Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 579: A belated Shura Field?

When Li You got the larva of the mimic teardrop in the Eternal City, he was looking forward to its growth.

However, it has been turned into a bracelet and worn on the hand for such a long time, but there has been no movement. Even when Li You tried to communicate and activate it, there was no response, as if it had fallen into a deep sleep.

After trying it a few times, Li You ignored it and planned to find another opportunity to study it later.

Unexpectedly, Melina recognized it and said that Michaela's body parts would be useful to it. This made Li You interested and motivated again.

——Standing on the edge of the cliff, fiddling with the silver bracelet whose appearance had changed drastically, Li You seemed to be thinking about something.

"How is it, Master?" Kara came closer, "Can it be activated?"

"Not yet. It still has no consciousness of its own and does not respond to the commands I try to give it." Li You shook his head. "It has grown a lot in size, but it is still uncontrollable."

At this moment, the bracelet transformed from the imitation teardrop has become much wider and turned into a bracelet with a simple style and some strange patterns on the surface.

These changes occurred after Li You listened to Melina's advice and let the mimicking teardrop absorb the heart and eyes from Michaela's body.

Although it still has no other abilities, there is a key difference, that is, the mimicking teardrop can now respond to external stimuli. When an object that is useful to it appears nearby, it will instinctively tremble as a prompt.

Although the progress is not big, it is from nothing to something, and Li You is already satisfied. Knowing what you need will make the next journey much easier. Li You is looking forward to the day when he can raise the teardrop.

Are you kidding? Being able to create a complete copy of yourself is such a powerful ability that it is too tempting.

The change of the imitation teardrop is also one of the reasons why Li You came here now.

——Li You and Kara were standing on the edge of the ancient broken bridge, overlooking the ruins covered by lush vegetation on the other side of the bridge.

"But it will react to the outside world, which is enough." Kara had similar ideas to Li You. "Moreover, you immediately thought of using this ability in reverse. You are worthy of being a master."

After realizing that the mimicking teardrop would react to treasures with a specific type of power, Li You's first reaction was, isn't this thing equivalent to a treasure-hunting radar?
This is perfect for exploring the map!
It so happened that this shadow land was too large, and Li You couldn't just feel his way through it inch by inch like he was playing a game. Now he had an extra portable radar, which was a good thing even if it had some limitations.

On the other hand, after Michaela's body parts were buried in the core of the nest, Torina's body was indeed constantly repairing and improving, but due to the level of the core of the nest, the speed was still too slow.

So, with the mentality of killing two birds with one stone, Li You decided to search the ancient ruins again to see if he could really find the power of the furnace of life that Melina mentioned.

Because the core of the Night Demon's Lair cannot move autonomously once it is placed, even though the Deep Purple Garden is hidden under the sea and is already very safe, Li You still left Yuzu and the others in the lair just in case, and this is also to allow his companions to recuperate well.

So at this time, the only one following Li You was Kara... This was originally the plan.

"Li You! I found the last cross sign that Ampah mentioned!"

A voice came from afar, and then someone poked his head out from the other side of the bridge, "Excuse me? Do you want to come and see?"

Li You: “…I’ll be right there.”

Yes, it seemed natural that his other entourage this time was V.

"Go ahead, Master." Kara beside him still didn't take off her mask, but she didn't hide the smile on her face. "Isn't that what we're looking for?"

Seeing her expression, Li You felt a headache.

It should be noted that V did not force herself to come with them. She had actually offered to stay, but it was Kara who strongly requested that V join the action.

Regardless of what Kara was thinking, since she had invited him, V would naturally not refuse given his personality, so he followed without hesitation.

So now, the one with a headache becomes Li You.

In fact, he originally planned to take this opportunity to have a good chat with Kara about what happened recently, which is why he thought of not bringing other companions along. V understood his thoughts, so he did not object...but it was Kara who disagreed.

what the hell is this?

Fortunately, regardless of what the two of them were thinking, at least on the surface they were in harmony and there was no conflict. This incident made Edge, who was ready to watch the show, feel very disappointed, and he almost went up to ask "Why don't you two have a fight?"

But no matter what, the three of them came together. Li You calmed himself down and decided to get down to business first.

"Let me take a look."

At this moment, Michaela and Latan had been defeated, the biggest problem had been solved, and Li You could feel a little more relaxed.

This trip to the ancient ruins was more like a treasure hunt, which was a relaxation for Li You.

But of course, no matter how relaxing you are, you still have to do what you need to do, so before coming, Li You contacted Ampah and got the latest information from him.

One of them said that the blood nobles under his command found strange traces of battle in the ancient ruins of Laufer, which seemed to contain the power of a furnace, and the location was near the cross mark of the ancient ruins.

There were no other clues around, so Li You came here directly and started searching.

By the way, he also looked at the cross mark here. He did not destroy this mark. It was Tolina who taught Hurier a special method - in fact, it was still using blood - so that Hurier could destroy it and take away the body parts. At this moment, only a little bit of fading golden light remained.

Kara and V also came to his side. The two did not talk to each other, but waited quietly for him to speak. The four gazes falling on his back made Li You feel like breaking out in a cold sweat.

"Hey! Ampah said that the traces found by the blood nobles are probably around here. Let's look for them." Li You coughed and decided to get down to business.

"I don't think there's any need to look for it?" Kara said.

“There is indeed a very conspicuous guy.” V also nodded.

Li You: "?"

He turned around and saw that next to the cross, in the shallow pool connected to the ancient ruins, a knight in golden and red full body armor was standing on a huge rock in the pool, looking at them from afar.

The knight did not conceal his aura, and his vigorous blood and magic power surged into the sky.

Li You: "......"

Tsk, I was so focused on Kara and V that I didn't even notice such a big person. How embarrassing. But...

"...Furnace Knight?" Li You was indeed a little surprised, "How could he appear here?"

"Yeah, and I've never seen that guy's helmet and weapons before." Kara nodded in agreement.

"Anyway, he looks difficult to deal with." V didn't know the Crucible Knight, but still forced himself into the conversation.

Li You looked at the man. The armor on his body was consistent with what Li You knew, but the one in his hand was a golden-red sledgehammer, and the helmet was also a hammer-head style he had never seen before.

"So there's a Furnace Knight with this look?" Li You was inevitably surprised, "But... this isn't the Furnace Power I'm looking for!"

"Whether it's true or not, it looks like he's already set his sights on us." V mentioned Pandora, "Don't just stand there and watch!"

Seeing the Crucible Knight wearing a hammer-shaped helmet jumping off the rock and running towards him, Li You also drew out his spiral sword: "Go!"

Li You raised his sword and went forward, while Kara and V pulled away and began to attack. As the two of them swung their staffs and pulled the trigger, pyroxene magic gravel and magic rockets flew out at the same time!

"boom!!"

——A moment later.

"Roar……!!"

Being besieged by three people, the Crucible Knight, whose golden-red armor was shattered into pieces, raised his sledgehammer and let out an unwilling roar!

Then, holy power flowed through his body, and his lower body suddenly turned into a six-legged beast. He used his hind legs to jump up with the huge body of the Crucible Knight. The front limbs of his lower body were closer to his hands, and those hands cooperated with the upper body of the human form to pounce on V together.

"You're a little slow!"

V was not an easy opponent either. He flashed to the other side of the pool, leaving only a trail of afterimages on the path. The Furnace Knight missed his target and splashed water all over the sky.

Kara's destructive meteor followed closely, and the dark star shower hit the armor of the Crucible Knight at the same time.

"Bang bang bang-"

After the attack just now, the beast-form lower body of the Furnace Knight automatically recovered. Obviously, that was not a transformation, but the signature ability of the Furnace Knight, the Furnace Hundred Aspects Prayer.

Immediately following the destructive meteor, Kara swung the broom star, and V, who was pulling away, added artillery fire. Under the powerful fire suppression, the Crucible Knight wanted to use the prayer just now to escape, but he was surprised that a figure had flashed behind him!
"——Goodbye!"

As Li You spoke, the flaming spiral gun in his hand pierced the back of the Furnace Knight from behind!
"Pfft-"

The shot accurately pierced the place where the Crucible Knight's heart should have been, but the feeling from the gun was so strange that Li You couldn't be sure whether it really hit the heart.

Fortunately, after shaking violently, the body of the Crucible Knight became completely motionless, and Li You's shot was effective.

After making sure that the enemy had been defeated, Li You pulled out his gun and watched the body of the Furnace Knight fall into the pool.

"He's not too difficult to deal with...but if we really talk about strength, this guy is probably stronger than the divine beast warriors." Li You came to the conclusion.

He picked up the sledgehammer dropped by the Crucible Knight, and wanted to take off his helmet to see what the Crucible Knight looked like under his armor.

Unfortunately, as soon as he touched the body of the Crucible Knight, he found that a large number of runes flowed out of the armor, most of which merged into his body, and the rest split into two and went to Kara and V. The armor then became loose, and it was obvious that the flesh inside had disappeared.

"There's no way. I've tried it before." Kara said beside him, "The armor of the Crucible Knights can never be stripped off unless they die. But once they die, their bodies will immediately turn into runes, leaving nothing behind."

"...It's really unusual." Li You looked at the armor parts scattered on the ground. "I've seen people speculate before that the Crucible Knights might be closer to non-living things, because even if they are injured, they won't bleed. Maybe there is some truth to this."

To explain why, it was because the imitation teardrop on his wrist was trembling, and it also showed a vague desire for the armor of the Crucible Knight.

Li You looked at the armor parts and finally put away the unique hammer-shaped helmet. The hammer had already been put into his backpack. As for the remaining parts, they were no different from those used by ordinary furnace knights, just snacks imitating teardrops.

Melina had previously explained that the Robo-Teardrops were a strange existence between life and non-life, so they needed to absorb special "food" to grow. The Crucible Knight's armor did contain some of the power of the Life Crucible, so it was not surprising that it was useful for Robo-Teardrops.

So Li You released the imitating teardrop, piled the armor together for it to eat slowly, and he studied the helmet and sledgehammer of the Furnace Knight.

"This is... the helmet and weapon of the Crucible Knight Devonia."

Melina appeared at some point and explained softly, "I've heard rumors about him. It's said that he was one of the most senior Crucible Knights and left in the past to search for the roots of the Crucible of Life... I didn't expect to end up here."

"The most senior Crucible Knight, Devonia?" Li You found it interesting. The names of the original two captains of the Crucible Knights, Otopis and Siluria, were obviously taken from the geological eras of the Earth's Paleozoic Era. Now with Devonia, the three adjacent eras are included.

“Indeed, the names sound very ancient.”

Although the Crucible Knight Devonia was not Li You's original target, this trip was still fruitful.

After the replica teardrop absorbed the power in the furnace armor, Li You and the other two began to explore the ancient ruins again.

Relying on the perception and guidance of the imitative teardrops, as well as the information provided by Ampah's subordinates, Li You actually discovered some interesting things, such as the ancient furnace prayer, the furnace flower of a hundred aspects, the ability to generate Miranda flowers on the chest, and release light rain attacks.

"Miranda flowers are also products of the melting pot."

In addition to prayer, they also found some amulets containing the power of the furnace, which they did not feed to the Mimic Tears for the time being, as they might still be useful.

After strolling around the ancient ruins of Laufer for a while, it was almost nightfall before the three decided to take a break.

Li You found a suitable location and set up a semi-fixed portal leading to the companion space, so that he, Kara and V could go in and out repeatedly before the portal was released, without having to open and close it every time.

Watching the night completely covering the sky of the Shadow Land, V yawned loudly, said to herself that she was tired, and entered the companion space, leaving only Li You and Kara.

Li You looked at her and said, "Let's have a good chat?"

Kara still had a smile on her face: "Okay, Master."

(End of this chapter)