In country H, the golden and red intertwined thin clouds are like a ray of sunshine, and there is a research station under the snow-covered mountain.
Near the ruins, countless well-dressed researchers were busy shuttling, and only Ebner was waiting outdoors wearing a scarf. He stood on the side of the cliff, looked up at the gorgeous sky like a fantasy picture, and looked at the small city not far below the mountain, feeling unprecedented peace and tranquility.
Ebner sneezed in the slightly cool air, he shrugged his nose again, and said with emotion: "It's better here."
A moment later, an old man with blond hair and a straight back stood out from the study. He had light gray-blue eyes, but they did not look dim. His gestures carried the elegance of an old-fashioned gentleman, but at the same time showed the calmness of a person in power. And prestige, with a delicate brooch of a snake and an apple pinned to his chest.
"Ebner." Q saw the person on the edge of the cliff, he walked to the other side, and said again, "I heard about your rotten negotiations and funny lost keys."
Ebner twitched the corner of his mouth, and said helplessly: "... how should I explain that I have worked hard."
"I don't believe your pendulum can't see where things are going." Q said calmly, "You still dislike Lin from the bottom of your heart."
Ebner shrugged: "Okay, I admit that watching him suffer is a bit gloating, but I swear that I didn't neglect my duties on big issues. I didn't expect Lin to take the key away. Even divination doesn't know everything. At least Provide directions, just like relic puzzles."
"To be honest, Lin's current state will cause chaos in the ruins sooner or later. I don't need a pendulum to know this. He is full of hostility towards our explorers who came from afar, and he is not at all cooperative."
Q pondered for a few seconds, and said, "I've already considered this matter, and I plan to stop him from exploring the ruins, and you will be responsible for the next part of the work."
Ebner looked surprised: "Really? I have a hunch that he will be furious when he hears the news."
"I don't have a few years left to live." Q stood beside Ebner, overlooking the Nordic buildings below, his eyes were already covered with vicissitudes of life, and said calmly, "I originally hoped that he would take over the burden, but now he is really poor It’s too far away, when we finish exploring the ruins, let him be in charge of the development of the baby stone, and the researchers have already left by then, so there shouldn’t be any trouble.”
Q looked down at the Monderson family emblem brooch: "People always hope to get better and better. I used to think so, but at this age, I gradually understand that accepting the reality is also an important experience. Accepting that the future is not as good as the present, Accepting that reaching the apex is bound to decline, at best it will delay the decline time."
"Next, you will lead the work on the ruins, and I will let Lin be responsible for the surrounding cooperation."
Ebner: "Okay."
In the Chinese embassy abroad, Chu Qianli and others also went through a long journey and arrived at the high-latitude country H.
Outside the window, the empty street is covered with light snow, and occasionally two or three pedestrians pass by slowly. Small Nordic buildings stand on both sides, but there are no tall buildings. The most eye-catching building is the bell tower.
Country H is far from the crisis-ridden state that everyone imagined when they came here. Instead, it is quiet, comfortable, pure, and even lonely.
Chu Qianli was lying on the window looking around, she looked around curiously: "This is the first time I come to such a country, it is completely different from what I imagined."
"Because the area is not big." Tan Muxing said, "Country H only has a population of a few hundred thousand, and even the army has less than a thousand people, not even as many as the imperial capital."
The small country H may be smaller than a province, and the national economy is firmly controlled by Monderson. People here have lived in a state of low desire for a long time, the city center is a bit bleak, and the remote places are even more uninhabited.
However, country H's natural scenery is extremely magnificent, with a variety of landforms and landscapes, which are difficult to see in other places.
Mei Ru Z flipped through the phone: "It is said that if you are lucky, you may be able to see the aurora."
Not long after, a group of people was ready to go at the gate of the embassy abroad, and even Xu Zaiyuan, Huang Jue and others came out of the house.
Pan Yicheng had been waiting here for a long time, and there was a man standing beside him, who was also a familiar face, but he was not wearing Taoist robes today.
Liu Jun put on his outdoor adventure outfit, and looked energetic at this time, and he no longer stood among the Qianmen.
Pan Yicheng: "Thank you for coming here all the way, willing to fight for the same ideal. My name is Pan Yicheng, and I will be in charge of your work and life during your stay in country H. This is Liu Jun. He and the armed police comrades at the embassy will be in charge. The safety of the entourage."
Huang Jue looked at Liu Jun in surprise: "For a long time, this kid is really a policeman!?"
Liu Jun has been quietly participating in the selection, who would have thought that now that he took off his Taoist robe, he would have another identity. When he confronted Chu Maxian in the examination room, it could be said that he was completely mixed with Taoist priests.
Liu Jun: "Sorry, the functional departments are different."
Chu Qianli: "If you're a forest policeman, you might be able to get along well with Chu Maxian. After all, you always deal with wild animals."
Huang Jue: "?"
Pan Yicheng distributed the contact equipment and various equipment to everyone, and after emphasizing the precautions outside, he led a group of people to meet with the Mondsen Group.
Surprisingly, today's leaders are not Lin and Shi Zhuoqu, but A and Qiao.
Of course, Qiao and the others would not stay in the Chinese embassy. They drove over from other embassies in Mondsen's vehicle.
Chu Qianli looked at the snake and apple brooch on A's chest, and muttered, "This is not pretending, it's all a showdown?"
A wears a panda brooch in G city, but it is a Monderson badge in H country.
Ebner said calmly: "Today, I may have to get to know you all again. My name is Ebner. As a person who participated in the exploration earlier, I will be the guide for the development of the ruins."
"Due to some special reasons, Lin is temporarily absent." Ebner glanced at Chu Qianli and said with a smile, "I am honored to be in charge of the preliminary work."
"Are you promoted?"
"Thank you."
Chu Qianli suddenly realized that Ebner was probably an old gun, and now that Lin had lost the key, he naturally took the position smoothly, no wonder he looked good to the group. No matter who it is, the boss who doesn't like is photographed by the big boss, and he still has the right to speak at work, so he should be in a good mood.
A group of people boarded the bus and went to the location of the ruins.
There are not many roads in country H. After driving out of the urban area, the scenery on both sides is white and barren.
Chu Qianli looked at the snow-white glacier in the distance, she hurriedly took a look at Mu Xing, and said curiously: "Look at the stars, it feels like a place where polar bears live, maybe there are your kind."
Tan Muxing was patiently popularizing science: "But it is said that there are only arctic foxes here."
"So will there be a language barrier between them and the Fox Immortal?"
Tan Muxing thought about it for a while, and as an atheist, he struggled and said: "... This touches the blind spot of my knowledge."
Chu Qianli looked around, wanting to ask Huang Jue for advice, but attracted the attention of Ebner in the back row.
Seeing her looking around, Ebner smiled and said, "Do you like this place?"
Chu Qianli nodded: "Very beautiful."
Ebner: "I also like it very much, and it is very peaceful. Even if there are no relics, maybe I will settle here in the future. This is a pure land on the world map."
"Pure land?"
"Yes, the history of mankind is the history of wars. Wherever mankind has set foot, there are basically disputes and conflicts." Ebner looked at the snowy scenery outside the window, "Country H is one of the few countries that has not experienced wars, even if there is a regime change. , basically a peaceful transition, so I say it is a pure land."
Tan Muxing was startled: "Does Mr. Ebner like peace?"
Ebner touched his chin: "I don't know how to describe it, but I am very interested in multi-civilizations, and wars often cause other civilizations to perish. This is something I don't want to see."
After a long drive, we finally arrived at the ruins.
Under the Haohao Snow Mountain, there is a narrow cave, which looks deep and mysterious.
Pan Yicheng was very sensitive to the terrain. He looked around and said, "There seems to be a volcano nearby."
"Most of the relics are buried underground. We have completed the preliminary preparations, and have maintained and processed the developed parts." Ebner introduced to everyone, while communicating with the staff of the research station, "Is Q not there?"
"He didn't come today."
"Okay, then let's go down by ourselves." Ebner said methodically, "Through the original corridor, you will enter the hall where the Gate of Truth is located, where you need the first relic key, which is the currently controversial crystal ball."
Liu Jun is holding the small black box tightly now, and inside the box is a crystal ball. After the negotiation, the Chinese side kept the key and did not return it to the Mondsen Group.
Chu Qianli: "The door of truth? Is it the door for mortals to become saints?"
"This is just the name we gave to the inner gate of the ruins based on the relief. You can also use other names, we just think the meaning is appropriate." Ebner said calmly, "When you finish the corridor, you will probably understand what I mean. , a friendly reminder that it will be a little uncomfortable to walk the corridor for the first time."
Everyone was puzzled. After putting on their equipment, they followed Ebner down the tunnel.
The light in the corridor is dim, and you can't see your fingers when you stretch out your hands, which makes people quite uncomfortable.
Joe: "Won't you turn on the light?"
Ebner shook his head: "To be honest, you don't want to turn on the lights. I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it for the first time. The corridor is very smooth, so you can rest assured that you won't step on anything."
Mei Ru Z, Xu Zaiyuan and others went on in succession, followed by Chu Qianli and Tan Muxing.
Because the road was dimly lit, Tan Muxing walked in front and Chu Qianli followed behind him. She understood the reason why Ebner did not turn on the light within two steps. The walls of the corridor seemed to be covered with complex and distorted words, as well as strange and mysterious pictures.
Everyone was not used to the darkness at first, so naturally they couldn't see the lines on the wall clearly, but when their eyes got used to it, they were followed by inexplicable dizziness!
The murals on the wall are like a whirlpool, densely covered, pressing down in all directions, pulling people into it!
Chu Qianli felt bad just by looking at it. She closed her eyes decisively, but the picture in her head was about to explode. This glance seemed to look back at the past ten thousand years, and it seemed to look at the future ten thousand years. The redundant information broke through her defense line in an instant!
"Ah!" Huang Jue screamed suddenly, he coughed up blood suddenly, and then fell to the ground fainted.
Pan Yicheng asked in surprise, "What's going on!?"
Ebner was taken aback: "I did have a high fever when I passed the tunnel for the first time, but I have never seen such a violent reaction!"
Meru Z: "What the hell is on the wall?"
Joe blocked his sight with his fingers, and he tried to lower his head to avoid the murals on the wall: "I just saw mysterious magic words."
Ebner explained helplessly: "The walls of this corridor are full of occult information. We can't decipher all the contents in it. We only know that it records the past, present and future. People who visit this place for the first time will have different reactions. People would have nightmares at night, some people said they saw their family members who had passed away, and some people said they saw a small event in the future, and the subsequent developments also confirmed that he was right."
"The law that has been concluded now is that people with higher occult talents will have a greater rejection reaction to this place, which may be due to different information processing capabilities." Ebner said, "Divination itself is a logical deduction and spiritual perception. double effect, they will be more sensitive to murals than ordinary people."
Powerful fortune tellers have a very high ability to obtain external information. If they are placed in the tunnel where the amount of information explodes, they will naturally fall into a downtime and reach an overloaded state.
Pan Yicheng is short-sighted and presbyopic. He couldn't see the murals on the wall clearly, so he asked someone to carry Huang Jue away, insisting, "Let's take him to the hospital first!"
Ebner was puzzled and said: "It stands to reason that it shouldn't reach this level, the highest should be headache and weakness, unless there are two parts in his body separated, and the two rejection reactions work at the same time."
Huang Jue usually doesn't have much supernatural powers, mainly relying on the horse state, but now the horse fairy is unable to resist the murals, so it naturally affects Huang Jue.
The exploration needs to continue. Pan Yicheng took away the wounded, while Liu Jun was in charge of the scene.
Xu Zaiyuan's face is pale now, leaning on the wall tottering, and Liu Jun is still needed to help.
Tan Muxing looked back worriedly, and sure enough, he found that Chu Qianli's eyes were closed and his brows were slightly frowned. There was a thin layer of sweat on her forehead, and even her hair was stuck to the side of her face in embarrassment. Now she has a splitting headache.
Meiru Z: "So there is no solution? Cover your eyes and go in?"
"It's useless. The murals on the side of the Gate of Truth are more complicated than those in the corridor. In other words, this road is an adaptation period. If you walk in the dark all the way, it will only be more painful to enter the hall, and you won't even have the energy to use the key. From some kind of In a sense, this is indeed the path from a mortal to a saint."
Ebner sighed: "I don't have any good suggestions. If you are really uncomfortable, you can think about other things. Don't focus on the murals completely. Take a look at it once or twice, so that you can get used to it."
This is simply too difficult!
If it wasn't for Chu Qianli's headache that made her unable to speak, she might have cried out in pain. Just a cursory glance, the picture in her mind was lingering, and her head was running at a high speed, and there was no way to stop it. !
Numerous fragmented pictures surged chaotically in the tide of thought, as if the progress bar of a human history movie was frantically pulled up, trying to drain all her thinking ability in an instant and overdraw her few strengths!
Under the heavy pressure, there is warmth.
Chu Qianli woke up like a dream.
Tan Muxing held Chu Qianli's hand, feeling cold sweat covered her palm, and worried: "Are you okay? How about going out with Professor Pan?"
She didn't speak for a long time, as if she was out of breath, which naturally made him worried.
Chu Qianli took a deep breath, like a drowning person suddenly escaped, touched his dry and warm palm, and finally felt a sense of returning to reality, broke away from the chaotic abstract thinking, and shook silently uncomfortable Shake your head.
If what Ebner said is not wrong, she will have to finish this journey sooner or later, and there is no point in going out now.
Seeing that she was stubbornly refusing to leave, Tan Muxing suggested gently: "I'll pull you forward, try not to look up?"
Chu Qianli nodded.
Besides Huang Jue, Xu Zaiyuan and Chu Qianli were the most responsive.
Xu Zaiyuan walked slowly while reciting the Taoist Mantra of Purifying Heart, while Chu Qianli was led forward by Tan Muxing.
Chu Qianli is still a little dazed at the moment, but following Tan Muxing's pace and stepping on every step he took, his mood gradually calmed down, replaced by a subtle emotion.
She couldn't help thinking about divination, but at the moment, her mind was inexplicably empty, and she didn't know where her thoughts were drifting. She thought of the sunny campus playground in the past, she especially liked stepping on the ground to talk about Mu Xing's shadow, at that time his shadow could completely cover her, really like the naive black shadow of the big white bear.
Tan Muxing noticed that she was walking slowly, felt that she was exhausted, and suddenly let go of her hand.
Chu Qianli immediately raised her eyes, she muttered wrongedly: "Why didn't you take me?"
"Ah, this..." Tan Muxing thought she was weak and uncomfortable, but he didn't expect to react so quickly. When he heard her complaining tone, he suddenly felt embarrassed and said in a low voice, "... I thought you couldn't walk anymore, originally Tell me whether I want to carry you on my back."
But she didn't wait for him to open his mouth and asked questions in lightning speed, so fast that she didn't look like someone who couldn't walk.
Chu Qianli was at a loss for words.
Both sides fell into awkward silence at the same time.
"I..." Tan Muxing was a little dazed, he suddenly panicked now, he didn't know whether to hold her or what to do.
Chu Qianli's eyebrows twitched slightly, her face was tense for a long time, and she said awkwardly: "Squat down."
"… OK."
Tan Muxing slowly carried Chu Qianli on his back, and he felt that she put her head against his neck, and his ears suddenly felt a little feverish.
Obviously at first he was worried about her condition, but after the little twists and turns just now, the atmosphere became a little different. Her hair was still fluttering mischievously towards his face, as if she were plucking a string at the tip of her heart with a soft feather, and everything was messed up in an instant.
Chu Qianli regretted lying on top of him, but after she calmed down her initial heartbeat and got used to it, she began to feel at ease, and even complained in a low voice, "If Xing Xing hadn't become thinner, it should be more suitable now. very good."
Tan Muxing didn't expect that she would still miss her gaining weight, but he had a good temper, and he couldn't laugh or cry: "I'm sorry, did it affect your riding experience?"
"Humph."
Ebner said that it would take thirty minutes to walk the aisle, and he led a group of people at the front of the line.
Tan Muxing carried Chu Qianli on his back effortlessly, and his pace was unhurried, slowly leading her past the mural.
Chu Qianli leaned on the familiar big white bear, she was finally able to open her eyes now, and lowered her gaze without avoiding it. Her eyes scanned the ancient text one by one, but unlike the intense reaction just now, she didn't get any information.
Tan Muxing felt her small movements, but he couldn't see her expression, so he asked with concern: "Now you don't feel dizzy when you see the murals?"
Chu Qianli said softly: "Well, because I'm not thinking about divination."
Or maybe she doesn't have the heart to think about it now.
"What are you thinking?"
"I won't tell you."