Virus King - Chapter 278

Chapter 278: The Secret of the Black Building! Helrose’s Mark!

TL: YYang

Chen Bai glanced at his palm, suddenly coming to his senses, and looked at Crow behind him.

Then he looked at the three second-floor tenants who appeared to be on the verge of tears.

As the true form of the demon faded, Chen Bai’s eyes narrowed slightly.

At that moment, Chen Bai suddenly felt as if he had touched upon some true secrets within the Black Building in just a fleeting moment.

He realized that this dungeon, known in his previous life as the absolute forbidden zone for Evolvers and the newbie killer, seemed to hold deeper, more terrifying secrets that were unknown!

“Woo woo woo…”

Crow wanted to speak but still couldn’t manage to say a word.

Chen Bai glanced at him, offering a smile and nodding.

Crow was nearly moved to tears. Although he didn’t know how Lord Bai had done it, it seemed like he remembered him!?

Indeed, the effect of the Time Hourglass truly defied the heavens!

Even though the ability to return to the past went back into cooldown after leaving the Abyssal Trial, the ability of time reversal still remained!

The recovery effect of time reversal involved taking a complete state of Chen Bai from the River of Time, so even the most powerful memory loss couldn’t affect him!

However, it was precisely through this time reversal that Chen Bai sensed an unusual feeling in that fleeting moment.

The rules within the Black Building were highly significant!

Back then, Mekanshut had once said that authority was the power of rules.

The power of authority itself was the power of gods.

Though Chen Bai was not a god in his past or present life, he had wielded the power of authority.

It was a power that allowed him to manipulate at will, as long as it was involved.

For instance, the Authority of the Abyss.

As the Abyssal Overlord, in the conquered layers of the Abyss, he could consume his own power to modify through authority at any time.

That was the power of authority.

And just now, as Chen Bai used the time reversal ability of the Time Hourglass to cleanse the lost memories, he could feel that the rule power erasing the memories was indeed the power of authority.

Such power could either come from high-level artifacts or, more simply, from divine power!

Could a mere level 10 to 20 dungeon even touch upon the power of gods!?

Chen Bai found it hard to believe.

However, his perception clearly told him that it was likely true!

This Black Building might hold unimaginable secrets!

Chen Bai no longer cared about the potential gains from this dungeon.

His entire focus was now on the secrets of the Black Building.

Ignoring the bewildered second-floor tenants, he whispered:

“Let’s go.”

Crow couldn’t speak, and Chen Bai understood.

The Authority of the Abyss had broadened his perspective, and the recent time reversal had allowed him to clearly see the power of the rules.

On the bulletin board beneath the Black Building, it was clearly written that among the common rules, two were that there should be no light and no sound.

As they delved deeper into the Black Building, the rules became increasingly stronger, akin to the principle of memory loss.

As they ascended the floors, these rules grew even more potent.

Crow was undoubtedly the weakest among the three, and his inability to speak was proof.

As the trio continued upwards, reaching the third floor, and even the top fourth floor, it was likely that Meng Meng would also be unable to speak, and their vision would be entirely unperceivable, akin to an ordinary blind person, helplessly groping in the dark.

At that time, attempting to complete the so-called tests of those tenants, and clearing it within four hours, would be an insurmountable challenge.

No wonder the Black Building was known as the forbidden zone for Evolvers in his previous life!

However, for Chen Bai, the rules were not that difficult!

In his previous life, he had some understanding of the Black Building; someone who had cleared it once mentioned some of its rules.

One of the rules prohibited attacking the building’s users, and likewise, the users couldn’t attack them.

The difficulty was unimaginable.

These rules, combined with the Black Building’s uniqueness and randomness, made it hard for Chen Bai to believe that such power could come from a mere artifact!

He considered a certain possibility.

Chen Bai’s eyes suddenly ignited with infinite firelight.

In the next moment, he swiftly moved through the third floor’s corridor.

Sure enough, the thoughts that had been in his mind slowly vanished.

Each time he passed through the Black Building, the influence of the rules grew more severe.

He glanced at Meng Meng and Crow, who hurriedly followed. Sure enough, after they came up, they looked at him with bewilderment.

On the third floor of the Black Building, which was closest to the top fourth floor, it seemed to be the most normal of the levels.

Because Chen Bai did not intervene.

He simply watched as Meng Meng and Crow repeatedly attempted, failing each time in the tests of the four tenants, their memories seemingly beginning to blur.

Finally, Chen Bai stood up.

Employing the same tactics again!

The power of the demon made the Black Building tremble once more.

In that hour, the four tenants, who toyed with Meng Meng and Crow as if they were playthings, trembled once more under this power!

Then, Chen Bai directly led the bewildered Meng Meng and Crow up to the fourth floor.

Apart from knowing who they were, they had forgotten almost everything else.

Only the mechanical act of completing the test remained, and Chen Bai feared that if this experiment continued, they might lose their memories and remain in the Black Building forever.

But it was undeniable that without Chen Bai, Meng Meng and Crow would find it exceedingly difficult to clear the Black Building.

This Black Building was truly terrifying.

Seemingly requiring no strength, in reality, strength had a significant impact, because the stronger one was, the less affected by the rules’ weakening they would be.

Crow’s inability to speak on the second floor was the clearest sign.

The fourth floor.

The highest level of the Black Building, where the floor manager resided. Once the fourth floor was cleared, this extremely terrifying Hell-level secret realm dungeon would be completed!

And Chen Bai firmly believed that the secret of the Black Building lay within this fourth floor.

Just as he stepped onto the fourth floor, Chen Bai ignored the two who had lost their memories and looked around this floor.

The fourth floor didn’t have other rooms but was a complete open floor, evidently the floor manager’s room!

Chen Bai didn’t look elsewhere in the room.

Even in this open floor, where one could immediately see a figure standing upon ascending, Chen Bai didn’t pay attention to it. Instead, he focused on a particular pattern.

That pattern was on the background wall of the living room.

Extremely large and mysterious.

The pattern was exceedingly complex.

Within a circle was a creature resembling a snake, but it looked more like a centipede or spider.

From its body extended numerous branches, and on those branches were further branches like the main body, seemingly just a pattern but infinitely extensive.

The entire pattern was black, forming a dense, dark moon-like shape.

Chen Bai stood there, unmoving for a long time, staring intently at the pattern.

He was all too familiar with this pattern.

In his previous life, he had spent decades under this pattern.

Because it belonged to the Dark Mother Goddess: Helrose.