Yi Chen held on to his weak body, squinted his eyes, and looked up at the Duke with a kind face.
"Duke, what exactly is this chain?"
"My original intention was to use it to increase the authenticity of the gambling game and the degree of pain, and I was going to put it away after use. Who knew that you actually absorbed it directly.
Just like the gentleman's leather you wear, produced in the deep leather farm,
This iron chain is also produced in a specific source of the epidemic - the Monastery of Pain, but this thing will never flow out to the outside, and will not be sold even at a high price. I picked it up when I "accidentally" passed by the area where the monastery is located.
I didn't expect your flesh would match the chains so well, so I'll just let it go and consider it a gift to you."
"This... Thank you, Duke!"
This is incredible, it directly raises Yi Chen's "pathological characteristics" to a higher level and is more compatible with his body.
Yi Chen even wanted to return to Zion as soon as possible to show off to his second mentor, Zed. He even imagined the wonderful scene of whipping Zed with an iron chain.
"You don't have to thank me. After all, this thing is a bit dangerous."
"Will it cause any harm to my body?"
"No... I'm not referring to this kind of danger, but the chain itself will bring danger. After all, I picked this thing up and didn't report it to the monastery.
If the perverts there find out that you are chained, they might have bad thoughts about you.
Of course, as long as you return to your world, the monastery will not be able to do anything for the time being."
"I'll be careful about this."
It felt like Yi Chen had stolen someone else's goods and sewed them inside his stomach. Once he was found by the big gang that lost the goods, there would naturally be no good ending.
The Duke also reminded, "If you encounter someone wearing weird clothes and looking miserable, don't think about anything else and run away immediately."
"good."
After some communication and understanding of the origin of the chain, they came to the most important topic - relics.
As a result of winning the gambling game, Yi Chen's 500 trading points that he used for the bet have doubled to 1600, which is just enough to buy the mysterious relic (three attributes) with intelligence as the main factor, physique as the secondary factor and sensory function as the secondary factor.
"Out of principle, do I have to ask you again about your purchase intention? Since the source of this relic is not legitimate, you need to pay the fee before you can view the detailed information.
If you want to regret and return the product, a 10% handling fee plus a 500-point hush money will be charged.
Are you sure you want to purchase this relic?"
"Sure."
The 1600 transaction points were completely cleared, and the Duke delivered the golden box containing the relics and its matching key.
Card!
When the box was opened, there was no burst of golden light, no morbid smell emanating, nothing happened.
There was only an alien-style biological cube stored inside.
Just by observing from the outside, you can find many mechanisms and rotating axes between the Rubik's Cube. Just lightly touching the correct mechanism point can cause the Rubik's Cube to change its shape.
Each face of the Rubik's Cube is engraved with "brain circuits" similar to those in the brain. If you look closely, you may even have the illusion of being in a maze.
Just by looking at this Rubik's Cube, one can clearly feel its complexity and variability, which even makes Yi Chen wonder whether this thing is the brain manifestation of some special diseased organism.
Soon, a series of ancient living texts were found on the inner layer of the golden treasure chest, introducing the detailed information of the relic.
"Box of the Madman"
Introduction: There used to be a shell virus floating in various spaces in the old world that would not actively infect the human body. It was called the "epilepsy shell".
They tend to be attracted to seekers, especially around individuals who are engaged in intense, prolonged brain activity. If the seeker fails to detect the gathering of the husks and continues to study,
The virus will be attracted at a close distance, attach to the surface of brain tissue, and infect nerve cells.
The infected people are generally unaware of it, and will become more obsessed with the pursuit of knowledge, gradually forgetting to sleep, forgetting to eat, and even forgetting the most basic biological instincts.
He remained a student until his death.
Once the host dies, the epileptic shell will return to the environment in a free state.
After dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of years of cycles, when the Epilepsy Shell has absorbed enough knowledge from the host, it will completely occupy the body of the last parasite and slowly evolve into an open source level Epilepsy.
However, the process of becoming a lunatic is extremely long and boring, taking as short as ten years or as long as hundreds of years.
After passing the early stage of evolution and forming self-awareness, the epilepsy shell will control the host's body to perform a behavior to kill boring time - box making.
Unconsciously, their brain structures are integrated into the boxes, and through mazes, mechanisms and unique deformations as carriers, a "biological Rubik's Cube" containing their thinking framework is formed.
Generally speaking, the Rubik's Cube will be destroyed by the Madmen themselves when they are formed, because no one is willing to expose their own thinking patterns.
Only in very rare and special cases can the Rubik's Cube be preserved.
Category: Relic (Triple attributes of associated individuals)
Bias: Intelligence > Physique > Sensing
Traits: Epilepsy
Price: 2000 Trading Points (1600 after discount)
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"What a long introduction! Is it a product of some virus from the old world..."
Yi Chen could sense a potential danger from the words in the introduction.
However, this relic that is directly related to the brain also happens to match the profession. There should be no relic in the world that is more suitable than the "Box of the Madman".
"Duke, will this thing also easily cause trouble?"
"As long as you return to your world, there will be no trouble.
In addition, during the return period, do not assemble or manipulate the Rubik's Cube out of curiosity. Let it stay in my gold treasure chest, and there will be basically no problem.
If you encounter a creature with an obvious brain structure wandering in the air, evacuate immediately at full speed and never have any contact with their brains. "
"Insane?"
"Yes, although there are only a few of them, they are the best of the best. They are very dangerous to you... If you are not careful, they may destroy your brain."
"knew."
Click! Yi Chen immediately closed the golden treasure chest again and swallowed the key into his body.
This relic is different from the umbilical cord in the body, so Yi Chen has to take it back and study it carefully.
Moreover, at present, only his intelligence has reached the limit, and he still needs some time of special training to reach the limits of the three attributes.
After putting away the golden treasure chest, Yi Chen knelt on one knee and expressed his most sincere gratitude to the Duke.
Yi Chen was very clear that the so-called gambling game might not be as difficult as expected, and this gambling game was of great significance to Yi Chen, allowing him to face the past and find his true self.
"We just made a fair deal, no thanks necessary.
If nothing else, you two can consider returning. After all, our world is locked down. Staying here won't do you much good.
I also have to get back to the deep end and get on with my business.
I hope you two can bring more interesting trading behavior next time we meet. "
"Wait, Duke, I want to ask you one more thing."
The Duke is very happy now. She plans to sell the gambling video tape in the deep country, which will surely make a lot of money. She also responded to Yi Chen's additional questions for free:
"What's up?"
"Duke, have you ever seen a kind of skin similar to the yellow robe?"
(End of this chapter)