I became a cannon fodder villain. If I want to survive, I must take care of my baby first.

"what?!"

After hearing what he said, everyone's eyes immediately focused on the angel statue.

Before anyone could react, the cracks on the sculpture became more and more numerous, starting with the angel's armor and then spreading all over his body, even the wide wings behind him were covered with cracks.

With a loud bang, the sculpture completely shattered. A dazzling light enveloped the vision, as if something was about to break through the seal.

As the sculpture was completely shattered, a young girl appeared in front of everyone, and her body, no longer restrained, immediately fell forward.

"Be careful!" Doyle quickly opened the barrier to catch it.

"Are you okay?" Manjushage hurried forward to check the girl's physical condition. However, when she stretched out her hand, she was shocked: "She... has no breath, even her blood is frozen."

"Is she dead?" Luo Shiqi walked over timidly, but because he was afraid to look, he could only crawl on the soft and delicate back of Lycoris radiata.

"How could there be a dead person in a place like this?" Manjushage looked up at Rujing.

She shook her head. "The Holy Sound Bell Tower has been repaired many times, but the Angel Hall has remained intact. I found it strange a long time ago. It seems that this statue is a seal."

No one could have imagined that in such a sacred temple, there would be a corpse hidden, and it had remained undiscovered for four hundred years!

"There is an unopenable coffin in the bell tower hall. I used magic to explore it and there was nothing inside. Now I think it should be used to store her body." Ru Jing speculated.

She called on several of her men to move the body to another place. However, when those men were about to leave with the girl's stiff body on a rack, they seemed to have bumped into something and all fell to the ground.

"What the hell, what's going on?" This was the first time they had encountered such a situation, and subconsciously they wanted to try it again.

The result was the same as before, anyone could enter and exit freely, except the girl's body, which could not leave the bell tower.

At this moment, everyone's face turned grim.

The few people who had just carried the corpse were slapping their bodies frantically, fearing that they would be contaminated by something strange.

"Don't be afraid, I'll help check you." Ru Jing clasped his palms together, concentrated on casting magic, and then slowly separated his hands.

An oval mirror suddenly appeared in her hand.

"Magic mirror!" Rujing shouted softly, loosened his hands, and the mirror floated in the air.

Both sides of this mirror are smooth, and strangely, the surrounding scene cannot be reflected inside.

The magic mirror then floated into the air, releasing mirror light that enveloped everyone.

The illusory and soft pure white light was peaceful and tranquil, without appearing to be at all amiss.

"No problem, take her to the storage room..." Ru Jing was about to speak when she saw those people looking at her in panic.

"Well, after what happened, it's inevitable to be afraid." She sighed and said calmly: "Go find a few more people to take your place."

"Thank you, Lord Rujing." These people immediately regained their enthusiasm. Not long after, another group of people came. Under Rujing's command, they quickly moved the girl's body to the depths of the bell tower.

"What is going on?" Luo Shiqi asked bravely as Rujing came back.

"I'm really sorry, I don't have an answer for that either."

Rujing bowed:

"I have only been working in Liuguang City for a year. Although I don't know much about this city, at least there has been no such incident in the known records of the clock tower. As for what happened specifically, I think we can only start with the builder of the clock tower."

"Builders? A building like this must have taken a lot of manpower. And it happened four hundred years ago, so there's no way to investigate." Doyle thought the suggestion was a bit ridiculous.

"What you don't know is that the Holy Sound Bell Tower is actually someone's private property. The entire construction process was completed by him alone without the help of any external forces." Ru Jing activated the magic mirror in his hand to release a faint light, and a long paragraph of explanatory text immediately appeared on the wall.

Rujing introduced to everyone with great interest: "The builder of the clock tower is a mysterious existence. It takes a lot of time, energy and financial resources to build such a magnificent building. However, until today, no one knows his origins."

The builders of the bell tower worked hard to create such a magnificent building, which attracted people from all over the world and people came to pray in an endless stream.

However, since the day the Holy Sound Bell Tower opened, no one has seen him since then, and not even his name has been left behind. It is as mysterious as he suddenly appeared in the public eye, as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth.

It is true that this history may have been embellished, but it does not prevent people from admiring the Holy Sound Bell Tower and coming here in droves to visit and pray.

Gradually, the bells in the bell tower seemed to respond to people's expectations and would emit magical sounds.

"But in this case, there will be no way to investigate, right? After all, even four hundred years ago, no one knew the identity of the builder." Luo Shiqi said, tilting his head.

"That's true, but since we can't find out about the builder himself, we can investigate from the bell tower he left behind. To be honest, why would they go to so much trouble to hide a girl's body in a statue?" Ru Jing thought seriously.

"Besides," she continued to analyze, "Don't you think it's a little strange? The statue that looked intact suddenly shattered. This doesn't look like an accident, does it?"

"Indeed." Manjushage nodded: "It feels like the seal was automatically released when the time came, or it was affected by some external factors."

Everyone looked at Luo Shiqi.

"Me?" He pointed at himself, looking confused.

"The sculpture broke into pieces after you touched it, right?"

"And the artifact we are looking for is also here."

"That's right."

Manjushage, Doyle, and Tethys spoke one after another.

"So I didn't damage public property and I don't have to pay compensation?" Luo Shiqi's tense expression finally relaxed.

"So you are worried about this kind of thing." Manjushage poked his face with her finger.

"To be honest, I thought I was in trouble and was scared to death. After all, I'm not at home and I can't repair the red spider lily." Luo Shiqi said embarrassedly.

"By the way, we have been here for so long, have you felt the reaction of the artifact?" Doyle suddenly asked.

Luo Shiqi shook his head: "No, it's been so long. If it can be found easily, it must have been taken away by someone else."

"I think so too. It can't be that simple." Manjushage seemed to have anticipated this result.

Last time it responded but I couldn’t find the location, this time I knew the location but there was no response. Are all artifacts so weird?

"Let's look for it some more. By the way, let Mr. Luo Shiqi touch the walls and pillars in the bell tower. Maybe we'll find something unexpected." Ru Jing said excitedly.

I always feel that she is unexpectedly interested.

"Please follow me." Ru Jing led everyone into the door on the right and said to the mural on the wall: "It depicts the legendary story of the first lord of Liuguang City."

Luo Shiqi touched the yellow sand-like color above and asked: "Was this a desert before?"

"Yes, Liuguang City used to be a desert where criminals were exiled. The first leader, Liuguang, was a humble slave girl whose life was in danger. She built a residence here step by step, expanded the town, and eventually grew into an outstanding leader." Rujing's eyes flashed with admiration.

Suddenly, she stopped and said, "Listen, it's the sound of the bell."

A melodious melody came to my ears, the sound of the bell was melodious and clear, as if a stream of clear water flowed through my heart, bringing endless peace.

"It sounds so beautiful, like magic."

"This tune is so familiar, I feel like I've heard it somewhere before."

Doyle admired the pleasant sound of the bell from the bottom of his heart, while Lycoris radiata and Tethys felt it was very familiar. Perhaps this was the so-called magic contained in the bell.

Only Luo Shiqi looked puzzled: "What bell sound? Isn't someone singing?"