Chapter 436: The Tip of the Iceberg
After walking for about half an hour after following Amers out of the tribe, the two came to a snow cave hidden in a snowdrift, Ivo had been there before when he was in the tribe, and he didn't find anything out of the ordinary. The www.biquge.info cave was narrow and the ice wall was dark blue, and Ivo saw that Amers knocked on the ice wall at the end, and his fingers, which could easily cut through the ice, carved complex lines on the ice wall, and Ivo recognized the lines drawn by Ames, which were the fourteen-pointed star of Abquis dissolved in the blood of the mimecrum.
The ice wall moved like a machine, folding and shrinking, revealing a staircase down the mouth of a dark hole, and Ivo thought to himself that it was no wonder that it had not been discovered before, and that it needed a pattern similar to a key to open it, and the secrecy was indeed very high. The faint wind blew in his face, and Ivo shrugged his nose and smelled a faint smell of blood.
After about ten minutes of walking, a huge underground cavity appeared in front of Ivo's eyes, with square walls, obviously the traces of artificial excavation, and arranged like an altar-like room. Ivo silently estimated that the room was about 1,000 square meters, which was larger than the two basketball courts in his memory.
In the center of the room was a triangular black altar, the floor covered with intricate alchemy circuits of gold and blood red, like a cluster of blooming flowers, far more complex than Ivo had ever seen. Nine pitch-black columns surround the altar, the vessel in which the alchemical codex records the materials for the ceremony.
The three ends of the triangular altar are hollowed out into circular grooves, in which important ritual materials are placed, and the middle area of the altar is just enough for a person to stand, Ivo saw a plate similar to a mechanical gear on the edge of the altar, and the alchemical codex records that when the ritual is initiated, the plate of the altar will be flipped and closed, covering the transformer, and outsiders cannot see the transformation process, but can only wait for the result.
The transformation circuit of the mimetic in front of him is exactly the same as that recorded in the alchemy codex, but one-tenth of the alchemy circuit on the ground obviously has traces of destruction, it should be the damage caused by other races when Ames and other ancestors took away the magic circle, although it can still operate, but the failure rate has increased greatly.
Ivo originally wanted Geng Lei to learn the techniques of the Alchemy Codex and then come to repair the tribe's mimic transformation circle, but after learning the truth tonight, he dispelled this idea, and no matter how many of his kindred people were made, they would only become containers for Ames and other ancestors, and he was unwilling to do so.
The resources required to create a circuit are terrifyingly large, and even the Odin Empire may not be able to gather the materials for the whole country, and after learning that the real curse is [infertility], Ivo feels that it is more reliable to focus on breaking the curse, he does not want to be infertile.
Ivo's curiosity is the core ingredient "Active Flesh", which is hidden inside the altar and provides the most core power.
"What's the material inside the altar?"
"You want to see it?"
Ivo nodded.
Ames frowned, according to his opinion, it is best for anyone not to touch the mimetic transformation circuit, this is the most important thing in the entire tribe, and there is no place to repair if it is broken, but he immediately thought that Ivo had read the "Alchemy Codex of Gregon Fruit", and his face was slightly relieved, he had also read the alchemy codex before, although he didn't understand alchemy, but he knew that taking out the materials would not affect the stability of the circuit, and it didn't matter if he wanted to take a look.
Amers came to the altar and fumbled for a button, and the plate in the center of the altar folded to reveal the hollowed-out inside, and Ivo hurriedly craned his neck to look, only to see a severed right arm lying quietly inside the altar.
The structure of the right arm is similar to that of a human, the same five fingers, the complexion is bright and round, and it has remained fresh after hundreds of years, and the cross-section of the fracture is drenched in blood, but it seems to be restrained by an invisible force in the texture of the blood vessels, and it does not drip at all.
Ivo looked surprised, "What is this?"
Amers shook his head, "I don't know, this is the core material of the mimic transformation circuit, it has extraordinary activity, giving us the special ability to change the rules of biology and change life forms at will." ”
A severed but still lifelike right arm, no matter how you look at it, it feels creepy, what kind of monster is the owner of this arm, it has an eternal life activity, and the blood clan and werewolves who are known for their resilience can't even compare to one percent, Ivo was puzzled and guessed: "Could it be those immortal abyss wanderers?"
Amers shook his head, "The immortality of the Abyssal Wanderers comes from the Abyssal Kind, and their bodies are inactive. ”
Ivo nodded secretly, the breath of life in his right arm was as strong as the sun, while the wanderers he had seen were withered as ashes.
This was a bit of a problem, he didn't know what the species of this right arm was, Ivo remembered that the Pope and the Patriarch had said before they died that the "saints" knew the secrets of the mimes, and he could only hope to find the saints, and the place to return was bound to go.
And Ivo knew that although Ames told him the truth about the tribe, he must have hidden something, such as what kind of layout they had done for hundreds of years, Ivo knew that Ames would not tell him about it, and he didn't want to know about it.
Outsiders are the biggest threat to the Simulacrum, and in general, Ivo and Amers have the same goal, but in practice, Ivo does not agree with Amers's approach.
After looking at the Anthropomorphic Transformation Circuit, the two returned to the surface.
"I need help from the tribe with something. Ivo began, "I need the help of my people to protect one of my ......teams," and he told Amers of his plan to rescue him.
Amers nodded, he valued his people and would not refuse simple help, and the mimics had reappeared in the world, and Amers was trying to bring the tribe back in a high-profile manner, just to attract enemies who coveted the mimics, and set an example for the monkeys.
"You go to Anthony, he will give you the beacon of the teleportation array, if you need help, open the beacon, and the clansmen of the tribe will teleport over to help you, but the teleportation array is only valid in the Hokuriku range. ”
"Enough. Ivo raised his eyebrows, "There are no mages in the clan, who built the teleportation array?"
Amers said calmly: "Lililyn and I have a permanent contract in our bloodline, and whoever wants us to become slaves will eventually become our slaves. ”
Ivo suddenly remembered the shackles of the Life Force Sharing Contract, coupled with the Iron Masked Mage of the Black Lion, and after a little thought, he understood the cause and effect. Ivo shook his head secretly, Nafi was his wife, and he would never control her with a contract.
Compared to this, Ivo is more curious about how Ames broke the slave contract in the first place, formed a bloodline, and left various special abilities in the bloodline.
Ivo frowned slightly, more vigilant about the race, Amers told the truth about soul grafting, but Ivo felt that this was just the tip of the iceberg of the mimic.
Ivo thought for a moment and said in a deep voice, "I have a personal request, I hope you can spare Lore and Chatter. "These two descendants are now in a coming-of-age ceremony, and they are not in the tribe, and once they reach the age of twenty, they will follow in the footsteps of their predecessors, and they will be taken away from their bodies and lose themselves.
As he expected, Amers faintly refused, the ancestral souls in Lore and Chatter's brains finally had to regain their bodies after twenty years of waiting, how could they give up because of his words.
Ivo made up his mind that after leaving the tribe, he would go all over the world to find these two descendants, tell them the truth, and take them away from the tribe, as long as the soul of the ancestor was not drained by the Eye of Charon, the ancestral soul could not rob the original owner's body on its own.
"It's destined to drift away......" Ivo sighed.
(To be continued.) )