Chapter 85 Two Types of Aphid Stones
Chapter 85 Two Kinds of Aphid Stone
In the pitch-darkness.
A few minutes later, Jiang He escaped from the aphid fog.
In front of me is a corridor that is only wide enough for a few people to pass side by side. The bookshelves on both sides are more than ten meters high, with countless books from old times displayed in them. The dome made of aphids above is transparent, allowing light from the outside to penetrate in, but it was a rainy day, and everything looked gloomy, dark, and dilapidated.
The corridor seemed to have no end. Jiang He walked forward while looking at the bookshelves on both sides. The collection here included everything from poetry and history books to cultural classics. Otto the Great was a figure who lived thousands of years ago and once dominated the world. His "funerary objects" were extremely rich.
Dozens of steps were taken, and the surroundings were filled with deathly silence.
Suddenly, a bookshelf turned into aphids and flew away, and ancient books fell to the ground. Jiang He turned around and saw another corridor and a middle-aged man who was also looking back.
The other party was wearing a Prussian lieutenant colonel's uniform and holding a blood-stained long knife in his hand, with the blade shining coldly.
The middle-aged man launched an attack as soon as he spotted someone. His steps were very fast. He alternated his left and right legs three times and then jumped on the ground. His body was as fierce as a tiger or leopard.
The long sword fell from above his head.
Jiang He raised his eyebrows. He was clearly wearing a Prussian military uniform and was in the same camp as the other side. Moreover, he had been looking dusty since he came out of the boot camp. Judging from his current momentum, this guy didn't care at all whether he killed his own people or not.
As the long knife approached, a sniper rifle appeared in Jiang He's hand. The shape and overall style of the gun were quite simple, covered with carvings and wrapped with layers of coarse cloth.
As the trigger was pulled, a stream of scarlet light flew out and shattered the upper body of the attacking middle-aged man.
Armor breaking, penetration, corrosion, a total of 80% additional damage is added to the rare sniper rifle, in addition to the 20 points of flesh and blood damage from the Red Knight title. Even if you don't specifically aim at the vital points, you can still kill the attacker in front of you instantly.
After the middle-aged man died, the aphids regrouped and filled the gap on the bookshelf, and a pale yellow stone fell from the dome.
[Name: Aphid Honey Stone]
[Type: Consumable]
[Quality: Ordinary]
[Effect: Permanently increase the upper limit of energy value by 10 points (applicable to extraordinary people below 1500 points)]
[Note: In nature, aphids have the ability to photosynthesize. During their long millennium of slumber, Otto's aphids have been absorbing the essence of sunlight, turning it into aphid honey crystals to nourish their owner's body and prevent it from decaying.]
The stone, which was the color of honey, melted in Jiang He's palm.
[Tip: Your energy limit is increased by 10 points]
[Energy value: 1100 → 1110]
Jiang He had a subtle look on his face. This was the first time he had encountered a treasure that could permanently increase his stats. If he could obtain an aphid stone by killing a knight, then the so-called camp division would not be very important in a library isolated from the outside world.
In the dim and dilapidated corridor, Jiang He simply took off his Prussian military jacket and put on the color-changing clothes.
This ordinary-grade item will lose its function if more than half a month passes from the time it is produced due to the withering of pigment cells, thus placing a great limit on the number of Berlin Palace Shadow Knights.
After a few minutes, the rubbing noise of aphids was heard.
The bookshelves collapsed again, but this time new corridors appeared on both sides.
Jiang He, who was in invisible state, took a step back silently.
The young man on the left had a pair of thick horns. The moment he saw the enemy, he decisively bent down and launched a powerful charge.
With every step he took, cracks appeared on the floor. The heavy force made the Bull-Horned Knight more and more powerful. A dark luster appeared on the horns, like two drill bits made of steel.
He rushed straight forward. The Prussian officer on the opposite side was not in a hurry. When he was about to be hit, his whole body suddenly became soft and turned into a monster with a human head and a snake body, wrapping around the enemy's abdomen and back, biting his poisonous fangs at the back of his neck.
The deadly poison flowed into the cavity of the teeth, and the Bull-Horned Knight roared in pain. He struggled desperately, but the Viper Knight's ability to entangle and strangle was superior.
Just when the outcome was about to be decided, a silver spear thrust out and accurately pierced the heads of the two men. Due to its terrifying weight, the heads exploded like watermelons, and blood splattered everywhere.
Jiang He put away his spear and stood up. The Changhen Spear weighed 13,000 kilograms. Due to the lightness of the item, it felt like a normal, heavier spear when he wielded it. Overall, it was very easy to use. With his high agility and the heavy spear, every normal attack was powerful enough to crush boulders.
After the death of the Horned Knight and the Serpent Knight, two stones fell from the dome, one of which was still Aphidite, and the other was of a completely new category.
[Name: Aphid Blood Stone]
[Category: Consumables]
[Quality: Ordinary]
[Effect: Provides the vitality needed for an ordinary person to live for ten days]
[Note: It has a theoretical and practical effect on prolonging life, but it cannot prolong life span. Over the past thousand years, countless aphids have died generation after generation, creating a miracle of life. Usage: decoct in water and take orally]
Jiang He looked at it twice, and after making sure that he was not mistaken, he threw the Aphid Blood Stone into the item bag, and then crushed the Aphid Honey Stone for use.
Wuhe whispered: "The Aphid Library is guiding the knights to fight. If it is about life span, can you see that it doesn't seem to affect the overall situation."
Jiang He nodded. If Aphid Honey Stone was a beneficial item for the knight, the more the better. Then the necessity and universality of Aphid Blood Stone had been qualitatively improved. Even if the knight himself did not use it, he could sell it to someone who needed it in exchange for a high reward.
Jiang He checked the bodies of the two dead men. After only a few minutes, the two knights' bodies showed signs of withering. Aphids that were invisible to the naked eye were gnawing at their flesh and blood on the ground. After a body search, he found three aphid blood stones.
Since the energy-enhancing aphid honey stone can be used by simply crushing it, there was no trace of it left on the two of them.
Continuing forward, the bookshelf collapsed for the third time, and three corridors were connected to each other.
Jiang He found that his route had deviated. The corridor was bent at a slight angle, changing the original straight line in the dim environment. In short, the Aphid Library wanted outsiders to go around in circles.
"Who's there!" shouted the man with sharp teeth.
He is a shark knight and has the same special organ as sharks - the ampulla of Laurentius, which can detect weak electric fields, including bioelectricity in the human body.
Opposite the man, a blond young man in a second lieutenant's uniform made a tactical gesture, and the two men reached a tacit understanding.
"How long have you been here?" Jiang He asked tentatively.
No one answered. The Shark Knight attacked first. He was obviously stronger than the Bullhorn and the Viper. His thick and asymmetrical fish tail swung, and dozens of water bullets containing sharp teeth burst out, with a momentum no weaker than that of a powerful crossbow arrow.
Jiang He flipped his wrist slightly, and the gun shadow was like a shield. The water bullets scattered one by one. The sharp tips of the shark's teeth tore through the air, and the whole body was wrapped in white airflow, but the texture was too brittle. The moment it touched the gun body, the teeth shattered one by one.
Ten whip-like silk threads flew out from the fingertips of the blond young man at an extremely fast speed and stuck to the enemy's gun. His power came from the throat fish. The silk threads had an extraordinary ability to absorb the gun. The adhesion of the throat fish was 230 times that of its body weight. Basically, once it was entangled, there was no possibility of breaking free.
Jiang He simply let go, and the spear fell to the ground, leaving a clear groove and cracks around the floor like a net.
The blond young man's expression changed, and he stretched with all his strength, but he almost stumbled and fell to the ground.
The Shark Knight seized the opportunity and leaped forward. Shield-shaped scales grew all over his body. His body was smooth and had considerable direct defense and toughness.
The Shark Knight stepped forward and chopped down with his arm raised. Dense, saw-like teeth appeared on the outer edge of his arm, like a strange, jagged sword.
Jiang He dodged the attack by leaning sideways. With his current physical condition, he would have been seriously injured by the blow. However, his high agility took advantage of him, and at the same time he leaned sideways, he delivered a bright attack.
A huge force of a thousand pounds hit the Shark Knight's jaw, and the sound of bones breaking was clearly heard by the three people present.
After the strike, Jiang He used the remaining strength to sweep his leg back, tightening his calf muscles, breaking the enemy's body balance like an iron hook.
The Shark Knight suddenly fell to the side. Jiang He had already turned around and threw out a powerful uppercut. The blood coated his fist. Then the wound from the previous blow continued to penetrate deeper, and he smashed the opponent's head.
Three strikes in a split second took the Shark Knight's life.
Jiang He shook off the blood and flesh on his hands. If he could master the hidden power, the first punch would be enough to decide the outcome. After the attack of the Great Shaman's Black Tiger Soul, he had already grasped some tricks, but if he wanted to fully master it, he would need two or three similar opportunities. The overall difficulty was not small.
Seeing his temporary teammate die, the blond young man discarded the silk rope in his hand. He raised his hands as guns, and his fingertips continuously fired web-like silk bullets. As long as the enemy was entangled, even a knight like Xionghu would be unable to move.
Unfortunately, Jiang He’s shooting speed is much faster.
He obtained two officer-issue revolvers and pulled the triggers one after another. Bullets hit the mesh silk thread one by one, causing it to return along its original path.
The blond young man was shot four times, and blood was gushing out from the bullet holes. He forced himself to be strong and used the silk thread of the throat fish to stop the bleeding urgently. Then he flicked his fingers to shoot out a silk thread that stuck to the bookshelf, and he pulled it with all his strength to fly up, ready to escape.
Jiang He took out the Scarlet Baptism, and the alchemical piercing bullet flew out, hitting the enemy's chest in the blink of an eye, corroding and destroying the flesh, shattering the armor and piercing and dismembering the body. After the gunshot, the blond young man exploded into a bloody mist.
After the two died, an Aphid Honey Stone and Aphid Blood Stone fell.
Jiang He directly used the aphid honey stone to increase his energy limit.
[Energy value: 1120 → 1130]
After searching the body again, they found five aphid blood stones, bringing the total to ten.
The battle was over, the bookshelves were restored, and everything still looked gloomy and dilapidated, while the broken bodies and blood on the ground added a touch of weirdness.
Jiang He picked up the spear and stepped away from where he was. This time his speed was significantly reduced. With each step he took, he drew a line at the heel of his footprint, using the empty square cheese and bacon cans in the individual soldier's rations as a right-angle template, leaving parallel lines to ensure the accuracy of his forward direction.
Fifty steps later, he almost hit the bookshelf.
Jiang He fired his gun and smashed the obstacle in front of him, then continued forward, completely ignoring the guidance of the corridor.
Bookshelves appeared one after another, and were broken one after another.
Half a quarter of an hour later, Jiang He came to an open space.
In front of him was a high wall, with a door made of aphids within reach. Behind him were nine corridor exits. It was equivalent to crossing all the way across and getting off the original track.
"The corridor is a hint, the Aphid Honey Stone and Aphid Blood Stone are the carrots dangling before my eyes, and the other knights are threats. Together they form a maze, but I am not the first person to arrive here."
Jiang He observed the traces around him: blood, pieces of clothing, footprints, and all sorts of clues scattered all over the floor. It seemed that more than one person had passed through here, and the door in front of him was just one of the ways to enter the library from the outside.
He decided to wait here and hunt down the knights who came later.
(End of this chapter)