"The spring breeze brings life from the frontier, and I can feel that the creatures of the Crystal Forest are gradually recovering from the ice, some mild, some vicious and dangerous, I know it's time to leave this extremely cold region, and I set my eyes on the rolling mountains due south, where I may find the answer I have always dreamed of..."

"The travelers who accompanied me gradually gave up their journey to explore the mysteries of the continent, and perhaps they were already a little afraid of death, but I didn't, I felt as if I had been instructed by the gods to keep moving forward, and I was almost to the high mountain covered by the fog, and along the way I saw many strange creatures that I had never seen before, vines with human faces in the valleys, spiky elves with sharp ears on ancient trees, irregular spirits with almost transparent bodies between the wild stones, Phosphorescent koi fish and so on under the blue water, but I always felt that there must be some more strange creature in the deep forest in the distance, and my mind was already imagining the scene of the moment I saw it..."

"There were many dangers along the way, I finally approached the heart of the mountains after climbing a few steep peaks, and finally my companions left me, some of them returned to their hometowns, some of them were buried in the arms of nature, and I continued to walk with the will of the dead, and gradually into the rift valley, I slowly felt that the species of life here began to decline sharply, and a wisp of red smoke wandered strangely in the mountains, and I always felt that there was a pair of eyes watching my every move outside the camp at night, and I had to become alert, because the danger was probably approaching...”

"I hope it was my delusion, but fortunately, after several days of trekking I was finally about to get out of the rift in the mountains, and I was going up the stream, and along the way I saw the skeletons and disorganized footprints of many large creatures. I had to be extra careful for the rest of the journey, but my doubts and sense of crisis deepened, because there was a large scorched forest in front of me, and I decided to go in and check it out, and may God bless me from encountering anything strange..."

"The scene in the scorched woods simply stunned me, I didn't expect that there was a human village in this inaccessible place, unfortunately it has become a deserted village, it should be a sudden fire that fell here, but I'm not sure if it's a heavenly fire or arson, because there are several charred corpses at the entrance to the village, their chests are all pierced by weapons, obviously these people have been killed before the fire comes, the scorched earth-like scene is like the end of the world, although it is a little scary, but I still plan to be brave enough to go in and have a look...”

"The village was already empty, not even birds and animals, only charred corpses and dilapidated houses, until I came to the middle of the village and finally saw the most shocking scene of my life, five bodies crucified on wooden stakes had been burned into skeletons, I could not know what kind of pain these people experienced before they died, but I was shocked not only by this, but the bones of these five people turned out to be an unusual red, and under the charred stakes were also a strange red, I decided to take some samples from their bones for studybecause I think I might have discovered a new species..."

"When I took the sample with a reverent heart and was about to leave, the feeling of being watched came back to me, for some reason I felt my heart start to beat faster, I hid in a dry well and looked out nervously, trying to find the source of the tension, but I found nothing, I didn't dare to stay any longer and decided to leave this cloudy village as soon as possible, my forehead was sweating, what the hell was wrong with me, anyway, let's get out of here first and then make plans..."

"It's been a kilometer from the village, but I don't dare to look back at it, the bone scepter used for sacrifice by the mouth of the well is wrapped around my mind like a devil, I dare not think about it, I risked climbing the high mountain in front of the village, I just want to escape, escape, escape..."

"On the first day after leaving that village, I was horrified to find that there were many thin red threads crawling on my arms, and they floated under my skin like blood-stained tattoos, but I didn't care, I carried a variety of herbs with me, and all kinds of rare herbs were almost everywhere in the mountains, these were enough for me to deal with this disease, and tonight I decided to rest early, because my hands were a little numb, probably because of yesterday's climbing..."

"Oh my God, yesterday I was too optimistic, after a night's rest my condition not only did not improve, but worsened, the blood-red mark crawled almost all over my arms, I have tried all the medicines I carry with me, but there seems to be no cure for this condition, it is crawling towards my neck at a speed visible to the naked eye, I can even see it moving next to my veins, oh my God, I won't die here, right..."

"Maybe this is the fate of the explorers, I finally decided to give up after two days of struggle, the blood-red mark is almost all over my body, I can feel my life function is passing quickly, I lie down by the stream, the sound of the gurgling water is like my life gradually disappearing, maybe it is because I disturbed the dead in the village, so they cursed me the most viciously, my current situation may be the tragic situation of those villagers before they died, damn, I should not have set foot in that' Plague Village's..."

"When I was dying, I burned the specimens in the jar, although I am not sure of the material composition of these red powders, I will not allow this disease to infect the humans outside the mountains, I will name it 'Scarlet Syndrome', and I will record everything I know in my notes, if anyone comes here by chance and sees this notebook, he must tell the world, do not set foot in this horrible place..."

"Including you, my dear destined. ”

The moment he closed the page, Al let out a long breath, and it was ten o'clock in the morning, and before he knew it, he had been reading for an hour.

From the clear and eloquent handwriting at the beginning, to the scribbled and hurried writing at the end, the notes of "The Wanderer's Lost Track" can reveal the thrilling mental journey of this great explorer hundreds of years ago, and the loneliness and desolation when he was about to die.

"The symptoms of 'Crimson': red marks that spread from the arm to the whole body, wriggling subcutaneous tissue, the tremendous force that can easily shatter rocks, the terrifying ability to heal slowly by cutting open wounds, and the mental state that gradually loses reason as the disease worsens. ”

On the last page of the note, a few phrases that were almost indistinguishable left Alcher completely confused and confused.

Isn't this his current situation, Al's left arm clenched slightly, could it be that the guy he met in his consciousness when he fell into a coma that day was the "source of disease" of these disasters?

Thinking of this, Al fell silent.

"I read this notebook with the same look on your face. Professor Russell raised his head and took a sip of rice wine, his face was slightly drunk, and it seemed that Professor Russell was accompanied by this kind of thing that could dispel his sorrows in the lonely night.

"Professor, this notebook is..."

"The masterpiece, written by the explorer Fury Ward, about six hundred years ago, which I borrowed from Vice Chancellor Douglas, is only a part of the explorer's many notes, and the rest is kept in the last room of the archives. Professor Russell said a lot in one breath.

"So, my arm alienation turned out to be 'Crimson', it seems that Minister Anglo's previous speculation was accurate," Al gently stroked a few large words on the cover of the note, "I'm really not an anomalous. ”

"Don't jump to conclusions," Professor Russell patted Al's shoulder, "If you look at the symptoms alone, it's true that you have 'scarlet disease,' but there's one thing that makes you very different from those who are on the record. ”

"Huh?"

"The sick have all died of pain, and you are still alive and well, I can boldly infer that the evolution of 'Crimson' over the centuries has mutated in you, or that there is something in you that suppresses its onset, so that 'Crimson' only shows a beneficial side in you, and the harmful side is hidden. ”

Thinking of the golden chains that bound the "Mirror El", Al couldn't help but wonder where the mysterious words inherited from the armband to the "Steel Bone" came from, and the wriggling spirit body that talked to him didn't seem to be some "anomalous derivative", maybe he was just a spiritual carrier of "Scarlet".

"Professor Russell, are you comforting me?" Al handed the notebook back to Russell.

"I'm not comforting you, I'm just trying to tell you that the ability sequence is not set in stone, every new ability will be considered an outlier until it is discovered, and people's physique is different, some people's physique may not be able to withstand this symptom, while others can fit perfectly, even if there are some flaws, it can be adjusted. ”

As he spoke, Professor Russell looked at the bewildered Al as if he had discovered some rare treasure.

"Professor Russell, it's a shame that you don't work as a merchandiser for your eloquence. Al smiled wryly, thinking to himself.

"You, Al, are sixteen years old this year, and with that out-of-control alienation in the Imperial Arena, you've only been alienated out of control twice, right? ”

"That's right. Because every scene of alienation out of control Al clearly remembered in his mind, he immediately blurted out.

"That's right. Professor Russell's face softened, and he took another sip of the mellow rice wine.

"I've decided to report to the higher levels of the school and make your abilities supernumerary, new abilities in addition to the 100 abilities known," Professor Russell pushed a bunch of reports in front of Al, "I've got a name in mind, I'll call it the Red Ghost!"

Al could clearly feel that when Professor Russell said "Red Ghost", his left arm wrapped in "steel bones" trembled visibly, as if expressing dissatisfaction, but then returned to calm.

"Dead old man, you dare to give Lao Tzu such an ugly name, and when Lao Tzu goes out, he will shave off the handful of miscellaneous hair on your head!"