Struggle in the Steam Age

The second step, the third step... until the twenty-seventh step. When Lawrence walked up the first stage and came to the first platform, he found that there was only increasing pressure along the way, and there was no special test other than that. In this case, he felt that he would be able to reach the top today.

But when he finished the first stage of the journey, he just came to the bottom of the three-story platform of the pyramid. He felt that the surrounding environment had changed suddenly, and when he reacted, he found that he appeared on a boundless Gobi desert, only a little yellow weeds were scattered on the Gobi desert.

"What's going on here?" Looking at the mutated space around him, Lawrence suddenly became nervous.

Especially when he checked his body and found that all the supernatural powers in his body had disappeared, and it even felt as if those supernatural powers had never existed in his body.

"Cross 100 kilometers to the next oasis within the specified time." A plain voice rang in Lawrence's ear, and then a map appeared in his mind.

Judging from the red line used to mark the route on the map, it can be seen that this race will pass through Gobi, desert, grassland, mountains, forests and wetlands.

And as the map was passed into Lawrence's mind, he also knew that these terrains were just some dangerous terrains, and there were no creatures that lived in these environments in the real world. But even so, this path does not look so easy to follow.

It was only when Lawrence started trekking on the Gobi Desert that he realized why there were no creatures in this place: because these terrains themselves were not ordinary terrains, but would cause some extraordinary damage to all the existences passing through them.

Although these injuries were not considered strong, they were enough trouble for Lawrence, who was basically an ordinary person now.

But no matter how troublesome it is, in order to obtain this powerful force, Lawrence can only go forward along the planned path. If it was him in his previous life, he might have given up here long ago, but after traveling through the world and experiencing so many things, he still has enough will to persevere.

When he arrived at the destination with his exhausted and scarred body, Lawrence felt that he had been completely baptized from body to soul. Obviously, this kind of trial is not only a test, but also a very valuable improvement in his soul strength and willpower.

With a flash of light, Lawrence found himself back on the pyramid platform as before.

But at this time, the pressure that was still wrapped around his body not long ago dissipated, as if it had never appeared before. At the same time, Lawrence also mastered the first stage of usage of the new ability.

The usage of the first stage can be said to be very simple, and it is called information-energy interaction. That is to say, when this ability is activated, all the information emitted by all the self-conscious beings around will be converted into energy by the city, and then become a part of Lawrence himself.

During this process, the greater the emotional ups and downs of those around, the more information they radiate outward, and the city in Lawrence's mind can also convert more energy.

In other words, if the surroundings are all dead objects without self-awareness, this ability will not have any effect.

"It looks quite suitable for group battles." After understanding the usage of this ability in the initial stage, Lawrence suddenly realized the most suitable occasion for this ability. After all, he was also a person who played many games in his previous life, so he easily understood this thing as a buff that can automatically increase the blue bar for himself on certain occasions.

Of course, after figuring out these things, he also knew why the first-level test had to choose that way to test his will.

Because this ability will greatly increase Lawrence's own strength. If you can't have a firm will, it's easy to be backlashed by power.

"As expected, Jianmu took care of me." Lawrence thought in his heart, and at the same time he became very interested in the whole picture of this ability. After all, if the most basic application of this ability is so powerful, then if you can master it thoroughly, it may make yourself have a world-shaking change compared to the past.

So after adjusting his mood a little, Lawrence continued to walk up the steps.

Different from the steps he passed just now, in addition to bringing him more and more pressure on these steps, he can also feel various discomforts in his body. And as he climbed step by step, these discomforts became stronger and stronger.

"Sure enough, each stage of this test has its own characteristics, rather than the simple strengthening of strength." Lawrence gritted his teeth to resist the pressure from the outside world and the various discomforts in his body, taking steps one step at a time. Climb towards the top of the pyramid.

Because of his previous experience, Lawrence seemed much calmer when he climbed the steps than last time. So even though he was under more pressure this time, Lawrence only took half the time of the last time to successfully reach the platform on the top floor of the second flight of stairs where the room was located.

The moment his feet had just reached the platform, the scenery before Lawrence's eyes changed again. This time he found himself in a room as bright as a cathedral hall.

Above this room is a high vaulted ceiling, and countless small bugs with golden or green light are flying around in the room like this. And in the middle of the room is a stone platform made of gold and green intertwined.

"Also within the specified time, use your will to gather those little bugs in the air that are purely made of energy, and then make a badge of this energy and place it in the groove of the stone platform." The ordinary-sounding voice continued. It sounded in Lawrence's ears once, and then a set of blueprints, the first series of knowledge about badge making, emerged in his consciousness.

After checking this knowledge, Lawrence realized that these bugs made of pure energy were divided into two completely different varieties. The golden one contains the power of order and holiness, while the green one consists of pure chaos and impurity. It is not a simple matter to combine these two things into one furnace to create that badge.

"The golden power should come from myself, or Bai Ze's power. The green one comes from the gift that I just got to build the wooden space after sacrificing the tentacles." In this place where he could see the essence of power, Lawrence suddenly I understand a lot of things.

"The city that appears in my mind now should be some kind of embodiment of R'lyye's power that has been transformed by Jianmu's power." Lawrence thought, "It's just the same as R'lyye's pure chaos. Compared with unclean energy, the transformed power has reached a certain balance between chaos and order, holiness and uncleanness. After achieving such a balance, I can naturally operate these powers as the master instead of being passive. Operated by power."

After figuring this out, Lawrence heaved a long sigh of relief. Obviously, the myth about Cthulhu in his impression really frightened him terribly, and he was worried that he would become a source of pollution that would lose his self-awareness when he got up early in the morning.

But now it seems that Jianmu Space is really strong, so that he will not become a puppet of power like those unlucky guys in the Cthulhu myth.

Lawrence, who let go of the burden in his heart, only then seriously thought about what he had to do next, and found that even with detailed reminders, he was not 100% sure about the next task.