Chapter 257 Phylactery Crow
Returning to Qionghua Tianlu Lake from the training ground, Lu Heng sent a message to Chen Linian, asking him for the photo of the strange bird in the case file.
It didn’t take long for the photo to be sent.
Lu Heng held his cell phone and looked at the photo of the strange bird on it, and finally recognized what it was.
This strange bird was burned into charcoal, and its wings and claws were almost burned off, which is why it is so difficult to identify.
I saw 013 again today, and found that he had no previous memory, and finally figured out what this strange bird was.
The Iron-Blooded Investigation Bureau found professors in the field of birds, but none of them could identify what this bird was.
Because this is not a bird born in the human world at all, but comes from the abyss.
The crow is a strange monster that eats the heart of a creature and then lives in the heart of the creature, controlling the creature's actions.
It is for this reason that when the first 013 corpse was autopsied, the forensic doctor would judge that the corpse had been dead for more than a week.
Because this corpse was not a clone at all, but a crow puppet, and its heart had long been eaten.
In other words, the second 013 I saw this afternoon was the same, with a crow hidden in his heart.
Moreover, there is often more than one crow, so there will be multiple 013s.
Even these 013 can appear in different places at the same time to execute the Crow God's orders.
One characteristic of crows is that each one is an independent individual with independent thinking and memory.
To communicate with each other, face-to-face communication is required.
Therefore, the memory of the crow that died during the hunt for 027 was also burned to ashes.
So when the second 013 appeared, he didn't know what happened during the hunt for 027.
……
After recalling all the details about the Crow, Lu Heng sent a message to Su Muyu, asking her to come to the practice room.
Since Qionghua Tianlu Lake's practice room was in the same community as her home, Su Muyu opened the door and walked in without waiting long, holding a plate of cut fruits in her hand.
"Watermelon is out of season and you won't be able to eat it in a few days. Try it quickly."
She put the fruit plate on the table, took out the hair tie, tied her hair up skillfully, grabbed her hair and pulled it to both sides to tie the hair tie tighter.
My hair is still a little bit wet. It must have just been washed and it hasn't dried yet.
When you toss your hair, you can still smell a faint smell of shampoo.
Lu Heng picked up a piece of watermelon and took a bite. Then he pushed the phone over and said, "Dark Crow, the true form of 013."
When Su Muyu heard that it was 013's true identity, she looked solemn and stared at the photos on her phone seriously.
"Well... that day I did see a bird being hit by Dragon's Breath Slash, catching fire and falling down. But at the time I thought it was an ordinary flying bird, there were a lot of trees there." Su Muyu also didn't expect that this bird was the whole thing. The crux of the matter.
Not only her, but Lu Heng also ignored this at the time.
After all, the coverage area of Dragon Breath Slash is so large, even the aftermath has a temperature of several thousand degrees, and any bird will definitely fall if it is touched by the heat wave.
"This kind of crow will eat people's hearts and then control their actions. The 013 we see are actually crow puppets. In other words, there are many crows. Fortunately, each crow is an independent individual with memory. and thinking are independent.”
Lu Heng told all the information he could think of about the crows, and finally added: "So, from now on, you have to pay attention to the birds that appear around you, and be alert to the crows watching us."
Su Muyu listened carefully and nodded in agreement: "Okay, I understand."
"It's quite sweet." Lu Heng picked up the second piece of watermelon and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Are you as sweet as me?" Su Muyu suddenly held her chin and shook her head.
Lu Heng raised his eyebrows and looked at her, he chuckled and said, "Then you'll have to give me a taste to find out."
Su Muyu's ears turned red at this time, and she quickly changed the subject: "Do you want to tell Xie Shien such important information?"
"I have sent him a password online to see when he will come."
When he and Xie Shien separated, the two parties left a contact information.
This kind of important information definitely couldn't be sent to him online, so I just sent a password and waited for him to come over and chat in person.
Xie Shien has the ability to appear and disappear, and he doesn't know when he will appear.
When Lu Heng picked up the last piece of watermelon in the fruit plate, Su Muyu suddenly said: "It seems to be here."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.
Su Muyu stood up and went to open the door. Chongmingniao had already seen Xie Shien in advance, so she knew it was him who knocked on the door.
After Xie Shien came in, he asked: "Aren't you going to leave a piece for me?"
Lu Heng threw the last piece of watermelon over and joked: "You actually know how to knock on the door."
The watermelon flew into the air, slowed down, and hovered in front of Xie Shien.
Apparently he caught the piece of watermelon with his mental power.
"027 doesn't need to knock on the door, but Xie Shien does." He reached out to catch the watermelon and took a bite
Lu Heng went directly to the topic, told him the information about Crow, and then showed him the photo.
After Xie Shien listened, he digested it in his mind, nodded and said, "So that's it. When I was competing mentally with 013, I also felt that his mental power was strange. It turned out that he was not a human being, but a bird."
Lu Heng corrected: "To be precise, the Crow is an abyss monster. From a DNA point of view, it does not belong to any classification of Blue Star creatures, and it does not belong to any of them."
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Xie Shien nodded: "It's true. Abyss monsters are of a different system and cannot be classified by the classification of blue star creatures. They are just like birds."
Although we know that 013 is a crow, there is more than one crow.
Uncertainty remains high.
Lu Heng thought of a plan and said: "If you encounter 013 next time, you can try to distinguish its mental strength, confirm whether it is the same one, and determine how many crows there are. The greater the number, the more troublesome it will be to deal with it."
Xie Shien pondered and said: "According to my feeling, the 013 I came into contact with is all the same, and the fluctuations in mental power have not changed. It should be a matter that a single crow is responsible for, and it will continue to be responsible, unless this crow dies. Otherwise, I won’t come for another one.”
Regarding the matter of the Dark Crow, Lu Heng had only seen relevant information in his previous life, but had never seen it with his own eyes.
If you had seen it with your own eyes, you would definitely have recognized it earlier.
Moreover, there is very little information about the Crow. Even in the previous life, we only knew that there was such a thing as the Crow. It was rumored that there was a "crow god" behind the Crow.
As for what is the "Crow God"?
No one knows, no one has seen it.
Lu Heng also didn't expect that Dark Crow was actually a member of the Creator Organization numbered 013.
If the "Crow God" is not a human, but some kind of monster from the abyss, then the members recruited by the Creator Organization are not limited to humans. Abyss monsters can also become members of the organization.
There is also another possibility that the "crow god" is a human being who has some ability to control the crows.
No matter which one it is, the true form of 013 is very dangerous.
……
After talking about the Crow, Lu Heng talked about another thing: "Where is the phylactery? Can we see it?"
The two sides are already allies. Although it is not yet to the point where they can hand over their backs to each other, it may be so in the future.
Sharing intelligence is mutual.
Xie Shien thought for a moment, then took out a box, put it on the table, and said: "The phylactery is in this box. This thing will emit evil breath. If you want to open it, I will use my mental power to seal the surrounding air. Make sure the breath doesn’t leak out”
Lu Heng had never seen a phylactery before, and the box contained an unused phylactery.
Driven by curiosity, Lu Heng reached out and opened the box.
What lay inside the box was not a box, but a blue crystal bottle with a cork at the mouth and a vine tied to the neck.
When I saw this blue crystal bottle, I really felt a strange aura.
Lu Heng was not surprised to see that the phylactery was not a box.
Because the lich's phylactery is just a noun, which means the container that stores the lich's soul.
This container is not limited to a box, it can be anything, as long as it can store the soul.
Moreover, it would be easier to confuse people by holding it in a container that does not look like a phylactery.
After all, the lich needs to hide the phylactery from enemies, and it is easier to deceive enemies with common items.
Lu Heng reached out and touched the crystal bottle, and then saw the attribute data. 【Unused Phylactery】
[Item level: A level]
[Appearance description: This phylactery is made of unknown material, with complex runes and twisted patterns engraved on its surface, exuding a faint blue light. 】
[Attribute: Spirit +8 points (only for necromantic system)]
[Special Effects: Soul Saving, Soul Draining]
[Attribute bonus: When the holder uses necromancy or curse skills, the spell effect is increased by 20%. 】
[Soul preservation: The phylactery can be used to hold a soul. The life that puts the soul into the phylactery will be transformed into a lich. As long as the phylactery remains intact, the lich can be reborn through the phylactery. 】
[Soul Absorption: In battle, the holder can absorb the enemy's energy through the phylactery and convert it into his own energy. Only necromancy wizards, demons, lichs, or monsters with necromantic properties can use it. 】
The last [Soul Drain] special effect can only be used by wizards, demons and lichs of the necromancy system.
Similarly, increasing spiritual attributes is also limited to the necromantic system.
In other words, if a living person gets this thing, it is basically useless.
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Of course, you can choose to put your soul into the phylactery and transform it directly into a lich, so that you can obtain the properties of the phylactery.
However, attribute and special effect bonuses need to be carried with you to take effect.
In other words, if the Lich carries the phylactery with him, it can increase his mental power by 8 points and obtain the [Soul Drain] special effect.
However, in order to save their lives, the lich usually does not carry the phylactery with him, but hides it somewhere where the enemy cannot find it.
This makes the phylactery's properties a bit useless.
Of course, when you transform into a lich, you can gain necromantic characteristics and gain great power.
Moreover, this phylactery is A-level, which means that the transformed lich will have A-level strength, which is equivalent to the combat power of a superpower between level 30 and 40.
In addition, because of the phylactery, the lich can be reborn and has no pain or fear. When fighting, he is not afraid of death.
Therefore, the actual combat power displayed is much stronger than other creatures of the same level.
After reading the properties of the phylactery, Lu Heng asked thoughtfully: "Where does this thing come from? Do you know?"
Xie Shien nodded and replied: "I probably know something. A team organized by the Creator entered the magic plane, destroyed a lich transformation ceremony, and snatched the phylactery back."
Lu Heng then asked: "The Creator Organization calls this thing a sacred object and obviously attaches great importance to it. Do you know what they want to use this thing for?"
Xie Shien shook his head: "I don't know about this, but the Creator Organization does attach great importance to this thing. I originally wanted to steal it quietly, but I was discovered."
His original plan was to cause an accident, causing the phylactery to be lost, and then take the opportunity to take it away or destroy it.
As a result, the plan was not completely successful and the phylactery was obtained, but it was also discovered by 013.
Xie Shien recalled this incident and said: "I now know why the plan to steal the phylactery failed. I originally thought there was only one 013, but now it seems that other crows must have observed my actions."
Lu Heng closed the box and asked, "What are you going to do with this thing?"
Xie Shien has already considered this issue, put the box away, and replied: "I plan to keep it first. If there is a chance to enter the magic plane where the lich exists, I will see if it has any value.
"If one day I am caught by the Creator Organization, I will destroy it before I die."
There is nothing wrong with his plan.
Moreover, he took the risk to get the things, and Lu Heng did not raise any objection.
……
After chatting about the business, Su Muyu asked with concern: "Has Aunt Liu settled down?"
Xie Shien nodded: "The state arranged a new identity and she was admitted to another nursing home. When I went to see her, no record was left, so the Creator Organization would not be able to find her. Even in the future, there will be no teachers' students to visit the teacher's wife. ”
"For safety's sake, we can only do this. We will visit her again when it is safe in the future." Lu Heng did not ask which nursing home Liu Lanying was placed in.
After all, the more people know, the more risk of leakage.
"Thank you." Xie Shien nodded to express his gratitude.
After the three met, for safety reasons, Xie Shien did not stay long, came quietly, and then left quietly.
……
In the next few days, Lu Heng continued to practice swordsmanship. After accumulating enough quenching orders for half a day, he went to the quenching fort to complete the orders and gain sub-professional experience.
Su Muyu spent more time in Quenching Castle. She stayed in the gem workshop of Quenching Castle every day, carving rune circuits on the gems.
As her skills became more and more proficient, the success rate of making rune gems became higher and higher, and it was ridiculously high.
After the inscriptionist professional experience reached (1500/2000), she managed to break even.
This was achieved despite the skyrocketing price of inscription materials, and the success rate is quite astonishing.
Because the rune circuits are very complex, the more advanced the rune circuits are, the more complex they are.
Therefore, the success rate of inscribing rune gems for inscribers who are not focused enough will be very low.
After all, the rune circuits are very thin, and it requires microscopic observation to see the fine, hair-like lines.
If one of these runic circuits is inscribed incorrectly, the entire inscription work will fail.
Therefore, when the inscription master first starts, the success rate will be horribly low.
This is also the reason why inscription masters need to spend money to gain professional experience in the early stage.
Su Muyu managed to balance her expenses before being promoted to senior inscription master. She was indeed very talented in the sub-professional profession of inscription master.
After the rune gems are made, other jewelers will be responsible for making them into various jewelry and then selling them on the market.
Since the attributes of rune gems made by low-level inscription masters are not particularly high, the spiritual attributes added to C-level gems are usually only two points.
Two points of attributes can indeed bring improvement to a superpower, but the average attribute of a superpower above level 20 is around 40 points, so the improvement of two points of attributes is not particularly obvious.
Therefore, the price of rune gemstone jewelry cannot be too expensive, and you can barely earn back the material money.
Of course, if the jewelry is made of dragon eye gems and has a spiritual attribute of +8, or even +9, that is another matter.
Now Su Muyu is seizing the time to gain professional experience as an inscription master.
Because after being promoted to a senior inscription master, she can make rune gems with spiritual attributes of +4 or even higher, and she can try to inscribe a second rune circuit.
In this case, one piece of jewelry can have two inscription effects.
In that case, the attributes and inscription effects of the jewelry will be directly doubled.
For weapons and equipment, if the attributes are doubled, the price is not doubled, but at least three or four times.
If the inscription effect is good and the gem attributes are higher than the standard value, the price can still rise.
Therefore, as long as you rush to the advanced inscription master, this sub-career can start making money.
Moreover, there is no high-level inscription master at this stage. If Su Muyu can become a high-level inscription master at this time, she will be the only one in the field of blue star inscription masters.
Monopolizing the production of high-attribute jewelry can directly gain pricing power.
Those chaebols and big families only have the power to choose whether to buy or not to buy, but have no right to negotiate prices.
Just like the current Master Gulu, his forging ability is unique in Blue Star.
Among human superpowers, even if there are blacksmiths, they are only trainee blacksmiths at this stage. There is no room for comparison with Gulu, the blacksmith master.
Therefore, those chaebols and families who want to obtain B-level or even A-level weapons can only hand over resources and materials to Gulu for forging, without any choice.
With the Tempering Keep, the Fire Emblem Club has formed a dominant position in the three fields of Tempering, Forging and Inscription.
A lot of wealth around the world is beginning to gather in Binhai, and more and more top-notch superpowers are appearing in Binhai, hoping to become members of the Fire Emblem Club.
Not only the superpowers from Daxia, but also superpowers from many other countries appear in Binhai City.
This makes the situation in Binhai undercurrent.
Because there were too many top-notch superpowers, the Iron-Blooded Investigation Bureau was very nervous.
After all, there are so many top superpowers, if something happens, the movement will be very scary.
(End of chapter)