Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 362: Invitation from the Progressives of Lunburg (Today's Updates)

The governor of Solothu State, Celt, was very interested in the changes in the neighboring Wotai State, so he secretly took people to Wotai State to see the changes there with his own eyes.

Although Celt was pretending to be a merchant, they had no goods, so the carriage was moving fast and soon they met a caravan resting on the side of the road.

Celti got out of the car and asked around, and learned some details about Wotai State.

The slogan of the "safe station" they set up at the Solothurn State Railway Station is: if the goods are stolen, the state government will compensate in full.

Because prices in Wotai State are relatively high, many caravans are willing to take the risk and transport goods to Wotai State on a small scale.

The emphasis that Wotai State places on commerce has refreshed businessmen's understanding of the government. First, there is a security team to escort the goods, and after arriving in Wotai State, they will be provided with warehouses free of charge.

There were also great tax incentives, and the first batch of caravans made money.

As more and more caravans brought more and more goods to Wotai City, Wotai State itself seemed to import large quantities of various categories of goods.

However, some of their products are from Intis, some are from Feynaport, and some are from Loen. It is not known which country Wotai State has obtained the opportunity to cooperate with.

In fact, it was the stolen goods that Odysseus brought from Cruz Island.

Some of those goods were commodities dumped by countries in the northern continent to the southern continent, and some were raw materials shipped from the southern continent to the northern continent.

The raw materials are directly processed in the factory by Odysseus, and the goods are shipped to Lenburg for sale.

Because a large number of goods entered Wotai City, prices here quickly stabilized.

However, merchants still made money, and business activities soon flourished.

At the beginning, the security team would send thirty soldiers armed with submachine guns to escort them, but the merchants soon discovered that the number of bandits in Wotai State was rapidly decreasing, and recently even disappeared completely.

So the escort team has been reduced from 30 people to 3 or 4 people now.

However, the caravan heading to Wotai State was several times larger than at the beginning.

This made Celt, who was also the governor, sigh. It took him several years to make the economy of Solothu State prosperous again, while Odysseus achieved this goal in just one month.

Afterwards, Celt found out the details of Wotai State's investment promotion. As long as one is willing to invest in Wotai State, the state government will be responsible for land acquisition and factory construction, and investors only need to provide capital.

Moreover, the procedures were very simple, there was no exploitation by officials and no obstruction by local forces. After the factory was built, the state government even helped recruit workers.

As a result, the first batch of small factories invested in Wotai State has started construction, and some large factories are still under construction.

Celt also heard that state government staff would actually take the initiative to ask investors if there was anything else they needed help with.

There's no need to provide anything fancy when entertaining state government staff; normal food will suffice.

This made Celt a little unbelievable. Are there such officials and staff in this world?
The governor of Solothurn then recalled his conversation with Odis on the train, when Odis said he would reshape the ranks of officials.

At that time, Celt didn't take it too seriously, because in his opinion, it was an impossible task.

But now, the facts were before him, which made Celt silent for more than ten seconds before he said to his subordinates: "Go to Wotai City as quickly as possible."

So they traveled all night and finally arrived at Wotai City the next morning.

Outside the city, Celt asked the coachman to stop the carriage on the side of the road. He quickly climbed up the mountain and saw that the downwind side of the entire Wotai city was a huge construction site!

Large factories are being built, and as the merchants in the caravan said, some small factories have already started production.

Not far from these new buildings, a train building has taken shape and a large section of the railway has been laid.

Celt roughly calculated that there were at least 30,000 to 40,000 workers working on so many construction sites. He even suspected that Odysseus had captured all the bandit troops to do construction work, so the bandit problem was completely eliminated?

But he felt that this was unlikely because if that happened, robbers would still appear.

So Celt came to a village not far away, and took the excuse of taking a temporary rest to chat with a few old people at the village head who were chatting and doing some handicrafts.

Soon they started talking about the governor's anti-bandit campaign, and Celt learned about a concept that he felt somewhat familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar with: the ten-household system.

The general meaning is that every ten households form a team, and as long as robbers appear in one of the households, all ten households will be arrested and forced to build the railway.

At first, the villagers didn’t take it too seriously. They still farmed during the day and developed some “side businesses” at night or during the slack season.

But soon, the police tracked a group of gangsters and found out that they belonged to six teams.

The state government showed no mercy and arrested all the team members involved, young and old, and took them to the railway construction site.

Soon, the news spread throughout Wotai State, and many villagers saw the situation of being escorted to the construction site.

Upon hearing this, Celt guessed that the Wotai State government must have played a role in the rapid spread of the news. Furthermore, the prisoners who were sent to the construction site were likely escorted around the state.

After that, many people were afraid to be gangsters anymore. The police began to patrol the entire state, and whenever they encountered gangsters, they would arrest a large number of them.

After only four or five times, the ten households in the team began to supervise each other. If anyone from any family became a robber again, they would knock him out and carry him back.

So it only took more than half a month, and there was no robber to be seen in the entire Wotai State.

When Celt heard this, he was completely shocked.

He had heard that there was a similar "collective responsibility system" in the southern continent, but it was a way of exploiting the locals and could easily provoke resistance from the local indigenous people.

Although the colonial army could easily suppress the resistance, this would make the local security worse and worse, in stark contrast to the state of Wotai.

Continuing the conversation, Celt found the reason why the state of Wotai was gradually becoming stable: the state government also provided a large number of job opportunities.

It is said that more than 30,000 people were recruited at once to build the railway. The railway was built in sections, and several construction sites were started at the same time, so so many people were employed.

The construction of the factory hired another 10,000 to 20,000 people. Now, in the entire Wotai State, most families have a member working.

The state government put two options before people: either they could get paid and work as construction workers with food and lodging provided by the construction site.

Or they will be arrested and forced to do compulsory labor.

It is not difficult to choose between these two options.

It is precisely because of so many job opportunities and the fact that prices have dropped to an acceptable range that the public security in Wotai State has improved.

At this time, Celt was already somewhat impressed by Odysseus. The mobilization of so many manpower was completed so seemingly easily.

After a little thought, Celt realized that in addition to Governor Odysseus's proper policies, execution was also key.

Execution is inseparable from officials and civil servants. Celt was still very curious. How did Odysseus cultivate so many seemingly maverick officials in such a short period of time?

So Celt said goodbye to the old people, took a carriage into the city, came to the Wotai Daily Necessities Store, and met the owner Connolly.

This is an intelligence station set up by Celt. Before Odysseus came, it was responsible for collecting intelligence about the state of Wotai.

Connally was also very surprised. He didn't expect Governor Celt to come so suddenly, and he was a little flustered in welcoming the group in.

Arriving at Connolly's office, Celt first commended him for his work in recent years before asking the question that had been bothering him: "Since Governor Odis took office, has he made a large number of appointments and dismissals of officials and recruited many new staff members?"

"Yes," Connolly replied. "The state government, all its officials, and most of its staff have been gradually laid off over the past two months."

Celt then asked, "Where did Odysseus recruit so many new officials and staff?"

"Most of them were recruited from Wotai City."

“What jobs did these people have before?”

Connolly replied: "Most of them are refugees."

"Refugees?" This answer surprised Celt.

The so-called refugees are ordinary people who have lost their land and property due to previous banditry and can only wander around the city.

How did Odysseus enable a group of ordinary people to achieve such high efficiency in such a short period of time?
After a series of questions and answers, Celt understood the truth of the whole matter.

When Odysseus first arrived in Wotai and actually took control of the city, he recruited the first batch of security team members from the refugees.

Compared with the previous security team members, the refugees cherish this job opportunity more. Moreover, they used to be the lowest class in the city and know very well how difficult life is for the people, so most of them are very competent.

Of course, there are also many people who suddenly become members of the security team and begin to vent their dissatisfaction and retaliate against the residents who have bullied them.

This was equivalent to a screening, and the governor dismissed many people, including former members of the security team.

The remaining people will be used as a reference for subsequent large-scale recruitment.

Before Governor Odysseus took office, Connally had helped several refugee families. One of them met the new governor's requirements and is now the new director of the Industrial Bureau.

Connery learned a lot of inside information from him. While Captain Longzel was going out of the city to suppress bandits, the state government began recruiting on a large scale.

The person in charge of this work was Ms. Mandy, the governor's assistant, who brought in a large number of people to complete the recruitment and training work.

The training process was also unprecedented. People who had passed the most basic assessment were equipped with a lot of knowledge that felt unfamiliar to them just by putting on a helmet.

The so-called training is to teach them how to use the new knowledge.

After only ten days of training, they knew exactly what their purpose and responsibilities were, and how they could carry out their work.

After these people were added to the state government, the state government's efficiency suddenly increased.

The governor then laid off a large number of original officials and staff.

At that time, many people were ready to laugh at the governor, thinking that these newcomers would definitely mess up the job.

But surprisingly, they were very efficient at work. They quickly organized a large number of people to start building railways and attracted many businessmen to start building factories.

It seemed like everyone had a job all of a sudden. No one could laugh at this time. Everyone was full of respect and admiration for the new governor.

Now everyone says that the new governor is the one favored by the "God of Knowledge and Wisdom". He must have mastered a way to enable many people to quickly acquire some advanced knowledge.

Of course, some people also say that the new governor has some methods that only evil gods use, and there are huge hidden dangers behind this practice of allowing people to quickly acquire knowledge.

There are some things being said now, but neither the state government nor the governor himself has made any explanation or comment.

Celt was silent for more than ten seconds before he suddenly said, "I want to see Governor Odysseus."

The accompanying secretary immediately said, "I'll arrange it right away."

"No, let's go back to Solotu City, issue a formal written document, and then come back." Celt stood up and walked out very proactively.

They returned to Solothu State as quickly as possible and began the process.

When the heads of two states meet formally, there must be two procedures: intention to meet and invitation, and the meeting process must be recorded to a certain extent. This is the so-called process.

Five days later, Celt returned to Wotai with his guards. Captain Longzel greeted them outside the city, while Odysseus greeted them at the door of the government office.

Odysseus gave the highest etiquette to the governor who provided help and shared many common ideas with him, meeting him at the same level.

After holding public talks and attending some events, the two governors came to the construction site in the west of Wotai City and chatted while walking.

Celt noticed that the construction site here was busy and orderly, and the location of the factory, the direction of the road, etc. had been designed long ago.

So although the construction site looks messy, it is actually well organized.

Looking at the factory building, which was taller than it was five days ago, Celt said with emotion, "I didn't expect Wotaizhou to regain its vitality so quickly."

Odysseus smiled and said, "This state has always been very vibrant, but it used that energy in inappropriate ways before."

Celt nodded, then said, "Do you remember the cooperation intention I proposed earlier? As long as you have the spare capacity, we can work together to try to solve the problems in Shatai State."

The situation in Chatel State is similar to that in Wotai State. There are also many foreign forces supporting several bandit groups. This state is no longer under the control of Lenburg.

Odysseus said, "At that time, I wanted to ask, if we did this, would Duke Bowen and the high officials of Biqier think we were acting on our own initiative?"

"No." Celt paused. "Last year, I received approval from Duke Bowen and other high-ranking officials. As long as I have enough strength, I can try to retake the state of Chatel."

He spread his hands and said, "For them, as long as we take action, it will be better than the current situation."

Odysseus hummed, "Then I suggest that I take charge of the western part of Shatai Province, and you take charge of the eastern part."

Celt was stunned: "Why don't we act together?"

Odysseus smiled and said, "If we act together, it will involve a question of priority. For example, if the people sent out encounter a problem that cannot be solved, should they listen to me or you?"

This will create a lot of rifts between the two parties, and there is a high probability that such cooperation will eventually end.

Celt suddenly said, "Your opinion can be the main one."

Odysseus was stunned. He had previously felt that Celt was also a very powerful governor, but he did not expect that the other party would give up the initiative of the action so easily.

Seeing Odysseus’ expression, Celt smiled and said, “I hope to use this operation to learn about the training and management methods of officials in the Wotai State.

"So, this operation can be directly commanded by you, and most of the results achieved can also belong to you."

Odysseus thought for a moment before saying, "No problem."

However, the specific action plan still needs further consultation.

After that, the two naturally talked about Odysseus's recruitment and training of officials and staff of Wotai State. Celt said frankly that he heard some inside information from Wotai Daily Necessities Store.

Finally, the two of them talked about the most important aspect of training. Celt asked, "I heard that you used some special methods to train qualified staff in a very short period of time?"

"There's nothing to be shy about." Odysseus smiled and said, "Since we live in a world with extraordinary power, why can't we use this extraordinary power to achieve our goals as quickly as possible?"

Celt then asked, "Are there any side effects?"

"I've used this technology to instill knowledge across a variety of topics several times," Odis explained. "So far, the side effects seem minimal. The headaches usually disappear within two weeks, and the knowledge gained can be gradually absorbed during work."

Celt then asked, "After using this technology, how much independent consciousness do they still have?"

In his opinion, this method is the kind that only evil gods would use, because learning and using knowledge is a gradual process.

Suddenly having a lot of unfamiliar knowledge will definitely have a huge impact on a person's cognition and thinking, and may even cause them to lose themselves.

Odysseus smiled and said, "I know what you're worried about. Unless they are continuously instilled with knowledge, their own consciousness is relatively complete."

He paused and continued, "In fact, when everyone learns new knowledge, their thinking and cognition will be affected to a certain extent. Otherwise, the knowledge learned will definitely be unimportant.

"Although extraordinary power is useful, it's not everything. During the training process, we will observe those who are more in line with our values and give them more opportunities.

“Others will gravitate towards these individuals when they see them being valued.

"You see, it's relatively easy for people to unify their thoughts."

These words made Celt fall into deep thought after a brief moment of surprise. Ten seconds later, he breathed a sigh of relief and talked about the key point: "If I want to introduce this training institution..."

"Just pay the money." Odysseus smiled and said, "I don't have any other requirements."

"That's good." Celt glanced at his subordinates behind him and said to them, "I want to have a private chat with Governor Odysseus. You can come with me later."

Odysseus also waved to his subordinates, indicating that they should wait here for a while.

Everyone assumed the two governors were going to haggle privately, so they went to smoke cigarettes or chat in the shade of a tree. After Odysseus and Celt had walked some distance, Celt said, "I've heard that the Renburg government is secretly sending someone to Vautai."

Odysseus just nodded and thanked him with a smile, because the intelligence network he had established in Azshara also received this news.

Obviously, the Lenburg government has noticed everything that happened in the Votai State. In order to prevent the newly recovered Votai State from becoming "Odysseus's Votai State", they want to investigate whether the Lenburg government needs to take over here?
Seeing Odysseus's expression, Celt knew that he had a strategy to deal with it, so he did not continue the conversation. Instead, he suddenly asked, "What do you think of the current situation?"

Odysseus was stunned. The last person who asked this question was a member of the "Twilight Hermit Society".

However, according to his observation, Celt is not a member of the "Twilight Hermits". He asked this question perhaps to start a new topic.

So he gave a general answer: "The world situation will become increasingly tense."

Selt then asked, "How should Lundberg deal with the increasingly tense situation?"

Odysseus smiled and said, "I haven't thought about this question."

"Based on my observation, your current approach will bring many positive changes to Lunburg," Celt said. "You should also be thinking about correcting some of Lunburg's shortcomings, right?"

Odysseus glanced at Celt, who had a serious face, and suddenly realized that the governor in front of him should be considered a reformer or radical in Lenburg.

At present, all countries in the Northern Continent have basically completed industrialization, and each country has conservatives and radicals.

However, in a small country like Lenburg, the conservatives' power cannot be shaken in a short period of time, and the radicals have not yet formed a political force that is equally powerful as the radicals in Rune.

However, many nobles in Lenburg should have realized that they should make certain changes in order to adapt to the future situation.

Odysseus recalled Celt's resume and thought that he should be one of the nobles of Lenburg who wanted to do something for the country.

After all, with Celt's family power, there was no need for him to come to a chaotic and poor state like the Western Province to be the governor. It should be easier and more promising for him to get a position in Azshara.

In a flash, Odysseus figured all this out, and then said seriously, "I said before on the train that all current political systems have drawbacks.

"There's no way to completely solve this problem. Often, just as we've solved a problem, new ones will emerge, and they might be even more difficult to solve."

Celt felt that Odysseus answered his question seriously, but also seemed not to answer seriously. He smiled and said helplessly: "You don't need to be so defensive against me."

He took out his cigarette case and handed it to Odysseus. After seeing Odysseus wave his hand, he took out a cigarette, lit it, and said, "I am not one of those old antiques like Azshara."

Celt took a puff of his cigarette and continued, "Sincerity is the best medicine to dispel doubts. I will show more sincerity.

"Some Lemburgers hope to form a Progressive Party and ask the king to remove the minister of state and appoint a president or prime minister, leaving government affairs to the government."

At this time, the four major countries in the northern continent had basically completed the government reform of separating royal power from political power. The royal family became the symbol of the country, the king became the nominal head of state, and most of the military power was still in the hands of the royal family.

Government affairs are handed over to the government headed by the president, prime minister or premier, and the parliament headed by the speaker.

This basically solved the problem of corruption and incompetence among royal family members and the chaotic handling of government affairs.

In some small countries such as Lenburg, conservative forces are still strong. The king is not only the head of state, but can also interfere in government affairs at will.

Basically all important positions in the country are held by members of the royal family.

This created a very depressing political atmosphere in Lunburg, and even Azshara seemed to have lost all vitality.

The king considered Celtic, or rather the demands of Celtic and others, to be radical.

After hearing Celt's words, Odysseus did not express his opinion.

Celt continued, "We must do something to make Lenburg even stronger than it is now, so as not to be dragged into an endless abyss by the great powers."

"Your idea is admirable," Odysseus finally said, "but I cannot express my opinion."

Celt was stunned: "Why?"

Odysseus found an unshakable excuse and said, "It was Archbishop Douglas who recommended me to take the governor's exam."

In fact, Odysseus did not want to get involved in the vortex of Lenburg's internal affairs. In his opinion, a progressive party like Celt did not seem to have made much progress.

He just hopes to have a place where he can develop his power in peace and stability, and currently has no idea about the political situation in Lenburg.

Hearing Odysseus's answer, Celt was stunned again. He didn't expect that the rumors were true and that Odysseus actually served the church.

In that case, there is really no way to continue to win over Odysseus, because in such matters, the church usually plays a neutral role and will not join any party.

But he didn't give up: "If I want you to help me secretly, is that okay?"

Odysseus thought for a moment and asked, "For example, what kind of help?"

"Provide some weapons and training." Celt said, "Provide some protection at critical moments."

Odysseus agreed: "That's fine, but you need to pay a certain amount of compensation. This is a deal."

Celt thought that this was Odysseus's way of shirking responsibility. He felt that such an outcome was acceptable, so he did not ask for anything else.

After that, the two chatted for a few more minutes before ending the conversation.

Over the next two days, Odysseus held grand banquets to welcome Governor Celt and his entourage and to see them off.

After they left the city of Wotai, Odysseus discussed with Bernadette about hunting the "Flowerbird Phantom Cockroach".

They were about to set off two days ago, but Celt's arrival disrupted Odysseus's plan.

As the situation in Wotai State improved at a visible rate, it even seemed to be more prosperous than before the banditry became serious.

Everyone in the state of Wotai has felt the huge changes since the arrival of the new governor, but Odysseus rarely appears in public, which makes him even more mysterious.

So when everyone felt the benefits and impact brought by the new governor, Odysseus's potion was further digested, and now it was only a little bit away from being completely digested.

However, there was no news about the "wings of the phantom cockroach", so Odysseus finally decided to hunt the "phantom cockroach".

With Bernadette's help, the hunting process will not be dangerous.

So after the two of them discussed it, Bernadette summoned a pumpkin-shaped carriage, entered the spirit world, and headed to the depths of the foggy sea.

Bernadette didn't feel any pressure about this hunt.

The reason they wanted to discuss this was mainly because there seemed to be a huge underground relic on the island. Bernadette had only explored it briefly before, and she planned to use this hunt to conduct further exploration.

Before the operation, Bernadette had made a "prediction" that the operation would go smoothly and would not be too dangerous.

The carriage drove in the spirit world for five or six minutes, and a gray mist began to appear in the spirit world.

Bernadette said, “In the depths of the Misty Sea, the fog on the sea also affects the spiritual world.

"No one knows where the fog comes from? And why does it affect the spirit world?"

Odysseus thought to himself, "I knew this fog was coming from the seal placed on the Western Continent by the Celestial Lord." As for why this reaction occurred, it was because the Celestial Lord was the Ruler of the Spirit World, so his seal would definitely affect the spirit world.

At this moment, Odysseus's spirit was suddenly touched. From the corner of his eye, he seemed to see a creature wearing a hat and with a long human face in the spiritual world outside the carriage.

But when he turned his head to look, he saw only a gray fog.

Odysseus frowned slightly and did not tell anyone about his discovery.

The carriage drove for another ten seconds, and the surrounding colors suddenly became richer, and they arrived in the real world.

At this time, there was lightning, thunder and a storm in the sea.

The chariot flew over the surging waves, and Odysseus saw a huge island not far away through the dim light.

After just one look, Odysseus felt that this island gave people a different feeling.

After thinking about it for a while, he quickly realized that this sea area was too far away from the North and South Continents, and the plants there were somewhat different from those in the North and South Continents.

Just like Australia's flora and fauna are somewhat different from those on other continents.

To be precise, Odysseus felt that he and Bernadette were probably in Oceania.

But he also didn't know the boundaries of the seal set by "Tianzun". Did it include most of the islands in the Pacific? Or had many of these islands sunk?

However, what is certain is that during the Age of Discovery, many people explored the Sea of Misty Sea, but human civilization was only discovered in the eastern part of the Sea of Misty Sea.

Although many strange islands were discovered in the western part of the Misty Sea, no humans were found.

Because it is so rarely visited by humans, the islands are home to many extraordinary creatures.

It was here that Bernadette found many extraordinary materials about the "Mystery Peeper" path, including the "Flower Bird Phantom Cockroach" to be hunted today.

The carriage floated in the air and moved forward quickly, and soon landed on the huge island.

Bernadette continued to maintain the pumpkin-shaped carriage, moving forward in the storm and into the depths of the island.

Odysseus noticed that the flora and fauna here were indeed somewhat different from those in the northern and southern continents, and it even felt like he had arrived on an alien planet.

The only thing that is familiar is probably the terrain here.

The carriage sped through a valley and arrived at a huge basin.

Generally speaking, a basin should be a place with lush vegetation, but this basin is a bit desolate, with only some weeds, and occasionally a fast-running animal or a lonely tree.

When the carriage came to a huge rock, Bernadette raised her hand and the carriage stopped. She said, "It's here."

Odysseus looked out the car window and saw no signs of anything unusual.

Bernadette then opened the car door and heavy raindrops fell, but not a single drop hit her.

Odysseus also got out of the car, and no raindrops fell on him.

Although he had no idea about this hunt, he didn't ask any questions and just followed quietly.

Bernadette came to the boulder and waved her hand. The boulder immediately floated up and flew away.

A small cave was revealed under the huge rock.

Odysseus was stunned when he took a look at the cave, because at the entrance of the cave was a Gothic building.

However, compared with the buildings in the human world, this building is a scaled-down version, only half a meter high. However, the oppressive feeling of Gothic architecture is fully displayed.

The sudden disappearance of the boulder and the "attack" of raindrops seemed to alarm the owner of the building, and many ants as long as index fingers crawled out from inside.

They actually quickly formed an attack formation towards Odysseus and Bernadette. Bernadette lightly lifted her foot, and a stream of water flowed from somewhere and poured into the cave.

The ants that were about to attack were also washed into the water by the current.

Bernadette did not take any further action, but instead observed her surroundings carefully.

Odysseus knew very well that as a "master of prophecy", Bernadette could absolutely suppress the "Flower Bird Phantom Cockroach".

A few seconds later, Bernadette grabbed Odysseus's arm and "flashed" to a position roughly in the center of the basin.

Bernadette raised her hand slightly, and a pea suddenly broke out of the soil.

The pea grew thicker and taller, and it seemed that if it was not stopped, it would pierce the sky.

The pea plant's branches and leaves brought out rocks and handfuls of soil from the ground.

Suddenly, an insect as long as an arm came to the ground from the peas that were growing wildly.

It looked like it didn't want to come out, but it was entangled by the pea branches and leaves and was forcibly dragged out.

This giant insect has a round body, covered with colorful runes that are constantly changing shape.

Odysseus felt a little dizzy after just one look.

It had two pairs of wings of the same color on its back and a pair of human-like eyes on its head. This structure made Odysseus feel very uncomfortable.

At this moment, there was a look of fear in those eyes, and the whole round insect body was shaking violently.

The Beyonders of the "Secret Peeper" path are not like those of the "Death God" path, where the higher-sequence Beyonders have absolute suppression over the lower-sequence Beyonders.

However, this extraordinary creature is extremely sensitive to high-sequence suppression.

After seeing Bernadette at this time, the "Flower Bird Phantom Cockroach" was basically unable to move. It seemed to muster up the courage to use its ability to make its body become illusory.

But Bernadette immediately "reproduced" an ancient spinning machine, and its very beautiful hammer flashed with strange light, and the "Flower Bird Phantom Cryptid" immediately fell into a deep sleep.

A pair of golden scissors appeared in Bernadette's hand. She stretched out her hand and cut off the head of the big insect.

The small head began to harden, deform, and change color the moment it was separated from the body, and eventually turned into a small polygonal crystal.

Then Bernadette quickly cut off the two pairs of wings. She raised her hand, and one pair of wings and the crystal flew towards Odysseus.

After doing all this, Bernadette took a step back, and a strange mouth suddenly appeared from the illusion and swallowed the insect's corpse in one gulp.

It was a creature that had signed a contract with Bernadette, and it was helping Bernadette collect these spiritual materials.

Odysseus also collected the crystal and wings of the Flowerbird Phantom Cryptid. He sighed, "That was so easy."

When he and "Vice Admiral Iceberg" were hunting for the "Psychedelic Red Coral" before, they had to put in a lot of effort.

Bernadette smiled and said, "If you hunt by yourself, you probably won't be a match for it."

Odysseus nodded. This was true. Just seeing the patterns on the Flowerbird Phantom Cockroach made him feel dizzy. If a battle really broke out, he might only be able to fight with his high-level scrolls and level 1 seals.

Then, according to the plan, they came to a piece of ruins that had collapsed severely.

The architectural style of this relic is completely unrecognizable, and even the layout of the buildings can no longer be seen, as only a messy ruin remains.

The reason why we are sure that this is a relic is that these piles of ruins are obviously not formed naturally, and what is very strange is that no vegetation grows on the ruins.

It is strange in itself that there is no vegetation on a tropical island.

Bernadette introduced: "There is a tunnel underground that has collapsed severely, and there is a large space at the bottom of the tunnel.

"Although there's no obvious danger there, it still makes people feel uncomfortable."

That was why she stopped exploring last time.

Bernadette paused and continued, "Also, there are some strange words on the wall below. You can try to decipher them."

Odysseus agreed: "Okay."

So Bernadette used her ability again, and the two of them instantly appeared deep underground.

Using the dim light in the darkness, Odysseus saw that there was a wide hall and a long corridor here. On one wall of the hall, there were familiar yet unfamiliar letters written.

Some of the letters were larger than the others, and Odysseus was stunned at first glance, because they were actually the English word: dangerous.

Danger!

(End of this chapter)