Chapter 402: The First Exploration of Full Moon Lake
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On the hillside opposite Jeffery Town, there was also a lord's manor.
That was the residence of Viscount Teuton.
At this moment, Teuton was standing in the warm pavilion outside the manor, looking at the lakeside opposite with a telescope.
He had heard yesterday that Baron Hobert on the opposite side had killed many fish-headed crocodile-bodied beasts.
Teuton never expected that the baron on the opposite side would be actively luring and killing those monsters today!
Most importantly, Teuton also saw Helen in the crowd. He had met Helen before and knew that she was a member of the "Theosophy Order".
Judging from Helen's appearance, she didn't seem to be looking for trouble. Could it be that she had already slept with that young baron? Is she Hobert's fiancée?
No, no, people clearly respected another woman on the beach more. Judging from her appearance and temperament, she must be Hobert's fiancée.
Teuton looked back and forth between the two women and couldn't help but sigh: "This kid is really blessed."
"Wait, is that Hobert who went into the water?
"This is too rash. Even if he is a Beyonder, he will definitely be contaminated!
"Hehe, this is going to be a good show."
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With the Beyonder power provided by the "Ocean Pendant", Hobert couldn't feel the coldness of the lake water at all, and instead felt a sense of intimacy with the lake water.
If there weren't so many people watching on the beach, Hobert would have simply used the "Flight" ability to fly to the center of the lake.
Gradually, the lake water passed over Hobert's head. Although the people on the shore were a little worried, the bravery shown by the lord just now had exceeded everyone's imagination, so they also felt that perhaps the lord could really solve the problem of Full Moon Lake. In that case, the waterway would gradually prosper again.
They didn't really know the specific problem. In the minds of many people, there should be a huge monster in the lake that would attack passing ships, which is why the waterway was interrupted.
Only Fors and Helen knew that there was unknown contamination in the lake.
However, Fors knew Hobert better and knew that he would not take action without being sure.
Helen, on the other hand, positioned herself as just an audience member, curious about how the situation would develop, but not so concerned about Hobert's safety.
Suddenly, everyone saw that the lake surface seemed to light up. Many people thought that the battle had begun, so they came to the lake and stretched their heads to look into the lake, but they couldn't see anything clearly.
In fact, this was just because Hobert felt that it was too dark around him, so he lit up his cane.
As Hobert moved forward along the bottom of the lake, the seaweed gradually increased. It was full of fish, river shrimp, and river mussels, the big ones being the length of a forearm, and the small ones being only the size of a finger.
Hobert had eaten most of the fish and river delicacies… cough cough, seen them, but some of the fish looked very strange. Some looked like baby fish, some had several sharp thorns on their foreheads, and some looked very much like the Anomalocaris in Hobert's memory.
Anomalocaris was once the overlord of the ancient ocean. Hobert had only seen pictures of it, but he didn't expect to encounter a similar creature here.
Going further, Hobert saw a forest composed of huge underwater plants. He never expected that there would be such tall aquatic plants at the bottom of the deep lake!
They were not like seaweed, which only looked tall in the water, and would shrink significantly after being taken out.
These plants were like coral, hard, but at the same time, they were full of vitality, like aquatic plants, and like trees with large leaves that had just been submerged by floods.
There were many creatures of considerable size in this forest. Hobert only recognized the fish-headed crocodile-bodied beasts swimming towards him. The other creatures were not very aggressive. They all hid when they saw Hobert and did not actively swim out to explore.
After Hobert easily killed the fish-headed crocodile-bodied beast, the other fish-headed crocodile-bodied beasts also realized the danger of the person in front of them and hid one after another, only occasionally poking their heads out to observe Hobert's movements.
Because this underwater forest exuded a strange aura, Hobert did not enter to explore, but continued to explore forward from the top of the underwater forest.
Hobert made the light of his cane brighter. This underwater forest was boundless, and he didn't know if it would continue to grow to the shallow water area? Or simply grow to the shore?
At this time, Hobert felt the twisting of the water flow, as if the light on his hand had attracted something huge.
But Hobert did not weaken the light on his cane, but instead made the light even bigger, and carefully observed all the changes in the "forest".
Large leaves in the underwater forest swayed. In the dim underwater world, the visual impact brought by large creatures was particularly able to arouse fear in people's hearts.
Hobert floated upwards again, but suddenly found that his feet were entangled by the vegetation of the underwater forest at some point.
This surprised Hobert, because he was at least a few meters away from the underwater forest.
Looking down, he didn't know when several "big trees" in the underwater forest had suddenly grown wildly, and had actually grown to Hobert's feet, and their branches and leaves were rapidly entwining Hobert's legs.
Hobert quickly used "Blink" to dodge to a higher water level. As soon as he left, a bloody mouth stretched out from the underwater forest and bit down hard, stirring up the lake water.
Under the light of the cane, Hobert saw a giant mouth that was three meters long, followed by a head and a body like a giant lizard.
Hobert noticed that the other party's eyes were staring at him, and it was a cold stare with emotions!
This made Hobert realize that this behemoth had high intelligence.
Coupled with the rapid growth of the underwater plants just now, Hobert believed that it also had certain Beyonder abilities.
The giant beast failed to strike and immediately returned to the underwater forest, quickly disappearing without a trace.
This once again proved that it was intelligent.
Hobert estimated that, like the fish-headed crocodile-bodied beasts, this should also be an extraordinary creature attracted by the sealed artifact, and its level was not low.
The exploration that followed was indeed very monotonous, with an endless underwater forest in front of him, but Hobert was much more careful, constantly paying attention to the changes in the underwater forest.
After being careful for more than half an hour, the underwater forest in front of him suddenly stopped abruptly, and a very regular circle appeared.
In this circular space, there was no vegetation, no creatures, only clear lake water.
Hobert turned up his cane again. In the middle of the circular area, he saw a bubble-like structure. There seemed to be a crystal clear gemstone in the bubble, flashing strange colors under the illumination of the light.
Suddenly, Hobert's head throbbed. He seemed to see a desolate land with the image of a woman wandering.
He couldn't see the other party's appearance clearly, but he knew that she must be a woman.
Beneath His feet, either vegetation sprouted rapidly and withered just as quickly, or the existing plants mutated, becoming lively, with noses and eyes.
Hobert quickly averted his gaze, but the throbbing in his head intensified, as if many new things had appeared in his mind.
He hurried towards the surface, and at that moment, Hobert felt himself surrounded by a strange power. His entire body rapidly turned black, and it felt like countless tiny snakes were swimming in his blood vessels, wriggling under his skin.
Hobert often used the "Disorder Stone," so he naturally knew he was showing signs of losing control!
At the same time, he felt a sharp pain in his hand. He raised it to look and was shocked to see a new finger slowly growing!
This prompted him to quickly use the "Order Crystal" to borrow the power of the "Nation of Disorder" to suppress his loss of control and accelerate his ascent.
The water surged again, and the underwater behemoth, hidden in the shadows, launched another swift attack.
Hobert used "Blink" three times in a row before finally escaping the monster's jaws.
The closer this beast got, the more severe Hobert felt his loss of control and mutation becoming.
Fortunately, he had more than one "Order Crystal," making it difficult for him to lose control, and the signs of mutation were somewhat restrained.
Fortunately, he had the "Ocean Pendant" and the "Traveler's Knife," making him as agile as a swimming fish, and combined with constant "Blink" usage, he managed to escape the monster's jaws.
If it were an ordinary Beyonder, they would have already become food for that beast.
Whoosh!
Hobert shot out of the water like a leaping fish, the beast's gaping maw close behind, less than a meter away.
Hobert immediately used the "Ocean Pendant" to fly low in the air. The beast didn't give up, leaping out of the water more than ten meters to snap at Hobert, its long tail rising completely out of the water.
This was far beyond common sense. Ordinary beasts would only extend their jaws out of the water, at most half their body. No one had ever seen an entire body leap out of the water.
If it were a palm-sized fish, it wouldn't be so strange, but it was nearly ten meters long, with a powerful mouth resembling a crocodile's, a body somewhat like a dolphin's, and four powerful fins on its belly, like a turtle's limbs.
Although its leap out of the water was terrifying, its enormous body ultimately fell back into the water under the force of gravity, creating layers of giant waves.
The people on the shore were already dumbfounded. It turned out there really was a giant beast at the bottom of the lake!
It wasn't until the giant waves crashed, wetting their clothes, that they came back to their senses.
Looking again at the center of the lake, the giant beast had disappeared, leaving only the Baron flying back in mid-air.
At this point, Hobert's ability to "fly" wasn't so hard for everyone to accept.
Hobert endured the discomfort in his body and landed by the lake: "The monster in the lake is unusually ferocious!"
Hobert said, "I need to prepare thoroughly before I can find a way to kill it!"
These words immediately elicited cheers from the crowd. The Lord was confident in solving the monster in the lake, and they finally had a chance to establish close ties with the outside world.
Hobert waved to everyone in acknowledgment and instructed Seer to prevent everyone from staying by the lake for too long. Then, he quickly left.
Fors noticed that Hobert's expression was a little off. She followed closely, and after entering the reeds, taking advantage of the fact that no one was following behind, Hobert suddenly reached out his hand to Fors.
Fors was slightly stunned, realizing that Hobert's expression was even worse. She quickly stepped forward and took his hand.
Hobert used "Travel," and the two of them appeared together in the Lord's manor, in the courtyard where their bedroom was located.
Hobert tightly gripped Fors's hand: "Don't let anyone in!"
After speaking, he immediately entered the study.
Fors also realized the seriousness of the problem and stood guard at the door with a worried heart.
Inside the study, Hobert locked the door and immediately entered the "Nation of Disorder."
As soon as he entered, the "Bell of Order" rang again, and Hobert immediately felt his body and mind cleansed.
This indicated that although the previous exploration had caused some corruption, the degree of corruption was not high, at least not enough to immediately cause loss of control and mutation.
Then, the signs of loss of control and mutation that Hobert had just experienced must have been the ability of that giant beast!
Immediately afterward, Hobert understood the reason for the throbbing in his head. It turned out that many pieces of knowledge had appeared in his mind.
This knowledge was all the "knowledge itself" that had inadvertently entered his mind when he had previously glimpsed the "Knowledge Moor."
At the time, Hobert didn't know what kind of knowledge it was, and he hadn't used it since. It wasn't until he saw the giant "gem" in the central area of the "Underwater Forest" that those "knowledge itself" became information that Hobert could understand.
Because this process consumed a lot of mental energy, he felt a throbbing in his head.
According to that knowledge, Hobert learned that the giant gem in the center of the lake was an attempt by an Outer God to project power into the atmosphere. That's right, Hobert had encountered a very familiar term, but one he had never heard of in this era: the atmosphere.
It was an attempt by the Outer God to project its power into the atmosphere, using meteorites falling through the atmosphere and weak points in the atmosphere. Similar events had occurred more than a dozen times in the past thousand years.
Near the meteorites' impact sites, crystal formations similar to gems would form.
They often brought about significant corruption related to their respective pathways, causing corresponding changes in the surrounding areas.
There were precedents for turning them into Sealed Artifacts, but that required at least a "Balancer" to use the power of order to seal the corruption.
Hobert could even understand that he would need to reach at least the level of a demigod to have the power to create a corresponding seal.
This was the benefit of "knowledge itself." Once understood, it could immediately become Hobert's knowledge and experience, even like innate common sense.
If there was no "Balancer" to help, it was still possible to perform an effective seal and significantly reduce its corruption and impact.
The method was to use the blood of Beyonder beings from the corresponding pathway, no lower than Sequence 7, to write a sealing formation. The sealing formation was also very clearly imprinted in Hobert's mind.
In addition, a high-level Sealed Artifact or mystical item with the power of "Order" had to be placed in the center of the sealing formation.
Hobert smiled slightly. The second method could be done now. Both the "Order Wood" and the "Order Crystal" symbolized "Order" and were mystical items of extremely high level!
As for the blood of Beyonder beings from the corresponding pathway, that would be even easier to handle. He could write a letter asking for help from Bishop Simpson.
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