Volume 4: The Sleepless Snake Chapter 1 The Snake That Never Sleeps!
Goethe followed his heart and opened the 'Ring of the Mad King'.
Under the starry night sky, that 'dark star' once again attracted his attention, as if he had seen it accidentally, and then, he could not take his eyes away.
After adding huge wealth to the Steinbeck family.
Goethe's "luck" at this moment had already reached an unprecedented level.
Similarly, [eliminating disasters and relieving misfortunes] has also reached an unprecedented level.
He could clearly feel the change.
But precisely because it was clear, he felt more stressed.
[Power Crystal]!
When Goethe thought of this prop, his heart couldn't help but sink.
Goethe forced himself not to curse out loud.
And in your heart?
I have already cursed CTMD a hundred times.
At this moment, Goethe felt like a wounded soldier forced onto a cliff.
Not only was he seriously injured, but he had no way to retreat.
Goethe, who was blessed with [luck] and [disaster relief], could clearly feel the "great terror" that was about to appear.
Is the world real?
Or a witch?
have no idea.
It doesn't matter.
In a short period of time, he did not attract attention because of his ability to [eliminate disasters and relieve misfortunes].
If this goes on for too long, he'll be doomed.
calm!
calm!
Goethe told himself, and he counted on his fingers again.
Under the [Shadow Snake Tail-Eating Technique], Goethe's fingers turned into small snake shadows, hissing.
When the two little snake shadows entangled, he got the answer.
In 'Black Star', there is a solution to the problem at hand.
Seventeen times in a row.
This happens every time.
But Goethe was still worried. After learning that his 'strength' would be suppressed and used as nutrients, Goethe's state returned to the state when he 'just joined the club'.
A frightened bird?
Yes.
But more appropriately it is 'The Snake That Never Sleeps'.
In the biting cold wind, the 'Sleepless Snake' is about to be frozen to death, but its fangs are still exposed.
He could be easily killed by anyone.
But before he died, he made sure to let those who beat him to death know that he could take someone with him.
There is madness in calmness.
There is a hint of self-destructive paranoia in the madness.
Come on! Come on!
It’s still uncertain who will win!
Goethe thought in his heart that the panic completely dissipated, leaving only calmness, and he counted with his fingers again.
There is no suitable one!
Especially those promoted stars are even more terrifying!
It is filled with 'unclear'.
But what surprised Goethe most was the 'scarlet star'.
At this moment, he saw a word in the scarlet: Danger!
Dead air!
The air was filled with deathly aura so thick that it seemed to be tangible!
Goethe even had a premonition that "as long as you enter, you will die."
Moreover, this feeling is strangely familiar.
It seemed that he had seen it.
It is in...
When the 'secret world promotion' begins!
That dark shadow!
Goethe was slightly stunned.
His [heart] told him that he had discovered something quite extraordinary, but his [heart] also reminded him that he had to leave immediately, otherwise he would be noticed.
Without any hesitation.
Goethe chose to enter.
In an instant, Goethe disappeared from the spot.
And in the next moment, the "invisible gaze" swept past here.
Nothing was found.
After a slight pause, his gaze turned towards the 'fisherman' and the 'lady'.
This gaze seemed to only see the 'Angler' and the 'Lady'.
What about Skiffens Steinbeck, who was standing aside and once again 'imprisoned by time'?
Turn a blind eye.
The heir of the Steinbeck family lowered his head slightly with a smile on his face.
…
Goethe had a more intense reaction than any other time he entered the 'secret realm'.
The world was spinning, and Goethe almost fell to the ground with his current mental, technical and physical conditions.
When he stood firm, he found himself in a house.
The floor was made of large blue bricks, and the gaps between the bricks were filled with lime. The ground was clean. What caught the eye were two long black cabinets leaning against the wall, and opposite was a niche with an incense burner. Next to it was a fire pit connected to a stove, and on the kang was a square low table with a small candle in the broken plate on the table.
The kang is against the wall on three sides, with a window facing the wall. It has three layers, the inner layer is straw paper, and the outermost layer is felt.
Thick and windproof.
But even so, Goethe still heard the sound of snowflakes falling.
Especially the sound of footsteps, which was clearly audible.
Getting closer, and then -
Snap, snap!
"Mr. Mo, your eggs."
"It's almost New Year, so I put two extra ones for you."
With a slightly childish and naive voice, the footsteps faded away again.
When Goethe opened the door, he saw a boy walking out of the courtyard wall. In front of his door was a basket of eggs covered with a black cloth.
Shake open the cloth, there are twenty eggs inside.
Holding the basket, Goethe blinked, a little confused about the situation.
Then, simple memories came to mind.
He, Mo Shengyi, is the master of yin and yang.
The not very serious kind.
Simply put, half a liar.
Relying on a few tricks, Chuxia settled down in the village, and then used some more means to gain a firm foothold.
Then?
Prepare to study that thing carefully.
Carrying a basket of eggs, Goethe returned to the house, closed the door and bolted it.
Place the egg carefully behind the door.
The simple memory just now told Goethe that food was very precious here.
Even if it's not precious.
Goethe would not waste it either.
He strode towards the niche.
Behind the incense burner with incense sticks is a box.
The box is made entirely of wood, with copper-wrapped corners, and is extremely heavy to hold.
There is a small brass lock.
According to that simple memory, Goethe took out the key from the incense burner and opened the lock directly.
It’s not that I don’t want to use a more direct approach.
But there is a mechanism in the box.
Although it was just a small device, for the sake of convenience, Goethe chose a safer method. After all, it was just a piece of cake.
Click!
The copper lock jumped.
The box is opened.
Something similar to a playing card caught my eye.
This is what Mo Shengyi is going to study in depth.
Card.
Or [Bao Ka]!
Six hundred and sixty-six years ago, after "the Great Emperor" Zhao Jingjue destroyed the Dongyi, killed the Nanman, massacred the Xirong, and killed the Beidi to unify the world, he cut down mountains and destroyed temples to eliminate the worship of wild gods, and established himself as the number one righteous god. Two hundred years later, "the Great Emperor" Zhao Jingjue rode a dragon to heaven, and the 21st prince succeeded to the throne (the 21st prince had been outlasted before).
Different from the cruel 'Emperor' Zhao Jingjue, the 21st Prince was kind and benevolent. He distributed the 360 treasure cards left by the 'Emperor' to his brothers and relatives.
Each treasure card has mysterious effects.
Or call the wind and rain.
Or making soldiers out of beans.
The list goes on.
The whole nation was grateful for the new emperor's kindness, and fifty years of peace began, during which the population skyrocketed.
But the world is such that things that are divided for a long time will eventually unite, and things that are united for a long time will eventually divide
With the death of the new emperor.
The new emperor's nine sons began to fight for the throne.
All means are used.
final……
The throne fell into her family.
The Crown Princess ascends the throne.
The font size is 'Wu'.
Later, on the pretext of offering sacrifice, more than 7,000 members of the Zhao family were killed in Gaoping Mausoleum.
In this battle, most of the 360 [Treasure Cards] were lost.
But the world remains stable.
The queen pushed down the statue of the emperor and erected her own statue.
In the empress's later years, the only bloodline of the Zhao family launched a coup.
With the support of his ministers, he successfully regained power.
He re-erected the statue of the Great Emperor, but did not tear down the statue of his mother, but simply placed it aside.
Another hundred years later, the dynasty was revived.
Then it declined again, and after two hundred years of stumbling, it has reached a turbulent time. Although it seems peaceful inside, there are actually civil unrests in various places, bandits and robbers are rampant, and foreign powers are eyeing it covetously.
Even the [Treasure Cards], which are regarded as the foundation of the country, are only available to the royal family in sixteen copies.
The rest all became wanderers.
More memories came back to Goethe's mind.
Then he picked up this [Treasure Card].
[Small Blindness (No. 351): Use this card to avoid the gaze of ordinary people]
(Note 1: Each use consumes 1 month of life)
(Note 2: Can be replaced by Bloody Honor)
…
The text appeared, exactly the same as before.
On the front of the [treasure card] is a picture of "a blind leaf", but on the back is the text of Goethe's hometown, but it is not simplified Chinese, but traditional Chinese. It says - Why do I refuse to shake hands when I already have a girlfriend?
Goethe raised an eyebrow.
He once again felt the aura of a slightly younger Liu Bei.
It's the 'Mad King', no doubt about it.
Why refuse to shake hands?
Of course it’s because hands are girlfriends!
Goethe knew this simple answer when he was in junior high school.
And at the moment when Goethe silently gave the answer, bursts of fluorescent light burst out from the [Small Blindness Technique (No. 351)], and an extremely rich vitality appeared in it. As long as Goethe wanted, he could absorb it perfectly.
And, in addition to vitality.
Goethe also felt a glimmer of power.
It's the secret technique 'Small Blindness Technique'!
A perfect 'little blindfold'!
this?!
Goethe was stunned.
Then, he roughly understood the routine of the 'Mad King'.
This guy obviously did what he did in the 'Fighting Secret Realm' again.
Moreover, this time it is even more brutal than before.
Not only does it require people to "perfect the secret technique", it also requires people's "life"!
"The 'Mad King' during this period must have been betrayed."
"Not only did they start to act recklessly, they also became extremely ruthless."
"But, he shouldn't have come back!"
Goethe was quite sure of this.
That kind of strong vitality would definitely not be so strong if the "Mad King" came back.
As for the traditional Chinese code words?
Insurance, of course.
Simplified Chinese, the 'Mad King' left behind a dictionary or something like that.
There is no 'Traditional' from the beginning to the end.
Add to that the secret code, and to put it simply, no one except the Mad King can decipher it successfully.
What if the secret code is guessed wrong?
Then wait to be sucked.
Um?!
Suck it?!
Goethe suddenly narrowed his eyes.
He lowered his head again to check the [Small Blindness (No. 351)] in his hand, and an idea suddenly popped up in his mind - my power comes from [Bloody Honor], what if I make the power into a card?
Pour it into it.
Then, make it a medium.
Is it possible to effectively avoid being devoured by the 'witch'?
Or, simply rebuild it.
With my talent as [Golden Human. Alienation], it shouldn't be too difficult for me to relearn these secret techniques.
etc!
In addition to using the people in the secret realm in front of him to "perfect the secret arts" and "plunder their vitality", is the 'Mad King' also doing this to prevent the 'witch' from devouring him?
It should be!
As soon as the question arose, the answer appeared in Goethe's mind.
But why was the 'Mad King' useless later on?
Is it true that even with a 'medium', there is no way to avoid being eaten?
Goethe was not worried about this.
He had just come up with the plan to rebuild it.
But, he was worried that rebuilding it would be useless?
"If re-repairing once doesn't work, then re-repairing twice."
"If two times doesn't work, then three times."
"Even if there is such a thing as a seed of power, I can change it so that they can't find the source. Besides, my [Talent] has little to do with the power of a 'witch'. It's basically indirect."
"I gain power indirectly, by deleting more and covering more."
"Then, give up your talent!"
"Use the power you gained to regain your [Talent]!"
"It's like - I formatted the hard drive, then filled it with Little Liu Bei, then formatted it again, and I filled it again, and the cycle repeats, and no one will ever find the original one."
Goethe made up his mind, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and a look of joy appeared on his face.
He didn't expect to find a solution so quickly.
Although it is just a general direction.
But it is better than running around like a headless fly.
After that, it’s a matter of careful verification.
call!
Goethe breathed a sigh of relief.
At the same time, more words began to appear before my eyes——
[Background: The Mo family was once a wealthy family in Beijing, but they were involved in a dispute and quickly declined. When it came to Mo Shengyi's father, he had to leave his hometown and make a living by juggling and performing magic tricks. Eventually, he was spotted by Miss Feng from the Moon Gate. The two got married and retired from the world. The family's past was also treated as a story and told to Mo Shengyi! Mo Shengyi didn't take it seriously and just treated it as a story until someone came to his door and asked for a hundred taels of gold for the [Treasure Card]. Mo Shengyi was shocked to realize that the story was actually true. There really is a so-called "jianghu" and there really is a so-called "treasure card"! With the [treasure card], Mo Shengyi was sent out of Haimen by his parents...]
[Main Quest: Reorganize the Mo family and become the best in the world! ]
[Get a temporary language, it will disappear automatically when you leave the instance]
[Clothing, appearance, and equipment are temporarily changed and will automatically be restored when leaving the secret realm]
…
"A script in which a young man's family is wiped out and he carries a blood feud?"
"Fortunately this is [Small Blindness Technique (No. 351)], not the Sword Manual of Exorcism."
"Otherwise I'll just have to cut it off. "
"If you don't cut it, it won't be cured at all."
Cut... No, Goethe thought silently, and always felt a little bit painful.
Of course, there are more joys.
The [Main Mission] in front of him was really just right for him.
He had plenty of time to carry out his plan.
While thinking, he raised his hand and threw a piece of wood into the stove.
The flickering flames illuminated Goethe's face.
At the end of the year, it’s late, there’s a fire bed and an incense niche.
A more detailed plan emerged in the boy's mind.
At this moment, a loud shout rang out.
"The kiln was smashed!"