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Chapter 161 The Place of the Soul
June 1, the weather is fine

I joined Weird Studio, but I didn't get a job, not because I didn't trust, but because I really didn't have anything to do. There are currently only three employees in this studio besides me. The man is holding a mutant cat named Fengling Take a nap on the couch in the studio.

In the evening, I went to the Food City in the central area of ​​Yecheng to eat hot pot, and they didn't show much hostility towards my arrival.

On January 1, the weather was cloudy with light rain
Without video editing work, I helped Li Qinglian sort out news materials and some external affairs. From the delivery materials in a commercial cooperation mailbox, we can see that Weird Studio has received many commercial sponsors and has sufficient funds.

The man took a nap with the wind chime in his arms, sat by the window in a daze after waking up, and then played games with Wu Tong from Weird Studio until night.

He doesn't seem to exercise his body, perhaps because he is still on guard against me.

In the evening, go to the Food City in the central area of ​​Yecheng to have dessert, and then watch a movie.

"What kind of studio is this?"

Olivia, who had always had the habit of writing a diary, put down the pen helplessly.

**
On the third day after coming to the Weird Studio, Olivia sat up from the bed in her pajamas, looked at the empty bed next to her, and suddenly realized a problem.

My self-discipline habit of going to bed early and getting up early in the army seems to be being corroded by this comfortable life
In her opinion, the people in this studio are too comfortable. In the past two days, except for some external work and communication with other companies, they are usually spent in leisure and entertainment.

"Olivia, get up, I have work today."

Li Qinglian, who returned to the bedroom after washing, picked up the down jacket on the hanger next to her and said.

Since Olivia did not have a house in Yecheng, she lived with Li Qinglian after she joined the studio. The arrangement is completely possible to add another bed.

"Work? Is he going out to shoot a video?"

Olivia, who was stepping on slippers, was shocked, thinking that she was finally on the right track.

"That's not true. Today we want to meet an archaeologist. When we went to the hot springs in Pine Mountain, we found some stone slabs with some strange paintings on them. Some time ago, an archaeologist contacted us and said that he wanted to see it with his own eyes. These stone slabs, so we made an appointment to meet in the big library in Yecheng, it doesn’t matter if you want to sleep, it’s just a meeting.”

Li Qinglian received the message last night, and has notified Zhu Jue and Wu Tong in advance.

"I am coming too!"

Naturally, she couldn't miss this kind of information about obtaining special intelligence. After quickly washing up, she changed into a rather thick down jacket to completely cover her figure.

Although in today's era, paper books have been abandoned by people in many cases, they are used to searching for some information they want through the Internet, but there are still quite a few people who like the atmosphere of the library, which also gives There is a reason for these great libraries to continue to exist.

It was not Zhu Jue's request to make an appointment at this place, but the archaeologist's decision, saying that no one would disturb them here, and they would also stay here.

In the quiet room, Zhu Jue placed the mural slate on the table, Wu Tong and Li Qinglian sat beside him, and Olivia sat on the sofa next to him, his eyes lingering between the slate and the people opposite.

Although she had asked Li Qinglian about the origin of the matter on the way, she still couldn't understand why these stone slabs attracted the attention of the Federal Archaeological Association.

The number of people coming from the other party is not less than them.

Except for Auguste Antoine, who was seen in the video before, and several of his students, all young people.

"Is this all the stone slabs? Why is the bottom one wrapped in a bath towel?"

After introducing each other, August got up and leaned over to the side of the stacked stone slabs to look carefully, and soon noticed the special stone slab.

He reached out to open the slate, but Zhu Jue grabbed it.

"Do you want to die?"

Zhu Jue frowned. Even he would not dare to open the slate casually. If ordinary people don't have any protective measures, as long as they glance at it, the hue value will directly skyrocket.

"Hey, how do you talk!"

August's students thought that Zhu Jue's words meant threatening their teacher, so they hurriedly stood up and expressed their views.

Zhu Jue didn't bother to talk to him, so he just rolled his eyes back.

"Is there anything weird here? Do you want a spirit protector?"

August immediately took his hand back, shook his eyebrows, and asked in a low voice.

"you know?"

The other party's reaction obviously has some understanding of this aspect of things, so it will be easier to communicate, Zhu Jue nodded, and then said,

"Here is the weird portrait I mentioned in the video. If you open it here, we all have to go out and talk alone?"

"Okay, let's talk alone. You guys go out and wait for me first. I have something to talk to this gentleman."

Needless to say, August's status among his students, these people left the quiet room with only a little hesitation.

"You guys go out first too, Wu Tong, give me the spirit protector."

On this trip, Zhu Jue and his team brought a total of two spirit protectors. On the one hand, Zhu Jue did not intend to let them see the portrait. Prepare for special circumstances.

Ever since watching Zhu Jue kill monsters that were sources of spiritual pollution from the first perspective, both Wu Tong and He Ye carried spiritual protection devices with them.

I am afraid that one day I will accidentally "get lucky" and meet that kind of monster. With Zhu Jue here, as long as they can hide for a while, they will definitely not die. Big can't save them.

"I"

As a member of the special operations team, Olivia thought she should stay at this time.

"Olivia, I don't know the toilet here, can you go with me?"

Li Qinglian grabbed Olivia's elbow directly, and the latter turned her head to look at Li Qinglian in a strange way. With her strength, it was naturally impossible for this girl to drag her. She just watched Li Qinglian shaking her head anxiously, and she followed her away in a strange way. .

She didn't notice the cold light in Zhu Jue's dark eyes when she turned her head after realizing her objection.

Li Qinglian, who was facing Zhu Jue, saw it.

"Why did you pull me out just now?"

Outside the door, Olivia was dragged aside by Li Qinglian, and asked a little angrily.

"You can't do that, Zhu Jue has something to talk to that archaeologist, he asked us to leave for our own good, and if you forcefully stay there, Zhu Jue will only think that you are interrupting his work, you It will be very dangerous!"

As an employee, as a follow-up recruit, Li Qinglian actually has her own understanding of the situation in the studio.

My two bosses have different views on the studio.

For Wu Tong, this studio is his career, to be precise, it is a career that can make him famous and earn a lot of money, so he often takes the initiative to work on some things, such as the theme song of the previous video.

In order to make Weird Studio a higher level, he is willing to work hard instead of enjoying life on the current basis.

But Zhu Jue is different from Wu Tong. On the surface, he doesn't care about the business of the studio. He spends most of his days either sleeping or playing games. But in Li Qinglian's eyes, the man who cares most about the studio happens to be this man!

Perhaps at the beginning, Zhu Jue only regarded this studio as an information collection station and a tool for making money.

However, once people pay for something, they will feel cherished.

As Zhu Jue relied on his own ability to shoot a large amount of video material to make the studio continue to develop, before he knew it, this place became his spiritual sustenance.

Perhaps even Zhu Jue didn't realize that the ancient soul in him, which was out of tune with this era, was closely connected with the present world for the first time by relying on Weird Studio.

Zhu Jue used to stay in the old eastern city, hunting monsters everywhere every day.

At that time, he was like a ghost from the old times, wandering in this world.

He broke with the past, but couldn't see his future.

Therefore, Qin Chengren's evaluation of him at that time was: no worries, no taboos!

Who can guarantee that Zhu Jue will not fall into the madness caused by himself in the process of constantly hunting monsters?

If a "monster" like him loses his mind, it will be the biggest disaster for Yecheng!

The Weird Studio gave Zhu Jue a reason to survive in this era, and also soothed his lonely soul that didn't know how to deal with it, so no matter how indifferent Zhu Jue seemed, Wu Tong and Li Qinglian still had to work. The situation in the room was reported to him in detail.

It was also because of this that Li Qinglian was so nervous when she noticed that Olivia wanted to intervene in the work of Weird Studio on special aspects.

That is Zhu Jue's field, and she and Wu Tong can only give suggestions. The result of Olivia, an outsider who wants to get involved, will not be very good no matter how you think about it
"I see."

Although she couldn't understand it, Olivia was still keenly aware of something, nodded and said.

In the quiet room at this time, Zhu Jue was helping August to move the ordinary mural slabs to the image analysis machine next to him for scanning, waiting for the computer images that are easier to manipulate. Zhu Jue didn't understand why this was happening at first. There will be an image analysis machine in such a place. After listening to August's explanation, I realized that this place turned out to be one of the offices of the Federal Archaeological Association.

No wonder August decided to meet here.

The two then put on the spirit protection device and came to the last stone slab.

"Wait, I have to wear something."

Stopping Zhu Jue from lifting the bath towel, August took a strangely shaped metal object from somewhere in his pocket.

"what is this?"

Zhu Jue remembered seeing this image in a previous video.

"We call it the old seal, which is specially designed to prevent monsters!"

August spoke with confidence.

"so smart?"

While looking at the weird old seal, he opened the bath towel.

Xi Xi Suo So ~ Xi Xi Suo So ~
The murmur that was difficult to make a clear meaning sounded in this quiet room.

"Ithaqua!"

August stared at the slate, for a long time, spit out strange syllables.

In an instant, the wind in the quiet room rose out of thin air
(End of this chapter)