Ark of the Immortal

And when Greyhound tried to pull out the crystal staff, the thing that was once flesh and blood stuck to the crystal staff.

As Greyhound raised the crystal staff, a gel-like line was drawn out.

The extremely disgusting greasiness and adhesion appeared on this corpse at the same time.

Its body seemed to have been completely soaked in some kind of oily substance before it took on its current appearance.

W's expression changed slightly. To be honest, it was not like she had never seen a corpse before. But the corpse in this condition is really unacceptable.

Even a stinking corpse is several times better than this.

"What the hell is this."

W couldn't help but cursed.

"I don't know, but he must have been dead for a long time."

Greyhound shook his head, feeling a little nauseous.

Simply throw the crystal staff in your hand to the ground.

Without the blessing of Greyhound's Origin Stone skills, the crystal staff quickly dissolved in the air, the light disappeared, and the two turned their attention to the stairs again.

"This is the first body we've found."

said Greyhound.

"The first corpse in this city."

At this time, W realized that they had been in this dead city for two or three days, and this was the first person they saw.

Although it is dead.

"We saw the pattern on the steps on the elevator before. So it should be something similar to the elevator. In other words, it should have been made by someone."

And if you continue to go up the stairs, you may be able to find the answer.

Fortunately, Greyhound was able to stay awake in such a situation and maintain his basic sanity.

W took two steps back and took a deep breath.

What else can we do, go up?

So, as they continued up the stairs, their footsteps and breathing became the only sounds they could hear.

The further they went up, they could see more and more bodies scattered haphazardly on the stairs.

It was like pushing open the door to hell, and the scene of hell appeared in front of them for the first time.

They had to find their footing carefully, otherwise they would step on the corpse accidentally.

W doesn't want to try this feeling. Because the greyhound had already stepped on it once before her.

The expression on the greyhound's face was the most interesting that W had ever seen, but this time, she didn't have time to appreciate it.

He had forgotten how long it had been before Greyhound stepped on the top of the stairs. He stepped up and stood on the flat ground.

"arrive."

The greyhound stared ahead.

Although it was still dark, through the glowing crystal in his hand, he could vaguely see a huge object, standing not far in front of the two of them.

"What's there?"

W came up after Greyhound. She also saw what they were seeing and frowned slightly.

"It's so big, is it a building?"

"Not like, more like... a stone tablet?"

Greyhound took another two steps forward, and he could barely make out the huge thing piled up among the countless corpses.

It is a dark and cold stone monument.

Around the stone monument, countless corpses surrounded him. They knelt down in front of the stone monument and made a gesture of supplication.

Some even tried to climb up the stone monument, but the dead bodies seemed to be integrated with the stone monument, hanging on the stone monument, and their bodies flowed down the stone monument like asphalt.

W couldn't help but take two steps closer, and she looked at the stone tablet.

Those strange words or runes made W's head swell.

If he had known that he would be in this situation, maybe when Hedley asked himself to read more, he shouldn't have torn out the pages and burned them as firewood.

But the gray dog ​​stared at the stone monument, getting closer and closer.

"Can you understand the words above?"

W asked subconsciously.

"Kind of like the ancient text of Sakaz."

Greyhound stared at the words on the stone tablet for a long time, but still couldn't figure out the reason.

"But it's so confusing, and a lot of it has wear and tear...curse...release...purification...what is this?"

But then again, the person next to Greyhound is also a Sakaz.

He turned to look at W.

"Do you understand?"

"If I could understand, I wouldn't have asked you."

W rolled his eyes.

Although they don't understand what this is, it is at least good news. They have found the first thing that has truly symbolic meaning.

Just in front of the stone monument, there is a stone slab with not much dust, which is incompatible with the surrounding ground.

It was like it had been swept away by something.

The two got closer and found that there were some words engraved on the stone slab, just like the stone tablet.

The words were also vague, and the greyhound could only decipher some words from them.

"Rebirth, ideals, burning wishes...these words are really too old. They are at least several thousand years apart from the ancient words excavated now, or even more."

Greyhound sighed. At this time, he hated himself for not bringing a camera with him.

Click.

While he was still thinking, he heard the sound of mechanical rotation coming from next to him.

"What do you think I'm doing? You didn't bring a camera, did you?"

W looked at Greyhound in surprise.

"Uh... sure."

Greyhound was speechless for a moment, and he also forgot about it, but he didn't expect W to actually bring it with him.

"It doesn't matter if we don't understand, there will always be someone who can. For example, a dead old woman on Rhode Island."

W had just taken pictures of the stone tablets and the stone slabs on the ground, when she looked back.

I found that the gray dog ​​was silent again, staring at the end of the stone slab, as if he had seen a ghost.

"Hey...don't be silent, don't be scary!"

W leaned closer to see what the greyhound was staring at.

I saw the gray dog ​​raised his head and showed a difficult smile.

"What did you just say...?"

"I said it's okay if we can't understand it, just take it back and show it to others."

As W said, he saw the greyhound pointing to the end of the stone slab.

There, there is a series of signatures.

It’s not just one person’s name, it seems to be an oath signed by many people.

Among them, a name that seemed very familiar to both of them lay there quietly.

Even though the language is twisted and unfamiliar, its appearance can be vaguely detected from the outlined strokes.

It is the imprint engraved by ancient writings.

"Kal'tsit"

360.The perpetrator

Late at night, the first night after anchoring in Rhode Island.

Everyone got two days off as they wished. Even if Victoria is about to face a complicated situation. But after all, people are not machines, and they need time to adjust their body and mind.

The doctor obviously knew this well, so after the ship anchored, he immediately granted a two-day holiday to the operators in non-essential positions.

Employees in essential positions are also replaced by other employees on duty, who can ensure a day of rest and relief.

During this time, everyone is very tired.

First, the news about Victoria spread back to Rhode Island, and the field operators ran out day and night.

Then Rhode Island rushed from Longmen to Victoria as soon as possible, and had to cross two mountain ranges in a row.

The grassroots Rhode Island operators are somewhat on duty around the clock.

Of course, while the operators were working hard, the doctor was not alone.

He is almost always in the command room above the deck, waiting to deal with various emergencies.

Whether it was the news of natural disasters from the courier or the resource situation in various parts of Rhode Island, the doctor gave accurate responses and countermeasures.

This also makes many operators feel stable.

The feeling of Doctor and Doctor Kelsey is indeed different.

Dr. Kelsey is indeed reliable, but a little more urgent than the doctor.

As long as the doctor is here, I will feel particularly at ease.

However, even when most of the staff went to rest, the doctor and Amiya were still sorting out information about Victoria.

They stop here, not here.

Once the situation in Victoria changes, they will choose to pull anchor and stay away or move forward according to the situation.

However, there was plenty of buffer time before one of the leaders of Victoria's Three Kings Party responded.

Vina's information was supposed to arrive at the intelligence center in Rhode Island two days ago.

But there is no news about Victoria Aslan’s party.

This made many operators, including Zi Lan, feel very abnormal, but the doctor just told them to put their worries aside and wait.

"PhD."

Amiya put down the pen in her hand, rubbed her eyes, and corrected documents, which she had been doing recently.

Whether it is to help the doctor share the weight, or whether he wants to take on the responsibility of the entire Rhode Island as soon as Kelsey said.

This is something she will have to face in the future.

Because she is the nominal leader of Rhode Island.

However, such a workload still makes her feel out of breath sometimes for a girl.

"Yeah, Amiya."

The doctor turned his head and glanced at the document list in front of Amiya.

Amiya learned quickly, but she still accumulated a large amount of documents that she had not finished processing.

"IM so tired."

Amiya expressed her fatigue in a rare and direct manner.

This is also because there are no other operators around, and Dr. Kelsey is not in Rhode Island either.

If it were just a doctor, Amiya would still put aside her strict self-requirements and act coquettishly towards the doctor.

Of course, Amiya just complained like this.