Chapter 4079

The area of this natural cave is not particularly large, and it is full of torches and long-burning candles inside. It is divided into upper and lower sides. The entrance is located on the upper layer, and the lower layer is five meters deeper than the upper layer. The vampires have transformed this place quite well, and even separated separate storage areas, prayer areas, and rest areas.

There are not many vampires in this stronghold today. Hearing that Xia De came, Mr. Bernhardt even greeted him at the door.

Xia De looked at the moss on the ground and the conference table in the center of the lower layer that was obviously just moved:

"You originally lived in a big mansion in the lower city, later ran to the outer city to live separately, how come you ran to the mountains and forests now?"

He teased with a smile, Mr. Bernhardt shook his head:

"Isn't it because of the 【Blood Spirit School】."

Mr. Bernhardt asked clearly the reason why Xia De came here, then sent someone to rescue the other two who were in danger in the sewer. The experiments of the 【Blood Spirit School】 seem to have made a major breakthrough recently, and the life distortion bodies are becoming stronger and stronger. Today's situation, although dangerous, is not very unexpected.

A beam of sunlight shoots directly into the conference table on the lower layer from the top of the cave, so although there is a strong earthy smell here, it doesn't seem very dull and oppressive. Mr. Bernhardt obviously intends to use this as a long-term stronghold. After all, if they move further out, they will completely leave the Arcadia area.

"After Helmons appeared locally, the Blood Spirit School began to be active in the sewers of the outer city. We have encountered them many times. It has been determined that they are raising those 'life distortion bodies,' not only for experiments, but they are also obtaining life energy through the distortion bodies.

After those distortion bodies eat people, their own life energy will grow explosively, which does not conform to the conservation of energy."

He handed the flesh-and-blood eye container that Xia De obtained from the sewage treatment plant some time ago to Xia De. Now the "distorted life fire seeds" stored inside are very many, so Xia De absorbed them into his own ignition source.

"Is it because of avoiding conflicts with the 【Blood Spirit School】 in the outer city that you moved here? Actually, you can go to the desolate area between the outer city and Gray Rock Pass. I know an abandoned farm there that is very good."

Mr. Bernhardt shook his head:

"The clearing activities in Tobesk are about to end, and the next batch of support will be sent soon. So many vampires gathered together, if I were the Church, I would also be worried, so let's stay away from the city."

"The current investigation has already had some clues. The missing clansmen were indeed captured for experiments, but we still can't find their whereabouts. In addition, Tobesk said that the next support will bring an oracle, which seems to be an instruction given by my Lord, asking us to fully participate in this matter."

Vampires are currently Xia De's allies. Of course, he is also very happy that his allies have strengthened their power:

"Helmons is indeed very powerful now. Although the thirteenth-tier wonder I newly mastered restrains his power, he also possesses a way that makes me unable to kill him completely."

Xia De sat down at the conference table, and Mr. Bernhardt stood holding the table:

"Since he dared to return from the New Continent, he will definitely have reliance this time. Let's continue to see the situation. The appearance of 【Pseudo-Human Home】 is beyond the expectations of all forces in the local area. I don't know what kind of subsequent situation this will lead to.

However, compared to those things in Midehillburg and Moon Bay, at least the current opponents are just understandable enemies, and the situation is not particularly bad."

Thinking of the various adventures before, Xia De also showed a smile, but he didn't forget to remind:

"When you are active next, be careful of the 【Magic Eye Club】. The ignition source used by the 【Blood Spirit School】 and the 【Son Alliance】 yesterday is very likely to be the 【Magic Eye Club】's."

"Aren't they possibly supporting the apostates? How did they get involved with these two organizations again?"

Mr. Bernhardt asked, and after seeing Xia De shake his head, he said again:

"I will write this down. This is the fifth ignition source besides you, the Church, the apostates, and Helmons, right? Speaking of which, the ignition source looks like an eye. It doesn't seem very surprising that the Magic Eye Club owns one."

Xia De didn't comment on this. Although divination can't count as evidence, he already intended to let the Church find trouble with the 【Magic Eye Club】:

"The Pseudo-Humans came for the 【Skin-Object Hall】. I might take a big action against the 【Skin-Object Hall】 recently. When you are active, you can also pay attention to relevant clues."

He talked about Mrs. Connaught's recent situation again. Hearing that the noble lady who raised young lovers can now only wear old people's skin objects to make a living in the opera troupe, Mr. Bernhardt also sighed:

"I understand. But speaking of which, I also have something to tell you. Two days ago, when we were active in the sewer, we accidentally discovered a space with a large number of corpses.

The entrance to that space was blocked by a brick wall. We originally thought it was a hidden laboratory of the 【Blood Spirit School】. But after opening it, what we saw were mountains of withered yellow bones, and those bones quickly rotted completely because they came into contact with the outside air.

This sounds similar to the 'withering' you mentioned, but I haven't come into contact with similar power, so I can't determine my judgment."

Xia De frowned:

"About how many skeletons?"

"Looking at the scale, there are about fifty or so. And it's not just the corpses, even the clothes have rotted. Because it was the corpse rot caused by supernatural power, I couldn't see their specific time of death just by visual inspection.

The mud left by the rotted corpses, I have collected them all. If you need them, you can take them away together."

The so-called "mud" is something formed after dirty blood, rotted meat, and moist mud are mixed together. Xia De really took some away. After returning to the Fragrant Mansion, he asked for the black crystal placed in the hands of the witch followers. The crystal didn't react at first, but after Xia De inserted it into the mud, the surface of the crystal shimmered.

"It is indeed the power of withering. The night watchman of the sewage treatment plant has no reason to hide the corpses in the sewer. He throws them directly into the sewage settling tank. So, this city really has a second object that uses the power of 'withering.' Demon..."

Xia De returned to the Fragrant Mansion at 10:30 in the morning. At this time, Ajielina had already seen her future living environment with Princess Lei Qianya, and the sisters were chatting with Miss McDonald.

Yiluna's "surgery" had also been completed. Unlike Weige, whose eye color changed slightly after the transformation, Yiluna's left eye remained golden without any changes.

"The process of human alchemy this time was very smooth, so let's try the effect."

In the study, Weige, who was quite proud of her craftsmanship, said, so Xia De took out a small amount of normal life fire seeds stored in the palm mark:

"Yiluna, don't blink."

His right hand fingers were closed together and pointed in front of Yiluna's left eye. After Xia De withdrew his finger, Yiluna blinked her eyes quickly and then looked around.

Ajielina whispered:

"Yiluna, your eyes look much brighter than just now."

"This shows that her eyes successfully stored the fire seeds."

Weige said with a smile, but Yiluna said:

"Miss Astley said that the fire seeds stored through this technology also have a time limit, but 'the other me' reminded me that I can permanently store external life fire seeds, and can transform my own life force into fire seeds through this eye."

"Isn't that an ignition source?"

Princess Lei Qianya asked in surprise, but Yiluna shook her head:

"Should be different, right? Xia De said that any ignition source needs 'active metal' as material, but my eyes were completely manufactured by Xia De."

She frowned slightly, then her left eye became brighter and brighter, until golden flames ignited in her eyes, or rather, her whole eye turned golden. This appearance was even more terrifying than when the "ignition source" was activated. The fire didn't burn Yiluna's skin and hair, and that golden fire was also different from the color of any "ignition source" so far:

"It's not just storing fire seeds. The other me also reminded me that I have developed new abilities for this eye. Now when I look at each of you, as long as I concentrate, faint fire light will appear on each of you... The fire light on Xia De is the strongest."

"Life force detection?"

Xia De asked, and Yiluna nodded:

"Yes."

Saying that, she let her left eye return to normal, and then closed her left eye and only observed with her right eye. In this case, she couldn't see any fire light.

Although Weige's eyes also underwent human alchemy, they didn't show this ability. This is obviously because of the particularity that Yiluna's left eye already possessed.

And according to Yiluna, after the "life fire seed" was given to the left eye, it could be considered to have opened a series of functions of that eye in the "life" system. Letting her transform her own life force into fire seeds and letting her observe life force were just the initial effects. Give her some time, and she is confident that she can develop more abilities for her already extraordinary left eye.

"Also thank Miss Astley for her help, this technology is really amazing."

Yiluna finally expressed her gratitude to Weige again, but Weige felt that this should have nothing to do with herself:

"Mother's technology is more like activating the potential of your eyes... Does your eye really not count as an ignition source?"

"Regardless of whether it is an ignition source, in short, neither of you must use your eyes to contain distorted fire seeds."

Xia De warned very seriously again, but Princess Lei Qianya only used one sentence to make his words less serious:

"Yes, yes, you must listen to Xia De's orders. He is very good at... punishing~"