I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 733, Sections 2.7 and 20: La Somésmia: The Crown

"Is this... a change of weather?" Noyce looked down at the lines his fingers traced on the stone slab, suddenly sensing something. He looked up at the sky, frowned slightly, and whispered.

"Is it really okay for you to keep slacking off here?" A teasing laugh came from behind.

Noyce turned around and saw a silver-haired boy. Her dark purple eyes glanced at the white bracelet on the boy's left wrist.

“Ming… Xi? Is that right?” Noyce asked uncertainly.

"What? You still can't tell the difference between me and Mingjin?" Mingxi raised an eyebrow and asked with a smile.

Noyce scratched her hair, thought for a few seconds, and said bluntly, "It's normal for people not to be able to tell you apart. You two look exactly alike, the only difference being your temperament. But you're both good at acting, so if you impersonate each other, no one but yourselves can tell you apart."

“Mo Mo can tell the difference,” Ming Xi corrected.

Noyce was silent for a moment, then casually changed the subject, "You just said I was slacking off, do you know something?"

"It's just speculation. After all, it wouldn't be surprising if something big happened, given the sounds coming from the ruins and battlefield over there."

"So you were the one secretly following us all along, that's why you knew so much." Noyce looked up at Mingxi. "You could have been with us."

"Because Jin said he had more important things for me to do, I have to temporarily separate from you."

"Clap clap," Noyce clapped her hands a few times, her meaning ambiguous, and said, "That's a great reason, I give it full marks."

Mingxi frowned and asked, "Then why did they suddenly separate when they were originally supposed to be acting together?"

Before Noyce could speak, Mingxi chuckled, "Let me guess, did you discover a treasure?"

Noyce's face turned cold, and she warned, "Although you are twins, I have always felt that you are different. Mingxi, you're not going to follow Mingjin's example, are you?"

Mingxi shook her head and asked with a smile, "How could that be? I'm just very curious about the treasure you're looking for. You wouldn't refuse my help, would you?"

Noyce was silent for about three minutes before turning to face Mingxi and extending a hand to him.

"It's a pleasure to work with you~" Mingxi said with a smile as she shook hands.

“You know my title is ‘Hero,’ right? Ever since I became the crown prince, I received a map with a destination marked as a hero’s sword. Since then, I’ve been urged to find it. But I’ve never found it. Not to mention the hero’s sword, I haven’t even found the location depicted on the map.”

Noyce put down the stone tablet in her hand and continued, "It wasn't until the arrival of the Flower Crown that things finally took a turn for the better. I found the location on the map, which is why I became the king's aide, so that I could better observe and find the location of the Hero's Sword."

"They haven't found it yet, otherwise they wouldn't still be looking for it now."

Noyce nodded. "I went to the location shown on the map, but I didn't find the Sword of the Hero. The map was correct, the location was correct, and the destination was correct, so if I still couldn't find it, it means the timing was wrong. In that era, the Sword of the Hero hadn't been invented yet. After learning that, I gave up."

"Now, I have finally returned to this place, ten thousand years later. I have a feeling that I will be able to find it this time. However, after so much time has passed, the terrain is somewhat different, so it will be quite difficult to find it now. Therefore, I made an excuse to separate from Ye Gui and the others, after all, I don't want my personal matters to delay their dungeon."

“Only the hero who wields the hero’s sword is a true hero,” Mingxi said with a complicated expression. “Is that what you mean?”

Did Noyce really know the responsibility that lay behind this? Perhaps he did.

But he still chose to accept his fate.

In a sense, Noyce truly deserves the title of 'hero'.

"My opinion of you has suddenly changed," Mingxi sighed softly.

"Huh? Does that mean I was a bad person in your eyes before?" Noyce asked in surprise.

"Since you already know, just understand. It's embarrassing to say this out loud," Mingxi said irritably.

"Sorry, I was just a little surprised," Noyce said, touching her hair apologetically.

"Where have you found out so far?" Mingxi asked.

Noyce picked up the stone slab he had set aside, pointed to the pattern on it, and pondered, "The point where the eyes of the six dragons intersect is where the Hero's Sword is located. But the light needs to intersect; I need to prepare some powerful flashlights, or perhaps there's some special mechanism on the dragons..."

"We'll find out when we get there, won't we? We need to speed things up, otherwise..."

Mingxi didn't continue speaking. Noyce felt that Mingxi probably knew something, but since all his thoughts were focused on finding the Sword of the Warrior, he didn't ask any further questions.

"Oh right, I almost forgot, here you go." Mingxi took out three test tubes filled with a golden-red liquid from her pocket and handed them to Noyce.

"What is this?" Noyce asked, taking the test tube.

The test tube, made of special glass, is filled with a golden-red liquid. When gently shaken, it seems as if flames are burning in the blood, as dazzling as the sun.

"Mu Yegui's rations were given to me by Ling Tong before I came here. Remember to give them to her after you meet up with them. Be careful not to break them. The blood of the Caronas tribe is hotter than the sun and can burn everything."

Noyce glanced at Mingxi sideways but said nothing.

"Just kidding, but there's one thing I'm not lying about: Ling Tong's blood has a special flammability. It has a low ignition point and will ignite if it comes into contact with microorganisms in the air for more than three seconds. It turns from liquid to flame within one second, and the highest temperature can reach five figures. However, it's different from ordinary fire, and what it can burn is also a little different from ordinary fire. It will evaporate into gas within ten seconds after losing its combustible material, so in a sense it's quite environmentally friendly."

"Everything has an ignition point, right? Since the highest temperature can reach five figures, how can you say it's different from ordinary fire? It's completely unscientific," Noyce thought to himself.

"It's unscientific to say you care about that. At least it's easy to burn living things. Living objects are like good firewood. By the way, the reason why Mu Ye Gui isn't burned but is absorbed by it is because Samuro's own ignition point is higher than its temperature."

“If you accidentally break it, try to stay away from it. Let me think… one tube is about this distance.” Mingxi gestured. “One tube can burn a spherical life form with a diameter of 10 meters. Beyond this distance, it can’t burn it anymore, since the energy is not enough to support its continued outward diffusion. No matter how unscientific it may seem, it still conforms to the science of the universe.”

Important Item: Ling Tong's Blood *3
Make sure you remember its existence.

Current holder: Noyce

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(End of this chapter)