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"Go back to your room and rest. Try not to get up at night. If you really need to, wake up the other party and never act alone." Before parting, Jiang Baimian habitually warned.

The bathroom for the double room is outside.

"Okay." Bai Chen agreed.

"Yes, team leader." Long Yuehong's heart was beating wildly when she answered.

Although this kind of grouping is a long-standing habit of the "Old Tune Group" and everyone has gotten used to it, they are too familiar with each other, and there is nothing to be embarrassed about, but Long Yuehong still feels that today is different from the past.

The mentality is different.

And since he recovered from his injuries, he never slept in the same room as Xiao Bai.

——From the original city back to "Pangaea", on the way from "Pangaaa" to Hongshiji, the "Old Tune Team" only occasionally finds settlements to replenish supplies, has never stayed in a hotel, nor rented a room, and even No tents have ever been set up, and they are all in groups of two, taking turns sleeping in the jeep.

Under the watchful eyes of "all eyes", this undoubtedly does not feel like sleeping in the same room.

Long Yuehong originally thought that after everyone grew up, the group leader would readjust the grouping and no longer match men and women, so that everyone would not be uncomfortable all the time. After all, the situation where one old man brought a new one no longer existed, and he could barely bear the burden. Seeing Shang Jianyao's duty, who knows that Jiang Baimian seems to have forgotten this matter and never mentioned it again.

Long Yuehong didn't take the initiative to help Jiang Baimian support Shang Jianyao just now, because she was suddenly afraid that the other party would remember to adjust the grouping.

Entering the room, Long Yuehong looked sideways at Bai Chen:

"Which bed do you sleep in?"

"It's all the same." Bai Chen took off the tactical backpack behind him, and casually threw it on the bed on the right.

"Oh." Long Yuehong walked to the left side of the bed and sat down.

At this moment, he saw Bai Chen take off his coat.

Although this was a common sight before, and Bai Chen also wore a long-sleeved camouflage T-shirt underneath, so it was impossible to reveal anything, but Long Yuehong still felt uneasy for some reason, cleared her throat inaudibly, and cast her gaze to the side.

"Aren't you going to wash up?" Bai Chen took out the toiletries.

"Oh." Long Yuehong stood up abruptly, rummaging around in a hurry.

Items such as can openers and iron combs popped out from time to time and were taken back again.

After finishing these tasks, they each lay down on the bed. Long Yuehong opened her eyes, looking at the ceiling covered in darkness, unable to fall asleep for a long time.

He didn't know when he fell asleep, and it was already midnight when he woke up.

Maybe it was because she was a little nervous all the time, Long Yuehong felt more obvious to urinate.

He heard Bai Chen's long breathing, apparently sleeping soundly, and didn't want to wake her up, so he tossed and turned, trying to hold it back.

He lay on his side for a while, on his back for a while, and then in another direction, constantly adjusting his posture, looking for the least uncomfortable state.

Suddenly, he heard a rustling sound from Bai Chen.

"Are you awake? I want to go to the bathroom." Bai Chen said.

"Okay." Long Yue turned redly and sat up.

The two went together, took their weapons, went out of the room, and came to the next door.

"Go ahead." Long Yuehong pointed to the door of the bathroom in a gentlemanly manner.

Bai Chen didn't refuse, and walked in quickly.

As her figure disappeared before her eyes, Long Yuehong suddenly felt that the wind in the corridor was cold and gloomy, and the wall lamps that were only turned on were dim and dim.

He suddenly remembered the situation when he fought against DiMarco—in the eerie and terrifying atmosphere, he seemed to be invaded by ghosts, and it was difficult to control his body.

Didn't DiMarco still have a bit of breath remaining, existing in a state similar to a ghost, floating in the "underground ark", right?The more Long Yuehong thought about it, the more frightened she became. There was always a feeling that someone was watching her secretly.

He rolled his eyes, slowly turned his body sideways, and looked behind cautiously.

In the next second, he saw a pair of eyes.

Eyes peeking out from behind the monkey mask.

Long Yuehong calmed her beating heart, and blurted out:

"Why don't you have a voice?"

"It will disturb others." Shang Jianyao explained with a suppressed voice.

"..." Long Yuehong couldn't care less, "Why did you wake up?"

"Sleeping for too long, I need to go to the toilet." Shang Jianyao was confident.

"Why are you alone, where is the team leader?" Long Yuehong asked with a frown.

"With such a small distance, she can just rely on induction, and she doesn't need to get up at all." Shang Jian Yaohun replied indifferently.

He asked instead:

"Did you find anything in the library before?"

"Yes." As soon as Long Yuehong answered, Bai Chen walked out of the bathroom and said, "It's your turn."

"Wait a minute, let me tell you what I found first." Shang Jianyao took off the monkey mask with a curious expression on his face.

Panicked, Long Yuehong took a breath, gritted her teeth, and decided to finish speaking quickly.

"Let me do it." Bai Chen walked between him and Shang Jianyao.

"Okay." Long Yuehong was inexplicably happy.

When he came out after urinating and washing his hands, Bai Chen had already told Shang Jianyao about the general situation.

Shang Jianyao rubbed his chin, and said to himself:

"Montis thought he was possessed by the devil? Didn't he know it was an awakening?"

"He probably hadn't been exposed to related concepts at the time." Long Yuehong expressed her opinion.

Shang Jian Yao didn't answer, and hurried into the bathroom.

……

The next morning, the "Old Tune Group" who had breakfast came to the library in the "Underground Ark" again.

Seeing that Yao didn't read Montes' "Holy Code" and the autobiography of the DiMarco family, Shang looked at Ulrich and asked sincerely:

"Are there books on occultism here?"

"Some." Ulrich replied, "Although Mr. Montis is a devout believer and doesn't like occult science at all, some of his parents and grandparents liked it, so they brought backup books to the ark."

"Take me to have a look." Shang Jianyao said bluntly.

After listening to the conversation between the two, Jiang Baimian said thoughtfully:

"Do you suspect that after Montis believed that he was possessed by the devil, he tried to find the corresponding source and solution from occultism?"

Clap, clap, Shang Jianyao clapped his hands.

In the morning, he was refreshed and in good condition, and he did not seem to be suffering from mental damage.

Soon, he, Ulrich, and Long Yuehong brought back three stacks of occult books.

After Ulrich left, the four members of the "Old Tune Team" worked together in a division of labor, and each was responsible for a part of the inspection.

Flipping through, Long Yuehong discovered something:

Certain words and sentences in the book were underlined at the bottom with a blue-black pen.

He immediately reported the situation, and Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao, and Bai Chen successively said that the books in their hands had similar problems.

After comparison, they found that the underlined words and sentences were all related to spirit, soul, and spirituality.

This involves different occult theories, including aetherism, animism, etc.

As the inspection deepened, Bai Chen found a new clue at the end of a certain book.

The blue-black pen wrote a word in the blank area with a very heavy stroke:

"cost?"

Chapter 49 Goodbye Murloc

"Why did Montes write a 'price' at the end, and there was a question mark?" Long Yuehong looked at the book that Bai Chen showed to herself and others, and said incomprehensibly.

Bai Chen didn't answer his question, but just pointed out a fact:

"When writing the word 'price', Montes was obviously very emotional, and the pen was very heavy, the ink stains were a little blurred, and there were traces on the other side of the paper."

"The price..." Jiang Baimian whispered this word, constantly making various assumptions in his mind, and denying them.

Shang Jianyao made a mocking voice:

"What's so exciting about 'price' that it takes so much effort to write it down?

"I really don't know much!"

Hearing this guy's words, Jiang Baimian's heart moved, he looked around and said:

"Could it be that Montes didn't realize at the time that there was a price to be paid for the ability?

"So much so that after he found that his emotions were becoming more and more difficult to control, combined with the knowledge of mysticism, he suspected that he had unknowingly paid the price..."

The occult book where Bai Chen found the word "price" was about demons.

Several chapters of it refer to mortals selling their souls to the devil for power, money, body, or beauty.

"But didn't you say that the 'Hall of Stars' has been echoing the voice of 'one price, three gifts'? As an awakened person, Montes couldn't have heard it, didn't know..." Long Yuehong posted about herself Views.

He originally wanted to cite Shang Jianyao as an example to enhance his persuasiveness. After all, this guy is out of his mind and knows the price, but after thinking about it, he decided not to get burned.

As soon as Long Yuehong finished speaking, Jiang Baimian said with a serious face:

"What if that's the case? Montes really doesn't know that there is a price to pay for awakening?

"Didn't his awakening pass through the 'Hall of Stars'?

"Or, at that time, the 'Hall of Stars' didn't exist yet?"

While Bai Chen and Long Yuehong were startled, Shang Jianyao clasped his right fist and struck his left palm:

"I understand!"

"What do you understand?" Jiang Baimian asked suspiciously.

Shang Jian Yao said solemnly:

"The destruction of the old world is because the promotion of the awakened is chaotic and disorderly, just like the Brownian movement, which leads to the continuous increase of entropy, and finally reaches the critical point, and the symbol of chaos 'innocent disease' broke out.

"After the destruction of the old world, the executives learned from the painful experience and built the 'Hall of Stars', 'Ocean of Origin', 'Soul Corridor' and 'New World', bringing awakening into management and giving it order."

This idea is quite good... What entertainment materials have you read recently!Jiang Baimian glanced at Long Yuehong and Bai Chen, who were at a loss, cleared his throat and said:

"There is no need to discuss the reasons behind this phenomenon. What we need to confirm now is:

"Montis doesn't know that there is a price. Is it because he didn't have the 'Hall of Stars' when he awakened, or because he had been to Iron Mountain City and the Second Food Company, and received some kind of 'blessing', so that Bypassing the 'Hall of Stars' and completing the awakening, is it equivalent to smuggling?"

Long Yuehong had no way of judging which one might be right, so she had to say in an empirical spirit:

"Let's look through the books here again to see if there are any words left by Montis. If not, the answer to the question may be in the ruins of Iron Mountain City."

"Hmm..." Jiang Baimian nodded slowly, "Let's find out all the relevant books and read them, including religion, occultism, supernatural power research, unsolved mysteries of the world, and novels in corresponding fields..."

This is not a small project. Seeing that noon is approaching, the "Old Tune Group" has not even completed one-tenth of it.

"Phew, you can't abuse yourself like this." Jiang Baimian stretched, "When you come back after seeing the murlocs, take out some supplies, and invite a dozen or twenty Ark residents to help with the preliminary screening. They don't need to know words Just pick out the books with annotations and notes.”

Ah... Long Yuehong held back the words that came to her lips.

"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Shang Jian Yao looked "grieved", "otherwise the task is at least half completed now."

Jiang Baimian laughed twice:

"I underestimated the difficulty."

I can't say that I'm too eager. My mind is full of finding the next book with Montis' "annotation". I forgot that I can ask someone to help me, right?

Shang Jianyao didn't care about Jiang Baimian's explanation at all, he had already put the emotions behind him, patted his stomach and said:

"What to eat for lunch?"

……

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the "Old Tune Team" followed the smuggling team organized by the "Underground Ark" to the shore of Nu Lake.

There is an abandoned pier in the middle of nowhere, away from the redstone set.