Prison of Alien Dimensions
Chapter 489

Interlude: Planning, Zeno, and the Hunt

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The golden light flashes so brightly that it can even make people blind.

"Golden Legend, right?" Xia Lun cursed in his heart while looking down at the wooden box.

Inside the wooden box is a rotating ball of golden light, which looks like a miniature sun. Xia Lun thought for a moment, then reached out to hold the ball of light.

"A buzzing sound like an electromagnetic buzz suddenly passed through my ears. Xia Lun felt his fingers numb slightly. The next moment, the overflowing light froze and immediately collapsed into a golden sheet.

"..." Xia Lun frowned slightly, stared at the golden flakes for a while, and suddenly his heart moved.

"This slice looks like Flint Dragon's Reverse Scale."

As soon as he thought of this, a large amount of information quickly passed through the corner of his eyes.

[Item name: Life-Draining Crystal (one of three fragments)]

[Item level: Legend]

[Item description: It was once part of an extremely powerful item, but now, that powerful item has collapsed into fragments, and each fragment has been lost in the turbulence of time. If someone can reassemble the remaining fragments, then maybe the powerful device can be restored.]

"Good guys, all the fragments of Legend level have come out. The complete version of this thing should be at least the level of Uniqueness."

Xia Lun narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Although I drew the Legend item, the fragments will definitely be of no use in the short term. I probably won't be able to collect the so-called fragments. To me, the exchange value of this thing is far greater than the use value."

As his thoughts flowed, a large group of Cobalt Blue bubbles suddenly emerged from the golden sheet, and then countless information was presented to Xia Lun like mercury pouring down the ground!

Mastery-class "Wilderness Survival" actually exerts its strength again!

[Before it was broken, "Life-Draining Crystal" was once an important sacred object of "End Times Cult". Those who hold "Life-Draining Crystal" can plunder the remaining lifespan of those who hold Knowledge after killing them.]

[It is said that in the distant past, giving Knowledge to ordinary people and then absorbing and sacrificing it was an important Ritual of "End Times Cult". This Ritual not only helped stabilize the power of the bishops of the sect, but also accelerated the arrival of "End Event Life".]

"Plunder the entire lifespan of the person who owns Knowledge?"

Xia Lun blinked in surprise and immediately changed his initial stance.

"This life-absorbing crystal" is destined to me, so I have to find a way to get it! If nothing else happens, this so-called ultimate

The Last Order "must have fragments in their hands, and I don't know what the strength of this organization is..."

Xia Lun took a deep breath, and then used reason to slightly suppress the surging greed in his heart.

The "Life-Draining Crystal" is undoubtedly extremely valuable. While he is thinking about snatching other fragments from others, others must also want to snatch the fragments from his hand.

From a certain perspective, this thing is a super hot potato. If it is revealed that one owns this thing, it will most likely cause extreme disaster.

Xia Lun shook his head, calmed down, and then strode towards the door at the edge of Personal Space. As he walked, he took an overall look at his combat system.

[Name: Xia Lun]

[Game rounds: 7]

[Strength 20, Agility 21, Constitution 25, Perception 24, Intelligence 22, Charisma 17, Knowledge 3 (0/0, serious error)]

"When the attributes reach 25, there will be additional blessings. Next time when there is a new Free Attribute Point, give priority to raising the perception to 25. When the perception reaches 25, you should be able to see Echo under normal conditions, and "Sixth Sense" should have additional enhancements."

[Specialization is as follows: Cold Weapons (comprehensive use) master 0% (Short Sword use master 10%; big gun use master 0%, the rest are omitted); Wilderness Survival (comprehensive) Mastery 0%; Moon-Drawing and Star-Leading Feng Shui Art Mastery 0%; Firearms Use Mastery 64%;

Stealth Proficient 80%; Cooking Proficient 26%; First Aid Proficient 20%; Symptom Reading Proficient 0%; Sleight of Hand Basic 20%; Basic Fishing 92%; Basic Carpentry 10%; Novice Blacksmithing 80%; Proficient Farming 10%; Basic Tailoring 15%; Basic Herbalism

10%]

"2 Master Level Specialization, 3 Mastery level Specialization, and 4 skilled level Specialization. During the next period of time, you can focus on training Stealth Specialization."

[Skills are as follows: Heightened Focus (strengthened: Weakness Insight, Darkvision, Clairvoyance, Tracking Focus) (5/5);

Wind Whisperer(1/1); Life Drain(attribute enhancement)(2/2); Text Sense(1/1); Phantom Flesh Refines Essence(2/2);

Curse-Reversal Strike(2/2); Limit Break(1/1); Voidflight(5/5)]

"Although Voidflight has supplemented mobility, mobility is still a weakness. To solve this problem, I feel we still have to rely on Stealth Specialization."

[Specialty is as follows: Sixth Sense; Nonhuman Toughness (strengthened); Familiarity with Pain; Transcendent Regeneration (strengthened); Treasure Hunter; Unveil the Veil(3); Mass Murderer(Dreadful Gaze has been strengthened, Massacre is being upgraded); Vengeful Ghost Exorcist; Reflexive Evasion(Force Dissipation strengthened, burst strengthened, Echo strengthened); Arsonist; Hatred Blood Oath(1); Sight Detection; Light Annihilation State; Erudition; Light Step; Mental Bastion; Aura of Fear; Master Deceiver(2/3); Behemoth Hunter(1/3); Life Stabilization]

[Special: Endash Quiet Speaker(Fivefold Pilgrimage); Negation]

[Remaining life span: 28 years, 2 months and 24 days]

"Specialty is closely related to numerical values. My current numerical values are definitely enough, but the problem is that facing High-Rank Secret Art Scholar which can attack and defend Echo Domain" is still a little weak. Life span resources are still not enough. It would be great if there is a way to solve the problem of insufficient life span..."

"If I encounter Secret Art Scholar who needs to perform lifespan attack and defense again, then I can no longer do what I did when I faced Proud Sun. The ideal situation is that I am in the Stealth state and directly take advantage of the opponent's unpreparedness to kill the opponent... It seems that the breaking point still has to be to improve Stealth Specialization."

As his thoughts flashed, Xia Lun became somewhat sure of his next fighting style, and at the same time, he also walked to the half-open door.

[Scenario Cooldown Time:60 days]

"Good guy, such a long Cooldown Time?" Xia Lun was slightly surprised, "This should be because I used Azure Glow Remnant this round of Scenario" and forcibly shortened Scenario Cooldown Time."

"Now that it has been determined that White Line is in a safe situation, there is no need to worry too much. From a certain perspective, it is a good thing that Scenario Cooldown Time is longer. I can clean up the remaining Specialization Memory, and then manually train Stealth Specialization."

"In addition, according to the information paper given by White Line before leaving, the high-end trade fair Winter Flower Trading Fair among the Player group should be arriving in about a week. I have plenty of money now, so I can consider buying some props there. It would be better if someone is not discerning..."

"Anyway, let's relax today... let's start with a good meal!"

Xia Lun thought as he pushed open the half-open wooden door.

"A strong sense of crunching imbalance struck again, and the space in front of Xia Lun collapsed layer by layer like a mirror, eventually turning into a pitch black

Bloody.

"Pah!"

"Pah!"

The glass hit the table hard, and a few drops of carbonated drink splashed out and landed on the bridge of Jiavette Public Security Officer's nose.

"I can do whatever I want," my niece sitting across the dining table said angrily, "You have nothing to do with me!"

The niece's voice was loud, and many people in the restaurant looked over curiously. Jiavette suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He waved his hand at the curious people, and they all looked away.

"In a legal sense, I am your guardian, and I naturally have the power to restrict your inappropriate behavior." Jiavette said solemnly, "Elisa, don't do stupid things. There must be something wrong with such a high salary. The price is enough to buy your life. Once you go, you will most likely die."

Niece Elisa crossed her arms defensively and snorted teasingly.

"How come the most upright police officer in Baihuan City is so familiar with the price of human life? Haha, uncle, you don't think other places are as chaotic as Baihuan City, do you?"

Before Jiavette could speak, she continued to sneer.

"Uncle, you don't know how to monetize resources at all. If you don't take advantage of the resources as soon as possible before they depreciate into waste, the thing will only rot in your hands. The same is true for beauty and youth, and the same is true for position and justice."

"Nonsense!" Jiavette frowned suddenly and looked at his niece with disappointment, "Elisa, where did you learn all these nonsense?"

"Of course from you."

Elisa whispered.

"I don't want to be as depressed as you in the future. When I am in my thirties, I have neither love nor wealth, nor even a high position. In the end, I can only deceive myself and tell myself that at least I have upheld justice..."

"There is a price to pay for adhering to justice." Jiavette moved his eyes away and defended in a low voice.

"Uncle, I have never heard of a more ridiculous self-comfort than this. When will you understand that only money is the most important thing in this world?"

"You don't understand..."

"I know better than you!" Elisa slammed the table hard, "Because of these ridiculous justices, my parents died;

Because of these ridiculous justices, we are all living in poverty. If these so-called principles of justice have led us to this situation, then what is the need to stick to them?"

"This is not the same thing."

"Change the subject if you can't say it?" Elisa pressed step by step, "Mr. Zeno is a super rich man with a reputation throughout the Grand Alliance. He is also one of the most famous philanthropists. He is willing to spend money to recruit me to go to the island to accompany him for entertainment. That is my chance to get big results!"

"Elisa, you have never come into contact with this kind of person. You don't understand that this kind of person never makes a loss-making transaction. Anyone like Xia Lun who is willing to exchange at equal value can be considered a saint. In short, as long as you go, you will definitely end up in hell..."

Elisa curled his lips dissatisfied. "But I have already received the deposit, and someone will pick me up soon."

"You!" Jiavette felt his temples pounding, but the next moment, the work phone on his waist suddenly rang.

Jiavette glared at his niece, then took out the mobile phone from his pocket, opened the phone cover, and then pressed the answer button hard.

"Hello? This is Jiavette."

"Operator Jiavette, I'm sorry to disturb your vacation, but now you must come to the Public Security Bureau as soon as possible. Someone from the Internal Affairs Department is here, and they asked to recruit you to participate in the investigation of a major case, which is likely to endanger the stability of the entire Grand Alliance."

"I'll be here right away." Jiavette said as he took out a few Grand Alliance currencies and put them on the table. Then he reached out and waved to the waiter, "Can you tell me the basics of the case?"

"Is there a TV near you?"

Jiavette glanced sideways at the wall on his left, then nodded. "Yes."

"Turn the channel to "Far Mountain Channel" and you will understand everything."

At this time, the waiter happened to come to Jiavette. Jiavette put the receipt and cash into the waiter's hand, then asked for the remote control, and then pressed the "power on button" on the TV on the wall.

"Click."

"Click."

Xia Lun flicked his wrist and sat comfortably at the dining table. At this time, the butler Carson was already standing aside.

Xia Lun picked up the coffee and took a sip, squinting his eyes comfortably. The next moment, he waved to the butler. The butler immediately understood and handed over the ironed newspaper.

"Is there any news worthy of note recently?" he asked, opening the newspaper and quickly browsing through the pages.

The butler was silent for a while, and then said, "Sir, Mr. Zeno should be holding another hunt."

"..." Xia Lun was silent for a moment, then sighed slightly, "This person is really lawless. It would be great if someone could punish him."

Although Whitewash City is very chaotic and all kinds of crazy criminals emerge in endlessly, from a certain perspective, there are also all kinds of crazy people in other places in the Grand Alliance.

"Zeno" is this kind of crazy person. He is very keen on hunting, even to a certain degree of morbidity. At first, he only hunted small animals, then he began to hunt and protect animals, and finally, he became obsessed with hunting humans...

Of course, Grand Alliance still has a relatively sound legal system after all. It is definitely impossible for Zeno to randomly kidnap people and kill them. In order to avoid relevant legal risks, he purchased an island in Chespa Region to use as a hunting ground.

Zeno recruits a large number of girls to participate in hunting every year. It is a "talent show" in name, but in essence, it is to let the recruited people participate in an extremely cruel real-life battle royale.

The outrageous thing is that Zeno himself will also participate, but he will bring sufficient weapons and equipment, as well as a large number of Attendant...

Xia Lun hates people like Zeno. After all, if Zeno really likes fighting, then he can actually come to Whitewash City to live alone for a period of time. But obviously, Zeno prefers to hunt the weak in relatively safe situations rather than using his life as a bargaining chip to fight to the death.

Seemingly reading Xia Lun's disgusted expression, the butler lowered his voice and asked, "Sir, do you want to find a way to stop him?"

Xia Lun was about to speak, but suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside the room. He looked back and found Security Captain running out of breath into the corridor. Apparently, Security Captain had something to say to the housekeeper.

The housekeeper bowed slightly to Xia Lun, and then walked slowly to the corridor.

"Carson, watch TV quickly, something big happened!" Security Captain said in a low voice, panting.

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