The next second.

Chen Ye did not hesitate to concentrate his spirituality on the abyssal treasure chest embedded in the rock wall of the strait.

When the spirit turned into a "fish hook" and buckled the treasure chest, a heavy feeling suddenly came to me.

But this sense of hardship was suddenly washed away by the surprise of the harvest.

This is a trait that has the potential to help you, and it is very meaningful.

Chen Ye unreservedly used his spirituality to fish this abyss treasure chest ashore as quickly as possible.

Bang!

A huge ripple shook along with the surface of the water......

The chest bursts through the water, splashes huge waves, and makes a perfect parabola in the air, about to fall heavily on the ship.

This abyss treasure chest is heavier than before, and if it is smashed directly, I am afraid that there is a possibility of capsizing.

Chen Ye's face burst open in an instant, turning into the mouthpart form of [Devourer], and every piece of flesh and blood catkins on his face bloomed like petals, like a swimming octopus, stretching out its tentacles, making a hug, and steadily catching the falling abyss treasure chest.

"Mom! This thing is so heavy! ”

The moment he caught the treasure chest, Chen Ye only felt as if his face was cramping, and he couldn't laugh if he wanted to.

The flesh and blood were closed, regrouping into the delicate young face, Chen Ye pinched the faces on both sides to relieve the soreness of excessive pulling of facial muscles, and then his eyes fell on the abyss treasure chest in front of him.

Boom! Boom!

Suddenly, there was an unusual noise inside the box!

It was as if something had come to life inside the box, and was about to lift the coffin board to deceive the corpse.

Chen Ye was suddenly startled by this sudden sound, and quickly swallowed a piece of 'Golden Fried Griffin', triggering the characteristic of [Demon Devouring], golden hairs grew on his skin, wings grew on his back, his wings fanned, and the surrounding airflow surged, and the figure immediately soared into the air, levitating on it, staring intently at the treasure chest, for fear that something would suddenly run out of it.

to get a closer look at the chest......

In addition to the faint glazed brilliance, there is also a decaying figure wheel corridor inside, diffused with a faint blood light, intertwined with inky black chains, forming mechanical arms and legs, but only the head is missing.

"There's danger in the chest!" Chen Ye further confirmed this with the help of the color and wheel corridor that the pupil of luck saw.

Boom! Boom!

The thing in the box was still tapping, as if trying to break free from its bondage.

At this moment, in the center of Chen Ye's vision, lines of blood-colored words began to condense next to the blood-colored treasure chest-

【Chaos Puppet】

[Type: Contraindicated (contains uncontrollable properties)]

[Description: There was once a brilliant puppeteer who carved puppets every day, fantasizing that he could make a castle of puppets.] His dream came true, and his servants, teachers, and children, in the form of puppets, were always by his side...... Until one day, the puppeteer's desire is more than that, he wants to create a kingdom of puppets. But one day, he suddenly committed suicide, and when his body was found, only the parts of the puppet were left, except for the missing head! 】

[Traits: Puppeteer, Chaos, Control]

…………

"This can't be a relic that was precipitated from the body of a high-order profession after death, right?"

Chen Ye saw the description of the blood-colored text on the panel clearly, his expression changed irrepressibly, and his eyes were then covered with a layer of deep gray.

Any existence in the Strange Era, including natives and players, needs to rely on absorbing trait items in order to gradually progress to higher classes and unlock stronger traits.

As a result, they already absorb a huge amount of properties in their bodies......

Some children born to high-level powerhouses will be born with the corresponding professions.

According to the theorem of conservation of characteristics, when a high-sequence powerhouse dies, the corresponding characteristic items will also be precipitated from the body, thus becoming a way for players to fight monsters and upgrade.

However, it is only possible to contain multiple characteristics if a high-level powerhouse presides out different items after death.

The combination of these various properties, when not controlled by a full consciousness, will become an uncontrollable item, constantly radiating characteristic energy towards the surrounding area, causing pollution, curses, and similar effects.

Items such as these are often referred to as "forbidden substances".

Chen Ye didn't expect that this abyss treasure chest would contain a forbidden item, and he suddenly felt tricky and difficult to handle.

Normally, taboo items are uncontrollable items, and they cannot be directly integrated into them as characteristic items and transferred to different jobs.

Either through the purification of the Sun Church or special treatment, the uncontrollable will be converted into controllable, or you will choose to absorb it strongly, which will need to bear the price of losing control, and even if you successfully integrate the follow-up profession, it will bring great risks to yourself.

Items like this can't help but feel tricky and difficult to handle......

If it is rashly touched, it will also bring unpredictable risks and crises to itself.

Chen Ye fell into deep thought, he was hesitating whether to open this treasure chest.

"[Chaos Puppet]...... It is a characteristic item that comes from the natural precipitation of a puppeteer after his death, and it will not be all of the characteristics, but a part of it. ”

"Lacking a head, only a body, it already contains three characteristics......"

"Then, this puppeteer was at least a four-turn profession before his death!"

But judging from the description of the blood-colored text, this puppeteer once worked hard towards the goal of building a puppet country, and it is very likely that he has reached the level of five turns, or even close to sixth...... It's just that such ambitions are crazy and inhumane...... No, even the trickery is a bit too much...... The collapse of the middle way was almost expected. ”

"If a sequence powerhouse reaches this level, even if it is only a part of the traits that are precipitated from his body, it will bring great danger to the things around him, and having a higher sequence of trait permissions is enough to cause a crushing effect on the middle and low rank professions......"

"But equally, if you can successfully navigate this taboo, the benefits are unimaginable, and it is even possible to gain abilities beyond the current class level."

Chen Ye's face changed a little, and he finally decided to open the Abyss Treasure Chest by throwing dice.

He took out the dice and continued to say in his mind:

"Crisis ...... to Open the Abyss Chest"

"Crisis ...... to Open the Abyss Chest"

"Crisis ...... to Open the Abyss Chest"

Recite three times silently, concentrating on spirituality, and Chen Ye throws the dice upward.

The dice fall back into the palm of your hand, revealing the number directly above it, only "1".

"The danger of opening the treasure chest is very ......"

Chen Ye frowned slightly, seeing the number of dice and determining that opening the treasure chest would pose a threat to him.

Do you just give up?

Taking a deep breath, Chen Ye decided to ask a different question-

"What is the success rate of my ability to overcome the Treasure Chest Crisis......"

"What is the success rate of my ability to overcome the Treasure Chest Crisis......"

"What is the success rate of my ability to overcome the Treasure Chest Crisis......"

This time, Chen Ye threw the dice up again, and the number facing up changed -

“5！”

The odds are pretty good...... A sign that after a fierce struggle, the crisis can still be resolved?

Chen Ye's pupils suddenly became a little deeper.

However, he did not rush to open the treasure chest immediately, but recalled the prompt information described in the [Blood Word Research] again in his mind, and thought about countermeasures:

"The puppeteer, suddenly one day died, without a head...... He wants to build a kingdom, which will inevitably touch on huge interests, and thus make enemies everywhere......"

Combined with the other information in the description, this puppeteer also made all his relatives and friends into puppets, and he was a complete madman.

The most likely outcome of such a reckless madman is to die at the hands of righteous sanctions.

Of course......

Although the result of the "righteous sanction" in the strange era is just, the process is not necessarily very just.

Boom! Boom!

The Chaos Puppet in the chest is still trying to make a sound.

But according to the prompt, Chen Ye knew that there was no "living consciousness" in it.

It's just an uncontrollable property that becomes a taboo and has an impact on the things around it in its own way.

Since the corpse moves...... So does it mean that the body is under some kind of curse? From the Undead?

Such a glimmer of possibility flashed through Chen Ye's mind.

If it is a curse that causes the puppeteer to fall into death, then it is very likely that his body after death will have residual characteristic effects, and it will wriggle in a manner similar to that of the [undead].

In this way, it can restrain the [Burning Sun] characteristics of the [Undead] and [Cursed Master] to expel the remnants of the evil aura of the corpse, so as to turn the uncontrollable into controllable.

However, these speculations cannot be verified for the time being, and if something goes wrong, it will be a fatal thing!

To be on the safe side......

Chen Ye decided to change the way and use the tarot divination method to predict his success rate in doing so.

He took out the [tarot card] and gathered his mind again, focusing on the description he wanted to ask for divination:

"Will the sun's solution to the crisis inside the box be successful?"

While meditating on the specific operation process in Chen Ye's mind, he spread out the tarot cards, and then, he divined for himself, and chose three tarot cards, which were arranged separately:

Past: Star Coin Four (Positive)

Now: Demon (Reversed)

Future: The Hanging Man (Reverse)

Chen Ye's eyes moved slightly, and he fell on the three tarot cards newly drawn, concentrating his thoughts, combining his intuition, and analyzing the meaning of the cards above:

"Star Coin Four, this means that I have a good foundation in the past, a relatively solid card, and this issue is a metaphor for me to have enough chips and hole cards in my hand to deal with the crisis that may be encountered when opening the Abyss Chest."

"Devil reversed...... This should be related to the curse inside, but it is in a reversed state, which may not be as difficult to deal with as imagined. ”

"The upside-down hangman is reversed...... It symbolizes a liberation, mirroring each other with demons, and as long as a solution can be found, you can get out of it. ”

Putting away the tarot cards, Chen Ye gradually had a certain number in his heart.

Take out a sugar-fried chestnut that has been prepared long ago from the mountain and river roll, swallow it in your stomach, and restore your empty spirituality again, until your spiritual power is completely full again......

Then, Chen Ye walked in front of the treasure chest, took a deep breath, his face suddenly cracked, and in the form of [Devourer], he gained stronger mobility, and his mouthparts turned into tentacles against both sides of the chest, ready to open at any time.

Meanwhile......

The hands change into a pair of sharp scissors.

Activate Execution Form!

A silver sword flashed through the opening of the treasure chest like a crescent moon.

The chain sealed in the opening of the treasure chest was broken in an instant.

Bang!

The top cover of the Abyss Chest seems to be bounced open by a force of its own......

"Woooooo

"Woooooo

A creepy cry came from the treasure chest.

Chen Ye's mood suddenly tensed, and the cry couldn't help but make goosebumps rise all over his body.

Almost without any hesitation, he immediately communicated with the spirit and summoned the [Burning Sun Prayer Secret Scroll].

The blazing glow of the holy sun suddenly rose overhead, dispelling the darkness.

"Woooooo

"Woooooo

In the midst of the cry, a thin, pitch-black hand bone stretched out from the abyss treasure chest, and with a thick black mist, it diffused out......

The Chaos Puppet slowly crawled out of the box, its body and headless, and its movements were as jerky as a machine with every step.

The moment the puppet crawled out, Chen Ye suddenly felt that his body seemed to be uncontrollable, moving like a puppet, stiff and jerky like a puppet, and even his thinking ability began to decline, as if he was about to lose the ability to think for himself.

Chen Ye gritted his teeth and tried his best to open his spirituality to the highest state, maintaining self-rationality to ensure that he had enough thinking ability to make the right strategic judgment for his next move.

At this moment, the [Chaos Puppet] is surrounded by pitch-black chains.

Like a witch's long hair, these pitch-black chains grew and extended infinitely, spreading all around, binding on Chen Ye's body and restricting his movements.

Chen Ye knew that the [Chaos Puppet] would puppetize the surrounding objects......

He didn't dare to slack off, and immediately communicated with the [Sun Prayer Secret Scroll], blooming with an even more brilliant scorching sun.

Spiritual condensation, transforming the fire snake, the flame containing divine attributes suddenly burned all the evil things around it, tearing the pitch-black chains, and engulfing the surrounding darkness with an unstoppable fire.

Chen Ye suddenly felt that the various moving joints of his body were loosened, like rusty mechanical parts suddenly smeared with lubricating oil.

He waved the two [Demon Scissors] in his hand and executed the puppet.

Click! Click!

This razor-sharp scissor can cut through everything.

However, when it landed on the body of the [Chaos Puppet], there was a sound of "bells", and sparks were rubbed.

The puppet figure took a few steps back and was attacked, but the parts on its body were undamaged.

"This guy is really tenacious...... However, the characteristics of [Sun] have already paid off. ”

Chen Ye noticed that when the divine flame summoned by the [Sun Prayer Scroll] destroyed the pitch-black chains around the puppet, the opponent's mobility was obviously decreasing, including his own control.

Once again, he unleashed the flames with all his might, burning the chains.

"As long as the attack persists like this, sooner or later, this puppet will be purified of all the yin and evil characteristics, thus eliminating the uncontrollable danger of the taboo......"

(End of chapter)