"...What is this?"
The surrounding air seemed to freeze for a moment as this scene was frozen. Along with it, Duan Qing and others looked like they had not spoken for a long time. The gray-robed magician stretched out his head and stared at the chain in front of him.
After a long while, he finally blurted out the doubts he had because he couldn't understand the scene in front of him: "What is this?"
"As you can see, it's a chain." Xue Ling Huan Bing, who also came to the side, answered with a much emotionless voice: "What are you surprised about? Let alone a place like the medical area, even if it's a place like the medical area,
Whether it's a magnificent palace or an underground sewer filled with garbage, it shouldn't look out of place if such commonplace items are placed there."
"It is indeed a prop that may exist anywhere." He pinched his chin and stood up, Duan Qing's focus still did not move away from the chain: "But it is precisely because the one placed here is
It’s... uh, a common thing, so it won’t attract much attention or attraction.”
"What's so special about it?" His eyes shifted slightly, and his pretentious voice gradually fell on Shi Ayun, who was still squatting here motionless: "This warrior, are you interested in asking me?
Let’s explain—”
Standing up from the ground suddenly, the tribal warrior who was watched by Duan Qing originally curled up on the ground and then stretched into a long standing body. The casual and decadent vagabond that was originally painted on this back felt like this.
Shi Ye had disappeared with the rise of a certain momentum, and was replaced by the cold and solemn atmosphere that obviously surrounded him: "——"
"Hey, hey, where are you going?"
Looking at the figure turning around and rushing out of the room like a thousand-foot wall, Duan Qing's words that he originally wanted to continue to test also stretched out into the darkness of the outside world: "Wait, wait a minute! At this time -"
"Don't go, it's too dangerous to go out now."
Reaching out to grab the gray-robed magician, who wanted to follow him as he rushed out of this place, Xue Ling Huan Bing lowered his voice and warned: "Shi Ayun himself is quite strong and has not suffered any serious injuries. He can handle every encounter.
The enemy is different from the two of us. Any skeleton we meet will be killed."
"Now that the situation is so uncertain, we can only act with caution." She patted Duan Qing's shoulder and calmed down Duan Qing's floating mood, who seemed to be struggling on the spot: "And even so, in our place
There should be many clues that can be explored, such as——"
"This thing in front of me."
She pulled the other party's shoulders and turned around, showing the scene of the quiet room again in front of Duan Qing. The gray-robed magician, who calmed down from the inexplicable emotions, then took a deep breath with his slowly rising and falling chest.
He took a breath and focused his eyes on the ancient-looking chain in front of him again: "...Hmm."
"It does seem a little strange."
Squatting down and inspecting for a long time again, the gray-robed magician observed the surface of the entangled chain for a long time: "These traces, and the sense of discrepancy with the surrounding..."
"Are you still afraid of damaging the scene?" Xue Ling Huan Bing, who raised her eyebrows with her lips curled up, then gently tapped the back of the man squatting on the ground with the toe of her boots: "If it's true
If I'm afraid of the existence of poison or something like that, then it's up to me——"
"No, no, no, no, that's not what I meant." He hurriedly waved to the other party, and Duan Qing's fingers also moved to the ground in front of him: "Don't use swords or other things to pick, I can observe.
Not the chain itself, but something around it.”
"The sense of time here is obviously not as heavy as the things around it." As he said this, his outstretched fingers touched the surface of the chain for a moment: "The placement, the elements, and
Dust and the like...its abruptness does not just belong to the thing it represents."
"Although your wording is very weird, I can still understand your description." Xue Ling Huan Bing frowned slightly, lowered his gaze, lowered his upper body, and brought his attention closer to Duan Qing:
"Yes, if you look carefully, this thing does not exist in the same era as the surrounding ruins."
"When did it appear here? And who brought it here?" Duan Qing, who had a serious face, fell into a deeper confusion without paying attention to the curves of the white clothes that were close at hand due to the sagging of her breasts.
Thinking: "If someone has entered this place before, how did they enter such a core area?"
"Why did they leave such a thing here?" As the voice became deeper and deeper, the gray-robed magician finally stretched out his hand to pick it up: "What does this have to do with Shi Ayun?
relation?"
Without any surprise, the clanking sound of metal collisions also rang in the ears of the two people. Xue Ling Huan Bing, who was originally holding his arms, then put his palms on his knees and looked at Duan Qing in the air.
They merged together: "Judging from that guy's reaction——"
"It should be someone he knows."
Ordinary chains, interlocking links, and iron chains that looked the same as what Duan Qing knew. Then, with the dust that had been blown away, they were gently shaking in front of the two people. It represented the meaning of
Corroded rust and broken scars were now spread across every corner of the iron chain, which seemed to be mixed with the same smell of rust as the smell of blood. After carefully observing the metal material of the iron chain in front of him for a while, Duan Qing finally found out.
He easily turned over his fingers and moved the jingling sound to other chains: "Although it looks extremely fragile now, it should be very hard in itself."
"It's complete, and there doesn't seem to be any trace of breaking free." The Snow Spirit Huanbing on the side also made a low evaluation: "No matter the person who is carrying it or the person who is bound by it, in the end, it seems that there is no trace of it.
What harm does it do?"
"In other words, the original owner of this chain just came here with this thing." Having rotated the chain in a circle, Duan Qing's voice full of thought also sounded again as the jingling sound stopped: "Even if it is
He was kidnapped, but he didn't put up any resistance, and then he was released."
"In other words, he got out of trouble in other ways, without breaking the iron chain." Xue Ling Huan Bingfu held the iron chain in his hand again: "The closed form of the iron chain... Phew,
Originally I thought it might be someone's weapon or something, but now it seems unlikely."
"Who said that a closed iron chain can't be used as a weapon? It's not like iron chains can only be used as whip weapons." Duan Qing rolled his eyelids, and his reply became slightly louder: "And
Judging from the minor scratches on it, it seems that these chains have indeed been scratched in many places."
"Just because it's been scratched doesn't mean it's a weapon. If it's a harness tied to a person, it's possible to cause scars of this level, right?"
"Then the scratches are too fine. Look at the density, which can cover almost half of the area... Do you want to say that a person was tied by this chain and rolled all the way to here?"
"Okay, let's just assume what you said is right."
The argument between the two people temporarily showed obvious signs. The curled Xue Ling Huan Bing then put his finger back on the place where the chain was just placed: "If this thing is really someone's weapon, then
Why would he leave it here? In the depths of such a ruin, wouldn't it be no different from committing suicide?"
"Perhaps he encountered the same situation as you and me, and he just fled to this place to hide temporarily." Duan Qing spread his hands casually: "Then he found something else while resting in this place - such as
Talking about unexpected clues or strange sounds, being attracted to other places and never coming back... Ha, if you want to explain it, you can find a lot of reasonable reasons."
"Weapons or equipment, etc., you should be able to find the characteristics from it." He turned around angrily, followed the direction indicated by Duan Qing and looked towards the chain. Xueling Huanbing then started to look for other items.
Reasons why it can be used: "Even if there are no emblems or notches, there should at least be something like a handshake or a round handle. It's nothing like this chain - and it looks a bit short."
"It is true that it is only about a few meters long, but it is enough to be used as a weapon." Shaking his head slightly, Duan Qing also focused his attention on the chain again: "As for this shape...he is good at it.
People who use iron chains as attack props usually wrap half of them around their arms, so that they can use the half as a defensive tool while facilitating telescopic control."
"Just like this." Struggling to control that half of his arm, he swung one end of the chain around his left arm bit by bit: "If you wrap it on both sides, you can even imitate the double joint.
What’s wrong with the way the stick is used?”
"I said before that I was an excellent magician, but my true colors were revealed so quickly." He laughed out loud, stared at Duan Qing's Snow Spirit Fantasy Ice for a while, and then suddenly let out a chuckle: "That's right.
Do you think it's an occupational disease? When it's time to explain all kinds of strange weapons, your energy and excitement are completely different."
"I have no intention of letting you continue to change careers." Somewhat helplessly, he put away the posture he had just prepared to take. Duan Qing curled his lips and took off the iron chain from his arm: "Take a step back, is it a weapon or a restraint?
The tool doesn't have much significance. It probably only helps us to find clues and satisfy our curiosity. The results of guessing for a long time by ourselves may not be as fast and accurate as Shi Ayun's explanation.
Be more accurate..."
"The problem is that he doesn't seem to want to explain to us." After looking outside the room door for a while, Xue Ling Huan Bing continued to ask in a low voice: "Do we need to get him back now?
"
"I don't think we have that ability now. God knows where he went." Dragging heavy steps to the corner, Duan Qing's voice also lost the spirit of the previous period: "Instead of counting on this right path -
"
"I would rather take some sideways paths."
The iron chains that had not been completely discarded made a clanking sound on the ground. The gray-robed magician then began to wander around the room. The appearance of constantly checking the surroundings carefully also undoubtedly caused a stir.
Xue Ling Huan Bing's attention, and the eyes that kept following the other person's movements back and forth, also dropped because of the slender body sitting against the wall again: "Isn't this place almost completely dug up by us? Are you still looking for it?
What?"
"Of course it's something that shouldn't exist in this place." Duan Qing, who carefully inspected every corner of the ruins in this room and moved slowly without raising his head, replied: "If it's different from what we encountered before,
Like other rooms, the chaos here was naturally formed thousands of years ago, so I may not be able to find what I am looking for, but if this is not the case, there must be some inconsistent parts mixed in these ruins——
look."
"There is a piece of rag." The footsteps paused for a moment, and he pulled out a piece of rag embedded in countless messy items: "A rag from a thousand years ago may not be preserved at all, but if it is dozens of
Maybe things from years ago can be preserved."
"This must not be a relic from the same period as the ruins." A strange light flashed in his eyes, and Xue Ling Huan Bing, who came forward, nodded and said: "And judging from the condition of the iron chain just now,
, the possibility that these two items were at the same time is extremely high.”
"Then let's see if we can find any clues about the identity of the owner from this piece of cloth." Duan Qing checked the other corners of the ruins again, and then focused his gaze on
Under the dim light: "Well, it seems to be one of the pieces of clothing sewn together with wool and velvet. It should be torn from a certain top or coat. Although there are no blood stains or injuries, the use of very
The violence of the master's will created the possibility of this rag...wait a minute."
"Did you hear anything?"
There was a slight pause in the movement of rummaging up and down for pieces of cloth. The words belonging to Duan Qing suddenly stopped in the dark depths outside the door as he raised his head, and the faint sound of bones colliding followed.
With the same vigilant look in Xue Ling Huan Bing's eyes, she appeared in the distance in that direction, slowly approaching their location with swaying footsteps.
"……Oops."
This chapter has been completed!