On the rocks covered with vines, the figure appeared out of nowhere, wearing a hooded raincoat, with a shaggy beard, but a pair of bright eyes.
This person is none other than the Twelve Earthly Branches Pigkin Fulis of the Hunter Association, and he is also one of the top five telepathic people in the world.
On the land of Luxi Kingdom, there was once a civilization where a hundred flowers bloomed.
As time goes by, no matter how glorious a civilization is, it will eventually be submerged in the long river of history and eventually be left behind in various forms.
Jin is a relic hunter, so he will not miss this country that is famous for its civilized relics.
He has set foot here many times. Although he has not participated in the excavation of local ruins, he is still very interested in going to the ruins open to the public to get up close and personal with historical relics.
Because there were still many ruins under excavation at that time, in order to make it easier to visit the excavated ruins next time, Jin placed divine characters with the ability to teleport wherever he passed.
Although there is no deliberate attempt to hide the existence of the divine characters, the location of those divine characters will not attract anyone's attention.
Jin now wanted to activate the divine word ability to go to the next destination, but failed to transfer successfully.
This means that the next teleportation point may have been damaged or moved.
Of course, it is not necessarily man-made, it may be accidentally touched by an animal, or even the layout may be shifted due to an earthquake, thus making the divine words lose their effect.
When Jin originally set up the divine word, he just thought that it might be used in the future. If not, he would let the divine word lose its effectiveness at a certain moment as time goes by.
Therefore, in the process of constructing these teleportation divine characters, Jin did not work hard on the aspect of "sturdiness", but instead devoted most of the "capacity" to the teleportation ability.
Therefore, these divine characters are very delicate and can easily lose their effectiveness under the influence of external forces.
"It's been so long, it's not surprising that it's broken."
Jin didn't care much about losing the shortcut method, but there was still a long way to go from here to the Tarot area.
"no solution anymore."
Now I can only walk there honestly.
Jin raised his hand and pulled down the brim of his hat slightly, jumped off the rock covered with vines, raised his eyes to the direction of the Tarot area, and bright thoughts slowly emerged from his feet in the mud.
Swish——
The group of thoughts condensed on the soles of his feet suddenly lit up, and Jin's figure suddenly turned into a stream of light, flying towards the darkness in the distance like an arrow.
When Jin's figure disappeared into the darkness, the dense raindrops falling from the sky turned into mist all over the sky.
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The site where the tomb was excavated.
The shadow of a person, the name of a tree.
The deeds of hunting the Phantom Troupe earned Moyu the nickname "Spider Killer".
Because of the weight contained in this nickname, Ada and General Danny accepted Moyu's arrival, and also allowed Menqi and Xiaodi to accompany them.
This is the value of reputation.
but……
What is more critical is the intelligence brought by Moyu and the motivation for coming to the Tarot area stated by Moyu to Ada.
That's why General Danny came to greet him personally.
He believed that Moyuna's ability to hunt down three spiders was a sharp blade that could be borrowed and used at no cost.
So, what does it mean to lower your status in front of this sharp blade that can bring benefits?
Facing the enthusiasm shown by General Danny, Moyu knew it well.
It can only be said that we need each other.
Moyo needs a legitimate identity that is not restricted, and he can also use the army stationed here to find out the scale of the Erimo gang's operations.
General Danny's army bears the great responsibility of ensuring the smooth progress of the excavation work. After learning that the Elimo Thief Group is very likely to be operating in the Tarot area, they will certainly not miss the opportunity to rely on Moyo's power.
"Before you came here, I had issued the highest level of alert order, but nothing has been discovered yet."
General Danny personally led the way, and on the way to the tent, he revealed a piece of information to Moyu.
Moyou was secretly surprised when he heard this.
Even though the information he brought was backed by reputation, from the perspective of the Luxi military, this information was essentially unverified news.
Would you rather believe it or not?
Moyu looked at General Danny and was surprised by the other man's courage and decisiveness.
From this point of view, the existence of this army can indeed help him grasp the movements of the Elimo Thief Group at the first time.
This is good.
Moyu thought to himself, and then glanced at the location of the tomb.
In fact, from where he was, he couldn't see the entrance to the mausoleum.
But he can roughly grasp the location of the entrance to the tomb.
because--
Even if he didn't sense anything specifically, the "aura of death thoughts" emanating from the tomb was as conspicuous in his "vision" as a bright light in the dark night.
It is not a strange phenomenon that there will be "death thoughts" in mausoleums or ruins.
Currently, most of the known "memorial tools" in the world are found in mausoleums or ruins. Compared with the existence of "mind tools", the most common ones in mausoleums and ruins are rootless thoughts of death.
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Some thoughts of death are relatively weak, and even ordinary tomb robbers can be immune to them, let alone pose a threat to those with the ability to read.
Some thoughts of death are so strong that even in the form of pure energy, they can cause death to ordinary people upon contact.
However, thoughts of death of this level usually exist in mausoleums or ruins in the form of abilities, and the most common phenomenon is that thoughts of death control corpses or bones to attack intruders.
The desire to die that Moyu felt at this moment from the place where the tomb was excavated was simply not worth mentioning in terms of intensity.
However--
However, Moyu experienced a strange sense of contradiction.
The intensity of the thought of death was obviously very low, but its presence was so strong that Moyu could easily sense it.
"Is there a mind-killing master in town..."
Moyu thought to himself.
After all, the Luxi Kingdom is a peculiar country that is "rich" in ruins or tombs. Many times, it is either excavating ruins or on the way to excavate ruins.
Under such a background environment, it is not surprising that mind-killing masters would be bred to reduce the difficulty of excavation.
"Let the shadows keep watch nearby and go to the mausoleum to investigate the situation."
Moyu looked straight at General Danny in front of him, and at the same time controlled the shadow to go to the entrance of the mausoleum.
Before coming to the military camp, Moyu sent out the shadow of a unit to alert the surroundings as usual.
On the one hand, it can greatly expand the vigilance field of vision, and on the other hand, it can become a secret move that surprises the enemy when dealing with changes.
After sensing the thought of death, which was weak in intensity but very strong in existence, Moyu had the idea of letting Shadow go find out and directly acted on it.
Inside the mausoleum.
Satz and Quinn, who did not have permission to accompany the excavation, were still operating in the long corridor behind the sealing stone.
The scope of their current activities is limited to this corridor.
If you want to continue forward into the corridor, you must first obtain the permission of the excavation team.
but--
Although they can only move within the corridor, Satz and Quinn can always pay attention to the thoughts of death deep in the mausoleum.
"Satz, is it my imagination..."
Quinn retracted his gaze from the star map mural on the top of the corridor, turned to the light source deep in front, frowned and said, "Why do I feel that the aura of 'death thoughts' is getting stronger."
"It's not an illusion."
Satz stared at the ancient characters on the wall and said calmly: "The aura of 'death thoughts' is indeed getting stronger."
"Ah, that is to say..."
Quinn said in shock: "Mr. Hellam failed to suppress the desire to die?"
"I guess so."
Satz said nonchalantly.
If you can't go to the scene to check the situation, then there is no point in thinking about it here.
Even if Mr. Hellam cannot suppress the unknown thoughts of death in this mausoleum, it will not have any impact on Satz.
After all, his task is to restore the mural text in this corridor, and the thoughts of death deep in the tomb will obviously not radiate here.
Otherwise, by the time the excavation team dealt with the trap set behind the sealing stone, the thought of death would have permeated the entire tomb.
at this time.
The main chamber deep inside the mausoleum.
A high platform stands in the center of the main tomb chamber, and a palace with a golden roof and white columns is built on the high platform.
Directly above the palace is a dome inlaid with hundreds of luminous pearls. It looks like a sky full of stars, but the shining green light radiates gives the entire main tomb a layer of silence and coldness.
Surrounding the high platform are ditches dug into the ground that are more than ten meters deep.
In the ditch, there were dense piles of skeletons.
The desire to die that Satz and Quinn felt in the front corridor of the mausoleum was now turning into black mist, sometimes faint, sometimes thick, floating above the ditch filled with bones.
In front of the corridor exit is a wide flat land.
The members of the excavation team set up all the equipment nearby, and immediately looked at the tall figure standing in front of the rope bridge leading to the high platform.
That figure was the Mr. Hellam that Satz and Quinn were talking about.
He is tall, wearing a gray robe, and has a face with wide eyes, thick eyebrows, and thin lips.
What catches the eye is the ten stacked gold rings he wears around his neck. To others, it seems as if his neck has been forcibly elongated.
"Tumonkatan..."
Heram looked down at the ditch filled with black mist, frowning.
In this ditch, there are countless skeletons piled up.
And each skeleton represents a life and the emotions of unwillingness or resentment that were fixed at the last second of life.
The person who made this happen was none other than Tumon Katan, the owner of the tomb.
A thief who truly regards human life as nothing!
Now with their arrival, the desire to die that Tumonkatan has single-handedly promoted, which has gathered countless emotions, is growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Heram originally wanted to eradicate this desire to die directly, but after taking action, he realized that the source of this desire to die reached directly into the depths of the ditch and bones.
It is obviously not easy to uproot it.
You must make adequate preparations to have the possibility of completely getting rid of this thought of death.
After realizing this, in order to ensure the progress of the excavation, Heram planned to temporarily suppress his thoughts of death, and then let the excavation team cross the rope bridge to the Hades Palace on the high platform.
But the resilience of this desire to die exceeded Heram's expectation.
"This level of suppression alone cannot ensure safety."
Hram's torch-like gaze seemed to penetrate the black fog and land on the countless skeletons in the ditch.
Vaguely——
Heram saw that some bones were moving slightly, as if there were signs of recovery, and his brows could not help but frown deeper.
The thought of death controls the movement of the bones.
This is a normal phenomenon in ruins and mausoleums.
Usually, as long as the bones are destroyed, the thoughts of death attached to them will also disappear.
In terms of threat level, it is at most E-level, which is not something to be feared at all.
but--
There were probably tens of thousands of skeletons piled up in the ditch in front of them.
If this black fog-like thought of death that permeates the ditch can control all the bones, then quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes...
Thinking of this possibility, Heram had a bad premonition.
Under his close attention, in just a few minutes, the movement of the mountains of bones in the ditch became more and more obvious, and they began to collide and make sounds.
"Mr. Hellam, still..."
In the excavation team, a middle-aged man couldn't help but ask.
"Shut up."
However, before he could finish his words, he was rudely interrupted by Hram.
"You guys need to transport the things out of the side room first. You can't move here for the time being."
Heram turned back to look at the excavation team who had been waiting for a long time, and gave the order with a serious expression.
The members of the excavation team suddenly looked at each other.
This is the first time they have encountered this situation.
Although they didn't know the reason, they still followed Hram's order and prepared to transport the antiquities found in the side room of the corridor first.
Inside the corridor.
A shadow whose aura had been "hidden" moved silently along the ceiling.
After seeing Satz and Quinn in front of them, the shadow stopped moving and froze on the ceiling.
"Both of them are telekinesis users."
Moyu used the ability of vision sharing to look at the backs of Satz and Quinn. He did not rashly control the shadows to continue deeper, but temporarily stopped and watched.
After a while.
There was a sound of movement coming from the end of the corridor, but a group of people came out carrying many boxes.
When Satz and Quinn heard the sound, they couldn't help but follow it, and their eyes were immediately attracted to the many boxes.
Presumably, the boxes contained the various antiquities unearthed this time.
"So fast?"
Satz and Quinn looked at each other, and both saw surprise in each other's eyes.
The shadow standing on the ceiling silently retreated after seeing this.
A few minutes later.
More than a dozen boxes were carried out of the tomb by excavators.
Then, escorted by many surrounding soldiers, these boxes were delivered to the largest shack in the area.
This scene was witnessed by everyone from the Elimo Thief Group hidden in the mountains and forests.
"Get ready to take action."
An erratic voice sounded, and was instantly drowned out by the sound of wind and rain.
The next second.
The nine figures standing here dispersed towards the excavation site in the distance, which was as bright as day.
The troops stationed near the excavation site knew nothing about it.
In just a moment, a ray of thought power that ordinary people couldn't see soaked into a tank like water.
Then——
The tank's power unit suddenly started, and the muzzle turned, aiming at the tents and soldiers not far away.
With an ear-splitting sound, a cannonball landed in the military camp, and the violent explosion instantly swept in the soldiers who had not yet reacted.
All of a sudden——
The bodies of more than a dozen soldiers were blasted into several pieces and smashed to the ground like rag bags.
The entire military camp, and even the excavators who had just left the tomb, were startled by the sudden explosion.