"They also want the silver ones, but they also want the ones I've brought. Thinking about it, these guys are really a bit perverted." Iselin frowned.
"What about gems and diamonds?" Li Chengyi continued to ask.
"I don't know. I don't have those things either. My blond hair is also made of gold jewelry given to me by my last sister." Iselin replied.
Li Chengyi planned to go out this time and bring in various things to try to see what the hard currency of the Black Sea was.
He still wanted to ask a question, but he saw Iselin stretched out her finger and made a hissing sound to her lips.
I immediately knew it was coming.
He turned and looked ahead.
On the other side of the bed, a dim light slowly lit up from the darkness.
But that glimmer was not the bright yellow or white color illuminated by lighting.
But a faint red light.
Some hazy, some quiet red.
Looking out from the bottom of the bed, you can see a large black bookshelf that takes up an entire wall. It slowly emerges.
There are many books placed vertically on the bookshelf.
Some are very thick and have a hard outer skin, and the covers also have weird and twisted unknown characters written on them.
Some are very thin and can be inserted randomly into the gaps between bookshelves and placed on top of thick books.
On the left side of the bookshelf, there is a small round table. It is made of black wood and has cloud patterns on the legs.
On the right side, there is a black and brown leather sofa and a single sofa.
There are signs of wear and tear on the armrests of the sofa over the years, and some have faded, revealing the gray underneath.
Everything looks normal.
This is like a study room used by ordinary people, with a bed for sleeping.
This is normal, some people just like to sleep in the study room.
Li Chengyi and Yisselin looked at each other.
"Have you been here?" he asked.
"No, this is the first time." Iselin replied.
"Want to go out and try?" Li Chengyi asked again.
"Wait a minute, the stay time in different places is different. If you change right after leaving, you may be completely lost and unable to come back." Iselin whispered.
"How do you know?"
"I have been hit," Yisselin replied. "After you go out and go back to the bottom of the bed, the starting point is different. You lie there for a long time, and then you can come back again by relying on the connection with your body."
"Okay." Li Chengyi once again felt that Iselin was really helpful.
Without her, I would probably have to step into a lot of pitfalls.
The two of them just lay there and waited.
About five minutes later.
Crash, the sound of sliding door came.
Then a greasy noise, like a mop being dragged on the ground, penetrated their ears.
Soon, a tall human figure wearing a black robe with golden patterns printed on the edges slowly walked to the sofa and sat down.
It wasn't until they sat down that the two of them saw clearly that the man in black robe was wearing a pale mask, and his lower body was covered with black tentacles, like the tentacles of an octopus.
"It's a believer!" Yiselin let out a long sigh of relief.
"Quickly, take out your things and I'll help you change them!" She quickly patted Li Chengyi.
Li Chengyi immediately took out his greedy heart and handed it to her.
Watching Iselin carefully place the can of Greedy Heart on the ground and push it out.
Only then did he remember what a believer was.
Last time Iselin mentioned that believers believe in a group of strange beings in Asladuni.
Iselin said they were friendly and could be exchanged.
He wanted to see what he could get in exchange.
The can of Greedy Heart was pushed out and stopped on the thick black and red carpet of the room.
The believer also noticed the movement here. He looked here with his masked face and stood up.
With a hissing sound, it slowly walked to the bedside, bent down and picked up the can on the carpet.
After looking at the can for a while, it seemed a little interested.
Turn around and return to the sofa.
After thinking for a while, the believer reached out and took down a book from the bookshelf.
The book is neither thick nor thin, and its outer cover is brown-black with a bit of red, like tree bark.
Then he took the book, returned to the bed, placed it on the ground, and pushed it under the bed.
"Hurry and catch it, this is what you need to change!" Iselin patted Li Chengyi.
The latter nodded, stretched out his hand, pinched it gently with five fingers wearing flower-scaled gloves, and took it in.
"Going back." Iselin pulled him and slowly exited from under the bed.
Li Chengyi also stepped back, quickly took the book and got out from under the bed.
"What's the use of this thing?" He picked up the book and looked through the outer packaging.
The cover of the book is two patterned strips painted vertically.
The pattern belt is composed of many smaller water droplets, balls, and figure-8 patterns, which are fused and squeezed together.
In the middle of the two patterned strips, a white symbol the size of an egg is drawn.
This symbol is like a sharp bone knife, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, with a hole in the middle and a handle, like some kind of ritual tool.
"Open it and take a look?"
Iselin was also curious on the side.
Li Chengyi nodded and opened the cover.
Unexpectedly, the book was full of neatly weird words, with nothing abnormal at all.
It seems like this is really just a book.
"How's it going?" Iselin asked curiously.
Li Chengyi was about to answer, but suddenly felt that the light around him was distorted.
He felt awe-struck, knowing that he might have to quit.
There was no movement under the bed before, but now it seems that there may be no way to exit the flash completely while under the bed.
After all, it had been some time since he came in.
"Brother? Brother?" Iselin's voice seemed to be lengthened, slowed down, and came from a very far away place.
Li Chengyi grabbed the book and felt dizzy in his mind.
puff.
His eyes blurred, and Iselin disappeared.
The room was restored to its original state instantly.
The traces on the wall made by the iron bed also disappeared automatically.
He returned to reality.
The blind spot of the Holding Hand has a very wonderful feature: when it enters, the scene is the same as reality.
As the subject of the Gripping Hand, Iselin probably controls part of the blind spot area.
The other part is the other existence at the other end of the bed.
So far, Li Chengyi still doesn't know how to completely withdraw from the clutching hand, because with Yisselin's presence, this blind spot is more helpful than trouble for him. He doesn't want to withdraw either.
Standing in the bedroom, he raised his hand and glanced at his right hand.
The book was still held by him, between Hua Linyi's sharp claws.
With a thought, Li Chengyi's flower-scaled clothes decomposed and disintegrated in an instant, turning into countless knotted purple petals and disappearing.
He took the book and walked to the only window in the bedroom to look at the book in the light outside.
Take a photo with your phone first.
The lens is completely blank. Obviously, just like the products in Silent Shop, this thing cannot be used except by myself.
As a transaction item given by believers, Li Chengyi did not believe that this was an ordinary book.
He thought for a while, turned around and walked out of the room, thumping downstairs, and came to the lobby on the first floor.
"If anyone has a pen and paper, could you lend it to me?"
Among the people present, Xiao Brown, who was serving the dishes, raised his hand.
"I have it, boss. I'll get it for you."
He put a bowl of dark vegetables on the dining table, turned around and ran out of the hall to his room.
Not long after, he came in with a notebook and a gel pen.
"Boss, have you discovered anything?"
He handed the things to Li Chengyi with a hint of curiosity on his face.
"I just suddenly wanted to remember something." Li Chengyi didn't want to tell anyone what Yiselin could do to help him.
There is a blind spot where communication is possible. Once word spreads about this, it is likely to attract many people with ulterior motives.
One more thing is worse than one less thing, so the book in his hand is not easy to say.
After all, it was Yiselin who led him to trade this book.
Taking a pen and paper, he quickly returned to the room, sat down at the only table, and began to copy the symbols on the mysterious book.
A completely new language with no clues. He couldn't learn it by himself.
But relying on computers and AI, there may be hope for analysis.
As for the origin of the words in this book, there are no clues at all.
Believers believe in the giant beast Asladuni.
So if you look for this clue, you may be able to find some key points.
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Yunshan County.
In the mountain forest, a group of men and women wearing camouflage uniforms, equipped with fully armed field equipment, slowly drove along the forest path towards the Wolf Cave.
The person leading the team, walking at the front, was a middle-aged man who was somewhat bald and fat.
The weather was slightly cold, it was already December, but he was still sweating slightly, and he wiped the sweat from his forehead and temples with a tissue as he walked.
His name is Zhao Shengpeng, and his name is very powerful, even better than Dapeng.
This shows the expectations his parents have for him.
But in fact, he is thirty-nine years old and has worked hard for more than ten years before finally taking the position of Yunshan County Security Director.
Because the terrain is remote, there are not many people around this place, and there were a series of murder cases a while ago, which put a lot of pressure on him from above.
In Yi State, the Security Bureau and Jiuyi are not under the same department.
They are two separate systems.
If the Federation is the highest administrative body, it determines the promotion and appointment of other officials.
Then Jiuyi is a powerful omnic organization in China that is equivalent to half-recruitment.
The Security Agency is a completely national organization.
Jiuyili has gathered a group of the strongest intellectual masters in the entire Yi Kingdom. Most of them are trained by the state, and a small number are top masters recruited from various places.
So the ingredients are more complex.
The Security Agency is far inferior in terms of force, and has functions similar to that of the police. There are also omnics working part-time in high-level positions, but not many.
And there is another point. The director of the General Security Administration is also one of the strongest intelligent mechanics in a high position within Jiuyi.
"Director, we have been to this place so many times and found nothing. Just running around like this is not an option."
There were six people in the team, and one of them, a slightly fat middle-aged man, complained.
"I can't help it. Several people have disappeared here recently. The satellite positioning can't be found. It's weird. The previous disappearance cases in Wolf Cave have been closed, and the archives have been put up there. Only now.
How long has it been before it comes again?"
Zhao Shengpeng was also helpless.
"But there's no way we can run around like headless chickens." Another person in the team sighed.
"Speaking of which, a few days ago, a dozen people from the county's No. 2 Labor Prison suddenly disappeared. When they were counted, they were found to have disappeared during labor reform at a farm nearby." A third person said.
"Someone must be causing trouble!" Zhao Shengpeng gritted his teeth and said. "I really don't believe in this evil!" He tightened his grip on the gun in his hand.
"Are you afraid? If you're afraid, just get back here!"
"Director, what you are saying is meaningless. We are the Security Department! Yunshan County relies on us to block it and is on the front line. If we are all afraid, is there still hope for this place?" The slightly fat middle-aged man was unhappy.
road.
"To be honest, no one who can stand here is a coward! The only ones who are really cowards are in the department!"
"Well said!"
The others applauded one after another.
"Here you go!" Zhao Shengpeng gave him a thumbs up.
"We were born and raised in this place. We all know everyone in the neighborhood, uncles, aunts, grandparents. If we count carefully, which family has not been friends with us for decades? Now that we have this skin, we usually cheat and play around.
I can understand all the benefits. But you have to be able to stand firm at critical times!"
Zhao Shengpeng sighed.
"That's the truth! The director said it well! Chicken blood is good!" A group of people shouted again.
"Let's take a walk. Let's go around the wolf cave first. Maybe"
puff!
Zhao Shengpeng's expression froze and he suddenly stood there blankly.
He slowly lowered his head and saw that in the middle of his chest, at some point, there was a sharp black claw.
The sharp claws pierced his body armor from his back, penetrated his sternum, and stabbed out from the front, bringing with it a large amount of blood.
The others were shocked.
No one reacted at all.
Even the various detection equipment they carried showed no response.
"Director!!"
Bang bang bang bang!!
Suddenly there were bursts of roars and gunshots in the mountains and forests.
But soon, in less than five seconds, they all disappeared and went out.