"Necklace? Is there anything wrong with the necklace?" Yin Fan picked up the cross pendant necklace and threw it to Ke Lan.

Ke Lan took the cross pendant, looked carefully, and soon discovered the problem.

This cross pendant looks like a religious ornament, but in fact it is an exquisite and compact hidden container.

On the side of this cross with a thickness of no more than one centimeter, there is a somewhat obvious gap. This gap was originally tightly clenched, but because the metal at the junction produced a layer of oxide, it stretched out the gap that was originally difficult to see by the naked eye.

With the mold opening and pouring technology on the ark, even the cheap handicrafts sold on the street stalls can be formed in one go. The structure of this cross is not complicated at all, and there is no need to divide it into two parts. Doing so will only increase the working hours and costs.

This can only explain one problem: there is another mystery inside the cross.

Ke Lan inserted his nails into the gap and gently clenched them. The cross nested from the front and back parts was immediately divided into two halves, revealing the hollow internal structure.

Inside this cross, there was a circle of small pink paper strips. The edges of the paper strips had faded and yellowed. It was obviously rubbed by someone with his hands many times.

Yin Fan's eyes lit up and he asked, "Ke Lan, how do you know there is something hidden in the cross?"

"Mo Jue just said that this golden retriever speaks well on weekdays, and that gift for the wine lover is mostly a story made up by casual words... But one thing he said is the truth. This cross is indeed a very important thing for him. You see, the edges and corners of the cross have been rounded. This is not the effect of metal oxidation. It is difficult for daily wear to wear this carbide to this extent... There is only one possibility. The wearer will touch the pendant with his hands from time to time to confirm whether it is lost." Ke Lan analyzed.

"You can guess this with just a little wear mark?" Mo Jue was a little surprised. Although she had not been with Uncle Golden Retriever for a long time, she had at least a few months. However, this Ke Lan actually introduced the most frequent unconscious action of Uncle Golden Retriever on weekdays based on some clues on a corpse... She would never think of the mystery hidden in the pendant, but she would only think of that personal habit similar to touching the nose and biting the nails.

He was right. Uncle Golden Retriever always had a quirk, which was that he would reach out to touch the pendant on his neck every few minutes. But if Ke Lan didn't deliberately ask about this action, she wouldn't remember it at all - because after getting used to it, Uncle Golden Retriever's action of touching the pendant was so normal for himself.

"Of course, based on this alone, I dare not guarantee that there is any secret hidden on this cross. After all, Mo Jue also said that the golden retriever was a Christian. As a sustenance of faith, it is a very normal behavior to touch the cross pendant frequently. But I have searched every corner of his clothes, and even the fabric interlayer was not spared, but I still found nothing. At this time, I naturally thought of this cross pendant." Ke Lan continued, "In fact, according to the normal evidence search process, the inspection priority of this cross pendant is the same as that of other things. However, everyone's attention was attracted by the corpse and the clothes covered on the corpse. The target of the cross pendant is too small, and it has played a role as the proof of identity of the corpse at the first time, which is why we ignore it."

"Stop talking about this, hurry up and see what's on the note?" Thirty-san couldn't help but urge.

Ke Lan did not dare to get started directly, for fear of breaking the note that had already been pineapple, so he had to ask Yin Fan for a tweezer and carefully clip the note out.

However, when he spread the note flat with great expectations, he found that the pink note was just a corner torn off a custom store coupon, and there was a photo of a bunny girl wearing black silk stockings printed on it. However, the part above the bunny girl's waist was torn off, leaving only two long legs that were obviously PS-perfect, posing in an attractive position.

"What the hell is this..." Ke Lan's eyes twitched involuntarily. He could not accept such a result - hidden in this cross pendant, it turned out to be a damaged custom store coupon?!

Moreover, judging from the insignia on the QR code, it is a custom store with the VIP card with the lip-printed image... Even if the Golden Retriever buried any clues in that custom store, it has now turned out to be ashes with the old East Nine District.

This thing is obviously the kind of joint code similar to playing cards - a corner of the coupon was torn off was held in the golden retriever's hand, and the rest was at another joint person. There was no need to say a word when the two met. As long as the coupon could be pieced together intact, it would be considered as verifying the identity.

But the question is, even if the linker did not die in the Old East Ninth District incident, where would Ke Lan go to find him?

What's more, he wouldn't be able to return to the ark before he figured out the secret of the Gray Mist Forest - he would probably be difficult to go back now, and it would be difficult to come out next time.

"This thing should be a token of the connector, right?" Yin Fan's thoughts were exactly the same as Ke Lan. "In many spy movies, agents and informants would have a card that tore in half or something together. The coupon in this corner should be the same."

As he said that, Yin Fan sighed and said, "This may be a very important clue, but unfortunately it is useless to us at this stage."

Ke Lan looked at the corner of the coupon in this custom store several times. In addition to the explicit promotional articles, the bunny girl's long black stockings and service items that only veteran drivers can understand, the only information contained in the coupon in this corner is the QR code.

Ke Lan suddenly felt a sudden tremor in her head - QR code?! Why is there a QR code on a coupon for a custom store?

Although the Custom Store is the apricot trading venue that is officially in the Ark, no matter what, it is a part of the gray industry. If you scan the QR code, it will definitely not be the official website of the Custom Store. No Custom Store dares to advertise so blatantly. Even in Yifan Street, Kabukicho, most of the services that can reach home will only be open to regular customers.

As for the payment code...what store has you seen that prints the payment code on the coupon?

This QR code can't be a short video for customers to "try it"?

With the idea of ​​scanning, Ke Lan took out his mobile phone. The screen of the mobile phone showed a few words "not in the service area". If the information contained in this QR code was a link address, then Ke Lan would have no way to use it, but if it was something else...

He pointed his phone camera at the QR code.

Ke Lan's mobile phone was customized by Zuo Feiya for him. All configurations are basically the top-notch. The QR code recognition speed is extremely fast. As soon as Ke Lan moved the camera over, a photo jumped out of the screen.

It is not the large-scale pictures of beautiful women, nor the price list of various apricot service items, but a piece of tangled yellow stone tablet with strange words engraved on it.

Yin Fan looked up at Ke Lan as soon as he saw these strange words, and said in a deep voice: "It is the Alpha civilization's words."

His second half of the sentence was obviously to ask Ke Lan what the meaning of these words was, but with Mo Jue, an outsider, there were some things, the fewer people knew, the better.

Ke Lan naturally subconsciously wanted to "read" these alpha words, but when he focused on the alpha words on the stone tablet, he felt his head suddenly sinking. Suddenly, these words seemed to float up from the picture and then crashed into his eyes!

These words have no specific meaning, but when they are connected together, another picture is formed!

"This is... the Alpha civilization's graphic conversion technology? These words are actually a painting?" Ke Lan was stunned. The things engraved on this stone tablet can actually be regarded as a QR code in essence.

"Russian dolls, right..."

He focused his attention on the picture that appeared in his mind. Not long after, Ke Lan realized that this should be a map, and it was a map of the Gray Mist Forest!

This map is different from the general map: the general map directly draws the terrain and route, which makes people see at a glance; but this map is more like a dynamic compass...or a navigation software.

It will not present the whole view of the forest before you, it will only tell you how to walk to pass through areas covered by gray fog.

When Ke Lan goes to "look" on this map, the map will instantly expand and wrap his consciousness in it.

From Ke Lan's perspective, he felt as if he had transformed into a ghost without substance, walking quickly in the thick fog, with countless foggy trees and pillar roots on both sides retreating rapidly... from time to time, the view would turn a corner, and sometimes, it would even move horizontally or even retreat.

But no matter how the perspective changes, there is a voice in the subconscious that tells Ke Lan: she is moving forward, constantly moving forward, towards the core area of ​​the gray fog forest.

But just when Ke Lan felt that she was about to reach that destination, the camera came to an abrupt end - this is a map, but it is not a complete map.

It can take Ke Lan to the depths of the gray fog forest, but it cannot directly reach the core area.

"Did you see anything?" Yin Fan glanced at Mo Jue, changed the question and asked carefully.

"It's a map." Ke Lan said without hesitation.

"Map?!" Mo Jue was the first to react, "What map? Gray... Map of Gray Mist Forest?"

"Well, but it's not complete." Ke Lan nodded, "At most, we can only take us to a place thirty-five kilometers deep, and we have to walk ourselves."

"Thirty-five kilometers?!" Mo Jue was shocked. You must know that their team took several years to sacrifice more than twenty members to barely touch the depth of 500 meters. Then he reached the depth of 35 kilometers. This span is too exaggerated, right?

If my father and the others had this thing in their hands at that time, how could it be...

When Mo Jue thought of this, he suddenly came back to his senses, looked at the photo of the stone tablet with a puzzled look, and then looked at Ke Lan: "How did you see that this is a map?"

"I can understand the words of Alpha civilization." Ke Lan said bluntly.

Anyway, this matter is not a secret to the Immortal Crew Club, and Ke Lan is too lazy to hide it anymore.

Mo Jue was stunned for two seconds, then he trembled suddenly and whispered: "It seems... you have made up your mind to silence me from the beginning, right?"

"I don't plan to destroy your mouth. As long as you don't talk nonsense after you go back." Ke Lan looked indifferent, "Even if you really do this, the only agents from the Security Bureau will come to you... As for what they will do, I don't know."

"Then...then this thing is really... a map?" Mo Jue's tone was a bit stiff and changed the topic, "But, my father and others couldn't understand the text of the Alpha civilization. How could they know that this is a map and saved it?"

"Your father and the others may not know that this is a map, but they must know that this stone tablet has a very important relationship with the Gray Mist Forest." Yin Fan said from the side, "Actually, you can rest assured that if we want to silence you, you are dead now."

"Uh..." Mo Jue thought again. The doctor named Yin Fan said nothing: his furthest exploration depth was 500 meters, and at that time he could reach that depth, it was mainly due to his father and others... With his own ability, it was already the limit to be able to bring Ke Lan and others to a depth of 300 to 400 meters. Now, the other party has obtained a map of 35 kilometers of depth, which means that he is no longer useful to them.

"Are there any safe routes drawn on this map?" asked Sanshi San, "From the strange situation of this forest, even if we follow the routes on the map, we may still be distracted. After all, a map cannot prevent those things."

The "those things" of the Thirty-Three Fingers are naturally the strange phenomenon of "collectively forgetting" when the tannin disappeared.

"This is not an ordinary map. I would rather call it navigation." Ke Lan shook her head, "I have just walked that road in my consciousness. As long as everyone follows my steps, they will not get lost."

After saying this, Ke Lan turned to look at Mo Jue: "Miss Mo Jue, your mission has been completed. You can choose to return to the forest as the same way, or you can choose to stay and walk forward with us."

"I..." Mo Jue hesitated for a moment. She bit her lower lip hard, and finally said ruthlessly, "I will continue with you... I actually want to know what the 'secret' my father has been pursuing."
Chapter completed!