"Thump!"
"Gurgle..."
There was a sound of falling into the water. Chen Chen felt as if he had fallen into the deep sea. His consciousness was slowly sinking, drifting down bit by bit, and his ears were full of a noisy buzzing sound.
It was like the sound of water, or the noise of countless people.
The light in front of him was getting dimmer and the pressure on his body was getting stronger, but he found that he could not fall to the bottom of the sea.
After an unknown period of time, just when Chen Chen thought his consciousness would completely fade away, he woke up again.
Chen Chen shuddered and slowly opened his eyes.
More than ten meters in front of him was a huge ball of light. The light was soft and not dazzling. The rays of light shone on Chen Chen's body, making him feel a trace of inexplicable warmth.
In contrast, there was a bone-piercing chill on his back, where the ball of light couldn't reach him.
Chen Chen looked around but saw nothing around him. He tried to walk forward, but the ball of light that seemed to be close at hand could not reach him no matter how hard he tried.
At this point, Chen Chen was basically sure that he was fixed in a void.
Where was this?
Chen Chen was a little confused. His consciousness was still stuck at the moment when he crawled into the cryogenic chamber.
"Welcome to the 'consciousness battlefield'!"
However, just when he was a little puzzled, the ball of light in front of him made a loud sound. This sound was transmitted into Chen Chen's mind with a heavy echo, so he immediately understood the meaning of the ball of light.
The strangest thing was that the ball of light did not seem to speak known languages such as Chinese or even English, but directly communicated at the level of consciousness.
"Two participants have been detected, beginning data quantification test... Data quantification activated..."
The loud voice continued to come. "Data quantification completed, beginning character card creation... Character card creation..."
Immediately, a phantom immediately appeared in front of Chen Chen —
"Name: Chen Chen.
"Gender: Male.
"Age: 27.
"Race: T-virus cyborg (scientific name: Tyrant).
"Personality: Lawful Evil.
"Attributes [3D6]: Strength 21 (inhuman strength), Physique 24 (vitality close to troll), Size 11 (standard human body size), Agility 20 (more flexible than a cat), Appearance 10 (average), Intelligence 18 (human limit), Perception 31 (Perception only gods have), Will 17 (close to human limit).
"Occupation: Biologist, Capitalist, Mastermind, Guardian of Civilization."
Profession Skills [5D20]: Biology 95, Medicine 95, Psychology 77, Archaeology 12, Mysticism 10, Marksmanship 99, Reconnaissance 99, Listening 99, Fighting 65, Tracking 99, Defence 99. “
"Special skills: Field Energy (Defense + 99, Shooting + 99, Reconnaissance + 99, Listening + 99, Tracking + 99)."
Seeing these data, Chen Chen's expression suddenly became uncertain. What was this, running a team?
Still, before he could recover, Chen Chen suddenly saw a faint shadow move. The other party was less than two meters away from him. It looked like a dark meatball and in front of the meatball, there was also a character card —
"Name: Alosorthoth [Larva]"
"Gender: None."
"Age: 0.1"
"Race:???"
"Personality: Chaotic Evil."
"Attributes [3D6]: Strength 15 (You're as strong as an ox), Vitality 35 (Only gods have vitality), Size 10 (You're still a baby), Agility 5 (You move like a snail), Appearance 3 (Aesthetics mean nothing to you), Intelligence 5 (Even a pig is smarter than you), Perception 20 (You have intuition that mortals don't), Will 30 (Low IQ causes your brain to be unable to think)."
"Occupation: None."
"Profession Skills [5D20]: Defense 80, Mind Reading 99, Mind Devour 99, Body Regeneration 99." “
"Special skills: Psionic (Mind Reading + 99, Mind Devour + 99)."
Seeing this strange character card, Chen Chen's pupils suddenly shrank.
What the hell was this? Was this the true form of the monster that fell from the sky?
While Chen Chen was still reeling in shock, the booming voice came again. "The 'Consciousness Battlefield' has been activated. Modules are being created based on the character cards of both parties. Participants, please get ready..."
"Dice system activating..."
Chen Chen watched as the light ball in front of him grew brighter and brighter. Finally, Chen Chen could not help but close his eyes...
"Buzz..."
There was a soft sound in his ears and then Chen Chen only felt that the light instantly became gentle again.
He tried to open his eyes but found that he was standing above a city.
The city under their feet was about the size of a small city, with an area of no more than ten square kilometers. There were countless dilapidated farmhouses scattered in the city, and in the center of the city, there was a small castle that was five or six stories high.
Apparently, it looked like a desolate, run-down medieval European city.
"Module created..."
The booming voice continued. "Both sides, please throw the dice to determine who will go first and who will go second."
Chen Chen's heart skipped a beat. He felt as if there were three icy objects in his right hand. He picked them up and looked at them. Sure enough, there were five golden twenty-sided dice in his hand.
Chen Chen thought for a moment. He directly raised his right hand, held his palm flat, and then gently loosened his fist.
"Ding ding ding..."
There were only a few crisp sounds and the five dice fell directly into the void. After rolling for a while, they immediately stopped.
"15, 6, 18, 1, 5, participant Chen Chen has rolled 45 points."
The voice continued. "Now, Alosorthoth, please throw the dice."
"Ding lingling..."
Chen Chen looked in all directions but did not see the figure of the Consciousness Stealer. All he saw was that there were five dice being thrown near him.
The five dice were all blood-red in color.
"20, 19, 15, 20, 13!"
The voice continued to speak in an emotionless voice, "Alosorthoth throws 87 points, Alosorthoth makes the first move!"
Chen Chen frowned slightly. Although he did not know what this meant by first and second, it was obvious that the one who threw the more points had the upper hand.
As expected, the voice continued. "Module activated. Era: Medieval. Location: Castle William. Duration: 24 hours."
"Phew..."
A gust of wind blew past Chen Chen's ears. His vision became blurry at first. When he regained his vision, he found himself standing in a room at the top of the castle.
As far as his eyes could see, it was a dilapidated place. Decayed furniture, cracked walls, and dust that was half a finger thick.
Sunlight shone through the filthy glass and shone on Chen Chen's body, making him feel slightly uncomfortable.
"You're a vampire count."
Suddenly, the loud voice became much softer as if it was whispering in Chen Chen's ears. "Today is the first day you've awakened from the castle. The reason you've awakened is that a group of adventurers accidentally entered your territory. You don't know why they came. All you know is that you must keep them and use their flesh and blood to fill your hungry stomach.
"Objective: Eliminate the intruders and survive. Most importantly, find the most special adventurer. He'll be your most delicious dinner tonight..."
The voice quickly faded away. Only then did Chen Chen realize that he could move again. He looked around in confusion and found that he was wearing a white shirt with a hollowed-out collar. There was even a circle of gorgeous lace around the cuffs and collar of the shirt.
"Is this the aristocratic attire of medieval Europe?"
Chen Chen murmured. He slowly turned his head, only to see a line of footprints extending from the door to his feet.
"These are my own footprints."
Chen Chen immediately understood. He turned around and followed his footprints down the stairs step by step. He went all the way down to the sixth floor before he came to the hall on the first floor of the castle.
The hall looked huge, but all the furniture and decorations were covered with dust and had long been dilapidated. No one knew how many years it had been since anyone came here.
Chen Chen continued to look along the footprints, only to see that his footprints extended all the way to the fireplace and disappeared in the direction of the fireplace.
Chen Chen immediately showed a thoughtful expression. He walked step by step to the fireplace, touched it, and at the same time, opened up his Field energy.
Under the observation of Field energy, he immediately found something wrong, that was, there was a slight gap on a brick next to the fireplace.
He touched the brick and then pushed it in slightly!
"Rumble..."
With a soft sound, the wall behind the fireplace slowly slid open, revealing a deep, dark passage behind it.
Chen Chen's Field energy continued to explore the interior, only to find that this passage was in the shape of a circular staircase, extending all the way to a depth of 50 meters underground. Even Field energy could not reach the bottom.
Seeing this, Chen Chen no longer hesitated. He walked down the tunnel. After taking a few steps, the wall behind him that had originally slid open closed again, and the entire staircase became completely dark.
However, this kind of darkness without any light source was meaningless to Chen Chen. He used Field energy to replace his vision and walked down step by step.
After going down about a depth of more than 100 meters, he finally came to a basement.
This basement was about 100 square meters, but there were no unnecessary furnishings. There was only a solid wood coffin with gold rims in the center of the basement.
The lid of the coffin was open. Inside was a soft bed and on the soft bed was a pitch-black box. There was nothing else.
Chen Chen took out the box and suddenly, a feeling of blood connection came over.
"This is..."
Chen Chen frowned. Faintly, he seemed to understand something.
"Lich? Vampire? "
Chen Chen was a little puzzled. Castles, coffins, Western nobles, these were the elements of vampires, but this strange black box had the meaning of a lich in DND.
According to the worldview of DND, a lich was a kind of undead. It was immortal and possessed great power. Its only weakness was a phylactery. As long as the phylactery was destroyed, the lich would die.
Now it seemed that Chen Chen had become a combination of a lich and a vampire.
Thinking of this, Chen Chen seemed to realize something. He took the black box and turned to go upstairs, but before he took a few steps, a special kind of palpitation suddenly struck him. It seemed that if he continued to go up, something bad would happen.
"Can't I take the phylactery away from here?"
Chen Chen had no choice but to return to the basement. He looked at the rows of footprints under his feet and suddenly waved his hand. Countless specks of dust rose directly and piled up in the corner of the basement. Only then did Chen Chen see clearly that there was a magic formation in the shape of a hexagram on the floor under his feet.
So that was it...
Chen Chen thoroughly understood that this magic formation was probably closely related to him. If the phylactery was taken away, this magic formation would also lose its function.
"In other words, this phylactery is the key to defeating me. It's forcibly placed here and I'm not allowed to take it away. What I have to do is not only find the group of intruders but also pay attention to protecting my phylactery..."
Thinking of this, Chen Chen could not help frowning. If he did not pay attention to the problem of the footprints before, he might really give those adventurers a chance to find this place.
Chen Chen thought for a while. He simply threw the phylactery back into the coffin, and then with a wave of his hand, the coffin lid scattered on the ground was closed again. After doing all this, he returned to the surface and walked out of the fireplace.
Looking at the footprints under his feet, Chen Chen activated Field again. All the dust in the hall on the first floor immediately flew away and the footprints leading to the fireplace disappeared completely.
That was not all. Chen Chen went upstairs again and scattered all the dust layer by layer. Suddenly, the entire castle became spotless. If it were not for many of the furniture that were old and rotten, showing traces of time, outsiders would probably think that this was an inhabited castle.
He returned to the position where he had just woken up. This was the top floor observation deck of the castle, with a glass window on each side and this position was also the highest area of the entire city.
At this time, it seemed to be sunset. The scorching sun had turned dark red and at the same time, it slowly slid toward the skyline.
The sunlight shone in through the window and this time, Chen Chen felt that uncomfortable feeling again.
"Sure enough, vampires are afraid of sunlight..."
Chen Chen thought about it and tried to open the window a little. Suddenly, a ray of sunlight shone on Chen Chen's arm, causing a sharp burning pain in his arm.
Seeing this, Chen Chen closed the window again.
At this time, a string of blisters had burned on his arm.
"It's ultraviolet rays..."
Chen Chen immediately deduced. "Ultraviolet rays can't penetrate glass, so I'm not afraid of sunlight through the window, but once there's no window, ultraviolet rays will harm me."
Thinking of this, Chen Chen looked out the window on all sides, only to see that the far end of the city was surrounded by a towering wall. At the same time, there were four gates, one gate each in the east, south, west, and north.
"Gates? Can they escape? "
Chen Chen wore a thoughtful look. "The voice in the consciousness battlefield only told me that a group of adventurers broke into my territory and my mission is to destroy them and at the same time, find the most special adventurer... In other words, the Consciousness Stealer is mixed in with a group of intruders? Then who are the other intruders, NPCs? "
"The number of intruders is unknown, the situation outside the castle is unknown, the motives of the adventurers are unknown... It seems that I still need more clues..."
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