Ancient God Library

Chapter 156 Undercurrent and Moth
The steam carriage stopped in a large town.

This riverside town relies on fishing for its livelihood, and it is not far from Jianhai City, so it is much more prosperous than ordinary towns.The specific location of the cemetery is five kilometers east of the town. After the steam carriage stopped at this moment, several people walked to the destination.

Both Sam and Darryl were carrying a large box along the way.

There are actually a lot of explosives stored in it, and there are also various things, such as books, pens and ink, and the like.

"This is a spray to avoid corpses. We all spray it, so that we won't be hurt by the corpse gas in that ancient site. After the official mining, several living corpses appeared inside, which should be the reason for the influence of extraordinary power. "Franca took a bottle of transparent spray and sprayed some on her body.

Romon did the same.

Then several people walked into the large cemetery, and Jianhai's army stood guard outside the cemetery to prevent town residents from approaching, affecting the development work or being injured by living corpses.

These soldiers guarded their posts strictly. Even when they saw Ferranca, the leader of the research team, they didn't relax at all. After showing their ID cards, they let everyone in.

There are newly built kerosene street lamps inside, and even at night, it is not dark and gloomy at all. The four of them walked on the stone road, and they could hear the sound of heat in front of them.

A large tent appeared in front of them.

In each tent, people came and went, some of them carried kerosene lamps, and some of them took some food and found a place to sit and eat.

"These are people from other teams and have little to do with us. Although they all belong to the Bureau of Investigation, each department has a clear division of labor. We only need to identify documents."

Franca showed a resentful expression as if she had been abandoned from beginning to end.

Romon followed his gaze and didn't hold back for a moment. Beside a big tent in front, a clearing was cleared, and there were piles of stone slabs, wooden boards, and animal skins piled up on it.

I don't know how these animal skins and wooden boards were preserved, and they haven't decayed after such a long time.

"Let's start working. The next task is not easy. We need a quiet environment, because once this kind of work is interrupted, all previous efforts may be wasted, and even we ourselves will be negatively affected."

Franca talked to the person in charge here, and positioned the big tent at the working place.

Then Darryl and Sam quickly moved the literature materials next to them into the tent, and then began to divide and cooperate.

Seeing the material piled up like a hill, Franca looked like an eggplant beaten by frost, with a look of lovelessness, "With this workload, we don't even think about taking a vacation for a month!"

Darryl complained to Romon from the side, "Our boss is like this, he talks as much nonsense as ships pass by in the middle sea every day. I don't think it's strange when he stops talking nonsense."

"Hey, Darryl, I'm still here! Are you trying to kill me and take over as team leader?"

Franca's expression was exaggerated.

Sam has settled down to work, sorting through the pile of materials.

It seems that the relationship between these men is very good.

Romon smiled, and instead of chatting with this group of guys, he devoted himself to his work. Time is extremely precious, and he doesn't have to read everything here like Ferranca.

As Dorothy said, you only need to watch some symbolically, and then print some to take home.

His weekly salary is only three gold pounds a week, and he doesn't even have personal insurance, so why do he work so hard.

But if you want to complete Mrs. Field's commission, it's not good to be too perfunctory, and you need to carefully control the details.

"Is this cuneiform?"

After taking the first board, Luo Meng was stunned.Good guy, it's all cuneiform, a little blurry, but most of the content can be seen clearly.

Few people know this kind of characters, and it takes professional counterparts to recognize them.If Romon didn't know a thing or two about this kind of writing, it could be said that he didn't know anything about it.Fortunately, the box that Franca and the others brought contained translation books in various languages, among which were the parallel translations in cuneiform.

Romon picked up the pair of translations, and compared them to the words on the wooden board one by one, which seemed to be very strenuous, even reading a sentence had to be read several times.

And these words carry a special magical power, which makes people feel dizzy when they read it, as if several needles have been pierced into their temples, and whispers that seem to come from the void echo in their ears.

"Asator...Gumic...all living beings..."

There are still a lot of intermittent content in the back, but they are all inaudible.The first two are likely to be names. As for the names of people, places, or objects, Romon is not sure.

The content recorded on this board is of no value. If you can understand the content of the entire board, you may get some really useful knowledge, but many cuneiform characters are not recorded in the translations, and some translated words are guesswork mean.

This also means that even by half-guessing, it is difficult to figure out the above content.

This point was also confirmed by Franca, the expert of the research team expressed his inability to do so, and believed that this piece of wood was only of value for burning fire.

"Romon, you have to be careful. If you feel that the reading is a little difficult to understand, or even physically resisting, you should stop immediately." Ferranca felt that the temporary colleague sent by the Saint Amethyst Academy was not It's not annoying, so I didn't add the word "Sir" at this moment, it's treating him as a friend.

Romon nodded and continued to flip through other boards.

After looking at it piece by piece, he realized just how troublesome the job was.Not only do I have to read these unnutritious things word by word, endure mental torture, but also hold back all kinds of whispers that ring in my ears from time to time.

These ghostly whispers are unbearable.

Romon has two skills acquired in the library of the ancient gods, and he can't keep reading. Darryl and Sam are mainly responsible for sorting and categorizing, and Ferranca is the main force in charge of identification among them.

On the surface, this guy looks like an old fritter who fishes for fish, but he is meticulous and terribly rigorous in his work.

I watched it for three hours straight.

Romon finished his work for the day and sat on the stool next to the tent to rest. Darryl and Sam were already exhausted.

Only Franca was still sitting in front of the pile of boards and slates, concentrating on her work like a ruthless reading machine.

Good guy.

It turns out that you are the curliest one!
When Romon saw him, he wanted to see those guys who always said that they didn't study and just went home to play, but they could get No.1 in every exam.

Leaving Franca alone, Romon stepped out of the tent and looked around.

Although a group of people lived in the cemetery, no one was afraid.

There are dozens of awakened people here, all of whom are veterans from the Investigation Bureau, and there are military guards around the cemetery, making them extremely safe.

The mining of this relic was carried out secretly, and their food and clothing were all in the cemetery.Although I don't know the specific reason for the concealment, I think I hope it will save some trouble.

Just as Romon was thinking this way, the kerosene lamp in the tent suddenly flickered a few times, and then went out with a swipe.

There is a glass cover on the outside of the kerosene lamp, and it is impossible to go out even if it is carried on a rainy day. At this moment, it disappeared instantly, and everyone felt something was wrong.

Darryl and Ham immediately released their psychic energy, and Ferranca also stopped reading, looking around with a cloudy expression.

I don't know when, a sheet of frost emerged from the ground, intertwined in layers, exuding a biting cold air.

Darryl clenched his fists, "Leader, something is coming out from under the ice!"

At this time, Romon also quickly walked into the tent, seeing the sudden appearance of the ice layer, his eyes were a little strange.The ice radiated psychic energy and gave him an old world feel.

Is this from the old world?Was it a strange beast that came out, or who caused the anomaly?
Didn't the beasts in the old world come out only when the cracks in the old days were opened?
It is not easy to open the old rift.

Except for some special circumstances, generally speaking, the cracks of the old days will not appear, and if you want to trigger them actively, you need to pay a high price.

Because of Wudun's experience before, Romon had learned about the characteristics of the Old Crack, so at this moment, he was sure that it was definitely not caused by the real Old Crack, but something special.

At this moment, Romon didn't ask any more questions.

The solid ice covering the ground bursts of cold air, and then twisted black shadows began to condense in the tent.

Everyone reacted immediately.

I saw Darryl suddenly knelt down on his knees, making strange handprints with his hands, showing a trace of pain on his face.

Then there were also black shadow-like lines appearing around him, like sharp arrows piercing those things emerging from under the ice.Franca put on her glasses, took out a bronzing brochure from her body, bit her finger and smeared it with blood.

While smearing, he spoke plausibly, chanting the ear-piercing mantra that made his temples swell.

Then I saw.

Flames erupted around Ferranca, fires like blood!These flames have no temperature, and are completely different from the blazing flames of the Forge Church.

But the effect of these flames is superb.

In a short period of time, the ice on the ground was completely melted, but the coldness in the air did not decrease, but continued to become more serious.

Several people felt that their blood began to coagulate.

"Go, this is not a place to stay, there must be something wrong with the tomb."

Franca's face was full of trouble.

Luo Meng also felt very unlucky, obviously he was only here for dozens of days on a business trip, why did something go wrong on the first day?

The four of them walked out of the tent and planned to head towards the ancient tomb, but the coldness in the air quickly dissipated, leaving only patches of water on the ground.

The problem seemed to be resolved, and a guy who seemed to be a manager of the Bureau of Investigation ran over, "Mr. Ferranca, please be patient, there was a small problem at the ancient tomb just now, but it has been resolved. You guys You can go back to rest in peace."

Sure enough, something happened at the ancient tomb.

But they didn't intend to let a few people pass.

This made Romon even more confused. It stands to reason that they are all in the same bureau. Even if it is a sub-department, everyone does their own work, and it is not so strict to guard against it.

It stands to reason that such a big thing has been said, no matter what, they should be informed of what happened.

But the guy in front of him didn't mean that.

Franca frowned, and said dissatisfiedly, "What happened? Yasuo, if you don't tell me, how can we continue working as if nothing happened?"

"It's just some small troubles. If there is any danger, it must be those of us mining personnel who encounter it first! Don't worry, you will not be in any danger."

This guy named Yasuo refused to reveal any information no matter what he said.

The few people had no choice but to return. Based on his own experience, Ferranca deduced that things were not that simple, and said to Romon: "Although I don't know what the group of people inside are doing, it's best to be careful and be vigilant."

Naturally, Luo Meng knew how powerful it was. The cold air just now almost froze his blood, so it was not something to be taken lightly.

There are many slate and wooden boards in the big tent, which is the place for work, and the place where Romon and the others rest is in another separate tent.Regardless of the environment, the food here is really good, and there are enough food for three meals a day.But what happened tonight still lingers in Romon's mind.

The mining cemetery is just a few hundred meters ahead.

"Do you want to go over and have a look? But if you go there rashly, you will be discovered easily, and there must be a lot of guards in the dark, so it's not easy."

Romon secretly thought in his heart.

He took out the Hypocrites Mask, a relic that he had just obtained, and considered whether to take the risk.

If he wears this thing, and it is night now, the chance of being discovered is very small. If he doesn't figure out what happened here, he will never be at peace.

It's fine that the danger in the ancient tomb doesn't affect him, but it has been proved just now that the danger inside is likely to affect the people in the entire cemetery.

Just do it.

Romon quickly took out the hypocrite mask, and after putting it on his face, he felt as if a piece of ice was covering his cheek.

He doesn't know what he looks like now.

Because this is the first time I have used the mask since I got it.Romon hasn't had time to experiment with the mask's effect of changing appearance, concealing aura, and reducing the sense of existence.

In the dead of night, there was no one around.

Romon quietly walked out of his tent without making any sound. There were no other people around the tent where he lived, and there was only a faint light outside the cemetery in the distance.

There was the sound of soldiers walking in the distance.

Romon put on the mask, and felt that everything in the world was quiet, as if he was wrapped in a mysterious veil, very safe.

The occasional chirping of insects in the dark is disturbing.

Luo Meng didn't trade in, but observed the environment around the tent. After confirming that no one had noticed, he swayed lightly and came to the darkest place next to it.

The moonlight was very pale, covered by dark clouds, and Romon walked quickly through the shadows.

There are only a few people who will continue to work at night. Mining ancient tombs is as risky as sorting those documents. If you don't rest and work tired, you may cause problems first.

But in front of the gate of the ancient tomb hundreds of meters away, there are still voices at this moment.

Romon came to a place close to the entrance and quietly climbed up a big tree. With the ability of a hypocrite to hide his breath, he squatted on the branch without anyone seeing him.

There are four people at the entrance of the ancient tomb.

According to Romon's perception, these four people are all awakened people with second-level strength. Although it is late at night, they still abide by their duties and are not lazy at all.

The four guarded here, and it was very difficult for Romon to get in.

"It seems that we can only go back first, and find out the situation of the guards here later, and then come and have a look. I will ask Ferranca tomorrow to see if he can find a way, let us go into the ancient tomb and have a look." Luo Meng felt a little weird, although people like himself didn't come to work for the investigation bureau, they were considered partners, and they didn't even have the right to take a look.

Now in a life-threatening situation.

Naturally, he wouldn't continue to stay here without knowing anything. If he couldn't get the specific information in the ancient tomb, and couldn't figure out the source of the danger before, then Romon was going to run away first.If you don't know where the danger is, you can only stay away from the danger.

But just when Romon stepped back slowly and was about to leave.

He suddenly found another shadowy figure quietly approaching in the darkness in the distance.The other party hid behind a jagged rock, covered his face, and was dressed in black. His exposed eyes looked at the entrance of the tomb below, and seemed to be paying attention like him.

Romon quickly hid behind the nearby bushes.

With the concealment effect of the hypocrite's mask, coupled with the cover of night, Romon's whole body is integrated with the bushes, and the concealment effect has reached the extreme.

The man observed for a while and found that there was no chance to go in and left directly.

However, a few minutes after leaving, the guy returned the same way, hid behind the stone and took a few furtive glances to make sure that he hadn't leaked his whereabouts, and then retreated safely.

Romon in the shadows saw all of this, and then quietly retreated into the tent.

the next few days.

Romon spent the day sorting out the contents of the wooden and slate boards.

Many of the sentences on these things cannot be translated, and what can be translated are only some weird and weird legends, or some weird records, and true and false biographies.

These are basically worthless, and there are no records about the age of the dragon. Apart from bringing the enlarged prints of a few slates back to the Amethyst Library, there is no other gain at all.

But to Romon's surprise, after reading the words on these slate and wooden boards, he was able to gain academic aura.

And at night, Romon turned into a night walker to inquire about the situation of the ancient tomb, but he never found the opportunity to take a peek.

This situation finally ushered in a change on the fourth day.

Because another danger has come!

This time the danger lasted longer than last time. At that time, Romon was having dinner with Ferranca, and the three of them were eating well, but the sudden change came, which caught them by surprise.

This time it's a serious ground fissure!

The ground of the cemetery cracked one after another with huge cracks, which almost made people fall. Inside the cracks was an invisible darkness. Although it was only for a moment, Romon also felt the extremely filthy aura coming up from below.

Also in just an instant, these cracks have disappeared, it seems that some awakened people who can use the power of the earth system have made a move.

But this incident still caused quite a stir.

Not only the research team assisted by Romon, but also several other groups, such as the logistics support team, had opinions.

Even the leaders of the army outside came in to inquire about the situation. It was impossible for them to ignore such a big incident.

under pressure from all sides.

The mining team that was closest to the core of the ancient tomb finally made a step back and asked everyone to go down and take a look.

The composition of the mining team is very complicated. In addition to the people from the Investigation Bureau, there are also experts sent by the Archaeological Bureau and major families. The relationship is intricate. It seems that the several noble families in Jianhai have filled the mining team.

Thinking of this scene, Romon felt that mining this time was even more difficult, and there was some secret hidden behind it.

"Look, there are several spirit formations on this stone gate. The previous ice formation and the previous earth-splitting spirit formation have all been broken by us. The previous change outside is the spirit formation. We don’t want to do this because of the broken stone, but if we want to continue mining, we have to break through the stone gate.”

A man who looked like the leader of the mining team said sincerely.

Romon didn't believe the explanation he gave, this guy was lying!

There were some unbelievers at the scene, but after they observed the stone gate at close range, they found that there was indeed an obvious spiritual restraint on it, and they couldn't find a place to refute it for a while.

In addition, there are no clues in the places that were mined earlier.

"We will continue to break the restriction on this stone gate. You should go back first. Please rest assured that your safety will be guaranteed. Everyone can do their jobs well. This time, we will divide the labor and cooperate. It is Her Majesty's order to mine this ancient tomb, we just need to follow her orders."

The man said again.

Seeing this, everyone could only return to their respective work areas. From Ferranca's complaints, Romon knew that the Bureau of Investigation was not monolithic.

Where there are people, there will be rivers and lakes.

Where there are rivers and lakes, there will be struggles for power and profit.

As the number one violent organization in Jianhai, the Bureau of Investigation is the strongest force against all kinds of weird and awakened people.

Although Queen Cynthia always wanted to control it in her own hands, those aristocratic families were not just a decoration. Under the mutual checks and balances, the Bureau of Investigation became what it is now.When there is nothing to do, it is natural that you are hello, I am hello, everyone, but when it comes to real interests, the factions will not back down half a step.

"Let's go, these guys won't tell us the truth. I guess there is something good in the ancient tomb. They want to share it without telling it. We guys at the bottom can't get a bite of soup. Those guys from the investigation bureau , Each one is a pig that eats everything!" Franca complained in the tent at the workplace.

Many letters, boards, and stone slabs have been piled up here.

The speed of their translation and induction is far slower than the speed of sending these historical materials, but there are indeed some interesting things in them, such as some original potion formulas recorded on the stone tablets.These original potion formulas, after evolution, formed the current various potions.

So these formulas are actually very valuable.

Romon copied some, and tried to see if he could really mix them when he went back. If these original potions could be mixed, it would be of great help.

After a while.

Romon returned to his tent.

Franca didn't need her own help. The main reason Romon came here was to sort out useful ancient books for the academy's library so that they could be brought back.

When the night came again, Romon put on a mask and turned into a black shadow to sneak out, but he stopped before walking far, and looked behind the trees next to him.

Under the cover of night.

There was a figure moving quietly there, and the other party also made a disguise, and walked quietly towards the other side of the cemetery.

The area of ​​the entire cemetery is not small, and there are many trees planted in it, and the environment is complex, so it is very simple to hide and move in it.Of course, this person would not have thought that Romon was quietly watching him from the shadows.

"This guy is not the person I saw that night. It seems that other people have already felt uneasy or curious about the ancient tomb and started to act." Romon thought to himself.

He quietly followed behind the man.

As a result, Romon discovered several guys who were acting in the dark. These guys had all disguised themselves, but Romon saw them all.

Good guy.

It wasn't just one person who complained about the mining team, but these people were obviously more interested in the treasures in the ancient tomb.

Although he didn't know if these guys saw each other, Romon could only make sure that he was absolutely not seen or discovered. With the mask of a hypocrite, his aura was concealed to the extreme.

He followed this guy to a small wasteland behind the cemetery, but this guy disappeared before his eyes.

Romon was absolutely right.

This person just disappeared suddenly.

Not even a little psionic fluctuation was emitted.

After waiting here for half of the people to disappear, Romon approached this small wasteland full of withered grass after making sure that there was nothing wrong with the surroundings.After groping with his hands, he quickly found a piece of loose ground.After the ground was lifted, a dark passage that smelled of mud appeared.

Looking at this passage, Luo Meng's eyes showed surprise.

This passage also leads to the ancient tomb. Although he really wanted to go down and have a look, but thinking of that person going down, if he rushed in without knowing the situation, he might directly bump into the other party.

It's not beautiful then.

Who knows if there will be a few burly men in the passage, waiting for him to throw himself into the trap?
Taking two steps back, Romon hid again. Relying on his ability to hide his breath with a mask, his whole body became one with the darkness.

After two hours passed like this, the man finally came out.It's just that his aura is very strange, and the spiritual energy fluctuates in his body, which is very unstable, as if it may lose control at any time.

But after walking a few steps, this person's aura quickly stabilized, and his steps were steady, no different from before.

The doubts in Luo Meng's eyes became more and more intense.

He waited until the man in black left, and came to the entrance covered by the grass again. After opening the passage, he walked in cautiously.

It was very dark inside and the space was cramped.

After walking for more than ten minutes, Romon felt that this passage was long and winding, with several forks.In the end, he reached a flat land, which seemed to be the end of the place. Romon searched around, and finally found a stone door that had grown together with the rock wall, making it almost indistinguishable.

This stone gate is the same as the one that the mining team found ahead.

He was about to go to see if there was any problem with Shimen at a close distance, and let that person stay here for so long, but a trace of blood in the air suddenly made him stop.

Very light, very faint smell of blood.

With vigilant eyes, Romon searched around, and finally confirmed the source of the smell of blood from the sand under his feet.This is also the reason why his sensitivity to blood has greatly increased after he has the ancient python ability.

Romon's hands were covered with [rock-colored scales], and they stretched directly into the ground, and began to do a primitive exercise, digging the ground.

Soon he felt that he touched something different from the dirt, it was a corpse.

The hands twitched, the soil was turned over, and the corpses in the ground were dug out.

The corpse was still fresh, and it hadn't been long since he died. Romon fell into deep thought in the dark. This was the guy he had followed along the way.

He is now too dead to die.

But if he died here, who was that guy who went out from the passage just now?It is obvious that the two have similar body shapes, outfits, and even walking postures.

Romon lifted the mask on the man's face.

It turns out that under the mask is a face with withered muscles and no skin, it seems that someone has peeled it off abruptly, and there is no trace of blood, as if all the nutrients have been sucked dry...

Romon took a deep breath.

This thing is full of weirdness.

He directly peeled off the man's whole body, and found that there were no wounds all over his body, and his body was intact, but his face was peeled off.

Just when he was lost in thought.

Suddenly there was a new change on the corpse.

Lines of blood emerged on the corpse, and these blood lines intertwined and intertwined, soon forming a lifelike pattern of moths.

Is this a clue left by the dead?
Romon looked at the moth pattern vigilantly, and after remembering it, he buried the guy again, cleaned up all traces of his past, and quickly returned to the tent.

The task this time is very wrong, it seems that the water is a bit deep!

Someone had already died, and he was thinking about how to deal with this matter after he went back.

(End of this chapter)