Heroes' Prison

Chapter 386 - 379: Ten Bizarre Keys

The footsteps began to get a bit messy, a bit hurried, crowding the passage with the sound, spreading towards the front. Finally, after a long period of darkness, a dazzling golden light appeared before their eyes.

Huang Yi focused and looked ahead. An enormous stone chamber lay ahead in the passage, glittering with gold. The golden light of various treasures filtered out, much like countless gold coins, so dazzling that it was captivating.

Everyone involuntarily swallowed and quickened their pace, some even beginning to run without being able to help themselves.

At last, everyone entered the last stone chamber of the treasure spot, where the final treasures lay.

Now, what unfolded before them was a world overflowing with brilliance. Even the walls were made of gold, with gold and silver treasures strewn carelessly on the floor, gilded shrines, silver bowls used by nobility, and strings of large pearls and diamonds glowing and tempting, filling the entire field of vision, seemingly countless.

Although these items had no attributes, they were incredibly valuable when sold to system shops, and some NPC collectors specialized in these treasures.

"Big brother, over here!" At this moment, a player shouted towards Huang Yi and Overlord from a distance.

Huang Yi and Overlord turned to look. The player was on a small platform in the treasure area, less ostentatious than the other gold and silver treasures, likely indicating these items had attributes.

Huang Yi and Thunder God rushed over, arriving where the player was.

"Big brother, these are the best things here. The rest can only be sold for money, but these can be used. However, they are all covered in Seal of Light and need to be cleansed before use. I happen to be an Enlightener," said the player.

"Then cleanse them now and let’s see what they actually are," Huang Yi said to the man.

"Alright!" The player nodded and immediately picked up a silver bell, his palm emitting a strange glow that merged into the bell. Afterward, the bell shone brightly, even in the dazzling stone chamber, it was remarkably eye-catching.

Then, the player handed the silver bell to Huang Yi.

Huang Yi immediately inspected the bell.

[Beast Quake Bell] (Special Equipment)

Hanging this bell at the waist, its odd jingle can dispel all beasts from attacking the wearer and grant all pets a 5% boost to all attributes.

"This little treasure is most useful for hunters. Dragon Soaring Nine States, you take it," Huang Yi said, selecting someone from the team. Dragon Soaring Nine States was a player with the Rare Hunter Class and was also a member of Rose Prison in the real world.

"Thank you, big brother!" Dragon Soaring Nine States came over, took the bell, and said happily.

"Another item cleansed!" Next, the Enlightener passed another item to Huang Yi.

It was a small figure, entirely gold in color, looking like a piece of artwork.

[Gold-Plated Puppet] (Special Equipment)

Upon use, it can summon a gold-plated puppet to aid in battle, with great defense and health points, boasting a million health points. It cannot be healed and can be summoned once a day.

"Mage Dugu, this one’s for you," Huang Yi distributed another one to a brother from Rose Prison. Solitary Mage was originally one of the Chief Mages in Mage Hall, now temporarily assigned here to help with the treasure hunting.

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One by one, items were enlightened, and then distributed by Huang Yi. These equipments were mostly special items, similar to Huang Yi’s own [Oss’ Eye Mask], with unique effects and not occupying regular equipment slots—items that were priceless outside.

"Alright, big brother, all items that needed cleansing are cleansed. Of the two remaining items on the ground, one doesn’t require cleansing, and the other I’m not able to cleanse. My abilities aren’t sufficient yet," the Enlightener said to Huang Yi, slightly embarrassed, then pointed to the two items on the ground.

"Thanks a lot!" Huang Yi thanked then looked down at the ground. There lay a longsword and something that looked like a token.

His gaze first settled on the longsword, which had a bridge—a feature not found on ordinary swords—and thus stood out. The scabbard glistened with silver, adorned by several silver dragons that appeared to slither along the bridge, exuding an extraordinary presence.

The legendary equipment detected by Huang Yi’s treasure-sniffing ability was this longsword.

"This longsword should be taken back for the Knight, since he’s an Elf Swordsman who uses longswords," Huang Yi said to the Overlord, passing the sword to him.

"That kid doesn’t know how happy he’s going to be," the Overlord chuckled as he put away the Legendary Longsword.

Next, Huang Yi turned his attention to the Token, the very item that the Enlightener could not consecrate, a treasure that had reached a certain level. It seemed that it needed a special method to be consecrated.

Huang Yi picked up the Token to see that it was earthy yellow in color, just like the color of the earth, with a pattern carved on it, which seemed to be the shape of a continent.

The only information it revealed was an item name—"Continent Guardian’s Order"—beyond that, there was nothing else. It appeared that he would need to go to a big city and find a high-level Enlightener to identify this item.

Huang Yi directly put the Token into his storage ring.

"Alright, let’s take all this stuff away! With such a large sum of money, I don’t know exactly how much there is," Huang Yi said to the Overlord. He couldn’t estimate the value of this wealth at the moment and could only take it back to be counted and tallied by Little Riddler’s subordinates.

"Instakill, it seems we’ve forgotten about something," the Overlord remarked, shaking the ten keys with electric currents running through them in his hand.

"Indeed! I’ve been pondering over that as well," Huang Yi said, looking around the Treasure Room, "We haven’t seen any locked doors on our way here, and now we’ve reached the end. There’s nowhere to use these ten keys!"

"Let’s do this, have the 500 of us spread out and search this Treasure Spot carefully one more time, and see if there’s any mechanism. Many of us here are skilled in mechanisms," the Overlord suggested.

"Well, that’s the only way to look for it, no other choice," Huang Yi nodded. His treasure-sniffing ability also revealed that there were no more places to hide anything in this treasure; all the treasures had already been unearthed. If there truly was a secret room or passage, what else could be stored inside?

Gradually, the players responsible for collecting the treasures had taken them all, and the glowing splendor of the Stone Chamber’s treasures faded away, no longer presenting a scene of radiant and overflowing light.

"Next, let’s spread out and search around for any secret doors or passages. We can’t take these ten keys with us," the Overlord then raised the ten keys in his hand, speaking to the crowd.

"Ten keys?" Just then, Ghost Cloud’s Words seemed to suddenly recall something, "This number seems to have appeared before. In the Stone Chamber where we obtained the Thunder Left Hand, there were ten columns; could these ten keys be related to those ten stone columns?"

Upon reflection, everyone felt that this guess was not without reason.

"Then let’s go and check it out quickly." Following that, everyone began to return on the same path they came.

Gradually, the crowd returned to that previous Stone Chamber and found those ten columns.

After a careful search, they quickly discovered a small keyhole at the base of each column, matching the ten keys perfectly!

"Open it and see!" the Overlord immediately distributed the keys, and soon everyone inserted the keys and turned them.

"Boom!" Just as the last key was inserted into the last column, the entire Stone Chamber suddenly began to shake violently, and then the ground started sinking as if there was an earthquake, as if it were going to sink deep into the earth.

Slowly, the crowd was engulfed in darkness, each person filled with confusion, not knowing where they would end up next.

Finally, light began to appear before their eyes, and the scene around them grew clearer; a larger underground chamber came into view!

In that underground chamber, there were a series of complex machines, faintly flickering with electric light, as if it were some kind of factory.

"Ah! This, this is an energy factory! We’ve struck it rich! We’ve struck it rich!" Just then, a player’s scream suddenly burst from the crowd.

"What’s going on?" the Overlord turned his head to look at the player with a puzzled expression. Huang Yi also turned to look at the player.

Within this Adventure Group, there were all kinds of talented people, each skilled in various abilities. Clearly, the player who had just spoken had discovered the purpose of this Stone Chamber.

Then, that player looked at the Overlord and then at Huang Yi, calming his excited heart before speaking, "Here’s the thing, my name is Huī Dāo Zhǎn Hóng Chén, and apart from being a member of the Adventure Group, I am also a Life Class Player from the logistics department. I once had a serendipitous encounter and learned a rare Life Skill—creating Energy Stones! The process of creating Energy Stones requires a high-voltage electric field environment for individual craftsmanship, and I’ve been looking for such an environment and instruments for a long time without success. And now, this Stone Chamber is a more powerful energy factory that could be used to mass-produce Energy Stones!"

"Mass-produce Energy Stones?" Everyone gasped; the preciousness of Energy Stones goes without saying. The most top-level skills need Energy Values to be cast, yet the output of Energy Stones has always been scarce, a very rare strategic material. (To be continued. If you like this work, I invite you to come to Starting Point (qidian.com) to cast your Recommendation Tickets, Monthly Tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)