Act XVI. monocle
"Young man, do you know what an abyss relic is?"
Tao Xuanran took off his gold-wire glasses, pulled out a glasses cloth from his satchel, and asked while wiping his glasses.
What, is it time to enter the commentary session that starts with the Abyss Relic?
Bai Ge didn't think about it, and replied again.
"Abyssal relics are things that were excavated from the abyss, right?"
On the side, Ai Lian turned on the TV, and at this time the TV station was playing a children's program that roughly taught children to do handicrafts, and for some reason, Ai Lian watched it with relish.
"yes, so do you know what an abyss is?"
It is the place where the relics of the abyss are excavated...... Bai Ge naturally couldn't answer with such a nesting doll.
"The abyss is a relic of the old times, right?"
This is almost common sense for human beings nowadays.
"Yes, the world we live in now is the remains of an old era that has been destroyed, and human beings have lost their way to fly to the sky, falling to the earth like dying birds, and all glory has been lost.
Tao Xuanran said as if he was reciting poetry somewhere, quite a bit of a literary middle-aged person.
"Many places in the old era have fallen, some have been swallowed up by shallow seas, and some have become forbidden places for special reasons, and these forbidden places are abysses."
In ARK: Upgrade Designation, the Abyss is a copy with different terrain restriction modifiers, and in the game forum Ark National Geographic, the Abyss is an anonymous version where everyone can speak freely.
Bai Ge suddenly remembered these in his mind.
"Not just anywhere can form an abyss, simply put, the thicker the precipitation of history and civilization, the easier it is to form an abyss, in these abysses there are a large number of historical fragments and items combined into abyssal relics with special power, just like this monocle, it can be said that historical fragments come from the abyss, from the abyss relics, and only in the abyss can there be historical fragments."
Tao Xuanran glanced at the children's program, and then fell on the center of the coffee table.
"As for the fragments of history, I don't need to explain it, it is a transcendent thing condensed by the history of human civilization, different historical fragments correspond to different legendary existences that have left names in history, since the first historical fragment of the [Pioneer Era] was discovered, the history of mankind has been bound to this thing, and it can even be exaggerated to say that our current world is a civilization built on the fragments of history."
"I've heard that the Abyss Relic itself has extraordinary powers, so is this monocle?"
Bai Ge looked at the ordinary monocle.
In "Ark", most of the abyss relics are bound to the characters, which are similar to exclusive equipment, but Bai Ge knows that this is probably a real gameplay setting, and it is definitely not the case.
He had seen some well-known abyssal relics on the Internet, such as the piccolo that could confuse people's minds and make people fall into illusions, to the iron walls that were absolutely unbreakable, the maps that marked the existence of everything, and the flags that purified all the erosion around them.
These things, all full of all kinds of inexplicable powers, are truly transcendent.
But what's so magical about these monocles?
"Why don't you put it on and take a look."
Tao Xuanran, who had thinning hair, put the monocle in Bai Ge's palm.
“...... Wait, that's okay? ”
Bai Ge looked at the thing in his hand.
Wouldn't there be something like this kind of abyssal relic that would be lodged by evil creatures after being used, or would be taken away by some of the great wills in it?
"In the official manual of the International Astronomical Union, there are multiple classifications of abyssal relics in terms of personality, risk, interference, etc., but in most cases, our rating of abyssal relics is mainly based on personality, and only a small number of them will be supplemented with risk levels."
Tao Xuanran took out a shiny black comb and explained while sorting out the little hair he had left.
"I will take the time to teach you the complexity in the future, and I will tell you a simpler one today, this monocle, well, the abyss relic, the personal level belongs to the security level, usually we call it the first-level abyss relic, which means that it can be stored, transported, and used by conventional means, and the corresponding historical fragments are suitable for second-order ascenders, and the ability to exert them is also close to the ability of second-order ascenders."
"By the way, its risk level is observant, which is the lowest level of risk, which means that the harm that this abyss relic can cause is very low, and it can be controlled by maintaining observation, and it will basically not lead to activation."
Activation?
The knowledge that is not understood increases.
Bai Ge looked at each other ignorantly, not knowing whether to nod or shake his head.
"Anyway, you can think that this monocle is just a powerful tool, don't worry, I never lie."
Tao Xuanran sighed lightly.
“...... It also made me go to great lengths to explain why the quality of temporary workers is so poor. ”
Hey, I hear you.
Bai Ge muttered in his heart, after all, he was not a genius boy, and his head was about to become strange when he came into contact with so much important and complex knowledge at once, and it was already very good to be able to remember it.
He looked at the monocle in his palm, picked it up with his other hand quite solemnly, and gently put it on his left eye.
Well?
Why didn't it happen?
And it doesn't seem to fit.
"Wear it upside down, you idiot."
Tao Xuanran couldn't help but scold.
"Oh."
Bai Ge took off the crystal-like monocle and put it on the right eye.
The moment he put it on, he felt as if something had changed in the world.
Although the glass coffee table is still a glass coffee table, the sofa is still a sofa, and Ai Lian and Tao Xuanran are still Tao Xuanran, Bai Ge can feel something closer to the essence in his field of vision.
He seemed to be able to see the glimmer on the bodies of the two of them, although Bai Ge didn't know the skills of hand-to-hand combat in martial arts or anything, he could roughly see that those parts that shimmered were the flaws in the two of them at the moment.
"Are these glasses the ability to see other people's weaknesses?"
The monocle was a bit big for Bai Ge, and he had to hold it with his hand from time to time so as not to slip off.
"To be exact, it's a blind spot of consciousness."
Tao Xuanran chuckled lightly, looking at Bai Ge, just like an adult who was tired of playing with toys looking at a child who got a new toy, there was a feeling of emotion.
"Not only that, you can try this."
He pulled out a coin and placed it on the coffee table.
"What to do? Guess the heads and tails? ”
Bai Ge didn't quite understand.
"No, it's not that kind of low-level trick, you try to steal this coin in your heart, and then grab it anywhere with your hand."
Tao Xuanran gestured.
Ai Lian turned her attention to it at this time, which made Bai Ge inexplicably a little nervous.
"Thinking about ......"
Bai Ge stared at the ordinary coin on the coffee table, raised his left hand slightly, and gently grabbed it into the air in front of him.
In an instant, the coin was gone.
Without any external force, the coin just disappeared out of thin air.
At the same time, Bai Ge felt as if a light and cold piece of metal had fallen between the five fingers of his left hand.
He flipped his palm and spread it out, and the coin was lying there quietly.
"This ......"
If you don't count the situation of being trapped in the school corridor before, it is the first time that Bai Ge has personally experienced the process of using his extraordinary power.
is not as exciting as described in the book, Bai Ge's heart at the moment is more confused, and of course, there is a trace of irrepressible spiritual exhaustion that appears inexplicably.
What kind of abyssal relic is this?
How did I do that?
How does this work?
"This is the embodiment of the [stealing] ability, according to the different users, it can correspond to different volumes, distances, and quality, I didn't expect you to succeed the first time you use it, I originally thought that you would explain it well after you failed and ate it, it seems that you still have a talent in this area?"
Tao Xuanran seems to be more interested in Bai Ge than in monocles.
"[Stealing]?"
took off the monocle and handed it to the other party, Bai Ge really didn't understand.
The relics of the abyss correspond to the fragments of history, showing the great deeds of the heroic spirits in the fragments of history.
In other words, what kind of heroic spirit is stealing?
"Of course, lad, if I'm not mistaken, the fragment of history that corresponds to the monocle in your hand belongs to the world-famous thief of the old era."
Tao Xuanran took the monocle handed by Bai Ge, stroked the mirror, and said.
"His name is Arsene Ropin."