Mysterious Tribulation

If Comet Street is a fairly clean and tidy place in the slum.

That 'black street' is a slum in a slum!

Here, fights, smuggling and trafficking... all kinds of crimes happen anytime, anywhere.

Even mysterious sects are active.

It is said that the city that never sleeps has organized several Robocops to come to clear it, but it didn't take long for it to resurface.

After a long time, it will be gone.

It was the first time Aaron followed Fatty to this place that Chloe and others were reluctant to come.

...

A low shed.

The fat man got in first and waved at Aaron.

Aaron seemed to hesitate for a moment before diving in.

After entering, I found that although the shed looks small from the outside, there is actually another space inside. Several sheds around are dug through, and a basement may even be built.

At the door, there were two big men with bald heads and tattoos, holding their arms coldly, like silent guards.

Where is the patient?

Aaron asked.

In fact, he had already found out that it was abnormal, but he was just watching Fatty's performance quietly, wanting to see where this guy would take him in the end.

inside!

The fat man took Aaron through a corridor, opened the curtain, and let Aaron see a 'man' covered in bandages.

He only had one pair of eyes exposed, and his whole body was wrapped tightly.

What surprised Aaron the most was... the other party's injury...

This is not a psychotic patient at all... He was attacked by a mysterious force!

Aaron's face showed a look of exasperation, grabbing the collar of the fat black businessman: Are you cheating on me?

The fat man who was grabbed by the collar showed joy on his face: Sure enough... as a natural person doctor, how about you recognize this cursed injury? Can it be treated?

Healing? I don't want to be targeted by the powerhouse behind the curse.

Aaron sneered and let go, and was about to leave.

At this time, two tattooed bald men blocked Aaron's way.

Mr. Aaron, I know a lot about you... The natural person who suddenly appeared in the desert of death, believes in the original ecology... Such a person must be close to us.

The fat man said sincerely.

You...I don't even know who you are now...

Aaron sneered.

Please rest assured, we are not the extremists of the Environmental Protection Association, nor are we lunatics in the Death God sect who want to drag everyone to death...

Fatty explained that the mysterious sect is just a general term for all Beyonders and their beliefs.

In fact, there are many factions within, and some factions are even originally hostile to each other, and bloody fights between members are commonplace.

We belong to the 'Five Ring Tower', just a small organization that wants to gain more knowledge...

In the end, the fat man finally gave up.

Extraordinary of the 'Tower'?

Aaron groaned to himself.

This can be considered half of his own.

He was pretending before, but now he can be sure that this fat man wants to pull himself into the teaching.

I'll look at the patient first and then...

Aaron came to the ward and carefully examined the bandaged patient again.

This is... a very high-level curse. I feel the traces of the spirituality of 'darkness'... It seems to be mixed with a little 'underworld'...

After a careful inspection, Aaron frowned: And... the rank of the curser... is very high!

Sigh... Sauron is also unlucky. Before, our organization got a piece of information, there was a topographic map of the abandoned No. 4 Research Institute, he led a group of people to explore, and he was the only one left.

Fatty sighed beside him, his expression excited again: Mr. Aaron, since you can see the influence of darkness and underworld, please rescue Sauron, whether it is the number of days or other rewards, such as spiritual storage, we will Willing to pay!

Natural people don't lack time, just give me spiritual storage!

Aaron raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this.

These Beyonders seem to have found a way to combat the spillover effect of spirituality, as well as special storage.

But it was nothing. Back then, he still devoured all the 'red' in a scepter and played the illustrious name of the Earl of Green Forest.

But after a few years, the spirituality still dissipated.

After negotiating the payment, Aaron came to the patient with a black scalpel in his hand.

On the scalpel, some weird symbols are also engraved.

Next... I will cast a spell with extraordinary abilities, don't get too close to anyone who doesn't care, so as not to be accidentally injured!

Aaron gave a solemn exhortation and started the ceremony.

After arranging the wall of spirituality, he slashed Sauron a few times with a knife, and began to recite the incantation of the language of the spiritual world.

These mantras are difficult to understand, and when you recite them, you feel like your tongue is knotted.

The fat man just got a little closer, and he felt as if his blood was about to boil, so he hurriedly backed out.

grown ups!

Next to him, a tattooed bald man stepped forward: This doctor... can you do it?

What's the matter, this time I lost sight of it.

The fat man took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead: This doctor has definitely solidified his spirituality and has been promoted to the rank... It may not even be a first-rank Beyonder, but a second-rank or even higher!

In the era of wasteland, spirituality overflows and becomes a desert.

At the low level, you can only rely on the Beyonders of pure shadow to smuggle precious spirituality from the spiritual world. Therefore, the spiritual value of 'shadow' is extremely high, and a little shadow can be exchanged for at least ten points of 'darkness', 'underworld', etc. spirituality.

And in the spiritual desert, Beyonders are still figuring out how to get promoted!

Among the general mystical sects, those with a little spirituality are the mainstream.

The Extraordinary who solidified the first-order are absolute elites.

Tier 2 is the backbone, Tier 3 and Tier 4 are today’s high-level Beyonders!

As for the 'Longevity' director of 'Life Bank'?

They didn't open the seventh element at all, and they didn't have the corresponding high-ranking status. They just saw the name of the 'Longevity' from the ancient books, and then put it on their heads like a monkey...

Hearing that Aaron might be a second-order Beyonder, the tattooed bald man was taken aback: So... will our previous concealment offend the other party?

We can only increase the price. I hope our final payment can satisfy the other party.

The fat black businessman wiped his forehead, covered in cold sweat.

Come in!

After an unknown amount of time, the fat man heard Aaron's voice.

He hurriedly walked into the ward and saw that the bandages on Sauron's body were undone.

This man originally had a strong body and developed muscles... but at this time, it withered like a piece of dead wood, his skin bloomed with an ominous black color, and there were ant-like purple runes wandering on it.

His spirit, his blood and flesh have been cursed, and I cannot completely expel...

Aaron took the scalpel and made several cuts on Sauron's limbs from time to time: However... thanks to the current era, I have thought of a way, I can transfer his curse to an important organ, which must be The ones that are extremely important, like the heart, the brain...then perform a viscerectomy to remove the curse along with the organs...the kidneys are not good, unless both kidneys are removed together.

In the Invas era, patients who had their vital organs removed would not have survived very long.

But the city that never sleeps is different. There are prosthetic limbs and artificial organs everywhere!

Now, it's time to make a choice...

Aaron looked at the fat man.

The fat man frowned in embarrassment: Artificial hearts are sky-high in the slums... Well, I just received a pair of artificial kidneys yesterday. Although they didn't have any OEM labels, I just installed them for Sauron...

Well, then it's decided.

Aaron began to chant an inexplicable spell.

Under the influence of the mysterious power, the sigils on Sauron began to gather towards the kidneys.

Next, it's a simple artificial organ transplant...

...

By the time Aaron walked out of the operating room, took off his gloves, and washed his hands, the patient inside had fallen into a coma, but his breathing was normal.

Thank you, Dr. Aaron!

The fat man came over with a box: This is the agreed reward.

Well, I accept it bluntly.

Aaron took the box, opened it, and found that in addition to a few strange fragments, there were two books.

This is the book of our school, it's just entry level...

The fat man kept a smile on his face.

You have a heart.

Aaron nodded and was quite satisfied with this: By the way... Where is the No. 4 Research Institute? It seems that something terrible has happened there...

He originally just asked casually, but he didn't expect that the black market merchant would really answer: In that ghostly place in the desert of death... I don't plan to organize any more people to go on an expedition, alas, this time Sauron was injured, I don't know what to do. How long does it take to make up for it?”

From the other party's expression, Aaron intuitively knew that the other party was telling the truth.

'Death Desert...that is, the ruins of Green Forest City...'

'The No. 4 Research Institute in Green Forest City... What is it researching, how can it be cursed by a high-ranking existence? ’

With a little curiosity, Aaron returned to the Green Forest Clinic.

After closing the door, he went directly to the bedroom and opened the black market merchant's reward box.

Spiritual storage?

He picked up a shell-shaped thing, felt a bit of the spirituality of the 'tower', and couldn't help but nodded slightly.

There are countless exquisite patterns on the surface of this shell, which together form a ring that transcends the plane.

'Some kind of sealing technology... it's better than me back then. ’

He threw the shell: 'I feel... at least it can seal the spirituality for decades without losing it...'

Aaron counted and found that the black market merchants paid two 'towers', one 'dark', and one 'red'. He couldn't help shaking his head and put away these spiritual storages.

To him, this spirituality is not even a drop in the bucket, but it seems to be used as a general equivalent of transactions in the mysterious sect.

Aaron opened the two books that came with him.

One of the covers has no writing whatsoever and looks like some personal occult notebook.

Another book with a red envelope has the title of the book - Road to Ascension!

Aaron showed a hint of interest and casually flipped through it.

The clinic was silent, except for the occasional rustling of books.

After a while, Aaron put down Road to Ascension.

These Beyonders have really found a way...

He muttered to himself.

The secular world has become a spiritual desert. Spirituality is extremely precious, but after all, there is still circulation and it can be used.

In this book, although there is no specific introduction to a certain path, it describes many considerations of contemporary occultism.

For example... Spirituality is precious and must be treasured as storage! Modern Beyonders are so stingy about the use of spirituality that they even have a special scale division. One storage item stores a little spirituality on average...

The advancement of Beyonders is to keep buying storage items, accumulating spirituality, until they meet the advancement needs of a certain mysterious profession, and then ascending through rituals...

If you want to become an Extraordinary, the most important thing is to inscribe the secret seal pattern on your body... that is to turn the human body into a huge spiritual storage...

Professionals who have been promoted in this way, as long as there is no mistake in sealing the secret pattern, it is not a problem to maintain their rank for decades... But it should be noted that after each battle, they must purchase spiritual storage items to supplement their spirituality, otherwise there will be no problem. May drop rank...

Therefore, among the Beyonders today, the richest are the Beyonders of 'Shadow'... Uh, okay... Fate is impermanent!

Back then, the ‘Shadowless Ones’ were just ordinary non-human beings.

Now, everyone is a giant in the mysterious world, a predator who smuggles spirituality!

The rest of the dark beasts, wise men, mechanical tutors, weavers, history experts, scarlet nobles, evil spirits... all of them must be humbled!

It looks like this...the mysterious system has really become non-mainstream.

After all, the spiritual spillover effect is still there, and to perform a ritual and ability, it is necessary to calculate the spiritual reserve carefully.

Inhuman existence is a giant.

In such an environment, it is impossible to cultivate a Beyonder that is too high-level, so it is no wonder that it will be crushed by advanced technology.

The more so... the more suspicious the existence of Life Bank and the Gaia network behind the scenes...

Wait, there is the No. 4 Research Institute, where there are suspected high-ranking evil spirits... You can also try it out.

Aaron kinda misses that desert of death.

After all, that was the former Green Forest City.

Look for an opportunity in the future to explore. The topographic map in Fatty's hand is very easy to get.

...

Thanks to the vain spirit for giving me dinner!

Inside a grand palace-style villa.

The more than ten-meter-long dining table is covered with white tablecloths, and the waiters behind them are all dressed in bright suits and their waists are straight.

There are only a few who enjoy the service of a large number of servants.

Evangeline Messiah recited the honorable name of the vain spirit before she began to deal with the steak in front of her.

Even Jielin, you've been praying more recently...

On the main seat, sits a majestic middle-aged man with a golden beard. He is Evangelin's father - Cenarius Messiah!

Yes, Father!

Ewen Jielin nodded: I miss grandpa...

Cenarius' original rebuke stuck in his throat: Okay...

By the way... Yiwen Jielin suddenly asked her father, I just read the investment report of Life Bank, why did you invest in No. 406 Research Institute?

That's because... Cenarius immediately began to explain when his daughter finally became interested in the financial industry.

So that's how it is! Yiwen Jielin nodded her head, but why have I only heard of research institutes starting with tens and hundreds, but not single-digit research institutes? Like... No. 8, No. 4 or something?

This involves some secrets that only the upper echelons know about... Cenarius replied: The single-digit research institutes have conducted very powerful research. Without them, there would be no advanced technology today, but they also lead to today's The culprit of world desertification and energy shortage... Therefore, the archives about them have been permanently sealed, and even the location of some research institutes is a mystery!