“It’s open!?”
Standing at the man-high entrance in front of the ruins, Rosas's face was full of astonishment.
to be honest.
He thought that Dr. Heinason, an authority on ancient characters, could open the gate, so he prepared a large amount of information and also moved over the information of scholars who had previously studied the gate. However, he never expected that Heinason opened the gate of the ruins within two minutes of his arrival.
What does this indicate
More than one hundred scholars under Laozi who were studying ancient characters worked hard for more than three months but to no avail. Heinasen came and solved the problem in just two minutes.
Is it my fault
impossible.
I am the commander.
I can't be wrong.
So it's all the fault of those useless scholars!
"... Send the order to drive out all the well-fed scholars in the barracks and burn all the information. I don't want to see them later. Also, notify the exploration team to assemble immediately. The gate to the ruins has been opened. We should prepare to explore without delay."
After giving the order, Rosas looked at Gu Moli standing aside.
"Dr. Heinerson!"
Rosas' attitude at this time had changed greatly from the beginning.
If Rosas's attitude at the beginning was more official, the expression on his face when he looked at Gu Moli now was basically the same as looking at a lucky cat. Faced with such ancient relics, an authoritative professor who could open the door to the ruins within a few minutes was undoubtedly the greatest magic weapon.
"I now solemnly invite you."
"Are you willing to enter the ruins with the exploration team?"
“We need your help.”
"certainly."
Gu Moli, who was well prepared, smiled immediately: "I'm honored."
"very good!"
After getting the accurate answer, Rosas smiled and said, "Our exploration team will be here soon. In addition to you, Doctor, we will have another researcher joining us. He will be responsible for all the equipment for the exploration team this time. He has also taken the initiative to apply for cooperation with the exploration team."
At this point Rosas looked at his watch: "He should be here soon."
"Doctor, please wait here for a moment."
"OK."
After watching Rosas leave, Gu Moli turned around and looked at Hua Qiong, who had been frowning and thinking since the beginning: "I say, haven't you figured it out yet?"
"I'm thinking about it!"
Hua Qiong smacked her lips and said, "You can't be sure that the relief can open the door. It's just one of your options. You would include any relief that looks like a door handle or has a mechanism as an option to open the door. But the question is why do you think so?"
Hearing this, Gu Moli nodded: "Then what?"
"I've thought about it. This is a very large ruin. The only thing that has been dug out is the gate. There is no way to get in except the gate, but this gate is too big. So you think there is actually a small door? But this doesn't make sense. What if this is actually a completely closed ruin?"
“It’s not completely enclosed.”
"... ..ah?"
Gu Moli hooked his fingers together and pulled Hua Qiong away from the gate of the ruins. "You are just reasoning, but reasoning without clues is like a theorem without proof. It's all castles in the air. Before reasoning, the first thing you have to do is observe. Tell me, what is behind this gate?"
"What is...?"
Hua Qiong stared blankly at the gate of the ruins and answered subconsciously: "This is a very huge gate, about ten meters high. The gate is covered with reliefs from top to bottom, but a considerable part of it has been damaged, so it is impossible to find any useful information from the reliefs... .?"
"wrong."
Gu Moli shook his head: "The fact that the relief was destroyed is useful information in itself."
"ah?"
"... The relief and the gate are made of the same material. The military spent so much time trying to fix the gate made of a strange material, but why would the relief made of the same material be damaged? Earthquakes and plate movements are not comparable to the military's lasers, and they are not enough to destroy the relief."
Gu Moli walked around the gate while explaining: "Since it's not caused by natural factors, what's going on? Why did this kind of damage occur?"
"illustrate... ."
A gleam of enlightenment gradually appeared in Hua Qiong's eyes.
"This means that the destruction did not occur after the ruins became ruins, but before they became ruins. This destruction occurred in the ancient times!"
"Then the question is, in ancient times, under what circumstances would such destruction be most likely to occur?"
Gu Moli rubbed his hands and said firmly: "There is only one answer."
"... .war."
"Obviously, a great war took place in the ancient times, and the target was this relic, or something inside the relic. Since a war broke out over it, it means that this thing is very important, so there must be a way to take this thing out of the relic after the war."
“So it’s unlikely that this relic is completely enclosed.”
"This door must be openable, but for a shelter that protects something, it's meaningless to build such a large door. It closes too slowly, so it's better to say it's a wall than a door. The real door should be smaller and more hidden."
"... So that's what you thought of?"
"certainly."
"That's not right. What if the door is locked from the inside?"
Hearing this, Gu Moli smiled slightly: "Sometimes I really can't help but wonder if you are a fool."
Hua Qiong: “???”
"... Considering all factors, if it is locked from the inside, how can we get things out from the outside? If the thing to be protected is a living thing, then the internal lock is not safe. What if the person inside suddenly figures out how to get out? So the possibility of an external lock is higher."
“When faced with unknown problems, it is common sense to prioritize the more likely answers.”
"But if you want to lock the door from the outside, wouldn't it be more reliable to use a key? Or an electronic lock would be fine too? A remote control or something like that. It's not like you just randomly turned the door handle and solved the problem. That's not scientific at all. There's no confidentiality at all for a ruin like this, right?"
“But the problem is that I didn’t expect it.”
Hua Qiong: "What?"
Gu Moli shook his head: "I said I didn't expect the door to be so easy to open. In fact, I also guessed that I would need a key to open the door at first, so I even prepared the key."
As he spoke, Gu Moli took out an antique bronze key and showed it to Hua Qiong.
In this script, he received a total of four mission props, someone's notebook, the Ring of Life, the key, and the pocket revolver. The pocket revolver has been used, the Ring of Life is the only prop, and its use is still unknown, and someone's notebook has been deciphered.
The only thing that is useless is this key.
From the introduction, it seems that this is the key to his own study, but Gu Moli has always felt that there is a mystery in it, and thought it was the key to open the door to the ruins... .
Who would have thought that it was never used at all.
"I am also a human, not an omniscient god. In fact, I don't understand why there is no need for a key, and I don't know what this relic protects. In the end, I just wanted to experiment, and I didn't expect to be so lucky that I could open the door by just finding a relief."
It would be nice if I could use this luck in drawing cards.
"... .Okay."
Hua Qiong nodded speechlessly, reluctantly accepting the explanation: "Now that the door is open, should we prepare to go in? Now that we have opened the door, where are the other players? The six players should be divided equally into two camps, right?"
"Boss, you and I are both in the Imperial Military. Does that mean we have a companion?"
"And the conditions for leaving this time are just as difficult as the novice tutorial. We have to find all the players..."
"wrong."
"....something's wrong again!"
Hua Qiong scratched her hair in annoyance. She had to admit that after listening to Gu Moli's thoughts, she felt for the first time that her IQ was not enough.
This was undoubtedly a blow to Miss Hua, who had always been obsessed with reasoning and proud of her IQ.
"Is there a problem?"
"No, I'm not talking about you."
Gu Moli pointed his finger into the distance and said, "Look over there, something seems to be wrong over there in Rosas."
"... ..ah?"
Before he finished speaking, a deafening roar suddenly came from the entrance of the military camp in the distance.