i have a museum of curiosities

"Finally... the mission that seems most impossible to complete has been commissioned."

Zhang Ye looked at the place where Sheila disappeared, and finally there was a hint of relief on his face.

At this moment, Zhang also felt that the surrounding space seemed to have ripples again, and then his eyes blurred, and when he came back to his senses, he was already in the fire-spreading sacrificial field.

Ariel looked at him with a smile, with an excited expression on her face, "Sheila has returned, so... your mission is completed?"

Zhang also nodded, and with his right hand on his waist, the wooden box that was supposed to be in a small room full of magical creations was already in his hand.

Ariel's eyes were filled with eagerness, and Zhang Ye handed over the wooden box upon seeing this.

To be honest, making Ariel show this expression is enough to show her desire for that contract scroll.Such a change made Zhang Ye feel extremely curious, but he couldn't explain why, and there seemed to be a faint uneasiness in his heart.

Ariel was overjoyed, and hurriedly stretched out her hand to take it.But just when her hands were about to touch the small wooden box, she stopped.

"What's wrong?" Zhang couldn't help but ask back.

Ariel exhaled lightly, and then took the small wooden box.

"It... is right here?"

Zhang couldn't help feeling a little funny, and pointed to the small wooden box in the opponent's hand, "You'll know if you open it and have a look?"

But Ariel shook her head, changed the subject and said, "By the way, I can tell you the answer to the question you asked earlier about the 'Graveyard of True Spirits'."

"Oh?" Zhang couldn't help but his heart moved, and he frowned slightly, "The ashes cemetery...isn't it the 'true spirit cemetery'?"

"That's right, and it's not." Ariel laughed, "The relationship between the Graveyard of Ashes and the Graveyard of True Spirits is like two sides of the same coin. These days you are indeed in the Graveyard of Ashes, not the real 'Graveyard of True Spirits' .”

"I'm going, all the settings of Nima's 'Inner World' have come out?!"

"In...the world?" Ariel frowned.

"Oh, it's nothing, it's just an expression." Zhang Ye grinned, "How do I enter the 'True Spirit Graveyard'?"

"The so-called 'true spirit' is a type of spirit body, specifically referring to a spirit body that is harmless to human beings." Ariel explained: "But... the spirit body is the spirit of the museum candidate after death... So, how do you think to enter the 'Graveyard of True Spirits'?"

Zhang Ye couldn't help frowning after hearing this.

"You mean... I can only enter the 'True Spirit Graveyard' after I die?"

Ariel didn't speak, she held the small wooden box in her hand and looked at him with a smile on her face.

how could this be?

I have died 6 times before and after, but I have never entered the "True Spirit Graveyard"... Does the "death" in Ariel's mouth require any special rituals?
And... "The Blood Test" clearly stated that I need to survive for 7 days in the "True Spirit Cemetery"!

Doesn't the word "survive" refer to my physical body?

"Is there no other way to enter the 'True Spirit Cemetery'?" Zhang couldn't help asking.

"Why? It's not like you haven't died before..." Ariel looked at Zhang Ye with some displeasure, a little puzzled expression appeared on her pretty face, "The reason why you didn't enter the 'True Spirit Cemetery' after your death was because Because all your deaths happened in the outside world. Blessed by the power of death, you will be resurrected in the Ashes Cemetery after death. To enter the "True Spirit Graveyard" that is one with the Ashes Cemetery, you need to go to the Ashes Cemetery again. Die. Do you understand now?"

Ariel's words were a bit convoluted, but Zhang also understood what the other party meant.

If you die in the outside world, you will be resurrected in the ashes cemetery; if you die in the ashes cemetery, you will enter the "true spirit cemetery".

The logic is simple, but...

"I understand the truth, but I always feel it's wrong." Zhang Ye shook his head lightly, but his face was extremely calm. "Is there any other way to enter the 'True Spirit Graveyard'?"

An imperceptible light flashed in Ariel's eyes, and then she gave Zhang Ye a hard look with a little sullen look on her face.

"There is indeed another method, but it is a hundred times harder than physical death."

"What way?" Zhang Ye hurriedly asked.

"You have to understand that the 'True Spirit Graveyard' belongs to the Death God Atuban's territory. To enter it, you must obtain His consent."

Zhang Ye frowned slightly.

"True Spirit Graveyard"...is the site of Artuban, God of Death? !
Reminiscent of the contents of the parchment contract book, then the relationship between Artuban and the Museum of Rare Treasures seems to be far more complicated than I imagined.

This amount of information is a bit large...

only……

The corner of Zhang Ye's mouth curled up in a confident arc. He glanced at Ariel and said, "For me, the latter method is obviously easier and safer."

"What?" Ariel couldn't help raising her eyebrows, her face full of disbelief.

"Of course, I still need your help." Zhang also smiled slightly.

"What do you think."

For some reason, Ariel suddenly felt a bad feeling.

"Lend me the small wooden box for now."

As soon as she heard the word "small wooden box", Ariel's expression changed suddenly. She clenched the small wooden box in her hand, took a step back, and stared at Zhang Ye with burning eyes.

Seeing Ariel's nervous expression, Zhang Ye felt more and more uneasy.

what happened?

Why am I so disturbed?Is there something wrong with Ariel?Or... is there something wrong with "Ariel" in front of me?

Zhang also put his right hand on the storage bag at his waist calmly, with a calm look on his face.

"It's just borrowed to enter the 'Graveyard of True Spirits'. It's not that I won't return it to you. Why are you so nervous?"

Ariel was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "Zhang Ye, it's not that I don't want to lend it to you, you have to understand how important this wooden box is to me. I turned into a 'Wang Ling' to guard the cemetery of true spirits. For many years, just to get a glimpse of the truth."

"I understand," Zhang Ye grinned, "To be honest, I know exactly what is in the small wooden box and what is recorded! If you want to know the inside story, I will just tell you. It's just that the sheepskin inside the wooden box The scroll came from the hand of Atuban, God of Death, and I can only contact him by using this thing."

"You already know?!" Ariel's expression suddenly changed, and her pretty face was instantly filled with anger.

Seeing this, Zhang Ye didn't intend to hide his clumsiness anymore. With a thought, a silver spear appeared in his hand—it was the "Silver Knight Lance" obtained from the Silver Knight!
"His-"

The power of the [Thunder Gun] poured into the Silver Knight's spear, and the terrifying power of lightning spread.

"Ariel, please give me the small wooden box."

Ariel acted as if she didn't hear it, her pretty face gradually became distorted, and her originally gentle eyes gradually turned blood red, full of violence, resentment, anger and madness.

What a pair of evil eyes!

Seeing this, Zhang Ye couldn't help but thump in his heart.

Sure enough... the source of my anxiety is Ariel!
"Who are you?" Zhang Ye asked loudly.

"Me? I am Ariel!"

Ariel smiled evilly, full of evil.

Zhang Ye narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the other party's eyes full of evil and violence, he couldn't help but recall the scene when he first came to Northland and saw the blood moon on the carriage, and his heart was full of violence, anxiety and evil thoughts.

Blood Moon!
Luna!

"You are a Luna man!" Zhang also blurted out.

Ariel was obviously taken aback, and then said with an evil smile: "That's right...it seems that you really read the contents of the contract book! Otherwise, you wouldn't have known the name 'Moon God'."

"When did you become Luna's pawn?" Zhang Ye asked with a frown.

"Chess piece?" Ariel snorted coldly, her expression becoming more and more terrifying, "I have always been the envoy of Lord Luna, and I was ordered to destroy the joint conspiracy between the Museum of Treasures and Artuban, the god of death!"

"From beginning to end..." Zhang didn't understand: "Then why did you provide me with so much help?"

"Help?" Ariel suddenly laughed wildly, "Zhang Ye, Zhang Ye, you actually think that those are 'help'? Do you have any misunderstanding about this word?"

Speaking of this, Ariel's eyes narrowed, and she sneered, "Okay, let's stop talking nonsense, let you experience the mighty power of the Moon God for yourself!"

Saying that, Ariel swung her right hand suddenly, and a bloody light quickly wrapped around Zhang Ye's body at an indistinguishable speed!

Zhang Ye was shocked, and just wanted to check, but suddenly found that he couldn't control his body anymore!
"what did you do to me?"

Ariel smiled, full of madness, "It's nothing, just to let you feel the power of the moon god..."

Saying that, Ariel waved her right hand lightly, and Zhang Ye waved her right hand too—the Silver Knight spear was thrown out by him like garbage!
"you--"

Ariel stretched out her left hand with an evil smile, and then Zhang also stretched out his left hand, the [Thunder Gun] in his palm was still condensing.

"I've seen your battles before," Ariel said with an evil smile, "Your most powerful ability is nothing more than this [Thunder Gun]... But do you remember how you obtained this 'miracle'? "

Zhang Ye was startled, and a chill suddenly rose from the soles of his feet all the way to Tianling Gai.

[Thunder Gun] As an administrator candidate's "special skill", it is awakened and improved by the fire-proof female substitute candidate!And the fireproof girl in this world is exactly Ariel pretending to be!

Zhang Ye couldn't help but have an Internet epilogue in his mind: Ariel's scheme is really like an old sow wearing a bra—one set after another!

"It seems that you have figured it out..." Ariel gave an evil smile, then slapped her chest hard with her left hand——

"boom--"

A violent explosion sounded from Zhang Ye's chest, his body was thrown high like a kite with broken strings, and landed heavily again.

Lying on the hard stone floor, Zhang Ye was coughing up blood, his consciousness was already a little blurred.

how so……

Even with the god-defying skill of "Will of the King", it can't stop the power of the [Thunder Gun]. Zhang Ye already has a big scorched hole in his chest, and his life is about to come to an end.

Ariel came to Zhang Ye with an evil smile and looked down at him.

"You are very cautious, even exceeding my expectations. It's a pity that your strength is still too weak." Ariel said with a wicked smile, "I don't know how you found out, but what you thought was right , After dying in the Cemetery of Ashes, there is no way to resurrect! In other words, once you enter the 'Graveyard of True Spirits', there is no way to come back. From this point of view, I have helped you achieve your goal. Hehe, You are welcome."

Zhang Ye glared at Ariel, and wanted to scold her a few words, but in the end he just spit out a few mouthfuls of blood.

"By the way, let me answer your previous doubts. Entering the 'Illusion of the Undead' and being transported to other different worlds are all done by me! Originally, as a museum administrator, you only need Starting from the wall, find the royal city all the way, then walk northeast along the royal city, enter the royal mausoleum, and pass the candidate test, you can become an official administrator and get the qualification to meet Artuban."

Zhang couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

It turned out that the "task" that I spent more than 80% of my time to complete since I started the "Scarlet Experiment" was simply a trap set by Ariel for myself!
No wonder I somehow crossed over to the Heaven of All Souls... No wonder I entered the game world that imitated Yamaguchi...

So it was all Ariel's trick!

"How is it? Are you very angry, very angry, and want to kill me immediately?" Ariel laughed wildly, "Zhang Ye, let me tell you one more interesting thing at the end - guess what... …How have all those museum candidates died over the past 1000 years?”

Zhang Ye was taken aback for a moment, his eyes almost burst into flames.

It turned out that Ariel not only designed to harm herself, but also killed all the candidates who planned to complete the mission of the Museum of Treasures!
You vicious woman!

Zhang also cursed Ariel crazily in his heart, but he couldn't stop the other party's foot from stepping down hard...
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The desolate and ancient bell rang again, and Zhang Ye opened his eyes in a daze.

It was a gray-white world in front of the eyes, and the thick fog was surging wantonly, filling the whole world.

"This is where?"

The cold sarcophagus seemed to remind Zhang Ye that all this was so familiar.

Memories flooded in like a flood.

A moment later, Zhang Ye supported the rock wall of the sarcophagus in pain, and shouted: "Ariel, you bitch! I will never let you go!"

"Master, you are finally here."

When a familiar voice came, Zhang also hurriedly looked up.

A blond loli who looked only thirteen or fourteen years old was tilting her head and smiling at him.

"Ai... Aiwei?!" Zhang Ye suddenly widened his eyes, "You are not dead? But I clearly saw that you were..."

That's right, the blond loli in front of her is the "true spirit" Ivy Zhang Ye met on the carriage when she just entered Northland.

"In Northland, spirit bodies cannot be killed." Ivy explained with a smile.

"Is there such a setting?" Zhang couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"The master is finally able to speak. It's really gratifying." Ivy grinned, her expression very playful.

Yes, when he was in the carriage, Zhang couldn't speak, and could only communicate with Ivy through the "God's Eye" in the palm of his left hand.

Zhang Ye smiled and asked, "Is this the 'True Spirit Cemetery'?"

"Yes." Ivy nodded, and said: "Master, please come with me, Lord Death has been waiting for a long time."

Zhang Ye couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

"Reaper? Artuban?"