Chapter 202: Chapter 202
Unlike receiving the “Black Umbilical Cord” from Lene Histera, which was instantly recognized and fused into the body upon contact and could be detected through gentleman’s clothes for related attributes,
the “Madman’s Box” before him,
had it not been for the product information inscribed inside the Golden Box, he wouldn’t have been able to access any information at all, not even able to discern whether the object was a Relic.
Reaching out to touch, a sensation both soft and firm like touching the back of a slender girl’s hand transmitted to the fingertips.
Hiss—a silk thread born from Gentleman’s Skin emerged from between the sleeves, attempting to touch and decode the magic cube’s information, when buzzing!
A force field burst forth, flinging the silk thread aside and at the same time violently shattering Yi Chen’s right hand, breaking all five fingers.
The magic cube seemed like an independent organism, bouncing back into the Golden Box by the reaction force.
“This… it seems I can only proceed with normal decryption.”
Clang—the chain links, the umbilical cord nourishes.
Finally, I arrived at the very center of the maze, and the brain entities that had followed also stopped moving, each embedding their heads into the walls of the maze.
the “Madman’s Box”, identical to the one in reality, was placed on the central display stand.
When Yi Chen reached out to touch it, whoosh—a blade engraved with ancient patterns sprung out from within the cube, piercing through his palm.
This pain also pulled Yi Chen’s consciousness out of the maze, returning him to reality.
In the secluded basement,
Yi Chen’s real palm was similarly impaled by the blade,
not a drop of blood was wasted, all of it absorbed by the cube along the engravings on the blade’s surface, even showing obvious sucking actions. It seemed to be performing some kind of ownership ritual, recognizing Yi Chen as its new owner.
Without any external force, the cube began to morph on its own.
Just when Yi Chen thought he had completed all the decryption work, the shape of the “Madman’s Box” finally stabilized into a strangely structured elongated spheroid, thin in the middle and thick at both ends.
Testing with the Gentleman’s Skin still induced a force field effect, unable to retrieve information about the relic.
“Is the Consciousness Maze just the first level of decryption?”
Yi Chen continued his observation, but this time not needing much care.
The surface of the spheroid structure no longer had any brain folds, but was covered with extremely durable bio-metal bars, with a very obvious slot gap in the middle.
When Yi Chen tried to grasp both ends of the spheroid,
whoosh! Spikes grew from both ends, piercing the back of his hand, testing his blood!
If the holder was not Yi Chen, the blood test would fail, and the cube would release a strong force field, shattering the holder’s arm, and if unable to escape, it would self-destruct within seconds.
This meant that the subsequent decryption process could only be completed independently by Yi Chen.
“Structural changes, identity verification. If I’m not mistaken, this Three Attribute Relic corresponds to three different types of decryptions.
The first level, the Consciousness Maze, corresponds to intelligence which I have already successfully passed through.
The current second level corresponds to physique, requiring pure strength to fold it… Let’s try.”
Although Yi Chen’s physique had reached a level of 5+, it was still a bit shy of the true limit.
No matter using iron chains for reinforcement or various forms of leverage, he could not budge the rectangular structure of the cube, and could even distinctly feel that he was just a bit of strength short of bending it.
“The settings on this thing are really cunning, one must reach ‘Limit’ to be able to bend it, and it still requires how long a bend to switch it to the next form.”
Having no choice but to put away the rectangular cube,
just as Yi Chen pondered how to store this spheroid-shaped item, the Golden Box surprisingly adapted to the cube’s new structure, immediately forming a corresponding storage compartment.
Having sorted everything out, he felt a wave of hunger coming from his stomach.
And also because of the excessive mental effort, a strand of sticky brain blood ran out from between his nostrils, urging his body to get some nutritional replenishment.
Looking at the time, he had already spent two days and nights in the basement.
“Better go find something to eat quick, or I reckon I’ll faint from hunger in another hour.”
Putting on his coat and pulling down his hat brim, Yi Chen quickly exited the shop,
his gaze rapidly searching for nearby restaurants when suddenly a figure flashed by his side, even brushing slightly against Yi Chen’s arm.
Yi Chen slightly frowned and turned his head to see who was being so impolite.
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