"Maybe it's more than simple darkness." Ning Yuan guessed.

In order to test his guess, Ning Yuan stepped half of his body sideways into the darkness, and half remained within the range of light.

Then Ning Yuan felt something unusual. The left half of his body, which had disappeared into darkness, seemed to be wrapped in an oily film in Ning Yuan's mind. The vision in the left eye is completely lost, as is the hearing in the left ear and the touch sensation in the left half of the body. The loss of tactile sensation caused the balance of the left half of the body to be abruptly disaligned.

Not only that, Ning Yuan also felt that the negative emotions of irritability, nausea, disgust, and fear seemed to rush into his mind along the contact surface between the darkness and the body. It was as if there was an invisible voice constantly buzzing in his head, making Ning Yuan unconsciously irritable.

The frown retreated into the light. Ning Yuan carefully felt these foreign emotions slowly fade. It may not be accurate to say that it has faded. Because Ning Yuan saw that as the external negative emotions faded, a faint black mist emanated from the left body and seemed to be attracted by the lamp, and the crystal cover of the lamp drifted towards the lamp and merged into the tadpole-shaped light source.

"This darkness seems to be somewhere between liquid and gaseous? Foggy darkness? ”

While thinking about it, he looked at the "unknown lamp" in the center of the light. The lamp is a traditional soul lamp style, the base is like a bronze wine bottle, and the traditional soul lamp is different from the "wine bottle" has a peach-shaped crystal lampshade, and there is no wick in the lamp, or there is no "wick" in the traditional sense, but a horizontal "tadpole-shaped" white air mass. The light is emitted by this "tadpole-shaped" white air mass.

"Regardless of what aspect of the player this Dark Trial is aimed at, it must have something to do with the 'Unknown Lamp'."

"Perhaps the 'unknown lamp' in the Kun bag is the key to breaking the game in this dark trial."

Ning Yuan took a closer look at the lanterns that seemed to have become different, and then opened the Kun Bao to look at the remaining lanterns. In fact, there was nothing else in the Kun bag except for the lamp that had not been thrown.

"Let's get the lost stuff back first." Ning Yuan sighed.

The rest of the things are still lost, but the "Source of Ice Condensation" and the "Nine Refining Qi Turning Heart Sutra (Fragment)", Bigu Dan and Reincarnation Pill, as well as a few hidden blueprints must be found. These are the capital and keys to Ningyuan's survival, extrication from difficulties, and whether it can rise in the future.

Ning Yuan closed the Kun bag and lifted the "unknown lamp" that had been floating.

Although it is still called "Unknown Lamp", the information fed back by the retrieval skill has changed slightly.

"Unknown lamp: Lamp of unknown material. (Purifying)"

Yes, the "Unknown Lamp", which originally had no other information other than its name, was introduced and refined in the feedback in the retrieval skill.

This is also one of the key factors for Ning Yuan to guess that it is the breakthrough of the Dark Trial.

"Hopefully I'm not running too far."

How long it took from losing control to waking up, how far he ran away, and when and where the items in the Kun bag began to be discarded, Ning Yuan didn't have the slightest idea. Even if I wanted to recreate the memory of that time with "yesterday dusk", I couldn't do it because I didn't have an impression.

Therefore, Ning Yuan could only use the stupid method of using the lamp as the center of the circle to spread and search to try to retrieve the items he discarded when he went crazy.

Therefore, after Ning Yuan lifted the mutated lamp, he took out an "unknown lamp" from the kun bag that had not been touched enough and changed in darkness and put it in place.

Strangely, the lamp that Ning Yuan took out did not levitate like the abnormal lamp. Even Ning Yuan took the lamp and stepped back so that the lamp on the ground was directly exposed to the darkness, but the lamp on the ground still did not change.

Ning Yuan frowned and returned to his place. After carefully observing the two lamps, he realized that the lamp he was taking out now seemed to be one of the other 49 "unknown lamps".

"Is it only one of the lamps that works here?"

Ning Yuan put the lamp on the ground back to Kunbao's original position, took out one from the "unknown lamp" placed in another corner, and put it back on the ground.

The lantern stepped back.

Sure enough, the lamp, which had been exposed to the darkness, suddenly levitated and lit up with a dazzling white light. The darkness around him rushed in again, and then suppressed the light in a half-meter radius. Instead, a faint black aura began to peel away from the darkness deeper than ink, and was slowly absorbed by the lamp.

After verifying that his guess was correct, Ning Yuan began to search along the center of the second glowing lamp with confidence.

Ning Yuan walked through the darkness with the lamp in his hand.

Whenever the light of the lamp advanced, Ning Yuan could always feel that the fog-like darkness was pushed back by the light like a living thing, and the darkness behind it was surging in, always maintaining a state of wrapping the edge of the light.

Ning Yuan felt more and more that this pure darkness was probably not pure darkness, but something else, just pure darkness.

However, for the time being, Ning Yuan did not have any clues to probe the essence of this darkness. And now the most important thing for Ning Yuan is to recover the lost items. In particular, the spiritual component "Ice Condensation Source", which is related to the authority of "Regeneration" and the mandatory tasks on his body, and the Bigu Dan and Reincarnation Pill, which are related to his lifeline.

Circles searched along the lamps suspended on the ground that were constantly absorbing black gas and emitting white light, not letting go of any trace on the dark ground that shimmered and reflected in the light.

Finally, somewhere in a radius of about 30 meters with the light of the lamp as the center, Ning Yuan found the first item - a bottle of Erzhuan Bigu Dan. Fortunately, perhaps because the surrounding darkness eliminated the impact of the collision, the porcelain vase containing Bigu Dan was not damaged in the slightest. This made Ning Yuan, who had always had some worries, greatly relieved.

After the first bottle of Bigu Dan was found, soon the second bottle of porcelain bottle containing the second bottle of Bigu Dan was also found, also without the slightest damage. After seeing the two bottles of Bigu Dan that were intact, Ning Yuan completely let go of some worries.

Perhaps because Ning Yuan's "luck" attribute had been hovering between 6~7, Ning Yuan didn't spend too much time finding most of the lost items. It includes the hidden blueprints obtained in the three labyrinth chests and the ground-level red item "Nine Refining Qi Turning Heart Sutra (Fragment)" opened in the random treasure chest, as well as all the second turning Gu Dan.

However, the most critical spiritual component "Ice Condensation Source" and the yellow-level orange quality Reincarnation Pill were not found. Including the jade box that originally contained the Reincarnation Pill and the Second Reincarnation Pill Bigu Dan. Although in fact, the jade box is only dispensable for Ning Yuan.

About two days later (it is impossible to accurately calculate time in this space, and since the initial frenzy, the countdown to the blessing of 'meditation' has lost its role as a reference for time).

After Ning Yuan put down the thirty-seventh "Unknown Lamp" at a limit distance of about a kilometer and searched outward for a distance, he finally found the Reincarnation Pill and the "Source of Ice" that were not far away.

At this point, except for the jade box that was originally equipped with Bigu Dan and Reincarnation Pill, all the gains in the trial had returned to Ning Yuan's hands.

As for the jade box, Ning Yuan no longer planned to spend time and energy looking for it. He just wanted to get a good night's sleep now after replenishing his Bigu state.

For two days or perhaps longer, Ning Yuan searched for the lost items along the dark ground inch by inch without blinking, and searched for a radius of nearly ten kilometers centered on the original lamp. He was exhausted.

He just wants to take a good rest now, and then use all his energy to deal with the current difficult situation.

However, as the old saying goes, "if you have the intention to plant flowers and flowers, you will not bloom, and you will have no intention of planting willows and willows to become shady", "there is no way out of the mountains and rivers, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village".

Just when Ning Yuan was about to give up looking for the jade box, the jade box in its open state appeared on the edge of the light.

Ning Yuan was very surprised by the jade box that suddenly appeared in front of him, but even more unexpectedly on the inner wall of the jade box in the open state.

When he picked up the jade box and checked it, Ning Yuan was very surprised to find that there were traces of etching on the bottom of the jade box and on the inner walls on all sides. Later, Ning Yuan remembered that when he was carrying the Bigu Pill and the Reincarnation Pill, the jade box was padded with silk cloth.

So Ning Yuan at that time didn't find anything strange about the jade box.

When he looked closely at the etching inside the jade box, Ning Yuan's eyes couldn't help but reveal a look of surprise and surprise.

The bottom and inner wall of the jade box seem to be etched copybooks?!

Although Ning Yuan didn't know if it was "Mainland General Copybook", as long as it was a copybook, it was enough for Ning Yuan to learn the skill of "reading and writing".

At this moment, Ning Yuan's physical sleepiness and mental exhaustion seemed to be gone. Ning Yuan carefully observed the font in the jade box in high spirits, squatted down and stroked the etching marks with his left hand to confirm it, while gesturing on the ground with his right hand.

"Congratulations to the player for learning the skill 'Reading and Writing', which is currently level 1."

"Reading and Writing: Level 1. Basic skills common to all races in the continent of Nino. It can be learned by imitating a copybook. Effect: Players with the 'Reading and Writing' skill can freely read and learn all text materials except for the licensed code code. Level 1 'Reading and Writing' allows you to read all written materials compiled in the lingua franca of the mainland. Upgrade Condition: Copy a special copybook. ”

"It was a real surprise." Ning Yuan looked at the 'Reading and Writing' skill that appeared in the skill bar, smirked and muttered, and then collapsed on the mirror-like dark ground in a burst of sleepiness. In the light of the lamp, he fell into a deep sleep with a smirk.

Maybe the next day. Ning Yuan opened the character panel as soon as he woke up, and looked at the "Reading and Writing" skill that really appeared in the skill bar, and the whole person breathed a sigh of relief.

He was genuinely afraid that it was a dream.

In this foggy pure darkness, in the vast space where there was nothing but darkness, what Ning Yuan was most afraid of was the spontaneous loneliness.

This loneliness is not a negative emotion hidden in the dark, but an emotion that naturally arises as a person in such an environment, regardless of irrationality, calm or not.

After this loneliness is amplified over a long period of time, other negative emotions will naturally arise. At that time, whether it was within the safe range of the light or not, Ning Yuan could fall into madness uncontrollably. Perhaps even crazier than the frenzied state when the darkness invaded before.

Ning Yuan knew that once he couldn't come to his senses, then everything would be over.

Perhaps the "Meditation" skill can suppress this loneliness, but loneliness is not a distraction and will not be eliminated by the "Meditation" skill. The end result of repression can only be an irrepressible outburst.

Before finding a clue to crack the dark trial, Ning Yuan didn't know how long he would stay in this space. Therefore, how to resolve the strong loneliness that will inevitably arise has become the first problem that Ning Yuan has to solve before cracking the dark trial.

The emergence of the "reading and writing" skill allowed him to see the most suitable solution in the current environment.

Moreover, this method allows Ning Yuan to be trapped in the inheritance for a long time, at least in terms of personal strength, he will not be too far behind the mainstream players on the mainland.

Taking out the only two books in his hand from Kun's bag, Ning Yuan, who put on his shirt and pinned a short sword again, crossed his knees on the ground, solemnly put the book "The First Understanding of Learning (Complete Edition)", which is equivalent to the primary version of the encyclopedic knowledge of the Nino Continent, on his lap, and then gently opened it.

I saw that although I knew all the fonts, I just couldn't read them and understand them in my brain, and the words that were blocked by my brain were like incompatible words now jumped into my eyes and mind like a fish in water. The language and meanings of each word naturally come to mind, and the dry brain is like a sponge hungry for knowledge and essence between the lines.

"Congratulations to the player for reading through the "Initial Understanding of Learning (Complete Version)", and the player will automatically obtain the status of 'Scholar'. This identity will automatically override the player's civilian status and will not affect the player's ability to obtain other identities. In addition, the identity of the 'scholar' will be automatically entered into the player's household registration information, and there is no need to go to the household registration department to report again. ”

"Whew! ~”

Ning Yuan didn't pay attention to the system's prompts, he finished immersing himself in the ocean of knowledge of this elementary encyclopedia of the Neno Continent, and his heart floated deep in his heart and he felt a pleasant feeling of complete relaxation.

This feeling is more intoxicating than the ethereal inspiration at the end of the meditation.

Ning Yuan, who had just read through it, did not hesitate to start from the beginning and carefully study it word by word.

Again.

Twice.

Three times.

Ning Yuan completely forgot the time, and also forgot his current situation.

The careful study over and over again immersed Ning Yuan deeply. Every repetition of reading made Ning Yuan full of freshness, because every time he read, he could always make new discoveries and insights.

Although the book "The First Understanding of Learning (Complete Edition)" does not look thick, only two fingers thick. As an encyclopedia of all the knowledge of the Neno continent, it is really scarce. Even if it's just a rudimentary content, it's a little thin in terms of the thickness of the book.

However, the real situation is that the content of this thin book is really rich, beyond Ning Yuan's imagination. And because of the "simple language" used, Ning Yuan can derive a new interpretation every time he reads, and compared with the knowledge in the reality of the stars, Ning Yuan can feel that the new interpretation is also correct.

Yes. If Ning Yuan hadn't really understood what kind of environment and foundation the Lord of the Ruins had evolved into the Nino Continent based on. And what kind of considerations are used to evolve new races that are suitable for incarnating into reality?

Now, Ning Yuan already had a little guess and understanding.

After a long time, it was not until Ning Yuan was awakened by the irresistible hunger in his belly.

Ning Yuan reluctantly closed the book, sighed lightly and sighed:

"It is worthy of the so-called complete version of "The Beginning of Learning".

Then he followed lightly:

"He is worthy of being the lord of the ruins who is known as the god of the world. I now have some faith that you come from a much longer past. ”

Feeling the hunger in his stomach, and silently feeling his spirit, Ning Yuan's eyes were a little trance.

"How many days have passed?! Sure enough, reading is the most suitable way for me to relax. ”

After chuckling and sighing, Ning Yuan took out the Bigu Pill and took it, and then fell into the safe range of the light with a relaxed expression. With the sound of steady breathing, Ning Yuan quickly fell into a deep sleep.

This sleep is probably the most restful and relaxing sleep Ning Yuan has slept in since entering the Nino Continent.