Chapter 179 - Ancient Remains (XIII)

Editors: Kitty & Humu

“You are joking with me. How could the secret chamber accept me as it’s master?” At that moment, Luo Jian felt that what Noen suggested was somewhat hilarious. However, Noen was very serious. He reached over, taking advantage of his height, and easily pressed his claw on Luo Jian’s small head and whispered:

“I’m one of the creators of the system, and if I say you can do it, it means you absolutely can.”

Luo Jian felt puzzled: “Why do you have such self-confidence?”

“The transmigration system was originally set up by the people of Earth in order to cultivate supersoldiers from one hundred million years later. Combined with the technology of Polaris, it has a common feature of Polaris’ biotechnology.”

Luo Jian suddenly thought of something: “You said previously that all weapons of Polaris have consciousnesses and only recognize powerful people and allow those people to use them…… is that the characteristic you are referring to?”

Noen nodded. “Yes; as long as you are strong enough, it will recognize you as its master.”

“Oh, that’s even more impossible.” Luo Jian shook his head. “Although I think I am very strong now, I think there will be someone stronger than me one day. There are so many favourable encounters in this world. Who can guarantee it?”

“Don’t be so self-deprecating. Why not become ambitious and aim for ‘I want to be the strongest below the heavens’?”

After thinking about this possibility carefully, Luo Jian suddenly smiled: “I did have such an idea once, but now, I only want to get the people I value out of this sea of misery.”

“And that is all the more reason to do it.” Noen rubbed Luo Jian’s head several times. “You become the strongest and attack the secret chamber, but as the master. At that time, as the master, the secret chamber must obey your orders or whatever you want to accomplish. In this way, isn’t it an easy-peasy way to protect the people you value?”

However, at that time, Luo Jian did not give him an exact answer because he did not know what the chances were that he would become the strongest. But at least, he felt that he could make efforts in this direction.

However, the discussion between Noen and Luo Jian was not over. A sudden change in events interrupted their conversation. They found that the frozen insects and the queen, as well as Xing Yan, had begun to thaw at the same time.

That hard and transparent ice withered at a speed visible to the naked eye, at an extremely fast pace. Generally speaking, ice would melt into water, but here, those ice layers did not become water. The ice gradually dissolved and disappeared instead. Finally, Xing Yan and the insects who were bound had their restrictions slowly removed, and they were liberated from being trapped at that time.

But the interesting thing was that although both Luo Jian and Noen were ready to be attacked by the swarm of insects, the insects did not come forward to attack. The insects still kept their original positions, as if they were still frozen by the ice. They were all stiff and motionless and did not even emit the slightest of sounds.

Xing Yan was the only exception.

Xing Yan began to move his body after thawing and stepped forward a few paces as if he could not adapt to the changes.

Luo Jian was happy when he swa Xing Yan, but when he raised his foot to step towards him, Noen, who was beside him, pressed him down. Shortly after, Noen shook his head at Luo Jian.

As a result, Luo Jian did not try to have physical contact with Xing Yan. He saw that Xing Yan calmly took out a cube from his pocket. The cube was slightly suspended in his hand, and nine grid patterns on the cube were slightly bright. It looked mysterious and shocking.

This scene also dazed Luo Jian, and a bad premonition surfaced in his heart. And in the next second, the premonition came true. After that, Xing Yan raised his head expressionlessly. His face was illuminated by the light of the cube in his hand. That look was unprecedentedly mechanical and rigid. At this moment, his soul had been pulled away by something, leaving only his body standing.

After that, Xing Yan held the cube in his hand and kept his eyes on Luo Jian and Noen. So he spoke first, and the sentence was actually directed at Noen:

“Long time no see…… Father. “

Noen laughed: “For you to call me Father, how flattering.”

Luo Jian knew everything in that instant when the other party opened his mouth. Like Ah Lan, he was being controlled, but the matter now was more complicated and difficult to deal with because the culprit…… was in Xing Yan’s palm.

And after this ended, what would happen?

“Just now, there was an error in the system’s calculation. Therefore, I have brought you an unpleasant game experience. I’m very apologetic for it.” Xing Yan held the cube seriously, and his eyes shifted from Noen’s to Luo Jian’s.

Luo Jian felt a subtle impatience inwardly. When he realized that Xing Yan was under the control of the secret chamber’s will, this impatience became very obvious. He could not help but shake off the hand, allow his weapon to turn back into the red umbrella state, and stretch it on his shoulder. He did it unintentionally, but this action showed that he was nervous, and opening the umbrella made him feel as if he was being protected.

“I want to know what happened,” Luo Jian said, “Under the control of the secret chamber’s system, how can things such as calculation errors occur?”

The secret chamber’s will, who stood over at the other side, unexpectedly said straightforwardly, “I don’t want to keep this a secret. It’s because of this……” He then pointed to himself, “Because this player had touched my power source of his own will.”

Luo Jian’s eyes swept over the cube held by the other party: “That’s your power source?”

“After paraphrasing my intents into human colloquial, what I mean is for us to speak frankly and make it clear. In fact, I think you already know almost all about it.” Xing Yan said, “This cube is my power core, which can also be called noumenon. I can’t become a human being, but my ability allows me to control other living creatures to move.”

It was not known whether Luo Jian asked intentionally or unintentionally, “That’s such a coincidence. Why is your power core in this chamber?”

“Just as you think.” Xing Yan continued, “Naturally, I put it here for you to find. By the way, the background of this secret chamber is also set this way because I set it on purpose. I hope you can understand my background and understand my origins.”

“You want me to know?” Luo Jian was confused. “Why?”

The secret chamber’s will did not immediately answer Luo Jian’s question. He suddenly said, “I was hoping you could get this core.” The secret chamber said as the cube in his hand was raised a little, “But the result is a failure.”

He said, pulling out a stiff smile, “But it’s not too late.”

“You want to give me this thing?” Luo Jian could act vigilantly. He said, “Why give it to me? You don’t want to control me like how you control Xing Yan, do you?”

“Of course not, esteemed sir.” The secret chamber’s will slightly tilted his head, “Players can be controlled by me because they are powerless in the face of my overwhelming strength, but you are different. I’m sure you have enough strength to bear my power.”

At this time, Noen suddenly raised his foot and went to Luo Jian’s side. He squatted down and put his claw on his shoulder. He whispered in his ear, “This is the first step. Try.”

“What?” Luo Jian was puzzled.

“In our Polaris, for biological weapons to recognize masters, the process is divided into several steps. For weapons, they are looking for masters who are worth trusting. They will use their own strength to prove the strength of their masters. If you get their approval, they will give up everything to protect you, guard you, and make you stronger.”

Luo Jian felt his face twitch. “Do you mean it’s ready to recognize me as its master now?”

“Of course not. It’s a long process, especially for a powerful biological weapon like the secret chamber. It will only spend more time looking for the right candidates. In fact, I think the reason why the secret chamber draws so many people into the chamber to play survival and escape games is because it just wants to select the strongest one from a group of people who meet its requirements.”

Coupled with the fact that it was created to cultivate the strongest soldiers, what it’s doing now is befitting of that purpose.”

“To do this, it has manipulated players’ lives, memories, and even souls!” Luo Jian could not help clenching his fist.

Noen just chuckled, “Dear Abyss, you have to understand that it was born for war and the sole reason for its existence was for the strong. It will do everything in its power to make players stronger. Once it finds out that a player can’t become stronger, the player will no longer have value in its mind, and they are no different from garbage.”

Noen’s eyes were sharp. “Would you feel guilty about destroying a pile of garbage?”

Luo Jian’s fist clenched more tightly. He bit his lower lip subconsciously, and his bite almost caused blood to seep out. “Looking at it from this perspective, before I became Abyss, I was also garbage.”

Those players in the Crimson Asura Realm were also thrown away as garbage by the secret chamber? But looking at it now, once they could come out of the Asura Realm, they would immediately become the strongest and craziest group in the secret chamber!

Those days and nights of endless fighting and struggling, all to adhere to the concept of staying on the battlefield, using blood and strength as food! Why should they meet such an end?! They clearly could become stronger, but in the beginning, because of some inevitable failure, they were denied such a possibility!

“I have to say that the secret chamber’s methods to cultivate the strong…… are extremely horrendous!”

Luo Jian spat that out word by word as he gnashed his teeth, “I don’t want to obtain this whatever secret chamber. I don’t want to rely on this kind of thing to become the strongest person!”

For a moment, Noen was a little surprised. But after some time, he smiled. “No, you need it. If you don’t want to rely on it, engulf it.”