(From MC's perspective)
When I walked further, I saw the silhouette of Eric Lloyd. Seeing that he is up to something. I started to follow him from behind. This situation inside the ruin is dire.
But this guy is working on his plan. A trace of apprehension appeared in my eyes. I can fight across ranks. But that doesn't mean I can hold a candle against Class-5 Monster.
Shaking my head, I continued to follow him. After a few minutes, I felt something strange. The ground beneath my feet felt different. It's not solid ground. It felt artificial.
Crack!
Before I could think anything further. The ground beneath my feet collapsed and it swallowed me.
Everything happened in a blink of an eye,
Tud!
I heavily dropped onto the ground. I don't know where it is. The entire area looked pitch black. Fortunately, I'm wearing the armor suit. It took the majority of the impact. Which saved me from injury.
The armor suit has lights. When I used it, the surroundings became visible to my eye.
My eyes lit up with surprise.
It's a very old laboratory. I remember seeing images of it from various books. How come such architecture is present here? Slightly away from the old ruin.
So from the very beginning, people were doing it all wrong. They are searching for something like this in the ruins. Many people including Elder Compton were expecting to find something inside ruin area 3.
But now I feel sorry for them. The next moment, I thought about Garrett Marsh and Eric Lloyd.
Those two? Are they aware of something like this? If it is true then, they are stabbing the back of Elder Compton.
I shook my head in disappointment. Elder Compton is lenient towards them. Then I tried to stand up. After I got up from the ground, I observed the state of my armor suit.
Seeing that there is no crack on them, I sighed in relief. Next, my gaze turned toward the laboratory. The laboratory seems to be huge.
First, I should search this area. There is no track of Eric Lloyd. I wonder what happened to that guy. I slowly started to investigate the surroundings.
I wonder if there is any entrance and exit to this laboratory? I walked past a lot of cages. I see many broken skeletons inside. What kind of horrible experiment people were doing at that time?
A cold shiver went down my spine. Finally, I spotted a wooden desk and chair. It seems to be the working spot of a researcher. I hurriedly walked up to the spot and opened the drawer.
After cleaning the debris, I found an old withered book. My eyes gleamed with a twinkle. Finally, there is something profitable.
I tried to open the page to read it. But right after seeing the scrambled letters. "It's not my cup of tea," I mumbled under my breath. The words are written in an old language. I don't know which era it belongs to.
But when I casually flipped a few pages. My gaze fixed on one of the pages. It's not the letters but the drawing that attracted my attention. It seems to be some kind of liquid bottle. The liquid looked red.
A vague feeling rose in my heart. I don't know why? But I feel this liquid is very important to me. Then I glanced at various cages. Don't tell me the liquid bottle is a product of this experiment.
After placing the withered book inside my storage space. I continue to investigate the surroundings. I feel the liquid bottle exists inside this laboratory.
Time passed in a blink of an eye,
One hour later,
After searching the nook and corner, I finally found the sealed area of the cabin. The door of the sealed area is very thick, unlike other areas.
So far I haven't used my power here. The area looked old. If I use my power, then the area will be destabilized.
I decided to handle it carefully. I twisted my fist and punched it heavily.
Boom!
The thick metallic door began to crack. A few minutes later, it broke into several pieces.
When the smoke was gone. I stepped inside the room. As expected the room is a hidden and important room of the laboratory.
The room is covered with dust and spider webs. Then I slowly started to clean it. After a few minutes, I came across another table and chair.
I hurriedly opened the drawer. This time I found a metal box inside the drawer. Seeing that I felt immediate hunger inside me. "Blood Element," I mumbled under my breath.
There must be something inside of it.
I took the metallic box and placed it on the table. Fortunately, the metallic box is a normal one.
Click!
The lock of the metallic box looked simple. So I opened it after a few tries. When I removed the top cover. I see a red liquid bottle carefully placed inside.
The next second, I felt the throbbing of a heart. The blood element won't react unless something is important. So this liquid is useful to me.
But I don't know what it is. Unfortunately, the withered book was written in an old language. But I can infer that the red color liquid is the final product of the experiment.
I don't know what type of experiments they carried out. Thinking about those skeletons. I feel the experiment has something to do with blood.
The throbbing of the heart increased suddenly. The craving is getting increased second by second.
A trace of determination appeared in my eyes.
Next second, I picked the red colored liquid bottle. I unscrewed the bottle and drank it in one go.
The red color liquid went down my throat. I felt the insane heat all over my body. Without thinking further, I sat cross-legged on the spot.
I gritted my teeth and started to run the blood method. The bloody rune ring inside my consciousness became bright red.
A second later, the celestial lightning scripture started to flicker all of a sudden. My heart shook to the core. Unless there is a lightning element, the lightning scripture won't take initiative to start.
But this time the lightning scripture broke my cognition. What is the origin of this liquid? The next second, I felt a change in my lightning essence.
After realizing it, I looked inside my organs. The blood light immediately started to absorb the energy from the red liquid.
At the same time, I felt the energies also added to the lightning essence.
This dual operation of two exercises surprised me the most. Then I retraced my thoughts and started to absorb the energy.
A few seconds later,
I felt a breakthrough opportunity. My heart filled with surprise. Then without waiting further, I used this opportunity to achieve a breakthrough.
I ran the essence to collide against the invisible barrier.
Click!
Surprisingly, the barrier broke into pieces on the very first attempt.
The dantian inside my body started to expand. After a few seconds, the expansion stopped and the essence energy started to fill the dantian.
This all happened in a blink of an eye.
I officially became the Initial Trainee Warrior. Finally, my purpose of visiting the mutated forest is fulfilled. Now I can perform well in Crimson Hall's exhibition match.
Just as I felt happy. I feel another movement inside my dantian. The essence filled my dantian. The energy is very abundant.
After confirming it, I felt the true horror. The power of the red liquid has not vanished. I hurriedly used this opportunity to achieve another breakthrough.
I realized I stumbled upon a very rare opportunity. The resource of the lightning element is especially scarce in this region. So I don't want to miss this opportunity.
I carefully ran the essence energy and started to attack another barrier.
A few seconds later,
Click!
I tore through the barrier. The next second, the dantian started to expand again. This time the size of the dantian became huge.
I stepped into a new realm- Mid level Trainee Warrior.
I felt this time the dantian will stop expanding. Nevertheless, the red color liquid hasn't exhausted its energy.
When I relaxed my guard. I felt the movement again. My expression was filled with horror. I don't know where this uncontrolled breakthrough would lead me to.
My expression turned solemn and I carefully controlled the energy for another breakthrough. I revealed a bitter smile on my face. I'm getting too much happiness at one time.
10 minutes later,
Peak Level Trainee Warrior!
20 minutes later,
Initial Elite Warrior!
The lightning rune in my consciousness dimmed. And the celestial scripture withdrew from running.
"Phew," I exhaled in relief.
When I gazed inside my dantian. I couldn't help but reveal a happy smile on my face.
"I became Elite," I uttered in disbelief.
I see a sea of purple essence inside my dantian. Especially, I see the majestic totem standing in the middle of the lightning essence.
The violet color essence has a mix of a blue tinge to it. The essence seems to be a lot purer and thicker.