Quadruple split.

Chapter 2410 Hidden Dangers and Changes

"Sister Pei Xi..."

Ji Xiaoge, who immediately spread her wings to cover Yaya, smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "You turned on the light too suddenly!"

"Feel sorry."

Pei Xi casually apologized to everyone who was dodged, and then simply explained: "This is a simple method to prevent accidental touches. It will only be activated if it is triggered continuously in a short period of time. This method was very popular twenty centuries ago, until the Alchemist Association developed [Brick Identification] and it was gradually eliminated. Well... Anyway, let's check this [Observation Hall] first."

After realizing that no one was interested in the Alchemist Association and the topic of "Brick Identification", Peschi did not continue to popularize science. She just calmly put on a pair of gloves and took the lead to walk towards the corpses that had a more visual impact after the lighting equipment was restored to work.

"Thanks, Sister Yege."

At the same time, Yaya also crawled out from under Ji Xiaoge's wings, patted the latter's shoulder with a smile, and ran to the nearest corpse to check. What relieved Mo Tan and others was that this girl did not smell, touch or lick, but sat cross-legged with her arms folded in front of a humanoid creature and muttered: "It should be an elf... uh... human? Or a half-elf... No, it looks more like an elf..."

Ji Xiaoge let out a long sigh and whispered to Mo Tan, "Ya Ya is very serious about her work!"

"Yes, although it seems that I am working in the wrong direction."

Mo Tan shrugged and said that what Peschi wanted to investigate would probably not be what race these corpses were when they were alive, how old they were when they died, or whether they were male or female, but something that would allow everyone to get to the essence of this ancient relic.

To put it bluntly, it comes down to their identity, affiliation and research projects.

"I'm not very good at this, so I'll go ask Sister Peixi if there's anything I can help with."

Ji Xiaoge blinked at Mo Tan, resisted the urge to get a little intimate with him, gave him an extra sweet smile, and then flapped her wings and flew to Pei Xi.

"I have to keep an eye on that Pesci girl too. At least I can't let her stew the body or something."

Largo sighed, uttered a rather scary complaint, then turned to Gu Xiaole and said with a smile: "It shouldn't be dangerous right now. Since you are also in this line of work, why don't we investigate together? I can protect Pesci by myself."

Gu Xiaole, who originally wanted to continue to protect Peschi, touched her chin, and after a little consideration, she nodded and agreed to Largo's proposal. Although she felt that her identity as a "college student majoring in archaeology" outside the game might be of no use, the talent of the Great Onmyoji might be of some help.

and……

You can also observe someone's 'online boyfriend' and help to screen them in a real sense!
"Hey, Mo-chan!"

Therefore, Gu Xiaole walked briskly behind Mo Tan, who was standing next to a relatively intact corpse and looking down in deep thought, and patted him on the shoulder. He said cheerfully, "I didn't expect that you look like a sports student, but you are quite professional in observing cultural relics!"

Mo Tan was stunned for a moment, and after half a second of reaction, he said with a smile: "The corpses here should not be considered cultural relics, and I am just standing here watching. Why does Sister Xiao Le think I am professional?"

"I'm just trying to make conversation. Now that the topic has been opened, don't worry about the details."

Gu Xiaole smiled, then stood beside Mo Tan with his hands behind his back, looked at him with interest and asked, "So, putting aside the question of professionalism, does Mo-chan see anything?"

“It’s just some superficial content.”

Mo Tan squatted down, carefully looking at the human corpse on the ground that had lost both legs, had a terrified face, and died with his eyes open. He said carefully: "First of all, most of these people died at the hands of humanoid creatures. The other side is not large in number, but has an overwhelming advantage in terms of strength. Although they have no weapons, they can kill these staff members in uniform with their bare hands, and... they don't seem to have much rationality..."

Gu Xiaole widened his eyes in surprise and asked curiously, "How did you figure that out? Are you a forensic doctor?"

"of course not."

Mo Tan laughed and explained, "These are just some experiences I gained during the game. I only stated the conclusion because the process of inference is complicated. It's fine if it's limited to the scope of thinking. It would be a bit difficult to express it in plain words."

Gu Xiaole nodded and said, "I understand, I understand! It's because you are good at fighting that you can tell how these bodies were beaten into this state as soon as you saw the scene! Then what? Are there any other discoveries?"

"It is also quite obvious that the researchers here have varying strengths, but without exception they were killed without any resistance, which shows that the perpetrators are very powerful."

After briefly analyzing it from a combat perspective, Mo Tan reached out and gently poked the back of the corpse's hand, and whispered, "Besides that, I think the reason why these corpses haven't decayed is probably because they ingested a large amount of toxins that were not intended for them before they died, but by some strange coincidence caused their bodies to not decay."

"toxin?"

Gu Xiaole became more and more curious and asked, "What kind of toxin?"

"It should be a paralysis toxin refined from a petrified lizard or similar monster."

Because the character of Tan Mo is quite knowledgeable about alchemy, and even played the role of Haru Kutata, a lizardman pharmacist who was known as the "King of Poison" and was proficient in the use of various poisons in Academy City, so Mo, who is also Tan Mo, naturally knows the relevant knowledge very well and explained very carefully: "Those petrifying toxins not only have the effect of "strong paralysis", but also have various effects such as analgesia, hypnosis, and hardening. If ingested by a corpse with zero mysterious resistance, the "petrification" trait will make the corpse gain an effect similar to "immortality". If the dosage is large enough, it can even prevent the corpse from decaying for a thousand years."

……

'In the tributaries of the Amazon, there is a boiling river, which is the largest hot river on earth. Because it is close to the geothermal magma, the water temperature is nearly 100 degrees. Although this temperature makes it almost lifeless, it is a sacred river for the Asháninka people, who often worship this river...'

【? ! 】

Suddenly realizing that this was not the toy room of Yidong's house, nor was it the one from more than ten years ago, and it was not even the real world at all, Gu Xiaole subconsciously clenched his hands and rubbed his eyes several times before he could see clearly that the half-dragon boy in front of him was indeed a half-dragon boy, and not the little boy who had recited some science program in a childish voice to reassure himself when he was shy.

"Miss Xiaole?"

Noticing that the other party was somewhat absent-minded, Mo Tan immediately stood up and asked with concern: "What's the situation? Are you in any negative state? Do you need me to remind you to pay attention?"

"Ah? No, no, no."

Subconsciously taking two steps back, Gu Xiaole desperately waved to Mo Tan to indicate that he was fine, and then said with a guilty conscience: "It's just... I was a little distracted. What did you say about the Ashanikka people just now?"

"Ashaninka?"

Mo Tan was stunned for a moment, and said hesitantly: "Are you talking about the Indian tribe in the tropical rainforest east of the Amazon?" "No, I mean the petrifying poison!"

Gu Xiaole immediately changed his tone and asked loudly, "So these bodies were poisoned?"

Perhaps it was because her voice was a little too loud that everyone turned to look over here, curiously waiting for Mo Tan to explain the relationship between the corpse and the poisoning.

"Uh... Actually, what I mean is that these toxins may be special measures taken by these staff members when they are attacked, in order to suppress those killers with particularly strong power."

Mo Tan scratched his cheek awkwardly, and said under the gaze of everyone, "The result is that at least in this [Observation Hall], there is no paralyzed killer, and these corpses have no signs of decay after a long time. So I think... it is possible that they tried every means to resist but still failed. In the end, they lost their mysterious resistance at the node of death and were corroded by the toxin originally used to suppress the murderer, which is why they are now like this."

"So handsome——"

Ji Xiaoge was the first to express her opinion, staring at her sweetheart with her beautiful almond-shaped eyes: "Although I don't quite understand it, it's so handsome!"

"Mo, please help me take a look at this thing in front of me!"

Yaya, who was already sitting on the ground playing with his tail, waved lazily and said, "Come on, come on."

Jadeka was extremely proud, yet very reserved. He smacked his lips, shook his head and sighed, "I don't know where this kid learned this from..."

"That's amazing, Brother Mo."

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From the base station behind Wang Badan, Klaus's somewhat resentful voice came: "Why didn't I think of this? I have also read the information about petrifying toxins!"

Largo laughed and gave Mo Tan a thumbs up.

"Are you interested in joining the Archaeologists Association?"

Pei Xi invited Mo Tan in a concise manner, and it was unclear whether she was joking or serious when she said, "I can be your introducer."

"Thank you for the compliment."

Mo Tan smiled bitterly and shook his head, raising his hands in surrender, "I just learned about this type of toxin by chance, and I just tried to come up with an idea, but it's not authentic."

“Excellent idea.”

Pei Xi nodded slightly and said affirmatively: "Because I think so too."

Largo poked her shoulder lightly and said, "Be more reserved."

"My reserve does not conflict with my excellence."

Without even turning around, Peschi slapped Largo's hand away, then motioned for everyone to gather around him and said concisely, "Although there is still time, I'm afraid we have to withdraw temporarily."

Yaya shook his ears and asked casually, "Why?"

"Because the situation has become somewhat dangerous."

Peschi glanced at Yaya and said calmly, "As Mo just said, the reason why the bodies of these researchers did not decay is probably because they tried to protect themselves and suppress the enemy... or some unexpected toxin did not have much effect, and eventually turned them into this state. It is worth noting that we did not find any traces of those slaughterers here."

Ji Xiaoge hugged her arms and shivered, and said in panic, "Wait! Sister Peixi, you don't mean that... those extremely cruel murderers are still alive?!"

“It’s unlikely, but not zero.”

Peschi gave a slightly ambiguous answer, looking up at the black crystals with numerous cracks on the walls of the Observation Hall. "Combining these long-obsolete media with the name Observation Hall, it is not difficult for us to guess the purpose of this place. And if we are bold and assume that those being observed are killers... I'm afraid it's not difficult to imagine the purpose of this facility."

For a moment, everyone's faces turned a little ugly.

Obviously, if we use Peschi's previous hypothesis and the fact that there is no trace of any affiliation in this ruin, this is undoubtedly a very shady place. Add to that Mo Tan's previous speculation that "the slaughterer is likely to be a humanoid creature" -

This is most likely a place that deals with some kind of taboo research. And since the word "taboo" is included, it means that the research projects are mostly unrelated to words like "human relations" and "morality", and may even be completely opposite to them.

It has to be admitted that in the worldview of [Realm of Innocence], this situation is not uncommon. For example, all the believers of the evil god, every one of their living sacrifices can almost be described as unscrupulous. In addition, there is also knowledge such as "human transmutation" and "necromancy" that are inhumane in most cases. These chaotic and evil acts are often staged all over the world.

This place is most likely the site of a large-scale inhumane experiment in the past. As for the relatively mild possibility of a medical structure, I cannot say that it does not exist, but it is somewhat self-deceptive.

"But even if that's the case, it must have been a long time ago."

Jadeka stroked his beard and asked, "Is it really possible that there is any serious threat here today?"

"Why do you think it's impossible?"

Pei Xi pushed up her glasses and said softly, "Don't forget why we are here."

"reason?"

Jadeka stroked his self-destructive stick and suddenly realized: "I see—"

"Yes, the reason why we came here is because this relic did not exist here before, but was suddenly detected before I settled here, which means..."

"Something must have changed inside the ruins, so it was not discovered until today, right?"

"That's right. So before we know for sure what the 'change' is, we must be cautious. So - everyone please follow my instructions, leave the beacon behind, and evacuate in an orderly manner."

Chapter 2401: The End