Chapter 26: Trial Target

When Sylvia heard this question, she already knew what Xiao Fen was doing just now. She thought for a moment and answered, “The dead cannot be resurrected. Even Yggdrasil cannot bring a life that has already died back to life. The Awakened have already given up research in this area. What Jack the Ripper wanted to resurrect was not his real lover, but just a doll he created.”

“Give life to a doll? That sounds truly incredible.”

“The Stitched Monster is an example. They were given temporary life by Jack. Gene Control Ability reaching Level 4 is enough to give some dead lives temporary life, but these temporary life forms have no intelligence and will only act simply according to the giver’s requirements. Moreover, their life span is not long. What Jack really wanted was a doll with enough intelligence and a longer survival time, although he believed this doll was his lover.”

“Is it very troublesome to create such a doll?”

“Very troublesome. And most importantly, because it is not stimulating the mitochondrial energy in the dead life form to give them temporary life, but granting new life force out of thin air, it requires the fragments of Yggdrasil to achieve.”

Xiao Fen frowned and asked, “Fragments of the World Tree?”

“That is a legend and has not been verified. Moreover, there are rumors that every Trial World uses a fragment of Yggdrasil as a base point, but these are just rumors.”

Xiao Fen shook his head slightly and said, “What may be rumors to you or me may not be rumors to those Legendary Awakened. They must have their own judgment and know that there might be a fragment of the World Tree in London in 1888.”

Saying this, Xiao Fen raised his head and glanced at Sylvia. He suddenly realized in his heart what exactly Lux wanted to protect and why he had enough life force to live for such a long time.

And those Stitched Monsters constantly rushing towards the Web defense line, what was their purpose?

If he could find the control hub of that Web of Lux, he would most likely find the fragment of the World Tree. Jack’s goal was probably the same.

According to the task hints, Lux’s protection work in history ultimately failed.

The occurrence of this situation was mostly because Jack found a way to break into this defense circle and ultimately came into contact with that fragment.

Therefore, the World Tree issued the task of Lux’s Salvation, letting Trialists modify history to ensure that the history in the Trial World would not repeat itself.

“The World Tree does not want history to repeat itself. It hopes even more that Trialists can find Jack in this Trial World, instead of just destroying his lair like in history. Therefore, the real Main Quest has never ended, and previous Trialists have never been able to obtain a true one hundred percent completion rate.”

Xiao Fen looked up at Sylvia and continued, “The real Main Quest should be to find Jack and kill him to be considered over.”

Sylvia had no objection to Xiao Fen’s judgment. She thought for a moment and said, “The true endpoint of this Trial World should be finding Jack. The problem is, when the Awakened found Jack’s lair back then, he had already left for some time. Although London in 1888 cannot compare to modern London, there were still many people. Wanting to find an Awakened deliberately hiding himself in a vast sea of people is undoubtedly very difficult, unless you have clues.”

Xiao Fen nodded and said, “That’s right, I have clues. Jack’s final foothold is in our block, within the area controlled by this Web. Although I don’t know exactly where, as long as we can find the control hub, we will eventually run into Jack. And that time will be exactly when the task of Lux’s Salvation concludes.”

“Maintain it until the end of the Main Quest?”

Sylvia said in a low voice, “Promoting the final ending through the Lux quest series, is this a dual Main Quest Trial World?”

Xiao Fen shook his head and said, “Don’t consider what is the Main Quest and what is the side quest. First, we must find the control hub of the Web. It is in this block, but I don’t know where.”

Sylvia thought for a moment and asked, “Is there a task reward for Radiance of Lux?”

Xiao Fen shook his head.

“No,” Sylvia said, “Side quests will have rewards appear immediately as long as they are completed. Not receiving the task reward means the task is not finished yet. Although the progress is already one hundred percent, in reality, a part of the content is still missing. Think about it, what have we not done?”

Xiao Fen thought for a moment and said, “We did not return to the starting point, or that battlefield, or the building where Lux’s notebook was found. We haven’t gone back to any of them. Perhaps, going there can find some clues.”

Sylvia looked at Xiao Fen and said, “Not us, it’s you. Yes, you are alone. I must find a way to increase the Main Quest progress. Listen, every Main Quest will weaken a part of Jack’s strength. After all the Main Quests are done, theoretically, it will lower Jack’s strength to a level where he can be killed by us Trialists below Level 4. Although I don’t know how a Level 13 Legendary Awakened could decrease in strength because of these actions, no matter what, I must push forward this Main Quest. In this way, when you face the final Jack, you won’t be killed by him right at the start, and then you can hold on and wait for my arrival.”

Xiao Fen did not reject this proposal. In this world, lingering or being attached to each other was meaningless. To survive and complete tasks as much as possible was the only way to truly help each other.

“Take all the Agility Potions,” Xiao Fen said, staring at the pitch-black thick fog space beneath his feet. “Those are useless to me. Also, take the Acid Poison Bullets too. As long as I can turn in the Radiance of Lux task, my Gene Points are enough for me to buy more bullets.”

Sylvia smiled and said, “Being with you makes me feel very comfortable. We can understand many things without saying them. Listen, Palin, you will make me very attached to you like this. If I lose you, I will be at a loss.”

Xiao Fen casually waved his hand to Sylvia, exerted force suddenly, and jumped down from the high roof of the church. The next moment, one of his hands hooked onto a part of the eaves, slowing himself down slightly, then let go and slid down another distance.

Just like that, in two or three moves, Xiao Fen had safely landed on the open ground in front of the abandoned church.

As the temperature dropped further, the surrounding mist had already begun to gradually fade. Xiao Fen looked left and right, determined the previous direction, did not stay any longer, and accelerated running towards that direction.