Chapter 206 Two artifacts!
“What’s your name?”
Xiao En stared at the little girl in front of him. She looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old. She had a big head that was slightly disproportionate to her body. Although she Her facial features are very beautiful and delicate, but because her body is so weak, she looks strangely morbidly beautiful, just like the cosmic humans in science fiction novels with developed brains but degenerated bodies. Xiao En could tell at a glance that the girl in front of him had a hidden genetic defect, which was artificially modified by the Mind Flayer. This genetic defect made their life span very short, and they might only live to about 40 years old.
But this is a weird country. There are laws of life and flesh. The gene tree can be modified, and a little genetic defect is not a big problem.
The girl's eyes stared at Xiao En in front of her, and she said in a soft voice without much emotion: "Number 175201."
No name.
There are only numbers, just like the livestock raised in the livestock farm.
Xiao En was silent for a moment, and said in a soft voice: "Human beings should have their own names."
"Let's do this."
"I'll give you a name. ”
He pondered for a moment, stroking his hands and said: "Yes. From now on, you will be called Pandora."
"Pandora?" The girl chewed on the name and whispered: "The character in ancient Greek mythology, Hephaestus The first woman made of clay, she was the first woman given to mankind by the gods as punishment for Prometheus stealing fire. "
The girl's knowledge is unexpectedly profound. Mysterious knowledge beyond extraordinary power, knowing many things that ordinary people don't know.
Xiao En said calmly: "Pandora is the 'woman with all talents'."
The girl nodded lightly and said: "Okay. Master."
"From now on, my name will be Pandora."
Xiao En shook his head slightly and said: "Don't call me master, you can call me teacher."
Pandora's eyes trembled slightly, lowered his head and said obediently: "Teacher."
Xiao En smiled and said softly: "Tell me what you have learned before."
The mind flayer Su En wants to cultivate highly intelligent students. Human beings must teach them enough knowledge, and even develop their brains through forced learning, but they cannot let them master extraordinary powers. Therefore, the girl has spent more than ten years learning through forced learning. If she cannot pass After the assessment and test, the remaining people will be eliminated and sent to the mind flayer's table one after another.
Pandora thought for a moment and then said: "Astronomy, geography, history, painting, culture, sculpture..."
"Teacher, I have the ability of photographic memory."
Photographic memory?
Xiao En's expression was slightly surprised. The girl in front of him had basically completed all her deputy knowledge. Judging from her knowledge of ancient Greek mythology, the compulsory education she received may have exceeded ordinary people's imagination.
Pandora seemed to have guessed what Xiao En was thinking, and said softly: "The mind flayer Suen ransacked the great library in the Dark Age."
"I have read many books about earth civilization."
Xiao En said in shock: "Do you know about earth civilization?"
"Yes." Pandora said calmly: "In order to further improve our intelligence Attributes, the last 5% of surviving human breeders will read the books and knowledge left over from the Dark Age until we break through the limits of ordinary people."
If she had not been sent to the food court, she would have become one. The breeders of the 12 Skull Farms, and those who mate and produce offspring are blood relatives who are equally outstanding as her.
The bloodlines that were not excellent were eliminated, and those with obvious genetic defects were also eliminated.
Those people turned into monstrous, ugly giant-brained people.
There was a trace of pity in Xiao En's eyes, and he gently touched the girl's smooth forehead and said in a cold tone: "Show me the way and take me to the 12 Skull Farms."
Pandora said obediently: "Yes. Teacher."
In an instant.
Xiao En's spiritual network connected to the girl in front of him. Her expression was slightly surprised, while Xiao En said calmly: "You have spiritual talents that are suppressed and awakened in your body."
"It's a genetic lock planted by the mind flayer."
"Don't worry, I will open it for you."
They are born with psychic powers.
Although it is not a manifest power, it is enough to develop psychic talents, just like the Githyanki who were transformed by the mind flayer, but the mind flayer's genetic technology tree of Thuun is really powerful, and it was actually suppressed in the womb. their spiritual power.
Garden World, 12 Skull Farms.
This is actually a very large human city, and it even feels like a university town.
The 12 skull farms have bred more than 100,000 humans. They are also one of the few large farms in the entire garden world. Xiao En discovered that the place had entered a state of alert as soon as he arrived, but there were [unsightly eyes] ], even the Big Brain couldn't detect the predicted trajectory of Xiao En's actions.
Pandora pointed to a library building in the distance and said: "That's the big library, where we study daily."
"You must pass the intellectual development test and have 15 points. Only those with the above intelligence can enter and study.”
“We conduct a test every three months, and those who fail are sent to other places.”
Sean saw humans.
But most of them are only teenagers, all of them are young children. Their expressions are numb, as if their hearts are closed. Although Pandora opened her heart under the comfort of his spiritual energy, her mind remains the same. He is only equivalent to a twelfth or thirteen year old, but his intelligence is so high that it is hard to tell. Most of these human teenagers look a bit like autistic children. From a strange domed building not far away, several mind flayers can be seen coming out controlling dozens of children with psychic energy.
In the 12 skull farms, the mind flayers will carefully select talented human babies and force them to study from the age of three. A group of people will be eliminated through regular assessments, and those who fail will be sent to In the Mind Flayer's restaurant, qualified candidates are further forced to study. Failure to pass the assessment often means a cruel death. But the best people among them will be well-fed by them, because these humans have extremely high value and will be given to the top brass of the Mind Flayers, or even brain golems directly handed over to the Mastermind.
The humans bred here are slaughtered in batches every 18 years. It is the feast of the mind flayers. The last 5% of humans survive. They give birth to offspring as breeders, and then send them away after they have lost their use value. Go to many performance venues.
12 Skulls is a high-end farm with a very good environment, similar to a human city. In addition to harsh assessments and mandatory studies, the mind flayers will provide them with all the food they need.
But very few people can live beyond the age of 30, and even breeders cannot die of old age normally.
In addition, there is a farm for breeding giant brains on the Garden Planet. The environment there is much messier and messier. The giant brains are daily food and are used to meet the basic survival needs of the mind flayers. . A qualified human slave needs 15 years of study to grow into a truly high-quality food ingredient.
There are probably millions of humans and human subspecies on the entire Garden Planet.
The Suen mind flayers need to eat one brain a month. Without enough population, they simply cannot meet their needs. Most of the surviving human teenagers in the 12 skull farms have an intelligence of 15 or above. They will After further testing in adulthood, 95% of them were slowly eliminated.
"These people are all born spellcasters."
Xiao En's eyes were gloomy. Their birth was a disaster for mankind. The mind flayers of Suen spent nearly a thousand years breeding these individuals with high intelligence. Degenerate humans, due to the desire for high-quality brains, the Suan mind flayers even modified their human genes. Because there is a precedent for the Githyanki rebellion, the Thun mind flayers have strictly limited their lifespans, preventing any humans from ascending to becoming transcendent, and regularly consuming the best individuals they have cultivated. No one knows how many have been cultivated over the past millennium. People become food for the mind flayer.
——"Lost Star People (human subspecies): After a thousand years of genetic modification and artificial reproduction by the Suen Mind Flayer, the genes of the Lost Star People have been completely distorted, and their minds Being isolated is like having autism, and their understanding of the outside world is very vague. They have congenital genetic defects and their life span is very short. They usually only live to the age of 40 because of the harsh forced learning at a young age. Star citizens all have the ability to learn and memorize knowledge, which helps them learn knowledge more efficiently."
——"Racial talents: Strength -2, Agility -2, Constitution -2, Intelligence +4. , Perception +2, Charisma -2. "(The Lost Star People are very weak, their bodies lack exercise, and their lifespan is short. Due to genetic modification, their appearance is slightly weird, and their heads are obviously larger than ordinary people.)
——"Racial expertise: learned knowledge, strong memory, forced learning, quick learning, quick mastery." (The Lost Star People have no parents. They were bred and raised by mind flayers, and they have been forced to learn since they were three years old. The qualified ones are eliminated, and only the best can reproduce. They can force themselves into a state of efficient learning)
——"Racial Talent: Psychic Awakening. Sealed Mind." (Lost Starfolk have 2 base power points, but this does not give them the ability to cast psionic powers unless they are promoted to the manifester level. The hearts of the people of the Lost Stars have been twisted and sealed by the mind flayers. Unless their mental defects are cured, they will suffer from certain personality cognitive disorders)
——"Talent professions: mage, psychic. ”
The mysterious knowledge in Xiao En’s brain has deduced the racial attributes of humans on the Garden Planet. Strictly speaking, they are already a subspecies of humans.
There are at least more than 100,000 humans with a natural intelligence of 14 or above on the entire Garden Planet.
Although they have serious genetic defects, are very weak physically, and have closed minds, their intellectual talents have also been developed to the limit. If these people are given a chance, there is no telling how many powerful spellcasters will be born among them. It is also because the Suen Mind Flayer knows this that it strictly guards against allowing any human beings to advance to the level of transcendent. Once discovered, they will kill them without mercy.
"What is that?"
Shaun was thinking about how to deal with the mind flayer's space colony of Suen while preserving these lost star people, but suddenly he felt a powerful psychic wave. Immediately, his will invaded the other party's telepathy, imprinting a 'thought imprint' unknowingly.
One of the Mind Flayer Psions (Challenge Level 8) whispered psychically: "Did you know? There was a terrible explosion in the Great Exhibition Hall."
"The Mind Flayers of the 13th Fleet suffered heavy losses."
"The cause of the explosion is still unknown!"
"The Elder Brains urgently summoned all the Soul Eaters."
Another Mind Flayer replied: "I heard about it. But I don't know the reason yet. It is said that Keith is also dead. What a pity, it He is a very great performer. I have tasted his performance once, and it is unforgettable."
The mind-catching magician said: "Could it be related to the guy we caught?"
"When he appeared, there was also a big explosion."
Another mind flayer said: "I don't know. That is something that the elder brains only need to consider. We are only responsible for He handed it over to the Brain Golem."
While talking.
A team of mind flayers came out with a tall adult man. He was obviously not a human being from this world, because he was wearing a robe that was obviously in the style of the Faerun plane. His expression Extremely crazy, sometimes sober and sometimes crazy, he whispered: "The Holy Scripture of Eternal Chase is true!..."
"Praise Suen!..."
"Ebony Mirror Aife If everything recorded is true, the distant country really exists! ...No! ...Where is my Eternal Exile Scripture? ...Who stole my Eternal Expulsion Scripture?"
< br>"Su En is everything! Su En is Su En!..."
This guy's mind has gone crazy.
Xiao En also had such an experience. When he was digesting the extraordinary relic of Suen's Brain, he was almost swallowed by Suen even with Eamon's protection. Mortals who come into contact with Suen's spiritual will and perceive its existence will go crazy little by little, and finally become Suen's fanatical believers, executing all his orders, no matter how crazy and unreasonable the order is.
Law of repulsion.
The mind flayer Suen captured a powerful mage from another world, but after entering a distant country, his spellcasting ability was also distorted and he lost most of his power.
——Mind control!
——Invasion of consciousness!
Xiao En's thoughts invaded the brains of these people in an instant, including the mage from another world. Soon he read some useful information from the other person's memory, about other crystal wall systems' effects on distant people. Records of the Kingdom.
——"The Holy Book of Eternal Chase" [Secondary Artifact]: More than a thousand years ago, a powerful mage named Ebony Mirror Aifeguo compiled a terrifying book: The Holy Book of Eternal Chase Code.
As a scholar who specializes in studying distant places, time, space and planes, he owns an artifact called the Ebony Mirror. This powerful treasure allows him to see some worlds that are far beyond what ordinary people can imagine. Real scenes, and these scenes are so weird and terrifying that even immortal beings will shudder from them.
With the help of this artifact, Efego's research scope began to enter the mysterious boundary beyond space and reality. In the Book of Eternal Expulsion, he truly recorded the horrific scenes he saw in the ebony mirror. After in-depth and detailed research, Efeguo discovered and confirmed that in those terrifying worlds, there are indeed some unusual and strange existences living there.
There are countless forbidden words recorded in the Holy Book of Eternal Expulsion, the most terrifying of which is the terrifying distant country. (There is a world outside the giant ring that is completely different from the conventional cosmic system. Even gods are in danger of going crazy after going to that world. It is filled with countless weird and powerful creatures, far from the ordinary main material plane or even the outer plane. No one knows the final outcome of Efego, but it is said that the ebony mirror still exists and is secretly kept in an extremely terrifying dungeon.
Artifact!
And it is very likely that it is two artifacts, one is the "Sacred Code of Eternal Chase" and the other is the Ebony Mirror.
“This human mage did not enter the distant kingdom through the door opened by Amon!”
At this moment, Xiao En realized that things were not simple.
After Eamon opened the law of door paths, there were many visitors from other worlds who entered the weird kingdom, but they were all relatively safe paths. And this crazy human mage did not open it from Eamon. Someone came in through the door, and he might even have arrived earlier than Eamon opened the door, because his mental state had obviously been tortured by the Mind Flayer for a long time.
This human mage entered a distant country through two artifacts. During the journey, he saw so many indescribable past events that he was already going crazy.
In the dominant mind flayer's memory, Suen's mind flayer even planned to use him as another batch of breeders to breed another bloodline of human slaves, but he was very difficult to control and often He will go crazy intermittently, and his brain will be completely confused and crazy.
He was finally captured by Elder Brain Suen's fleet on a satellite of the Garden Planet. The owner of the 12 skull farms was a certain Elder Brain.
"Is the Holy Code of Eternal Chase also on the Garden Planet?" Xiao En's spiritual perception instantly expanded to the limit.
——"Book of Eternal Chase [Level Artifact]: This notorious book was written by the mage Ebony Mirror Efeguo. It records information about the distant past, alien worlds, and many strange things. Horrible Lore. If someone reads this book, he will gain a permanent +2 to Intelligence, but will also lose 2 points of Wisdom. In addition, he will gain Level 5 Knowledge (Abnormal), Level 5 Knowledge (Arcana), and Level 5 knowledge (alternative plane). "
——"Ebony Magic Mirror [Artifact]: This weird magic mirror can peek into unknown time and space. It can peek into other crystal wall worlds. Even seeing the past of the ancient god era."
Xiao En needs to banish the holy book forever.
There are many people in the Weird Kingdom who are born with high perception. As long as they read the Holy Book of Eternal Banishment, they can transform their attributes once. This is an artifact for mass production of spellcasters.
What’s even more terrifying is that this artifact can turn a human with a natural intelligence of 16 points into a genius with a natural intelligence of 18 points!
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(End of this chapter)