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The next second.

Chen Ye did not hesitate to focus his spirituality on the abyss treasure chest embedded in the rock wall of the strait.

When the spirituality turned into a "fishhook" and clasped the treasure chest, a heavy feeling suddenly came over me.

But this feeling of difficulty was immediately washed away by the surprise of harvest.

This is a characteristic item that may help me, and it is of great significance.

Chen Ye used his spirituality without reservation and fished the abyss treasure chest ashore as quickly as possible.

boom!

Along with the water surface, there was a huge ripple...

The treasure chest broke through the water, splashing huge waves, making a perfect parabola in the air, and was about to fall heavily onto the ship.

This abyss treasure chest is heavier than before. If it is dropped directly, there is a possibility that the ship will capsize.

Chen Ye's face exploded in an instant, transforming into the mouthparts of "The Devourer". Every piece of flesh and blood on his face bloomed like petals, like a swimming octopus, stretching out its tentacles in a hug, steady He steadily caught the falling abyss treasure chest.

"Oh my god! This thing is so heavy!"

The moment he caught the treasure box, Chen Ye felt as if his face was cramped and he couldn't even laugh.

The flesh and blood closed together and reunited into the handsome young face. Chen Ye pinched both sides of his face to relieve the pain of over-stretched facial muscles, and then his eyes fell on the abyss treasure chest in front of him.

Boom! Boom!

Suddenly, there was an unusual noise inside the box!

It was as if something had come to life inside the box and was about to lift the coffin board and reveal the corpse.

Chen Ye was immediately startled by the sudden noise, and quickly swallowed a piece of 'Golden Fried Griffin', triggering the [Devil Devouring] feature. Golden hair grew on his skin, and wings grew on his back. When he flapped his wings, the surrounding air flow surged rapidly. As soon as he moved, the figure immediately rose to the sky and floated above it, staring at the treasure box intently, for fear that something would suddenly run out of it.

Take a closer look at the treasure chest...

In addition to the faint glazed brilliance, there is also a decayed human silhouette inside, filled with a faint blood light, intertwined with ink-black chains, forming mechanical arms and legs, but only the head is missing.

"There is danger in the treasure chest!" Chen Ye further confirmed this with the help of the color and contours he saw with the Eye of Luck.

Boom! Boom!

The thing in the box continued to knock, as if it wanted to break free from its confinement.

At this moment, in the center of Chen Ye's field of vision, lines of bloody text began to condense next to the bloody treasure box——

【Chaos Puppet】

[Type: Taboo (contains uncontrollable characteristics)]

[Description: There once was an excellent puppeteer who carved puppets every day, imagining that he could make a castle made of puppets. His dream came true, and his servants, teachers, and children were always with him in the form of puppets... Until one day, the puppeteer's desire was more than that, and he wanted to create a country composed of puppets. But one day, he suddenly committed suicide. When people found his body, only the parts of the puppet were left, except for the head! 】

[Characteristics: Puppeteer, Chaos, Control]

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"Isn't this a relic left in the body of a high-sequence professional after his death?"

Chen Ye saw clearly the description of the red text on the panel, his expression changed uncontrollably, and his eyes were then covered with a deep layer of gray.

Any existence in the strange era, including aborigines and players, needs to absorb characteristic items in order to gradually advance to higher professions and unlock stronger characteristics.

Therefore, they have absorbed huge characteristics in their bodies...

Children born to some high-sequence strong men will naturally unlock corresponding professions.

According to the principle of conservation of characteristics, when a high-sequence strong person dies, corresponding characteristic items will be released from the body, thus becoming a way for players to fight monsters and upgrade.

However, only when a high-sequence strong person dies and separates into different items can it contain a variety of properties.

The combination of these various characteristics, without complete consciousness control, will become an uncontrollable object, constantly radiating characteristic energy towards the surroundings, causing pollution, curses and other similar effects.

Items like this are often called "forbidden objects".

Chen Ye didn't expect that this abyss treasure chest would contain a forbidden object, and he suddenly felt that it was tricky and difficult to deal with.

Usually, taboo items are uncontrollable items and cannot be directly integrated into them as special items for job transfer.

Either convert the uncontrollable into controllable through purification or special treatment by the Sun Church, or choose to absorb it forcefully, which requires bearing the cost of losing control. Even if the subsequent profession is successfully integrated, it will bring great risks to itself.

Items like this can't help but feel tricky and difficult to deal with...

If it is touched rashly, it will bring unpredictable risks and crises to itself.

Chen Ye fell into deep thought, hesitating whether to open the treasure chest or not.

"[Chaos Puppet]... is a characteristic item that naturally precipitates after the death of a puppet master. It will not be all of the characteristics, but a part of it."

"It lacks a head and only has a body, which already contains three characteristics..."

"So, this puppet master was at least a Level 4 professional before his death!"

"But judging from the description in the bloody text, this puppet master has worked hard towards the goal of building a puppet kingdom. It is very likely that he has reached level five, or even close to level six... But such ambition is too much. Crazy, and the process is inhumane... No, even the trick is a bit too much... The collapse of the middle path is almost expected."

"If a powerful person reaches this level, even if only a part of his characteristics are released from his body, it will bring great danger to the surrounding things. The characteristics and authority of a higher sequence are enough to cause a crushing effect on the middle and low-sequence professions... …”

"But equally, if you can successfully control this forbidden object, the benefits it will bring are unimaginable, and you may even gain abilities beyond your current professional level."

Chen Ye's expression changed a bit, and he finally decided to throw a dice to decide whether to open the abyss treasure chest.

He took out the dice and continued to recite in his mind:

"The crisis of opening the abyss treasure chest..."

"The crisis of opening the abyss treasure chest..."

"The crisis of opening the abyss treasure chest..."

After reciting silently three times and concentrating his spiritual energy, Chen Ye threw the dice upward.

The dice fell back onto the palm, revealing the number directly above it, only "1".

"The danger of opening the treasure chest is great..."

Chen Ye frowned slightly, and when he saw the numbers on the dice, he was sure that opening the treasure chest would be a threat to him.

Do you just give up like this?

Taking a deep breath, Chen Ye decided to change the question -

"My success rate in overcoming the treasure chest crisis..."

"My success rate in overcoming the treasure chest crisis..."

"My success rate in overcoming the treasure chest crisis..."

This time, Chen Ye threw the dice again, and the number on the head changed——

"5!"

The probability is actually quite high... does it mean that after a fierce struggle, the crisis can still be solved?

Chen Ye's pupils suddenly became a little darker.

However, he did not open the treasure chest rashly and immediately. Instead, he recalled the prompt information described in [Study in Scarlet] again in his mind and thought about countermeasures:

"The puppeteer suddenly died one day without a head... He wanted to build a country, which would inevitably involve huge interests and make enemies everywhere..."

Judging from other information in the description, this puppeteer also made all his relatives and friends around him into puppets, and he was a complete madman.

The most likely outcome for such a madman who acts recklessly is to die at the hands of justice.

certainly……

Although the result of "just sanctions" in the strange era is just, the process is not necessarily just.

Boom! Boom!

The [Chaos Puppet] in the box is still trying to make noises.

But according to the prompts, Chen Ye knew that there was no "living consciousness" in it.

It's just an uncontrollable characteristic that turns into a taboo and affects the surrounding things through its own operation method.

Since the corpse can move...does it mean that the body has been cursed in some way? From the [Undead]?

Several possibilities flashed through Chen Ye's mind.

If it was a curse that caused the puppeteer to fall into death, then his body after death would most likely have residual characteristics and squirm in a way that is close to the "undead".

In this way, the [Fire Sun] characteristics of [Undead] and [Cursor] can be restrained, and the remaining evil energy of the corpse can be driven away, thus turning the uncontrollable into controllable.

However, these speculations cannot be verified yet. If something goes wrong, it will be fatal!

Just to be on the safe side...

Chen Ye decided to change his approach and use tarot divination to divine the success rate of doing so.

He took out the [Tarot Cards], gathered his mind again, and focused on the description he wanted to ask:

"Can the method of using the blazing sun to deal with the crisis inside the box be successful?"

Chen Ye meditated on the specific operation process while spreading out the Tarot cards. Then, he divined for himself and selected three Tarot cards and arranged them separately:

Past: Four of Pentacles (right position)

Now: Demon (reversed)

Future: The Hanged Man (reversed)

Chen Ye's eyes moved slightly and fell on the three newly drawn Tarot cards. He concentrated his thoughts and combined his intuition to analyze the meanings of the cards:

"Four of Pentacles, this means that I have a relatively good foundation in the past and is a relatively stable card. On this issue, it means that I have enough chips and trump cards in my hand to face the possibility of opening the abyss treasure chest. crisis encountered.”

"The devil is reversed... This should be related to the curse inside, but in a reversed state, it may not be as difficult to deal with as imagined."

"The Hanged Man reversed... symbolizes a liberation, mirroring each other with the devil. As long as we can find a solution, we can escape from it."

Putting away the tarot cards, Chen Ye gradually came to a conclusion.

Take out a sugar-roasted chestnut that has been prepared for a long time from the mountain roll, swallow it, and restore your spiritual deficiencies again, until your spiritual power is completely full again...

Afterwards, Chen Ye walked up to the treasure box, took a deep breath, and his face suddenly cracked open. In the form of [Devourer], he gained stronger mobility, and his mouthparts turned into tentacles against both sides of the box, ready to open at any time.

at the same time……

His hands transform into sharp scissors.

Activate execution mode!

A ray of silver sword light flashed through the opening of the treasure chest like a crescent moon.

The chain sealing the opening of the treasure chest was instantly broken.

boom!

The top cover of the abyss treasure chest seemed to be automatically popped open by a force...

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

A creepy cry came from the treasure chest.

Chen Ye's mood suddenly became tense, and the cry couldn't help but make goosebumps all over his body.

With almost no hesitation, he immediately communicated with his spirit and summoned the [Fire Sun Secret Scroll].

The holy sunlight suddenly rose to the top of the head, dispelling the darkness.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Amid the cry, a skinny, pitch-black hand bone stretched out from the abyss treasure chest, accompanied by thick black mist that filled the air...

[Chaos Puppet] slowly crawled out of the box. It only had a body, no head, and every step it took was as jerky as a machine.

The moment the puppet climbed out, Chen Ye suddenly felt that his body seemed to be out of control. It moved as stiff and jerky as a puppet. Even his thinking ability began to decline, as if he was about to lose the ability to think for himself.

Chen Ye gritted his teeth and tried his best to activate his spirituality to the highest state and maintain his self-rationality to ensure that he had enough thinking ability to make correct strategic judgments for the next action.

At this moment, [Chaos Puppet] is surrounded by dark chains.

These dark chains were like a witch's long hair, growing and extending infinitely, spreading to all directions, binding Chen Ye's body, restricting his movements.

Chen Ye knew that [Chaos Puppet] would turn surrounding objects into puppets...

He did not dare to neglect, and immediately communicated with the [Fire Sun Prayer Secret Scroll], which bloomed with even more dazzling brilliance.

The spiritual energy condensed and transformed into a fire snake. The flame containing sacred attributes immediately burned all the evil things around it, tore apart the dark chains, and swallowed up the surrounding darkness with unstoppable fire.

Chen Ye suddenly felt the various movable joints in his body loosen up, as if rusty mechanical parts were suddenly greased with lubricant. They moved with dexterity and ease, as if they were reborn.

He waved the two [Devil Scissors] in his hand to execute the puppet.

Click! Click!

This pair of extremely sharp scissors can cut through anything.

However, when it fell on the [Chaos Puppet], it made a "clang" sound and sparks appeared from the friction.

The puppet figure took a few steps back and was attacked, but the parts on its body were not damaged at all.

"This guy is really tenacious... However, the characteristics of [Fierce Sun] have already produced a lot of results."

Chen Ye noticed that when the sacred flame summoned by [Fire Sun Prayer Scroll] destroyed the dark chains around the puppet, the opponent's mobility was obviously declining, including his control over himself.

He unleashed his fire again with all his might, burning the chains.

"As long as you keep attacking like this, sooner or later this puppet will be purified of all its evil characteristics, thereby eliminating the uncontrollable crisis of forbidden objects..."