HLnovel Chapter 505: The gap that cannot be made up by staying up late
Chapter 505: The gap that cannot be made up by staying up late
After Xingluo arranged the room, he began to walk aimlessly on the street. Humans could be seen everywhere here, while abyss creatures and demons were a minority. Xingluo had a strange feeling, as if he had returned to the main material plane. However, when he saw that these people had slight changes in their skin and hair due to living in the abyss for a long time, he felt that this was still the abyss, not the main material plane.
Humans living in the abyss face unusual environmental stresses, including extreme temperatures, high pressure, lack of light, the presence of toxic substances, and scarcity of food sources. In such an environment, humans undergo a series of adaptive mutations in order to survive. Due to the extreme scarcity of light in the abyss, human eyes gradually degenerate, while other senses such as hearing, touch, and smell become more acute to help them detect their surroundings. In order to adapt to high temperatures and extreme temperatures, human skin becomes thicker to provide additional protection. Skin color also changes to adapt to different lighting conditions and temperature regulation needs. There are toxic gases and thin oxygen in the abyss. Through generations of reproduction, humans have developed a more efficient respiratory system and are even able to use other gases for metabolism.
The scarcity of food sources has caused the human digestive system to become more efficient, able to extract more nutrients from limited resources. In order to survive in an environment with scarce resources, humans have developed more efficient energy metabolism mechanisms, reducing energy consumption and being able to use energy sources that other organisms in the surrounding environment cannot use. In order to ensure the survival of the population, the human reproductive system has also mutated, by changing the reproductive cycle, increasing the number of offspring and improving the survival rate of offspring. Under conditions of limited resources, humans have developed a more closely knit social structure to ensure fair distribution of resources and the overall survival of the population. Humans have adapted to the surface environment during the evolution process, and it may take a very long evolutionary process to adapt to the abyss environment. Xingluo even suspected that these humans had intervened through some kind of human alchemy or other technical means, but he had no way of knowing this through brief contact. The reason why Xingluo's analysis was so thorough was mainly based on his qualities as an alchemist. Long-term and extensive reading allowed him to obtain a lot of information by simply using his mental power to scan. This is the role of experience. Some people think that finding a young person to work overtime may be a better choice, but the experience of some middle-aged people is more valuable. These experiences will not be recorded in books, but only exist in their minds accumulated over time. Not only can they save a lot of useless consumption, but there are also some gaps that cannot be made up by staying up late alone.
Xingluo looked at the human whose appearance had changed slightly, and he returned to reality. This was still the abyss, not even the main material plane, let alone the blue planet where he used to live. If he wanted to go back there, it would probably only be possible if he knocked on the door of the Great Mage of Time and Space.
Xingluo Facai is very rich now. Even though he has not received a magic core for a long time, his previous accumulation is enough for him to squander it at will in this layer of the abyss. He first bought some alchemical materials unique to this layer of the abyss, and then subconsciously bought some dark materials. These materials are different from alchemical materials. They all contain some kind of negative energy and are most suitable for making cursed objects. Probably because they are in the abyss, these curse materials are not expensive. Of course, compared to those alchemical materials, these are not cheap either.
Xingluo looked around carefully a few more times, and seeing that he had bought almost everything, he returned to the inn. Now he was already a great magician, but he had yet to make a cursed object. He was the kind of person who would spend money without making money. Making cursed objects could not only enhance his magic power, but also make him a lot of money. Thinking of this, he took out the materials he bought from the Flame Castle and fell into deep thought. He was thinking about what kind of cursed object to make.
Xingluo remembered a record of the Holy See of Light about the Lava Abyss. It was that in the deepest part of the Lava Abyss, there was a hidden tribe or city, and they had guarded a dark secret for generations - an ancient ritual that could make cursed objects. The members living there were called "Abyss Purgators", and they mastered the art of making cursed objects using the specialty materials of the Lava Abyss. These materials included hot lava stones, lava tears, and lava bones. These materials were not only rare, but also had powerful cursed energy, and any items that used them would bring disaster.
There is a young Infernal named Alex, whose family holds a prominent position in the Lava Abyss. Alex has been taught since childhood to respect and harness the power of the Abyss, but he has always had doubts about this dark art. One day, his father, one of the elders, suddenly fell ill and was dying. Alex was forced to take on the responsibility of the family and inherit the position of elder.
In order to prove his ability and save his father's life, Alex decided to take a dangerous test - to make a powerful curse. He went deep into the lava abyss to find the materials needed to make the curse. He came to the hot lava lake and carefully collected hot lava stones. This stone emits hot energy and can burn people if they are not careful. With his superb skills and courage, Alex successfully obtained enough lava stones.
Next, he headed to the source of Lava Tears. This mysterious liquid can only be found in the deepest part of the abyss, and they are secreted by strange creatures at the bottom of the abyss. Lava Tears are not only difficult to collect, but also highly corrosive. After several failures and injuries, Alex finally found a safe way and successfully collected a bottle of Lava Tears.
The last and most dangerous step is for Alex to go to the Abyss Skeleton Forest to obtain the Lava Bones. These bones come from giant creatures that have long been extinct in the abyss, and they are full of powerful cursed power. The Skeleton Forest is full of unknown dangers and traps. After experiencing countless dangers, Alex finally found several Lava Bones in a hidden cave.
With all the materials, Alex returned to the tribe. He began the ritual of making the cursed object. First, he placed the lava stone in the center of the altar and soaked it with lava tears. Then, he carefully ground the lava bones into powder and sprinkled it on the mixture of lava stone and lava tears. As the curse spell was chanted, the materials began to change, releasing strong dark energy.
Xingluo frowned when he thought of this. The process of obtaining these materials in the records was too easy. It seemed that they intentionally glossed over it and were unwilling to say a word more. He had some doubts about this record.