All My Superpowers Come from the Law of Causality-Chapter 271 - 228: Universal Key_2

"Space curse, it may not completely trap Qingtian, but at least it can increase the difficulty for them, and they don't have the Blood Curse Key..."

Upon thinking this, Su Xin suddenly froze:

"Huh? Blood Curse Key..."

"Space curse..."

As he pondered, his eyes grew brighter, remembering that the space curse is a type of lock, and the key is a special type of blood talisman.

As long as he sets up a blood talisman space somewhere and then uses the Blood Curse Key...

No, that's not right!

He can't use the key; he needs technical means.

Su Xin's smile gradually froze.

He found a new type of lock, but this kind of space lock can only be opened with a key.

He personally could teleport in and out directly, but that is not the same as unlocking it.

"Unlocking... How can it be unlocked?"

Su Xin fell into new problems.

"Since it requires unlocking, clearly the key cannot be used, and brute force destruction won't work either."

"If the sealed space set by Wu Yongkui can be slowly researched using his ability, I can make the corresponding Blood Curse Key myself, but I don't know if this counts as unlocking..."

Su Xin pondered for a while, then instant teleportation back to the Dawn Association's headquarters base—where Wu Yongkui had set up a sealed space.

Su Xin had always entered and exited through instant teleportation and had never used a Blood Curse Key before.

He transformed into Wu Yongkui, put on his mask, came to the front of the base, and placed a hand on the gate.

A momentary flash of blood-light energy appeared under his palm, which was then blocked.

This sealed space wasn't set up by him, so even if he has the same ability, he couldn't directly open this sealed space. He had to activate his ability, slowly adjust his blood talisman to match the sealed space.

This feeling was akin to unlocking a mechanical lock, only that the lock body was replaced with a sealed space shield, and the key was replaced with the ability he utilized.

Luckily, his ability was identical to Wu Yongkui's. Although the 'password' was set by Wu Yongkui, after numerous attempts and adjustments, Su Xin finally managed to unlock it in half an hour.

During the process, no one came to disturb him.

"Ding! [Super Locksmith] progress +1."

"Ding! Congratulations to the host. The task [Super Locksmith] has been completed. Reward: one chance of ability awakening. Do you wish to use it?"

Su Xin made a decision in his mind and chose to use it.

"Ding! Awakened ability [Universal Key]"

[Universal Key (LV1): When touching the lock body, it can be perfectly unlocked.]

Based on the several attempts done during the task process, Su Xin generally understood what perfect unlocking meant, but he was somewhat unsure whether the lock body mentioned in the ability description only referred to physical lock bodies.

Mechanical locks and electronic locks, those narrowly defined physical lock bodies, could surely be opened; otherwise, this ability would be meaningless.

What he was concerned about now was whether informational password locks, previous isolation barriers, artificial locks, and sealed spaces could be unlocked.

Since the sealed space was right in front of him, Su Xin decided to give it a try.

He removed the Blood Curse Key from his hand, and the sealed space automatically closed. He reverted to his original form and pressed a hand against the sealed space, then initiated with a thought.

Universal Key ability activated!

A blood-light energy shield appeared out of nowhere before him, automatically opening a hole about the height of a person.

Su Xin stepped through.

The energy shield closed automatically behind him.

"It really works."

Su Xin was somewhat intrigued. Next, he teleported to his office, opened his computer, randomly found a few web pages, and clicked on the login interface, placing a hand on the computer screen.

Activating the ability again.

Unfortunately, the page remained unresponsive.

Apparently, the Universal Key ability could only unlock lock bodies in the conventional sense, at least the lock body must be something he could physically touch.

And the webpage needing a password, while barely counting as a lock, was only a broadly defined virtual lock body, seemingly not meeting the preconditions for ability activation.

But quickly, he denied this idea.

After all, during task progress, he had achieved a point by unlocking website passwords, clearly aligning with the system's definition of a lock.

The reason it was not unlocked now was probably not an issue with the lock itself, but rather some condition that wasn't met.

"The lock body shouldn't be the issue, then the problem should be with the condition 'contact'."

"Although I've opened the website, my computer is merely a connection port; the actual location of the website should be its server, which counts as the lock body. Perhaps I need to contact the server..."

Su Xin pondered and formed an idea.

On his desktop, he created a file and encrypted it, setting a random password.

Then directly clicked open it.

When the password input interface appeared, he placed a hand on the computer screen, initiating the ability.

Only to see the password input interface skip directly, and the file was opened successfully.

"Indeed..."

"This type of information encryption lock can also be unlocked, as long as I can touch the actual lock body, which is the position where the file is stored."

"So, virtual lock bodies can be unlocked, does that mean broader defined lock bodies can also be unlocked?"

"For example... Genetic Lock?"

Su Xin became somewhat eager to try.

He called in a member of the organization, placed a hand on the person's shoulder, and to prevent failure due to clothing, he specifically asked the person to pull down their collar slightly.

Su Xin's inexplicable request scared the person pale, thinking Su Xin suddenly had some strange hobby.

But seeing Su Xin looking at him with all seriousness, the person's lips quivered for a moment, yet dared not say anything and obediently pulled down his collar.

Su Xin was focused only on researching his ability and didn't mind the person's strange expression, pressed a hand on the person's shoulder, and initiated the ability.

However…

The person remained unresponsive.

"So it doesn't work."

"Or perhaps it requires an upgrade."

Su Xin quietly withdrew his hand, motioned for the person to leave, and locked the door behind him.

"Judging from the recent attempts, the Universal Key can unlock not only physical lock bodies but also virtual lock bodies like passwords, as long as it's directly connected to the lock body itself... which is the location where its database is stored."

"However, broader defined locks, including Genetic Locks, do not currently meet the conditions."

"So... let's upgrade!"

Su Xin summarized the ability and without hesitation decided to upgrade it.

He felt this ability had great potential, anyway, he currently had 120,000 causality points, and his ability slots were reasonably sufficient—only needing to forget the Mad Taunt ability wouldn't impact the triggering of the next task.

After several refreshes, Su Xin consecutively upgraded three times, acquiring three new characteristics:

[Forced Locking: May reverse lock any target that meets unlocking conditions.]

[Conceptual Lock Body: As long as it aligns with the conceptual definition of a lock, it meets the unlocking conditions.]

[Indirect Unlocking: When touching associated objects as a medium, it allows for unlocking.]

The first characteristic speaks for itself.

Just like ordinary keys, not only can they unlock, but they can also lock doors. Its usefulness is decent but not especially significant.

But when combined with the second characteristic, its practical value greatly enhances, for Su Xin immediately thought of the popular Genetic Lock concept from his previous life.

Which means.

The Conceptual Lock Body characteristic allows Su Xin to unlock anyone's Genetic Lock, and the Forced Locking characteristic lets him reverse lock anyone's Genetic Lock, preventing them from unlocking it.

If someday in the future, he indeed discovers the cultivator civilization, or he propagates the method of cultivating Genetic Locks, it could potentially restrict others' cultivation through this characteristic.

As for the third characteristic.

The reason Su Xin made such a choice was also based on the recent attempt—

He couldn't unlock webpage passwords on his computer, which is no situation where he could always seek the target's server, right?

With the Indirect Unlocking characteristic, Su Xin should be able to use his computer, connecting to the target website via his own computer as a medium mentioned in the characteristic introduction, allowing him to unlock the website password remotely.

Certainly, there are similar effects as well.