Do not engage in underworld operations in the human world!

Chapter 126 The body heads towards the unknown!

Elk Temple, back garden.

Zeus, Castalia and a group of priests were waiting quietly beside the magic circle.

It had been almost thirty-six hours since Jiang Lu entered the magic circle. During this period, Castalia even went to interview civilian pioneer candidates for more than ten hours.

Zeus also left twice in the middle of the journey, in order to go home and feed the people in the basement so that people would not starve to death.

Now, as the limit time for the magic circle to open is approaching, they all feel a little nervous.

On the one hand, it is because they are all eager to find the location of the Elk Goddess, and on the other hand, it is naturally because Jiang Lu is their last hope at the moment.

As the most divine person in the Elk God Cult, Castalia goes to the temple for retreat every six months to try to communicate with the Elk Goddess. However, every time she explores a vast enough area in an unknown land, she often even stays for less than ten people. When you are young, you will be forced to quit due to lack of physical strength.

This resulted in that even though a lot of materials were used to build the magic circle, there was never any gratifying return.

So if Jiang Lu is still unable to nail down the anchor point this time, it means that the pioneers selected this time will most likely die in an unknown place again.

Because of this, the outcome of Jiang Lu's trip is crucial to the Elk God Sect.

They were all very excited when they saw Jiang Lu easily breaking the record of Castalia's longest stay there.

But as the final time limit got closer and closer, the light of the magic circle became weaker and weaker, and Jiang Lu still couldn't come out.

By this time, the excitement from almost a day ago had long been dissipated, and almost everyone already had a rough answer in their mind.

"It would have been better if he had appeared a month earlier."

Castalia couldn't help but sigh.

In her opinion, just being able to stay there for thirty-six hours was enough to prove that Jiang Lu was capable of finding the Elk Goddess. All she lacked was time.

But at this moment, the high priest noticed something strange happening in the magic circle.

"Wait a minute," she shouted, "There's a reaction!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the magic circle emitting milky white light began to gradually change to blue.

Blue lines began to emerge from the runes, forming a small six-pointed star.

Castalia was stunned, and then shouted: "Record it quickly! These are the coordinates!"

The priests didn't even have time to look at it carefully, so they used various magic tools to imprint it entirely.

Just when the obscure symbols on the hexagram were completely recorded by the priests, Jiang Lu also returned to Hybril.

Looking at everything around him, Jiang Lu felt like he was in another world. He couldn't adapt to such a real and concrete world for a while, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

"You did it! God! You found the Elk Goddess!" Castalia shouted excitedly.

From the initial hope to the nervousness after Jiang Lu entered an unknown place, then from the nervousness to the excitement that Jiang Lu broke the record, then from the excitement to the disappointment that there has been no response until the time is approaching, and finally it appeared again when he was about to fail. A chance to turn everything around.

The ups and downs of mood made everyone feel like they were on a roller coaster. Castalia was so excited that she didn't care what Jiang Lu was in. She was so excited that she hugged him and gave him a passionate kiss.

Everyone was extremely happy because the pioneers of the Elk God Cult would soon see the Elk Goddess and continue to bring back various efficient and mysterious resources from unknown lands.

This time is different from before. In the past, everyone could bring back good things, but now only the Elk God Cult can do it. Needless to say what this means.

The Elk God's Cult, which already has few opponents, will soon take the lead in Hyberil!

Only Zeus was not interested in their joy. He only noticed that Jiang Lu's expression seemed not quite right.

"How long have I been in there?" Jiang Lu asked as he pushed Castalia away.

"Thirty-five and half an hour," the high priest answered.

Castalia couldn't wait to ask: "What did the Elk Goddess say?"

"He is." Jiang Lu thought for a while: "He didn't say anything. He just said that she is in some trouble now and needs me to help him."

"As expected! I knew it!" Castalia said as if it was true: "Of course, of course we will help her. As her loyal believers, is there any reason for us not to do our best to help her?"

"Well, it's not you who help him, it's me who helps him."

Jiang Lu explained: "The trouble he encountered was very serious. People with weak supernatural powers could not help him, so he added restrictions to the anchor point. If he failed to meet his requirements, he would be lost in an unknown place. .”

"So what are the requirements?"

"The requirement is that only I can go."

"This" Castalia was a little reluctant: "But with so many pioneers, there should be someone besides you who can help him, right?"

"You can try it." Jiang Lu shrugged.

Castalia and the priests looked at each other.

"If possible, I hope you can provide a written description of all the contents of your conversation with the Elk Goddess." Castalia said.

"That's no problem." Jiang Lu nodded, and then pretended to be tired: "But now I have to find a place to take a rest. This trip has taken too much of a toll on me. How about tomorrow? I'll see you early tomorrow morning. Just give it to you.”

Jiang Ludu said so, and Castalia had no choice but to compromise.

"Of course, I was shocked when I first went in."

She first comforted Jiang Lu, and then reminded: "Give me the content of the conversation as soon as possible. There are only four days left before the Starry Sky Gate opens. Now that all the pioneers have been selected, we need the information you provide to Make planned adjustments as soon as possible."

"Ok."

"Then, we still need to decipher the coordinates you brought back, so I won't send them to you."

"Ah."

Jiang Lu nodded and quickly called Zeus to leave.

Just after walking out of the temple, Zeus said: "I guess something happened."

"How do you know?" Jiang Lu was a little surprised.

"Your expression has always been wrong, and your behavior is a bit weird." Zeus patted Jiang Lu on the shoulder: "If it was really settled successfully, you would never behave like this, and you should have started to extort benefits long ago. .”

"Tsk" Jiang Lu was speechless, and immediately started talking about something that happened in an unknown place.

After listening to Jiang Lu's description, Zeus couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"This is too outrageous." He frowned: "Why does Nordens make you feel close to him?"

"I don't know." Jiang Lu shook his head at first, but felt that it was a bit strange not to explain, so he changed his words, as if he just remembered it, and said lightly: "Oh! Maybe I was running around before. , has some connection with these ancient gods or alien gods."

"It's possible."

Zeus sighed.

He also felt that this was the most reasonable explanation. With Jiang Lu's trouble-making ability, he had just been resurrected and was still so weak that he was able to run around and even come to Hyboril.

If this had been done in the past when he was still very powerful, it would not have been impossible for him to poke and kick everything out of curiosity.

"Then what should we do now?" Zeus was a little depressed: "Nordens is not someone to be trifled with. If you agree to something for him, if you go back on it, you might be resented."

Jiang Lu was stunned: "Do you know Nodens?"

"Well," Zeus recalled: "I first heard his name from Poseidon. At that time, he mysteriously told me that on the other side of the world, a world composed of dreams and projections, there is a world with He also wields a trident and is the god in charge of the sea.

At that time, I had just become the God King of Olympus, and when I felt that I was omnipotent, I wanted to occupy that world, so I managed to find a way to enter there. I remember that it was a ghoul lair. After forcing the ghoul to open the tunnel for me, I walked in without hesitation. "

"and then?"

"Then I came back." Regarding the outcome of that battle, Zeus obviously still feels baffled: "I don't know when I started dreaming. Anyway, by the time I came back to my senses, I had already returned to Austria. Mount Limpis."

"So, he is stronger than you?" Jiang Lu was a little frightened.

"I don't know." Zeus shook his head: "I have never had a real fight with him, and that incident was just a misunderstanding. I have communicated with him through those ghouls many times since. Now we have buried the hatchet."

"It's just a misunderstanding if you can't beat him, right?" Jiang Lu complained.

"That's not true. You have to know that when a person works hard, the whole world will help him."

Zeus sighed:

"I went to his home stadium, which is equivalent to the whole world helping him, so as long as he makes a little effort and lets me get in the way without knowing him well, it's acceptable."

"Don't you think that the ease with which you were able to achieve success already speaks volumes?"

Listening to Jiang Lu ruthlessly revealing the facts, Zeus was silent for a while.

"If you want to think so, I can't help it." He stared at Jiang Lu resentfully, and relying on Nodens not leaving the dreamland easily, he said arrogantly: "That's why I said it has to do with the home court. If you don't believe me, just let me know. When he comes to Mount Olympus, it’s up to you to see if I can do it or not.”

"Good good."

Jiang Lu nodded as if coaxing a child, and then began to discuss with Zeus what to do next.

"What else can I do?" Zeus looked helpless: "I have no choice but to go. You have agreed to him. Unless you want to be resented by him, don't blame me for not warning you. He is very narrow-minded and you don't even know it." I wasted so much effort trying to stabilize him."

"Then we can only do things without going through the Elk Goddess."

Jiang Lu didn't have any good ideas, so he could only console himself:

"Anyway, for me, the purpose is to find the reason why the Starry Sky Gate lost all its anchor points. Since Nodens can also nail the anchor points, it means that he also has enough understanding of the Starry Sky Gate, and he is better than the Elk Goddess. Being stronger will definitely help me more.”

Zeus listened to Jiang Lu's words and nodded at first, but after hearing the name of the Elk Goddess, he suddenly reacted: "Oh, yes, I almost forgot about this!"

He muttered to Jiang Lu dissatisfied: "Your goal has been achieved, but where can I make up for the nutrients I lack? That's why I came here!"

"If it doesn't work, let Nodens help us find it." Although Jiang Lu was not sure whether he could get help from the other party, in order to stabilize Zeus, he had to draw the pie first.

"There is no other way." Zeus sighed: "It's really unlucky. The trouble you caused will end up causing me to suffer as well."

"Since when can I be said to be suffering if I can't get approved?"

"You are a free cashier, do you know how to send it?" Zeus angrily pushed Huang Xiu'e to Jiang Lu: "Here, your cat!"

There was a lot of bitterness hidden in his expression, but Jiang Lu couldn't empathize with it.

Because compared to Hera, Isina is too considerate.

Strictly speaking, the messenger created by her is equivalent to her daughter. As a gentle wife who can accept the mother-daughter donburi, it goes without saying that she is great.

"But..." Zeus said, "You shouldn't have said so much to Castalia. In fact, it would have been better if you just pretended that the situation was all good."

"why?"

"It can be seen from her eyes." Zeus explained: "Obviously, she is the kind of person who is willful and eager to hold power in her hands. Nothing can stop her need for power, and nothing can Let her give up the opportunity.

When you told her that only you could reach the location marked by the anchor point, disappointment clearly flashed across her face, but she still asked you to retell the entire conversation with the 'Elk Goddess'.

Believe me, no matter what evidence you provide her, she will stubbornly and forcefully choose to send all the pioneers into the Star Gate, and she may even go in herself. "

"That's not true. I told her that those who fail to meet the requirements will die. Will she doubt me?"

"Brother, even when there was no anchor point, she wanted to send all the pioneers in to try their luck. Do you think she will shrink back now that there is even an anchor point? The risk is borne by the pioneers. For her, can All I see is opportunity.”

Zeus made a conclusion with great certainty: "Look, she will definitely do it no matter what. This is the kind of person she is. She does not care or doubt you. For those in power in the major temples, sometimes even if they know clearly, Even if I knew I was going to die, I would try my luck."

Jiang Lu could not find any reason to refute Zeus's analysis.

"I really didn't expect this." Jiang Lu smiled bitterly: "My original intention was to reveal part of the truth to reduce unnecessary sacrifices, but I didn't expect that this might strengthen her determination."

Zeus put his arms around Jiang Lu's shoulders with a complicated expression and comforted him: "It's not your fault. In fact, you did surprise me this time. In the past, you wouldn't have been so sensitive to death. It seems This rebirth has changed you a lot."

"Ah, that's not the case." Jiang Lu said with a smile: "Actually, it's just because I was thinking about starting from the Elk God Cult to preach and transform the Elk God Cult into my shape, so to me these carefully selected pioneers They are all my future wealth, and I feel a little sad when they die."

"Uh" Zeus was stunned for a moment, then let go of Jiang Lu's shoulders and said happily:

"Welcome back! My good brother! I almost thought you were leaving me."

While talking, the two of them had returned to Zeus's apartment.

The door to the basement had been opened. Jiang Lu glanced down and saw that it was empty.

Zeus closed the basement door and said casually: "I have been waiting for you by the magic circle for too long. When I fed him for the second time, I found that his legs were necrotic, so I had to quietly throw him to the clinic. The door."

If it was a girl, the kind-hearted Jiang Lu would offer to use the power of healing to let her have her legs again, but now that she knew that Zeus was imprisoning a boy and a girl, Jiang Lu could only sit on the sofa and nodded perfunctorily: "Oh, forget it. He is unlucky." "Let's not talk about it." Zeus poured two glasses of water and sat down, then changed the subject: "Hurry up and write the report that Castalia asked you to submit. After you finish writing, we will go watch pole dancing."

"This." Jiang Lu hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "There's no rush."

"Why are you not in a hurry?" Zeus shook his legs uneasily, as if he was having a withdrawal reaction: "I am too anxious. In order to help you look after the cat, I dare not let her leave my sight for more than ten seconds. For thirty-six hours, I was almost inseparable from her, and I urgently need to replenish my spiritual food!"

"I'm not saying I'm not in a hurry to go watch pole dancing. What I mean is that I don't plan to write any reports."

"why?"

Zeus was surprised: "Then how do you deal with Castalia? You can just write whatever you want."

"I actually don't need her anymore." Jiang Lu shrugged: "No matter whether I write or not, she will insist on her own way, right?"

"She is no longer needed?" Zeus wondered: "If you kick her away, who will take you into the starry sky gate?"

"You don't know this."

Jiang Lu stopped pretending and said with a smile: "After my rebirth, I learned a unique skill. Have you ever heard of conceptual abilities?"

"No, what is that?"

"I can open all the doors in the world." Jiang Lu crossed his legs, leaned on the back of the sofa, and smiled crookedly: "Now that I have an anchor point and the priest's gold-rimmed badge, I can go to the central temple at any time and myself Open the door to the stars.”

"Really?" Zeus said with a confused face, "I don't believe it."

"Oh, you still don't believe it."

Jiang Lu reached out and pointed, and the locked apartment door opened automatically after the two entered the house.

"Ah?" Zeus was shocked: "Are you serious?"

"I told you, invincible." Jiang Lu smiled proudly: "Even some objects that are not doors, but have the concept of doors, I can open them unconditionally."

"Can you also open the anus and throat palace door?" Zeus asked excitedly.

"You are simply another me in the world!" Jiang Lu was moved because he was understood.

"Then let's go watch pole dancing!" Zeus couldn't wait and was extremely excited: "I can't wait to see those dancers squirting out on the stage! Haha, the rotating musical fountain! It's so fucking cool! "

"Good good!"

Jiang Lu nodded first, then thought of something, his expression immediately changed, and he said seriously:

"Oh no"

"Why?" Zeus's expression changed.

"It has cooling. I just opened a door to prove to you, so I have to wait twenty hours before I can use it again. Damn it, now I can't go to the Starry Sky Gate."

Jiang Lu slammed the table angrily, and then suddenly changed the topic again, saying with a playful smile: "But to be honest, this seems to be the first serious door I have opened."

"You fucking used up such a precious opportunity just to prove it to me?!"

Zeus went crazy and even cursed himself: "Who am I to let you use this magical skill once?! Twenty hours! Twenty hours?! How can I survive these twenty hours?!"

"Uh," Jiang Lu said helplessly, "Actually, even if twenty hours are up, I will give priority to opening the Starry Sky Gate."

"You deserve to die!"

The experience of watching pole dancing was not ideal.

Because Zeus had been depressed throughout the whole process.

He stared at a bald man in the front row and said angrily: "I should have seen the dancer in front of him squirt into his face and turn him into a basketball!"

"Why basketball?" Jiang Lu asked.

"So I could have sex with the beautiful lady next to him and blame it all on Kobe Bryant."

Zeus shrugged: "You know, when Kobe and basketball appear at the same time, everyone will see how the basketball will move, but no one will see whether that face comes from Kobe.

All I have to do is shout, "Look, Kobe is alive" and everyone will look at that guy with shit on his head jumping up and down in the audience and think that's a miracle. As for whether Kobe has ever strengthened someone. , no one will care.

Damn, he is what the fans believe in! "

"You are really a genius." Jiang Lu praised, "Then I will take advantage of that moment to jump on stage and have sex with the dancer."

"But she just squirted!"

"I know, but I will pretend to be Michael Jackson and dance to his Beat It. I don't know why, but he will touch his crotch every time he dances."

Jiang Lu imitated the dance movements and rubbed twice:

"As long as it's cleaned at any time, it's not a problem, and they will definitely treat it as part of the performance, because Kobe is resurrected, and it's not impossible for MJ to be resurrected."

"Uh" Zeus hesitated: "But I like MJ very much, and I don't want you to make fun of him."

"Are you kidding just now?!" Jiang Lu was shocked.

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"Okay, but it's useless to talk about it now." Jiang Lucha changed the subject: "My ability is still cooling down. When I can use it, I should open the starry sky gate."

"How long now?" Zeus asked.

"There are still nineteen hours and ten minutes left." Jiang Lu replied.

"Okay, let's just watch the pole dancing in peace."

"Ah."

After a while, Zeus suddenly asked: "So you really don't plan to use it on them first? We still have four days, which is plenty."

"impossible."

Jiang Lu firmly refused: "I will not waste my time in useless places under any circumstances. I have a heavy responsibility now."

"How about we each take a step back, you perform once, and then I promise to make what I just said true with you." Zeus made the condition.

"Brother, I already said it's impossible. Do you know what impossible means?"

"Whatever." Zeus shrugged: "It makes me think too much. Am I going to grovel to you for this?"

"That's fine."

"Actually, I could have done it casually. It doesn't mean that you have to do it."

"Uh-huh."

"Has anyone ever told you that you're a bit of a pretentious person?"

"Ok?"

"Forget it, I wasn't very interested in it at first."

"You've started, haven't you?"

"Anyway, there are still nineteen hours, I can do this all day."

“Why does the Greek captain speak English?”

"Μπορνατοκνωαυτλημρα."

Zar District, Law Enforcement Bureau.

Cynthia came to the interrogation room early in the morning to change shifts.

The colleague who had almost finished the interrogation handed the interrogation book to Cynthia, and then left the interrogation room with a yawn.

Cynthia did not check the criminal immediately, but sat down and started to look at the contents of the case.

[Two criminals took advantage of a performance error at the "Gebi" nightclub last night (the pole dancer had diarrhea while dancing) to have sex with the pole dancer and an audience member respectively, disrupting the normal progress of the performance.

During this period, one person danced a strange dance, and another person shouted, "Everything I do now is to pursue more perfection." "Lowering your head does not mean admitting defeat, but to see your own path clearly; raising your head does not mean to be proud, but to see your own sky." "Waiting for words.

Charge: disturbing public order

Since the pole dancers and spectators plead for the offender afterwards, it is recommended that the sentence be discretionary

Recommended sentencing: twenty-three years

Suspect: Jiang Bao Dingzhen, Oslo]

"Huh?! Jiang Bao?!" Cynthia looked up suddenly.

"Jiang Bao is next door." Zeus waved his hand and showed a bright smile: "I still remember you, beautiful law enforcement officer."

Next to Zeus, Jiang Lu stared at the documents that needed to be signed and felt incredible.

"I thought we were being charged with holding women against their will!"

"Huh? What kind of crime is this?" the law enforcement officer sneered: "Unless you force an orangutan to stick a torch into Prometheus's anus on the stage, there is no crime better than disturbing a group of people who want to watch the performance after watching it. It’s even more serious for powerful people to have relationships with people around them.”

"But just because of this, you sentence me to twenty-three years?!"

"You'll figure it all out in prison, scum!"

"But I am the priest of the Elk Cult."

"You have been released. I wish you a happy life, Priest!"

Standing at the door of the Law Enforcement Bureau, Jiang Lu felt for the first time the privileges that priests could enjoy in Hybrier.

Soon, Zeus was also sent out by Cynthia.

"Want to have a drink together?" Jiang Lu asked.

Cynthia shook her head in panic: "No, I still have something to do."

After saying that, he turned around and walked back to the law enforcement bureau.

"What took you out so long?" he asked Zeus.

"Before showing the priest badge, I tried to repair the relationship between you and her, so that this incident and the previous incidents would not deduct your points in her heart." Zeus replied.

"You don't have to go to this extent." Jiang Lu asked nonchalantly: "Did she say anything?"

"She said let me remind you that the dancer has an infectious disease."

Jiang Lu was stunned for a moment and started to check his personal information. Sure enough, he found that many entries appeared on the status bar.

"There are actually diseases that I haven't seen before?!"

"Is it serious?" Zeus asked concerned.

"Fortunately, there are only more than twenty kinds." Jiang Lu didn't care: "Isina will help me. Love can cure all diseases."

"Great." Zeus looked at the time: "There are still two and a half days until the Starry Sky Gate opens, and your cooldown should be over in three hours. It's just right to go to the central temple now."

Jiang Lu nodded: "Don't worry, I'll take E'e home with me."

"What's the point of taking her?" Zeus wondered.

"You are a useless god and I am a useless human being. If we don't bring E'e along with us, how will we get the fighting power?"

Jiang Lu smiled: "Although she will be subject to some restrictions outside the underworld, it is enough for us to deal with most accidents."

"I thought she was a lady."

Zeus was shocked: "I was actually deceived by a girl?"

When Jiang Lu thought about conquering the unknown land soon, his heart suddenly became heroic: "Okay, let's show a little bit of the momentum of the gods! I never imagined that if you and I join forces, who can stop us?"

Ten minutes later, the two were stopped by Castalia's people who found Zeus's address.

　Good morning, take some time to relax on New Year's Day. Ten thousand words a day is too tiring. Wait for me to adjust. I'll wait for my return.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)