Outside the Yecheng Grand Library, fragments of stone pillars in the last piece of ruins were finally transported back to Yecheng.
"What a pity. It would be great if this totem pole was not broken..."
After several days of research, August has been able to preliminarily determine that this stone pillar is not a simple building, but a carrier of faith in ancient settlements in the cave.
"Teacher, can't the current technology be restored?"
Since the protection of the site was in place, all the fragments of the totem pole had been collected and there was no loss, so in his opinion, it was not very difficult to restore.
"After all, this is not an ordinary cultural relic, but a totem pole with some mysterious power attached. Mr. Zhu Jue and Officer Chu of the Public Security Bureau all said that it might be because the pillar was broken that the sudden monster disappeared. There may be a connection between the two, so I think restoring the totem pole requires careful consideration."
In recent years, due to the urgent need of the federal government and major oligarchical consortiums to investigate terrorist organisms that suddenly appear around the world, the Federal Archaeology Association has suddenly gone from an unpopular association to a hot organization.
Whether it is resources, equipment, or even some powers that other departments dare not imagine, the Archaeology Association can easily obtain. For example, in order to carry out excavation work in Songmu Mountain, the Yecheng government assigned an excavation team and a guard team. The latter gave an answer within an hour and even forced a team to be recruited to start construction.
However, such high treatment naturally has its corresponding reasons. As far as August knows, many of his colleagues in the Archaeological Association have had accidents due to temporary negligence, and some even caused considerable disasters. However, many times they were forcibly suppressed by the federal government or local consortiums in order to ensure social order.
"But that's all about the matter in the cave. At that time, due to conditions, we could not respond. But now the totem pole has been transported to Yecheng, and we can restore the totem pole in a guaranteed environment. In addition, you also said that this totem pole may hide some secret. If we can discover it before others, it will also be a great improvement to your status and prestige in the archaeological world."
Looking at his mentor with hope, in his opinion, if he really finds something that his predecessors don’t know, then as a participant, he can add a glamorous touch to his resume.
Those who are brave enough to die of death, those who are timid enough to starve to death!
In his opinion, archaeologists are now a high-risk and high-reward profession.
"This...I have to think about it again."
Professional ethics told August to be calm, but the instigation of the students around him made him feel a little moved...
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Zhu Juegan stepped out at the entrance of the seafood restaurant in District C13.
He paid one hundred extra federal coins to the store manager, and temporarily hired the waitress from the restaurant and asked her to take her to find someone.
Avoiding a black plastic bag floating in, he almost hit the man wearing a yellow old raincoat next to him. Zhu Jue's eyes flowed around the dim environment. Under the eaves on the left, there were two people who looked flowing and were cutting apples with short knives. Near them, there were several people wearing rivet coats and half of the square masks on their faces. A small part of their bodies were hidden in the dark against the pillars under the eaves.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Zhu Jue always feels that they are looking at him.
The chaos and depression in this old city made him feel a little uncomfortable. He walked a while ago, and those eyes from both open and secret made him frown.
He doesn't like this feeling of being spying on.
"You're here and I'll be back soon."
Zhu Jue said to Chen Li beside him. The two people who were sitting behind him were already walking under the eaves. They raised their hand to press the brim of their hats. They first showed a smile to each other, and then bent down and said in a deep voice in their eyes that were unknown.
"Look at it, you've never seen a handsome guy?"
"you......"
The sitting person was about to attack immediately with his short knife. When he looked up, he saw a pair of eyes that were still bright in the darkness.
Somehow, the following words seemed to be choking at the throat by something and could not say anything.
Zhu Jue didn't bother them and quit the roof again. He knew that these two people were just minions and wasting time with them had no meaning. The scene just now was for someone nearby to see.
"Mr. Zhu, those two were gangsters here just now, and they kept bullying those of us who came from the island. If you mess with them, it would be very troublesome..."
Chen Li said nervously beside Zhu Jue.
"It's okay, I just greeted them a little. Keep going, how far is it?"
Zhu Jue nodded and said that he knew, and then said.
After walking a while, Zhu Jue saw a woman on one side of the street dragging a little boy who looked less than 10 years old standing on the street crying, holding a few coins in his hand, leaning up to meet people along the street as if asking something.
"What are you doing?"
If you want to beg, don’t you have money in your hands?
"She seems to be looking for someone who is willing to go to the island because her husband went back with others to get something to go to the island's home some time ago. People said they have not come back now."
"Where is the police station on your side, the population is missing, will they help find it?"
"The police station on our island is now busy with their own affairs due to floods. In the past, there were some people who also wanted to go to the island to get things to help find them, but none of the people who have been there came back. Recently, due to the weather, the sea was very storm and waves, and our boat would overturn if we accidentally..."
Chen Li was translating to Zhu Jue, and Li Qinglian's voice came from her headphones at the same time.
"That small island is an independent island. Although the residents living on it are under the jurisdiction of the federal government, because it does not have anything that needs special protection, and the current bad weather, the government has long implemented a ban on the place. Anyone who returns to the island at such a time and encounters an accident will not care about it."
The meaning in Li Qinglian's words is very clear. Regardless of whether the government has the ability to save these people, they will go there after they issue the ban order. Even if they really need rescue, they have enough reason to refuse.
On this heavy rainy day, going out to sea to save those civilians who are "deathful" by themselves? Don't joke.
Not to mention the rumors on that island and the strange weather, anyone who has been in the past will be scared.
"We're here, just around the corner in front, Uncle Geoffrey should be at home."
Chen Li said as she speeded up, Zhu Jue followed. Just as she was about to turn the street, a little girl who was only as tall as his waist hit him.
Zhu Jue's reaction was quick, and he stopped his body moving forward. He didn't even care about the weapon box in his hand and threw it directly on the ground full of sewage. He subconsciously reached out and pressed the little girl's shoulders, preventing her from hitting the black and dirty wall next to her.
However, the next second Zhu Jue found that the little girl held his wrist with her back hands and lowered her head with two slender arms. She was wonderingly, and a black shadow flashed in front of her. She suddenly looked up but saw a strong man holding a baseball bat and smashing it down towards his forehead.
Zhu Jue frowned and looked at the little girl who lowered her head and tightly clamped her arm. He could even punch the source of mutant mental pollution, but hesitated at this time.
The girl let the girl hold her arm and in front of so many people, Zhu Jue did not call out the scavenger. The baseball bat hit his forehead in a daze and broke it into two pieces.
Zhu Jue is not a fool, so he naturally knows that just now she was relying on her own as a child and used the natural sympathy for the child to control his actions.
But he also saw the tears of horror on her face and the guilty look when she looked at him.
"Don't worry, uncle is very awesome."
He slowly pulled out his hand, pinched the little girl's cold and thin cheeks, and hugged her behind him.
The strong man holding the remaining half of the baseball bat looked at Zhu Julian's forehead with a scar, and Chen Li took a long distance with her umbrella. The sudden situation in front of her scared her.
"Why are you standing there? Hit him!"
Someone shouted in front of him, and the strong man gritted his teeth and raised half of the baseball bat in his hand again.
The left leg broke through the rain and kicked the strong man in the abdomen.
Bang!
It was like a heavy hammer hitting the meat, and the strong man flew out a few meters without saying a word, half kneeling on the ground, his head against the street, and blood was smudged around him.
Zhu Jue also saw the team of people on the other side of the street. The leading guy was wearing a broken mechanical armor, holding a gun in his hand, and behind him were a few people who had seen on the street before.
"Why are you yelling so loudly?"
He tilted his head and said, turning around and pushing the little girl to let her walk into the eaves next to him.
"Go together, the clothes on this guy are worth tens of thousands of yuan, so he must be a rich man!"
They noticed this man when he was eating thousands of charcoal seafood in the seafood restaurant in the old town.
If a foreigner is rich, he will act alone, who will he rob him if he doesn’t?
Unfortunately, they really don’t have any extra brains to think about why such a person dares to come to this place with a big swagger.
The unexpected consequences are somewhat serious.
When Zhu Jue stepped on the leader on the street, the latter understood this truth deeply.
"Hey, do you want to die?"
The short heel of the boot was kicking against the head's forehead, and Zhu Jue looked at him condescendingly. As long as he tried hard, the guy's skull would not be able to be saved.
"You spare me, I will never dare to do it again!"
The leader was half of his face in the sewage, and he was speaking with mercy in a straightforward manner.
"You...what is this?"
He raised his hand and pulled his hair up, and the cold rain slid down his face. Zhu Jue wanted to ask about the girl, but accidentally saw the black tattoo on the head's neck.
It was a tattoo like the head of some kind of creature, with an oval bloated face surrounded by dense octopus-like tentacle-like beards that grew to all sides...
Zhu Jue frowned. The tattoo did not bring him any actual discomfort, but he always felt a little strange, so he bent down and tore up the boss's top directly.
"Ha, it's quite white and tender."
Chapter completed!