novelhk Chapter 144 Mysterious Token
Chapter 144 Mysterious Token
Chapter 144 Mysterious Token
Suk examined the token in his palm. The token was completely black, yet it seemed to absorb all light. There was not a trace of light on its surface. It was incredibly deep and mysterious, and he couldn't tell what material it was made of. Gazing at it, his soul seemed to be subtly drawn in.
"Something's strange; it's not an ordinary thing," Suk immediately realized.
When asked, Bubble said she couldn't recognize it either. She wasn't omniscient; the universe was too vast, containing countless mysterious things.
Intrigued by this, Suk and Eloi returned to the E-class spaceship and began to study it together.
Scanning with scanning equipment cannot detect messages or penetrate the system.
It cannot be destroyed by brute force, nor can it leave any mark; it is estimated to be above grade D metal.
Then, Aloy used her telekinesis to penetrate the area and discovered the problem. "I can feel layers of resistance inside," Aloy said in surprise. "But it doesn't feel like penetrating metal or wood; it's very strange."
"Let me see what's inside." Eloi closed her eyes.
After a long while, Eloi shuddered, opened her eyes, and showed a hint of surprise.
"What's wrong?" Suk asked with concern.
Eloi stared in shock at the black token in her hand. "It seems like there are layers of illusions inside."
"Layers of illusions?" Suk felt puzzled.
"Yes, my consciousness entered the black token and was drawn into an illusion. I broke through it, and then a second illusion appeared..." Eloi recalled what had just happened with a serious expression. "And the illusions got more and more terrifying. I couldn't hold on until the fourth one."
Suk was surprised. Eloi had undergone a transformation by fusing with the mysterious crystal soul left by her teacher, and she was also following the path of illusion magic. In terms of resisting illusions, she was much stronger than ordinary star-level beings. Yet she only managed to withstand four layers of illusions.
Eloi looked at the black token in her hand, her beautiful eyes shining with a strange light. "I only managed to hold out until the fourth layer of illusion. Who knows how many more layers there are to come?" She exclaimed in amazement, "This black token alone contains layers of illusions that I couldn't break through. It's truly unbelievable."
They now understood that this thing must have a very special origin.
"I'll give it a try." Suk's curiosity was piqued, and he grasped the black token, extending his consciousness over it.
Or perhaps because he wasn't an illusionist, it took him a long time to break through the layers of obstacles outside and reach the real illusion behind it.
"Boom..." As a massive roar, like a landslide or tsunami, swept in, Suk's consciousness instantly fell into an illusion.
Suk's eyes remained clear, after all, his willpower was higher than that of an ordinary star level.
"First layer? Break through!" Suk forcibly broke through this illusion, but then fell into the second illusion, which was clearly stronger than the first.
Suk then barely broke through the second illusion and then entered the third.
In reality, the white-haired young man sitting on the sofa suddenly trembled, his face contorted with rage, his teeth clenched, and he abruptly opened his eyes, which were bloodshot. Sweat beaded on his forehead as he gasped for breath.
"This illusion is truly layered, one level after another, getting more and more terrifying as you go on," Suk shook his head. He was even worse off than Eloi, only managing to hold on until the third level before his strength gave out. His eyes were fixed seriously on the black token in his hand, which seemed to absorb all light from its surroundings, as dark as an abyss. "What exactly is this thing?"
Eloi said from the side, "Perhaps we can find the answer on this continent."
Suk nodded. "Yes, this mysterious thing may be more than one piece, and it may have been circulating on this continent for a long time."
There are no records of the Nine Realms Lord, so he may have just been a passerby and never experienced some of the deeper secrets of this ancient continent.
Eloi said, "This secret continent is also connected to the virtual universe, so we might be able to gather information through the virtual universe."
Suk wasn't so optimistic. He felt that the black token should belong to a high-level secret and shouldn't be found in the virtual universe network, but he could still give it a try.
Next, Suk and his team began searching for relevant information in the virtual universe. Unfortunately, after a lot of work, they still couldn't find any information about the black token.
"Since there's no news from the virtual universe, the only way now is to try and gather intelligence from the forces on the Secret Realm Continent," Eloi suggested. "The Snowlight Palace is just an ordinary force on the Divine Splendor Continent. If even a disciple can run away with a black token, other forces might have something similar."
The mysterious black token aroused a strong desire to explore in Suk and his companion. After all, anyone who wasn't a fool would know that a seemingly ordinary token could contain so many illusions, and there must be some great secret behind it.
Suk and his group had previously obtained map information about the surrounding area through the auxiliary quantum computers of the Snowmang Palace disciples, and knew what forces were distributed there.
"The closest one to us is, of course, the Snowlight Palace. However, the Snowlight Palace is entirely composed of its own members and does not welcome outsiders. It is very xenophobic, and there is also a Domain Lord level expert there. It is not convenient for us to enter and investigate," Su Ke said. He was unaware that the Snowlight Palace had already been destroyed because of the black token.
"Besides Snowlight Palace, there is also Serpent Devouring City nearby, which is a more powerful force than Snowlight Palace. It has built a city that anyone can enter and leave," Suk said.
"Then let's go to Serpent City first," Eloi said.
They decided to try and find out more about the black token; if they couldn't find out anything, then they'd just give up.
Suk and his group stopped near Snake Devouring City in their spaceship, stowed away their E-class spaceship, and flew directly towards Snake Devouring City with a group of cosmic-level guards.
Serpent City is a massive city spanning thousands of kilometers, surrounded by a thousand-meter-high blue-green stone wall. Skyscrapers stand in rows, resembling a steel jungle, and the sky is filled with flying machines and human figures, making it incredibly prosperous and bustling. If one did not know that this was a secret realm continent, one would think that they had come to some technological planet.
At the imposing city gate, many people were queuing to pay the entrance fee. If they were traveling by spaceship, they would have to dock at another location to pay other fees. Suk and his group were at the back of the queue, but they followed the flow of people and quickly passed through smoothly, entering the city.
"The currency here is actually the same as the one used outside," Su Ke exclaimed. He had just seen that the guards at the gate were using auxiliary quantum computers. In addition to paying with the local currency, "Shenhua Coins," they could also pay directly with Liuyun Coins. Moreover, Liuyun Coins were more valuable than those outside. After all, this was the territory of the Liuyun Universe Kingdom. The secret realm continent here seemed vast and boundless, and perhaps the population of one continent could rival that of an entire universe kingdom. However, the Liuyun Universe Kingdom might have more than just this one secret realm.
"I wonder how the Flowing Cloud Universe Kingdom manages these secret realm continents," Suk muttered to himself.
In Suk's view, excluding immortal gods, the number of powerhouses below the realm lord level on the continents within the secret realm probably exceeds that of the universe kingdom.