"Starting from 'Cuolo's Seventh Chronicle,' Cuolo mentioned Light of Nightmare the most, other than Belos."
"Year 5403 of the new calendar, Cuolo found Light of Nightmare. According to the records, Belos found it in a strange world when he was doing a quest for the Order, "Rein showed the first part of Cuolo's Seventh Chronicle where Light of Nightmare was first mentioned.
"Cuolo didn't mention the name of this strange world. He only mentioned that it was a dangerous place. But later on, he mentioned something about the strange world — projecting light into reality and illusions."
Angor looked up and saw Rein looking at him.
Rein nodded. "If I'm not mistaken, it's the Nightmare Realm."
Tree Spirit hesitated. "Maybe this can explain something about the Astral Pool Ruin. Those nightmare creatures came here for Light of Nightmare because it came from the Nightmare Realm. "
Rein nodded. "Also, it seems that Light of Nightmare is very important to the nightmare creatures."
"So we're just unlucky. The ruin with Light of Nightmare just happened to drift near Brute Cavern," Tree Spirit said.
Rein shook his head. "Even if it did, the Evernight Kingdom is right next to Parmigi Highlands. We'll have to face the nightmare creatures sooner or later."
Rein paused. "Let's put that aside for now. Let's go back to Cuolo's records. According to his records, The Order lost several legendary hunters in the Nightmare Realm. Bellows was lucky. Not only did he return safely, but he also brought back the Light of Nightmare. "
"As soon as Cuolo saw Light of Nightmare, he became very interested in the red light, which is almost non-destructive and has optical properties. So he dropped everything else and focused on studying it."
Tree Spirit mumbled, "Cuolo is a Mystery Alchemist, so he must have a great vision. But he seems to value the Light of Nightmare so much. That means the Light of Nightmare isn't just useful for nightmares. Maybe it has other uses. "
Both Rein and Angor agreed with Tree Spirit's suggestion. However, they knew that Nightmare Light was not something they could afford to study at this stage of the game. As a mysterious alchemist, even Cuolo had not studied it thoroughly, so it was even more impossible for them to do so.
Tree Spirit said, "Speaking of which, how did Belos bring the Light of Nightmare back? The Light of Nightmares can infect energy, so spells definitely won't work. There should be a special storage container, right? "
Rhine understood what the Tree Spirit meant. If he had a storage container, he could store the Nightmare Light. He might even be able to use it to affect the Astral Pond Ruins.
However, things were not as simple as Tree Spirit thought.
"When Bellos brought it back, there was indeed a container. According to the book, it's a kind of bottle that emits a faint light. "
Tree Spirit's eyes lit up. "Where is the bottle now?"
Rhine shrugged. "No."
"How could it be gone? Did he break it? "
Rhine shook his head. "Cuolo doesn't know how the bottle disappeared. In his memory, he mentioned that the bottle disappeared on its own not long after it was brought back, like a mist, without a trace."
"It was also because of the disappearance of the bottle that the Light of Nightmares escaped and filled the entire ruin in an instant … No, we call it a ruin now, but at the time, it should have been a research laboratory in Cuolo."
Both Tree Spirit and Angor were surprised by Rhine's words.
"Light of Nightmare filled the ruin?" Tree Spirit gasped in disbelief. "You mean … the Astral Pond Ruins …"
Rhine nodded. "It's not recorded in the book, but from some details, we can be sure that Cuolo did his research in the Astral Pond Ruins."
"Then what about the ruin I'm living in now?"
"According to Cuolo's Eighth Chronicle, in the Month of Recovery, 5404 of the New Calendar, Cuolo found a mysterious Rune Sorcerer and used a special method to build a new alchemy lab near the one filled with Nightmare Light. This new lab is where Angor lives now. It and the Astral Pond Ruins form a pair of twins.
"This is why this ruin and the Astral Pond Ruins drifted to Parmigi Highlands at the same time, and they are so close to each other. It's as if there's an invisible bridge between them that allows them to advance and retreat together. "
"So the Light of Nightmare in this room came from the Astral Pond Ruins as well?"
"Yes." Rhine picked up the Ten Chronicles of Cuolo and pointed to a page in the Month of Frost, Year 5480 of the New Calendar. "It is recorded here that although Cuolo could barely deal with the monsters and anomalies in the Light of Nightmares, with his strength, he could easily destroy the Astral Pond Ruins, so he dared not step into the Astral Pond Ruins."
"He studied it for eighty years and still couldn't find a way to avoid it. In the end, he paid a great price to trade for a special Mystery item from the Order Faction. This item helped him to enter the Astral Pond Ruins without being affected by the Light of Nightmare.
"After entering the Astral Pond Ruins, Cuolo planned to restart his research on the Light of Nightmare.
"But that Mystery item can only protect a certain area." Rhine looked at Angor's Forcefield and said, "It's about the same size as this one."
Rhine's tone was a bit strange when he mentioned Forcefield. Cuolo was a Mystery Alchemist, yet he still couldn't find a way to deal with the Light of Nightmare. Yet Angor managed to find a way to deal with it in less than a day. Rhine was surprised, but he didn't ask Angor about it.
"The area is too small. It can only protect one person at most. His two followers can't enter the Astral Pond Ruins. To make up for this, Cuolo asked the Rune Sorcerer who created the Aura of Twins to draw a teleportation array in the Astral Pond Ruins.
"The teleportation array is connected to this room, which allowed the Light of Nightmare to travel here."
Both Tree Spirit and Angor looked at the area covered by the red light. According to Rhine, there was such a teleportation array somewhere deep inside the red light.
"The Rune Sorcerer also drew a special rune in this room in advance, which prevented the Light of Nightmare from escaping. Since then, Cuolo has been studying the Light of Nightmare here."
"So this is the truth about the two ruins and the hidden room … Now I want to know. What did Cuolo find out in the end?"
Rhine shook his head. "No record. Maybe he found something, or maybe he didn't."
"Then what about his Mystery item that can protect him from the Light of Nightmare?"
"He took it away."
"Anything else?" Tree Spirit asked.
"There are some, but they have nothing to do with the current situation. You can check them later."
Rhine stood up and looked at Angor. "The room looks fine, but the teleportation array is hidden somewhere. Nightmare creatures could come here at any time. We need to find and control it first."
Tree Spirit agreed since it was a matter of safety. "You're right. Besides, the Light of Nightmare is very attractive to nightmare creatures. This room was hidden before. Now that it's opened, some nightmare creatures might follow us here. "
Angor understood this. He stood up and moved his Forcefield to continue their exploration of the hidden room.
They first walked around the workbench and found nothing out of the ordinary. Then they walked around the desk and headed to the front.
What came into view was a concave storage analysis platform.
They already saw part of the table when they were reading books at the desk. As they moved closer to the table, the table was fully displayed in front of them.
Angor had to admit that this was the most perfect storage analysis table he had ever seen.
There were only a few functional modules in the table, which was caused by minimalism thousands of years ago. However, the materials used to construct the table were all extremely precious.
Other experiment tools were not as demanding as one might think. However, the table required unique elements in the materials to form a certain connection with the object to be analyzed, which would help the Alchemy Eye to identify the object. Therefore, the more precious the materials, the better.
Angor already saw many expensive storage analysis tables in Floating Mech City. As a member of the research department, he was given one of the best ones.
However, compared to this table, it was still far inferior.
Besides, the runes on the table were perfect too. Angor was sure that he could get a lot more useful information if he used the table to appraise items.
While Angor was happily observing the table, Tree Spirit and Rein focused on the three items on the table.
Previously, they had vaguely seen something on the analysis table. Now that they were looking at it from a closer distance, they really did see three strange looking items.
"What are they for?" Tree Spirit did not touch the items recklessly. Instead, he asked Angor.
Angor was the only alchemist in the group, and the three items happened to be on the table. Alchemy Eye would be the best way to identify them.
Angor turned his attention to the three items as well.
The first item was a long, thin rod that looked like white porcelain. There were no gaps on it, but strange runes were drawn on it.
The second item was also pure white. However, it was made of a metal brick, which looked the most ordinary.
The third item was a transparent ball with a silver liquid flowing inside.
Angor did not recognize the items at first glance. He could not even tell what materials they were made of.
Since he could not see them with his naked eyes, Angor decided to construct the cantrip model of Narda's Vision in his mind space.
As Angor's eyes glowed, everything around him began to be digitized. When the digitized information entered the "server" of his mind space, it would begin to organize the data, analyze the information, and come up with the correct answer.
This was the truth of Alchemy Eye. It was not something that came out of nowhere. It was a combination of analysis based on one's knowledge.
To his surprise, the three most important items did not give him any data at all, while the other items around him were giving him all kinds of data.
Angor knew what this meant.
Neither the materials nor the way they were made of were within Angor's knowledge.
Otherwise, there would not be so little information.
Such a small amount of data meant that Narda's Vision was almost a failure.
When he was about to put away Narda's Vision, a large amount of data suddenly appeared on the analysis desk. Following the strange movement of the desk, the three items that were not showing any signs of activity before began to show more information.
The information still could not reveal the truth of the three items, but it provided an important clue to the "server".
"Did you find anything?" Tree Spirit saw the strange light in Angor's eyes disappearing and knew that Angor had stopped using Alchemy Eye.
Instead of answering Tree Spirit's question, the first thing he did was to sigh. "There must be something even more valuable inside the platform. It's so helpful to identify items that I can't even imagine!" Tree Spirit sighed. Tree Spirit's eyes widened in surprise. "That's right.
Without the help of the table, he would not have found anything.
After that, Angor told Tree Spirit the information he obtained. "These three items should not be used separately. They must be half-finished products of some kind of alchemy item.
"Also, they have the same energy source. That is to say, the final unknown alchemy item should require all three of them. "
Tree Spirit asked, "Are these three half-finished products? They don't look like they can be combined … "
"There must be other half-finished parts to combine them. I think the remaining parts are in Cuolo's hands," Angor said. "I think Cuolo was the one who replaced the three half-finished parts."
Tree Spirit frowned. "They were replaced. That is to say, these three semi-finished products are either defective or superfluous?"
"Yes," Angor replied.
Tree Spirit said, "Isn't that useless?"
"Not for now," said Angor.
Rein picked up the three half-finished items and tossed them to Angor. "Keep them if you don't need them for now. Maybe you'll find a way to use them in the future. "
Angor did not refuse. He put the three half-finished items into his bracelet.
He had never seen these materials before. Even if he could not use them, he could still study the properties of the materials.
Then, they walked around the analytical table and found nothing else, so they continued to walk forward.
A velvet carpet appeared on the floor.
An exquisite glass ceiling appeared above them. Inside the chandelier, blue fluorescent stones glowed. However, the light was completely blocked by the Light of Nightmare.
A few more steps and they almost saw the wall.
They saw a row of golden iron fences. The fences were arranged in a circle, which looked like a giant metal birdcage.
Inside the "birdcage", they finally found their target: a teleportation array!
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