novelonline Chapter 4197 The Gate by the Sea
Chapter 4197 The Gate by the Sea
Chapter 4197 The Gate by the Sea
After calming herself down, Wei Ge recalled the brief blankness in her mind she had just experienced:
"The feeling was just like the feeling described in the book when you take illegal drugs."
"This statement is dangerous."
Xia De reminded him:
"But at least the method the mermaid provided really works. Miss Feliananna's potion and the pseudo-human's mother liquor technology combined make your daily life much more comfortable, even without frequent consumption of blood brew. Since the two methods can be combined, once we find a third method, we might be able to completely rid you of blood brew."
Miss McDonald then asked:
"If drinking blood wine is state 4, then drinking your unprocessed blood and recovering to peak condition in a short time can be considered state 5?"
Shade shook his head:
"That should belong to state 10."
"Is the difference really that big?"
Miss McDonald and Miss Rowling were both thinking to themselves, while Viggo had already nestled guiltily into Shad's arms, already considering how she would "compensate" Shad later.
As for Adelina, the little princess keenly noticed a fact: no matter what method was used to process Shad's blood—blood brew, star dew, mother fluid—the effect was only to specialize a certain function of Shad's blood, but it was completely incomparable to the characteristics of Shad's original blood.
"Therefore, Xia De's original blood is the truly powerful thing."
The little princess thought to herself, and considering that her future teacher might need to regularly drink Xia De's blood, she unusually felt some dissatisfaction with Wei Ge.
Tomorrow is Monday, and Vige wants Xia De to come over early. She wants to take advantage of the good weather these days, which is free of rain, and go on a spring outing with Xia De. However, Xia De has to go to the academy to say goodbye to "Moon Egg" tomorrow morning, so he doesn't know what time he will come over tomorrow.
Therefore, when Vige saw Shade off that evening, she bid him a long and reluctant farewell, and the final deep kiss even left Shade breathless. But it was also because of this kiss that when Shade returned home, the newly arrived Duchess recognized the scent after only a few sniffs:
"Vege is really like a goldfish that never knows when it's hungry or full."
However, that was all she complained about; she didn't say anything more.
"Luvia just said she has to work overtime tonight and won't be coming. Dorothy and Lacey don't seem to be interested in tutoring you either. They said tomorrow is Red Butterfly Day, so they won't be coming today either."
Xia De said:
"Please have the maids deliver a letter to Dorothy and Lacey. I have to go to St. Byrons tomorrow to handle some important business, and I don't know when I'll be back. The Red Butterfly Day has been postponed to Tuesday, which is perfect timing since I plan to spend some time at home reading this week. I can spend the whole Tuesday with them."
"You're so considerate. I'll send someone to deliver the message right away."
The Duchess smiled:
"But tonight, I'll be all alone. Don't worry, I won't let you and Mia spend long, lonely nights alone too often."
Before Shad could respond, a voice came from the stairwell:
"Jalina, who said it's just you?"
Megan went up to the second floor:
“I wasn’t included in Saturday’s operation, so I came today.”
"Didn't the Speaker ask you to go and help?"
"Yes, now that things are settled, I'm back. Galina, don't be too greedy. Can you manage all by yourself?"
The Duchess thought what she said made a lot of sense, so she pulled Megan aside and asked her about the situation with Adele Isabella.
Galina wanted to invite Shad to spend the night at her estate, where he had occasionally visited during his vacation after the Battle of Fatumunst. But it was only early spring then, and now it was almost the end of spring; Galina wanted to invite Shad to tour her gardens.
Shad had no objection to this, and Megan certainly didn't mind changing the venue occasionally, as it would be more exciting. However, Shad still wanted to visit Old John and Dr. Schneider, so Galina and Megan went to the manor first to prepare dinner, while Shad would meet up with them later.
Since they weren't staying home tonight, Xia De naturally brought Mia along. The cat had rested all day and was full of energy. After Xia De put her down on the counter of Old John's Pawnshop, she even walked a couple of steps on the counter before sitting down again.
"【Creation Room】ah"
As evening fell, there were no other customers in the pawnshop. Old John, who had originally planned to have dinner at the tavern at the street corner, stood behind the counter after hearing Shad's question and began to recall things from long ago.
"The Order of Light has different research topics and different directions of action in different eras. In the time of my mentor's mentor's mentor, the Order once searched for the spaces left behind by the ancient gods and believed that those spaces were sanctuaries left by the ancient gods for people in the end times."
This wasn't the first time Shad had heard about the "shelter," and he nodded. Old John continued:
"Information about the ancient gods is scarce in our time, let alone their secrets. In fact, research on the fact that each of the thirteen ancient gods left behind a unique space exists in the oldest existing records of the [Light-Guiding Hermitage]."
Generations of people have tried to discover those strange spaces, hoping that if they truly are sanctuaries, civilization can better survive in the face of inevitable doomsday. However, to this day, our research into those spaces has yielded little result; we haven't even mastered the names of all of them, and we know even less of their true secrets.
However, we can be certain that among the modern organizations associated with the Ancient God Cult, a small number still possess access to or even the ability to utilize certain spaces. The prophets know about the casino, the Church of Dawn may have access to the dungeon, Dragon Island is rumored to have an entrance to the chapel, the Witch Council's headquarters has been passed down through generations, and you've probably heard of the rumors surrounding the Blood Spirit School and the delivery room.
"Yes, I heard about it in the summer of 1853."
Shad continued nodding, and old John paused for a moment:
"A long time ago, our organization attempted to explore the entrance to the labyrinth left by the God of Space in this area, but unfortunately, that research yielded no results. Around the same time as that exploration, the Hermitage did indeed discover the location of what appears to be the entrance to the [Birthplace of Creation]."
"Is it the one from the Blood Spirit School in the New World?"
"Detective, in that era, humanity hadn't even discovered the New World yet."
The old man smiled and shook his head:
"That was on the east coast of the Old World. Someone saw a mirage of a red ocean in the city of Astra, the 'City of Sunrise'. The members of the secret order stationed there tried to study the mirage, but found that the red ocean was overlapping with the material world. It was not an illusion."
Shad was slightly surprised; this clearly sounded like the "Sea of Origin," and he didn't understand how the delivery room was related to that sea.
"Did that red ocean finally appear?"
"Yes, but it was extremely brief, lasting less than two hours at night. The local church only managed to stop a small number of people drawn to the sea by the red ocean from getting close to the water. Afterwards, the newspapers said that the change in the ocean's color was due to the massive proliferation of algae."
But members of the secret order and a small number of local ring mages still managed to approach the sea. Of the 23 who went in, only 12 returned before the red ocean disappeared. Of those who returned, 5 went insane on the spot. Fortunately, one of our people was among the 7 who survived.
Xia De guessed it:
"Did the elders of the Secret Order discover the door to the delivery room in that sea of red?"
Old John shook his head:
"To be precise, it was on the beach. I read the report of that incident when I was young. When you get close to the red ocean area, you will find that the beach also turns pink. It has a very strong spiritual pollution effect on everyone, so the elders of the Secret Order did not dare to touch the seawater, or even look directly into the depths of the red ocean."
He ventured a short distance onto the beach and then discovered a door on the side of a sea cliff.
How did he determine that the door led to the [Creation Room]?
Shad asked again, then guessed in surprise:
"Did that senior open the door and go inside?"
"No, no, of course not. After that senior left that red ocean, although he was mentally sound, he lost a lot of his memories. He only remembered that there seemed to be a stone slab on one side of the door explaining the information about the door. According to him, the stone slab mentioned many things, including the origin of that red ocean, who placed the door there, and the purpose of the door."
But he remembered nothing. That senior colleague developed severe amnesia afterward and died in an accident more than ten years later.
Xia De also presented his intelligence:
"That ocean is probably the 'Origin Sea' from mythology, where the ancient gods created life."
Old John nodded:
"Yes, after that incident, the Hermitage found several records of the appearance of that ocean in history, and tried to send someone into it again after the ocean reappeared to see what was written on the stone slab next to the door."
However, since then, although the red sea and pink sand have appeared twice more, the time was still extremely short, and our people were unable to catch up in time, so we are also waiting for it to appear again.
"The venue for this Chosen One Ceremony is very likely the Sea of Origin."
Shad revealed the information provided by the false people, and old John raised an eyebrow:
"In that case, it seems Finch will have to prepare to enter that area, after all, he is the highest-ranking person in charge of the Hermitage in the Arcadia region."
Shad asked again:
"Could you share with me the Hermitage's records of the 'Origin Sea' descending upon the material world? I want to know the signs before its descent, its impact on the region during its descent, and the characteristics of its impending disappearance."