Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 518: Heading to the Eternal City of Noklong
Nimgfu, Eastern fog forest.

Starting from the fork in the road before the bridge on the north side of Lake Yakir, walk northeast along the road to the edge of the fog forest.

This forest located in the east of Nimgfu is not only quite large, but also contains a small golden tree and a relic that involves an important plot... at least that's the case in the game.

But at the same time, there are also a large number of Rune Bears in the forest. They are giant bears of huge bodies, ferocious and powerful, and very difficult to deal with. As an early map, they are not very friendly to newcomers.

Li You came here mainly because he could obtain the previously mentioned "Holy Grail Bottle of Miraculous Elixir" in an abandoned Marika Church in the northeast of the Mist Forest.

The Holy Grail Bottle of Elixir is a special item that can add those special crystallized dew drops to generate elixirs with different effects. Some of the dew drops are very powerful and can make the elixir have an almost cheating effect.

For example, the Old Man Ring's mage school is very famous for its elixir that can reduce magic power consumption to zero within fifteen seconds, which is achieved through the elixir holy grail bottle.

Li You already has a soul pendant that can grant him unlimited magic power for a short period of time, but he certainly won't complain about having too few of these plug-in-level props.

What's more, the protagonist of the Circle of Magic, the Faded One, can only use the infinite magic elixir to release a comet Azrael or do something else, but Li You's skill tree is very messy, so he can do a lot.

However, before coming here, Li You was mentally prepared that it might not be so easy for him to get the Holy Grail of Spiritual Medicine...

And when he stood in the dilapidated Malika Third Church, looking at the empty dew drop container in front of the statue of Malika with her arms outstretched, he could only shake his head helplessly.

He actually guessed it right.

In front of the statue of Marika and on the side of the church, the two spots where there were originally good things were now empty, covered with a layer of mud, and the elixir holy grail bottle had long been taken away.

"It seems like I can only hope that the achievement reward will give me another one."

Li You was thoughtful, but not too disappointed. If the Holy Grail of Spiritual Medicine was taken away by Kara, that would be a good thing, which meant that she should not have encountered too many troubles in this land.

"Someone got what you were looking for first?" V looked at the exquisite statue of Queen Marika and asked, "Then we came all this way here for nothing, didn't we?"

"No, that won't happen." Li You looked at her, "This is just one of the destinations... Look."

Li You came outside the church and pointed to the distance in the west.

His companions all came to him and looked in the direction he pointed. V had the best equipment, so he was the first to discover it: "Is there... a pile of rocks floating in the air?"

Li You nodded: "Exactly. That's our real target."

As for what is under the floating stones, game players should be familiar with it.

"Star Crusher" General Ratan, when he was young, challenged and shattered the laws of the movement of the stars, so that the starry sky at the border no longer moved, and Ratan's life became a seal of the stars. This is the great feat that Ratan achieved, one of the proofs of his status as a mythical hero and the strongest demigod, and the origin of the name "Star Crusher".

However, the concept of "stars" in the border area is slightly different from what Li You originally knew and cannot be generalized.

After he was knocked down, the stars began to flow again, and one of the meteors fell from the sky and hit the southern part of the fog forest, creating a deep pit that went straight to the ground. The large pieces of rubble floating in the air were also the fragments left over from that time.

In fact, if it were in the game, these flying debris could be seen clearly at the beginning of the guidance. However, the border area of ​​this world is much larger than the game map, so even Li You didn’t see the scene here before, otherwise he would have realized the fact that General Shattering Star had been defeated.

At this time, even if they climbed up the stone pillars of the ruined church, Yuzu and Edge could only barely see a blurry line in the distant sky, unlike V who could clearly see that it was a piece of rubble.

"You really never go back empty-handed, no matter where you go." V simply complained, and without saying much else, everyone left the church and headed towards the misty forest.

Naturally, compared with the game, this foggy forest is several times larger. In addition, the weather is gloomy today, and it feels like you can't see your hand in front of you after entering the forest.

Fortunately, there is the humanoid radar Aggie, and her perception ability is perfectly utilized at this time. She can not only gather everyone together, but also detect the creatures active in the fog forest, and can give early warning to the aggressive ones.

"...Don't go too far, otherwise I may not be able to remind you in time." Edge warned.

"okay."

The progress was smooth. Li You had told Aggie about the Rune Bear in advance, so she paid special attention and avoided it. Although this kind of big bear is just a wild beast no matter how strong it is, Li You didn't want to bother if he could save some trouble. They didn't lack food for the time being. But even so, it took Li You and his group quite a while to pass through this wide fog forest.

This was because the fog forest was large and the visibility was poor, and also because Li You took a few turns on the way to do other things.

For example, he went to see the small golden tree at the edge of the fog forest, bought some things from the wandering merchant discovered by Edge, and when he passed the ruins of the post street in the middle of the fog forest, he walked around the ruins for a few times, which attracted a rune bear. In the end, he killed it before moving on... Anyway, there were a lot of things to do.

Finally, even Edge couldn't help but complain: "Where else do you want to go? Mark them in advance! So you don't have to take a detour!"

"Sorry, but that's all." Li You said to his companions.

The detours he took were certainly not meaningless. He went to see the little golden tree to see if there were any crystal dew drops that could be used to mix elixirs, but he found nothing. He went to the merchants to buy valuable collectibles.

As for wandering around in the mist forest ruins, it was because he was looking for someone, or to be more precise, a wolf knight - a wolf knight with the true appearance of a wolf.

Wolf Knight Blaze is also one of the important NPCs in the early stage of the game. His story is also highly tied to another character related to the ending. Blaze first appeared in the Misty Forest Ruins and was introduced by Curry.

Unfortunately, before Li You came here, he had also asked Kara about it, but he didn't get any "task" from him. Thinking back to what Kara said in the past, he had introduced a friend to Kara, so it is estimated that the incident here should have been solved by Kara.

"But if Kara and Blaze have established a united front, it doesn't seem to make sense." Li You was a little confused. "If that's the case, why would Kara go to the north? And Jie Lian's attitude..."

"Could it be that……"

Li You had a guess in mind, but he didn't go too deep. There was still insufficient information at the moment, and he would find out more after he passed through Stonewell City and arrived at Lake Lienia.

Now, let’s target the big pit in front.

The main purpose of Li You's trip was to go down from the big pit into the underground and enter the long-destroyed city, the eternal city of Nokron.

The Eternal City used to be the residence of the Nox people. It was located in a vast underground world and once had a prosperous magic civilization. Unfortunately, later on, the Nox people's rebellious behavior angered the true god, the Supreme Will, who was almost the creator of the borderland, and the Eternal City was destroyed.

Today, only ruins remain of the three eternal cities underground. One of them, Noklong, is located beneath Nimgefu.

Everyone knows why Li You wants to go to Noklongen. He wants to get the final answer to the ashes system in the game, the pinnacle of all ashes, the real King of Elden, and the ashes of the teardrop!
In the game, the strength of this legendary bone ash can be high or low, because its ability is completely different from other bone ash. It can perfectly replicate all the attributes, equipment, and props of the player character, and transform into another self!
Although it cannot be controlled by the player, the health bar of the ashes of the teardrop is several times that of the player himself, making it very durable. The combat power of the first version is even more powerful.

Therefore, the ashes of the replica tears can be regarded as the best helper for most players on the road to becoming the king. Many people even say that without the replica tears, they cannot become the King of Elden.

Therefore, the legend of the Mimic Teardrop is well-known far and wide. It is the best big brother for the novice Faders and the real King of Elden!

...That's about it.

Li You had said before that this was the only ashes he was interested in. As for the other fancy ones, most of them were of no help to him, and Li You was too lazy to collect them.

Of course, he was also prepared to find that all valuable things had been taken away in advance after he went down to the Eternal City. However, considering that Jeremiah had said before that the battle festival had only ended for half a month, maybe he still had a chance.

What's more, if he really finds that something is missing this time, Li You will be able to make a rough judgment on Kara's whereabouts - Latan was sent away half a month ago. If there are still her traces here, it means that she definitely hasn't gone far. There is no need to say anything next, just chase her directly to the north.

It would not be a loss anyway, so Li You didn't even have time to go to the Great Blessing. He just took a rest in the Ailei Church and then hurried to the Mist Forest.

While Li You was thinking, the group had already passed through the misty forest and were getting closer and closer to the rubble floating in the sky. When they walked the last section of the road, the huge pit that seemed to penetrate the earth finally appeared before everyone's eyes.

Looking up, there were pieces of rubble floating vertically above my head, and a deep, bottomless hole below me. It felt like the end of the world.

"Are you ready? Let's go!" Li You called his companions, then released the armed hovercraft and landed vertically with everyone.

"Eternal City, here I come!"

(End of this chapter)