Heaven's Formula

"Your Excellency Okan, did they get the real object of the Dao of Heaven?"

"How is it possible! It is a creation above the gods, so it is not as weird and terrifying as it is written in the records. And it can fulfill all human wishes, so where is the danger?"

"Then... this news is meaningless."

"Not at all." Olina paced back and forth, "Heaven... or the Holy Grail, the easiest thing to produce incredible things. After all, chaos is the original force, beyond common sense, and it can even be said that the more incomprehensible the creation, the more difficult it will be. It may be born from the Holy Grail. Whether their fairy arts or the empire's divine arts, they can all be attributed to gifts from the heavens. Then...things born from the Holy Grail should also help us find the real Holy Grail."

She picked up the book and read it again, "Think about it, did any unusual and strange things happen in Shangyuan City and its surroundings a month ago?"

The two thought hard for a while, and one of the guard knights frowned and said, "I wonder if a temple in the southern suburbs has collapsed?"

"Temple?" Olina asked in surprise.

"It seems to be called Qingguan Temple? It is rumored that it has been in disrepair for a long time, and even the big Buddha has collapsed."

"How do you know such a thing?"

"I...go to Goulan a lot," the knight said a little embarrassedly, "the people there like to talk about such trifles. But...the matter was quite a big deal at the time, because the temple is not small, and the collapse of the temple is very important to the local people." It’s kind of unlucky to say the least.”

What the prince said to her suddenly flashed in Olina's mind.

"It's a legacy of my father's father...he believed in reincarnation."

Father's father—that is, during the Tianfeng period.

In other words, the statues and temples related to Buddha all sprang up at that time, and the mysterious things recorded in the books were also sent to Shangyuan during that emperor.

Olina shut the book abruptly, "I'm afraid there is something wrong with this temple!"

"Your Excellency?" the knight asked puzzled.

"Think about it, if you plan to secretly build a dark room in a prosperous place, what will the empire do?"

"Build a church first." The other party said without thinking, "and call on the believers to pay the money."

"Why?" asked another.

"Is there any need to ask? First, it can reduce expenses, and second, they will spontaneously publicize that there will be an extra church here."

"That's right," Olina nodded. "Then the darkroom will be opened soon. Do you want people to stay away from it?"

The guard knight suddenly asked, "You said the church was cursed, and then burned it down?"

"In the Central Plains, the method they chose was to collapse."

Olina put the book into her backpack, "How far is this temple from Shangyuan City?"

"I have never been there. If I drive a horse, I guess it will take half an hour at most." The knight pondered for a while, "But there is one problem, the city is currently under lockdown, and special permission is required even if you go out of the city during the day. Based on your identity, It is not difficult to obtain a pass, but His Royal Highness will also know your whereabouts."

"So we'll go there at night."

"Are you going to—"

"Exactly." Olina interrupted him, "If you use flying, it doesn't take half an hour."

"I understand," the knight saluted, "I will arrange a suitable takeoff point immediately."

"For the glory of the sun god."

"For the glory of the sun god."

……

"Uh...do they really believe it?" Li Cai blinked his eyes and said after everyone left.

"It doesn't have to be completely believed, but at least I will verify it myself." Xia Fan quickly wrote a note and handed it to Li, "Hurry up and pass the news to Xinwu, saying that the situation has changed, and their inspection It will be sooner than expected!"

With the help of the elves' translation, he did not ignore the word "flying".

This means that neither curfews nor city closures can stop each other for long.

"Leave it to me." Li turned his head and handed the note to Gun Gun, who disappeared into the ventilation shaft with a "meow".

"Uh... when did that guy come?"

"Delivering the mail yesterday. I found it quicker to use it than to run myself."

"Okay." Xia Fan accepted the reality, "The next step is to see the performance of the Privy Council."

"Not bad, your scene is really interesting." Qian Yan punched Xia Fan in the waist with some excitement. She seemed to be very happy to see the foreigner look deflated, "Don't talk about the enemy, even I saw Those descriptions always have a creepy feeling. How did you come up with it?"

Xia Fan gasped, and quickly covered his waist, "Ahem... just took advantage of the weakness of people's curiosity, and you can make it up after mastering the skills." It can leave more room for imagination, and add a little detail that goes against common sense, so that people can consciously construct a horror picture.

Of course, just having a story is not enough.

The pages of the book are soaked in black tea to make them old, and the ink that fades easily is used to simulate the handwriting of different years. These are the special skills for the secret agents of the Privy Council.But they can only be used to embellish the story, not to make it a reality.

Therefore a credible "clue" must be based on a realistic framework.

He spent the whole day communicating with the Privy Council represented by Xinwu, and in a series of optional events, he finally picked Qingguan Temple as the starting point.According to the statement over there, this matter was considered to be an uproar at the time, and the probability of someone in Honglu Temple noticing it was not low.

If the other party fails to understand these fabricated "details", he can also use other secondary evidence to strengthen the messenger's impression.

It turned out that the ambassador's professional level was quite good. Not only did some of his subordinates remember the big and small events that happened in Gyeonggi-ri, but he also acted very quickly and made a decision almost immediately.

"Should we just wait here for news?" Luo asked softly.

"You can also intensify the search by the way." Xia Fan took out a sack, "I didn't want the Privy Council to find out that we had taken away the documents and files before, but now I don't have such worries—first, take the legal documents from that cabinet." Bring in all the machine drawings."

Because they already have a natural backer.

……

That night, Olina found nothing.

Of course, this was not what Xia Fan witnessed directly, but what Xin Wu told him.

Not long after Olina left the Privy Council, a fire broke out around Honglu Temple.Fire has always been the most important thing to watch out for in the metropolis. In order to prevent accidents, Honglu Temple closed the gate and gathered all the envoys.Although the two fires were quickly extinguished, Olina was confined in the compound and could not move for a whole night.

Chapter 279 The Difficult Search

The next day, Xinwu lost Olina's whereabouts.

Immediately afterwards, news came from the temple site, confirming the "visit" of the ambassador of the archipelago.

Until dawn dawned, Olina did not return to the Privy Council Mansion.

At the same time as the dawn came, there was also a report of up to four pages in length.

"Lord Xia, please forgive me for my negligence. We have followed many times and failed to find out how she arrived at Qingguan Temple. However, as you said, she searched for a long time in the basement under the temple, apparently aiming at the "mysterious object." "Go. According to statistics afterwards, the other party destroyed fifteen traps and smashed six stone gates during this period. Our spies listened to four explosions in total."

"I have to say, your strategy is simply—" There are traces crossed out by ink here, "extremely old-fashioned. As the "former experimental base" of the Privy Council, it is full of traps, explosives and poisons. It's a normal thing. It's a pity that the false arson only won one day, otherwise my colleagues could have done better."

"In the deserted outskirts, Olina Okan's actions were obviously a lot more relaxed, which also made her no longer cautious, and the number of traps she triggered far exceeded the standard for the alchemist's assessment. At about the time of Yinshi, she finally Leaving the temple area, the spies noticed that she was in a very embarrassing condition, the explosion tore her ambassadorial robe into strips, and she was covered in dust."

"It's a pity that Olina's ability to resist blows is higher than I expected. So many explosions can't even limit her actions. Could it be that she is a Gen or Dui? But one thing is certain, her face Full of fatigue."

"Your suggestion is to use a lot of tricks to consume her energy and physical strength instead of using sophisticated brain puzzles to make the other party fall into contemplation. Now it seems that it is an extremely correct choice. The similar tasks I have been exposed to before are all too emphatic. Reasonability, this also leaves an opportunity for the opponent to crack. And this is the first time I have seen your strategy that uses traps and explosives as the main means of guidance.”

"It's just the slogan you asked me to engrave on the wall. It's more like some evil stories that were circulated when I was a child. Can it really have a negative impact on an adult?"

"Anyway, now that she has uncovered the second clue hidden in Qingguan Temple, it's time for me to make preparations for the next stage."

"If you have any new ideas, please feel free to let me know."

After reading the report, Xia Fan couldn't help thinking about the situation of the ambassador of the archipelago country at that time.

Holding a torch, she slowly moved forward in the semi-collapsed underground space of the temple, while her feet were covered with iron nails and trip wires, and explosive packs of explosives hung from the beams above her head.

Of course, these things will not kill her——Olina Okan cannot die in such a place that is prone to diplomatic disputes, so whether it is the poison on the iron nails or the amount of gunpowder, they are all controlled within Injury without death.

Although she endured the pain caused by the traps all the way, these things kept confirming her guess - if it wasn't for the hidden secrets, who would install so many defenses in a dilapidated ruin?

When she reached the deepest room, she would naturally find that it was already a burnt ruin. Obviously, this place had not been maintained as a new storage place for too long, and it had already been destroyed.

On the surrounding walls, characters carved with blood can be seen everywhere.

"Let me go!"

"pain!"

"Stay away from this thing!"

"It... is coming!"

No matter how she guessed what had happened in the room, it must have been a bad picture.

Xia Fan chuckled and put down the report.

"Tell me, what's the new clue you left behind?" Qian Yan couldn't wait to ask, "Isn't it another ruin?"

"There are so many places suitable for the layout near Shangyuan City. And if the address clues are left directly, and the scene is similar to Qingguan Temple, it is easy to attract suspicion, so I just let them leave a symbol on the wall."

"What symbol?"

Xia Fan drew a hexagonal honeycomb mark in his hand.

Li's ears trembled slightly, "This is the Yongguo facility found in the back mountain of Gaoshan County."

"It's the language of ancient alchemists." Qian Yan said directly.

"What do you mean?"

"I don't quite understand, this language is only spread among a few people, King Yong and his subordinates are one of them."

"Could it be that there are such facilities around Shangyuan City?"

Xia Fan nodded, "I only found out after asking Xinwu that not only do they exist, but the Privy Council regards them as outskirts strongholds. It's just that all the experimental equipment related to evil spirits inside has been dismantled, and the degree of secrecy is not considered. High, it can be used by alchemists who are above the fifth-rank trial edge."

"You want to lure the envoys of the archipelago to these facilities? But they don't necessarily know more than fifth-grade alchemists."

"They will think of it." Xia Fan said confidently, "Didn't Xin Wu say it? There have been several cases of overseas envoys spying on the Privy Council's intelligence before, and the leaked news included the renovation of two bronze caves." formed a stronghold."

There is nothing more credible than the intelligence intercepted by oneself.

When she saw the unique symbols on the wall, she would naturally associate them with the stronghold, and it didn't take her much effort to go there and take a look.

Of course, Xia Fan will prolong this process as much as possible.

He began to write letters back to Xinwu.

Explosives and poisons with little effect?

It doesn't matter, he also has a super strong drug formula here, which is colorless and odorless, and can be poured upon smelling it.In the limited application occasions in the past, it has fully verified its effectiveness.

On the third night, Olina set off again.

Xin Wu mentioned in the new report that this time they not only arranged more explosives and poison traps, but also specially arranged drug release personnel at multiple vents.

The results were astounding.

Olina still persisted to the end.But her two guard knights failed to come out with her.The alchemists chose to continue to wait and see, and did not attack the knight, so as not to startle the snake.It was not until four hours later that the two men limped away.

Xinwu asserted that Olina should have reached her limit at that time, so she abandoned her guardians and evacuated first.At the same time, she also took away the forged "mystery" - a square prism made of bronze and coral.

On the fourth day, neither the stalkers of the Privy Council nor the Center of the Record Department saw Olina.

At the same time, Xin Wutuo inquired that the ambassador of the archipelago seemed to be unwell and had reported illness in the mansion.

On the fifth day, it was still the same.

It's just that someone heard the sound of smashing things in the archipelago's embassy.

On the evening of the sixth day, Xin Wu's report finally changed.

"Lord Xia, Olina Okan is coming to the Privy Council!"

Chapter 2: The Man Behind the Scenes

While Xia Fan finished reading the report, hurried footsteps came from the other end of the underground center.

It came so fast!

He saw the woman rushing into the room holding the hem of her skirt, and the exquisite high heels were replaced by a pair of plain boots—it was obvious that the pair of beautiful shoes had caused her a lot of trouble a few days ago.

"Come out! Despicable Central Plains people!"

Olina knocked down two bookcases in a row, and shouted towards the huge center, "I know you are hiding here, watching my every move! Now I will give you a chance to recover your honor, come out and face me! "

The other party's tone was extremely fierce, but for some reason, Xia Fan read a hint of grievance from it.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency Okan!" The guardian knight also chased after him, "Calm down, this is the center of the recording department. Besides alchemists, how could there be anyone hiding here?"

"That's right, the alchemists in the mansion are still locked up in the imperial palace and Dali Temple for inspection. Let alone the imperial army, they have no chance to come to this place at all."

"No, don't you understand? We have been watched from the very beginning. Whether it is the booklet or the traps in the temple, they are all deliberately set for our purpose!" Olina said angrily, "Even they knew the exact time we left, so they could set off the fire just right and trap us in Honglu Temple!"

"Your Excellency, what do you mean...the fire was set by the Privy Council?"