After the meeting, Zhao Xu used "text messaging" to contact Antinoya and express his desire to have an interview with her.
Fortunately, Antinoya was in Arthur's main world at this time. After hearing his needs, she directly used advanced teleportation to come to him.
Zhao Xu also recounted his experience in the entire wave of the undead and his subsequent adventures in the mysterious cave.
Strangeness in the Cave, Arthur Dragon Crystal, The Mysterious Old Man Ying Bubai, Mage Personality, Nine Swords, Sword of the Military Way, White Crow Iron Heart Ryu, Humane Heaven, Elf God and Death, Reforge the Sword, Kill the Human and Create the Death God, Guide the Survivors get away.
As the keywords came out one by one, Zhao Xu also reorganized his journey into the cave.
It only lasted a few days, but the actual experience was thrilling, and many players' seven or eight months of adventure may not be able to match it.
What was a little bit beyond Zhao Xu's expectation at that time was.
Hearing that he had mastered the "power of iron heart", Antinoya was neither sad nor happy, but remained calm.
After hearing that he killed the "Artificial Death", Antinoya raised his eyebrows slightly.
Even the "Ying Bubai" in the cave who claimed to be her father, Antinoya curled her lips in disdain, as if hearing it made her ears dirty.
Only when he relayed that the first owner of "Human Paradise" was "Elven God Corellon" did Antinoya shake his body slightly.
The senior players who came out of the cave later, under Zhao Xu's organization, returned to explore and found the dragon crystal veins according to the route he designated.
At this time, the more than a thousand people were planning how to plan a suitable "mining" route to transfer the dragon crystals to the ground at the lowest cost.
And it was only after Antinoya heard that he had this idea and that a heavy rainstorm was about to cause a flood at this time that she urged him to go with him to take out the treasure that had been promised before.
It's just that Zhao Xu, despite all his calculations, never guessed that he was actually going to take out the treasure. He had to strengthen the static panel of his body first.
You know, Zhao Xu's six attributes have already exploded at this time.
Strength 53: 8 natural, 6 enhanced (divine power), 5 intrinsic (manual), 30 nameless (decline), 4 holy (righteous wrath).
Agility 26: 13 natural, 4 enhanced (siren), 5 intrinsic (manual), 4 sacred (charismatic mind)
Constitution 17: 14 natural, 5 intrinsic (manual), -2 nameless (death contract)
Intelligence 29: 16 natural, 6 enhanced (turban), 5 inner (prayer), 2 unknown (upgrade)
Perception 19: 14 Innate, 5 Inner (Manual)
Charm 30: 13 Natural, 4 Enhanced (Siren), 5 Inner (Manual), 4 Holy (Beautiful Mind), 4 Profaned (Devil's Pride).
Although as a spellcaster who relies on divine magic, it is a bit embarrassing to have the lowest perception and constitution, but this value, especially the power, is enough to make people doubt their life.
Because the bonuses of the same name cannot be superimposed, the only thing Zhao Xu can further strengthen at this time is the "enhancement" bonus.
Strength and intelligence are both enhanced by 6 points, while the remaining charm and agility are enhanced by 4 points thanks to the Siren's grace spell, while perception and constitution are not.
On the one hand, the "Bull's Power" and "Fox's Cunning" spells that players are most likely to come into contact with, which increase their attributes by 4 points, are only minute-level. Zhao Xu is of no use unless he uses spells once an hour to show his pain. .
Therefore, unless most players can possess "spell durability" like Zhao Xu and master the "divine power" and "Siren's Grace" spells at the same time, the most direct way to increase the enhancement bonus is through equipment.
But equipment takes up equipment slots, and magic items that improve physical fitness are in the talisman slot. Zhao Xu already has the "Time Rewind Talisman" and the "Ascension Cross", which can't be filled at all.
Therefore, he was extremely curious about the way Antinoya improved his attributes.
Method in the "abyss"
Zhao Xu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly at this, and instantly understood why the other party wanted him to be fully armed.
His knowledge (plane) skill directly retrieved everything about the "abyss".
In most outer planes, the plane space itself is extremely complex, and it is common to have several layers of space. This is also a feature that is very different from Arthur's main world.
Generally, plane teleportation points directly to the first layer of the corresponding plane.
The prefix of the bottomless abyss itself is - "Infinite Levels". No one knows how many levels there are in the abyss, not even the most famous demon kings in the abyss, "Graz'zt", "Demogorgon", "Orcus" and "Fraz Evil" only occupy one of the layers, and some demon lords even have to share the same layer with other powerful ones.
But these levels of the Abyss all have one thing in common, that is, in the intertwined world, from the air to the water to the ground, everything exudes a highly toxic stench.
The topography of each layer seems to be designed to cause endless pain and torture to any travelers passing through.
Different from other planes, there is no "main road" connecting these planes of the abyss. Each layer has a portal or channel gap leading to a certain layer.
However, due to the "chaos" characteristic, these interconnected layer channels are also constantly changing, like clay sculptures that are constantly being reorganized.
Everything in the abyss changes according to the nature of chaos, and even the demon lords don't know how many times they have changed.
The only thing that remains unchanged is the "bloody battle" with the devils of hell in the "blood gap".
One side of the Blood Gap is permanently connected to "Avernas", the first level of the Nine Hells, while the other side is the bottomless abyss that connects different levels at different times. The demon lords will continue to recruit their own "recruits" "Plunge into this eternal battle.
Antinoya noticed Zhao Xu's sharp eyes and couldn't help but asked curiously, "What's wrong? Are you afraid of the abyss?"
Zhao Xu smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Although I can be considered to be friends with several powerful demon lords in the abyss, but for some reason, I don't have any bad feelings towards the abyss itself, even though I know that this is the hometown of demons. .”
"Then do you know the history of the abyss?" Antinoya suddenly said.
And Zhao Xu looked at his knowledge and skills that exceeded level 40 and searched for a certain abyss lord. He was able to find some secret gossip, such as Cang Ye, the mother of Tanari who lives on the 471st floor. Her true appearance was terrifyingly connected. She couldn't accept it. Any creature that stared at its true appearance would die immediately.
Another example is the demon lord "Demogorgon" who is ridiculed as the "two-headed baboon" and has two heads. Each head has its own personality, and they often don't get along very well, but they can give this demon prince Tactical advantages for both creatures.
In this way, sometimes when Zhao Xu searched for all the knowledge about the abyss, he felt the magic of this plane more and more.
However, at this time, whether it was his knowledge (plane) or knowledge (history) skills, when he tried to retrieve the past of the abyss, all he got was a fog, and even if he had written down only a few sentences.
Most people encounter obstacles when using knowledge and skills. The reason is that the difficulty of the knowledge they seek is too high, and the level of knowledge is too low. This mismatch in difficulty.
But Zhao Xu often hit a wall, because the "knowledge" he searched for, even the "knowledge source" that recorded countless knowledge, also didn't know much.
Because knowledge itself requires "existence", if no one in Arthur knows that piece of knowledge, and there is no actual archived record, then the knowledge and skills cannot be retrieved.
At this time, Antinoya saw that the heat was about the same and explained directly.
"The chaotic nature of the abyss makes it capable of disrupting everything, making it the most unrivaled force."
Zhao Xu also smiled, "Because the world is essentially 'entropy increasing' and heading towards chaos?"
"Whatever you think about this, this is originally the way of existence and the manifestation of the will of the abyss."
"Zhongxia, remember, one day in the future, the abyss will be your greatest help. In other words, you will find..."
Antinoya suddenly lost her voice as she spoke, but she did not panic and still stared at Zhao Xu, "Even the lords of the abyss and the oldest abyss lords don't know the specific number of layers of the abyss and each layer. characteristics of the face.”
Then a mysterious inscription began to appear in front of her.
The words flowing with golden light even stung Zhao Xu's eyes so much that he almost couldn't open them.
"And now you memorize this inscription for me."
After hearing this, Zhao Xuming couldn't open his eyes, but still looked directly at the "golden inscription" displayed by Antinoya -
Bottomless abyss.
The first floor, Pazunia, Lord Papazu.
Second level, Perforated Hive, Lord Tarzax.
The third floor, the land of oblivion, is Lord Zeikzesia.
…
Floor 45, Lawwind, Lord Graz'zt.
The 46th floor, Shadow Sky, Lord Graz'zt.
Floor 47, Watts, Lord Graz'zt.
…
The sixty-sixth floor, the Demon Web Pit, is dominated by the Spider Goddess Rose.
…
The 600th floor, the endless maze, the lord of the beast howl, Baphomet.
…
Zhao Xu read all the way and realized that these were actually the specific names of each layer of the abyss and their corresponding rulers. Even after the names of these rulers, there was a series of complicated "mysterious symbols" that Zhao Xu could not identify. ".
Antinoya also read Zhao Xu's confusion and explained, "After the names of the lords are their respective original names, as well as the core inscriptions of the entire plane. You can understand them as the keys corresponding to each layer. .”
Immediately, blood began to bleed from the corner of her mouth, dripping down her chin to the ground.
"tutor!"
Zhao Xu suddenly exclaimed, then stepped forward, put his arm on the other person's shoulder and looked directly at her pale face.
From her eyes to her originally rosy cheeks, there was no trace of blood left, as if she was a sleeping beauty frozen in an ice coffin.
The last time Zhao Xu saw such a weak Antinoya was after she ignored the old man's advice and rashly went to the Nine Hells with "Pale Justice" in hand.
Zhao Xu's healing spell bounced up instantly, then calmed down again.
He already understood that this was no longer a problem that magic could solve.
"Teacher, what you said just now cost you a lot?"
Zhao Xu asked.
At this time, the golden inscriptions that appeared had slowly disappeared, but both of them knew that with Zhao Xu's intelligence, which was close to 30 points at this time, he could basically remember any content at a glance, just like having a camera turned on at all times. General.
"Don't worry about me. The impact of revealing the secret of the abyss is already the slightest."
As she spoke, Antinoya showed a bitter smile, "The text I am showing you is the beginning of the 'Scroll of the Abyss'."
"Scroll of the Abyss?"
"That's right. According to legend, the volume that records all the secrets of the abyss is placed in the bottomless realm at the bottom of the 'abyss'. According to rumors, it is the final place that no one can reach."
Zhao Xu was slightly stunned, "But isn't the abyss heading toward chaos? Then won't the content it records become outdated?"
Not to mention, those lords alone don’t know how long they have been.
And Antinoya shook his head, "It's not just that simple. That book will faithfully record all the secrets of the abyss. Once it changes, it will also change in real time."
"Just like the 'Final Scroll' can record all the spells that appeared in Arthur in real time, even if a mage makes a breakthrough and develops a new magic, it can still record it truthfully. This is one of its immortal powers."
Hearing this, Zhao Xu couldn't help but take a deep breath.
He seemed to have grasped the key thread in the dark.
"And what's even more magical is the opening chapter I told you. As long as the abyss changes, the memory in your mind will also change."
"This is where its real power lies." As she spoke, Antinoya couldn't help coughing a few times, and she could already hear the hoarseness.
"The Scroll of the Abyss was placed somewhere later, so it also had readers, and there was even a copy of the artifact - Aham's Scroll of Darkness. We'll talk about that later."
Zhao Xu couldn't help but be surprised, "Then the content of the Abyss Scroll has been spread a long time ago. Because of its own content characteristics, there is no other knowledge that is more advanced than it."
But Antinoya shook her head.
"To understand the contents recorded in the Scroll of the Abyss, one must digest all kinds of incomparable power of chaotic planes, and one may even be assimilated by it if not careful."
"It is possible to become an ordinary pile of scorched earth in the abyss, or to be reincarnated into the most inferior Tanar'ri Primordial Demon ever, or even the near-legendary Balor Fire Demon."
"But there is no doubt that for most people, with a complete version of the 'Scroll of the Abyss' in front of them, it is impossible to even read the first sentence. Let alone reading, just seeing the title page, It will directly turn into a chaotic camp."
"It is said that some gods died after reading it. The corpse is still floating in the star world. Be wary of those who come after you."
As she spoke, Antinoya showed a nostalgic look, "Even with my extraordinary talent, it was the teacher who spent a lot of effort to relay a small part to me."
"The power of the abyss that leaked out of it at that time had already been filtered by more than 90%. And I just showed this text, and it was also the impact of this power of the abyss that made me so weak."
After listening, Zhao Xu couldn't help but murmur to himself.
"Then why did I read it through without any obstacles?"
(End of chapter)