When Ai Li turned his head to look at the two people behind him, one of the guards smiled at Ai Li, while the other nodded to Ai Li.
Everything was normal and the surroundings were unusually quiet.
Ai Li glanced around expressionlessly. Her gaze shifted from the two guards to the bottom of the wall, where there was some fallen dust on the ground.
Although the walls here are very old, under normal circumstances, it is impossible for them to fall so much dust on their own.
Someone must have touched it.
Were the two guards really so bored that they scraped the wall? And even if they did, why was there no sound
"What's wrong?" Xu Le looked at Ai Li.
"It's okay, just do your research."
"oh."
The two turned around, Xu Le continued his research, while Ai Li entered a state of alert.
Her muscles had begun to tense up, and some hair was slowly growing on her skin beneath her clothes.
Just then, some strange noises came from behind them.
Gulp cough cough!
"What was that weird noise just now?"
Xu Le also looked at the two guards behind him, but the two guards did not show anything special and were just on duty normally.
One of the guards looked at Xu Le and said with a smile:
"Mr.'s hearing is so good, it's nothing, he just ate too much this morning and he burped just now.
Just do your research, I won't make any more noise."
Ai Li didn't say anything. She felt a little strange. The guards here were usually serious and their personalities were mostly similar to hers.
After all, the work involves some ancient taboos, so talking less and doing more is an important condition for becoming a guard here.
This guard is talking a lot today and his expression is a bit more expressive.
Another thing is that he seemed to smell of blood.
Yes, there was a smell of blood emanating from this person, which was not there before. The smell of blood gradually appeared when she felt something was wrong just now.
When something goes wrong, ordinary people may not care, but guards cannot.
Ai Li looked at the man and suddenly reached out to stop Xu Le behind him.
"Xu Le, step back."
Xu Le hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
"good."
He doesn't have as sharp a sense of smell as Ai Li, who can't smell blood directly, but he also has his own observation ability, Gu Yin's multiple perspectives.
For example, there seems to be something wrong with these two humans in front of me...
Level 3 human.
Level 3 human.
Normal humans will not and cannot have many ancient sound prompts. When prompts appear, it must mean there is a problem.
For example, there is an ordinary statue in the center of the pond at Square 53.
Ai Li stared at the man in front of him, and his steps changed to one in front and one behind.
"Why do you smell like blood? When were you injured?"
"Ms. Ai Li, you misunderstood. I was injured a few days ago, and my hand accidentally bled when I was changing shifts just now. If you are dissatisfied with me, then I will leave."
Ai Li felt relieved when he saw that this man had clear thinking, calm speech, and was not in the emotional confusion that would result from being contaminated by ancient sounds.
But she always had a feeling that there seemed to be something floating in the air that was not there on normal days.
That thing made her feel energetic, and considering her sensitivity, it shouldn't be an illusion.
"Xu Le, are you okay?"
Hearing Ai Li urging him, Xu Le nodded slightly.
"Almost. What do you mean?"
"It's nothing, as long as it's fine."
Xu Le took another look at the two guards. Gu Yinduo's hint told him that these two people should not have any deformation.
So what is this weird feeling? Crisis
With the attitude of less trouble is worse than more trouble, Xu Le turned his head and looked at Ai Li:
"Then let's go and find Zhang Nuoan."
Ai Li didn't say much. She seemed to have noticed some special changes here, but she couldn't describe them specifically.
As Ai Li walked past the two guards, his body was tense.
It was not until she had distanced herself from the two men that she began to relax a little.
"Nervous?"
"I just felt there was danger, but they seemed normal." Ai Li told the truth.
"I feel the same way. This is for you." Xu Le handed the mental energy shield to Ai Li.
The mental energy masking device is actually used to ensure that you don't exceed the mental energy limit.
It is also very effective when used in normal combat.
Xu Le is often able to perform exceptionally well in battle, which has a lot to do with the Soul Tree's ability to absorb mental energy.
Only by staying calm can you make the most correct judgment.
Ai Li did not refuse. She opened the mental energy shield directly after taking it.
"You also feel that something is wrong here? There seems to be something wrong with those two people."
Xu Le shook his head, then nodded:
"I can't really say, but the amount of ancient sound energy floating around here... seems a bit high."
After hearing Xu Le say that the free ancient sound had high energy, Ai Li roughly understood why he was so energetic.
After all, she was the one who ate the Guyinduo fruit.
When there is enough free energy in the ancient sound, your body will absorb part of it as a supplement.
The power of the fruit will be enhanced here, so you will be in an excellent mental state.
After the two left, the two guards next to the recording stele looked at each other.
One of them suddenly opened his mouth and made the strange sound that Xu Le had just heard.
Gulp cough cough!
The other one just lay down on the ground, and his whole body flowed in another direction like water.
…
In front of a stone tablet deep in the tomb, an old scholar about 70 years old put down his magnifying glass.
"This statement is simply ridiculous."
The Level 4 guard at the side glanced at the old man and said nothing, while the old man continued to insist:
"If I translated it correctly, this sentence is mocking the moon and the angels. The ancient people were so arrogant. I wonder what they went through."
The guard beside him didn't say anything. He subconsciously looked behind him and saw a guard he was familiar with walking towards him.
"Amin? What's wrong?"
Amin lowered his head and walked until he was in front of the guard before stopping.
Then Amin raised his head but did not open his eyes.
"There is something wrong, Brother Qiang, I am blinded, please take a look at me."
"Blind eyes, you bastard."
The guard called Brother Qiang looked into Amin's eyes, and Amin's eyes suddenly opened at this moment.
His eyeballs were no longer normal eyeballs. More than a dozen white holes were squeezed together, and these white holes were flowing in Amin's eyeballs.
He was still muttering:
"Brother Qiang, please help me see what is wrong with my eyes."
Luo Qiang had already supported himself on the wall with one hand, and he was trying hard to pull his gaze back with his fingers.
But he couldn't even do such a simple idea.
Those eyeballs were like whirlpools, or like a bunch of constantly flowing deformed moons, constantly absorbing his soul.
"I, uh."
The old man who was absorbed in his research behind him did not notice anything unusual about his guard. He still held his magnifying glass and occasionally criticized the ancient society.
Until a hot stream sprayed on his back, neck, and hair.
Phew!
"What is it?"
The old man was very impatient about the interruption of his research, and he subconsciously touched his hair and neck with his hands.
The red imprint on his hand made him stunned for a moment. Although his age and arrogance made him a little dull, he was still a warlock after all, and he still had the most basic qualities.
But when he turned around to look at the person behind him, he realized that something had happened. The upper body of the guard Luo Qiang... was gone.
The red color on his neck and head just now was the blood spurted out from half of the body of guard Luo Qiang.
Forehead!
When the old man looked at Amin, Amin also looked at the old man.
The ancient sound mixed with some special energy spread in Amin's body, and his upper body clothes had been completely corroded and corrupted by this chaotic energy.
And his physical condition gradually shifted from him to her.
Guard Amin's originally sturdy body and obvious muscle stripes became softer.
In addition to her breasts beginning to swell, her bronze skin began to turn whiter and whiter, becoming as white as moonlight.
Amin's hair began to grow, and some of it began to wrap around the old man's body and arms, and some of it even went into the old man's mouth.
"Such a decayed body... That's all."
Amin's mouth began to open, her head grew bigger and bigger, and her mouth followed suit.
Then he took a bite.
The sound of bones rubbing against teeth and the sound of tendons and flesh being cut mixed together.
Two minutes later.
Hisssss! ~Ha.
Amin let out a moan of pleasure, then looked towards the location of the old Guyinduo tree.
A pair of white wings spread out from Amin's back.
But there are no feathers on these white wings, only countless eyes, many eyes superimposed on each other.
Some have 2-3, some have more than a dozen.
As her body trembled, she staggered towards the Ancient Yinduo Tree.
…
At this time, Xu Le and Ai Li had already arrived at Zhang Nuoan's temporary office, but there was no one in the office, only two guards on duty.
"Where's Director Zhang?"
"The Director went to the Ancient Sound Tree."
Xu Le nodded. He could understand why Zhang Nuoan went to the Ancient Yinduo Tree.
After all, the real treasure in this tomb, apart from Joshua himself, is the Ancient Yinduo Tree.
"Let's go find Zhang Nuoan, settle the money and leave."
"good."
Xu Le and Ai Li walked quickly towards the Ancient Yinduo Tree. On the way to the tree, Xu Le suddenly stopped.
Ai Li saw Xu Le stop and asked:
"What's wrong?"
Xu Le pinched some dust from the tip of his nose.
"Is this... gray?"
He looked up at the ceiling and injected spiritual energy into the ancient sound multi-vision.
Under Xu Le's careful observation, some problems gradually appeared on the ceiling of the tomb.
The ceiling here is a starry sky ceiling built by burning ancient Yinduo fruits. Those blue stars are the ancient ancient Yinduo fruits.
But at this moment they seem to be shedding some things.
Blue dust
Is the ancient sound energy becoming active? Is it actively spreading outward
“I originally thought that the free ancient sound energy came from the old tree, but I didn’t expect it to come from the ceiling.
But this place should have existed for many years, why did it start to fall now? Is it because the tomb was opened and some mechanism was touched?"
Xu Le's words did not mean to avoid mentioning Ai Li, but her understanding of Gu Yinduo was definitely not comparable to Xu Le's.
At this point, she could only ask:
"Is this situation dangerous? Will it contaminate normal humans?"
"Are you worried about Zhang Nuoan?"
Ai Li's face darkened, and he said with a hint of dissatisfaction:
"Can you please stop thinking so badly of me? I'm asking you something serious."
"This..."
Xu Le felt that this ancient sound energy was very pure. Energy in this form normally does not have distortion characteristics.
Distortion requires a special formula of Red Moon + Ancient Sound + Heart Energy to be achieved.
But as Xu Le looked at the prompts that kept popping up in his mind, he became less sure about his own thoughts.
"I'm not sure about the situation here right now. Let's go find Director Zhang to settle the bill first. We're almost out of money at home."
"I feel like you're trying to defraud him of his research funding."
Your feeling is so correct.
Xu Le turned his head blankly:
"Why do you have such superficial thoughts? Am I that kind of person?"
…
When the two came to the old Guyinduo tree, the curtain that was covering it had been destroyed somehow.
The old Guyinduo tree no longer had the golden withered state it had before.
On the contrary, it became a little dark, and even some unpleasant smell emanated from the tree.
The smell was so obvious that even Xu Le could smell it:
"What's that smell?"
Zhang Nuoan didn't look very good. The research he had done during this period even made him start to doubt whether it was his own problem.
The old tree began to change only after he pulled out a few leaves. Was it because pulling out the leaves destroyed the stability of the old tree
"Director Zhang."
"Mr. Xu Le is here? Did you get anything?"
"Yes, there are indeed some gains, and the gains are not small."
Zhang Nuoan frowned. It seemed that Xu Le cracked the code a little too quickly this time.
Last time it took about an hour to decipher one piece, but this time it only took more than 30 minutes? This guy really was holding back.
During this period of time, some old scholars have also achieved some results, especially after Xu Le explained last time that this was a tomb.
Others had a clearer direction, and generally speaking, they discovered that this should be the tomb of a general.
It records some matters, which may even be related to how the first generation of warlocks rose to power, which is what they want to know most.
The origin of the warlock should not be controlled by the Red Moon Temple.
Unfortunately, their research progress is too slow, so Zhang Nuoan is looking forward to Xu Le's arrival.
Because in his opinion, Xu Le might be the person who mastered the ancient language by chance, and the value of such a talent is not just this tomb.
In the future, more ancient music relics may need Xu Le’s help.
So after confirming Xu Le's ability, Zhang Nuoan really wanted to recruit Xu Le under his command.
Unfortunately, Xu Le didn't buy it.
But it doesn’t matter, it’s okay to build good relationships, just like now.
"So what surprise will Mr. Xu Le bring us this time?"
“It’s not a surprise. There are a total of five stone tablets that have been deciphered, and the details of the first four are all here.
I will focus on the fifth block. There are a lot of situations described there, and I don’t know if what I deciphered is completely correct, so…”
Zhang Nuoan was stunned, he felt something was wrong.
"Five dollars?"
"Yes, actually, I have been working hard on this at home during this period. This is not the result of more than 30 minutes, but the result of nearly a month's hard work."
Xu Le nodded as he spoke, and it sounded so real that even he almost believed it.
However, the corners of Zhang Nuoan's mouth twitched.
Could it be that this kid came here specifically to make money
Although he had such doubts in his heart, Zhang Nuoan had no intention of embezzling the funds for deciphering the tomb stele.
Since Xu Le can do it, just give it to him.
Taking Xu Le's research report, Zhang Nuoan quickly flipped through it.
"You just mentioned that the fifth stone tablet requires a special report. Isn't it written in the document?"
Xu Le didn't dare to write down the contents on the stone tablet. He didn't know whether it was true or false.
Others don't like the real thing, and the fake one... If it is deciphered by other capable people, he won't be able to explain it clearly, so it is most reasonable to orally narrate the content on the fifth stone tablet.
"It's too complicated, and I was in a hurry to come here to tell you, so I didn't write it down."
"Okay, then tell me, what does it say?"
"It's a story about an ancient power, Emperor Erin and Blade's Edge Fortress..."
Try to beautify the descriptions of the Immortal Veiled God - the full moon, and the angels as much as possible. In short, make sure it reaches a level that they can accept.
But the story was only half told and Zhang Nuoan was listening with great interest when a guard next to the old tree suddenly burped.
Hiccup! ~
Hiccups are normal and happen to many people.
But if the sound of hiccups is deafening, it is not normal.
Everyone looked at the guard because of the hiccup, but the guard did not feel ashamed or explain himself. Instead, he looked at the old scholar who was closest to him.
He let out a slightly trembling laugh.
“Hahaha, hahahaha!”
Ai Li directly pulled Xu Le behind him, and Xu Le silently tightened his grip on the black staff.
It seems that there is something wrong with the guard in front of me.
Level 3 human.
sudden!
Suddenly, the guard stuck out his tongue. The extension of this section of the tongue was like the explosion of a cannonball and the power of a sledgehammer.
The old warlock in front of him had his automatic shield pierced by a tongue.
The old man opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
The tongue pierced his temple, one of his eyes became bloodshot, and he fell to the ground.
"alert!"
Zhang Nuoan's guard shouted loudly.
Then, the guard made a sound that both Xu Le and Ai Li seemed to have seen before.
Gulp cough cough!