Everyone listened to Fang Heng's narration and fell into thinking again.
After a long while, Qiu Yaokang raised his head again and asked: "So Fang Heng, do you have a clue now?"
"Well, I have some ideas. Do you remember the stone box we found at the beginning of the trial, right?"
"Of course I remember, according to Qiu Yaokang's analysis, that box was used to seal the 'Demon Seed'." Mo Jiawei heard the box and continued, "Now we know that the 'Demon Seed' is similar to the HeLa virus
A homologous virion that has the effect of transforming various human qualities."
Fang Heng nodded and said: "Yes, I don't know if you still remember that Sandy once restored the pictures and texts on the stone box."
Everyone's eyes lit up.
Fang Heng recalled, holding up three fingers one by one.
"A total of three paintings were restored. The first one was about a disaster. The entire forest and village were in flames, and there were dead bodies everywhere."
"The second picture shows a group of people arguing around a stone in a ruins. After touching the stone, the humans turned into 'ghosts' and everyone fled in all directions."
"In the third picture, the cave-dwelling beast made a stone box and sealed the stone."
Listening to Fang Heng's narration, everyone felt a little worried.
Wei Tao looked at Tang Mingyue and asked: "Mingyue, how do you feel now? Do you feel uncomfortable or that your body is being manipulated?"
"Not at all, I feel very good now."
Tang Mingyue shook her head repeatedly. As she spoke, she glanced at the direction of the barbarian camp again, "It's okay to hit a hundred, not to mention ten."
Mo Jiawei was surprised, "So the virus on Tang Mingyue's body is completely positive?"
Wei Tao showed hesitation, "That's strange. Judging from the painting style of the murals and the words of the beasts living in the cave, demonization is not a good state. It seems to have a great impact on the spirit. As for the demons of the barbarians,
I don’t know if there will be any backlash after the transformation. Those are the secrets of the barbarians, and it’s a bit difficult to understand them.”
“Everyone!!!”
Sandy suddenly raised his hand to attract everyone's attention, "Don't forget, after I restored the traces on the outside of the stone box, I found a symbol similar to a beluga whale carved on the bottom of the box. Do you know the beluga whale?
The royal symbol of the Malkhite Empire, the emblem of the Andrast family that established the entire dynasty!”
As he said that, Sandy looked at Tang Mingyue and said, "Well, yes, Tang Mingyue is talking about your ancestors."
"Huh?" Tang Mingyue blinked, "Then?"
"Um...here," Sandy's face froze in excitement, and then he put down his hand in embarrassment, "No more, I'm just telling you what I found."
Fang Heng frowned and thought, "I have talked with Xie Guba, the elder of the cave-dwelling beast who was sealed in the altar. According to him, a long time ago, the cave-dwelling beast chief made an agreement with humans to seal one of the demon species.
The box is stored in the underworld."
"The demon seed he mentioned should be the virus host, and the box is the black box we found. It seems that the person who reached an agreement with the empire should be the ancestor of the imperial royal family. The ancestor of the empire may have discovered the drawbacks of the demon seed, so he put it in
Is the demon seed sealed?"
Sandy asked: "Mingyue, is there anything recorded in your family tree?"
Tang Mingyue grimaced, "I don't know. Like you, I just joined the trial..."
While everyone was discussing, they suddenly discovered that there was some commotion behind the Imperial Legion.
The commotion soon stopped, and a group of imperial soldiers wearing silver armor rushed back from behind the underworld.
Soldiers came in a hurry and gathered everyone in the center.
An imperial general wearing bright silver-patterned battle armor strode forward, stood in front of Tang Mingyue, and said loudly: "Chen Wubin, captain of the Imperial Silver Armor Guard, pays homage to His Highness Mingyue!"
Tang Mingyue stopped talking with Wei Tao and others and looked back at the person coming.
"His Royal Highness Mingyue, my subordinates are here to take His Royal Highness Mingyue back to the royal family on the orders of the imperial monarch Salvador."
Tang Mingyue frowned.
The current monarch of the empire, Salvador, is not her nominal father, but serves as the acting monarch to preside over various political affairs of the empire.
That is her uncle.
Tang Mingyue had learned a small amount of information about the royal family when she returned to the royal family. She only knew that the monarch had been seriously ill for some time, and during his serious illness, he ordered the empire to be temporarily entrusted to El Salvador.
In this situation, is it still a waste of time to deal with an acting monarch?
Isn't this sick?
Tang Mingyue didn't want to see any acting monarch, so she pretended to be angry and scolded: "Didn't you see that I have something to do now? It's great. The barbarians invaded the empire and you are not here to protect them. Now that the barbarians have been driven away, you came quickly. What are you doing for food?
!”
"Sorry! Your Highness Mingyue!"
Chen Wubin raised his head, but his gaze was directed at Tang Mingyue. Without making any concessions, he said loudly: "Your Majesty has ordered that His Highness Mingyue must be brought back to the royal family."
As he spoke, the silver-armored guards behind Chen Wubin all went on alert.
In the establishment of the imperial army, the Silver Armored Guards are elite combat forces drawn from all over the empire and only obey the direct dispatch of the monarch.
Something's wrong!
Fang Heng's heart moved.
What happened? So tense all of a sudden?
Why is the imperial royal family so tough in asking Tang Mingyue to go back?
The air was a little stagnant for a while.
Seeing this battle, Tang Mingyue subconsciously felt guilty and glanced at Fang Heng standing aside with a look of help.
Oops!
Could it be that the plan to steal the royal treasury was discovered?
The next moment, the game prompts refreshed on the retinas of Tang Mingyue and others.
[Tip: The player team triggers the optional trial main quest - Royal Summons].
Mission name: Royal summons-decision.
Mission requirements: The current acting monarch of the empire, Salvador, wants to summon Tang Mingyue.
Task branch option 1: Accept the summons.
Mission branch choice two: refuse the summons (this choice will cause the player team to break with the royal family).
Remaining selection time: 30 seconds.
Description (triggered by trial difficulty): If you do not make a choice within 30 seconds, the default choice is to refuse the summons, and you will enter a hostile state with the empire.
Tang Mingyue and Fang Heng quickly communicated with their eyes.
"What should I do? The person here is evil. Has the theft of the treasure house been discovered?"
"Don't panic, we have done this matter very cleanly, and there are barbarians who are taking the blame. There is a low chance of being discovered. Maybe they just want to summon you."
"I don't think it's that simple. Do you suggest I go see him?"
"Well, just to be on the safe side, you go and see me, and try to delay as much time as possible for me to deal with the treasure. Also, don't worry if you run into trouble, I will find a way to rescue you outside."
"No, if you encounter trouble, leave me alone. You can just let me die. You must take care of the stolen treasures!"