bioinnovel Chapter 60 The Mysterious Table Slab at the Corner of the Table That Caused Both the Time-Space Pact
Chapter 60 The Mysterious Table Slab at the Corner of the Table That Caused Both the Time-Space Pact
At the edge of the magic circle in the darkness, a dozen red-robed cultists who were repairing the rune nodes began to systematically collect the bone staff and crystals after receiving orders.
This was clearly not their first time carrying out an evacuation order; they acted swiftly and without any unnecessary steps.
They received orders to evacuate from the secret passage left by the Blood Eye Cult to the outskirts of Hangzhou in 30 minutes.
However, not all believers received the evacuation order; a few are still continuing repairs.
If the Blood Eye Cult were to withdraw entirely, it would easily arouse suspicion from the Shadow Abyss Wolf Clan.
The cardinal simply left some of the believers behind without giving them orders to evacuate.
Those believers who remained were essentially sentenced to death.
The cardinal, standing to the side, looked at the worshippers before him, his eyes vacant, and muttered to himself, "The troublesome ones are coming..."
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The monster corpses lay scattered haphazardly on the street.
Lin Yuan stood amidst the corpses of more than twenty demons, the blood on the tip of his Purple Lightning Spear still wet.
My ability points are 4150, which is 850 short of the 5000 mark. I just need to kill a few more Tier 2 Shadow Abyss Wolves.
He was about to leave the street and continue walking towards the Hexagon when his left index finger suddenly twitched violently.
It wasn't a muscle spasm; the plain silver ring moved on its own.
The spacetime contract, which had previously shown no reaction, suddenly began to vibrate and hum, its surface becoming hot, as if it were resonating with something.
At the same time, the spacetime ability within his body, which was usually quiet, also began to stir, as if responding to some silent call.
Lin Yuan paused in his steps.
"What the hell is going on?" He looked down at the ring on his left index finger.
Since I got this ring, it has always been a plain silver band that doesn't look worth much. It wouldn't even get a second glance if it were left on a street stall.
It has only "come back to life" twice: once when the Blood Eye Cult member at level 5 of the second tier in Donghai City opened the Gray Mist Space, and once now.
He raised his left hand to his eyes and rotated his wrist; the ring vibrated more strongly in one direction.
It's not random vibration; it's directional.
It was as if an invisible thread was tied to the ring, pulling him in a certain direction.
The ring was guiding him, and Lin Yuan walked in the direction of the strongest tremor.
Instead of heading towards the Hexagon, they deviated by more than thirty degrees and walked towards a row of street-facing shops whose windows had been shattered by the blast.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Yuan stepped over a fallen utility pole, pushed aside the half-open roller shutter door of a breakfast shop, and bent down to go inside.
The store was a mess, with tables and chairs overturned, the QR code sign on the cashier counter crushed on the ground, and steamers from the kitchen scattered all over the floor.
The tremor reached its peak when it approached the table in the corner, and the temperature of the Time-Space Contract ring was so high that even Lin Yuan, who had undergone nine rounds of bone tempering, felt a slight burning sensation.
There seems to be something under the table.
Lin Yuan squatted down and tilted his head to look under the table leg.
Under the table legs was a square, dark stone slab about the size of a palm.
The surface was covered with a layer of old grease and dust, and it looked like the shop owner had used it to prop up the table legs for a long time.
Lin Yuan reached under the table leg and pulled the stone slab out.
The stone slab felt heavy in my hand, significantly heavier than a stone of the same volume. Its surface was rough and its edges were irregular.
The moment he picked up the stone slab, the ring's vibrations stopped, and the agitation of his spacetime ability also ceased.
It was as if I had finally found what I was looking for and breathed a sigh of relief; everything returned to calm.
Lin Yuan held the stone slab up to his eyes and examined it several times.
The front and the back are both completely black, with no runes, no markings, and no energy fluctuations.
He brought the Time-Space Contract close to the stone slab, but the ring did not react.
Injecting spacetime-based supernatural abilities into the stone slab was like throwing a stone into the sea, with no reaction whatsoever.
I tried using lightning-based abilities, but there was no response.
He placed the stone slab on the table and tapped it with his finger; the sound was dull, no different from that of an ordinary stone.
"There's no reaction when I bring the ring close, and no reaction when I inject my powers. Do you want it or not?" Lin Yuan complained irritably.
The ring, of course, did not answer him, but remained quietly on his finger, reverting to its original appearance as a worthless plain silver ring.
Lin Yuan flipped the stone slab over and tapped it twice more, but there was still no response.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Yuan thought of using his ability points to have the system appraise it.
[Appraising this item requires 300 Ability Points. Confirm the consumption?]
Lin Yuan was startled when he heard the system say that it would take 300 ability points to make an identification.
"How...how many? 300 ability points?"
After thinking about it for a while, Lin Yuan finally decided not to do the appraisal for the time being.
It costs 300 ability points just to identify what this stone slab is. After the identification, I don't know if it will be of any use to me now.
"My first goal right now is to accumulate 5000 ability points to upgrade my E-level lightning ability to D-level!"
That's safer. I'll have my ability points appraised after I leave Hangzhou.
Just as he was hesitating whether to put the stone slab away first and study it slowly when he got to a safe place, four auras suddenly entered his sensing range.
It's moving rapidly towards him from the southeast.
Lin Yuan was certain that these were not four auras or demonic creatures, because their fluctuation frequency was consistent with that of the superhumans.
All four paths are at least level two.
Seeing this, Lin Yuan stuffed the stone slab into the inside pocket of his coat without saying a word.
He patted his chest to make sure the stone slab wouldn't fall out, then bent down to pick up Zidian, which was leaning against the table.
Before he could straighten up, four figures had already stopped in front of the breakfast shop.
Two men and two women.
The four people at the door exchanged a glance, then looked at Lin Yuan inside the store, pointing to the three people beside them as they said, "We are from Zhejiang University of Supernatural Abilities."
My name is Lu Qing, his name is Da Liu, he's Glasses, and she's Xiao He. We were assigned by the Supernatural Abilities Association to clear out monsters on the streets and escort some trapped citizens to safety.
As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Qing stared at the monster corpses scattered all over the street for a long while.
More than twenty animals lay haphazardly on the cracked asphalt road.
Blue-maned wolves, thorny boars, iron-spine porcupines, two rock-armored monitor lizards, and a shadow leopard.
The rock-armored giant lizard's carapace was pierced through, and the shadow panther had a charred bullet hole in its throat.
They were all killed in one blow.
She sensed only one person's presence at the street corner and initially thought it was a level three or higher expert clearing the area.
When they came over, they found out...
A young man wearing a dark gray casual jacket and carrying a purple spear stood in the pile of corpses, his cultivation level at the ninth level of the first rank.
"You killed all of these...?"
He pushed up his silver-rimmed glasses, his tone filled with undisguised suspicion.
A Tier 1, Ninth Level monster, single-handedly killed a Tier 2, Fourth Level Rock Armor Giant Lizard? And simultaneously killed more than twenty other monsters?
He studied at the Zhejiang Provincial University for People with Extraordinary Abilities for two years and had never seen such a person.
Before Lin Yuan could answer, Xiao He, who was standing at the very back, suddenly exclaimed "Ah!"
She covered her mouth with one hand and pointed at Lin Yuan with the other, her round face showing an expression as if she had suddenly recognized someone she had seen on TV.
"You are...you are the one! The top scorer in this year's Hangzhou college entrance exam outdoor combat test! The one who took on three opponents in the video! The one with 1756 points!"