xia De and Winnie also temporarily moved away from the black tower with Ellie.

Seeing Xia De looking down at the alchemical material, Winnie asked softly.

This time, they not only had to fight the "Madonna of the Infant" and the Thirteen-Ring Hermons at the same time, but there was also a "Giant God Soldier" with numerous magic eyes being controlled by them. What's more, the battlefield in a while was the Mimics' home turf. Winnie could trust Grace and Helen, but she would absolutely not trust those things.

"This 【Blood Essence of All Things】 can be used as an alchemical material with vigorous life energy. Although what it gives me is vitality, I can convert vitality into massive Spirit. Although doing this is a bit wasteful, it should be enough for me to open a Misuo once."

Winnie revealed a faint smile:

"Then, which Misuo are you going to choose? The 【Snow White】 that erodes the world?"

Ellie on the side had her eyes light up, and the unicorn spoke in human language:

"It's the apple Misuo! I can help too!"

Xia De shook his head:

"As long as the battle doesn't end, the Mimics are my helpers, there's no need..."

He stopped, took out the 【Butterfly-Calling Flute】, and after blowing the flute, red butterflies appeared from the void, circled around Xia De in the blood rain, and then aggregated into the appearance of Grace and Helen.

"Sir, good afternoon. Oh, the weather is truly terrible."

The girls in white and black dresses said with a smile, and then greeted Winnie and Ellie. Ellie tried hard to pretend she wasn't afraid of Grace and Helen, while Winnie's attitude toward them was quite normal.