The sun is high

"Are you moving?"

Shuge opened his eyes in the dream sanctuary, and he saw Theseus standing next to him, staring at the various objects piled next to Shuge with a "scowl".

Among these things, there is a huge turtle shell preserved in some kind of magic gel, and three kinds of blood taken from different magical creatures - they are packaged in jars of different sizes, and they appear different in the dim light. weird colors.

Of course, in addition to this, there are the "traveling spider eyeballs" that Shuge brought to the Dream Sanctuary before but did not perform a "sacrifice" and a large bag of heavy general gold coins.

Objects of all sizes were piled together, making the location where Xiuge was located seem to have become a distribution point for goods.

Facing Theseus, who had not seen him for just a day, Xiuge stood up slowly, stretched his body, and then said: "I am preparing to go on a long trip, so naturally I need to prepare well... I remember you said before, under my magic power Before a qualitative change is achieved, it is not suitable for any more 'sacrifice'."

After saying that, Xiuge raised his hand and patted the heavy bag of gold coins twice: "Is everything okay now?"

"certainly."

The chaotic shadows that formed Theseus's face shook slightly, and the originally funny "expression" quickly converged. He opened his hands to Xiuge: "People who play role-playing games a lot are always like this. Once they level up, 'I'll open the character panel and stare at my skill book in a daze... Yeah, I understand."

"Tsk."

Shuge frowned. Theseus' words sounded strange and very uncomfortable.

Based on his instinct, he felt that there was probably something wrong with this matter.

However, Theseus looked like he didn't want to talk more about this matter. After a few perfunctory words, he slipped back to his previous seat and began his journey to conquer the "Sea of ​​Stars" again.

So, Xiuge simply arranged the "materials" he brought into the dream shelter according to their important status in his mind.

Among them, the most important thing is the "traveling spider eyeball" that has not been successfully "sacrificially" before. Theseus mentioned before that this sacrifice can bring a very significant "escape ability", and by traveling through Judging from the biological habits of the spider and its cultivation, it is highly likely that it can bring magical powers such as concealment or rapid movement to itself.

As for the other things that were just brought in, Xiuge was not easy to judge.

The huge turtle shell wrapped in magic gel may be associated with certain protective methods, and the three different bloods come from the fine-scaled sea snakes in the ocean, the toothed wolf beasts on the plains, and the more common ones near the sea. Toucan.

Including the big bag of gold coins, these were the "exchange conditions" that Xiuge had seen before in the Dream Sanctuary.

Looking at this huge bag of gold coins, Xiuge felt inexplicably emotional.

When he first came to Fan'en, he was still in trouble for twenty universal silver coins, but now, the pocket that he had withdrawn in advance and filled with more than five hundred universal gold coins was no longer the first choice. Target.

At this time, the huge disk existing in the spiritual world of Xiuge was operating at a stable rate.

After the magic of Xiuge successfully broke through the original threshold, the details on these metal discs have become richer - the light green lines extending from the central area are now emitting soft fluorescence, and each fluorescence They are all connected to the grooves on the disk. Although there are no "guests" inside these grooves at this time, Xiuge can see that the light symbolizing magic is constantly gathering inside the grooves.

And inside these grooves, extremely precise mechanical structures are operating all the time. Those large and small gears make very regular and slight sounds as they bite again and again, which makes Xiuge unable to help but want to Get lost in it.

"Okay, let me see...who will check into the 'new room' first."

So Xiuge let out a long sigh of relief. He picked up the container containing the traveling spider's eyeballs from the table and walked forward along the corridor.

Associated with this sacrificial item is a self-service vending machine.

This machine was completely out of operation, and the various drinks that were supposed to be in it had disappeared without a trace. This made Xiuge feel quite sorry. Every time he passed by this empty vending machine, he would feel a little confused. I miss those drinks I used to buy when I was working overtime.

It was only after experiencing so many things that Xiuge realized that drinking carbonated drinks and working overtime in an air-conditioned room was actually a kind of beauty.

The vending machine is placed next to the "resting corner".

The vending machine was empty. Through the transparent glass cabinet door, Xiuge could see the black fog constantly surging inside. This fog not only existed inside the container, but also poured into the touch screen on the vending machine. Xiuge You can even see these fogs scurrying around in the flickering electronic screen.

This picture is very strange.

The strange term "cyber magic ghost" even popped into Xiuge's mind.

As Shuge approached, the black mist trapped inside the vending machine container also reacted. They got rid of their initial abstract state and began to expand continuously - the so-called vending machine looked like it was just the boundary of a huge cage. , there is actually an even more amazing vast space inside this machine.

And just in the depths of this space, there is an outline slowly approaching in the direction of Xiuge. It initially appears distant and blurry, but as the distance shortens, its outline and shape become clearly visible.

It looked like a giant spider crawling inside the machine.

This kind of scene is enough to make those who have a serious fear of spiders feel dizzy, but for Shuge, such a scene is nothing.

As the spider approached, the inside of the electronic touch screen of the vending machine also began to change.

Those deep colors that are completely integrated with the electronic screen continue to twist, and finally form the specific conditions required for sacrifice in the center of the screen.

Seeing this, Xiuge opened the container in his hand.

Inside this specially treated alchemy container, multiple huge gray-white eyeballs are rising and falling in the alchemical solution. Even though they have been removed from the body of the traveling spider, Xiuge can still feel the power contained in these eyeballs. magic.

According to the common theory of Vann scholars, these eyeballs are the fundamental source of the power of the traveling spider, and can even be regarded as their "second heart" or "second brain". Research shows that the eyeball of a traveling spider is removed after it is removed Afterwards, as long as it is properly preserved, it can be active for a long time and can even be transplanted into another spider that is missing its eyeball.

Some magicians believe that the eyeballs of the traveling spider actually have properties similar to those of high-purity magic crystals. This also made the traveling spider once the "most popular" magical creature in Vann, and almost because of hunters, merchants, etc. They were wiped out by concentrated hunting organized by groups and wild mages.

However, with its wisdom far beyond ordinary magical creatures and its strange self-preservation ability, the traveling spider finally managed to survive in Vann and became the top predator in certain areas.

Regarding the living conditions of the traveling spider, Xiuge only understood this to this extent.

Compared with their current status and the survival difficulties they encountered in the past, Xiuge paid more attention to the specific use of these weird eyeballs in his hands.

After carefully observing the vending machine in front of him, Xiuge tentatively moved the container in his hand forward.

The mist entrenched inside the machine immediately reacted to Shuge's action.

With a few weird soft sounds, the shadow of the huge spider imprisoned inside the container suddenly trembled. The shadow that enveloped the "spider" began to fade away quickly, and its clearest appearance also appeared directly. In front of Shuge's eyes.

Xiuge's eyebrows instantly knitted up.

Because he could be sure that what was bound inside the container was not a walking spider at all.

There is no down on its body surface, and its body looks as smooth as metal. Huge dark red light spots are distributed along its head and both sides of its torso. On top of this torso, roots extend out. The ferocious limbs are like blades.

These limbs look completely different from the spider's legs. They also don't have any down on them, and their outlines are extremely smooth and sharp. They look like they are made of a large number of metal fragments. Not only that, the limbs have At the end, Xiuge also saw sharp claws that looked like beasts.

In addition, it also has two very exaggerated chelicerae, which are covered with sharp serrations, and also exude a dark metallic light.

At the same time, a low roar suddenly sounded from the depths of Shuge's spiritual world.

Xiuge quickly withdrew his gaze, and then he discovered that the palace hound that was huddled in the mirror and taking a nap in the messenger's "study" had been awakened, and now it looked as if it had been seriously threatened. A state of extreme tension.

Perhaps in order to deal with potential enemies, or perhaps because of an instinctive desire to show off one's own strength, a large amount of dark abyss mist erupted from the body of the palace hound, making its body appear particularly large and strong. Not only that, its The mouth has also been opened, and the tentacles existing between the sharp teeth are slightly protruding and swinging continuously.

And on both sides of its pitch-black, long and narrow head, a large number of dark red light spots gradually appeared.

The messenger in the mirror who was also in the study was "reading". He seemed to be startled by the changes in the palace hound. However, no matter how he tried to comfort him, the hound was always in such a state, as if it was about to explode in the next second.

"Ah, let me think about it..."

Theseus's voice suddenly came from behind. Xiuge turned around and saw that he had also come to the side of the vending machine and was carefully looking at the huge spider imprisoned inside the vending machine.

"In today's common language of Van En, its name should be 'Dark Abyss Claw Spider'. Speaking of it, this thing can be regarded as a kind of trouble inside Dark Abyss... At least the Dark Abyss Palace needs it. A large number of hounds are regularly organized to hunt and clean them.”

The faceless god said nostalgically in a weird tone: "Well, I didn't expect to be able to see it here. It's really amazing."

After hearing this, Xiuge couldn't help but ask: "But I remember, weren't you personally selected and left all the people in this shelter?"

Theseus shrugged and smiled strangely: "Ah... there are so many numbers and types, I may not be able to remember them all. What's more, sometimes, I don't know what my selection criteria are. Wouldn’t it be nice to leave some surprises and expectations?”

"..."

In this regard, Xiuge really didn't know what to say.

However, since Theseus took the initiative to come over, Xiuge would not miss the opportunity to ask questions. He pointed to the vending machine in front of him and asked: "So, what should I do with this thing? I haven't seen it for a long time. 'Feeding port'."

"Simple."

Theseus walked forward happily and gave the vending machine a hard kick. Under the huge force, the mist that bound the "Dark Abyss Claw Spider" trembled violently, and then he saw the original display The electronic screen of "Sacrifice Conditions" twisted in the light and shadow, forming an extremely rough-looking circular gap, which seemed to be just enough for the eyeballs of the passing spiders to pass through.

"Solved... But I would like to remind you that there may be some small conflicts between this thing and the palace hound that are not easy to reconcile. It is okay to accept it, but after that, you may have a little bit of a problem in your head. It’s a little noisy, just tolerate it, it’s not a big deal.”

Shuge was absolutely skeptical about the series of adjectives that came out of Theseus' mouth.

At this time, the credibility of these words spoken by Theseus will become even lower than the "simple words" of the leaders.

Criticisms come true, what should be done must be done after all, so Xiuge quickly used the hands of the mage to take out the pile of eyeballs taken from the traveling spider from the alchemical solution, and put them into the vending machine one by one. Round notch.

As the "coin input" was completed, the huge machine began to tremble at an alarming frequency. Within two seconds, the glass cabinet door used to seal the Dark Abyss Spider shattered into scattered black pieces on the spot. fog.

Shuge did not notice any danger from this change, and the metal disc did not send out any warning. Only the palace hound always maintained its irritable appearance.

In this way, the Dark Abyss spider that successfully escaped from the cage slowly crawled out from the depths of the cabinet. It did not express any hostility towards Xiuge, but came to Xiuge very cautiously, spreading on both sides of its body. The dark red eyes on the side flashed slightly.

The next second, it lowered its body and pressed its huge chelicerae to the ground.

It actually took the initiative to show obedience to Shuge.