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Chapter 405
Long~long~
In the dark underground, this terrifying sound, like a precursor to an earthquake, spread at an extremely fast speed.

The red lighting stick suddenly lit up, with some slight squeaks, illuminating the entire space, and the faces of several people appeared one by one, and Olivia was among them.

The number of emergency rescue teams is about 15 people. Under the premise that the archaeologists in the ruins need to be supported, the underground rescue machine that can carry so many people is too large, and it is difficult to operate inside and underground in the mountain range that may collapse again at any time. Divided into two batches, as long as one of them can reach the support target, the rescue mission can naturally be completed.

However, just ten minutes ago, the underground rescue plane where Olivia was located encountered the source of the "rumbling~" sound that was ringing in my ears at the moment, even if it was not a head-on collision, but a passing by a few meters away, Their route was still greatly affected, and they were forced to turn around, but they still couldn't avoid the monster's attack.

The burrow completely collapsed, directly smashing part of the equipment of the rescue aircraft. Although they can continue to operate, if they move forward without the monster leaving, they will probably lose the chance to repair the rescue aircraft in case of a second impact.

This led to disagreements within the team. Some people hoped to move forward. As long as they rescued some of the archaeological team members, it would still be a great achievement. After a little operation, they might be able to enter the association.

Others choose to repair the current damage first. You must know that these high-end machines are naturally loaded with temporary repair tools, and quite a few members of the two teams can operate them. Even if they are not familiar with them, they should at least follow the instructions. No problem, at most it just takes a little more time.

The idea of ​​these people is also very simple, at least to ensure that they have room to evacuate when the situation is critical, so as not to risk their lives, after all, not every time the luck is good enough to pass by the monster!

The final decision was voted by a show of hands, and it turned out that more people supported the latter option.

This is a normal situation. The people present are all the elites of the Archaeological Association. Everyone wants a future, but the premise is that they will not block their lives.

And there is another reason that played a role in the vote, that is, when the underground rescue machine was transferred, it accidentally broke through an underground space, which is where they are now, which gave them enough space to repair the rescue machine .

"The signal has been completely blocked, which proves that the passage we opened when we came in should be blocked."

Some people watched the signals on the phone screen disappear one by one, and they were analyzing their words, but their tone was a bit depressed.

Their current location is nearly [-] meters deep in the mountains. Although everyone knows that the rescue plane has not been completely scrapped, they are still incomparable, just like tourists walking on the glass plank road, even though the sign says that the glass will not break. Worried about whether I will step on the air and become a "trapeze".

"Our rescue plane has real-time positioning, and the ground personnel can obtain our detailed location at any time. The disappearance of the mobile phone signal will not affect anything, so there is no need to worry."

Suzi glanced down at the "TALK" chat room where there was no reply, and said to the people next to her without changing her expression.

She didn't know when Zhu Jue would see her message, but she believed that as long as Zhu Jue saw it, she would definitely come, because the things in front of her proved that this underground relic was definitely not ordinary.

Carrying the high-power searchlight prepared in the rescue plane, while others were struggling to move forward or retreat, Olivia had already begun to explore the underground space, and found some interesting things, and informed Wishes before the signal was cut off. Sleep.

Yes, this underground space is not a naturally formed karst cave, but a space dug out by humans. Olivia can tell this from the stone tables in front of her that obviously have the characteristics of human furniture, but the real What attracted Olivia's attention was also a half-person-high container made of a special material placed in the center of the entire empty floor.

Its shape is somewhat like some porcelain, the bottle belly is ring-shaped and protruding, and the degree is not small, the neck is slightly smaller, but there is a cover on the top.
If it is a jar for holding things, its size is too big, but what else can this kind of thing be used for?
"Captain, I saw the remnants of beds and some pots and pans around. This should be a residence."

Together with Olivia, a member of her team, Joseph, was selected into the rescue team. When the former began to explore the surrounding area, he was not idle, and he searched in another direction and came back to report.

"What is this living place?"

Olivia squatted down and stretched out her hand to press the top of the strange-shaped thing in front of her, her gaze stayed on the cirrus pattern around the neck of the "can".

Judging by the spatial location, this should be the center of the entire room. What does it mean to put such an object in the center of the living room where you eat and sleep?
"Isn't this an alchemy furnace?"

Joseph, who was standing next to him after the report, glanced at the vessel and said.

"what?"

Olivia didn't understand what he meant.

"Captain, the place where you grew up and the culture you came into contact with are different from ours. In my hometown, we pay attention to family inheritance, so we have experienced some old things passed down. I have seen my father left me Among some books, there is a storybook that seems to be called some kind of travel notes, and a picture in it is very similar to this thing. In the book, this kind of utensils are called alchemy furnaces. Legend has it that ancient alchemists used them for alchemy. The key Items, for the purpose of instantly ascending, you should have heard of this, right?"

Although the memory of that storybook is a little fuzzy in his mind, the story of a monkey making a pair of clairvoyant eyes in the alchemy furnace fascinated him for a long time when he was in adolescence, so he was deeply impressed by this part.

"Are you talking about the 'Tao' pursued by the ancient emperors? I once communicated with a friend of Southeast Asian history. He said that the high-ranking rulers here are very pursuing the matter of becoming immortals, which is probably a bit like ours. I remember that he told me that at the time, the slightly morbid thoughts derived from the ancient monarchs around the world's pursuit of ascension to heaven, and the mortal's fear of death."

Shining the light in her hand on the alchemy furnace, Olivia said while thinking about the reason why this thing appeared here.

The one who originally lived here wanted to become a fairy, so why not put it where he eats and sleeps?
Even people with a little common sense know that such critical items need to be placed in a special place, right?

"I think this is just a small model, not a real alchemy furnace. You can look around it, and there is no trace of being burned, and you can't smell any smell after opening the lid. This may be because of the long time, but The real alchemy furnace is definitely much larger than this one, and the one in front of me is at most a place for incense in ancient times."

Compared with Olivia, Joseph obviously knew more about the alchemy furnace, and he immediately came to a conclusion after stepping forward to check.

"You said this is a model, does that mean that there may be a real alchemy furnace nearby?"

Now that the model has been created, the craftsman who built it naturally has a great possibility to build a real alchemy furnace according to it.

Thinking of this, both of them were silent, and immediately said in unison: "The ruins!"

There is no doubt that the real important place here is in the underground ruins. The archaeological association is so nervous about the safety of the archaeological team that they urgently mobilized all the associations in nearby areas for support as soon as they had an accident. Forcibly organize an emergency rescue team in order to rescue the members of the archaeological team.

Now it seems that they are not anxious about human life?

In Olivia's opinion, the so-called pill of immortality would definitely not exist, but other items could not be said.

"Captain, it was really a coincidence that I overheard the communication of the commander at the rescue site before I came down. I was just passing by, and I didn't intend to eavesdrop."

At this point in the matter, Joseph didn't plan to keep some words in his heart as a secret, so he explained a little bit and saw that Olivia's expression didn't change, then he continued,

"This time the supporting team is no longer limited to those of our branch's field service department. The headquarters of the association even sent members of the field service force directly under its jurisdiction. They will arrive at the rescue site in the past two days. You should know what this means."

The Archaeological Association has branches in all major super cities, but the real headquarters is naturally the original site of the first Archaeological Association, the Archaeological Association located in the super city New Rome on the Balkan Peninsula.

The members of the field force directly under the headquarters are naturally not comparable to their branches. Rather than saying that they are the field department, it is better to say that this is the most powerful armed force of the Archaeological Association. It is said that they are responsible for the extreme terrorist incidents that have occurred around the world in the past five years. These were the people who were being investigated, and even Olivia, who had some status in the association, had never seen them before.

It's not that they haven't seen them in person, but that these people have never appeared on the video data inside the association!
But now they were urgently dispatched because of the archaeological team in this ruins, and it was still in front of so many people.

The meaning here is really intriguing.

(End of this chapter)