Norton stopped Liu Xing and Liu Xing and said, "Liu Xing, you should know that the situation in Arkham City has become worse, right? More than four figures of people have been admitted to the hospital, and they have all appeared.
Various serious illnesses, although it is indeed not life-threatening now, no one knows whether the situation will get worse again, so we plan to divide you special students into two teams, and one team will stay here to continue to participate in the excavation.
work, while the other team returns to Arkham City to conduct some peripheral investigation work."
as expected.
Liu Xing had been prepared for a long time, so he answered directly: "We do know about this matter, and we also guessed that you would ask us this, Mr. Norton. After all, most of us special students add skill points to the battle."
aspect, so there is a lack of research work, so it stands to reason that we should all return to Arkham City to do what we are good at and find those guys who are causing trouble; but Mr. Norton, you also know that there are
The mercenaries who caused trouble in Haiguo have an old friend of ours, so I think we should stay to ensure that this old friend will not suddenly turn his back and have too much impact on our excavation work."
Norton nodded and said: "Those mercenaries are also quite capable. I heard Ryan say that these guys have very strong anti-detection capabilities, and they are not inferior to Ryan's men in combat... Of course Ryan is
Having said that, it means that Ryan's men should have never fought those mercenaries, but more importantly, I heard one thing, that is, the organization behind those mercenaries has been lobbying America's top management to let them
They support their own reconstruction plans."
"this?"
Liu Xing was a little surprised, because the digital organization behind Zhang Shiwu was a very strange force and usually kept a low profile, but knowing that their forces or organizations basically regarded them as enemies, after all, the digital organization usually wanted to
His plan certainly offended people, and he always made his position clear, so Liu Xing really didn't expect that digital organizations would do this kind of thing.
But then again, for today's digital organizations, if they want to settle what happened in the Kingdom of Earthsea, the best way is of course to cooperate with America. After all, the Kingdom of Earthsea is also America's descendant.
Garden, so if you want to make big news, you still have to apply for America's permission.
"As for the Atlantis expedition application, the school committee is currently reviewing it, and the possibility of passing it is only about 50%." Norton suddenly said: "To be honest, I was still thinking about it at the beginning.
I thought that the feasibility of passing was only about 20%, but I didn't expect that a retired old professor heard about it and planned to recruit a few old friends to participate in this expedition. But the most important thing is this old professor.
The friends are all powerful mythical creatures, so they directly increase the possibility by 30%."
"Oh, it seems that the professor wants to leave his name in history." Yin En said with a smile: "Discovering and exploring Atlantis is an honor that not many people would choose to refuse."
Norton shrugged, shook his head and said: "Then I am such a minority. Although I really want to investigate Atlantis, when I think about the 90% possibility of losing my life, I just
I can honestly choose to give up, because I am really afraid of death...I am not afraid of your jokes. I am really afraid of death, because I have lived a very wealthy life since I was a child, and my parents also
I am very protective, so I never do anything that I am not sure about. For example, the reason why I became the leader of the expedition this time is because I am sure that the ancient civilization ruins that need to be excavated this time will not be in any danger.
"
Hearing what Norton said, Liu Xing couldn't help but think of the biological traps in the ruins, as well as the mythical creature that even Chris and Taketori were afraid of.
Do you want to remind Norton and form a good relationship with Norton?
After Liu Xing thought for a moment, he said: "Well, Mr. Norton, in fact, I asked a friend to investigate those code words. It turned out that although my friend did not analyze the meaning of these code words, he found these words.
What is the civilization behind it?"
"Huh? Liu Xing, why didn't you tell me earlier? This is very important information. It will be of great help to our subsequent excavation and research work."
Looking at the energetic Norton, Liu Xing nodded and said: "The main reason is that my friend is not sure whether his investigation results are correct, so I thought that after the door is opened, I will go in and see how the situation is. If it is not correct,
If so, I won't mention this matter; and having said that, there is actually only one piece of information in my friend's survey results that is more important, and that is that this ancient civilization was once a regional overlord and made great achievements in biotechnology.
Their specialty is biological traps."
"Biotrap?!"
Norton was a little surprised and said: "I have heard of this. Although there were many civilizations in ancient times, most of them were passers-by and disappeared after a few decades, because the earth at that time was a very large battlefield.
Each civilization does not have a few days of peace and quiet; therefore, except for some civilizations with obvious advantages, most civilizations only have one city and a population of tens of thousands. Therefore, in order to make up for the lack of numbers, most civilizations will develop various
Traps as a means of defense.”
"Therefore, there will be more or less some biological traps in the capitals of these ancient civilizations. After all, compared to ordinary traps, biological traps have a certain degree of mobility, and they look consistent with the surrounding environment and will not be noticed at a glance.
Just depending on the problem, the more important thing is that the placement locations of these biological traps will be more diverse; however, the shortcomings of biological traps are also obvious, that is, biological traps are still biological in nature, so they should eat, drink, poop, sleep, etc.
There are everywhere in the world, so it is not easy to serve these dangerous items, and the lifespan of these biological traps is generally not long. Therefore, the Miskatonic University expedition team has entered the ruins of hundreds of ancient civilizations, and has not yet found one.
Normally active biological trap.”
Liu Xing knew it was a flag as soon as he heard it.
"Mr. Norton, I suspect that there is an 80% chance that there are biological traps that can be triggered normally in the ruins of the ancient civilization under our feet, because this ancient civilization once treated an ancient man as a guest, and this ancient man was also
A researcher, so it improved biological traps for this ancient civilization, making it possible for these biological traps to survive to this day, so we must be careful about these possible biological traps." Liu Xing said seriously.
Hearing what Liu Xing said, Norton also became serious, "I see, then we really have to be careful. After all, the biotechnology of the Ancient Ones is considered to be the best among mythical creatures. Of course, they are hiding now."
Those ancient beings in the depths of the sea are no longer alive. After surviving for so many years, they have long forgotten the technologies of the past. Even the technologies they remember are all old technologies without any progress.
, so even the old rivals - the Deep Divers are too lazy to deal with them."
Liu Xing nodded and continued: "Then let's go back to the previous topic. I think my friends and I should stay and continue to participate in the excavation work, because in addition to the previous reason, I can also contact you when necessary.
My friend, let's see if he has more information about this ancient civilization. Of course, if possible, I also want Ricky, Zakharenv and others to stay and help, because I know that their strength is still there.
good."
Norton looked at Liu Xing, and after thinking for a moment, he nodded and said: "Okay, in addition to Liu Xing and you, you can leave eight people, because Arkham City is really short of people, and what's missing is
For professionals like you who can fight, of course, regardless of whether you go back or not, you are already a member of Miskatonic University from now on."
After getting Norton's promise, Liu Xing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Okay, you guys go back and deliver the food now. This heavy rain won't stop for a while."
After saying goodbye to Norton, Liu Xing and the others hurriedly ran back to their tents. Before Zhang Jingxu and others complained that they were too slow to return, Liu Xing was the first to tell the contents of the conversation between himself and Norton.
"Atlantis."
Taketori suddenly said: "I seem to have been to Atlantis before, but when I went there, my friend didn't mention the situation of the underwater ruined city. He only knew that this city was once very prosperous, and there were still many remains left behind.
Some very strange things, so my friend asked me to accompany her for a walk around the area, and finally took away a trident that can control water flow. However, the power of this trident mainly depends on how it is used.
What is the person’s ability?”
"Oh, Taketori, do you remember the specific conditions of Atlantis? For example, what is the terrain like, are there dangers there, etc.?" Zhang Jingxu asked quickly.
Taketori shook his head and said helplessly: "This happened many years ago. I have almost forgotten about it. At that time, my friend and I also went straight to Huanglong and went directly to where the trident was.
It was a warehouse, so I didn’t pay much attention to the surrounding situation; but I do remember that there seemed to be no danger in that city back then, because we didn’t notice the existence of mythical creatures.”
"No, logically speaking, in a big city like Atlantis, deep divers should occupy it as their own territory. After all, Atlantis has all kinds of supporting facilities." Yin En
Dividing the lunch boxes, he said: "But this was thousands of years ago. I think that Atlantis today is most likely the territory of a tribe of deep divers, so we may
Facing a tribe of deep divers... Therefore, I personally suggest that we should not participate in this module, after all, our lives are at stake."
Hearing what Yin En said, Zhutori shook his head, "I can't say anything, because I remember that the city has opened a ban and does not allow creatures not on the white list to enter. Of course, a powerful ancient god like me
That's another matter, so I think as long as this restriction is not loosened, the ordinary deep diver tribe will definitely not be able to enter; and if this is really Atlantis, then you humans may also be in vain.
On the list, because you humans are most likely the creations of the Ancient Ones."
Having said this, Taketori said seriously after a pause for a few seconds: "As for the origin of your human race, even we ancient gods have not figured it out, because the emergence of your human race was actually quite sudden, and it happened all at once.
At the beginning, you human race seemed to be too weak, so we ancient gods did not pay too much attention to you human race. After all, a race like yours would not survive long in that era of great chaos; but in the end, we were
Unexpectedly, you humans have gradually become the overlords on the surface of the earth, and soon spread all over the world, so some ancient gods began to contact you, wanting to see what is special about you humans.
Place."
"The result this time still makes us feel incredible, because you humans are so ordinary in all aspects. Compared with other relatively powerful civilizations at that time, you have no advantages at all, and even have many shortcomings, but the only one that is special is
What's more, there is a mysterious fragment in the genes of your human race. This mysterious fragment is not found in other creatures, and the function of this mysterious fragment is also very metaphysical, that is, it allows you, the human race, to create miracles at certain times! No.
Wrong, it is these miracles that have brought you humans to this point!"
Having said this, Taketori sighed and said seriously: "This is also the reason why I am willing to stay with you after I regain my sanity, because I think you may be able to create new miracles and restore me to full strength as soon as possible.
status; as for this mysterious fragment, we have also studied it several times. Although we did not find much in the end, we determined that this mysterious fragment may be related to the Ancient Ones, because before Cthulhu came to the earth, the Ancients were actually preparing to cooperate with
The final battle between the Deep Divers, and the final weapon studied by the Ancient Ones is a new creature."
"Bhutori, you mean that the decisive weapon prepared by the Ancient Ones is us humans?" Liu Xing said in surprise: "This is a bit incredible, isn't it? How can we humans defeat the deep divers?"
"That's because humans today are still unenhanced versions."