The current time is around 7:30 in the morning.
Most of the people in the circus had already gotten up. After washing up, they went down to the restaurant in the main villa and began to enjoy the breakfast prepared by Flo Yin herself.
And Flo Yin usually prepares in advance and then goes upstairs to rest.
Although the physique of extraordinary people is strong, especially those who have been promoted to the middle sequence and completed the extraordinary qualitative transformation, it doesn’t matter if they don’t sleep for a week, but as a woman, Floin inevitably takes care of her skin. If it is not necessary, she will still go back to bed on time before the sun rises every day.
As her relationship with the sun-shaded bonsai grew, her hatred of the sun grew.
She truly realizes the schedule of "she doesn't sleep until the moon sleeps".
Chen Lun left the warehouse with the twelve newly made black crystal puppets, and then gave them instructions to disperse to the winery on their own to participate in patrol and protection work.
Soon after, he returned to the villa alone.
"Mr. Jack."
"Captain."
When the circus people saw Chen Lun, they all put down their knives, forks and spoons and saluted respectfully.
"You came back from outside. Didn't you get a rest for the whole night?"
Noah asked curiously.
"Yeah, I just finished making some more black crystal puppets."
Chen Lun replied with a smile.
He took off his leather gloves and black hat and handed them to Connie, who tacitly hung them on the coat rack in the corner.
After sitting down at the main seat, Chen Lun did not start his breakfast directly, but turned his head to look at Alex and Antonio on the side. The former was a little listless, stirring the meat soup mechanically with a spoon, while the latter sat on a large reinforced metal chair like a human, humming a song happily, with a plate of fine grass specially made by Floin placed in front of him.
At first glance, you can probably tell that it contains ingredients such as oat straw, radish cubes, corn, bran and calamus.
"Mr. Jack, this place is so great, Antonio loves it here!"
Antonio the cow imitated the way everyone else was eating. He held the spoon between his front hooves and clumsily put food into his mouth, saying happily.
"The food that Miss Du...F...Floin made for me is delicious!"
It uttered human language in a muffled voice.
"As you like, Antonio."
Chen Lun smiled slightly.
He asked Alex again with concern:
"How have you been these past two days, Mr. Poet?"
“It’s terrible!”
Alex complained.
"Okay! I admit it!"
He dropped the spoon and folded his hands over his elbows, looking proud.
"Jack, your manor is indeed pretty good. The garden, the big bed, the delicious food, and even the chubby white cat and the silly hedgehog all make me feel that this is a good home... But you forgot the most important point!"
Alex looked directly at Chen Lun and said righteously:
"That is freedom! A bard without freedom cannot write great poems, just like a canary in a cage. Even if it is still amazing, it can no longer sing that beautiful song..."
"I won't let you go unless you tell me the secret I want to know."
Chen Lun smiled and spoke calmly.
"Secret? What secret? I don't have any secrets!"
Alex said loudly.
Everyone at the table looked at him, but he was not afraid and glared back at them one by one.
Chen Lun shrugged, ignored Alex, and started eating.
Alex was extremely angry when he saw this, but there was nothing he could do. Finally, he sighed, sat down, and started to vent his anger while chewing some bread and cursing Jack in his heart.
Chen Lun glanced at him silently and secretly performed "mind sharing".
Alex is just an ordinary person and does not possess any extraordinary powers. He was not even aware of Chen Lun's mind stealing.
After a few breaths.
Chen Lun frowned slightly without leaving any trace.
"It's so abnormal that I don't have any memory of the mystery at all..."
He couldn't find any valuable information from Alex's mind. This guy's head was full of adventure stories and boastful words about himself. The rest was just curses at Jack.
There seemed to be nothing unusual, which instead attracted Chen Lun's attention.
Chen Lun had a hunch that Alex was definitely not a simple person and that he was probably hiding some big secret.
"Let's observe for a while longer."
He thought so.
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After breakfast.
Chen Lun strolled to the back garden of the winery, sat on the simple swing built by Golov, and took out the ancient book found from the leader of the Apocalypse.
This is the third opportunity hidden in Peacock City, and the last known opportunity.
At this point, Chen Lun’s main purpose of coming to Peacock City has been achieved.
He gently opened the ancient book titled "An Overview of Biological Structure and Other Mythological Creatures" and gradually immersed himself in the ocean of knowledge.
Although the title is not obvious, it is actually a myth book of the natural faction. It is filled with descriptions of various components and structures of creatures, and even contains a small amount of information related to mythical creatures.
The content of this book is very detailed. Even in the real society where Chen Lun lived in his previous life, in an era of advanced technology, such a book could not be found... It can be seen that in the study of biology, this world has a comprehensive understanding and unique understanding of the mysterious field.
Even better in some aspects.
For example, the structure of living things and its connection with mysticism.
One of the chapters records the symbolic meaning of living things, indicating that everything has a mysterious influence and deep symbolic meaning, which can be compared to the symbols and languages of ancient times.
Even in the mysterious realm, the ten most important and core divine paths cannot be avoided, and they each have corresponding symbols, such as the symbol of the moon is the crow, the symbol of flesh and blood is the butterfly, and the symbol of the deep sea is the octopus.
The body structure of each creature that symbolizes a higher being is closely related to it. Heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys, teeth, claws, sacs, wings, scales... Each part has its own special function and meaning. If you can understand the secrets, you can even arrange a simple but attractive ritual based on the body structure of the symbol to attract the attention of the higher being.
This method is called "symbolic branding" in the book.
It is a ritual favored by higher beings, the exact reason is unknown.
Time passed quietly, and Chen Lun was reading the ancient book with great concentration.
The two paths of nature and magic are adjacent to destiny, and the related knowledge has a strong inspirational effect on him, as can be seen from past experiences.
When the sun rose above his head, Chen Lun finally received a pop-up prompt box on the panel -
Overview of Biological Structure and Other Mythological Creatures (51% progress)
You gained 2 skill points and 15,000 experience points!
By reading carefully, you have gained some experience and understood the skill "Key to Life"!
Key of Life LV1
Skill Description: After a long period of research, you have been deeply inspired by the profound knowledge of the natural path, combining life and fate, and bursting out a brilliant fire of inspiration. You can't wait to try to apply this knowledge to the magician's tricks "Damage Transfer" and "Recovery", and comprehend this new ability.
Skill Effect: 1. You can transfer your own injuries to any part of your body, or even to others, and vice versa, you can also control the injuries of others. (Note: If you use this skill on others, you must pass the four-fold assessment of intelligence, endurance, willpower, and mysterious weight, and all must be passed!)
Second, you can restore living things for a short period of time. (Note: Living things need to retain their spirituality, including their souls and characteristics! They must pass four tests of intelligence, will, insight, and mystical weight, and all must be passed!)
Third, you have gained a vast amount of life knowledge, which is firmly entrenched in your mind. You are now able to perfectly control your body, but the upper limit of your sanity value is permanently reduced by 20 points.
"This skill...?!"
Chen Lun widened his eyes in surprise.
'Freely convert damage, temporarily restore living things, perfect control of the body... It is worthy of the name of the Key of Life! Although each effect has great restrictions and even reduces the upper limit of sanity by 20 points, it is undeniable that it is a powerful skill! '
Judging from his current panel attributes, many Sequence 6 transcendents are not as good as him, but there is another important indicator for judging the "Key of Life", that is the mysterious weight. This thing is a bit mysterious, but in short, it is similar to the symbol of power in the sequence.
The lower position cannot offend the higher position, and the same is true for the extraordinary collision between the two.
Extraordinary powers with low weight will be blocked and offset by the existence of high weight, or even invalidated.
'My original sanity limit was 70 points, but now it's 50 points...'
Chen Lun pondered.
Sanity value, no, to be more precise, the upper limit of Sanity value, is an extremely important attribute for extraordinary people, because it represents the mysterious tolerance of extraordinary people and, to a certain extent, the durability of spellcasting.
Although Chen Lun is different from ordinary extraordinary people and has the Maggie Statue as a reserve of rationality, it is not a bad thing to have more "capacity" of his own.
"Let's add some points first, and then see how it goes after you max out your skills."
He thought to himself.
The maximum level of this skill is LV5, and each level requires 2 skill points. Chen Lun invested 8 skill points and upgraded the "Key of Life" to the maximum level.
The effect of the "Key of Life" after being fully upgraded is enhanced, and the reduction in the upper limit of sanity value is also weakened.
"It's a good thing that the upper limit of Sanity is only reduced by 10 points..."
Chen Lun was very happy.
He did not stop there, but continued to finish reading the mythological book, gaining another 2 skill points and 15,000 experience points.
The reserved points now consist of 4 skill points and 30 attribute points.
The experience value is 230,000.