Mission complete
Return sequence initiated
Ke Cheng looked at the indifferent, cold text before him and the cup of golden liquid in his hand, feeling an almost unbelievable sensation.
There really was Golden Wine in this world.
It originated from a bizarre sacrifice at sea, a treasure bestowed upon this world by a Great Being that could not be described or looked at directly.
Of course, every gift of fate had already been marked with its price in secret.
The alchemists aboard that ship had sacrificed the entire crew in exchange for four cups of Golden Wine. Two cups were consumed, while the remaining alchemists slaughtered one another and ultimately perished in the sea.
The alchemists who survived later encountered further suffering, leaving behind only fragments of words that became the breeding ground and soil of the legend of Golden Wine.
Yet this wine was indeed real.
Along the way, Ke Cheng had slain pirates, battled Sea Monsters, challenged dangerous mechanisms and traps, and even faced that bizarre and unpredictable guardian monster directly.
The supernatural forces of this world had far exceeded his expectations.
Even in his wildest nightmares, Ke Cheng had never seen such an Unspeakable Monster.
Even now, at the moment he had completed the mission, his hands were still trembling. He was intensely excited by the terrifying sight he had just witnessed, while also mourning the companions who had died along the way.
Who could have imagined that out of an entire ship, only two people would make it here?
The feeling of being "alive" had never been so wonderful.
Without hesitation, he drained the contents of the cup.
The cool, clear liquid flowed down his throat and into his body. A power beyond scientific comprehension was reshaping Ke Cheng's body. He could see his wounds rapidly