Warlock Apprentice

Chapter 2124: Chapter 2125: City of Reincarnation

This made Angel feel even more peculiar.

In his subjective mind, there is a balance scale to weigh the strengths and weaknesses of different mysterious objects.

Compared to the effect of the ”Star of Hope” before, the ”Lonely Clown’s Heartbeat” is actually at a disadvantage.

But its Hoopa coefficient is as high as 61, far exceeding the Star of Hope, and it is the highest number Angel has seen so far.

So, if the strength of the mysterious object’s effect decides the height of the Hoopa coefficient, it seems a bit off.

Of course, this is just Angel’s personal perception, since he hasn’t actually come into contact with the ”Lonely Clown’s Heartbeat.” Just from the literal perspective, it feels not as good as the Star of Hope. Perhaps, starting from the actual effect, this heartbeat could be very terrifying. Just like now, he cannot be sure whether the Sound of Oblivion is strong or weak.

Angel continued to flip through the book, and after turning several pages, he saw another mysterious object with a high Hoopa coefficient. Similar to the ”Lonely Clown’s Heartbeat,” this mysterious object also has no physical carrier.

”Name: Growth Ray”

”Hoopa coefficient: 70”

”Affiliation: Unknown”

”Effect: People irradiated by the Growth Ray will grow random organs internally.”

”Note: Some people regard the Growth Ray as a wheel of fortune because it’s rumored that Gluz Deward rapidly rose in power because of the Growth Ray, and allegedly grew an extraordinary transcendent organ.

However, only the lucky ones are naturally recorded. Who cares about the unlucky ones?

And among the recorded lucky ones, there are only a few; but, according to incomplete statistics, people who grew malignant organs from the wheel of fortune and died, could pile up to form an undulating mountain range of corpses.

Yet, are you still willing to try spinning this wheel of fortune? If you still want to try your luck, you can go to the Long Island of Liuyeu and wait, as the Growth Ray periodically appears above the Long Island of Liuyeu.”

”A ray that periodically exists above a certain island.” Angel pondered for a moment. From Culori’s descriptions, it seemed that the Growth Ray has no owner, nor is it known where its core is hidden, giving him a peculiar feeling...

”Why does it feel somewhat like a disorderly mysterious object?” Angel murmured silently to himself.

Unconstrained, untraceable, and after being irradiated, it grows limitlessly. Although it can’t be completely confirmed as a disorderly object, it already matches some traits of disorderliness, showing a clear difference from other mysterious objects recorded before.

Angel’s gaze silently fixed on that prominent number: 70.

Recalling the Hoopa coefficients of other mysterious objects, a doubt suddenly arose in Angel’s heart: Could the Hoopa coefficient indicate the degree of disorder? The higher the degree of disorder, the larger the number?

With this doubt, Angel continued flipping through the book, this time focusing on mysterious objects with high Hoopa coefficients, attempting to prove his hypothesis.

When nearing the end of the book, Angel finally saw a mysterious object with a Hoopa coefficient exceeding 70.

Moreover, to Angel’s surprise, he had heard of this mysterious object before!

”City of Reincarnation.”

When Frost chatted with Angel about his experiences in the Coffin of Undead, he had once sighed and said, ”In the Coffin of Undead, I repeatedly experienced various terrifying miniature garden worlds. Every time I crossed these worlds, it felt like a rebirth. This feeling reminded me of a mysterious object from the Temple of the Oracle, the City of Reincarnation.”

According to Frost’s description, the ”City of Reincarnation” is a well-known mysterious object in the Origin World.

It solidified a city forgotten by time — Poem City.

Anyone who steps through the gates of Poem City will enter a constantly reincarnating time-space, experiencing Poem City’s three days from prosperity to destruction.

After three days, Poem City will return to three days prior, the wasteland restored to intact buildings, and everyone in Poem City, whether outsider or indigenous, will have their memories reset, experiencing the three-day cycle from rebirth to death in Poem City once again.

It’s as if Poem City is forever frozen in that three-day tranquil time-space.

And such a mysterious object, according to Frost, is also a disorderly object.

However, although it is disorderly, it does not expand its range, remaining enveloped within Poem City. The condition for entering the disorderly rhythm is stepping into Poem City; as long as you stop before entering, you won’t become a person of reincarnation.

As Angel recalled information about the ”City of Reincarnation,” he looked at the illustration drawn by Culori.

The illustration depicted a flourishing city under a dome. The information below clearly recorded its Hoopa coefficient as a staggering 75, with its affiliation to the Temple of the Oracle.

As for its effect, it was basically the same as what Frost described.

But in Culori’s notes, some information was mentioned that Frost hadn’t noted—

”Outsiders only know the endless three-day cycle. But actually, there is a way to break it, allegedly by altering the predetermined time-space variables inside it, allowing the story to take a new path. You might even live to the fourth day, fifth day... even up to the thirtieth day.”

”The maximum is thirty days, and after the thirtieth day, Poem City will still face its demise, but if you can live to see that day, you will witness some truths of the city, consequently becoming a transcender, leaving the reincarnation time-space.”

”Because of such a mechanism, some prophecy system wizards in the Temple of the Oracle enter it, using the observation of time-space variables to elevate themselves. However, transcenders are ultimately the minority; more people will become a part of Poem City, lose their memories, and be trapped in an eternal cycle like puppets.”

The method to break the ”City of Reincarnation” is definitely secret information; even a mystic hunter like Frost didn’t know, yet it’s openly recorded in Culori’s hand-drawn illustration book.

From this point, it seems Culori’s identity is quite unusual. Either his information is well-connected, or his identity and strength have reached a level where he can easily explore secrets.

”Is Culori truly a mysterious Alchemist?” Angel couldn’t help but wonder again in his heart. If the answer to this question is true, then knowing these secret messages seems to make sense.

Angel shook his head, not dwelling on this question, but rather looking at the Hoopa coefficient of the City of Reincarnation: 75.

He had confirmed with Frost that the City of Reincarnation is a disorderly object, and its Hoopa coefficient is also as high as 75. Thus, his previous guess seems to be gradually coming true.

The degree of disorderliness indeed seems to be related to the Hoopa coefficient.

If these two are in direct proportion, then how is the Hoopa coefficient quantified? What is its upper limit? Does it get influenced by other factors?

With such doubts, Angel continued flipping downwards.

Unfortunately, the remaining few pages did not provide any corresponding explanations. Throughout the entire illustration book, the City of Reincarnation had the highest Hoopa coefficient.

Angel closed the book pages and fell into deep thought.

Without a doubt, this compendium opened his eyes to a whole new world.

Especially Culori’s ”remarks” on these mysterious objects, which were very interesting and straightforward, some even revealing secrets. Angel believed that this compendium, even if placed in the Origin World, would probably carry significant weight.

The only regret was not finding a precise explanation of the Hoopa Coefficient.

However, thinking it over, he could accept it, after all, this was a compendium of mysterious objects, not a glossary of terms.

Moreover, there was a stack of books related to alchemy here, maybe one of them contained an explanation of the Hoopa Coefficient.

Understanding this point, Angel put aside his concerns, and set the compendium aside with great care, placing it on his left hand as a gesture of respect.

Then, Angel prepared to pick up the second book to read.

But at this moment, the Tree Spirit put down the ”Volume One of the Culori Chronicles.”

”Rhein has arrived, he’s just outside the door.”

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Since there were still some unexplored areas in the room, to avoid any danger, whether going out to meet Rhein or bringing him in from the door, they took the original path along the right wall.

Rhein stood beside the desk, looking at the red light outside, his eyes filled with intense curiosity.

”If you’re curious, you can send a spirit tentacle to have a look.” The Tree Spirit said as he turned to ”Volume Two of the Culori Chronicles” from the tall stack of books, reading with satisfaction.

”I’ve already tried outside.” Rhein turned back, speaking calmly.

Upon hearing Rhein say this, the Tree Spirit temporarily suppressed his desire to read and curiously asked: ”Did you really try it? How was it, instantly killed?”

Rhein: ”I encountered a collapsing overlapping space, it took some effort to escape.”

”You actually escaped?” The Tree Spirit asked in surprise.

Rhein nodded. Although he managed to escape from the nightmare smoothly, his expression did not show much happiness. Tree Spirit had mentioned before that any anomalies or monsters appearing within the nightmare doom adapts power levels to correspond with an individual’s strength. Rhein was fortunate to face an anomalous phenomenon, so with enough foundation, he could escape without fighting; if it had been a half-step legendary monster, it would be difficult...

Keep in mind that reaching the half-step legendary stage, every full exertion could crush mountains. Even if this ruin were more tenacious, it couldn’t withstand even a few of his spell techniques.

Therefore, he already regretted attempting it earlier, thankfully encountering just an anomalous phenomenon.

Now with the Tree Spirit’s urging, Rhein dared not to venture further.

There was still a chance to escape out in the corridor, but encountering the Nightmare Light in this room would surely be incessant. Then, even if he really survived, the room would likely be ruined.

Rhein walked back from the edge of the domain field, sat down on the vine chair created by the Tree Spirit, and looked at Angel: ”Did you find anything?”

Angel: ”The Tree Spirit and I were flipping through the books here, but what I read earlier was about alchemy content. Nothing has been discovered yet, but I have a small hypothesis.”

Rhein gestured for Angel to continue.

”The creator of this ruin, the owner of this hidden room, should be an alchemist named Culori, as expected. The book I read was a hand-drawn compendium documenting a large amount of information about mysterious objects, with Culori’s comments beneath each diagram.”

Angel casually turned to a page where the compendium showed an inconspicuous redwood house, named ”Lonely Cabin,” a place where anyone who enters cannot leave, for if they do, they instantly age, until they die of old age.

Below was a line of comments from Culori: ”A cabin with a person in it is not lonely. So, if you unfortunately move in and want to leave, you have to keep it from being lonely. Hmm, for instance, send a magic power message to trick your friend into replacing you.”

After showing the comment to Rhein, Angel said: ”Culori is very knowledgeable about these mysterious objects, and this level of knowledge suggests his extraordinary identity.”

”Perhaps, as Lord Rhein previously speculated, he is an alchemist who has stepped into the realm of mystery.”

Just as Angel finished speaking, the Tree Spirit sitting next to him said: ”No need to speculate, according to the records here, Culori is indeed a mysterious alchemist.”

The Tree Spirit waved the ”Culori Chronicles” in his hand.

Rhein: ”What did you discover?”

The Tree Spirit shrugged: ”Although what I’m reading is Culori’s diary, there’s not much useful information in it. It’s basically about a person named Belos.”

According to the Tree Spirit, Belos was a follower of Culori, and the description indicates that he had at least reached legendary realm.

The Culori Chronicles are mostly about Belos.

It’s more like ”Belos Observation Diary” than ”Culori Chronicles.”

The reason why the Tree Spirit confirmed that Culori is a mysterious alchemist is because there is a recorded segment where Culori joined the Orderly Guild. Due to refining mysterious objects, he was immediately revered as a distinguished guest, with a bloodline side of a legendary wizard dispatched as his follower. Belos seemed to dislike this follower, thinking they would rob Culori’s attention, and his status would consequently decline, so he started to target the follower, doing many secretive bad deeds.

All these were recorded by Culori.

The Tree Spirit found great enjoyment in these intrigues among legendary wizards.

Rhein: ”Didn’t Culori do anything else, always just observing Belos?”

The Tree Spirit nodded: ”Basically, yes. So overall, Belos is Culori’s true love, he actually has no need to be jealous, nor worry about losing attention.”

”That’s not the point. The point is if there’s any other information. Such as about this hidden room, Star Pond Ruins, or Nightmare Light?” Rhein asked, massaging his forehead.

The Tree Spirit shook his head: ”At least until what I’ve read so far, there’s no record at all.”

”But the Culori Chronicles consist of thirteen volumes, recorded in chronological order, and I’m reading Culori’s early records. Perhaps later, the ruin matters will be written about.”

Hearing this, Rhein stopped asking further, realizing that further inquiries would likely yield no useful information, and he might as well read it himself.

He found the ”Volume Thirteen of the Culori Chronicles” from the book pile, and began flipping through it on his own.

The Tree Spirit, seeing this, also continued to immerse himself in the Belos observation diary.

Meanwhile, Angel started to browse through other alchemy books, but this time without reading in detail, he quickly scanned to find information related to the Hoopa Coefficient.