through the dark road

Chapter 730 Broken

The setting sun sank into the swamp, and only a dim ball of light could be seen. Soon, the wasteland was completely shrouded in twilight.

Perona held the crystal cluster in her hand and stood there for a whole afternoon without moving. It seemed that her mind was completely absorbed in it and she did not respond to the calls of her companions.

This situation made Mo Beidou a little uneasy. He had indeed not felt any negative aura from this mysterious crystal cluster before, but he was afraid that Perona would lose her consciousness and be trapped, without eating or drinking for several days, or even longer. Time, that would be troublesome.

It doesn't matter if you don't discover the secret hidden in this crystal cluster, but don't cause problems for others. .

At the moment, he couldn't intervene forcefully. He could only wait and ask everyone to cook the stew in the stove, hoping that the aroma of the food would serve as a guide. .

Until everyone had dinner and late into the night, Perona remained the same.

Mo Bei noticed that his companions were always looking at him nonchalantly, as if asking him to give an explanation. Finally he couldn't sit still anymore and walked around Perona, scratching his head worriedly.

What's going on? .

Just one look and you were so stunned?

When he put his mental power in just now, he did feel a sense of loss, but he easily recovered his mind. Is Perona's situation active or passive?

He felt dry for Perona after keeping his eyes open for so long without blinking. .

He tentatively stretched out his hand, not daring to directly block his sight. He just waved it aside, trying to attract Perona's attention.

Unexpectedly, there was a response to this temptation. The eyes like a deep lake flashed and then blinked.

"Uh... are you okay?" Mo Bei asked with half joy and half worry.

Perona shook her head and didn't answer. She still held the crystal cluster with her left hand. She flipped through a paper bag with her right hand and took out two pieces of maltose from it with her elbow. In his mouth, he puffed out his cheeks and chewed. .

Mo Bei was simply speechless.

However, he was very familiar with Perona's actions. Other mages used meditation to restore their mental power, but this greedy girl found that sugar could well replenish the brain's consumption. .

On a side note, in the past few hours, Perona has indeed been analyzing this crystal cluster.

Seeing this, everyone could only look at each other and continue to wait silently.

Mo Bei suddenly remembered, where was Perona's spokesperson? Quickly asked:

"Where's Serena?"

Perona raised the crystal cluster in her hand, her cheeks still moving.

Mo Bei understood. He also knew something about this crystal cluster, so he could make a rough guess without explaining it.

Now it seems that the process of analyzing this crystal cluster must not be interrupted, otherwise all the previous efforts will be wasted. He previously thought that even if he died on it, one person would not be able to solve the complex mental maze. He never thought that Perona and the others could still continue the relay. Go ahead, it seems there is a way!

After taking a short rest, Perona once again raised the crystal cluster in front of her eyes. Unlike before, this time she mobilized her powerful mental power after only a moment. As her hair fluttered, the crystal cluster gradually glowed with white light.

The light became brighter, but not dazzling. The entire crystal cluster became transparent, and there was no longer any broken light and shadow due to refraction.

The next moment, Mo Bei and others let out a low cry, and saw the crystal cluster break away from Perona's palm and begin to decompose!

The entire crystal cluster seemed to be broken into pieces, turning into thousands of tiny irregular crystals, slowly falling apart.

Upon closer inspection, I realized that this was not a simple decomposition. These irregular and small crystals originally overlapped in vertical and horizontal directions, interlocking with each other inside. Unless the source of the crack was found, it was impossible to extract one of them individually.

The crystal cluster looks unremarkable in appearance, but it is actually composed of a mind-numbingly complex structure assembled into a whole.

What happened immediately made several people's eyes wide open.

Thousands of fine crystals slowly rotated under the control of mental power, and began to be spliced ​​in another way. This process was also very slow. Obviously, unraveling the previous crystal clusters was the first step, and they were restored according to certain rules. , to further discover the secrets.

Just looking at it, Mo Beiguang felt his brain hurt a little. It was complicated to decompose, and it was several times more difficult to put it back together again in a different structure. What kind of perverted educational toy was this? . Perona should have had a certain degree of certainty about the next step before disassembling it. It was done slowly and orderly, constantly converging and pieced together, and it looked a bit like a natural crystallization process.

However, as the crystal structure presented became more and more complex, some fragments were constantly rotated and tried, but they could never find their destination. As a last resort, some of them had to be scattered again and rejoined.

Perona's brain power and mental power were burning crazily, and the fine crystals in front of her seemed to be flying under the control. They gathered and dispersed several times, and finally took shape.

The originally irregular crystal cluster should be a twelve-sided bipyramid after reorganization.

Knowing what it will look like after forming, the next splicing will be much smoother. About half a quarter of an hour later, more than a dozen fine crystals were interlaced and embedded at different speeds, and the last edge flashed with the stream of light, without any gaps.

The double pyramid hung above Perona's palm, rotating slowly and steadily, reflecting the people gathered in a circle.

At this moment, Perona looked as if she had just discovered a dusty tome, and she seemed a little anxious.

Mo Bei wanted to ask about the situation, but he could only suppress his curiosity because Perona had already closed her eyes.

He turned to Agatha and smiled sheepishly:

"I forgot to mention it just now. This is what you discovered."

Agatha came back to his senses, shook his head and said:

"It's in my hand, and I guess the secret will never be revealed..."

"Do you think this thing looks familiar?" Ned asked Agatha thoughtfully, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it before.

Agatha frowned slightly, and after thinking for a moment, his eyes lit up:

"Like! Moreover, the characteristics match!"

Mo Bei asked:

"Is this something created by your mages?"

"Have you read that record too?" Ned was surprised.

Mo Bei shrugged:

"I don't know what the record is, but it's obvious that normal people wouldn't bother like this..."

"Uh.."

Ned was speechless, the group of mages was in some ways. . It's a bit weird indeed.

Mages who can create such things are definitely outstanding in strength, and they often prefer to use this method of posing problems to others to demonstrate their abilities, or use it as a test.

The mage community has always spared no effort to write about such big shots. Naturally, this crystal has also been recorded. Simply put, it is a carrier of spiritual imprints. After being encrypted with unique methods, it can take on various forms, so at first no one could Didn't see what it was.

Mo Bei listened to Ned's explanation and got a rough understanding. To put it bluntly, it was a mage who recorded some secret notebooks. Since the mage who could make such things was said to be very powerful, he felt a little more hopeful.

However, he suddenly thought of the old men in the Mages Guild who were sometimes reliable but often messed around, and he clicked his tongue with a strange look on his face:

"broken..."

Everyone's expression changed and they quickly asked what was wrong.

"It took a long time. What if there is something imprinted on it that is inappropriate for children..."

Everyone was silent, only Ned patted his shoulder and sighed:

"Perona has reached adulthood..."

Mo Bei looked at Perona, who had not grown taller in several years, hesitated for a moment, turned around and said:

"So, do you think that's possible?"

(End of this chapter)