After several days of searching, I finally found a parchment in a corner of the bookcase. With the help of this parchment, Professor Tan spent less than four days writing Professor Liu's strange text.

Decoded it.

This is all thanks to the parchment, which records the Chinese characters corresponding to each weird text in very detail. It is like a dictionary. With its help, it is only a matter of time to decipher these weird words.

But when the entire text was deciphered, what was presented to us was a piece of content that none of us had expected.

This text written by Professor Liu is not a record of research, but a message left to his daughter. The translation probably means this:

Xinya, when you read these words, I will probably be dead. I once promised your mother that I would take good care of you, but I'm afraid I can't do it anymore. I'm going to reunite with her down below.

My dear daughter, I’m really worried about leaving you alone, but dad can’t help it. Sometimes people living in this world don’t always have everything they want.

Dad can no longer be by your side to take care of you. No matter what difficulties you encounter in the future, you must work hard to overcome them. This is Dad's last request to you, and it can also be regarded as his last words.

My father has been doing archeology all his life and has excavated too many tombs. This is actually very harmful to one's moral character. I have long known that I will not live long.

As an archaeologist, I also know that although we have the name of archaeology, we are no different from tomb robbers. The only thing we are better than tomb robbers is that we will not embezzle the cultural relics in the tombs.

But so what? Our behavior is no different from tomb robbers!

My dear daughter, daddy knows that you are very smart, and you must be able to understand this text. When you understand this text, you will also find the parchment I hid in the study.

Remember, this parchment is very important and must not be lost. It hides a big secret.

This secret will be very helpful for you to find the real cause of my death!

Dad knows that you will definitely investigate the cause of my death. You are my daughter and I have the same bad temper. Dad knows that I can’t persuade you. As long as you decide to do something, you will definitely do it, even if you lose your life because of it, you will never flinch.

So I left you this message before I died. The only hope is that you will live. Remember that there is a secret on that piece of parchment. You can find a way to decipher it yourself. For some reasons, I can't directly explain the method.

Write it here.

But Dad believes in you. You will definitely find the secret of the parchment. After you crack the secret, you will go find a good friend of Dad.

Your good friend dad’s surname is Tan. You should also know him. He often hugged you when you were a child. Maybe you still have some impressions of him.

He is now teaching at Nanjing University. He and his father are life-and-death friends and will definitely help you. When you see him, show him the following passage.

Lao Tan, I, Liu Delong, have never begged anyone in my life. When you read this message, I will be dead.

I only ask you one thing, help my daughter to find out the truth behind my death!

I have some clues these days, but this matter is too complicated. Something will happen to her alone. I only have you as a good friend.

Promise me not to let my daughter die. I was killed by the brain corpse worm. During the investigation, I found that the brain corpse worm has a lot to do with the ancient tomb we excavated before.

All the people we participated in the research have died, and more than half of the five surviving experts have died. Now the only surviving expert is an American, his name is Dr. Samuel, who enjoys a high reputation in the international archaeological community. I miss you.

Should know him.

He is the only person who has entered the ancient tomb and is still alive. You can seek his help and you will definitely get a lot of useful information.

I don't have much time. This is the only information I can tell you. You have to discover the other secrets on your own, but you have to remember that this matter is far more complicated than you think.

Lao Tan, I really want to go to the ancient tomb with you again, do research again, and play a game of chess with you again, but I'm afraid I won't be able to see you.

I know I won't survive tonight. You are the only close friend in my life. Promise me to take good care of my daughter and don't let her die. She is my only hope.

Hey, I really don’t want to die. I still have a lot of things to do and a lot of research that I haven’t completed yet. Maybe this is my fate.

The King of Hell wants you to die at the third watch, who dares to leave anyone alive until the fifth watch!

The following page is the information I collected about the brain corpse worm. You can refer to it, but be careful. This thing is very weird. Once infected, there is no way to cure it.

The message ended abruptly at this point. It was obvious that Professor Liu still had something to say, but he did not have time to write any more.

On the second page is a picture of a brain corpse worm that he hand-drawn, but there is only one picture here. It seems that Professor Liu just finished drawing this picture, and he was poisoned and did not have time to write the rest of the information.

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It's a pity that this old professor, who worked hard for archaeology all his life, died without a complete body in the end.

I can see his helplessness from these words. He doesn't want to die, and he is even more reluctant to let go of his daughter, but he knows that he must die.

He wanted to leave some clues for his daughter, but time did not give him this chance. I could even see the unwilling look in his eyes before he died!

That kind of helplessness, hesitation, helplessness, anger, debt, hope, countless complex emotions are integrated into one look. Maybe he just hates God for not giving him a few more days!

"Dad!" Liu Xinya burst into tears after reading this message. He hugged the notebook and completely collapsed.

"Father's love is so great!" After reading this message, my heart couldn't calm down for a long time. At this moment, I thought of my parents. I should visit them when I have time, I thought to myself.

"Hey, Lao Liu, you can think of me before you die. It's really a waste of time for our friends. Don't worry, I will take good care of your daughter. As long as I don't die, I won't let her die."

At this point, Professor Tan was silent for a moment, and finally sighed and said: "Old Liu, you may not have thought that I am also infected with the brain corpse worm. It would be great if you contacted me earlier. Maybe there is a way to be together, but you leave

It’s too urgent!”

I also felt deeply sorry for him.

It's a pity that Professor Liu was infected with the brain corpse worm too early. If he had been later, his brain corpse worm would not have attacked. With Director Chen's medicine, at least he could live for a while.

If Professor Liu had not died, with his help, we would definitely be able to find a way to crack the brain corpse bug faster.

But there are no ifs in this world. Professor Liu died in the end, and the most precious treasure he left us is the parchment.

"Hexuan, Professor Liu said that there is a secret on this parchment, what secret could it be?" Li Dadan took advantage of Liu Xinya's sadness and took the parchment from her side.

Li boldly unfolded the parchment scroll, looked up, down, left, right, and carefully, but found no secrets.

Both sides of this parchment are filled with strange words. There is nothing else on it except these. Professor Liu said there is a big secret on it. What secret is it?

Looking at this parchment, several of us fell into deep thought. We knew that Professor Liu would not say this for no reason. If he said there is a secret on it, then there must be a secret.
Chapter completed!