Picking Up Attributes From Today
chapter-209

Chapter 209: Assimilating Laws of Nature, A Fallen Angel

A half-plane, as its name indicated, was an incomplete existential plane.

Half-planes could be either existential planes that had yet to mature, fragments of a complete existential plane that had broken or become destroyed, or existential planes whose nurturing process had failed and ended up deformed.

In general, no matter what kind of plane it was, as long as it was incomplete, then one could call them half-planes.

Dragon God Empire’s imperial treasury and the Dragons’ base, Dragon Island, were located in two half-planes. Their locations were extremely obscure, and only the empire’s high-ranking officials knew about them.

“I’ll go to the imperial treasury first!”

Meng Lei didn’t dally. He followed the empress’s directions, who had wet herself, arrived at an obscure underground palace, and found the magic circle that led to the treasury half-plane.

Buzz…

Upon activating the magic circle, the world spun, and then Meng Lei arrived at another world.

Gray, overcast skies and gray, overcast lands!

No magic elements present, incomplete laws of nature, and barely any air!

A half-plane like this evidently wasn’t suitable for any life form to live in. As a place for treasure storage, however, it was undoubtedly extremely suitable.

Firstly, there was no fear of moldiness. Secondly, there was no fear of deterioration. Thirdly, there was no fear of bugs or pests. Therefore, it was truly the best choice of location.

“That’s…”

Meng Lei immediately noticed several palaces standing tall and straight on the flat grounds with just a glance.

Big, tall, and lofty, they glittered gold like several mountains of gold and gave off a dazzling brilliance.

Meng Lei quickly flew over to the first palace. The gates were tightly shut, and two big words, “Weapon Hall” gilt in gold, were written in calligraphy on the 100-feet-tall gates that were constructed from pure gold. Magic power swirled around the gates—evidently, they had been engraved with a magic circle.

“Weapon Hall?”

Meng Lei made a grabbing motion in the air. At once, the 100-feet-tall gates made out of pure gold broke and dissipated with a boom, turning into gold powder residue that floated in the air and filled up the sky—before being collected by the system.

“Oh my goodness! Two gates alone are already worth 3 billion gold coins! This is incredible! Incredible!”

Meng Lei couldn’t help but gasp after taking a glance at the stats interface. Just the gates alone were already this extravagant, let alone the contents within?

He quickly walked into the Weapon Hall, which was separated into two sub-halls, the Saint Domain-Level Magic Devices Hall and the Half-Divine Weapon Hall.

Upon entering the Saint Domain-Level Magic Devices Hall, what filled his sight were sabers, spears, swords, halberds, axes, rods, and staffs… There was a dazzling array of weapons and contained everything one could possibly think of.

Filled with magic power and the fluctuations of elements, every one of them was a Saint Domain-level magic device!

Apart from these were dozens of spatial rings. He picked up a random one to discover that it was actually a spatial ring with an extra-large space inside that spanned as wide as over 1,000 cubic meters.

“If I were to auction this off, surely it can fetch at least a few dozen billions?”

Meng Lei clicked his tongue in wonder as he remarked, “What a shame that it was actually kept in here as part of a collection.”

“Collect!”

“Collect!”

“Collect!”

There was no reason why he should let any of them off with so much good stuff here, of course. By the time Meng Lei walked out of the Saint Domain-Level Magic Devices Hall, it was already all empty inside.

He didn’t leave behind even the feather duster meant for cleaning off dust, let alone a magic device.

Duh, even the feather duster’s handle was forged from pure gold and was very much precious and valuable. Who would bear to discard it?

“The Half-Divine Weapon Hall!”

Compared to the dazzling array of Saint Domain-level magic devices, there were much fewer half-divine weapons there. They numbered only about ten, and most of them were even magic staffs.

“The Sky Staff!”

Meng Lei picked up one of the magic staffs. Wind-elemental power of divinity ebbed and flowed on the cyan-colored staff’s surface…

“This is probably forged using a wind-elemental half-deity Magical Beast’s rib bones and magic core. Just the material alone is already something extremely rare! It’s a pretty good half-divine weapon. Alright, I’ll take it.”

Almost all the other half-divine weapons were also forged from half-deity materials. Were they to be auctioned off, they would definitely fetch a frighteningly high astronomical price.

“Collect!”

After exiting the Weapon Hall, Meng Lei didn’t spare even the palace itself that was made out of pure gold.

The palace fell apart with a snap of his fingers and turned into golden sand that filled up the sky before being collected by the system.

“Just the palace alone is worth one trillion gold coins! The Dragons… are really too goddamn extravagant!”

Then, he came to the second palace.

“Laws of Nature Origin Crystal Hall!”

Meng Lei’s breathing turned heavy and ragged at once. Unlike the Saint Domain-level magic devices and half-divine weapons, Laws of Nature Origin Crystals were just like gold coins and could be directly collected by the system.

How could Meng Lei possibly not become worked up?

Whoosh!

The gates dissipated, and a dazzling, multi-colored light shone through the door frame like a brilliant, eye-catching rainbow.

“What rich laws of nature power!”

Then, Meng Lei couldn’t help but gasp—with just a glance, he had caught sight of the Laws of Nature Origin Crystals that rested in full, towering heaps and glittered like colorful jewels.

“So many Laws of Nature Origin Crystals!” exclaimed Meng Lei, whose eyes had lit up at the sight.

“System, collect them all!”

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

By the time all the Laws of Nature Origin Crystals in the hall were gone, his Wealth had gone through the roof…

786,934 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals!

“I’ve struck gold! I’ve struck gold this time!”

Meng Lei raised his head and burst into loud laughter. “Haha! It feels like I’m gonna earn big this time! It’s just a shame that there are so many riches here, yet I can’t use them to buy credit!”

Operating by the principle that every little bit counted, Meng Lei similarly didn’t spare the hall made out of pure gold, either, and earned a pretty little sum out of it.

The third hall was the Elemental Crystals Hall.

Elemental crystals were the product of crystallized magic elements. They weren’t as rare as Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, but they were treasures that could quickly boost a Magician’s magic power, hence making them highly valuable and fairly precious.

The key here was that the sheer number of elemental crystals in the hall was exaggeratedly huge. Piled together in the palace just like mounds of sand, they amounted to more than just 10,000 tons.

The only thing considered a shame was that the system didn’t recognize elemental crystals; hence they couldn’t be directly collected by it. What a pain!

After he collected all the elemental crystals, Meng Lei headed to the fourth palace—the Rare Magic Materials Hall.

Although Meng Lei hadn’t come into much contact with magic materials before, there were nonetheless simply too many areas where they were needed, such as crafting magic staffs, making magic potions, inscribing magic circles, doing magic experiments…

As a result, the magic materials industry had become one of Dragon God Empire’s pillar industries. The tax revenue they brought to Dragon God Empire was far more than just one trillion gold coins.

And now, inside the palace in front of Meng Lei was packed to the brim with various rare and valuable materials. Every one of them could fetch an astronomical price in an auction.

“These also can’t be converted into cash, but I can eat some as snacks…”

And then, he packed them all up and took them with him.

The last palace was a storage area for special artifacts. The first thing Meng Lei spied upon entering was a small, golden-yellow calf section of a leg.

The calf looked like, yet wasn’t gold. Divine energy waves circled around it as it gave off a fearsome and imposing might, causing Meng Lei to feel as if he were facing a primordial beast.

“Ding! Dropped item detected. Will you pick it up?”

“Yes, pick it up!”

“Ding! 1 Fused Laws of Nature Fragment discovered. Will you assimilate it?”

“A fused laws of nature fragment?”

Meng Lei was slightly taken aback. Could it be a laws of nature fragment that had formed after a few types of laws of nature had fused together with one another?

“Yes, assimilate it!”

Boom!

At once, an enormous wave of information flooded his mind—it was actually information about a “new” type of laws of nature that had formed after two entirely different types of laws of nature had perfectly fused with each other.

The first type represented vitality and thriving growth—this was wood-elemental laws of nature. The other type represented steadfast reliability where those of great virtue could undertake major, significant tasks—this was earth-elemental laws of nature!

“A newly-born Laws of Nature fragment that formed after wood-elemental and earth-elemental laws of nature had… fused together?”

Meng Lei let out a soft exclamation and quickly looked at his stats interface. At once, his eyes widened dramatically, and he almost screamed.

Host: Meng Lei

Race: Human (Contains Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline <100%>)

Wealth: 787,869 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals

Physical Body Constitution: Half-Deity (High-Grade)

Spirit: Divine Spirit (Elementary-Grade)

Power of Divinity: 0.1 Divinity Crystal

Laws of Nature: Wood-Earth Fusion (0.1%)

“0.1%! I… can buy credit for my laws of nature comprehension again now!

“And it’s even a wood-earth fusion law of nature, too! Oh my god, is this even possible?!”

Meng Lei’s heart pounded hard as a bold idea suddenly popped up in his mind.

Was there really no other way to assimilate laws of nature other than to split the divine spirit, light up the divine fire, manifest the divine core, and become an intermediate deity first?

Perhaps it was possible that he could fuse all ten types of laws of nature into one before he lit up the divine fire?

“It’s possible! The likelihood definitely exists! But only on the condition that… I can get my hands on more fusion laws of nature fragments first. This way, I’ll be able to buy credit for other types of fusion Laws of Nature fragments too!”

Meng Lei exhaled a long breath of air. His gaze involuntarily fell onto the calf.

“For it to drop a fusion laws of nature fragment, the owner must have been at least an intermediate deity.

“An intermediate deity’s calf… No wonder it gives off such powerful might!”

The second item was a golden skull. Like the calf, divine energy waves also circled around it while power of divinity fluctuated around it—it was probably also a true god’s skull.

Unfortunately, nothing dropped from it this time.

The third item was a pair of wings that strongly resembled a butterfly’s. They were paper-thin and crystal-clear, yet incredibly soft and pliable. Meng Lei actually couldn’t rip them apart, thereby proving that they had totally come from a true god.

The fourth item was a basketball-sized stone. It had neither power of divinity traces nor laws of nature traces around it. When basing off its outward appearance alone, it looked completely identical to an ordinary stone and was totally lacking any kind of unusual characteristic.

Would an ordinary stone be placed here?

Perplexed, Meng Lei couldn’t help but pick up the stone, intending to do a close inspection.

Unexpectedly, the system’s icy-cold voice rang out at this point out of the blue.

“Ding! Dropped item discovered. Will you pick it up?”

“Yes, pick it up!”

“Ding! You’ve obtained the Fallen Angel bloodline. Will you assimilate it?”

“What? The Fallen Angel bloodline?”

Meng Lei was flabbergasted. “Where did that come from? Could it be…”

Meng Lei’s gaze couldn’t help but fall onto the unremarkable stone. There was no way the system would pick up the Fallen Angel bloodline for no reason!

The only possibility was…

The moment the thought occurred to him, Meng Lei quickly released his divine will and shrouded the stone in it in an attempt to get to the bottom of things.

The strange thing was that the moment his divine will came into contact with the stone, it was immediately deflected by a peculiar energy and couldn’t go into it at all.

“As expected, there’s something strange about this!”

Meng Lei promptly returned to the Tower of Time.

“Wake up, Dodola!”

Snore…

Dodola was currently fast asleep on the soft fields. A crystal-clear drop of liquid was even hanging at the corner of its mouth. Upon being awakened by Meng Lei, it opened its sleepy eyes and asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Do you recognize this?”

Meng Lei tossed the pebble over, which instantly hooked Dodola’s attention.

“That’s a Devil’s aura! And a higher Devil’s, no less!”

Dodola’s eyes bore into the pebble as it sniffed hard at it like a dog. “Where did you get this?”

“Can you first tell me what this thing is?” asked Meng Lei instead.

Dodola replied affirmatively, “A Devil’s egg! This is a Devil’s egg!”

“A Devil’s egg? Are you sure?” Meng Lei quickly asked.

“Of course! The number of Devils I’ve killed together with the great God of Time easily totals 100,000, if not 1,000,000. How would I possibly make a mistake about that?”

Dodola bragged haughtily. “This is definitely a Devil’s egg. On top of that, it’s undoubtedly a higher Devil’s, too. There’s no way I’ll make a mistake!”

“A Devil’s egg? No wonder!”

Realization dawned upon Meng Lei. “Since you’re so impressive, then why don’t you tell me what type of Devil this egg comes from?”

“This… Let me take a look!”

Dodola peered at it. “It’s probably been sealed, so I can’t tell.”

“Hehe! You’re lost, aren’t you?”

Meng Lei chuckled smugly.

“Look at you acting as if you know!” Dodola rolled its eyes.

“If I’m not wrong, this is probably a Fallen Angel’s egg.”

“What? A Fallen Angel!?”