The curse that flowed in the blood, the nightmare that burned into the soul brand, has always been with the rising Typhon family.

Long before the Typhon family first came into contact with the astrolabe, on the way to the North Pole, the overflowing power of the "astrolabe system" and the call in the dark caused countless people of the Typhon family to fall into madness in their later years - talking nonsense about what they didn't know, sinking in endless nightmares, until finally they couldn't distinguish the difference between reality and nightmares, and died miserably.

The cursed nightmare crept into the family's genes as the years passed, causing everyone in the Typhon family to fall into a similar nightmare for a few days a month. The good news is that there are fewer people who have gone completely crazy, and the bad news is ...... Probably everyone has gone crazy in some way.

It took a long time for the Typhon family to notice that all those who were driven crazy by the unknown forces in the astrolabe had a common factor in their various nightmares—

A transparent spider as huge as a mountain.

At first, it was only a vague outline, but as time passed and generations of Typhon grew old, the transparent spider that existed in the nightmare grew as if it had absorbed the life force of people, becoming clearer and more hideous—people could almost see the hair on the spider's chelicera in nightmares!

It seems to perch on the ice sheet of the end of the world, and it is constantly weaving a huge web, building a bridge between the waking world and the nightmare. Many of the House of Typhon believed that the bridge would be completed once the giant spider would be woven into the invisible web—and that once the bridge was completed, the end of House Typhon would come.

There is a saying within the Typhon family that has been passed down by word of mouth -

We are the darlings who have mastered the trajectory of our destiny, but we are also poor creatures cursed by madness.

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"What an interesting and childish story." Qi Rui briefly commented, "Without a thorough understanding, rashly touching something that you have no control over is this kind of behavior is death. I have to admit that after being in contact with the astrolabe for so long, your family is really lucky to have survived to this day. ”

"Back then, we explored the relics left by many different civilizations, looked at their tombstones, and collected their remaining knowledge...... But this, the 'astrolabe system' left behind by an unknown civilization in the far north is something we have not come into contact with. Ye Ruoxue added, "But I just have a hunch that this place is more dangerous than all the other ruins." ”

Dong Bin noticed Edith's embarrassment, and reached out to pat her on the shoulder: "Don't worry so much, after all, the patriarch who made that reckless choice was not you, go on." ”

"I'm fine, in fact, my father and I are very dissatisfied with the death of our ancestors." Edith smiled and pressed her temple hard, something rooted in her spirit and soul that seemed to resist her telling everything to the person in front of her.

This is also why, she didn't tell Dong Bin everything at the beginning. That power has been holding itself back, and it seems that the more it speaks, the more attention an unknown being will focus on itself, and the pollution from countless epochs ago will go deeper.

However, this is also a good thing, which means that the power is afraid of the three people in front of him - these three people have the ability to solve the current situation of the family

Disaster encountered!

"The Typhon family has been looking for a way out of this for a long time, but the fate of the family has been intrigued by the astrolabe, and no matter what it does, it will not work. Shortly after I was born, the mutation had deteriorated beyond measure. ”

"Let me guess, that spider started attacking you in nightmares, causing you severe mental trauma?" Dong Bin speculated.

"If that's the case, thank goodness...... "Edith's voice grew lower, "the evil spirit that has inhabited the astrolabe for countless epochs...... It's coming back to life! ”

"What?"

"Yes, the scenes in those nightmares are beginning to seep into reality little by little!" Edith trembled—

"At first, it was only one or two people who discovered it, but gradually, almost everyone in the family could see it once or twice: in the shadows of the deep corridors of the City of Stars, there were often vague, almost transparent phantoms flashing by—spider-like arthropods, piercing through walls and roofs, and moving rapidly, as if a transparent spider as large as a mountain was moving between the stones and dirt of the city, though the transparent spider did not interact with any matter. But it seems to be weaving some invisible cobweb, enveloping everyone in the Typhon family. But when we want to investigate carefully, the existence between reality and illusion will quietly disappear. ”

Dong Bin, Qi Rui, and Ye Ruoxue looked at each other, and the three of them didn't expect that such a terrifying thing was happening on the distant ice field. Dong Bin muttered to himself, repeating Qi Rui's words just now, which had no beginning or end and did not make any explanation: "Here, there is an aura close to the gods. ”

"Not only that, but every time, when that transparent spider disappears, there will be a large amount of transcendent energy similar to the origin of the other side left on the scene, and countless mutilated nightmares have been bred in these energies, just like what happened to us just now. There are so many of these mutilated nightmares and so much desire to kill that they often cause irreparable tragedies before the warriors of the clan can get rid of them. ”

Edith patted her chest, as if she was terrified by the mere recollection of those events, as if there was some dark force in her body ready to tear her flesh apart and suck her own blood for a new life.

It's just that she is no longer afraid: "Now that I think about it, the reason why my father insisted on letting me leave the City of Stars to collect supplies at this point in time should be because he captured some vague information in advance and sensed that something bad was about to happen......"

Dong Bin couldn't help but think of Dracula's attitude towards Elizabeth, and really pity the parents of the world.

"However, I don't think my father knew that everything would happen so quickly, and in just a few days, the situation in the City of Stars would deteriorate to such an extent...... The family has always had a 'self-lockdown' record, which will be activated once the pollution is completely out of control, preventing the spread from threatening the family members outside. But no one could have imagined that at this moment when almost all the members of the Typhon family had converged to the City of Stars due to the threat of the Lamp Shadow Family, the situation would deteriorate to the point of no return. ”

"No," Qi Rui shook his head, "It's not a coincidence...... Even, there may be a causal relationship between the two. ”

"What? Wait, that makes sense! Edith exclaimed, "Typhon."

The power of the family is always increasing, and the number of transcendents is increasing but scattered all over the world. For the first time in centuries, so many starlight-related transcendents have gathered next to the 'Astrolabe System'! ”

"But...... This kind of thing, Konstantin's older generation should be able to think of it, right? Why haven't they done it? Based on past understanding, Dong Bin did not think that Konstantin would not notice the hidden danger of gathering a large number of starlight-polluted transcendents near the "astrolabe system".

"This ...... It's impossible, it's impossible......" Edith's eyes were misty, "Not only did I not think of it, but I can basically be sure that everyone, including my father, is not aware of the hidden dangers of this matter...... Oh my God, the whole family knew very well the horror of being exposed to the 'astrolabe system' for a long time, but they all accepted the plan of relocation so naturally...... What the hell is wrong with us? Father...... Why do you want to do this? ”

Edith thought with some despair - could it be that her father, obedient to the pollution of the astrolabe, betrayed the family, and brought all the family transcendents here as fodder for the awakening of the unknown being?

"Heh, that's what I guessed." Qi Rui smiled stiffly, in the realm close to the gods, he had the most right to speak, "I don't know exactly where the evil spirit that inhabits the astrolabe is, but you can rest assured that your father is not a traitor, and there is no one in your family who has defected to that evil spirit - except for those who have gone mad." ”

Edith was a little relieved: "So what the hell is going on?" ”

"But all of you, all of you who have come into contact with the astrolabe, all who have been baptized by the power of that 'foreknowledge of fate', are tainted." Qi Rui said faintly, "A part of that evil spirit inhabits your spirit, invisibly induces you, and creates one blind spot after another for you. ”

"With so many people in the Typhon family, it's a very time-consuming and labor-intensive job...... What is that monster? Dong Bin pondered for a moment and shuddered.

"Perhaps this being, which is close to the gods, is in a sense also a collection of a large number of information bodies, and you have been infiltrated by the branches of this huge information body before you know it. Each branch of it is an individual working towards the same goal, invisibly guiding you forward. Qi Rui stood up, patted himself, and ended his argument with one sentence-

"You really are, provoking an existence that should never be awakened."

Edith didn't say anything more, she knew from the beginning that things were already terrible, and Qirui's words only made it seem clearer how bad things were.

Dong Bin saw that Edith was a little lost, and reached out to pat her shoulder to comfort: "Don't think about it so much, it's already here, no matter what, we have to solve the matter...... Since your father had the energy to tell you things in a dream at that time, I believe that things may not really deteriorate to the point of no return, and there will be a solution. ”

"Thank you," Edith nodded slightly, and when she looked up, the pain hidden in her green eyes was perfectly disguised, "The blizzard has stopped, get ready, I can now go to the gates of the 'City of Stars'." ”

"Right now?"

"That's right, because the blizzard has stopped, and the starry sky is revealed."