Tokyo Wrestler

[Ability: Damage Increase (All melee damage dealt using this artifact is increased by 10%), Critical Hit (Each attack using this artifact has a 5% chance to increase the damage by 100%)]

[Introduction: Increased damage, increased damage, and more increased damage!!]

[Note 1: Prolonged use of increased damage may make you more aggressive...]

[Note 2: This is a gift from the mad scientist to you]

Wow! This is amazing! It increases all melee damage by 10%, and critical hit damage by a whopping 100%!!

A 5% critical strike chance means roughly one critical strike every 20 punches, but that's purely based on luck. However, the 10% base damage increase alone is already quite impressive! Sett's eyes lit up.

This brass knuckles artifact is a perfect match for him!

According to note one, becoming aggressive is likely a side effect.

No problem!

Sett is already quite combative when he's in a fight, so this side effect has a negligible impact on him.

"Name it, Critical Strike Gauntlets..." Sett thought to himself.

Although it refers to a tiger, calling it a boxing glove isn't too problematic...

Soon, the first section of the brass knuckles equipment description changed to:

[Spiritual Item Name: Critical Strike Gauntlets]

Sett immediately put it on, and the more he looked at it, the more pleasing it became to the eye; the more he looked at it, the more he loved it!

Tonight's heritage exploration was incredibly fruitful!

Not only did I kill two alien beasts, increasing my experience points to 1780, but the quest is now only missing one more ability user! Kill one more ability user and I'll level up instantly!

At the same time, they also obtained a level 5 artifact that is so compatible with Sett, which can boost Sett's strength to another level!

This is incredibly awesome!!

Having just witnessed Sett risking his life to shield her from an attack, Akino Otsuma naturally assumed that the most precious spiritual artifact belonged to Sett. She then glanced at the corpses of the two strange beasts surrounding them and asked Sett:

"Sett, can I extract the cores from those two? They're the cores of level 3 beasts; I can sell them for some money."

“Sure, you can have both,” Sett said generously.

With this level 9 artifact, there will definitely be plenty of explorations of the Ancient Relics, and Sett will certainly not miss a single one. Plus, the witch is quite useful.

Therefore, for sustainable development, you have to give the horse grass if you want it to run.

"Consider the two level 3 crystal cores the witch's reward," Sett thought.

“No, no.” Akino Otsuma immediately shook her head, not greedy at all, and said, “I only need one. After it’s sold, I will transfer the money for the other crystal core to you. After all, I didn’t put in any effort, so it’s not worth taking so much.”

"Sure, it's up to you." Sett continued to fiddle with the critical strike gauntlets in his hand for a while.

Then his gaze fell on another item on the wooden table—a few yellowed sheets of paper.

Sett picked up the first one and glanced at it briefly.

[On April 5, 1993, while crafting magical artifacts, I discovered a new mystery. I found that many of the materials used in these artifacts don't seem to be naturally produced in our world. Their spiritual energy intensity and various properties are simply extraterrestrial... I've decided to investigate this matter...]

It's the diary of a madman... Sett thought.

Who writes a diary if they're a decent person... Just as Sett was about to throw the paper down, he suddenly realized something and glanced at the first line again.

[April 5, 1993...]

Wait a minute! Didn't the mad scientist die in the 70s?

Yesterday, Sett received a Sky Pillar Forum account from the flat-chested little witch. While checking basic information from various sources, he also looked up some other things.

For example, the experiences of mad scientists.

The records on the pillar are basically the same as what Kameda Kazumitsu said that day. The madman was born in 1948 and died in the 70s.

But according to this diary... the mad scientist was still writing a diary in 1993!!

Sett gasped.

That is:

The information about Tianzhu is wrong!

The mad scientist didn't die in the 70s at all!

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P.S.: I've been writing non-stop for over ten hours until 1 AM. My back hurts, and I feel completely drained. I've written about 2 words in total across three chapters. Including interest, I still owe 3 chapters. I'll post a separate chapter to tally the backlog once the initial subscription results are released. I've checked it three times; if there are still typos or grammatical errors, I'll correct them after I wake up.

Chapter 50 An Information-Exploding Diary

Either my current access level on the Tianzhu Forum is too low to find real information about a level 9 expert like the Mad Scholar.

Or perhaps... the mad scientist faked his own death in the 70s and fooled Tianzhu...

Sett is more inclined to the first guess.

As the official organization that governs all practitioners in Japan, it would be extremely difficult for the madman to fake his death and deceive the Heavenly Pillar, especially since he was just a Hundred-Refiner with little combat ability.

The Heavenly Pillar possesses a multitude of illogical observational abilities.

For example, the clairvoyance of Buddhist monks or the samurai's eye are both skills that allow one to see through the superficial appearances of things to observe the most fundamental things.

But a new problem arose.

Why did Tianzhu alter the time of the mad scholar's death? What was Tianzhu hiding?

Sett closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then glanced at the description of "The Mad Scientist's Old Legacy":

[Introduction: They all call me the Mad Scholar, but I prefer the word "scholar" because I'm not mad... I once thought I controlled everything in the world, I glimpsed the secrets of the divine realm, I even dabbled in the authority of the gods... But I'm not mad! Really!!]

The mystery of the Kingdom of God, the authority of the gods.

Could this so-called deity be the level 10 true god that Yashahime mentioned a couple of days ago?

Is the divine kingdom the so-called Takamagahara?

The mad scientist dabbled in the authority of a level 10 true god, glimpsed the secrets of Takamagahara, and touched upon the interests of the four level 9 demigods of the Heavenly Pillar who wanted to become level 10 true gods. So he was silently executed by the Heavenly Pillar? Or even imprisoned?

A bunch of guesses popped into Sett's mind.

However, too much specific information was missing, and Sett was unable to arrive at an accurate answer.

He then lowered his head and began to carefully read "The Madman's Diary".

Continuing from the previous point.

[April 9, 1993: I've discovered it! Haha, I've discovered it! My guess was right after all. These rare materials with high spiritual power cannot be naturally generated in our world at present.]

I also consulted many ancient books and asked many people, and finally I got the answer:

These materials are remnants from the mythological era, and Takamagahara was still open during that era! In other words, these materials were most likely transported to our world from Takamagahara!

This discovery has greatly excited me, so much so that I can't sleep. If I could enter Takamagahara, wouldn't the material problem that has plagued me for so many years be solved? Wouldn't I be able to make more advanced spiritual artifacts?

[It's decided. Next, I'm going to Takamagahara!]

It seems my earlier guess was wrong. It wasn't until 1993 that mad scientists turned their attention to Takamagahara... Sett changed the second piece of paper.

[July 9, 1993: I've been struggling to find information about Takamagahara lately. Apart from those false myths and legends, the only thing worth referring to is Abe no Seimei's prophecy from a thousand years ago.]

This level 9 peak Onmyoji, who is also the founder of the Onmyoji path, once predicted that Takamagahara would open in Chiyoda Ward in 2022, which is still more than 30 years away. No, I can't wait that long. I will die in a few years. Long-term fatigue has made my body increasingly old and heavy. Recently, I even feel powerless to refine spiritual weapons.

I need to find Takamagahara quickly. I still have a level 9 artifact to craft due to material limitations; it's my lifelong dream.

Could the level 9 artifact the mad scientist mentioned be the "Mad Scientist's Ancient Legacy" in my possession...? But is the mad scientist about to die? Well, back then, the projection of the Ancient Legacy said, "Perhaps I am already dead..." Sett thought.

He lowered his gaze again.

February 11, 1994: Many things have happened recently, some good and some bad.

The bad thing is that I haven't been able to find any other information about Takamagahara.

However, I came into contact with the ability users of the Monster Association and also got to know the most senior of the seven level 9 demigods of the Monster Association, namely the "Sloth King". Despite his name, he was incredibly diligent and practically took care of all the affairs of the Monster Association.

This is probably the fundamental reason why he has been able to remain steadfast and not go mad.

【I got along very well with the Lazy King. We were both crazy people who would work themselves to death when we got busy, so we talked a lot. He told me that he was one of the first superhumans in Japan. Superhumans have only appeared for a hundred years, but he has been a level 9 demigod for a hundred years!

At the same time, I also received a shocking piece of information from him: cultivators cannot live long lives!

No matter how strong a cultivator is, even if they have reached the level of a demigod, they can only live for a maximum of 200 years. This is the fundamental reason why even the shortest path of cultivation, the warrior path, has been passed down for six or seven hundred years, yet there are still only four cultivators who become demigods in each era.

I asked the Sloth King why, but he couldn't answer. However, the second half of his sentence made my head spin.

That is... those with superpowers can live forever!

Although superhumans have only existed for a hundred years, and most of them turn into mindless beasts within six months to a year, inevitably leading to their death, if superhumans can resist the transformation into beasts, prevent themselves from going insane, and prevent themselves from breaking through the threshold and becoming beasts, then...

Therefore, those with superpowers are immortal beings!

To convince me of this claim, the Sloth King showed me a photo of himself from a hundred years ago. I compared it carefully, and even after a century, his appearance hadn't changed at all; there were no signs of aging!

This gave me hope to live!

Cultivators cannot live long, but those with supernatural abilities can live forever... Sett murmured to himself, his mind reeling from the shock of the news.