Chapter 1 Su Lun's Wisdom

Su Lun felt it was a wise move to bring Pandora along this time.

He had carefully observed the various restrictions in the tomb's underground palace, and he had discovered that the faith power of the Tarris clan was connected to even more super restrictions.

In other words, if he forcibly killed Cleopatra IX, not only would the problem not be solved, but the lack of control over the faith power by this pharaoh would trigger even more terrifying anti-theft restrictions in the tomb.

This pharaoh, who carried the power of faith, was like an insurance policy; once it blew, the higher-level restrictions would indiscriminately kill all outsiders in the tomb.

Pandora, however, stole that divine power and replaced the pharaoh's existence, without triggering the meltdown mechanism, so there wouldn't be any problems in the short term.

Su Lun looked at the light figure condensed by divine power in the sky and said, "Thank you."

Pandora was indeed loyal to come along this time.

Although she wouldn't die as long as the divine object was still with her, everything would have to start from scratch after the collapse of the divine power body.

This was no small favor.

But in the next moment, the Tsukuyomi deity's carefree response came from within his sea of consciousness, "Oh, when did you become so polite? Hehe... the power of faith here is the largest, purest, and most complete Shinto incense I've ever encountered. If I really steal a portion, I'll most likely be able to condense my own divine fire. Following you is always lucky~"

Su Lun smiled slightly as he listened, noncommittal.

Opportunities and risks always coexist.

The Tarris civilization was, after all, a powerful civilization with countless existing believers. The ancestral mausoleum of Tarris in this Yellow Sand Plane was where the power of faith constantly converged.

They were now like mice that had secretly sneaked into the granary of a farmer, able to eat their fill, at least before being discovered.

As she spoke, Pandora didn't forget to remind him, "Be careful, I sense that there may be a real god-level aura in this tomb."

Su Lun listened and responded, "Mm."

Now was not the time to say more; they would talk about it after they could truly get out alive.

...

On the other side, the centaur Kamul, the barbarian Ralph, and the dragon girl Marcia naturally discovered the sudden appearance of a "person" in the tomb at the first possible moment.

At first, they thought it was an enemy, but looking at "Nicholas'" attitude, they realized that it seemed to be the mysterious being who had just helped them control Cleopatra IX?

This guy even brought a helper?

How did he bring them?

How could they have not fully discovered it before?

While puzzled, the three were more shocked.

How could they not see that this was a false god?

And also the most powerful false god they had ever seen!

That kind of substantial divine power even made the three of them instinctively afraid to look directly at it.

Ralph and the others looked at "Nicholas" again, their eyes even more fearful.

...

[You have stripped the soul of "Cleopatra IX"]

[You have gained some insights into the "Power of Rules"]

[You have gained a large number of insights into wind, earth, and death-type laws, elemental experience]

[You have mastered the language, rune system, technique system, and civilization history of the Tarris civilization...]

[You have learned the secrets of the pharaohs: the seventy-two divine incantations on the "Book of the Dead"...]

[You have obtained some top-secret information about the Tarris Mausoleum: the mausoleum is a death secret realm where god-level ancestors wait for resurrection, slaves are materials for extracting the source of life, not just human slaves, but also god-level prisoners at the bottom... these few intruders are probably summoned by a certain imprisoned god slave, but I don't know where the loophole is...]

[Mental power +++]

[...]

Su Lun quickly digested Cleopatra IX's memories. In an instant, a large amount of information flooded into his mind, and his expression became more and more solemn.

The pharaoh guarding the Temple of the Sun was the highest tomb guardian of the Tarris clan in the entire Yellow Sand Plane.

She also knew some top-secret information that only the pharaohs knew.

For example, in this tomb, there was a real god buried!

Compared to the gains in improving knowledge, this information was the most important thing for Su Lun to survive right now.

"God-level prisoners?"

Su Lun's eyelids twitched slightly.

He suddenly realized who that demon god who summoned them might be.

This also positively confirmed the power of the Tarris clan, so powerful that the demon god who could summon contractors from other worlds had become a prisoner.

Su Lun instantly had a picture in his mind; he was like a mouse that had secretly sneaked into a prison from a crack in the ground to steal a key, a creature that prisoners and jailers alike could pinch to death at any time.

But now was not the time to think too much.

Su Lun looked up again at the symbols carved on the walls of the tomb.

Having harvested the memories, he could now understand many of the runes on the "Book of the Dead" that he had previously been almost unable to understand.

In almost any divine right civilization's cultivation system, people only needed to know the function of the runes, and few people studied why they had such uses.

The alchemy system, however, traced back to the source, to understand the function of each stroke of the divine rune.

For example, even Cleopatra IX, a demigod, did not know why the "Ankh Rune" of the "Secret of Eternal Life" could revive people.

But Su Lun could understand that there was an anti-life equation in this divine rune.

This content had a crucial impact on his future world comprehension.

And after understanding the secrets pointed to by the runes, he was even more certain of one of his previous guesses.

"The inherited scripture of this Tarris civilization really does share the same origin as the [Exhortations of a Great Man]..."

Su Lun confirmed this and felt even more that the predecessors of the alchemy plane had really left too many treasures for future generations.

The golden scroll in his hand was still obtained from the dean of the "Ancient Magic and Archeology Research Institute" of the Luying Royal Academy, a sixth-order professional.

The secret recorded in this golden scroll itself was above the god-level, or even older than the inheritance scripture "Book of the Dead" of the Tarris gods.

It was almost impossible for such a god-level treasure to fall into the hands of mortals in a theocratic country.

...

The thoughts in his mind flashed and disappeared, and Su Lun didn't think so much.

He used a thread to pick up the [Key of Eternal Life] on the ground, turned to look at his three centaur Kamul teammates, and asked, "Everyone, do you think I should put this key on the altar now?"

After all, they were also recruited by the demon god, so it was good to ask.

Perhaps the teammates saw some details that he had overlooked.

It would also reduce some of the suspicions of the three.

Hearing this, the expressions of Kamul and the three others all straightened up.

How could they not know that the current situation was completely under the control of this "Nicholas"?

Without him, this infiltration of the tomb would have failed long ago.

But there was nothing to say; this man's strength was obvious to all, and the three of them could also be said to have survived until now because of him.

Now, as long as the [Key of Eternal Life] was placed on the altar, the demon god's contract would be automatically terminated.

Their mission would be completed.

But after experiencing the previous changes, the four seemed even more cautious.

After pondering for a moment, the centaur Kamul cautiously said, "Mr. Nicholas, what do you think we should do?"

The two had cooperated before, so it was naturally the easiest to speak.

Su Lun bluntly said, "Terminating the contract is something that must be done. However, after this key is placed, some unpredictable things may happen."

Even if he didn't say it, the other three could guess it.

Although they couldn't understand the structure of this tomb, their intuition told them that things involving gods and demons would definitely not be simple.

Ralph: "Open it. Whether we can survive later depends on our own abilities."

Marcia: "Yes, I agree too."

"..."

After the words were spoken clearly, the feeling of suspicion between each other was largely eliminated.

Since the three agreed, Su Lun didn't say anything more.

However, before putting the key into the altar, he still had something else to do.

Leaving aside whether they lived or died, the spoils had to be taken away first.

In case there was still some mysterious force that could control these mummies, it would be considered resolving some hidden dangers in advance.

The mummies in this tomb were rare puppet materials that were hard to come by. He had also stripped the control method of the mummy legion and could completely replicate the super-large battle formation of the [Pharaoh's Curse] with slight modifications.

This mummy army would be a major weapon in Su Lun's hands in the future.

Then there were those coffins, not to mention the gorgeous coffins cast in pure gold and inlaid with gemstones, even those wooden coffins were made of various rare spirit woods, and some had very strong curse characteristics...

In the eyes of alchemists, these were priceless.

And judging by appearances, there were probably millions of mummies and coffins in this underground palace!

No sooner said than done.

Ignoring the others, Su Lun pinched a warlock seal, and more and more threads fell from the sky.

The other three were stunned by his display of that magical alchemy: "Not good!"

They thought they had triggered another battle.

Especially when they saw those hundreds of thousands of stiff mummies suddenly moving, the three of them, like cats whose tails had been stepped on, instantly bristled and entered a fighting state.

However, the battle they had expected did not happen; instead, an unexpected scene unfolded.

At this time, they watched as those mummies, under the control of the threads, carried their own coffins and walked in unison.

The three were instantly puzzled; what were they going to do?

Were they going to control these puppets to fight?

Although they didn't know how "Nicholas" controlled hundreds of thousands of mummies, when they saw him pinch a warlock seal and condense two super-large space vortexes in the void, the three suddenly realized what was about to happen: this guy was planning to take these mummies away as spoils of war?

Although...

It was okay for a puppeteer to want these corpses.

Even Kamul and the three others had thought before that these coffins and corpses were very valuable.

But how could they possibly take away a million mummies?

However, the bizarre scene that followed unfolded.

The three watched helplessly as the massive mummy legion quickly scurried into the space vortex.

The space was like a bottomless pit, and it could never be filled.

Even those who had not been resurrected and were still in their coffins crawled out and entered the two void gates.

Kamul and the three others watched, their eyelids twitching: How big was this guy's storage space?

Then, in the shocked gazes of the three, the million-mummy army had been almost completely taken away.

Even the valuable burial goods and building materials [Asgardian Godstones] in this tomb that could be dismantled and moved were all looted.

Su Lun had the All-Knowing Eye and wasn't afraid of accidentally touching any restrictions.

Before long, the underground palace, which had previously been filled with deathly aura, suddenly became empty due to the lack of mummies and coffins.

Kamul, Ralph, and Marcia stood there dumbfounded: This behavior of plucking feathers from passing geese didn't seem to match the temperament of this mysterious alchemist.

...

Su Lun didn't care about other people's gazes and finished all of this on his own before saying, "Everyone, I'm going to start."

Kamul and the three others listened, and their thoughts returned from that shock.

The three nodded and made their own defensive preparations.

Kamul sacrificed the heroic spirits of the centaur race to protect his body, the barbarian Ralph fell into deep berserk mode, and the dragon girl Marcia completely transformed into a red dragon.

Su Lun himself arranged a super-large multi-functional alchemy array and stood in the center of the formation.

Then, he controlled a mummy, holding the [Key of Eternal Life], and walked towards the altar in the center of the underground palace.

The fighting power of the four human peaks held their breath at this moment, their expressions serious.

No one knew what would happen next.

In those short dozens of seconds that the mummy walked towards the altar, the four of them felt as if they had experienced the longest time in their lives.

Finally, the mummy walked to the altar full of runes and aligned the [Key of Eternal Life] with the recessed slot of the "*" symbol on the altar.

Su Lun had actually understood most of the mysterious symbols on this altar, and how could he not understand that what was below was: a place where gods hibernate!

But reaching this step, there was no choice at all.

His eyes sharpened, and he decisively cut off all connections.

The key slipped from the mummy's hand and precisely inlaid into the slot with a "click."

This move was like a key inserting into a lock, and the mysterious symbols on the altar lit up one after another.

At the same time, Su Lun looked at the attribute panel, and his expression showed joy: that demon god's contract had indeed disappeared!

The other three, Kamul, also seemed to have confirmed this situation through their own means, and joy appeared on their faces.

They had been summoned by gods and demons, and at this moment, they had finally repaid the debts they owed!

Finally, they were free!

However, before this surprise could allow the four to be happy for more than a moment, at the instant the key was placed into the altar, a terrifying aura that was difficult to describe instantly swept through the underground palace.

"Danger is coming!"

Su Lun's heart trembled, not surprised that unexpected events would happen.

However, what surprised him was that the "great terror" actually suppressed their breathing.

"Could it be the descent of a true god?"

Su Lun was shocked.

He had seen the will of the gods descend many times, but none of them could compare to the present one.

How fast was it?

So fast that Su Lun's All-Knowing Eye only saw a shadow, "whoosh," and it窜 came out from the unknown space under the altar.

Looking closely, it was actually a jackal-headed mummy!

The aura of "great terror" was emanating from this jackal-headed mummy.

Looking at it with the naked eye, its body was surrounded by a domain that distorted the space. In the eyes of the All-Knowing Eye, it was a body-protecting divine domain composed of strands of rules!

Su Lun instantly understood everything: "The corpse of a god!"

However, before he could think about why the divine corpse of this Tarris god was so fierce, the jackal-headed mummy rushed towards Ralph in the distance, who was holding a giant axe, and punched him.

"Boom!" A golden crash.

Su Lun and the others were still preparing various life-saving methods, and their peripheral vision caught a glimpse of the jackal-headed mummy hitting a giant.

The mummy punched Ralph's battle axe, and the epic weapon that could split mountains and seas shattered inch by inch. Then, the power of that punch continued to pour in, turning Ralph's right arm into powder inch by inch.

What the three of them never expected was that Ralph, a barbarian with demigod fighting power, couldn't even withstand one move?

If it weren't for the axe, this punch would have killed him directly!

Seeing this scene, even Su Lun gasped.

His eyes had already understood everything that had just happened. The peak of humanity was understanding how to use a little bit of the power of rules, but compared to the jackal-headed mummy's fist completely surrounded by a divine domain of rules, it was completely different!

It was like a stone hitting an eggshell, easily broken.

This punch was simply not something that humans could withstand!

Su Lun felt that the other three could survive, not because of their strength, but because of their good luck.

The first target that the jackal-headed mummy chose was Ralph, whose energy fluctuations were the largest, not them!

And it was this punch that broke Ralph's right arm.

After that, the jackal-headed mummy punched again.

Ralph, in a severely injured state, saw this and only had despair in his eyes. Suppressed by divine power, he couldn't avoid it at all. And even if he did avoid it, he would still die.

Having touched it for a moment just now, he already understood that this was not an enemy that human power could resist!

Seeing this, Su Lun felt a chill rush to his head.

If he didn't prepare, the next one to die might be himself.

But in an instant, his brain had already made the best response, and he quickly pulled out the [Shroud of Oz the Ice Man] and wrapped it around his entire body.

This was his last chance to survive!

Because he had already judged that the mummy most likely captured its targets through energy fluctuations.

The greater the energy fluctuation, the greater the chance of being targeted.

Performing space teleportation to break through the tomb's restrictions required a short amount of time and a lot of energy, which was enough for the jackal-headed mummy to lock on and kill him!

However, on the other side, the centaur Kamul and the dragon girl Marcia also showed great horror. For a moment, they did not choose to escape or defend, but actually rushed towards Su Lun together.

Seeing this, Su Lun's eyes twitched violently, and how could he not understand their thoughts.

The judgment of top experts was naturally also top-notch.

These two guys knew that they would definitely die with their own methods, so they didn't have any idea of resisting at all, but chose to place their hopes on the mysterious alchemist "Nicholas."

Although they didn't know what other life-saving methods he had, it was better than having no hope at all!

...

Seeing the two rushing over, Su Lun's thoughts flashed, and he didn't have time to stop them. His hands flashed with space fluctuations, and he quickly took the two into the Small Void Realm.

At the same time, with a pull of the thread, the dozens of living corpses that had been arranged in advance immediately moved and became targets to attract firepower.

Su Lun himself had already been wrapped in the shroud, and his aura completely disappeared on the spot.

Just after doing all this, the barbarian Ralph in the distance exploded into a cloud of blood mist under the mummy's second punch.

Then, a gust of Yin wind swept past, and the jackal-headed mummy quickly solved those dozens of living corpses like lightning. No matter how secretly the living corpses were hidden, they were all turned into flesh and blood powder with one punch.

Su Lun watched in horror, afraid that the next punch would fall on him, and quickly came to a conclusion in his heart: "Biometric identification, energy fluctuations, sound fluctuations... Damn, there's simply no way to avoid it!"

Those living corpses were not casually arranged, but used to test the mummy's perception methods.

He was also thankful for his choice; if he had chosen to escape just now, he would definitely be a corpse now.

He was also fortunate to have the [Shroud of Oz the Ice Man], this magical object of sealing.

The cursed object that he once thought was becoming more and more useless had saved his life again at this moment.

Fortunately, after killing a group of living corpses, the jackal-headed mummy did not find him and stagnated in the tomb.

Seeing this, Su Lun's heart, which had been hanging in his throat, finally fell.

But just as his mood had calmed down, the problem came again.

The jackal-headed mummy did not leave, which meant that Su Lun himself could be discovered and killed as long as he made any movements.

He felt that it was best not to move around either.

The situation suddenly fell into a stalemate.

The jackal-headed mummy did not move, and Su Lun did not dare to move either.

However, not dying on the spot was already a blessing among misfortunes.

Su Lun looked at the jackal-headed mummy and saw the glittering brown gemstone on its chest, and thought: "A godhead?"

He had seen real godheads in the [Godslayer] suit before, so even though he saw a full of "******," he knew that this was a genuine godhead.

And before him was the corpse of a true god.

The only good news was that it was a corpse and didn't have its own consciousness.

This was probably the only exploitable opportunity.

Calming down, Su Lun's mind also became active.

He didn't think this was a dead end.

After all, the bottom layer of the tomb had already been opened, and that demon god should also show up.

Perhaps he still had a chance to slip away.

...

Su Lun's gaze looked over, and a passage had been opened at the altar, like a cold storage being opened, and a large amount of fairy-like white smoke flowed out.

The All-Knowing Eye showed that it was unreadable "***"?

These mysterious gases leaked out and diluted in the vast space of the underground palace. Su Lun gradually understood that these seemed to be some turbid god powers of various elements?

The scene under the altar was not clear for the time being. In the hazy mist, there seemed to be a green flame like a ghost fire.

With the god-level corpse guarding the door, there was no need to think about it; what was sealed inside were some extraordinary things.

Su Lun's heart was also very heavy,

But now there was nothing he could do, and his thoughts turned to another place, that was, the two unfamiliar guests in the Small Void Realm.

...

The centaur Kamul and the dragon girl Marcia had entered the Small Void Realm earlier to avoid danger, with no other choice.

As soon as they came in, they saw the million-strong mummy legion lined up neatly.

At this moment, they realized why that "Nicholas'" storage space could hold so many things; it turned out that it wasn't a storage space, but a small plane!

Castles, mountains, forests, amber, it was like a small kingdom.

It was as if many people had once lived here.

However, what shocked the two even more was that there were not only millions of mummies here, but also metal puppets with wings, countless metal octopuses, and countless mechanical equipment.

These were all things that Su Lun had brought over and could be used in battle at any time.

Kamul and Marcia, who had never seen machinery before, were stunned when they saw these things.

They realized that "Nicholas'" trump cards were far more than what they had seen before.

The two looked at each other and couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

Was this the legendary alchemy?

They also couldn't imagine how ridiculously strong that Nicholas would be with these puppet-soldiers supporting him.

Before the two could visit more, Su Lun's will descended.

"Everyone, I saved you just now, but the situation is not very good now."

Time was tight. After chatting for a few words, he didn't say any nonsense and directly said, "As a condition for the exchange, I need you to sign a contract."

He didn't save these two guys out of kindness, but purely because he felt that they might be useful later. Macam and Marcia's combat power were very strong, far exceeding ordinary ninth-order.

One could kill a demigod with an arrow, and the other could transform into a giant dragon.

If there were more battles later, Su Lun felt that they might be a good choice to attract firepower.

If he could live and return to the alchemy plane, they would also be two major helpers.

Looking at the two contracts that appeared in the sky, Macam and Marcia's expressions changed: They had just ended a god-demon contract, and now another one was coming?

Su Lun would not give them any luck.

He had just saved these two guys, and if he couldn't exchange them for some benefits, keeping them would be useless.

Now in the Small Void Realm, it was as easy as flipping his hand to kill the two.

However, Su Lun also retained the necessary respect for experts and said, "This is a ten-year cooperation contract. You two need to help me fight together... You can rest assured that I respect your beliefs and will not ask you to do anything that violates your beliefs..."

Hearing this, Macam and Marcia relaxed a lot: It wasn't a slave contract? But just a ten-year battle contract?

Naturally, it wasn't a slave contract. Although Su Lun hadn't thought about it, he was very clear that if that aggressiveness was worn away, they might be at this level for the rest of their lives.

The alchemy plane needed experts and potential experts.

These two could be selected by gods and demons, and their talents were one in hundreds of millions in their respective planes.

As long as they could survive, they might be able to go further in the future.

Su Lun continued, "In return, I will give you all the cultivation resources you need later. You should also guess that I come from the alchemy plane. My plane has many ancient treasures. Mr. Kamul, I can provide you with a reliable path to a demigod for the law of destruction you cultivate... As for Miss Marcia, I can also responsibly tell you that I have a gene potion that can highly return your blood to its ancestors and achieve a more perfect dragon race than it is now. You know that I am telling the truth..."

To make people fight hard, naturally some benefits had to be given.

As Su Lun spoke, he added a final sentence, "Of course, if you don't want to, you can. But I am not interested in helping people who are not friends."

Hearing this, Macam and Marcia's eyes twitched.

They were also very clear that they had been saved just now, so naturally they had to pay some price.

The two glanced at the Small Void Realm again. They hadn't even seen Su Lun, let alone fought.

Besides, even if they won and went out, it would be a dead end.

This seemed like there was a choice, but in reality there was no choice at all.

If they really wanted to live, they would have to sign a slave contract.

But now it seemed that the conditions were better.

Marcia confirmed again, "Just a ten-year contract?"

Su Lun said decisively, "Yes! As long as you follow the contents of the contract, you can go wherever you want when the time comes. We can write this into the terms."

Hearing this, Macam and Marcia both breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay."

The two added some terms, and the three quickly signed the contract.

Su Lun also breathed a sigh of relief.

On the other side, in the underground palace, that white smoke-like divine power mist had spread everywhere.

At this time, a small mouse crawled out of some gap and quietly appeared in the field of vision.

Su Lun knew that the demon god was finally about to show up.