The Death List Novel - Chapter 15

Chapter 15 Soul Force Crystal
Looking at the crystal fragment the size of a grain of rice on the table, Qin Lun’s eyes lit up. He hadn’t expected Old Goblin to give way so easily. However, the old fellow was so confident in these crystal fragments that he wasn’t worried that he would continue to pester them?

Qin Lun curiously reached out and picked up a crystal. However, his finger had just touched the crystal fragment when the skeleton pattern hibernating in his right palm actually reacted again.

After digesting the cool aura from last night, the rhythmic beating of the skull gradually weakened until it disappeared. No matter how much Qin Lun tried to probe, the strange simple computer did not appear in the depths of his consciousness.

Now that Qin Lun had grasped the crystal fragment, two scarlet flames appeared in the sockets of the skeleton pattern, slowly pulsing. With this undetectable pulsation, the skeleton pattern produced a suction force, as if a baby had grabbed onto its nipple and automatically sucked on the orange crystal fragment.

A faint refreshing aura poured into the little skull in Qin Lun’s palm along his fingers. The crystal fragments shrank at a visible rate and disappeared under the eyes of Old Goblin and Qin Lun.

“This is … magic sugar beans?” Qin Lun blinked his eyes. He wasn’t embarrassed by his greedy behavior at all. Instead, he reached out to pick up another orange crystal and watched it slowly disappear from his fingertips.

“You, you, this pattern … official apostle?!” Old Goblin turned a deaf ear to Qin Lun’s witty words. For the first time, he lost his calm and spoke incoherently. He stared at Qin Lun’s palm with his eyes protruding. The skeleton pattern only revealed a corner.

It wasn’t until the third crystal fragment disappeared from Qin Lun’s fingertips that he regained his senses and covered the other crystal fragments on the table angrily.

“What magical sugar beans? This is a soul force crystal!”

Grand Elder Goblin looked at Qin Lun with a complicated expression. “The pattern on your hand isn’t a tattoo. It only appeared after you entered the Broken Star System, right? Do you want to know what it is?”

“What is this?” Qin Lun slowly put away his smile and sat upright on the chair. Although he did not know the world, he knew that he needed to be modest and respectful when asking for advice.

“This isn’t a secret. After you arrive in the floating city, someone will tell you!” Old Goblin sighed, a trace of confusion appearing on his face, as if he was immersed in a distant memory.

When all the apostles entered the shattered starry sky for the first time, they would come into contact with the shattered Laws Crystal in the space-time tunnel. Some of the apostles who were out of luck would directly obtain a relatively complete Laws Crystal, or an item that fused with the complete Laws Crystal.

This probability was generally only one thousandth. One reason for this was that there were very few complete Law Crystals in the space-time tunnels. Another reason was that the apostles did not know how precious these Law Crystals were at first and did not specifically look for items that merged with the complete Law Crystals. The Law Crystals in those items could only exist for two to three minutes, and then they would dissipate. By the time the apostles understood all of this, the treasures had already turned into rubbish.

The pattern on Qin Lun’s hand was called the Soul Mark. It was formed from the Laws Crystal that merged into the Laws Body, or an item that contained the Laws Crystal.

Soul imprints are the dividing line between the preparatory apostles and the formal apostles. Generally, only after the preparatory apostles undergo their first trip to another realm and complete the necessary quests in another realm can they obtain a complete crystal of Laws and merge it into their bodies.

For an apostle, the soul mark was irreplaceable. Through the soul imprint, the apostles could monitor the state of the Laws body at any time, store numerous spiritual equipment, and obtain various combat skills and bloodline abilities.

It could be said that the soul mark was the apostle’s second soul and life treasure, so it was called the soul mark. An apostle could only have one soul imprint, and in the future, he could only obtain other law crystals to strengthen the original soul imprint. Soul imprint is the true embodiment of the will of the apostles. No matter what kind of law crystal is fused with, there is only one form of expression.

“Soul imprints are weak from the start like newborn babies. Only by slowly feeding soul force crystals can they mature and be controlled by the apostles.” Grand Elder Goblin glanced at Qin Lun and said unhappily, “Now you know how precious soul force crystals are! And magic sugar beans … Hmph!”

“Haha!” Qin Lun smiled and rubbed his nose. There was no embarrassment on his face. “So without the soul power crystal stones, the soul imprint would be useless?”

“No, without soul power crystals, the soul mark will grow, but it will absorb the apostle’s vitality directly. And when it matures, the soul mark will also consume a small amount of the apostle’s vitality.” Goblin grinned.

“However, the apostles will not care about this consumption. As long as they can safely cross the alien quest, they will obtain a large amount of jingshi. If they die in the quest, then the consumption of the soul imprint is nothing.”

“Alright then, I’m very satisfied with the compensation of the soul force crystal stones. Just give me a hundred or so of them!” Qin Lun finally let go and revealed a brilliant smile.

“A hundred pills?” Grand Elder Goblin widened his muddy eyes and shook his head like a rattle drum. “That’s impossible. You’ve already absorbed three pills just now. I’ll give you another seven pills at most!”

“No discussion?”

“There’s no discussion!”

Qin Lun slowly narrowed his eyes. The red light in his eyes flashed. Old Goblin did not back down this time. He looked expressionlessly at the murderer.

“There are more than a thousand zombies in the base. I only need a hundred soul force crystals!” Qin Lun suddenly grinned and said, “If the others knew the value of this soul force crystal stone, I think they would definitely come looking for you again. At that time, it wouldn’t be enough to send them away with a hundred pills!”

Old Goblin’s expression finally changed. He suddenly opened his eyes and stood up from the couch for the first time. The fat on his face twisted into a ball. He leaned in front of Qin Lun and growled, “How did you know?”

Qin Lun smiled without saying a word, but he sighed in his heart. Old Goblin’s reaction completely confirmed his guess.

The zombies in the base did not have intelligence, nor did they contracted any viruses. All the prisoners knew this. Otherwise, they would have died long ago. Then, what did a zombie that had lost its soul rely on to support its biological instincts? However, there was no answer to this question.

In fact, the reaction of the Lulu tribesmen when they saw the zombies after the prisoners first met Golde’s group of motorists made Qin Lun suspicious. However, since Gerd quickly took them away from the scene, he could only bury his doubts in his heart.

Just now, when Qin Lun picked up the Soul Strength Crystal Stone, he discovered that the refreshing aura from the Soul Strength Crystal Stone was exactly the same as the refreshing aura he had obtained when he killed Chekov. This made Qin Lun suspect that the so-called soul force crystal stone was the product of the combination of the Laws crystal fragment and the human body.

In other words, when he killed Chekov, the Laws Crystal fused with the Russian burly man’s body had only turned into a refreshing aura, which had not yet been completely absorbed by him. As a result, Qin Lun’s soul imprint forcefully sucked Chekov’s body out.

With so many lucky coincidences, if Qin Lun still couldn’t associate the soul force crystal stone with the zombie, then he really had a good brain for nothing. However, there was no need to confess to Goblin.

Since the Soul Strength Crystal was indeed very useful, he could only give up the good opportunity to enjoy the old fellow’s performance and try his best to obtain more Crystal Stones.

Old Goblin’s expression was unpredictable, but he still waved his hand and repulsed the two Goblin guards who wanted to attack Qin Lun. After a while, Grand Elder Goblin’s expression slowly returned to calm. He sat back on the couch and casually tossed the small cloth bag containing the soul power crystal onto the table.

“Soul power crystals are crystals of Laws and various intelligent lifeforms. If an intelligent lifeform loses its soul during teleportation, it will become a temporary zombie with the support of these crystals until it uses up all the crystals in its body.”

As Old Goblin spoke again, the expression on his face became gentler and gentler. In the end, his eyes lit up and he looked at Qin Lun with a smile.

“There are many types of soul force crystals, and they are consumed very quickly in the human body. More than a thousand zombies can produce about 600 soul force crystals. “Including the three you just absorbed, there are a total of 156 soul force crystals in this bag. They are all obtained by Goldman and the Lulu Clan up to now. I can give them all to you as long as you agree to one condition.”

Qin Lun frowned slightly, but he did not reach out to grab the small bag of soul power crystals. He raised his head and asked cautiously, “Tell me the conditions first!”

“Ah, young people nowadays don’t respect the old and love the young at all. The old man won’t let you suffer!” Grand Elder Goblin slowly waved to the two Goblin guards behind him. “Go, get Didi!”

Very quickly, the Goblin Guards appeared in the tent with a little Goblin. This was a thin, slender Goblin youth with some fluff on his long, pointed ears. Goblin’s eyes were big, and this little Goblin’s eyes were even bigger, blinking as bright as emeralds.

‘”Didi is Gerd’s youngest child and also my grandson. He is six years old this year. By human standards, he happens to be a teenager on the verge of adulthood. He loved listening to me tell adventure stories from a young age and was determined to walk out of the Red Gobi and see the world!” Old Goblin kindly touched Didi’s little head. “I’ll leave him to you …”

“Wait, I won’t take care of the children!” Qin Lun expressionlessly interrupted Goblin.

“It doesn’t matter. Didi will take care of himself!”

“I’m in danger. He’s not safe with me!”

“Life and death are destined! After leaving this tent, Didi will be your servant. Even if you kill him immediately, the Lulu Clan will not complain!” Old Goblin smiled and pushed the cloth bag and Didi in front of Qin Lun.

“Now, they are all yours!”