On the ocean.
A white, four-legged, five-clawed dragon circled in the sky, then quickly flew towards a certain direction!
The Serpent's Hand members on the Other Shore all saw the dragon.
"What is that serpent? Is it the great serpent from the Garden of Eden?"
"That's… a dragon?"
"A dragon?"
"An Eastern, long… wingless dragon."
"Can that even be called a dragon?"
"Well, it's definitely not the great serpent we're looking for."
"How do you know? Have you seen it before?"
"But I've seen Eastern dragons in books before."
"Forget about what it is. It flew out from the temple. Adam-sama has been inside for half a day, why haven't we heard anything?"
"Could he be… dead?"
"Should we go back?"
"Go back?"
"Go back my ass, we have to save Adam-sama!"
"You want to go inside the temple?"
"Wow, you're so loyal?"
"Without the ghost ship, how are we supposed to go back? None of us can leave!"
"Forget about Adam, we have to bring back the ghost ship and the Treasure Map!"
"That's right, the ghost ship and the Treasure Map!"
As the Serpent's Hand members were talking, a dark figure suddenly appeared before them!
This dark figure carried a giant sickle. Black mist constantly emanated from her body.
"I almost forgot. They also carry several Ancient Artifacts."
"Before I leave, I'll collect them all."
Mei swung her sickle. One person instantly fell, bumping into the person in front, and the person in front fell and bumped into another person!
In an instant, an unbelievable scene occurred.
The Serpent's Hand members all fell, landing on Mei's sickle, getting cut down!
Hoo!
The remaining people saw this and tried to run, but they slipped and hit their heads on a rock, instantly dying.
Almost everyone died on the spot. Their deaths were varied and comical.
If anyone saw this scene, they would lament how fragile humans are. A little bump could cause death.
Mei collected the Ancient Artifacts from the corpses, then swung her sickle, creating a rift in space, her figure quickly disappearing from the Other Shore.
In the end, only a pile of corpses with unknown causes of death remained on the island.
...
Deep under the sea.
Chino suddenly woke up and hastily summoned all the Priests carrying Ancient Artifacts.
Just now, in his dream, he dreamt that Mei came to him and asked him to return all the Ancient Artifacts.
This wasn't the first time Chino had this kind of prophetic dream.
This seemed to be his hidden ability. As long as he dreamt during the day, he could occasionally dream of future scenes.
After Mei's verification, Chino was indeed confirmed to have this secondary trait.
Being able to foresee the future through sleep.
But this ability had a precondition: Chino had to have a good dream.
If it were a nightmare, Chino wouldn't see the future, but the past.
Strangely, this ability also had a certain degree of infectiousness.
If someone sees Chino, they would definitely have nightmares.
These nightmares were usually about falling into the deep sea and continuously sinking, unable to do anything but let the water pressure crush their bodies. And their consciousness wouldn't fade.
This nightmare would usually last for several days. As for the effects on the person, aside from becoming mentally exhausted, there didn't seem to be any other side effects.
Just as Chino gathered all the Priests, Mei arrived.
Just like in his dream.
Chino presented all the Ancient Artifacts to Mei.
"Everything is here, Lord Aurora."
Mei's figure flickered and appeared on Chino's hand. "You saw it in your dream?"
Chino didn't deny it. "Yes, Lord Aurora."
Mei looked at Chino. This prophetic dream ability wasn't the effect of the potion itself.
It's a characteristic that Chino originally possessed. This characteristic was amplified by the potion, creating this effect.
This could also be attributed to what's called personal will.
The effects of a potion are partially fixed, and partially affected by the individual's will.
Similar to the concept of "mind over matter."
For example, 007 Siren. The effects of the potion weren't properly formulated back then.
But she became Siren not only because bats have sonic characteristics. It was also because she subconsciously wanted to sing.
So, to a certain extent, the potion responded to her desires.
Mei didn't think of this at the time. It was after reading "The Human Constellation Shines" that she associated this.
After that, she summarized each person's personality and asked about their thoughts. Then, she discovered something.
An incredible coincidence.
The effects of the finished potions were almost all related to their subconscious.
001 yearned to become human, so it imitated humans.
002 thought of himself as a fish on a chopping block, constantly being slaughtered.
003 felt that everyone ignored him, treating him like a void.
004 considered herself a queen and treated the staff as worker bees, endlessly exploiting them. She only exploited women because she considered men as pets. This caused her to develop the ability to transform men into women.
005 was extremely perverted. Peeping excited him, but his physical fighting ability was lacking, so he wanted to become hard.
On the surface, their abilities mostly corresponded to the materials in the potions.
For example, 003's potion contained glass, so he became transparent.
Is this really true?
Couldn't glass have other effects?
Mei believed it was precisely because 003 felt he was invisible in life that he developed the ability to become transparent.
Everything seems to be intertwined.
Every time she made a potion, it corresponded to the subconscious of those people.
But she didn't do this intentionally. It was all just a coincidence.
The only time Mei's potion didn't have the corresponding effect was with Ye Long.
The effect of the potion completely changed.
This is truly the influence of an individual's will, or other personal reasons.
Because that will, or that reason, was so strong that it changed the effects of the potions.
This was the first time Mei had encountered an individual with such a strong will.
But there's no hurry. Mei will dissect… analyze him slowly.
Having taken these Ancient Artifacts, Mei's Ancient Artifact collection plan was almost 90% complete.
Just as Mei was about to leave, she suddenly turned to look at Chino.
"Here's a gift for you."
Mei took out a scroll and threw it to Chino.
"This records all the incantations known by your Priests."
Chino accepted the small scroll, well, small for him.
He carefully held the scroll with his fingertips. "Thank you, Lord Aurora. I'll bring you the remaining Ancient Artifacts."
"No need. The Ancient Artifact matter ends here. I'll personally go and collect the rest."
Mei then left Rlyeh.
After she left, Chino narrowed his eyes and looked at the scroll.
"The words are too small. I can't see clearly…"