On a turbulent coastline, the sky is shrouded in dark clouds year-round, and the waves crash against the chaotic rocks.
There is a concealed cave by the sea, a location difficult for anyone to discover, yet a wisp of spiritual light has appeared there.
Regulus is checking his condition with a confused expression; just a moment ago, he inexplicably crossed over.
"Am I a ghost now?" His hands emit a faint white light, and his whole being is in a floating state.
JUST LIKE THAT HE CROSSED OVER!
Important things need to be confirmed while shouting; it seems Regulus really has crossed over.
Outside the cave entrance is daylight; although the sky is overcast, the sun's rays are everywhere. It's always possible to distinguish between day and night. The waves, carrying a salty mist, crash at the cave entrance, with just a thin line of seawater almost flooding inside.
Behind him is a cave, completely devoid of any light. If it weren't for Regulus's own spiritual light, he wouldn't be able to see anything.
What to do? Should he go out and bask in the sun or retreat into the cave to explore?
It's obvious! Regulus doesn't want to test the theory of whether his soul will disappear when exposed to sunlight.
Although ghosts have different natures, ghosts generally appear at night, right? So...
"Then! Let's explore the cave!" Regulus turned and floated into the cave.
He remembers that before crossing over, Regulus was playing a game on his computer, using a modifier to create his ultimate equipment, adding various top-tier attributes one by one. If that equipment were used, the balance of the game would be completely destroyed!
This act of disrupting the game's balance felt so exhilarating! He remembers the equipment was a belt, what was it called again...
That's right! "The Titan Belt of the Horadrim!" Regulus murmured softly.
Suddenly, a waist guard, about a palm's width, appeared and automatically wrapped around Regulus's waist, the metal belt fitting perfectly against his spiritual body.
"Is this the reason I crossed over? Just because I modified this piece of equipment on my computer, I was transported here?"
Regulus felt like dying; although he already counted as dead, he wouldn't mind dying again.
To be transported just because he modified the attributes of a game item, this reason left Regulus in despair. Why didn't those who modified their attributes even more than his cross over?
Titan Belt of the Horadrim [49 Slots]
Defense: 777
Durability: 77/77
Required Strength Points: 7
Required Level: 7
Indestructible
Cannot be Frozen
+7 Necromancer Skills
+77 Melee Defense
+77 Ranged Defense
+77 Spell Defense
All Resistances +777
+77 Strength
+77 Dexterity
+77 Vitality
+77 Energy
+77 Life
+77 Mana
+77 Accuracy
Increases Fire Damage by 77
Increases Lightning Damage by 77
Increases Cold Damage by 77
Increases Physical Damage by 77
Increases Poison Damage by 77, lasting 77 seconds
Attackers receive 77% Reflect Damage
+7 Life Steal on Hit
+7 Mana Steal on Hit
77% Extra Gold from Monsters
77% Better Chance of Finding Magic Items
Regulus checked the attributes of the belt; this was indeed the game equipment he modified before crossing over.
This is a belt belonging to the Necromancer; the skill on the equipment, [+7 Necromancer Skills], is specifically prepared for this class.
What Regulus finds even stranger is that after putting on this belt, he feels a strong pull towards a certain spot in the cave.
Floating along, Regulus arrived at the end of the cave, with no exit in sight, only rock walls surrounding him.
"It doesn't feel like this." Regulus was sure of his feelings and reached out towards the rock wall beside him.
Due to his ghostly nature, Regulus easily passed through the rock wall and entered a cave behind it.
Floating all the way, there was a cave by the sea, within the cave was another cave, and inside that cave was a dark lake.
Looking at the Black Lake before him, Regulus finally understood where he had crossed over to.
In the center of the Black Lake, there was a small stone island emanating a faint green light, refracted by the surrounding crystals.
Through this series of scenes, Regulus realized he had entered the world of [HP], and the place he was currently in was the secret location where Voldemort had placed the Horcrux, Slytherin's locket.
Well! Some details in his memory were wrong; the "lying dagger" was a secondary setting from a fan work.
"So that means if I drink these potions, I can obtain the Horcrux inside." Regulus recalled, trying to find the correct information, after all, he had seen his fair share of fan interpretations of [HP].
He remembered that the potions had to be consumed by one person for Slytherin's locket to appear. And the person who drank the potions would definitely be unbearably thirsty, making the surrounding water an irresistible temptation.
But the water here was not to be touched; touching it would trigger the Inferi beneath, which would pull the person on the island into the water, turning everyone into Inferi guarding the island.
The above was content from the movie and the novel, while in fan works, authors could come up with various methods to solve this dilemma.
The simplest way was to find an animal and force it to drink all the potions.
However, he remembered that in a certain fan work, these potions were created by a witch who loved Voldemort. After learning about Voldemort's Horcruxes and intentions, this witch made these potions that would automatically refill after being consumed, containing a hidden feature.
These potions could replenish soul damage because the witch assumed it would be Voldemort himself who would drink them, but she was clearly mistaken.
"Replenishing soul damage, huh? Then let me give it a try!" Regulus lowered his head and began to drink the potions.
At first, he thought he was a ghost and couldn't directly touch these potions, just like he could pass through the stone wall door that required blood to open. But unexpectedly, he felt a clear sensation of liquid on his lips, so Regulus began to drink the potions in large gulps.
A power that cleansed the soul put Regulus in a dazed state, and before he knew it, he had finished the potions.
Having reached the bottom of the basin, Regulus lifted his head, and a locket suddenly appeared in the stone basin that had just been empty.
Regulus knew this wasn't a real Horcrux; anyone who had read the original work knew this was just a fake locket, the real one had already been taken, and the person who did this was now in the Black Lake, becoming one of the Inferi guards here.
Regulus Black, the brother of Sirius Black, began to doubt the correctness of becoming a Death Eater upon noticing Voldemort's changes, ultimately replacing Voldemort's Horcrux, Slytherin's locket.
"The name is so similar to mine! It seems this is also a reason for my crossing over!" Regulus approached the water's edge, easily seeing through the surface to the densely packed Inferi below, one of whom gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
"I remember you died when you were only 18, right? Could it be that I am your reincarnation, now crossing back with the regrets from before?"
Regulus was merely expressing casual thoughts, but the content of his words was not entirely off the mark.
"You seem quite handsome! The movie actually cast an old man to portray you, that's just excessive."