Fast Forward To three thousand and seventy seven

The cloth bag of the searchlight is hung on a projecting stone platform in the room.

Lights illuminate the area, including the altar.

The team of seven people, each holding utensils, wandered around the altar to investigate possible mechanisms and secret doors.

Zhao Mingyi took out the cloth from his satchel, wiped the single cylinder magnifying glass he was wearing, and took out a portable blower to blow away the thick dust accumulated on the stone wall and reveal the hidden brick and stone murals below.

"Come and see if this is a mechanical device?"

There was a sudden exclamation from the rear. Zhao Mingyi hurried back and saw his teammates with two short knives waving to him.

He trotted over to have a look. Because he was far away, he didn't take a few steps. The corner over there had been surrounded by other teammates. Zhao Mingyi didn't force him to join the fun and continued his investigation.

The team has experienced many explorations and has already had full trust in each other. If they find something, they will never hide it.

After a while, there was only a sound of machine operation.

"Shit, why are they all stone slabs? Isn't it bullshit that the East Tibet is so good?"

Someone spat, and then began to move the slate outside. Zhao Mingyi looked back and saw that the person in charge of this research in the team put on gloves and walked over.

The division of labor is clear, and things that are not within their own responsibility are not blindly mixed.

After checking the rest of the area in his charge, Zhao Mingyi twisted his neck to relax his muscles and bones.

Suddenly I felt something wrong.

What about the voices of my teammates?

"I don't find anything unusual here. Do you see anything... Hey, why don't you talk?"

Habitually reporting his situation, Zhao Mingyi turned to see the team members and found that they were still surrounded by the mechanism he had just found.

Under the light, six people stood around the stone slab, with their upper bodies shaking slightly left and right.

The shadow cast on the stone wall was distorted.

He shouted twice, but no one answered. He could not help frowning and wanted to lean over to check the situation. But when he was halfway there, these people got up and began to walk to the altar.

"What did you find... Hey, Abel, Litang, talk!"

Standing near where they squatted before, Zhao Mingyi glanced at the stone slab on the ground. With the light projected from the side, he could easily see the patterns drawn on the stone slab.

Almost at the same time, a dizzy whisper sounded in Zhao Mingyi's ear, and the light in his eyes gradually faded.

But just then, the noise from the side woke Zhao Mingyi up, quickly closed his eyes and retreated a few steps. Only then did he feel that his mental state had improved.

The experience accumulated through years of exploration made him quickly realize that there was a problem with the slate. Obviously, the abnormal state of his companions also came from this. He immediately took off the medicine hanging around his waist and poured it. His spirit suddenly shook, and immediately turned around to stop his companions.

However, as he stepped forward, the six people on the other side suddenly accelerated their steps, jumped onto the altar in the central area and went straight to the Holy Grail containing dark golden plasma.

"Wait, don't get close to it. It's dangerous..."

Before the words were finished, the nearest member had knelt down next to the Holy Grail. Zhao Mingyi, who was too late, pulled out his pistol and pulled the trigger according to the man's thigh.

He wanted to awaken each other's reason with pain.

But what Zhao Mingyi didn't expect was that he hurt his teammates, making the blood at the wound drip off the altar, and this change seems to trigger some mechanism of the altar.

The next second, the dark golden plasma originally in the Holy Grail seemed to be given life. It was divided into six strands and rushed directly to the six nearest people, and then directly drilled in from their five senses!

Rao, a veteran pioneer like Zhao Mingyi, felt numb when he saw this scene.

This is just the beginning

By the light, Zhao Mingyi soon found that several people who were invaded by plasma convulsed violently in a very short time

Although they did not turn into strange creatures, these familiar faces in Zhao Mingyi's eyes began to melt like waxy objects roasted by fire.

Not long ago, it condensed into another face.

......

"They are crazy. Suddenly, they seem to be a different person, singing a mantra I have never heard before, like a prelude to completing some kind of ceremony."

"I don't know whether it's illusion or reality. I just remember they were laughing. Someone approached me and he grabbed my arm... I think he wanted me to get close to the Holy Grail. My intuition told me that it was never a good thing."

"I am a human being and will never become anything else. I want to live and live as a human being, so I can only grievance my right arm."

After taking a big sip, Zhao Mingyi's hand holding the wine bottle kept shaking, his empty cuffs swayed, but a resolute smile appeared on his face,

"I survived, the only one alive!"

"How did you get out of the ruins? Didn't they stop you?"

Like thinking of something, Xu Jiu opened his mouth and searched for some photos stored in his mobile phone.

"I don't know. I turned and fled the room where the altar was located. No one came out. I only heard some noise behind me. I wanted to guard them at the door, but I was really afraid outside. Coupled with the continuous bleeding of the wound, I needed immediate emergency treatment. I had to withdraw. Fortunately, the road I explored before was marked."

After hearing Zhao Mingyi's description of the situation at that time, Xu Jiu couldn't help recalling the textual research results of the secret society on the moon crown sect.

He clearly remembered the ritual content of the coronation sect mentioned by max.

Only the highest ranking part of the sect is qualified to use the Holy Grail and drink the liquid. Combined with Zhao Mingyi's experience, does this mean that the nature of the moon crown sect is in doubt?

If this is a cult

Don't forget.

It is one of the leading forces in sky city!

"According to you, can I think that after you left the ruins, you didn't confirm the lives of those people?"

Xu Jiu didn't mention his ideas to Zhao Mingyi, but changed the topic.

"Yes, I didn't dare to go back, and my physical condition doesn't allow me to lurk in the special area for a long time..."

"Do you think your companions are alive or dead?"

Staring at the mobile phone screen and turning it to Zhao Mingyi, Xu Jiu continued,

"This is the live sketch of the interior of the coronation sect I got from other places. The Holy Grail was indeed found in it, but there was no liquid in it, let alone the stone slabs you said!"

"I don't think they can... You mean them with another face?"

Zhao Mingyi thought his companions must have died, but he was not sure what those affected by blood did after that.

"That's right."

Xu Jiu doesn't think that the secret society deliberately conceals itself in such things.

If Zhao Mingyi didn't go back after fleeing the ruins, all the objects and bones that should have existed around the altar disappeared again.

There are only two possible reasons for this phenomenon.

First, other teams found the remains of the moon crown in the secret society and moved them away.

In Xu Jiu's view, the probability of this situation is not high.

The reason is very simple. When other exploration teams were full, they carried out six mutated bones?

Isn't it too cumbersome?

Furthermore, if someone moved out, there would be corresponding intelligence spread. Zhao Mingyi was very concerned about the news at that time. There was no reason not to know.

Second, those who were eroded by dark golden plasma did not die and left the ruins with slate and other things.

Almost when this conjecture came to mind, Xu Jiu couldn't help recalling his experience in Haixia city.

Those "angel" souls who have been lurking in Amethyst for unknown years and want to occupy the explorer's body as soon as they appear!

How similar are the two behaviors?

But there are more Xu Jiu in Haixia City, and Zhao Mingyi, who should have stopped all this in the remains of the moon crown, has no ability to stop them.

of course.

The above is Xu Jiu's speculation based on the information provided by Zhao Mingyi.

He was not sure what had happened in the ruins that year.

"Is there any more information about the coronation sect?"

It has been more than ten years, and Xu Jiu doesn't intend to argue with Zhao Mingyi about the details at that time, but then asks.

"Dream, these years may be affected by the stone slab. After falling asleep, I occasionally fall into strange dreams, which will make me fall into a short-term madness, so I choose to live alone."

"What did you dream of?"

Xu Jiu has been dealing with evil spirits a lot. Now Xu Jiu has found out some rules.

In his opinion, the things in Zhao Mingyi's dream are likely to have some connection with the moon crown sect.

"I used to think that dreams showed some kind of information, so I planned to record the part that I could remember when I woke up, but I didn't remember much. Most of the time, it was chaotic images. However, in recent days, somehow, the dreams became clearer and the things inside were no longer as vague as before, but the corresponding bad changes had taken place in my mental state."

Standing up, Zhao Mingyi motioned Xu Jiu to wait. He walked quickly to the house and came out with a carton soon,

"Here are all the information and sundries about the moon crown sect I have collected before. You have solved the troubles that have plagued me for many years. I don't need them anymore. They are all yours. I hope they can help you."

Xu Jiu took the box and opened it, glancing briefly.

Inside, there is a diary, a stone with strange inscriptions on the surface, and a folder that looks old. There are some convex paper pages on the edge, which looks like traces of cutting and splicing.

"There is information I recorded in my diary. I got this stone from a corpse in a relic that year. It looks like an amulet, so I always carry it. It seems to have some effect. At least I haven't been crazy these years... The rest is the notes used by my team to collect all kinds of special area intelligence, including those of the moon crown sect."

For Xu Jiu, who pulled himself back from the edge of collapse, Zhao Mingyi's sincerity is beyond doubt.

Without staying in the valley for a long time, Xu Jiu put his things on the motorcycle, paid a reward and set off for the special area.

He needs time to replenish the energy in the crystal of sages, and this time his goal is a secondary high-order special area near the gathering point of Wushan mountain - blade wind canyon.

No way, there is too much uncertainty in the sub level specific region.

In case of being trapped because of going too deep, resulting in missing gaobanling's phone call or the sneaky seal plan of the secret society, the emergence of these two situations is not what Xu Jiu wants to see.

Therefore, before coming here, Xu Jiu checked the surrounding special areas through Vanessa and learned that there were a large number of alienated animals in the blade wind Canyon, which met his requirements.

Hurry up and finally arrive at the outpost set up by Wu Su officials near the special area around 1 p.m.

He needs to find a place to eat and check the items he just got from Zhao Mingyi.

Unexpected excitement in the stronghold.

Riding a motorcycle into the door, Xu Jiu looked at the rows of vehicles on both sides of the street, and there were many teams with signs to recruit people.

Due to the large-scale recruitment of secret service bureaus in major gathering points, the number of pioneer teams on the wasteland has decreased a lot, resulting in a shortage of manpower. Xu Jiu's vision flashed over several wooden signboards.

Not surprisingly, they all want to hire some temporary workers. To put it bluntly, they are the guys who use money as cannon fodder.

Once upon a time, Xu Jiu also considered participating in to earn extra money.

But now... The eight digit deposit in the bank card makes Xu Jiu no longer have to worry about making money.

I found a restaurant and asked the waiter about it. Only then did I know that there had been abnormal changes in the peripheral environment of the blade wind Canyon recently. Some people said that there were some treasures in it, which attracted many pioneers to try their luck.

Knowing the reason, Xu Jiu smacked his lips and observed three seconds of silence for these pioneers who were destined to travel in vain.

After ordering a few dishes, Xu Jiu first took out Zhao Mingyi's notes and looked at the first few pages. They were all nonsense like chaotic accounts. Xu Jiu had no research on linguistics.

It is not difficult to guess the reason why Zhao Mingyi has abnormal dreams recently.

Nine times out of ten, it is related to changes in the crown specific region.

As the mystics of the secret society experienced, the evil energy in his body or head was also affected, which led to the sudden deterioration of his condition.

It's just a wonder that he can carry evil energy for so many years and still survive... Or is the amulet he gave himself really useful?

He took out the stone in his arms. Xu Jiu rubbed the inscription on its surface and looked like a crooked hexagonal star with some strange lines embedded in it.

After checking the psychic state, I didn't find anything unusual. After thinking about it, I put it back in my pocket.

Although he was not sure about the use of this thing, Zhao Mingyi had no problem carrying it for so long, and Xu Jiu also decided to take it with him.

Just prepare an insurance for yourself.

If you can't understand those notes, just turn to the latest pages.

Zhao Mingyi clearly described some things he saw in his dream on these pages. Xu Jiu sorted them out. There are only three messages worth noting.

First of all, Zhao Mingyi clearly mentioned that he saw the blood moon in his dream!

This part of the content undoubtedly overlaps with the scenes predicted by Xu Jiu through his ability of awakening, so Xu Jiu suspects that his dream may be related to sky city.

Secondly, whenever Zhao Mingyi enters a dream, he can always hear what someone is saying to him, but he can't understand each other's language at all, let alone determine who is talking to him.

But last night, he finally saw the source of the sound.

A woman wearing a sun hat and a plain dress, nearly two meters high.

The note clearly mentioned that the man's back was thin, and his neck had long white hair, which was by no means the state that a man should have.

It was just his back. When Zhao Mingyi wanted to see each other's face, the dream fluctuated and was forced to end.

Finally, what Xu Jiu cared about was that Zhao Mingyi saw a huge blood pool in his dream, in which dark golden liquid flowed, and a large number of people poured into the pool from all directions and jumped into it in clothes.

Beside the pool, there is also a huge machine.

Its central position seems to have some special energy, constantly overflowing and scattering magnificent energy!

Xu Jiu involuntarily began to think about whether this thing would be related to the crystal of sage.

As the clue extends.

Xu Jiu became more and more curious about the secrets hidden in the sky city.