Searching for clues, a strange nursery rhyme

Su Zhan focused all his attention on the system, and he still chose to use it.

System: "Ding, searching..."

System: "Ding, the test results are as follows..."

As expected, the system provided a mountain of data, leaving Su Zhan feeling Venus...

I could only choose based on the titles, and I eventually settled on two books: "The Theory of Karma" and "Illusionary Technique".

Even just two of them contained more content than he had imagined.

A wave of weariness washed over me. Did I really have to watch all of this?

Of course not!

He opened the catalog and began to carefully select and extract the essence.

I first checked the "Illusionary Technique" manual. There were quite a few illusions in the Great Tomb, which should be common techniques. It's more important to learn more about Illusion Formation, as they are quite useful.

First, he studied the types of Illusion Formation. There are many types of Illusion Formation. In addition to the intoxicating fragrance type he just saw, there are some that require tools, the most common of which is a mirror, but there are others as well.

There are also some hidden techniques, each with its own unique characteristics and variations among users.

Everyone's methods are different. Some people may need certain Artifact as a Formation Eye. Once they have touched or worn such Artifact, they may be bewitched, and some may even lose their senses upon seeing them.

Some psychedelic practitioners have even incorporated this technique into their own practice; anyone who has seen or interacted with them will be bewitched by their hallucinations.

Influenced by his will, answer his questions or do what he wants.

After gaining a basic understanding of the classification, Su Zhan went to find a solution.

There are many solutions, and the appropriate approach depends on the specific problem.

If it's done with Artifact, then destroy that Artifact or the person controlling it. If it's done with Illusionary Incense, then you need to take an antidote or tough it out with your own strength.

This information is both useful and useless; much of it can be guessed, but it's precisely what's impossible to do.

The people who set up the formation probably no longer knew which tomb chamber lay here, and they couldn't even tell which Artifact they had arranged belonged to.

It seems too late to search once the Formation activates, and as for Illusionary Incense being able to take the antidote, they have no idea what the antidote is!

In the end, they still have to rely on themselves to bear the burden!

Su Zhan fell into deep thought. This shouldn't be happening!

There must be a solution. Their ancestors told them to come in and find answers whenever needed, so there must be a way out here!

It's impossible to exterminate everyone!

He stood up and continued to gather clues, this time focusing on the Karma Threads.

I learned about these things from Sun before, but not much.

All we know is that the method of forcibly establishing Karma is extremely powerful, even capable of interfering with the choices of Heavenly Dao.

Even at its peak, the Moon Beast was tightly bound, and didn't even know how it had done it.

Su Zhan knew how powerful this thing was, but it didn't seem to be used as often as Illusionary Technique.

He had seen the Illusion Formation here several times before, Karma had only seen the cause and effect array on the Moon Beast before. It was obviously used as a trump card and a last Killer.

But now there's no other way, so he can only grasp at whatever straws he can find out.

The content on Karma is much more extensive than that on Illusionary Technique, and it is also much more obscure and complex.

Su Zhan read a page and felt that the language was simply problematic. He recognized each word individually, but when put together, he had no idea what it meant.

He read it several times in a daze, but still couldn't understand what it meant.

Frustrated, he tried to skip ahead and scroll through the pages, but after several attempts, he discovered that he couldn't access the later content.

The system indicates insufficient permissions.

He could only stare at page 1 and read it carefully several times. It seemed to be an interpretation of Karma Threads, or perhaps a summary.

It reads: Karma Heavenly Dao, the convergence of circumstances; though it may be called destiny, is it not also man-made calamity?

There were many more words after those few sentences, but Su Zhan couldn't glean any information from them.

These words seemed to be under some kind of spell; every time he read the next word, he would forget the previous one, leaving his thoughts fragmented, as if he had learned something, yet also as if he knew nothing and remembered nothing.

It's like having a bizarre and absurd dream, waking up in a fright, and then not being able to say what exactly woke you up.

His thoughts had reached a dead end.

Seeing how serious he was, Elder Shishan was unsure whether to disturb him or not, and finally tapped Su Zhan on the shoulder.

He said, "Sir, what are your thoughts?"

"No." Su Zhan shook his head.

He knew too little about this place and came rashly, never expecting it to be so dangerous and mysterious.

So many things appeared that I had never seen or imagined before.

Having never even seen it before, let alone knowing how to solve it, they could only turn their attention to Elder Shishan.

Su Zhan: "Since you've lived here for so long and are their descendants, it's impossible that you don't know anything about them."

"They always leave you with some hidden information. Think carefully, are there any things in your life that are very common but whose purpose you don't know?"

His reminder prompted Elder Shishan to tap his head, and he realized, "Indeed! Every Moon Worship Tribe learns a nursery rhyme when they are young, but they are confused and don't know what it means."

"But it's a rule passed down from our ancestors that every descendant must learn it."

They followed their ancestral teachings and diligently passed them down to each generation, but no one ever knew what they were for.

Su Zhan's eyes lit up. "Yes, that should be it. What nursery rhyme?"

Shi Shan began to sing in a hoarse voice, and Su Zhan's face went blank again upon hearing it.

This nursery rhyme does not use the universal language of the universe, but a unique language that exists among the Moon Worship Tribe, Su Zhan cannot understand at all.

His face darkened further, and he could only ask, "Can you deduce anything from this word?"

Shi Shan thought for a moment and said, "I can't analyze it; the information is fragmented and contradictory."

"It's roughly about a woman who raised a son. The son went out to make his way in the world, and returned years later with Monster with sharp teeth as his wife, a huge Python as his mount, and a transparent soul as his helper..."

Su Zhan was completely bewildered after hearing this. What was going on? Had he guessed wrong?

It feels like the clues have gone cold again. I can't find any direction, and I'm just blindly stumbling around like a blind cat searching for a dead mouse.

He could only urge Shishan to continue recalling, hoping to glean any useful information.

Tell him everything, whether it's right or wrong, whatever you can think of.