novelraw Chapter 366: The Collection Inside the Golden Safe, Shan Shi's Ambitions
Chapter 366: The Collection Inside the Golden Safe, Shan Shi's Ambitions
The safe was about 1.5 meters tall.
Among all the safes Yu Yuan had encountered, this was already considered large.
The lock was also of Rare quality.
But before Yu Yuan's Rare-tier [Lock Picking] skill, it was completely ineffective.
As the safe opened, Yu Yuan saw the items stored inside.
First were the items contained in various bottles.
These items had some organ-like shapes, such as a pitch-black claw, an eyeball surrounded by seven or eight tentacles.
Or a blood-stained bandage that, upon closer inspection, was found to be slowly wriggling.
Every single item was extremely bizarre.
There were 6 bottles in total, corresponding to six items.Yu Yuan, however, slightly twitched his nose, catching a somewhat familiar scent.
"Sulfur?"
Yu Yuan frowned slightly.
The smell of sulfur was something he had only encountered before at the Feed Factory, during the battle with the Ascetics sent by the Humpback Whale.
But was that possible?
These were two completely different worlds.
His gaze swept over the six bottles, finally landing on that pitch-black claw.
He picked up the bottle containing the claw and examined it carefully, activating the effect of [Peering Eye].
A faint pattern of black and red lines appeared on the claw.
These black-red lines corresponded with the cracked textures on the claw's surface.
Yu Yuan suddenly realized, this claw wasn't black at all; it was simply charred from being scorched by flames.
Wasn't this exactly the same as the Ascetics back then!
Was this a coincidence?
Yu Yuan's thoughts raced.
Soon, his eyes turned sharp.
No...
This was no coincidence.
He remembered something.
The reason the Humpback Whale possessed Ascetics was because the EDEN faction behind them had the support of the Orthodox Church.
The Ascetics were provided to them by the Orthodox Church.
Back when Yu Yuan had just passed the Novice Period and killed the 'Roar Shelter,' he obtained a Bronze Civilization Treasure Chest from which he retrieved a book named *The Covenant*.
This *The Covenant* was precisely a book about the doctrines of the Orthodox Church. The initial information about vampires and werewolves also came from this book.
The appearance of *The Covenant* indicated that the Orthodox Church also existed in other worlds.
Since Mountain Stone had a claw here related to the Ascetics, it was clear that Mountain Stone also had some connection with the Orthodox Church.
This connection could mean that the Orthodox Church also appeared in this world.
It could also mean that Mountain Stone possessed clues related to the Orthodox Church.
Whichever it was, it was worth Yu Yuan's serious attention.
He stored these 6 bottles safely and continued to examine the other items.
Epic Construction Blueprint [Defense - Firepower Position]
Rare-tier Mechanical Blueprint [Multifunctional Mining Vehicle Modification Blueprint]
Silver-tier Civilization Building Blueprint [Thunder Shield Close-Defense Turret]
Silver-tier Civilization Building Blueprint [Recruit Training Camp]
Silver-tier Book [Blood Duke and the Secret History of the Blood Clan]
Silver-tier Book [Religion - Sacrificial Exchange Ritual]
...
The collection inside the safe also made Yu Yuan realize the depth of a veteran player's foundation. These collections were incomparable to what Yu Yuan had; his development time was simply too short.
Yu Yuan's gaze immediately settled on the book titled [Religion - Sacrificial Exchange Ritual].
This was a book similar to *The Covenant*. Reading this book wouldn't directly grant any skill comprehension.
But one could attempt to perform rituals on their own using the knowledge recorded within.
This book recorded a ritual circle method called [Sacrificial Exchange Ritual].
Simply put, one could perform some sacrifices within this ritual circle to obtain certain things.
The things obtained through the exchange could be items or knowledge.
In short, this was a ritual with extremely uncontrollable risks.
But Yu Yuan understood that this book was likely the answer he had been looking for.
The origin of those six strange items from before could now be confirmed: they were obtained by Mountain Stone through this ritual circle exchange.
The ambition of the Mountain Stone Shelter was now clear at a glance.
Not just because of this Sacrificial Exchange Ritual, but also because of the blueprints related to civilization buildings he had collected. He was clearly preparing for later acquisition of civilization shards and promotion to a special civilization world.
Once Mountain Stone obtained civilization shards, all these things he left behind could quickly be converted into his own combat power.
His aspirations were not small.
However, these collections had now all become Yu Yuan's spoils of war.
Inside the safe, there was also a map of the surrounding area.
Yu Yuan unfolded it to examine. On the map, a wasteland highway crossed through the center. The location of the Mountain Stone Shelter was in the upper right corner of the map.
Along this wasteland highway, there were three gathering points and one large town marked. Next to each gathering point and town, a faction name was annotated.
Especially at the town location, there was a red triangle exclamation mark identifier.
— Elite-level Thug Faction (Dead Mine Brotherhood)
And not far from the town was a mine shaft icon — Dead Mine.
This town's name on the map was [Dead Mine Town].
Dead Mine Town was located slightly to the lower left of the map's center. The wasteland highway passed straight through the center of the town, heading directly downward. At the point where the highway disappeared at the very bottom of the map, there was an arrow pointing [Ahead leads to 'Merry City'].
The map also detailed the topography of the surrounding area, marking all possible scavenger faction locations.
Overall, the danger level of this world, while not as high as Green Forest City's, far exceeded that of the 'Firefly Earth' world.
In terms of world resources, Yu Yuan was somewhat interested in that mine shaft.
However, an elite-level thug faction was on the same level as the Black Shield Police Department.
Yu Yuan estimated that the combat strength of this [Dead Mine Brotherhood] should be inferior to the Black Shield Police Department.
But this was just his prediction.
"There's no rush to explore this world. The main goal this time is still to take the things from the Mountain Stone Shelter..."
Yu Yuan had his considerations.
Another thing that concerned Yu Yuan about this world was the city named [Merry City].
There should be more detailed intelligence and resources about this world there.
With Green Forest City currently covered in ice and snow, [Merry City] was also a good direction for conquest.
It's just that the thug factions there would definitely not be weak either.
It wouldn't surprise Yu Yuan at all if there were Regional Overlord-level factions there.
The Positioning Watch scanned the map.
At the very top of the safe was a stack of feed formulas and a wild boar mud bath formula.
There were twenty or thirty of these feed formulas. Each one had very precise ingredient names and ratios. At the very bottom, there was even the effect of each feed formula.
Some were for increasing muscle and flesh growth, some promoted bone growth and increased strength, some enhanced hide thickness, and some even had a probability of promoting wild boar evolution.
It could be said that each formula must have cost Mountain Stone considerable effort.
He had really dedicated himself to breeding wild boars.
That mud bath formula was specifically designed for the layer of mud shell on the wild boars' bodies, providing a certain degree of defensive effect. It was also quite thoughtful.
Now, naturally, Yu Yuan happily accepted all these formulas.
The 6 Bronze-tier wild boars bred by Mountain Stone were all in Yu Yuan's hands. These formulas could be put to good use.
With these formulas, building a wild boar army didn't seem so difficult anymore.