Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 288 The Old Camp and the Headless Demigod

Chapter 287

In the mysterious study, Rosen carefully studied the historical materials he had plundered during the chaos.

Several months later, I finally finished reading the historical materials related to the Miracle Treasure.

He had actually read through the historical information about the Miracle Treasures of Sequence 8 two years ago, but since the Miracle Sequence would need more Miracle Treasures in the future, he couldn't just cram at the last minute. So he decided to thoroughly understand the relevant history in one go.

The reason he chose to come to the Old World was that the miraculous treasure he had his eye on eventually appeared there.

The Old World was once the core territory of many dominant civilizations, and its status was equivalent to the Eternal Continent of the World Government.

First, let's look at the area. The total area of ​​the Old World is ten times larger than that of the Holy World.

Apart from the outermost ring of the main world, the Old Continent is the largest continent in the main world. Its large size is due not only to its initial large area, but also to the fact that successive dominant civilizations continuously moved and integrated other continents into the Old Continent.

According to normal development, the world government should also be located on the Old World.

But nobody knows what happened in the early days of the World Government.
There are no related records in the historical secret realm. In short, the World Government eventually abandoned the Old Continent and chose to create the Eternal Continent at a huge cost in the depths of the Spirit Realm. After that, all of humanity was relocated from the Old Continent, turning it into a forgotten land.

For the first tens of thousands of years, the world government directly prohibited everyone from contacting the Old World.

Only in the last ten thousand years have world governments gradually allowed the exploration of the Old World.

That's right, it's using the name of exploration.

Because of the passage of ten thousand years, all traces of civilization on the Old Continent have turned into ruins. Moreover, the Old Continent, which was originally very safe and had been fully developed and controlled by the dominant civilizations of successive generations, has seen countless dangerous and deadly threats emerge during its ten thousand years of closure.

Whether the true god has fallen is unknown, but there are records in the historical secret realms of gods dying in the Old World.

Those who are now capable of exploring the Old World are basically at least Sequence 3.

The Old Camp, the only safe spot for human demigods to explore the Old World.

The World Government not only created an ultra-long-range teleportation array here, but also deployed a true god-level miracle artifact containing spatial laws. Those who possess this miracle artifact can teleport back to the old camp at any time, even if they venture deep into the Old World.

Before this method of returning to town was available, the casualty rate when exploring the Old World reached as high as 90%.

Therefore, the Old Camp is an essential place for exploring the Old World, and it has become exceptionally prosperous, frequented by demigods.

As for why it was a camp instead of building a city directly?
That's because the cities that were once built, even those with true gods in charge, were eventually destroyed.

Only the camp could survive, and the standard for the camp was that the population could not exceed 10,000. Therefore, without a certain status and position, one could not even dream of entering the old camp. Rosen's qualification was also obtained because of his special status as a historian.

The author spent several months in a secret historical location, and several more months studying historical materials in a mysterious study.

It's been almost a year since the self-portrait clones became popular in the old camp.

Many exploration teams wanted to invite Rosen to become one of them.

However, he refused them all. In the past few months, he has been running an appraisal business. The exploration team's finds in the Old World can be brought to him for paid appraisal. Because the appraisal level is too high and the business is too good, the historian who was originally stationed in the Old World camp can't wait to eat him alive.

Rosen withdrew his clone and walked out of the appraisal shop he had been running for several months.

He put up a notice of long-term closure and prepared to enter the Old World as the historian Asam.

In the center of the camp, a torch three zhang tall was planted.

Torch of Hope, a miracle treasure of the true God.

Rosen took out a living Sequence 3 Ash Lifeform and sent it directly into the flames, letting the Ash Lifeform be burned to ashes by the Torch of Hope. Then, a projection split off from the Torch of Hope, and this projection could exist for up to ten years.

Rosen projected the Torch of Hope into the divine realm, casually planting it in the ground in preparation for finding a guide.

His understanding of the Old World was limited. Although the Historical Secret Realm contained the most detailed exploration data on the Old World, he could only see a small part of it, and the data was outdated. No one knew how much the Old World had changed in an ever-changing world.

Therefore, if you want to successfully find the miraculous treasure he is looking for, it is best to hire an experienced guide.

Half a day later, Rosen used the connections he had built up over the past year to hire three guides.

They are Ghost Assassin Ghost Shadow (Sequence 3), Beastmaster Hunter Lynx King (Sequence 3), and Geologist Engineer (Sequence 3). All three use codenames instead of their real names. Rosen has also been using the codename True Ancestor for the past year.

The reason for not using real names is, of course, because using real names in the Old World was very dangerous.

After the team assembled, each team spent another half a day preparing.

Rosen had made all the preparations in advance, but Ghost Shadow and the other two each left behind the spiritual realms within the Divine Realm. In case they died on the Old Continent, those realms could serve as inheritances, which the Old Camp would be responsible for handing over to the designated heirs.

The entire Old World was shrouded in ash, and the concentration of ash here was frighteningly high.

Even a demigod's normal vision cannot see beyond ten meters, and their extended divine perception cannot exceed one hundred meters.

If one masters special eye techniques and perception methods, the range of perception can be increased by at most ten or a hundred times, no more.

Because the ash here is so strong, many demigods suspect that the Old World might be the source of the ash.

However, based on Lawson's understanding of the historical secrets, the ashes of the Old World are more like a seal.

Because of limited perception, it is very easy to get lost, which is why the Torch of Hope was able to improve the situation.

However, it is still easy to step into a dangerous dead end, so even demigods in the Old World must proceed with caution.

However, the projection of the Hope Torch has a limited lifespan. The projection generated by the Ash Life of Sequence 3 can last for ten years, Sequence 2 for a hundred years, and Sequence 1 for a thousand years. The longer it lasts, the farther the exploration distance in the Old World will naturally be.

However, by proceeding cautiously step by step, the millennium could only linger on the fringes of the Old World.

Since leaving the old camp, everyone except Rosen has been very careful.

The engineers were almost constantly using the geologist's core ability of geological exploration to generate a geological sand table covering tens of thousands of meters in real time. Then, the Lynx King would release dozens of Phantom Cats from the divine territory, which would then split into a large number of phantom clones scattered over tens of thousands of meters.

Despite not encountering any danger for several days, the three ghosts remained completely unfazed.

They always traveled during the day, and at night they all vanished into the realm of the ghostly spirits.

Then the ghost will use all its enhanced stealth abilities to hide itself as best it can.

On the afternoon of the sixth day after departure, an unexpected turn of events finally occurred.

The phantom cat clones sent out by the Lynx King were suddenly wiped out almost instantly.

The ever-vigilant engineer, noticing the Lynx King's strange expression, immediately used the Geologist's Gravity Control. Ghost Shadow also instantly deployed his domain to pull Rosen and the other two into it, then fled like a madman using every means at his disposal.

Rosen did his homework thoroughly that year, and he also learned a lot about the three guides before hiring them.

So he knew very well that their four-person team had hit the jackpot.

Ordinary dangers can be solved by geologists.

Even more troublesome dangers can be easily resolved by the Lynx King in collaboration with the geologist.

The Phantom Cat's phantom clones have extremely strong survivability and can be instantly annihilated. The hidden dangers are beyond their ability to deal with, so in this situation, they can only risk running away with the Ghost Shadow.

However, blindly running around without thorough exploration could lead to other dangers.

So if they can't shake off the danger behind them, they can only use the Torch of Hope projection to teleport back to their old camp.

Of course, the transmission is not 100% successful, because the transmission process takes a certain amount of time.

After Rosen reaches Sequence 3, the Hunter's Eye can also generate projections.

Before he was taken away by the ghostly realm, the projection of the Hunter's Eye he left behind now captures the source of the danger.

This was a deer, rotting inside and out. Through its decaying flesh, you could see its beating heart. The monster devoured the projection of the Hunter's Eye and then locked onto the ghostly figure, giving chase.

The ghostly figure was fleeing when it suddenly stopped, breaking out in a cold sweat.

Because there were wolves in front and tigers behind, a goat, its head and neck now gone, appeared not far in front of the ghostly figure. The goat's neck twisted and crawled on the ground like a snake, and where it passed, the viscous, purplish-gold blood was faintly visible from the severed neck. What was chasing behind was unknown, but the one in front was a demonic goat head.

If this thing targets you, your extraordinary bloodline will be gradually devoured.

They must defeat the demon ram's head in order to continue their escape.

Otherwise, the permanent weakening of their extraordinary bloodline would be an unbearable loss for them.

The engineers deployed their forces, and the land within a radius of ten thousand meters came alive, forming a rock dome. Then, dense combinations of spiritual runes began to appear on the surface of the semi-circular dome. All the formations set up by the geologists far surpassed those of the wizards.

The Lynx King followed closely behind, summoning dozens of Sequence 3 Paradise Cat Spirits.

These Heavenly Cat Spirits charged toward the Demon Goat's Head, and wherever they passed, endless holy light transformed into giant Heavenly Cats, who fought fiercely with the Demon Goat's Head. The Demon Goat's Head was quickly bleeding profusely, but one of the Heavenly Cat Spirits was instantly killed by a single drop of blood.

Seeing that the demon ram's head was being suppressed, Ghost Shadow instantly split into three ghostly clones.

None of the three clones were the main attackers; instead, they constantly approached from the sides and used control skills to restrain the demon ram's head.

It took the Heavenly Cat Spirit a full half hour to finally tear the Demon Ram's Head apart.

The battle lasted for half an hour, and the trouble that followed should have caught up much earlier.

But in reality, there is still a long way to go, because the rock dome created by geologists is not only to protect against danger, but also contains an amazing time acceleration effect, which extends one second outside to half an hour inside.

When the battle ended, the engineer was so weak that he fainted.

The Lynx King collected two ram horns and a pair of eyes, without touching any blood, before continuing its escape into the Ghost Shadow's territory. It took half a day of fleeing before it was certain that it had shaken off the danger behind it.

The past half-day had been a race against time, but now that everyone is safe, their tense nerves have begun to relax slightly.

When the spoils were distributed, Rosen and Ghost each received an eyeball.

As for the two ram horns, the Lynx King and the Engineer each got one.

The eyes of the demon ram's head are top-tier materials for enhancing pupil techniques, while the ram's horns can be used to craft top-tier extraordinary artifacts of Sequence 3.

Rosen could clearly sense the suppressed rage emanating from the ghostly figure.

He's the employer, so it's normal for him to get one eyeball.

However, the remaining items, including the engineer's ram's horn, should have been given to Ghost Shadow.

On the surface, the sappers who were so exhausted they fainted were putting in more effort than Ghost Shadow.

But that's not actually how it works. No matter how tired or hard the sapper is, he doesn't face much danger. On the contrary, Ghost is in much better shape than the sapper, but he faces far more danger on his escape route.

Because if they were to encounter a danger that could wipe out the entire group, Ghost Shadow would be the first to suffer.

The other three who are hiding will definitely use the Hope Torch projection to escape as soon as they encounter an insurmountable danger.

Therefore, Ghost took the greatest risk but received the least spoils.

Rosen sighed inwardly. He had thought that the engineer and the Lynx King had nothing to do with each other, but he didn't expect the two to be so close. Ghost Shadow had obviously been robbed of his spoils by the two of them, but Ghost Shadow couldn't turn against them at this time.

Because if we leave the group and return to the old camp at this point, the current gains are not even comparable to the investment made in coming in.

If we encounter real danger in the future, it will be difficult for this team to work together.

They're already demigods, so they shouldn't be so short-sighted, right?

Rosen soon discovered that during the break, the sapper had given his share of the ram's horn to Ghost.

According to what he learned from using the Hunter's Eye, the Engineer also disliked the Lynx King's actions. The Lynx King did this entirely because he needed the Engineer's help, but the Lynx King was extremely stingy, so he stole Ghost's spoils to please the Engineer.

You can't hit someone who's smiling, and although the engineer was unhappy, he didn't want to offend the Lynx King.

So the ram's horn accepted it, but secretly returned it to the ghost.

Because the sapper was reasonable enough, the relationship between the sapper and Ghost Shadow quickly improved significantly.

However, Rosen felt something was even more wrong. The self-portrait clone in the mysterious study began to draw a precognitive picture.

The painting depicts Lynx King and Engineer crouching with their heads down next to the ghostly corpse.

Rosen was completely baffled; the problems these two had were beyond his wildest imagination.

This is not just greed; it's a reckless attempt to harm a teammate.

How could his luck be so bad? The guides he carefully selected, who had no connections, just happened to be two people secretly conspiring to kill him for money. Moreover, not long after leaving the old camp, he was attacked one after another on the outskirts of the old continent.

Could his divine-level innate fortune be nothing more than a mere facade?
Rosen suddenly realized something was wrong; his luck was surprisingly stable without the slightest fluctuation.

Luck is not constant; it fluctuates depending on various factors.

Even the best of luck won't mean you'll never encounter any misfortune; it just means the chances of running into trouble are extremely slim, and you can usually resolve any problems that arise. If luck were completely constant with no ups and downs, wouldn't everyone be a puppet of fate?

The same principle applies to predictive abilities; the results of predictions can never be 100% accurate.

But now something incredible has happened: his luck hasn't fluctuated at all.

There are many abilities that can sense changes in fortune. Even if they are not as intuitive as the Miracle Flame, they can still understand some things. If the Old Continent had the ability to make all fluctuations in fortune disappear, it is impossible that the Secret Realm of History would have no records at all.

Rosen looked at the ghost's fortune, which was also constant.

However, looking at Lynx King and Engineer, their luck has fluctuated, but it has actually plummeted to rock bottom, which is not much different from being plagued by misfortune. Could it be that the abnormality in their luck comes from the two of them?
Rosen used the corpse of the Abyss Curse Demon to make dimensional canvas, and then used the eyeballs of the demon ram's head to make God's paint.

Soon, the portraits of the Lynx King and the Engineer were drawn on the drawing paper with the hand of God.

Three years have passed in the blink of an eye, and we have encountered many dangers along the way.

Every time, the Lynx King, relying on its superior strength compared to Ghost Shadow, distributed more of the spoils to the engineers.

If the engineers contributed enough, they would stay; if they contributed less than Ghost, they would compensate Ghost privately. As a result, over the three years, Ghost and the engineers got along better and better, while Rosen also noticed that Ghost's luck was gradually falling to rock bottom.

In contrast, the fortunes of the engineers and the Lynx King steadily rose during this period and gradually lost their fluctuations.

Rosen roughly deduced that the engineer and the Lynx King were stealing the Ghost's luck.

As for why they didn't take action against him, perhaps they sensed danger, or perhaps he was the employer and had amazing connections in the old camp. If he didn't return alive, the engineers and Lynx King who did would be in trouble.

At first, Rosen wanted to save Ghost, but gradually he decided to stay out of it.

Ghost Shadow was no benevolent person either. He was suppressed by Lynx King in the past, and after his relationship with the engineer improved, he repeatedly encroached on his share of the spoils. Since that was the case, there was no need for him to repay kindness with ingratitude.

Another six months passed, and Rosen finally arrived at his destination.

No further guidance was needed, and he readily produced a token signifying the completion of his mission.

After the three ghosts took their leave, they continued to venture deeper into the Old World. Rosen watched them leave, and his luck, which had been stable for years, suddenly began to fluctuate violently. This meant that he had been attacked from behind, and he hadn't even noticed when the Lynx King and the Engineer had made their move.

Rosen shook his head; he didn't want to meddle anymore, but someone was just asking for trouble.

Open the Void Album and activate the will of God within the painting to begin cursing the Lynx King and the Engineer.

Using the eyeballs of a demon ram to create God's paint, one can directly obliterate their extraordinary bloodline with the will of God, thereby severely damaging the extraordinary essence of the noble sequence. At that time, one can easily seal two sequence 3 demigods with just the painting in hand.

Rosen's proactive counterattack immediately alerted Lynx King and Engineer to the anomaly.

Although they didn't know if Rosen was behind it, the two immediately turned around and approached Rosen.

Ghost followed behind in confusion, only to see the Lynx King and Engineer walking in front undergo a huge change the moment they approached the True Ancestor. They removed their own heads and then took out another head and placed it on their necks.

(End of this chapter)