Spire Game: My cards are all forbidden divine skills

After taking a few steps forward, Chen Mo quickly opened the treasure chest.

He really wanted to see what good stuff the corrupt maniac would collect.

The first thing that caught Chen Mo's eye was a variety of stone carvings, a mess of shapes and styles, and the craftsmanship was really bad. He pushed them aside.

Feeling further down, there didn't seem to be anything else of value.

Forget about finding any equipment, potions, cards, or even gold coins.

Chen Mo felt disappointed. It was indeed a foolish thing to believe that a monster would hide something good.

Just as Chen Mo was about to close the treasure chest, he suddenly noticed something very unusual in the stone carving.

It's at the very bottom, and although it's also a stone carving, it's clearly much better and more refined than the other stone carvings, both in terms of texture and shape.

Chen Mo took it out and examined it carefully in his hand.

The small statue is about thirty centimeters in size and has no luster.

He felt he had seen the shape of the statue somewhere before.

Heavy armor, cloak, broken sword.

Wait, isn't that the golden statue?

Was this golden statue carved by a corrupt madman? Its craftsmanship is so superb.

Feeling something was off, Chen Mo flipped it over to take another look.

Sure enough, there were still words below, but they were not clearly visible inside the stone house. Chen Mo immediately took them outside to examine them.

As a red lightning bolt flashed and illuminated the sky, Chen Mo was finally able to see what was written on it.

Forbidden Statue: Devouring, Merging, Rebirth.

Chen Mo didn't understand what it meant. Was this some kind of equipment?

I tried putting it into my inventory, but I couldn't.

It can only be put into the backpack compartment, which is for miscellaneous items.

Chen Mo frowned slightly and took out his notebook again.

"Forbidden statues, forbidden..."

Chen Mo began searching for taboo words.

Finally, after almost finishing flipping through the notes, he found a line of small print on the second-to-last page, which appeared to be written in blood.

(I left forbidden items scattered within the Tower of Souls, hoping that whoever obtains them will fulfill my wish!)

The characters are slightly crooked, suggesting that the person who wrote them was near death.

Forbidden items?

Who left it?

What's the use of this? It's not clearly written in the notes.

But Chen Mo knew that these were no ordinary miscellaneous items. What could be specifically written in a notebook, even if it wasn't equipment or cards, was probably some kind of crucial object.

Let's keep this for now and study it later.

Chen Mo put the notebook and the statue back into his backpack. Just then, Chen Mo suddenly sensed something again, immediately drew his sword and looked forward, assuming a fighting stance.

"Don't touch me, great cardholder, I won't steal from you again."

Not far ahead, the white-haired rat thief emerged from the wall again.

She was still rubbing her hands together, still looking timid.

Chen Mo was already prepared to deliver a fatal blow, followed by a powerful and coordinated attack to send him to his grave.

Wait, it seems my ability points haven't recovered yet, damn it!

The white-haired rat seemed to sense Chen Mo's murderous intent and quickly said, "Please don't kill me, I really won't steal from you again. I just want to make a deal with you."

The white-haired rat quickly pulled out a handful of gold coins and a bottle of potion from its tattered clothes.

"I'd like to buy the notebook you have, and if possible, I'd also like the statue you were just holding."

Chen Mo glanced at the gold coins and potions in the white-haired rat's hand from afar.

At most, you'll get a dozen or so gold coins, plus a healing potion.

For all this stuff, you want to trade it for what might be his only strategy guide, plus the so-called forbidden item?

You're dreaming!

"roll!"

Chen Mo replied loudly.

The white-haired rat cried anxiously, "I can pay more, I can take you to the statue up ahead... Ah, don't kill me!"

Halfway through his sentence, the white-haired rat saw Chen Mo raise his sword and begin to charge forward, so it immediately darted into the wall and disappeared.

By the time Chen Mo rushed over, the ripples on the wall had disappeared. Chen Mo slashed hard with his sword, but the wall remained solid.

"You got there fast!"

Chen Mo gave a soft snort.

The little thief has his eye on him; he's probably been following him closely, trying to steal his things.

Notes, a statue?

What would a monster like you need these things for?

Chen Mo couldn't understand it at all, but he immediately looked toward the stone house of the corrupt maniac.

The thief just said there were statues of gods ahead?

That's something you absolutely can't miss.

Judging from the little thief's appearance, he didn't seem like a monster who would lie. The existence of the idol is most likely real.

This single piece of information was enough to make Chen Mo temporarily change his plans.

Staying in the corrupt maniac's stone house is definitely not as safe as being near the idol.

After recovering some health, it's safer to go and rest at the statue.

Having finalized the action plan, Chen Mo looked up at the sky again.

Hopefully it won't rain again in the next couple of days.

……

Take a break, recover your health, and while you're at it, open the trading market to see what other people are doing.

Most people are still crying out, pleading for help and food. Very little information is being obtained.

After observing for most of the day, Chen Mo could only barely understand that many people were still stuck at the monsters ahead and dared not move forward.

Let alone fighting elite monsters, even when encountering tree crocodiles, you have to do everything you can to avoid them.

Some kind people have shared a method for spotting tree crocodiles: don't move when you see a tree. On rainy days, the tree crocodiles will climb out to hunt other monsters. Keep at least 30 meters away from the tree crocodile, and wait until it has finished killing the other monsters or is engaged in combat with them before quietly approaching it.

This fellow also earnestly advised everyone never to fight tree crocodiles, as they are truly no match for them; no one can possibly win. Even getting around them depends on luck, and may even require the help of a guide.

As for what to eat to survive, this guy also shared his method.

He discovered that the thorns hanging on the wall, though they would cause him to bleed if touched, were edible.

Each time, I clean off the thorns, break it apart, and eat it little by little. It contains some moisture, which is enough to fill my stomach.

As for losing blood or even getting poisoned, that's unavoidable; surviving is the most important thing.

This guy ended up losing. He got a pot while collecting supplies. Is anyone willing to trade food with him? Looking for a pro!

Chen Mo found it amusing; this person even had gold coins to draw supplies, which meant he was much better off than the average person.

As for the method he mentioned, Chen Mo also tried it.

Carefully cut a small section of thorn from the wall with the golden sword, then cut it into a piece about the size of a thumb.

Just this little bit, once you get it, your health drops by one, one less.

I tried a small bite, and it did have some moisture, but it was bitter moisture.

Chen Mo thought he was already very good at enduring hardship, but the bitterness of this thorny place really made Chen Mo's facial features contort.

After finally managing to swallow a little, Chen Mo felt uncomfortable all over his body. He quickly opened the panel to check and thankfully found that he had not been poisoned.

It tastes terrible, but it can definitely survive.

The thought of others having to survive in the death maze by eating such things filled Chen Mo with a sense of pity.

Humans are indeed the most tenacious beings in the universe!