Dragon Gate Swordsman

Chongxiao was speechless, but thinking of the strength of the demon insect, perhaps such a guarantee was indeed necessary... Besides, after all, it was Lateran’s top secret, so it was not surprising to make some requirements.

So, Chongxiao took a deep breath and said seriously: "I, Chongxiao, swear to heaven that I will never reveal what I saw today."

silence.

There was a brief silence.

There was a long silence.

"Child... maybe you can add 'whatever'. I think Rutland is not the only one who knows about the existence of those things. If necessary, you can also bring them up."

If Frostmourne didn't look so terrible, and I could have brought it to Lateran, I would definitely teach you a lesson now!

After glaring at the Pope who seemed to be trying to hold back his laughter, Chongxiao finally realized that he had met someone who was in some sense more "hateful" than himself!

The two guards without halos suddenly retreated to the sides, no longer making any sound, only the sharp blades of the halberds in their hands flashed a sharp cold light... And strangely, Chongxiao found it difficult to accurately sense their breath.

Could it be something like the mechanical wooden man? Or is it Columbia's advanced robot?

No matter how curious Chongxiao was, he would never get the answer. After all, this was Lateran's secret, and it was already very difficult for him to see it.

After entering the entrance, the bright lights suddenly dimmed a lot... Chongxiao looked carefully and found that this seemed to be a slightly larger elevator room, but there was no lighting equipment. Only a few crystals embedded in the wall were emitting a weak light, so that it would not be completely plunged into darkness.

Evangelista XI still had no intention of explaining anything. He took Chongxiao to the elevator and then pressed the switch.

The next moment, the two of them headed towards the underground space of the cathedral.

"By the way, what did Qinglian leave for me?"

"Oh… I'm not sure how to describe that thing in Lateran, but it's made of jade."

"Does she have anything... for you to tell her?"

Chongxiao rarely shows any awkwardness in front of other people, but your sister is definitely an exception.

Evangelista XI smiled but said nothing. At the same time, his meaningful look made Chongxiao feel embarrassed to continue asking.

Finally, no one knew how deep it was before the elevator slowed down and stopped.

There is no exquisite and detailed architectural decoration here. It looks more like a natural cave reinforced with stone pillars and metal, and a door engraved with a large number of patterns and symbols.

Evangelista XI walked forward, pointed his cane at the statue on the door with its hands stretched out, and whispered something in an obscure language. Then the door slowly opened... and the huge space that appeared behind it made Chongxiao marvel.

There are quite a few such spaces at an unknown depth underground. The Sakota people have obviously made some simple renovations here, turning them into a museum-like place.

The exhibits were extremely simple: some cabinets and workbenches that looked like they were used to store documents, a few completely sealed crystal cubes, and...

Chongxiao narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Is this what you want me to see?"

"Yes... If what we, the Sakotas, have been thinking for centuries is correct, then..."

The Pope sighed deeply, "Perhaps even those terrifying shadows in the far north are not the top threat."

In the center of this "museum", there is a giant fossil.

The fossil is not the entire body of a creature, not even a part of it... Strictly speaking, it should be just a broken limb, just like the one that grew out from the body of the demon insect outside Yumen City.

But even so, the length of this fossil is more than twenty meters.

Those sealed crystal cubes contained several fragments and a larva-like thing, which was very similar to the deformed creature that originally parasitized Yang Yunxing.

It is also worth noting that the cabinets and workbenches for storing materials are not modern products, which shows that Rutland's research on fossils began many years ago...

“You…actually…”

"Unbelievable, isn't it?"

Compared to Chongxiao's emotion, the Pope's expression remained calm. "Actually... when I first learned about all this, my reaction was much stronger than yours now."

"But... I've touched them before, so I can feel the difference, but you..."

The giant creatures on this land are not only the magic insects, the legendary ancient behemoths are more widely known, so Chongxiao is a little curious.

Why did the Laterans conclude that the fossil did not belong to a behemoth?

Evangelista XI has a very accurate explanation for this: "745 years ago, while traveling through this land, Saint Domion met a mysterious immortal and invited him to come here to identify fossils."

"The mentor's original intention was to seek help and explore the unknown, but after seeing this scene, the mysterious immortal... fled in fear."

"……what?"

Chongxiao was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. Although he didn't know what kind of secrets were hidden in this land, he couldn't imagine what it was like for the immortals to be so scared.

"Lies are something that the gods despise. The final Lateran library does not allow them to appear, so the records of Saint Domion are worthy of trust."

"That doesn't guarantee that the immortals he knows have special experiences."

He didn't mean to argue, but wanted to find out why the Sakota people concluded that this fossil belonged to a demon worm, not a giant beast or something...

Before Evangelista XI could answer, another voice rang out.

"That's the conclusion that the Sakota people have come to after hundreds of years of research, Chongxiao."

Your sister! ?

A flash of joy flashed across Chongxiao's face, but then it turned into curiosity.

Because this voice just sounded very similar to Ling, but for some reason it became... much more sharp and delicate.

He quickly looked in the direction where the sound came from and found a small white jade wine glass slowly floating into the air, emitting a soft light in all directions.

Then, the white jade wine cup suddenly began to change until it became some kind of creature...

The round body has four short legs and a wagging tail, and a pair of bright eyes that are as cute as Film's animal relative. The dragon horns that are very close to the top of the head represent that this adorable little guy should be her clone or something like that.

"Oh, Chongxiao, you're late."

The little guy came over and jumped onto his shoulder. "We've been waiting for a long, long time."

"Ah this..."

Chongxiao actually wanted to ask you what you are, but considering that it might be impolite, he gave up.

Anyway, it's easy to feel that this little guy has something extremely close to Ling.

However, a trace of unnaturalness flashed across the face of Evangelista XI next to him... In fact, after Ling left, he had been hesitating whether to contact the man named Chongxiao. As a result, before he could make up his mind, the other party came with Arturo.

"What should I call you, Xiaoling?"

"You coward! Are you just nagging me?!"

"Sister Ling!"

Reaching out to stop the little guy who wanted to hit his neck, Chongxiao very wisely chose to be cowardly.

This should be some kind of "energy clone" with independent consciousness, wisdom, and even memory, but the personality seems to be a little different...

Back to the topic, after a brief fight, the little guy who called himself Bubble Ling began to describe his experience after leaving Yumen City.

She first returned to the Divine Capital and contacted Bai Xiangshan, the current manager of Simuitai, and applied to enter Yanlu Pavilion, the official data storage agency of Dayan. Just like when she brought Chongxiao with her to Yumen, she planned to see if she could find any information about the magic insects in the history books.

As a result, after obtaining permission from their superiors, the officials of Yanlu Pavilion brought Ling directly to the supercomputer in the secret room.

So in the following month, Ling became an internet addiction goddess!

When Bubble Ling said this, Chongxiao almost couldn't hold back his laughter. You know, although Ling is not very resistant to new modern things, he also has no intention of taking the initiative to get in touch with them.

When he thought of the scene of the peerless and beautiful goddess Sister Ling sitting in front of the computer and carefully using the two-finger Zen, he couldn't help but laugh, and then he was hit hard on the neck by Bubble Ling.

After that, Ling took the collected information to Leitania and Rembilto, and investigated the situation of the ancient magic insects in those places...but unfortunately, all he could find were wild histories related to the behemoths.

Until a few months ago, when she came to Rutland.

It has been mentioned before that three descendants of Da Yan were allowed to leave the territory. Ling, who had the most easy-going and relaxed personality, was one of them. As for the other two...

Director Nian, who had gone to Columbia University for "further studies", also did this, and he went there secretly. As a result, Guo Shan's former supervisor was directly dismissed. The out-of-reach Si Sui Tai had to change his attitude and acquiesced to Director Nian's willfulness.

And the third one is a musician who is famous in this land for his name of Changqin Bozhong: Ji… As the purest and most passionate art lover among the Sui people, even Simuitai before Ying Zhen ascended the throne had "trusted" him, so his tolerance was almost higher than Ling's.

"Wait a minute, don't get off topic, little... uh, Sister Ling, first tell me how you got in touch with the Pope."

"What a coward! Since we can all get out, how difficult is it to ask the True Dragon Emperor for a pass?"

Chongxiao couldn't help but turn his head and look at Evangelista XI, who smiled and nodded.

No wonder, since he is a special envoy of the Great Yan, even Pope Lateran dare not neglect him...

To get back to the point, after Ling made the request tactfully, Evangelista XI keenly sensed something, and after several probing attempts, he finally determined that the two were referring to the same secret.

That's why Chongxiao was invited here.

"Ms. Qinglian said that your scholars conducted a micro-source decay period reaction measurement on that creature."

"Yes, the result is that it cannot be measured at all."

"Well... it's the same here. Their existence time has exceeded the upper limit of the micro-source decay period reaction determination method. We... haven't even encountered such ancient relics."

The Terran nations naturally kept the ruins they discovered completely secret, so Evangelista XI's words were strictly speaking a generalization.

But don't forget that Lateran itself was built on a ruin, and their research on their origins is certainly very accurate, even if it is not necessarily thorough...

"Well, anyway, based on the information we have collected so far and the generous sharing of His Holiness the Pope, we have come to a general conclusion."

At this point, Bubble's cheerful tone suddenly turned much more depressed, "It's just that... this conclusion makes me very unhappy."

"Then this conclusion is wrong, Sister Ling!"

"If you keep doing that, I'll beat you up!"

Chongxiao chuckled and didn't take it seriously... Speaking of which, this little clone of your sister is really too cute, but it's a pity that it probably can't exist forever.

At this moment, Evangelista XI suddenly spoke up: "Let me explain. After all, this general conclusion is based on our research over the past few hundred years."

"Okay."

"Perhaps they lived at least 100,000 years ago and fed on giant beasts...the former overlords of this land. But more importantly: they did not become extinct."

……

Ratlan St. Petersburg, sixth floor of the inpatient area of ​​the Central Hospital.

Remian was naturally very happy about the visits of his old friends Mostima and Fiammetta.

Compared to the time four years ago when she went to the Divine Capital as a member of the diplomatic corps to attend the coronation ceremony, the charming yet steady girl has become an elegant and quiet sickly beauty.

With the nurses' proper rehabilitation care, Lemiaoan, who has been paralyzed for four years, has not shown any signs of limb atrophy, and her spirit and complexion are very healthy... Even if she is given a sniper rifle, she can win the wheelchair shooting grand prix championship with the most courageous attitude!

But a life without freedom is not suitable for the Sakota people, especially for a Sakota like Lemiaoan... Whenever it was late at night, she would always think...

Blow something up for fun!!!

"…Be normal, Lemiaoan."

"Oh, then you will be disappointed, lovely Super Red Flame Witch."

"What the hell is that?"

Facing the giggling Remyan, Fiammetta felt helpless and embarrassed.

Little did she know that this was her cutest look in Chongxiao's eyes. Remian and Mostima must have thought so too, otherwise why would they have joked with each other the first thing they did after their long-awaited reunion?

"Hahaha, but Feiya, your hand strength seems to have increased a lot. Is this the effect of practicing the Great Flame Martial Arts?"

Just now, when Lemion was about to move from the bed to the wheelchair, it was Fiammetta who carried her over, so she could clearly feel the difference.

During the more than one year that Longmen served as special envoy, the two had maintained correspondence and were aware of each other's current situation.

"Yes, and Chongxiao said that I can now move beyond basic training and learn some powerful moves."

"That's great, but Fia, I still think you can't give up your gun."

When the gun was mentioned, Lemiaoan's eyes immediately became sharp, "Compared to close combat, the gun is more useful."

If it were in the past, Fiammetta would definitely not question such words, after all, her own power gloves were just experimental weapons, but with many days of learning and understanding, she no longer has the idea that one person can definitely defeat another.

Take the last time against Ascalon for example. When the opponent was obviously letting her go, the blast gun had no way to deal with her. Instead, she used the power gloves and move traps to achieve victory.

Fiammetta was unwilling to refute Lemion. After all, this was the truth for the vast majority of the Sakota people, so she brought up another matter.

What really matters.

"Um...Mastema has already told you, right?"

"say what?"

"Don't pretend you don't understand..."