"Era X-01: Night is not night, day is not sun, day is not day, long night is not night. White bear and double-headed eagle are in the west, great philosophy and sculptures are in the middle, toes live in the east, and cherry blossoms and immortals are in the east, and they have never lowered their proud heads, overlooking the "heart-exhausting" light spots under the clouds. White robe is not a sin, crown is evil, shaking the light side, redemption mine, sharp axe comes again, evolution has not yet opened, red plums are far away, dragons are singing and wilderness, destroyed in the western front." - "Dark Book"

January 10, 558, New Yuan calendar.

Cruzd Federation, Far East Central District, the outer suburbs of Hoptov, "Xintuo No. 1 Special Line".

After resting for a whole night and a little relieved of the extreme fatigue, Dake woke up from his psychedelic and chaotic dream.

He got up and lifted up the coat that Anthony put on him, swayed to the bathroom in the car, washed it for two or three minutes before walking back to his room.

Anthony has long awakened. Due to the Cruised bloodline inherited from his ancestors, this big guy is accustomed to going to bed late and getting up early, 007 is on standby 24 hours a day, and maintains patience in the extremely harsh environment of fierce fighting, and continues to fight with full strength without mental breakdown.

"Good morning, Anthony." Dark yawned and asked Anthony good morning.

"Ash, Dark." Anthony simply responded, then walked to the aisle to fiddle with the "Bloody Fishman" caught in the fierce battle yesterday.

"Anthony, why did you start fiddling with such disgusting things early in the morning? Although the train's cargo box was temporarily abandoned, other adventurers hung the captured 'prey' outside. Why did you bring it in?" Dark complained, enduring the pungent, choking stench, and the extremely cold weather that could not suppress the discomfort from the deep sea.

"This is the only complete 'bombed fishman'." Anthony put on gloves and took out a black cover while observing. The small notebook with yellowed pages recorded, "The 'bombed' type 'unintentional people' belong to a relatively special category. Although it is not as dangerous as those guys who weaken the san value and mental breakdown, they are disgusting enough."

"Disgusting?" Dake asked casually, glancing at the explosive fishman in front of him.

From the outside, this "explosive fishman" is indeed a product near the Castad Lake ruins. This place once belonged to the exclusive fiefdom of the Nabsk nobles, and a group of highly polluted steam factories gathered.

When Dak was in Mayang, he saw two documents called "Illustrated Book of the Eastern Regions of the Old Empire" and "Detailed Explanation of the Abandoned Lake Castad", which clearly recorded:

"Ivan XIX, who claimed to be the "Ice Emperor", found the 19th ore near Mount Vaibuya and Lake Castad at the end of the industrial boom. This type of ore has several times the energy conversion rate than oil. It can also provide power to users of flames and light magic power, and can also help the half-dragon man to temporarily obtain the body of the dragon clan by sacrificing his life.

“So, Ivan XIXIV, established the Dragon Restoration Station near Lake Castad to assist the old empire in reviving the real dragon clan and assisting the empire in fighting to eliminate military threats from the endless ice oceans, unmanned deserts, the Eventry region and the central lakes.

"The years of high-pollutant emissions, coupled with the occasional 'fire of heaven' experiments, and several failed experiments to 'stimulate the power of the dragon clan's power, have gradually accumulated a layer of indelible black viscous oil on the surface of Castad Lake. In addition to the evaporation of the water source, by the year when the Ivan XIX of the Ice Emperor died, Castad Lake was almost dry."

"I... have read a lot of documents about Lake Castad. Indeed, after Lake Castad evaporated, the dry bottom left behind lost its ability to purify pollution. Due to terrain, pollutants here are difficult to transport out by trucks. If pure human power is used, Emperor Cruzde will probably be cut off by angry civilians in a few months." Dark recognized Anthony's description based on what he remembered, and he continued to hold his chin and said:

"However, logically speaking, since Lake Castad evaporated, the lake fish, shrimps, and even the aquatic plants here have all withered and died. How did the 'exploding fishman' be formed later? I'm very curious about this."

"Sequential monster." Anthony gave an unexpected but reasonable "passive answer".

"After Lake Castad disappeared, the 'Fulong Institute' was banned by Ivan Twenty-second, who believed in science. The rest of the research, including 'Fuxin Ore', was taken to the old sub-frost area of ​​the Extreme Cold Special Zone. But..." Anthony's voice became deeper and deeper, as if a devil lived in his not-so-big throat:

"The pastor Paulus, who was once affiliated with the orthodox bishop, was behind the Nabsks. In order to maintain superficial extravagance, they signed a "Catard Rights Delivery Agreement" with the empire's "Central Church" and sold the dried lakes to the church.

"When the 'Central Church' had the right to use the lake, it did not have the technology to detect and dig the 'hearted ore' with abundant reserves under the riverbed, nor did it use the rich salt ore resources left on the riverbed to make profits. Instead, it carried out many evil demon sources experiments that were not dared to dabble in the past."

"You mean... the experiments conducted by Patriarch Paulus, and the church behind him, produced the 'Body Body Man'?" Dark guessed.

"Of course not. At that time, the 'Ivanov virus' was still in the test tube of a laboratory in the extreme cold zone, and it was not leaked." Anthony stroked his hands carefully and checked the complete "explosive fishman", as if treating a beautiful sculpture carved by an ancient artist of the Central Empire, and responded in a semi-intoxicating tone:

"Experiments can only cause new pollution and more complex and difficult flow of magic power. During the Steam Era, the magic power in the natural world was on the verge of exhaustion, so that at that time, Sequence 4 was already at the top level. In order to become a demigod, Paulus tried to use the Castad Lake ruins to shape a petri dish that can continuously release magic power."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! "Pepidium? What an interesting idea." Dak said in a humorous tone of Putoya.

"Of course. The guardians of magic are generally gamblers with firm will. Paulus has never used any steam industry products in his life. Even if he eats, he would rather use Khitan Ris bamboo chopsticks than use knife and forks produced in the factory." Anthony explained:

"But then again, Paulus believes that the exhaustion of magic is the abandonment of gods by human beings. He believes that human belief is the key to the existence of gods, and the Creator and gods are the key to the formation of magic power. With faith, human beings can reshape the magic power in nature in every move. Once they accumulate to a certain level, the magic power will flow freely and become more prosperous.

"So, he tried to shape an 'angel'."

"'Ange'? Don't he dare to create gods? After all, the Cruzedes did create the 'Daughter of Mechanism'." Dark joked.

"'The Daughter of Mechanism' is a failed product of the old empire, and the 'Five-Colored Angel' created by Paulus is a real success product." Anthony sighed lightly and looked upward at the top of the car, as if he was observing the vast dark universe after observing the sky during the day. "He sacrificed the plum meaning of the powerful metal-type magic power, the grass-type magic power, the dark Purgatory of the water-type magic power, the Shayi of the flame-type magic power, and the Alexe of the earth-type magic power.

"These five magicians who had the strongest magic power at that time were pulled into the state of madness by the medicine. When the magic power in their bodies was gathered in the heart, bullets penetrated their brains. So, their bodies with abundant magic power became the "magic power plant" with endless growth, and planted into the dry riverbed."

"It's so cruel." Dark shook his head and sighed.

"Sacrifices and sacrifices have been cruel since ancient times, and even the Federation has staged such cruel stories every day." Anthony continued:

"Originally, the five magic powers could shape the perfect 'five-colored angels' in a delicate balance, but who would have thought that the lakes and valleys surrounded by mountains, with sparse rains, had a rainstorm. The strange weather broke the fragile balance created by magic and evil. The water-source magic power devoured other forces. In the terrifying atmosphere formed by lightning, it seemed that a black egg wrapped in red blood vessels was born from the sky."

"A water-based angel was born?" Dark imagined the scene of a weird angel like a devil in his mind as much as possible based on Anthony's description. However, Anthony shook his head and denied in an unspeakable tone:

"It is impossible. The water source cannot form a fixed entity unless it freezes. The failed angel turned into a weird black oil the next moment it rushed out of the black egg, swallowing everything in the screams of fear among the members of the "Central Church".

"The sculptures of the seven first gods, rare magical materials, heavy machinery, laboratories, and even ancient magic books transferred from all over the Federation were contaminated, and fell apart under the illumination of the 'Surprising Sun' and turned into powder."

"So, did the experiment fail completely?"

"Not. Paulus succeeded in a sense," Anthony explained:

"After all, a lingering magical source of water source has been condensed here. However, humans cannot get involved in this place unless they wear protective equipment as professional as spacesuits. Otherwise, before people can reach the lake, they will melt and turn into black oil.

"When the first 'unintentional man' successfully entered this place, the 'Ivanov virus' transformed the terrifying world created by the ritual of the 'Five-Color Angel'. From then on, the virus combined with the alienated water source magic source power and continuously transported the 'exploding fishman' to the outside, unless the magic source power was exhausted.
Chapter completed!