Chapter 911: Lucky Day

911. Lucky Day

"...So that's how it is. For some reason, this Architecture produced deity power, and that process affected the Architecture's original behavioral patterns. Now that the Starfish Ornament has absorbed the deity power, the Architecture has returned to its previous behavioral patterns... You should have seen what this Architecture originally looked like, right?"

Lin Ye quickly figured out the problem. As long as the ritual was activated, whether or not he absorbed the deity power, he would be dealt with by this Architecture.

"As long as you live long enough, you'll always run into something that brings back memories.

Farewell, Lin Ye."

The man voluntarily destroyed his clone, and its figure quickly disappeared.

This was no longer a place where one could safely watch the show. Even leaving a single clone behind would carry enormous risk.

"Hey, isn't the situation looking a bit bad right now?"

Ayla moved closer to Lin Ye and tugged at his sleeve.

"It's extremely bad. We're inside a dangerous building, and in a few more minutes, our bodies will be broken down into Blood-Colored Cubes and eventually merged into this Architecture."

Lin Ye sighed. This time there was nothing he could do either. Unless he abandoned Ayla, there was no choice but to step into the trap.

There was simply no way for him to escape from here now. Even if he used spatial teleportation, all that would come out would be some Blood-Colored Cubes.

"I think I'm about to die..."

Grelis's body began to break down, turning into fine fragments of Blood-Colored Cubes.

She had been trapped for too long and had already been affected by this Architecture before.

Even if Lin Ye took her out, she would only turn into Blood-Colored Cubes and scatter into the air.

Lin Ye had originally planned to wait until the Starfish Ornament finished absorbing the deity power, then find a way to repair her body, but it seemed it was already too late.

"...Want a cookie?"

Lin Ye handed a dark red biscuit tin to Grelis.

"Thanks. I really am a bit hungry."

Grelis took the biscuit tin. She had actually guessed her fate long ago. She just hadn't been willing to accept it.

She had forgotten how long she'd been trapped here. At first she'd been very hungry, but soon enough, she could no longer feel hunger.

"You've got it wrong. There are no cookies left inside..."

Grelis's body began to collapse. She looked at the empty metal box with some regret, revealing a somewhat sad smile.

"...Close the box. I'll do a magic trick for you."

A metal coin, pure white on the front and pure black on the back, appeared in Lin Ye's hand. He tossed the metal coin into the air. It spun in the sky and finally landed on the back of his hand.

"Heads. Today is your lucky day."

Lin Ye smiled and opened the biscuit tin. Inside was a dark red fortune cookie.

"...Thank you... It's really delicious."

Grelis put the cookie in her mouth and took a bite. Her body completely collapsed, turning into blood-colored powder that scattered into the air.

"Uh, are we going to turn into powder too?"

Ayla seemed to want to say something to Lin Ye.

"It's fine. I have a very useful suit of armor. Once I put it on, this place won't be able to affect us. But the process of taking out that armor might be a bit dangerous."

Lin Ye actually didn't want to take out the Hybrid Armor in a place like this, but this Architecture that could produce deity power was extremely troublesome. Other items weren't quite suitable. The Hybrid Armor was, in a sense, professionally matched for this.

"Can that armor of yours be worn by two people?"

Ayla was somewhat concerned about the armor's style.

"No, only one person can wear it. But I can put you into the World of Ashes. As long as I don't die, the World of Ashes won't have any problems. However, you can't stay inside for too long, otherwise both your body and consciousness will be affected."

Lin Ye had already planned his escape method long ago. The Starfish Ornament was still absorbing deity power, and he intended to take it with him when he left.

"You're way too reliable!"

Every time she encountered Lin Ye, Ayla would feel a sense of reassurance.

"Huh, wait, it seems we don't need to anymore..."

Lin Ye was just about to open the World of Ashes when he noticed that some kind of change had occurred in the Architecture, different from before.

After a while longer, the Architecture's changes completely stopped. Some blood-colored powder gathered together, and Grelis reappeared before them.

She fluctuated continuously like a virtual projection, looking somewhat illusory.

"Are you this Architecture, or are you Grelis?"

Lin Ye spoke up and asked.

"So that really was a fortune cookie..."

Grelis looked at Lin Ye with extreme excitement.

"What's going on with you? Even if you ate the fortune cookie, you shouldn't be able to control this Architecture, right?"

Even if Lin Ye himself were broken down by this Architecture, he wouldn't have the ability to control it.

"This Architecture breaks down anything it touches into Blood-Colored Cubes, and afterward the Blood-Colored Cubes reassemble into part of the Architecture.

Under normal circumstances, the broken-down Blood-Colored Cubes reassemble randomly, and individual consciousness completely disappears. That's why this Architecture doesn't have individual consciousness.

Of course, those cultists from before who weren't broken down don't count. At that time, this Architecture had a problem.

But I'm different. I'm a brand-new individual reassembled after being broken down, so I can influence this Architecture to a certain extent.

After being broken down, my reassembly order was exactly the same as before the breakdown.

So many Blood-Colored Cubes, yet the arrangement order was completely identical to before. Do you know what kind of probability that is?"

After reassembling, even Grelis was a bit stunned. She herself didn't believe such a possibility could exist.

"I told you, today is your lucky day. But you don't mind, do you? From now on, you'll probably only be able to stay here.

And luck isn't free. You'll probably have a period of bad luck afterward."

Lin Ye didn't need to calculate to know how low the probability of this situation occurring was. He rarely used the Lucky Coin relic. He hadn't expected that using it together with the fortune cookie would be so effective.

But the more useful the relic, the more dangerous it was.

"I'm already satisfied just being alive. I'll find a way to leave this place eventually.

If I can run into something this lucky, what else is impossible?"

Grelis said with a smile.

For Grelis, meeting Lin Ye here was the luckiest thing of all.

"As long as you accept it... Do you need that Starfish Ornament? If you could absorb the deity power inside, maybe you could find a way to leave this Architecture."

The Starfish Ornament had already finished absorbing the deity power. The ritual was over, and Lin Ye could return.

"Don't. You take those deity powers with you. Deity power will affect this Architecture's operating rules, and I don't want to reassemble again."

Grelis didn't want to gamble on luck a second time.

"That works too. I might be able to study this Architecture's power."

The Starfish Ornament transformed into its ornament state. It now looked like a dark red crystal product. If one observed carefully, tiny Blood-Colored Cubes could be seen one after another.