Others may attribute the effect of breaking the barrier to the golden fish scales, but Zhu Wei wanted more. He said to the last team member: "Wait a minute, let Zhao Xiaokui pull you out."
What is this, a control variable test
Zhao Xiaokui's heart was OS, but he did not hesitate to act, and he stretched out his hand to the team members in obedience to the order.
Without the golden fish scales, the last player who stayed in the barrier walked out more cautiously than the first player who was pulled out, but unexpectedly, he still managed to walk out.
"I'm out?" he asked in disbelief.
Now that everyone is outside, Zhao Xiaokui looks at Zhu Wei, "Are you still trying?"
Zhu Wei hesitated for a moment. The members of the cult who do not know where they are is a threat, and it is also a threat to block their barriers at any time. He thought about it and finally felt that it is more important to solve the problem in front of him first. Know the rules of the invisible barrier. If you encounter cult members, you will be trapped by them in this way.
"How did you find out that we were missing?" Zhu Wei asked.
Zhao Xiaokui replied: "After we finished exploring the opposite palace, we continued to explore two more, and found that you hadn't come out yet. I felt that the situation was a bit wrong, so I went back and watched."
Zhu Wei asked thoughtfully: "The three palaces you explored, the patterns of the structure, are the same as here?"
Zhao Xiaokui gave a positive answer.
"Since it is the same, it makes no sense that there is only a barrier here, but this barrier is only met by us, but not you. Is this barrier still related to the distance?"
Zhao Xiaokui said: "Otherwise, I will go out first, and you will try again. Is the barrier still there?"
Zhu Wei nodded, "Yes."
So Zhao Xiaokui retreated outside the palace, leaving everyone else behind.
A team member stepped into the place where he was trapped before under Zhu Wei's signal. He went in and turned around, reaching out to the air. As expected, he touched a transparent wall of air. He raised his eyes, showing a surprised expression. expression.
Zhao Xiaokui was quickly called back by the person who notified him.
"The existence of this barrier does seem to be related to you. After you left the palace, the barrier reappeared." He looked at Zhao Xiaokui, who frowned and pondered his surroundings. "Did you feel anything wrong?"
Zhao Xiaokui frowned.
"I feel very familiar with it. I always feel like I have been to this place." Of course, she felt familiar. The mermaid kingdom in the deep sea world has exactly the same structure and layout as here, as if the mermaids all over the world were looking for it during decoration. It's like they're all from the same construction company, "Could that be the reason?"
"Have you been to sea before?" Zhu Wei suddenly asked an irrelevant question.
"No." Zhao Xiaokui replied affirmatively, "Before today, I have never seen—"
As she spoke, her eyes suddenly widened, obviously thinking of something.
Zhu Wei did not urge, Zhao Xiaokui thought for a moment, then slowly frowned, "I have never seen the sea, but I was born in a small town hospital by the sea. My grandmother said that the night I was born, although there was no wind, But there were big waves at sea."
"That's it. It seems that twenty years ago, there were traces of opening of this ruin or the ruins related to this ruin."
Zhao Xiaokui had never heard of this, and asked in confusion, "Why?"
"Have you heard of Transcendent Infection?"
Of course Zhao Xiaokui knew about the extraordinary infection.
Just like nuclear radiation, extraordinary energy itself is also a kind of high-energy radiation energy, which will cause certain damage and changes to the human body.
Some people can resist the past, and they will become superhumans. Some people can't resist it, and their body functions will be like being infected by nuclear radiation, causing strange mutations, rapid depletion of vitality and even death.
"You mean, because I was infected by the extraordinary power of this relic, I won't be blocked by the relic?"
"Yes, I don't know if you know one thing, that is the descendants of the extraordinary, and they may not become extraordinary?"
Zhao Xiaokui nodded, indicating that he knew about it.
"This is a very strange thing. It stands to reason that after becoming an extraordinary person, our genes and even the level of life have changed. If we can give birth to children, the descendants should also inherit our awakened extraordinary abilities. , why would they give birth to ordinary offspring?" Zhu Wei knew that although Zhao Xiaokui's level was not low, he had not joined the Nightcrawler for a long time, and he didn't understand much in-depth knowledge, so he broke it and explained to her, "This The problem has been plaguing China, and even the extraordinary people of the whole world, and finally, we have come to a generally accepted conclusion that the extraordinary ability in us does not come from heredity, but infection."
"We don't have the possibility of becoming an extraordinary person, or the possibility is very low. It is the extraordinary energy escaping from the ruins that infected our body and made us embark on the path of extraordinary people."
Zhao Xiaokui nodded thoughtfully.
What Zhu Wei said was indeed a statement she had never heard before.
Her thinking was limited by the deep sea world, and she really didn't think about the issue he mentioned.
In the deep-sea world, the offspring of a mermaid must be a mermaid, and the offspring of an angel must be an angel, and the superhuman among humans, such as wizards and knights, the higher their level, the more difficult it is to give birth, but in the same way, to give birth to The more talented the offspring of a child are, the rarer the parents who are extremely talented give birth to trash that cannot be cultivated.
But in the human world, it is quite common for the descendants of the extraordinary to be unable to awaken extraordinary energy.
Even if you can awaken, the awakening energy and parents are mostly not in the same direction.
This is simply an incredible thing.
In the middle, there must be a mutation in a certain gene. It is normal for a similar situation to occur once, just like albinism in animals, but it seems strange if it occurs again and again.
Zhao Xiaokui suddenly realized, "In other words, the extraordinary power in us does not actually come from heredity, but a mutation that occurs after being infected by extraordinary power, and this genetic mutation is unstable, and it is difficult to pass it on to the next generation. ,yes?"
"Yes, the theory is that all our awakened superhumans should have a connection with a certain relic."
When Zhu Wei said these words, Zhao Xiaokui's spirituality suddenly felt an inexplicable feeling.
Somewhere, there seemed to be a hand pushing her in this direction.
Guan Huimin's disappearance, a cultist on the run... Even a little further, the evil god parasite who squeezed her body...
She didn't tell anyone about her feelings, but glanced over and over again, scanning the patterns, not letting go of the details on the edges and corners, and kept thinking in her heart, what do you want to tell her about this relic
What meaning and role does her existence, her experience, and all of this have
"Okay, continue the search. Next, we try not to separate, but keep a certain distance during the search. Not everyone can be trapped in the same place. Even if Zhao Xiaokui is there, you can't relax your vigilance. When entering the palace, at least two people are guarding. outside, you know?"
"Yes!"
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Search all the way.
Next, they were more careful and vigilant, and they did not encounter any accidents.
But again, nothing was found.
The discoveries here refer not only to the harvest of the ruins themselves, but also to the traces of the cultists.
Except for the occasional messy ground and slightly changing dust, which proved that someone did appear here not long ago, they walked all the way, and they did not see a single person, nor did they encounter any traces of life, those who escaped into the ruins The cultists seem to have disappeared mysteriously, no people are seen in life, and no corpses are seen in death.
This is more terrifying than being attacked as soon as you enter, or seeing a few dead bodies.
Where have those cultists gone
After searching the high priest's palace, he still didn't find anything useful, and he didn't encounter any danger. Zhao Xiaokui said, "Will they leave this place? Do you know the specific area of the ruins?"
"Probably not." Zhu Wei said, "Don't look at the ocean after we entered this ruin, it seems like it is boundless. In fact, the ruins have a fixed range. If we explore around, it is very likely that we will leave. After a long distance, I came back to this place. Of course, it is not impossible that this ruin is wider than what we saw, but it is not something that our pioneer team can explore. We have searched here enough. , the next thing is to let people from the army come in and conduct professional exploration."
After confirming the safety of the entire Mermaid King City, the team members immediately relaxed.
The passage has been closed, and if they want to open it, they have to wait another day. Fortunately, they all brought food, so they don't have to worry about hunger.
The team members who led the mission took pictures in groups of three or five and collected various information. Zhao Xiaokui and Zhu Wei swam to the top of the entire Mermaid King City, overlooking the entire King City, ready to support any sudden situation.
They flew very high, and not far from them was a tall mermaid statue.
Zhao Xiaokui looked around, and after not finding any major problems, he flew towards the mermaid statue with some curiosity.
The mermaid statue in the deep sea world looks like a statue, but it is actually the body of a mermaid king after his death. The existence of this body makes non-mermaid creatures, if they want to get close, must obtain the permission of the mermaid, otherwise they will directly Suffering from blows from different levels of life rank, it can be regarded as the third layer of protection for the mermaid family, in addition to the inner and outer two protective enchantments.
Just looking at the material, the mermaid statue in this ruin is exactly the same as the one in the deep sea world, but strangely, there is no huge sense of oppression that the body of the mermaid king in the deep sea once brought to Zhao Xiaokui. She didn't suffer any damage even though she pointed at the statue, which made her a little curious, what exactly is this statue made of
Is it a crystal in the deep sea
For such a large piece, it must be quite expensive, right
Seeing her swimming towards the mermaid statue, Zhu Wei also swam over, looked at the huge statue and said, "She is so beautiful, isn't she?"
"Huh?" After scrutinizing the mermaid statue, Zhu Wei subconsciously glanced in the direction of Zhao Xiaokui.
Why didn't they find out just now that Zhao Xiaokui's ears were actually exactly the same as those of this statue.
Before he could think about this discovery, Zhao Xiaokui's hand had already touched the translucent body of the mermaid statue.
Then-
passed through.